This thesis includes an explanation of the Utah Women's Walk, which is designed to recognize and honor the lives of notable women who have made significant contributions to life in the state of Utah over the past one hundred and fifty years. It also includes the biographies of ten women I have selected as nominees for the larger nomination pool of one hundred women. The ten biographies in this paper include early Utah pioneer Hannah Morley; early Utah doctor Ellis Reynolds Shipp; community activist and philanthropist Enid Barr Cosgriff; Greek author and historian Helen Papanikolas; Shoshone bead worker and oral historian Mae Parry. Rear Admiral Maxine Conder; teacher and LDS church leader Ardeth Kapp; humanitarian worker Rose Ann Gunther; Chicana artist Ruby Chacón; and mother and homemaker Rebecca Welch. The information for the biographies came from both primary and secondary sources, including personal interviews with the subjects or family members. The transcripts of these interviews can be found in the appendices of this document.

The intention of the Utah Women's Walk is to bring to light the remarkable and varied lives of both living and deceased Utah women, to encourage appreciation for the variety of work in which Utah women have been and are engaged, and to demonstrate the cultural, ethnic, and religious diversity in our state.

The final project will include the life stories of one hundred Utah women from which twenty or more women will be chosen to be highlighted in a garden walk, located most likely at Thanksgiving Point Gardens in Lehi, Utah.