Celestia Taylor

Celestia Marguerita Johnson Taylor (April 8, 1903 – July 28, 1996) was a professor of English at Brigham Young University (BYU) and a member of the Relief Society general board.

[1]: 43  Taylor and her sister Violet would accompany professors on their lecture tours in neighboring towns to sing and read poetry.

[1]: 44  As a teenager, she was in high demand as a babysitter, because she would often wash floors or iron shirts at the same time, feeling compelled to do unfinished household chores.

[1]: 64  Her first year of high school, she took on responsibility for the family cow, milking it and taking it out to pasture two miles away.

[1]: i  Lynn joined the faculty at BYU in 1931, enabling Celestia to take classes free of charge.

[1]: 47  Later on, the dean of graduate studies told her she could apply much of her credit to a master's degree if she completed it in the next two years, and in 1953, she received her MA.

[3]: 139 [1]: 53 Taylor sang in many operas and musicals and performed in plays during her high school and college years.

She wrote the column "Development Through Homemaking Education" for Relief Society Magazine between 1966–70, covering diverse topics like family budgeting, record keeping, interior decorating, and storing food for hard times.