Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archive

About the Archive

In recognition of the complexity and change experienced by 20th century women in Utah and elsewhere, the mission of the Aileen H. Clyde 20th Century Women's Legacy Archives is to document and preserve the history of women whose lives and work helped create social and cultural change.

Aileen H. Clyde

Aileen graduated with high honors from Brigham Young University and taught English there for ten years. At the invitation of the Utah Judicial Council, Aileen chaired the Utah Task Force on Gender and Justice. She was awarded the Amicus Curiae (Friend of the Courts) Award by the Utah Judicial Conference. She served on the Utah State Board of Regents and on the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education. From 1990 to 1997 she served in the General Presidency of the Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day-Saints. Aileen is the past chair of the Coalition for Utah's Future and a special advisor to Envision Utah. She was a member of several nonprofit board of directors as well as the Board of Trustees of the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics. She and her late husband, Hal M. Clyde, have three sons, six granddaughters, five grandsons and ten great-grandchildren.