Sharp, Marianne Clark, 1901-1990

Marianne Clark Sharp (1901-1990) was in the Relief Society General Board in 1940 and eventually became the first counselor of the Relief Society General Presidency.

Marianne Clark Sharp was born October 28, 1901 to Luacine Annette Savage and Joshua Reuben Clark, Jr. in Salt Lake City, Utah. She spent her school days in Washington D. C. and then moved back to Utah with her family to attend the University of Utah, where she graduated in ancient languages in 1924. She taught Latin her senior year at the University and Stewart Training School and continued teaching after graduation. She married Ivor Sharp on June 15, 1927 in Salt Lake City, Utah. They lived in New York City for eleven years while he worked at the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

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