Utahs First Woman Senator Dies at 87 in S. L. Hospital Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Pugsley Hayward, one of Utahs foremost woman leaders in church, civic and political affairs, died in a Salt Lake hospital Monday at 12:30 p. m. of causes incident to age. She was 87 years old. Mrs. Hayward, the widow of John Hayward, prominent local contractor, was born in Salt Lake City on December 23, 1854, a daughter of Philip and Martha Roach Pugsley. Active in Politics She took an early lead in political activities in the state, playing a prominent role in the woman suffrage movement. In special session of the Utah legislature in 1919, she introduced the resolutions ratifying the national suffrage act. She was a member of the state house of representatives from 1915 to 1917, and a member of the state senate from 1919 to 1921. While in the latter chamber, she gained the honor of being the first woman in the state to preside over a senate session. Mrs. Hayward was among the few women delegates to the Democratic national convention in 1908, and again served as a delegate in 1920. She served as Democratic national committeewoman from Utah from 1916 to 1920, and was a charter member of the Womens Democratic club. Held Many Positions Mrs. Hayward was a charter member of the Service Star legion, a member of the Womens Legislative council and had acted as president and parliamentarian of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers. Her interest in city recreation activities led her to accept a membership on the city playground board. She also served on the Salt Lake public library board and was the first president of the old Wandamere school Parent Teacher association. An active member of the LDS church, she held office in the first presidency of the Relief societies of the Salt Lake and Liberty LDS stakes. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Pugsley Hayward . . . Utahs first woman senator dies. In 1938 she was among eight prominent Salt Lake woman leaders selected for the Salt Lake Council of Womens hall of fame. Surviving Mrs. Hayward are a son, John E. Hayward of Honolulu, T. H.; two daughters, Mrs. Jean H. Wessman of Salt Lake City and Mrs. Elizabeth C. Edwards of San Luis Obispo, Cal.; a sister, Mrs. Adelbert Beesley of Salt Lake City; 18 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Mrs. Elizabeth Hayward Closes an Active, Useful Career When the council of women representing forty active clubs in Salt Lake City designated eight outstanding women of Utah for the Hall of Fame, basing selections on their civic contributions of a permanent value to the community, the name of Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Pugsley Hayward headed the list. These distinguished ladies were especially honored at a banquet on the 28th of February, 1938, at which time it was stated that Mrs. Hayward had performed 40 years of public service as a member of the first civic club of the municipality, as a member of the house of representatives and senate of Utah, as a member of the local library board and the first playground commission, as a national committeewoman and a charter member of a political club, as an organizer of the Service Star legion, as a past president and member of the Daughters of Utah Pioneers and as the model mother of nine children, three of whom survive her. At the age of 87 this estimable lady and influential citizen has just passed on, leaving behind her a record of which any person could be proud a record of usefulness in religious work, in political circles, in community activities, in home life. Intensely feminine in all her varied responsibilities, unassuming but independent, reserved but resolute, Mrs. Hayward was one of the most capable and courageous women of her community and time. After serving her church, her state, her party and her community so long, so faithfully and so intelligently, one did not consider the inevitability of her reaching a point where she would cease to be an energetic factor in community life. And yet there are few persons who pass the limit of four score and seven after constant application to public service and attention to domestic cares. The Salt Lake Tribune joins with hundreds who knew the departed in paying tribute to her worth and memory.