Background
Anna Maria Ballantyne Taylor was born in a Mormon pioneer wagon shortly after her parents, Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church apostle John Taylor and Jane Ballantyne, had arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.
Anna Maria Ballantyne Taylor was born in a Mormon pioneer wagon shortly after her parents, Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Church apostle John Taylor and Jane Ballantyne, had arrived in the Salt Lake Valley.
Taylor was educated at the University of Deseret.
Hyde was elected the first president of the organization, and she held this position until her death. Hyde also served in this capacity until her death. Annie Taylor Hyde died in Salt Lake City from stomach cancer, aged 59.
Taylor"s mother, Jane Ballantyne Taylor, was a sister of Richard Ballantyne, the founder of the Latter- Day Saints (Mormons) Sunday School. On April 11, 1901, she invited 54 other women to join her in creating Daughters of the Utah Pioneers, an organization that would "perpetuate the names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers in founding this commonwealth ".
As a member of the Relief Society general presidency, Hyde represented the Relief Society at meetings of the National Council of Women.
