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Winona F. Thomas

Winona Thomas was born in Moroni, Utah on July 27, 1903 to John C. and Alice Ann Windous Frandsen. She grew up in Springville and went on to graduate from Brigham Young University with a bachelor of arts degree in education. She taught school in Spanish Fork, Salem, Benjamin, Lake Shore, and Salt Lake. She married David Hyrum Thomas in 1927 in the Salt Lake Temple, and they had three children.

Thomas was an active, well-known writer. She wrote for the Provo Daily Herald newspaper, was a member of the Studiar Club, the Clef and Pen Guild, the League of Utah Writers, the National League of American Pen women, and was president of the American Association of University women.

Winona Irene Frandsen Thomas
LDS
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
David Hyrum Thomas
1903-07-27
Moroni, Utah
1964-10-28
Brigham Young University
Female
Author, Poet, Teacher
English

13 Works by Winona F. Thomas

Title Role Year Genre
Frontier 1961 Author Poetry
Broken Ice Author Short Story
Mother's Day Author 1931 Poetry
Love Song Author 1931 Poetry
My Baby Author 1931 Poetry
Spirit of the Magazine Author 1934 Drama
Tranquility Author 1958 Poetry
The Temple Author 1959 Poetry
The Hummingbird Author 1959 Poetry
Distraction Author 1959 Poetry
Home Responsibility Author 1960 Poetry
Verdi on the Farm Author 1964 Fiction
My Testimony Author 1962 Poetry
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