Background
Nielsen, Vera Bagley was born on October 13, 1916 in Greenwich, Utah, United States. Daughter of James Alvin and Diantha Matilda (Anderson) Bagley.
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Vera Bagley Nielsen
Edit ProfileEducation
AB magna cum laude, Brigham Young University, 1937. Master of Arts, Brigham Young University, 1949.
Career
Teacher, librarian, Franklin School, Provo, Utah., 1937; teacher, librarian, Maeser School, Provo, 1944-1945; teacher, librarian, Wasatch School, Provo, 1952-1958; teacher, librarian, Provost School, Provo, 1959-1962; demonstraton teacher Laboratory School, Brigham Young U., Provo, 1945-1949; teacher film classics, Brigham Young U., Provo, 1957-1958; media specialist, Grandview School, Provo, 1949-1952; media specialist, Rock Canyon School, Provo, 1962-1983; instructor library, College Education, Provo, summers; instructor College Education, U. Utah, Salt Lake City, 1958-1959. Subtitute teacher Cyprus High School, Magna, Utah, 1944. Consultant workshops Salt Lake City School District, 1957, Utah Education Association, Salt Lake City, 1982-1993.
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Someday, like everyone else, physical body will die. But spirit does not die, it goes to the spirit world, where it will continue to learn and progress and may be with loved ones who have passed on.
Membership
Secretary Orem (Utah) Boosters City Council, 1970-1980. With publicity Miss Orem Scholarship Pageant, 1984-1994. Secretary Utah County Democratic Party, 1984-1992, treasurer, 1992-1995.
Member American Association of University Women (branch president, 1944, 76, state president 1968-1970, regional director 1987-1989, editor state bulletin 1975-1979, 90-94, Distinguished Woman award Utah State chapter 1986, ), Association Childhood Education (president, historian 1970), Retired School Employees (unit president, 1983,, NRTA state coordinator 1983-1987, state president 1993-1995), General Federated Women's Clubs (state treasurer, 1992-1994, vice president 94—), Women's Division Chamber of Commerce (secretary 1994, treasurer 95), Women's Council Provo (president 1985-1987, Delta Literary honor, 1991, parliamentarian, 1992), League of Women Voters, Phi Delta Kappa (treasurer, officer 1980, Kappan of Year Brigham Young University chapter 1987).
Connections
Married Byron Woodland, May 17, 1941 (deceased February 1944). 1 child, Kathleen Myrle. Married Leland Nielsen, September 12, 1952 (deceased January 1993).
1 child, James Cary.
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American -
Religion
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Education
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1937
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1949