“The first important fact to be known is that I liked this boy. As in, a lot. There we were, sitting in his car, and I teasingly asked him what he really thought of me. He turned toward me, considered, and said, ‘Honestly? Sometimes you’re a little much.’” So begins the the winning entry in this year’s Brimhall Essay Contest, shared by life-sciences student Erika Frandsen (above). This year’s honored BYU founder is a woman whose energy and drive led her to significant achievements and may have at times made her seem like “a little much.” Martha Jane Knowlton Coray was the first woman on the board of trustees for the fledgling Brigham Young Academy in 1875.
