Studying today about the writer of Carry On, Ruth May Fox (1853-1958)

What impresses me most is her political and educational efforts. She was a tireless suffragist, writer and lifelong learning advocate, who turned the Lion House into basically a school for young women. She said she read more after 84 than she ever had before. She lived 20 more years. LDS Young Women General President at age 75, she changed the Young Ladies MIA to the Young Women MIA, and replaced slogans with scriptures. She wrote the anthem during the Great Depression, for the Church Centennial youth conference. 

Images: 

https://www.google.com/search?q=ruth+may+fox&rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS556US556&espv=2&biw=1276&bih=691&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=uln3VLbWLIakyQT1moCQDA&ved=0CDsQ7Ak&dpr=2

A well-written Ensign article on her life:

https://www.lds.org/ensign/2004/08/carry-on-carry-on?lang=eng

Her contributions to women's Suffrage outlined:

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/statehood_and_the_progressive_era/ruthmayfoxforgottensuffragist.html

Hear her voice at about 5:35 in the video:

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865592255/Lost-recording-of-an-interview-with-1867-Mormon-pioneer-found.html?pg=all

And:

http://www.ldswomenofgod.com/ruth-may-fox/

http://www.mormonchannel.org/listen/series/legacy-audio/ruth-may-fox-episode-48

http://www.mormonchannel.org/listen/series/poets-of-the-restoration-audio/ruth-may-fox-episode-4