Sarah M. Kimball

Women in Public Service » Politics

Influential suffragist, political activist, and religious and community leader. As a suffragist and activist, Kimball was president of the Utah Woman’s Suffrage Association (1890-94) -– later voted “Honorary President for Life” –- as well as a national delegate and Utah’s honorary vice president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (1895). She was also a member of the territorial committee of the People’s Party and delegate to the Utah State constitutional convention in 1882. As a religious and community leader, Kimball was president of the Salt Lake 15th Ward Relief Society for over forty years (1857-98) as well as secretary and counselor in two LDS General Relief Society presidencies.