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Rh Poet's Chantry, 1912. Lecturer at Catholic Summer School, Cliff Haven, N.Y. Catholic. Mem. Alliance Française, Am. Catholic Historical Soc.

BREHM, Marie Caroline, 74-77 Conestoga Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Lecturer; b. Sandusky,O.; dau. William Henry and Elizabeth R. (Rhode) Brehm; ed. public schools, Sandusky; private instruction in languages and civics. Sup't Franchise Nat. W.C.T.U. seven years; State pres. Ill. W.C.T.U. five years; scientific lecturer for Temperance Com. of General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, six years. Interested in Social Center, Cad's Hill, Chicago; Presbyterian foreign and home missionary work, Christian Endeavor and Sunday-school Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; sup't suffrage dep't Nat. W.C.T.U., 1896-1903; mem. Chicago Political Equality League. Has written leaflets and tracts, newspaper articles and orations for young people's oratorical contests. Presbyterian. Mem. Scientific Temperance Federation, U.S.A., Irish Bible Temperance Soc, Loyal Temperance Legion. Recreations: Rowing, embroidery, travel. Mem. Chautauqua Woman's Club. Has been on lecture platform 21 years; lectured in Ireland, in Belfast and other cities, London, Edinburgh, Berlin and The Hague; represented U.S. Government at World's Congress on Alcoholism in London, in 1911; represented Internat. Church Temperance Fed. of U.S. at the World's Congress at The Hague.

BREM, Marion Wolcott Winkler (Mrs. Walter Vernon Brem), Colon Hospital, Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama.

Registered nurse; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. 1900; student Johns Hopkins Hospital School for Nurses, 1903-05; m. Aug. 3, 1905, Walter Vernon Brem; children: Phylis, b. June 29, 1906 (died July 11, 1906); Laura, b. Sept. 3, 1907; Gwendolyn, b. Oct. 18, 1908. Engaged professionally at the Colon Hospital at Cristobal, Canal Zone.

BRENDLINGER, Margaret Robinson, Norwalk, Conn,

Principal private school; b. Port Perry, Pa.; dau. Peter Franklin and Hannah Emily (Brown) Brendlinger; ed. high schools of Pottsville, Pa., and Yonkers, N.Y., Vassar, A.B. '95. Taught at Mrs. Mead's School, Hillside, Norwalk, Conn., Poughkeepsie High School, 1895-99, 1899-1901; out of school work, living in Philadelphia, 1901-08; principal Hillside School, Norwalk, Conn., 1908-. Mem. Charity Organization Soc, Philadelphia; Norwalk Day Nursery, Civic League of Norwalk, Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, Vassar Alumnae Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc; pres. College Club of Philadelphia, 1904-09; pres. Woman's Club of Norwalk, 1911-, Norwalk Equal Franchise League. Mem. Woman's Univ. Club, (N.Y. City), Vassar Club (Philadelphia), Woman's Club of Norwalk. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BRETT, Margaret Strong (Mrs. Philip M. Brett), 901 Lexington Av., N.Y. City.

Born St. Paul, Minn.; dau. Freeman Poole and Margaret (Gray) Strong; grad. Burnham School, Northampton, Mass., '94; education finished abroad: m. St. Paul, Feb. 27, 1906, Philip M. Brett; children: Margaret Gray, Philip Milledoler Jr. Favors woman suffrage.

BREUIL, Elizabeth Donner Van der Veer (nom de plume "Beta Breuil"), care Vitagraph Co. of America, E. Fifteenth St. and Locust Av., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Author and editor of scenarios; b. N.Y. City, 1876; dau. Frank F. and Ray E. (Moore) Van der Veer; ed. the Misses Graham's School, N.Y. City; the Misses Virgin's School, Dresden, Germany; m. (1st) 1893, Frank M. Willard, of Philadelphia (died 1903); (2d) 1903, Hartmann Breuil (died 1908). Entered business world February, 1910, as ass't editor of Vitagraph Co. of America; in 1911 became editor-in-chief of same. Interested in elevating the standard of motion pictures, classical and educational films, helping Fresh Air Fund through photoplays. Author: The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; Rook of Ages; Auld Lang Syne; Mario's Swan Song; White Rose Leaves; By Way of Mrs. Browning; Easter Babies, and 228 others. Christian Scientist. Recreations: Tennis, dancing, swimming. First woman editor in this line of business to hold position.

BREVITT, Jessie, 144 Wilson St., Baltimore, Md.

Physician; b. Baltimore; ed. in Baltimore schools, Woman's Med. Coll. of Baltimore, M.D., 1889; graduate student in chemistry and physiology, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1889-90. Lecturer on chemistry, Woman's Med. Coll., Baltimore, 1890-93, and chief of Eye and Ear Clinic, 1893-95; in active practice as physician in Baltimore, 1895-1900.

BREWER, Amy Waller (Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer), 1345 Astor St., Chicago, Ill.

Born Chicago, Aug. 21, 1884; dau. William and Louise (Hamilton) Waller; ed. Kirkland School in Chicago, Miss Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry; m. Chicago, Jan. 17, 1906, Edward Harris Brewer; children: Louise Hamilton, Corinne Harris. Vice-pres. Junior League of Chicago, 1912-13. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, golf. Mem. Woman's City Club, the Scribblers' Club.

BREWER, Annette Fitch (Mrs. A. F. Brewer), Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.

Writer; b. Ashtabula, Ohio; dau. Edward Hubbard and Alta D. (Winchester) Fitch; ed. Lake Erie Sem., Painesville, Ohio; m. Jefferson, I. C. Brewer; one son: Curtis Brewer 5th, b. Aug. 15, 1899. Spoke at farmers' institutes and women's clubs during winter of 1912-13 in favor of equal suffrage. Favors woman suffrage; first paid State organizer, 1913, in Ohio. Author: The Story of a Mother Love; Dorothy Violets; short stories, poems and newspaper work. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, D.A.R. (Western Reserve Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio), Equal Suffrage League.

BREWER, Elizabeth Hale, Stockbridge, Mass.

Teacher, missionary; b. New Haven, Dec. 1, 1847; dau. Rev. Josiah and Emilia Anna Field Brewer; grad. North Granville Sem. (salutatory), '67; Vassar, A.B. '73; Beloit Coll., A.M. '96. Taught six years North Adams, Mass.; three years in Vassar Coll., 1884-87; private schools in Providence and Ill.; missionary teacher in St. Paul's Inst., Tarsus, Asia Minor. Author of accounts of travel, in various papers; Peculiar Caves of Asia Minor (Geographical Magazine). Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

BREWER, Estelle Hempstead Manning, 1330 Columbia Road, Washington, D.C.

Born Frankfort, Ky., 1882; dau. William Thompson and Clarissa (Campbell) Manning; adopted daughter of Willis Brewer of Ala. (Congressman, author and planter); ed. in Ky. and Washington. Novels: Hafiz; Treason of the Blood; formerly on staff of Washington Post. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Letter writing, golf, tennis. Democrat in political views.

BREWER, Grace D. (Mrs. George D. Brewer), 209 S. Cherokee St., Girard, Kan.

Newspaper writer; b. Livingston, Ia., June 22, 1881; dau. J. R. and Sarah (Holmes) Babbitt; ed. Des Moines (Ia.) public schools; Ruskin Coll., Trenton, Mo.; m. Livingston, Ia., Dec. 30, 1903, George D. Brewer. Has been connected with Appeal to Reason six years. Belongs to the Am. Federation of Labor; mem. of Socialist Party; sec. of branch in Girard, Kan.; mem. Woman's Nat. Com. of Socialist Party. Author of short stories, and of articles dealing with social problems. Recreations: Cribbage, whist, walking. Interested in woman suffrage, helping in campaign for suffrage in Kansas. Mem. Crawford County High School Board.

BREWER, Mary Grey Morgan (Mrs. Francis Ezra Brewer), 41 Hamilton Av., New Brighton, S.D.

Born Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 21, 1875; dau. William Wilson and Phoebe Jane (Dunbar) Morgan; grad. Crawfordsville High School. '92; Indiana Univ. A.B. '95 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Crawfordsville. Ind., Sept. 1, 1897, Francis Ezra Brewer; one daughter: Barbara. Taught in Anderson and Indianapolis, Ind., 1895-


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126 97. Pres. Woman's Literary Club, 1908-09; vice-pres. Daughters of Indiana in N.Y., 1911-12; pres. N.Y. Alumnae Ass'n of Kappa Kappa Gamma, 1912-13; mem. Woman's Club of Staten Island, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae (N.Y. Branch), Housewives' League, Civic League of Staten Island, College Equal Suffrage League, Woman Suffrage Party; a Founder of the Progressive Party. Mem. Dutch Reformed Church, and of Woman's Missionary Soc. of Brighton Heights Reformed Church.

BREWSTER, Anna Richards (Mrs. William T. Brewster), Hartsdale, N.Y.

Artist; b. Germantown, Philadelphia, April 3, 1870; dau. William T. and Anna (Matlack) Richards; ed. under father (marine and landscape painter), at Cowles School, Boston; Metropolitan School, N.Y. City; Julien's School, Paris, etc. Received Norman Dodge prize, N.Y City, 1889; m. London, England, 1905, William T. Brewster, provost of Barnard Coll. Has exhibited at Nat. Acad. of Design, N.Y. City; Royal Acad., London, etc. Illustrated Letter and Spirit, by Mrs. W. T. Richards, and other books. Against woman suffrage.

BREWSTER, Emilie C. (Mrs. Eugene V. Brewster), 29 Monroe St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1877; dau. Benjamin W. and Mary A. (Mellroy) Chubbuck; ed. Kisorck's Business School; m. May 10, 1893, Eugene V. Brewster; children: Ruth Bryan, Eugene Rafael, Marie Theresa. Organizer and founder of the first Woman's Bryan League of America, elected pres. in 1896, still holds the office. Author: How the Department Store Gets Rich Selling Below Cost; Storage Eggs. Mem. Brooklyn Democratic Club, N.Y. Woman's Democratic Club, the Allied Arts Ass'n, the Water Color Club of Brooklyn, Public Good Soc, Early Hour Club, the Smile Club, De Levennes Art League, Public Good Soc. Recreation: Fancy dancing. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. Mem. People's Suffrage Club, 11th Assembly Dist. Suffrage Club.

BREWSTER, Frances S. (Mrs. James H. Brewster), 838 Fourteenth St., Boulder, Colo.

Born N.Y. City, Mar. 23, 1880; dau. Alexander Macomb and Caroline B. (Cammann) Stanton; ed. private school of Mrs. Keith and Miss MacCauley, N.Y. City; by tutors and governesses; m. Detroit, Mich., June 28, 1888, James H. Brewster; children: Susan, Chauncey Bunce, Edith Navarre, Oswald Cammann. She gives readings from the Inca drama Ollanaty, which she has translated and dramatized; also a lecture, entitled The Children of the Sun. Interested in the Girls' Friendly Soc. of America and the Audubon Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Author of short stories for children, published in various magazines 10 years or more ago; Song Stories and Songs for Children; When Mother Was a Little Girl; Rhody (a New England story). Episcopalian. Democrat. Recreations: Literature, music, art. Mem. the Classics Club of Ann Arbor, Mich., the Classics Club, Boulder, Colo.; the Woman's Club of Boulder, Colo.

BREWSTER, Margaret Powell (Mrs. G. O. Brewster), Grantwood, N.J.

Physician; b. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 20, 1872; dau. Enoch and Martha (Malone) Powell; ed. Bethany Coll., Topeka, Kan.; Cornell Med. Coll., 1901; m. N.Y. City, 1897, Dr. G. O. Brewster; one daughter: Margaret Powell Brewster, b. 1908. Ass't in neurology to Dr. M. Schlapp at Presbyterian Hospital, N.Y. City, 1901-07; now on staff of Englewood (N.J.) Hospital. Bergen County chairman Health Education Com. of Am. Med. Ass'n. Active in local and county women's club work and in suffrage work. Mem. Housing Com. of Organized Charities of Bergen Co. Favors woman suffrage; mem. N.Y. Equal Suffrage League. Author of several magazine articles, including one in Cosmopolitan, about 1907, on out-door sleeping. Unitarian. Mem. Cornell Woman's Alumnae, Bergen Co. Med. Ass'n, N.J. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n. Recreation: Motoring. Mem. Woman's Club of Cliffside Park.

BREWSTER, Mary Jones, Good Shepherd Mission, La Grange, Ga.

Physician; b. Mar. 20, 1862; dau. Charles Osmyn and Mary Draper (Lewis) Brewster; ed. public schools, Brookfield, Mass.; Wellesley Coll., B.S. '83; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '92. Head teacher Cambridge School for Girls, Cambridge, Mass., 1887-89; resident physician, Smith Coll., Northampton, Mass., 1896-1906; head worker at Mission of Good Shepherd, 1910-. Dean of Training School for Church Settlement Workers, 1911. Protestant Episcopal.

BREWSTER, Mary Southgate, 14 Weeks Av., Hempstead, N.Y.

Born Plymouth, Mass., May 20, 1877; dau. Walter and Anna V. (Wright) Southgate; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; m. Plymouth, Mass., Oct. 1, 1904, William Brewster; children: William, Jr., Walter Southgate, Mary Baylies Brewster. Lived in Cuba 3 years after marriage. Pres. St. George's Woman's Club and mem. Executive Board; first vice-pres. Hempstead Women's Club; pres. Kindergarten and Primary Mothers' Club, Unitarian. Chairman Progressive Women's Campaign Com. for Hempstead.

BREYFOGLE, Caroline May, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.

Professor and dean of women; b. Columbus, Ohio.; dau. Charles and Matilda (Cloud) Breyfogle; grad. Univ. of Chicago, A.B. '96, Ph.D. '12; studied in Univ. of Berlin, 1896-98. Associate prof. of Biblical history, literature and exegesis, Wellesley, Ohio, since 1912. Favors woman suffrage; pres. local College Equal Suffrage League. Author: The Social Status of Women in the Old Testament (Biblical World); The Religious Status of Women in the Old Testament (Biblical World); The Hebrew Sense of Sin in the Pre-Exilie Period (Am. Journal of Theology). Methodist. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, School and Home Ass'n, Concordia Ass'n of America, Soc. of Biblical Literature and Exegesis (national). Recreation: Walking. Mem. College Club (Columbus), Women's City Club (Chicago), Social Workers' Club (Columbus).

BRIDGER, Virginia Lawrence (Mrs. Roswell C. Bridger), Winton, N.C.

Teacher, club pres.; b. Raleigh, N.C, Sept. 20, 1872; dau. Virginius D. and Marietta (Corbell) Lawrence; ed. Peace Inst., Raleigh, N.C, 1882-90, Mrs. A. V. Purefoy's Sem. for Young Ladies, Wake Forest, N.C; m. Wake Forest, N.C, Mar. 14, 1900, Roswell Carter Bridger; children: Robert Lawrence, b. Sept. 25, 1901; Marietta Randolph, b. Oct. 26, 1904. Previous to marriage engaged as teacher. Church leader; pres. auxiliary and guilds. Episcopalian. Pres. Woman's Club of Winton, N.C; county pres. United Daughters of Confederacy; mem. Health Com. of Winton. Favors woman suffrage.

BRIDGES, Eliza Wadsworth, South Framingham, Mass.

Lawyer; b. in Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '92; student Boston Univ. Law School, 1897-1900, LL.B. 1900. Teacher Bernardston, Mass., 1893-94. Admitted to Massachusetts bar, September, 1900; since then engaged in practice of law at South Framingham and Boston, Mass.

BRIDGES, Fidelia, Canaan, Conn.

Artist; b. Salem, Mass., May 19, 1834; dau. Henry Gardner and Eliza (Chadwick) Bridges; student in art of William T. Richards, of Philadelphia; specialized in landscapes in oils and water colors. Has participated in many leading exhibitions and produced many notable landscapes: earlier work chiefly in oil; later work for most part in water colors. Clubs: N.Y. Water Color Soc., Associate Nat. Acad, of Design from 1868.

BRIDGMAN, Ethel Young Comstock (Mrs. John Cloyes Bridgman), 118 W. River St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Graduate Smith Coll., B.L. '01; student Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) City Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1903-05; m. June 7, 1905, John Cloyes Bridgeman; twin sons: John C. Jr. and David C. b. May 27, 1906. Pres. Woman's Civic Club of Wilkes-Barre.

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Rh BRIDGMAN, Mary Elliott (Mrs. George H. Bridgman), 1495 Hewitt Av., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Brantford, Ontario, Oct. 31, 1854; dau. John and Sarah (Presho) Elliott; ed. Woman's Coll., Hamilton, Ont. ; m. Brantwood, Ont., Can., June 26, 1873, Rev. George H. Bridgman; children: George Elliott (died), Donald, Elliott, Dorothy Dagmar. Clubs: New Century (St. Paul), Woman's (Minneapolis). Methodist.

BRIDGMAN, Statira Preble McDonald (Mrs. T. Francis Bridgman), 661 W. 180th St., N.Y. City.

Born Warren, R.I.; ed. in schools of Gloucester, Mass., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '01; m. Aug. 21, 1909, T. Francis Bridgman, M.D. Engaged as college settlement scholar and worker, 1902-04; principal of school, 1904-07; sup't of Orthopedic Hospital, White Plains, N.Y., 1907-09.

BRIGGS, Daisy-Marquis (Mrs. James M. Briggs), 107 W. Elmira St., San Antonio, Tex.

Teacher of expression, writer; b. Haverhill, Mass.; dau. Marquis and Emma (Webster) Huston; ed. Gonzales College, grad. with honors in expression; m. Flourville, Tex., 1881, James M. Briggs; children: Flora, Will Rob, Marquis. Author of one book of verse, regular contributor to Daily Express, San Antonio, Tex., and magazines. Clubs: Bohemian Scribblers, San Antonio Dramatic, Mothers' Congress. Mem. Christian Church. Favors woman suffrage.

BRIGGS, Florence Lucy Chase (Mrs. Warren S. Briggs), 676 Summit Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Born Ripley, Mich., Mar. 30, 1862; dau. Charles Foster and Rosina (Randall) Chase; ed. Potsdam State Normal School and affiliated Pianoforte School, Potsdam, N.Y., grad. '81; m. White Bear Lake, Minn., Dec. 31, 1885, Dr. Warren S. Briggs; one daughter: Florence Mayfred, b. July 3, 1887. Mem. The Schubert (musical) Club (pres. 1902-05 and again from 1908 to present), and New Century Club (literary), both of St. Paul. Unitarian.

BRIGGS, Lavina B. (Mrs. Osmand H. Briggs), 16 Kossuth St., Pawtucket, R.I.

Born Pawtucket, R.I., April 23, 1847; dau. Robert C. and Lucy (Smith) Robley; ed. schools of Pawtucket, R.I.; Dedham, Mass.; m. Dedham, Mass., Jan. 3, 1870, Osmond H. Briggs; children: Robert Gilmore, Jenny Sherman, Lucie Claflin. Pres. Foreign Mission Soc.; vice-pres. Needle Work Guild of Pawtucket, 12 years; sec. of Associated Charities; regent of Pawtucket Chapter D.A.R. Mem. Auxiliary Y.M.C.A. Ass'n, Soc. of Associated Charities of Pawtucket, Providence Soc., Consumers' League, Hospital Club (Pawtucket), Foreign and Home Missionary societies. Clubs: Pawtucket Woman's (pres.), R.I. Women's, the Ex. Club. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

BRIGGS, Lida May, 303 St. Mary's St.. San Antonio, Tex.

Journalist, lecturer; b. Tahlequah, Okla.; dau. Joseph Junius and Harriet (Bradley) Briggs; ed. in village school, Sylvia, Kan.; special course in Ohio State Univ.; grad. Columbus (Ohio) School of Oratory. Was on stage for a time; later taught elocution, acting and public speaking. Special writer on staff of Sunday dep't N.Y. Tribune, 1910. Since going to Texas, 1912, press representative Texas Welfare Commission, special writer Texas Commercial Secretaries; inaugurated publicity page features for them in the best Sunday papers of Texas. Only woman meeting with Texas Welfare Commission, composed of 15 of the most prominent men of Texas. Contributed to various papers and magazines, but principally Sunday magazine sections of papers in New York and Texas. Conducted a department of health and longevity in Health Culture under pen-name of "Lida Evandell." Founded in Columbus, Ohio, 1908, the Longevity League to discuss questions of health, philosophy and religion. Believes in New Thought, woman's progress, health culture, etc. Recreations: Outdoor sports, nature.

BRIGHT, Cora C. (Mrs. Orville T. Bright), 6515 Harvard Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born in Ill., Nov., 1860; dau. Roland and Helen (Schlasser) Christian; ed. Chicago public schools; Chicago private school; Evanston private school; m. Chicago, July, 1883, Orville T. Bright; children: Helen, Alice, Orville. Active in the Nat. and State Congress of Mothers, working for the welfare of children through the education of parents and in other ways. Mem. Chicago Peace Soc, Nat. Congress of Mothers (vice-pres.), Ill. Congress of Mothers (former pres., now chairman of Extension Com.), Englewood High School Parents' Club. Clubs: Englewood Woman's, Fortnightly of Englewood. Recreations: Lectures, out-door life, reading, studying, traveling. Universalist. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive. Mem. Chicago Political Equality League.

BRIGHT, Emily Haskell (Mrs. Alfred H. Bright), 1004 Mt. Curve Av., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Sierra Co., Cal.; dau. George W. and Hannah (Cole) Haskell; ed. public and private schools of Cal. and Wis.; specialized in music and languages; m. Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 15, 1887, Alfred H. Bright; children: Elizabeth Haskell, George Noyes, Katharine Cruttenden, Agnes Haskell. Mem. Women's Ass'n of the Church of the Redeemer; Women's Welfare League, The Hostesses (social club); Women's Homoeopathic League. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Political Equality Club; mem. State and Nat. Woman's Suffrage Associations. Universalist. Progressive Republican.

BRIGHT, Florence Zetilla, 411 W. Collin St., Corsicana, Texas.

Teacher; b. Corsicana, Texas, Jan. 31, 1868; dau. John Milford and Martha Jane (Storey) Bright, descendant on father's side from Dranes and Brights of Kentucky, and on mother's side from the Whites and Storeys, two old families of the Spartanburg District, S.C.; ed. in private schools in Corsicana and in Sam Houston Normal Inst., Huntsville, Texas (Licentiate of Instruction). Has taught in the public schools since their organization in 1882, in primary, grammar and high schools, also Dep'ts of Music, Drawing and English; has held several principalships of ward schools. Southern Presbyterian; active in Church work, teaching in Sunday-school and Mission Study classes and working in Church societies.

BRIGHT, Marion M. (Mrs. O. Percy Bright), 5113 Pulaski Av., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia, Mar. 21, 1873; dau. Edwin D. and Abbie Scull (Reeves) Mullen; ed. private schools of Philadelphia; m. Germantown, June 2, 1903, O. Percy Bright; children: Edwin M., Rodman Pratt. Mem. Germantown Cricket Club. Episcopalian.

BRINCKERHOFF, Henrietta Collins, Old Briar Cliff Road, R.F.D. No. 2, Ossining, N.Y.

Born Kingsbridge, N.Y., July 23, 1844; dau. Peter Reman and Abethea (McFarlan) Brinckerhoff; ed. at home with governesses and tutors and always in the near neighborhood of N.Y. City. Has been identified with numerous social, religious and philanthropic activities in the neighborhood of Blair Cliff. Protestant Episcopal. Against woman suffrage.

BRINE, Mary Dow (Mrs), Billerica, Mass.

Author; b. N.Y. City; dau. William Langley and Caroline A. (Dow) Northam; ed. N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, William Brine; one daughter, who died in 1901. Writer of books for children; has written for various magazines. Books: Bessie and Bee; Bessie the Cash Girl; Grandma's Attic Treasures; Grandma's Memories; Jack; Little Lad Jamie; Margaret Arnold's Christmas; Merrie Little Visit with Auntie; Mother and Baby; Mother's Song; Aunt Patience; Sunshine; Sunny Hours; What Robbin Was Good For; Daisy Dearie; Mother's Little Man; Grandmother and Christmas Eve. Fond of music and plays a number of musical instruments; composer of music and writes words for song composers.

BRINK, Louise, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Registered nurse; b. Katsbaan, N.Y.; grad. Vassar, A.B. '98. Missionary, Amoy, China, 1899-1902; registered nurse, 1905, and since then trained nurse at Kingston and Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.


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128 BRINKER, Jean Beatrice Weber (Mrs. Frank Markley Brinker), Lackawanna, Erie Co., N.Y.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., May 6, 1869; dau. Col. John B. and Elizabeth (Farthing) Weber; ed. public schools, Buffalo; Wells Coll., B.A. (valedictorian of class); m. Buffalo, 1893, Frank Markley Brinker. Interested in church societies, Children's Aid Soc., Buffalo, a society interested in helping newsboys and homeless boys to help themselves; traveled in European countries, studying in art galleries and attending expositions. Mem. Phoenix Literature Soc, Catalia Soc. of Wells Coll., Collegiate Alumnae of N.Y. State, Buffalo; St. Paul's Aid Soc. of Buffalo, Children's Aid Soc, Collegiate Alumnse of U.S. Episcopalian. Rather opposed to woman suffrage.

BRINSMADE, Ada Gibson Colton (Mrs. William Gold Brinsmade), The Ridge School, Washington, Conn.

Principal of boys' school; b. Washington, Conn., Nov. 5, 1864; dau. Rev. Willis S. and Lucy Parsons (Gibson) Colton; ed. Washington, Conn., in Gunnery School; m. Warren, Conn., Dec. 24, 1885, William Gold Brinsmade; one daughter, Dorothy. With husband built and founded the Ridge School for boys in 1894. Since his death in 1908 has carried on the school which is now for boys under 14 only. Pres. of Woman Suffrage League of Washington, Conn. Congregationalist. Holds progressive political views. Recreations: Gardening, walking, driving, etc.

BRINSMADE, Mary Gold Gunn (Mrs. John Chapin Brinsmade), Washington, Conn.

Born Washington, Conn.; dau. Frederick William and Abigail Irene (Brinsmade) Gunn; ed. Gunnery School; m. Oct. 4, 1876, John Chapin Brinsmade; children: Frederick Gunn, William Bartlett, Chapin, Eleanor Gold, Mary, John Chapin Jr., Charlotte Blake, Abigail Irene. Born and brought up in the Gunnery School; taught in the school for several years, and has been mistress and mother since 1881. Interested in the New Haven branch Women's Board of Foreign Missions, Homeland Circle for Home Missionary Work. Regent of Judea Chapter D.A.R. Mem. Washington (Conn.) Monday Club, Roquasset Club, Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of the League of Washington, Conn.

BRISCOE, Margaret Sutton (see Hopkins, Margaret Sutton Briscoe).

BRISTOL, Grace Whitman (Mrs. William Read Bristol), Beaufort, S.C.

Born Auburn, Me., Sept. 7, 1863; dau. Joshua Adams and Hannah F. (Emmons) Whitman; ed. Auburn, Me., and Beaufort, S.C., and in New England Conservatory of Music; m. Beaufort, S.C., July 14, 1885, William Read Bristol; one son: Harold Whitman. Organist of St. Helena Episcopal Church for 28 years. Interested in library work. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Benevolent Soc; pres. Ladies' Aid Soc. of St. Helena Episcopal Church. Pres. Clover Club since its organization, 1891; charter mem. Civic League.

BRISTOL, Helen Augusta Flack (Mrs. Royal A. Bristol), Claverack, N.Y.

Reader; b. Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; dau. Rev. Alouzo Flack, Ph.D. (pres. Claverack Coll.) and Mary Elizabeth (Johnson) Flack; grad. Claverack Coll., A.B. (valedictorian); mem. Addisonian Soc; m. Claverack, N.Y., June 23, 1881, Royal A. Bristol (now deceased). Has taught in Claverack Coll.; Hamlin Univ.; State Univ. of Minn.; High School, Yonkers, N.Y.; High School, Hudson, N.Y., and private school— gymnastics, elocution, expression, singing. Has taken charge, teaching and supervising, as superintendent teacher, etc., Sea Side Hospital, St. John's Guild, New Dorp, S.I.; one year at Hampton Inst., Va.; teacher and supervisor and superintendent, Domestic Training School, Minneapolis. Author of a short play: Uncle Sam's New Scholars, 1898, and short humorous poems. Methodist. Mem. Twenty-Minute Reading Club, Claverack.

BRISTOL, Helen Finlay Waltz, 2 35 N. 8th St., Quincy, Ill.

Born Quincy, Ill., Dec. 29, 1843; dau. Frederick K. and Jane Bell (Finlay) Carrott; grad. Quincy Coll., Ill., A.B. '66, A.M. '68; m. 1st, Sept. 22, 1870, Rev. Henry Clay Waltz (died 1877); 2d, to S. E. Bristol, May 22, 1880; children: Frederick Finlay Waltz, Merle Bowman Waltz. Principal public schools in Pueblo, Col., in 70's; taught higher mathematics and Latin in Quincy Coll.; ex-sec. and treas. of Dep't of Ill., Woman's Relief Corps; ex-pres. Local Council of Women; ex-treas. Woodland Hemy Orphanage; ex-treas. Atlantis Literary Soc; ex-treas. Woman's Exchange; treas. Methodist Church. Interested in suffrage movement in Wyoming in 70's; now mem. Executive Board of Quincy Woman's Suffrage Ass'n. Active in Sunday School work and in Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. Republican. Mem. Quincy Board of Education for 4 years.

BRITTAIN, Gertrude Fuller, 151 Greenwood N Av., East Orange, N.J.

Teacher; b. Malvern, Pa.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '97. Teacher, Cloverdise School, Montclair, N.J., 1900-04; Dearborn-Morgan School, Orange, N.J., 1904-05; Bernardsville (N.J.) High School, 1905-09; East Orange (N.J.) High School since 1909.

BRITTEN, Flora Phelps Harley (Mrs. Fred Ernest Britten), 146 Massachusetts Av., Boston, Mass.

Lecturer; b. Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept. 2, 1864; dau. David Saur and Jennie (Phelps) Harley; ed. Manistee (Mich.) High School; Univ. of Mich., B.A. '86; m. Manistee, Mich., April 29, 1886, Fred Ernest Britten; children: Clarence Dewey, b. 1887: Rollo Herbert, b. 1889; Merle DeWitt, b. 1891. Taught in public schools and in the art, Greek and Latin dep't of Central Univ. of Iowa, 1886-88; preached in mission in Neb. and as pastor of two different churches in Mich., 1888-91; national lecturer of the Prohibition Party, 1892-1901; office manager of Prohibition Party of Mich, about four years, 1898-1901; has been in W.C.T.U. work, chiefly as lecturer, since 1893; pres. B.W.L.T.U., 1904-09. In 1904 went into business; vice-pres. of Boston Development Co., and office manager; also vice-pres. and treas. of Cuba Fruit Co.; also office manager of Eastern business until 1912. Mem. of various temperance movements; active in various missionary efforts, both ladies and other lines. Published leaflet theses, in line with the temperance work, both political, and for Christian citizenship. Recreations: Baseball, football, tennis. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

BRITTINGHAM, Ellen Brooks Bradbury (Mrs. Russell Brittingham), 123 Washington St., East Orange, N.J.

Former teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '93. student of Latin, Harvard Summer School, 1897; English and educational methods, Columbia Univ., 1898-99; m. June 18, 1902, Russell Brittingham; children: Russell, b. Dec. 29 1904; Emily Bradbury, b. April 28, 1908. Teacher, Norfolk, Va., 1893-97; Westfield, N.J., 1897-98: Mary Brigham Inst., Paterson, N.J., 1898-1901. BRITTON, Elizabeth Gertrude (Mrs. Nathaniel Lord Britton), 2965 Decatur Av., Bronx. N.Y City.

Honorary curator of mosses at N.Y. Botanical Garden; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 9, 1858; dau. James and Sophie Anne (Compton) Knight; ed. private schools and Normal Coll.; m. Aug. 27, 1885 Dr. Nathaniel Lord Britton (director N.Y. Botanical Garden). Professional botanist. Editor of the Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club; contributor to the bulletins of the Torrey Botanical Club and N.Y. Botanical Garden, and bryologist on mosses. Mem. Torrey Botanical Club, Botanical Soc. of America, Wild Flower Preservation Soc, Woman's Municipal League (sec. and treas.), Sullivant Moss Soc, Associate Alumnae Normal Coll. Recreations: Walking, horseback riding, traveling. Against woman suffrage.

BRITTON, Ida Freeman (Mrs. Frank Hamilton Britton), 3671 Lindell Boul, St. Louis, Mo.

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BRITTON—BRONK Ravenna (O.) public schools and Falley Sem., Fulton, N.Y.; m. Ravenna, O., Mar. 12, 1873, Frank Hamilton Britton; children: Edna Lillias (Mrs. N. A. Waldron), Robert Freeman, Roy Frank, Ada, Ida. Congregationalist. Mem. St. Louis Chapter, D.A.R.

BRITTON, Josephine, 610 Benson St., Camden, N.J.

Teacher; b. Beverly, N.J., Nov. 22, 1882; dau. Joseph H. and Anna (Hains) Britton; ed. Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y., A.B. '07, A.M. '08, Ph.D. '10 (mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omicron Pi), Recreations: Walking, talking. Catholic. Favors woman suffrage; mean, of Political Equality League of Wis.

BROADDUS, Lucy Frances Duncan (Mrs. Andrew Broaddus), 1304 Brook St., Louisville, Ky.

Born Nelson County, Ky.; dau. Charles Young and Mary Ivea (Fox) Duncan; grad. Bloomfield (Ky.) Coll. Inst.; m. Nashville, Tenn., June 2, 1887, Andrew Broaddus. Ex-first vice-pres. of the Ky. Division United Daughters of Confederacy; ex-pres. Albert Sidney Johnston Chapter, U.D.C. (former recording sec); pres. Crescent Hill Women's Civic League; has been pres. Ladies' Ass'n of the Broadway Baptist Church. Baptist. Against woman suffrage.

BROADHEAD, Stella Florine, 130 S. Main St., Jamestown, N.Y.

Born Jamestown, N.Y., April 12, 1859; dau. William and Lucy (Cobb) Broadhead; grad. Jamestown Union School and Collegiate Inst., '77; Vassar Coll., A.B. '82. Became mem. of School Board of Jamestown in 1902, and has served continuously since; has been a mem. of Finance Com. and chairman of Teachers Com. Interested in hospital work; has been treas. Women's Christian Ass'n Hospital for 12 years, Founded Jamestown Chapter D.A.R., 1900, and has been regent ever since; mem. Nat. Soc. U.S., Daughters of 1812. Mem. Mozart Club, Fortnightly Literary Club, New Century Art Club. Recreations: Travel here and abroad, motoring. Congregationalism Favors woman suffrage.

BROCK, Elizabeth Tyler (Mrs. Charles William Penn Brock), 206 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va.

Born Richmond, Va., June 5, 1839; dau. John Henry and E. S. (Evans) Tyler; ed. Miss Harriet Hall's School; m. Oct. 1, 1863, Dr. Charles W. P Brock; children: Mrs. Edwin L. Hewitt, Mrs. Floyd Hughes, Dr. Charles Bolton Brock, A. Tyler Brock. Interested in society and church work. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R., Ass'n for Preservation of Va. Antiquities, Confederate Memorial Literary Soc; mem. and formerly second vice-pres. Daughters of the Confederacy; mem. the Woman's Club. Recreations: Stay-at-Home Whist Club, bridge, driving. Episcopalian.

BROCKWAY, Alcinda Beman (Mrs. E. B. Brockway), 3217 N. Twenty-eighth St., Tacoma, Wash.

Born Iowa, 1872; dau. S. N. and Mary A. (Thompson) Beman; ed. State Univ. of Iowa; grad. in pharmacy; m. Oskaloosa, Ia., 1899, E. B. Brockway; children: Valeda, Gordon B. Became registered pharmacist in 1896 and practiced profession for three years. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Progressive in politics. Mem. Illema Club (literary).

BRODEL, Ruth Huntington (Mrs. Max Brodel), 707 N. Carrollton Av., Baltimore, Md.

Born Sandusky, O., Sept. 1, 1877; dau. Henry Clay and Josephine (Warner) Huntington; grad. Sandusky High School, '95; Smith Coll., B.S. '99 (mem. Alpha Soc); m. Sandusky, O., Dec. 31, 1902, Prof. Max Brodel of Johns Hopkins Univ.; children: Elizabeth, b. Oct. 9, 1903; Ruth, b. April 23, 1905 (died June 1, 1908); Carl, b. June 7, 1908; Elsa, b. Feb. 8, 1911. Fellow in zoology, Smith Coll., 1899-1900; was engaged in medical illustration at Johns Hopkins Univ., 1900-02. Illustrated the anatomical chapter of Dr. Howard A. Kelly's book on the Appendix. Congregationalist Recreation: Music. Mem. College Club, Baltimore.

BRODIE, Ethel Mary (Mrs.), 15 Charles St., W. Toronto, Can.

Born Toronto, Sept. 27, 1878; dau. John Lowe Brodie (founder of Standard Bank of Canada) and Adeline J. H. (Lowe) Brodie; ed. private school (Miss Champion's) and at Morvyn House, afterward Havargal Hall; left school in girlhood because of ill health; followed study by self; married, but has resumed name of Brodie; one daughter: Jessie Dick Staunton, b. Mar. 11, 1906. Author of two articles in Toronto Saturday Night, and one book: The Rose-Colored World (collection of short stories), 1910. Recreations: Music, reading, traveling. Favors woman suffrage.

BROMWELL, Henrietta Elizabeth, 1803 Guilford Av., Baltimore, Md.; P.O. Box 50, Denver, Colo.

Landscape painter, genealogist; b. Charleston, Ill.; dau. Hon. H. P. H. Bromwell (Congressman, jurist, legislator, etc.) and Emily (Payne) Bromwell, dau. of Hon. John W. Payne; ed. at home under private instructors; traveled a good deal in U.S., Northern Mexico and Canada. One of founders and active mem. of Artists' Club of Denver, Colo., and its first sec; has exhibited in Am. Water Color Soc of N.Y., in Philadelphia Art Club, in Transmississippi Exposition, Greater Am. Exposition and annuals of Kansas City, Omaha, Houston, Denver, etc. Favors woman suffrage; has been mem. Colo. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Author: The Bromwell Genealogy, 1910 (includes genealogies of Holmes, Payne, Rice and L-effler families). Active mem. Maryland Historical Soc. Mem. Baltimore Chapter D.A.R. Active mem. Artists' Club of Denver; mem. Territorial Daughters of Colo. Was sec. H. P. H. Bromwell Masonic Publishing Co., organized under auspices of the Grand Lodge of Colorado, for publication of posthumous works of H. P. H. Bromwell.

BRONK, Isabelle, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore. Pa.

Teacher; born in Duanesburg, Schenectady County, N.Y.; dau. Abram and Cynthia (Brewster) Bronk; ed. Brockport (N.Y.) State Normal School; Wellesley Coll.; Germany, France and Spain (schools and private study); Univ. of Leipzig, Sorbonne and Collège de France, 1889-91; Univ. of Chicago, summers of 1896 and 1897 and 1897-1900; Bibliothèque Nationale, summers of 1902, 1903, 1904, 1908; Univ. of Grenoble, summer of 1906; studied in Paris and Madrid, 1910-11; Ill. Wesleyan Univ., Ph.B. 1893; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. 1900; fellow in Romance languages, Univ. of Chicago, 1898-1900. Mem. Labor Ass'n and particularly interested in work of Child Labor Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage League of Swarthmore Coll., Woman's Suffrage League of Swarthmore and College Equal Suffrage League of Philadelphia. Editor The Poésies diverses of Antoine Furetière (partial reprint from edition of 1664), with introduction and notes, 1908; writer of articles in The Nation, Evening Post, Education, and elsewhere; now engaged in preparing edition of some of works of the Chevalier de Méré. Mem. Episcopal Church. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Ass'n, Collegiate Alumnae, Modern Language Ass'n of America, Nat. Geog. Soc. and Alliance Française (Philadelphia branch). Recreations: Walking, swimming, rowing, skating, reading. Taught French at Univ. of Chicago and now head of dep't of Romance Languages and Susan W. Lippincott professor of French at Swarthmore Coll. Has traveled in nearly all the countries of Europe.

BRONK, Margaret Marcellus (Mrs. Edmund F. Bronk), 27 Division St., Amsterdam, N.Y.

Born Amsterdam, N.Y.; dau. Jeremiah Vorhees and Margaret (Carmichael) Marcellus; ed. Amsterdam Acad. and Wells Coll., Aurora, N.Y.; m. Amsterdam, N.Y., Mar. 9, 1887, Dr. Edmund F. Bronk; children: Marcellus, Clara Louise, James Edmund. Sec. Woman's Home Missionary Soc. of the Second Presbyterian Church from organization 31 years ago to present time; associate mem. Children's Home Ass'n and Hospital Aid Soc. Presbyterian. Pres. and charter


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'''BRONSON. Amey Talbot Taintor''' (Mrs. Charles Eli Bronson). 4050 Aspen St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Graduate Smith Coll., B.L. '95; student of Latin, history and philology, Columbia Univ., M.A. '96; m. Nov. 23, 1898. Charles Eli Bronson; children: Katharine Taintor, b. Oct. 11, 1899; Margaret Talbot, b. June 5, 1901; Charles Atwater, b. Sept. 21, 1905; Talbot de Peyster, b. Oct. 23, 1909. Engaged as private teacher, 1896-98.

BRONSON, Elsie Marian Straffin (Mrs. Walter C. Bronson), 140 Morris Av., Providence, R.I.

Born Middleborough, Mass., Oct. 17, 1882; dau. Arthur Franklin and Mary Lovina (Alden) Straffin; ed. Brown Univ., 1900-07, A.B., A.M. '04 (elected to Phi Beta Kappa 1S03); held graduate fellowship in English, 1904-05; m. Brockton, Mass., Aug. 17, 1905, Prof. Walter C. Bronson. Assistant in English, Brown Univ., 1904-05. Pres. Brown Univ. Alumnas Ass'n, 1909-11; chiefly interested in collegiate education of women. Interested in ancient Greek art, literature and archaeology and in the progress of modern Greece. Has assisted largely in preparing six volumes of English and American literature edited within the last 8 years by her husband, Prof. Bronson; for 1 volume made somewhat extensive translations from Beowulf and ether Old English poems; has revised mathematical works for the purpose of making them simpler and more lucid in expression. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae. Recreations: Camping, boating, fishing and mountain climbing. Baptist.

BROOK, Edith May, 53 Parker Hill Av., Roxbury, Mass.

Physician, surgeon; b. Rutland, Mass.; dau. William H. and Almanda M. (Stone) Brook; grad. Springfield High School, '97; Tufts Coll. Medical School, '02. Became ass't surgeon on staff of Mass. Women's Hospital; now house physician and sup't of same hospital.

BROOKINGS, Marian Kinney (Mrs. Walter DuBois Brookings), Linda Vista Av., Redlands, Cal.; also care of Brookings Timber and Lumber Co., St. Clair Building, San Francisco, Cal.

Born Fergus Falls, Minn., May 26, 1883; dau. Henry Nason and Selina (Mcintosh) Kinney; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '04 (mem. Zeta Alpha); m. Claremont, Cal., Nov. 19, 1909, Walter Du Bois Brookings; one son: Robert Brookings 2d. Interested in home economics; chairman for past two years of Home Economics Com. of the San Bernardino Valley Branch Ass'n College Alumnae; mem. Associated Charities; interested in politics and in town planning. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalism Republican voter. Mem. Am. Home Economics Ass'n, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Travel, walking. Clubs: College Woman's, Wellesley (Los Angeles).

BROOKS, Amy, Hyde Park, Mass.

Author, artist; b. Chelsea, Mass.; dau. Alfred Hubbard and Hannah Bell (Stebbins) Brooks; ed. Hyde Park public schools; Museum School of Drawing and Painting, Boston, Mass. First picture exhibited 1898. Illustrated about 70 volumes for other authors between 1898 and 1900, when first book was published. Has illustrated all her own 32 books and designed their covers. Takes great pleasure in social life; very fond of dancing, and of theatre when musical drama or opera is on. Author: The Randy Books, The Prue Books, The Jolly Cat Tale, The Dorothy Dainty Books, The Princess Polly Books, The Lady Linda Books. Author and composer of classical songs; accomplished pianist.

BROOKS, Anita Comfort (Mrs. Algernon Arthur Alfred Brooks), St. James Hotel, 109 W. Forty-fifth St., N.Y. City.

Club president, composer; b. Des Moines, Ia.; dau. John and Mary (Matthews) O'Hara; ed. Monticello Sem., Godfrey, Ill.; m. (1st) Colonel Charles D. Comfort of the St. Louis Nat. Guard; one son: Norman Bacon Comfort (now Capt. St. Louis Nat. Guard). Was a widow for a few years and then married in N.Y. City, Algernon Arthur Alfred Brooks (of a well-known English family; now in stocks and bonds business in N.Y. City). While resident of St. Louis, held a prominent place in the society of that city, and a Red, White and Blue Military Reception, which she gave to Gen. G. T. Beauregard (of the Confederate Army) at her residence (which she still owns in Westminster Place, St. Louis), Oct. 14, 1891, is still remembered as one of the most brilliant events in the social history of that city; 400 guests attended, including local celebrities and the officers of the St. Louis National Guard in full uniform. In 1906 founded and organized the Gotham Club, for men and women, which has its headquarters in the Hotel Astor, N.Y. City, and is noted for its unique and interesting monthly programs; also pres. Gridiron Dinner Dance Club, which she founded and organized, 1910, and which is opposed to tobacco and its poisons. Also mem. City Fed. of Women's Clubs, Am. Playgoers' Club, Rainy Day Club, West End Woman's Republican Club, Internat. Pure Milk League, Domestic Science Ass'n., N.Y. Probation Soc, Woman's Auxiliary to Rescue Work of the Salvation Army, Housewives' League, N.Y. Peace Soc., Burlington Country Club; vice-pres. Huntington (L.I.) Week End Club. Favors woman suffrage. Composer: Anita, or Mexico by Moonlight; Monterey (Mexican Dance); Remember the Maine (battle song); Eugenie; Alice, the Bride of the White House (national waltz), a de-luxe copy of which she presented to Mrs. Nicholas Longworth on her wedding day, and others. Her compositions were first introduced to public notice by the Sousa and Victor Herbert bands. Presbyterian.

BROOKS, Annie Laurie (Mrs. Lawton S. Brooks), 126 Chestnut St., Springfield, Mass.

Born West Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 23, 1857; dau. Rev. Dr. Thomas and Ellen A. (Ellis) Laurie; ed. Mt. Holyoke Sem.; m. Providence, R.I., May 22, 1878, Lawton S. Brooks, M.D.; one daughter: Edith Laurie. Pres. Springfield Women's Club; pres. Woman's Auxiliary for the diocese of Western Mass. (missionary); pres. Christ Church branch Woman's Auxiliary; sec. Springfield Home for Aged Women. Has written occasional verses. Episcopalian. Mem. Mass. Forestry Ass'n, Consumers' League and various social and church organizations. Recreation: Golf.

BROOKS, Annie Mabel, 443 School St., Athol, Mass.

Teacher; b. Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '98; student in education and Sanskrit, Columbia Univ., M.A. '02. Teacher of Latin, Woodstock (Conn.) Acad., 1898-1900; Horace Mann School, N.Y. City, 1902-03; Kent Place School, Summit, N.J., since 1903.

BROOKS, Bessie Estelle (Mrs. Henry M. Brooks), Gwynn Oak, Ferndale Av., Howard Park, Baltimore, Md.

Born Baltimore, Md., Sept. 2, 1872; dau. John Randolph and Mary C. (Thompson) Wright; ed. public schools of Baltimore City; private pupil of Miss Eliza Adams, Baltimore; m. Walbrook, Baltimore, Md., Feb. 1, 1905, Henry Murray Brooks. Teacher of public school until marriage. Had charge of primary dep't work for 10 years in the Fayette Street Methodist Episcopal Church; active in all women societies of church. Pres. of Howard Park branch of Internat. Sunshine Soc. for five years. Methodist.

BROOKS, Ethel Frances Fifield (Mrs. Lawrence Ralston Brooks), 18 South Broadway, Yonkers, N.Y.

Born Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '95; student of architecture at Mass. Inst. of Technology, 1896-1900, B.S. 1900; m. Aug. 31, 1904, Lawrence Ralston Brooks; two daughters: Shirley, b. July 7, 1906; Caroline Robinson, b. Nov. 11, 1907. Teacher Salem (Mass.) public school, 1895-96. Lecturer on house building and furnishing, School of Housekeeping, Boston, 1900-02, and to women's clubs, 1900-04. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Am. Home Economics Ass'n.

BROOKS, Frona Marie (Mrs. Morgan Brooks), 2004 Matthews Av., Urbana, Ill.

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Rh Brooks; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '83, M.A. '93; student Harvard Annex, 1884-86; m. April 24, 1888, Morgan Brooks, Ph.B., M.B. (now prof. electrical engineering, Univ. of Ill.); children: Henry, b. Sept. 2, 1889; Charles Franklin, b. May 2, 1891; Frances, b. Nov. 7, 1893; Frederick Augustus, b. May 1, 1895; Roger, b. Dec. 22, 1896; Edith, b. Jan. 11, 1899; Frona Marguerite, b. Jan. 18, 1901; Dorothy Prescott, b. Dec. 1, 1905. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae.

BROOKS, Geraldine, 312 East Seventh St., Plainfield, N.J.

Teacher, author; b. Philadelphia; dau. Elbridge Street and Melissa (de Baun) Brooks; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y.; Somerville (Mass.) High School and Radcliffe Coll., A.B. '08. Teacher of English in Leominster (Mass.) High School 1908-12; since Sept. 1912, teacher of English in Plainfield (N.J.) High School. Author: Dames and Daughters of Colonial Days; Dames and Daughters of Young Republic; Dames and Daughters of French Court; Romances of Colonial Days. Unitarian. Mem. Women's University Club, N.Y. City.

BROOKS, Ida Josephine, 219 E. Tenth St., Little Rock, Ark.

Physician; b. Muscatine, la.; dau. Joseph and Eliza (Goodenough) Brooks; ed. St. Louis public schools; Little Rock Univ.; Drury Coll.; Boston Univ., M.D. Resident surgeon Mass. Homoeopathic Hospital; ass't sup't Mass. State Insane Hospital; medical director Little Rock public schools; specialist in psychiatry. Formerly teacher for many years; principal Little Rock High School; prof, of mathematics, Little Rock Univ. Interested in associated charities, civic improvement; mem. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Suffrage Soc. Has written magazine articles, social and professional. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

BROOKS, Jennie, Oxford, O.

Author; b. Cincinnati, O., 1853; dau. E. S. Brooks (Harvard '35, teacher of first classical school in Cincinnati) and Mary Jane (Keller) Brooks; ed. Oxford (O.) Coll. Magazine writer on out-door life, bird study, short stories, essays. Contributor to Harper's, Lippincott's, Outlook, Continent, Educator, Chap Work, also other periodicals and magazines. Author: Under Oxford Trees, 1911. Episcopalian. Recreations: Walking on country roads, nature study.

BROOKS, Julia M. Clark (Mrs. David Brainard Brooks), 16 Huntington St., Hartford, Conn.

Born Hartford, Conn.; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), '57; m. David Brainard Brooks (now deceased); four sons (one deceased), two daughters (one deceased). Has been active in philanthropic interests in Hartford; served many years on Board of Managers of Woman's Aid Soc. Writer of occasional literary papers. Congregationalist; active in all departments of church work.

BROOKS, Louise Dudley Davis (Mrs. Henry Harlow Brooks), 44 W. Ninth St., N.Y. City.

Educated Dearborn-Morgan School, Orange, N.J.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '97, specializing in chemistry and biology; student in bacteriology in Carnegie Laboratory, N.Y. City, 1896-97; in Health Dep't Laboratory, N.Y. City, 1897-98; m. 1899, Dr. Henry Harlow Brooks. Ass't to the ass't pathologist and director of the Investigation Laboratory of the Health Dep't of N.Y. City, 1898-99.

BROOKS, Luella Jane (Mrs. John Melville Brooks), 503 S. Weadock Av., Saginaw, Mich.

Born Ipswich, Mass., June 30, 1853; dau. Rev. John W. and Martha J. (Rogers) Dadmun; grad. Laselle Sem., '74; m. Winthrop, Mass., John Melville Brooks (lawyer); children: William Campbell, Marion Luella, Melville Dadmun, Harold. Active in church, clubs and music. Director of Mich. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1911; pres. of Saginaw Art Club, 12 years (now sec); pres. May Festival Chorus. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Progressive in politics. Mom. Saginaw Country Club, Saginaw Art Club, May Festival Chorus Club, Saginaw Whist Club.

BROOKS, Mary Naomi Willard (Mrs. Bryant B. Brooks) Casper, Wyo.

Born Washington Court, O., Jan., 1864; dau. Lockart D. and Olive (Clark) Willard; ed. Episcopal School, Lyons, Ia.; m. Mar., 1886, Bryant B. Brooks (Governor of Wyoming, 1905-11); five children, four girls and one boy. Taught school, beginning at Alexandria, Neb., when she was 17, until marriage; since then has lived on the V-V Ranch at Casper, Wyo. Pres. Wyo. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Republican voter. Favors woman suffrage.

BROOKS, Mary Ten Eyck Oakley (Mrs. John Arthur Brooks), Brookwood, Cazenovia, N.Y.

Born N.Y. City; dau. E. Benedict and Elizabeth T. E. (Litchfield) Oakley; ed. private schools in Yonkers and N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, April 16, 1902, John Arthur Brooks; children: Elizabeth Ten Eyck, b. 1903; Evelyn Reed, b. 1906; Arthur Oakley, b. 1911. Mem. Consumers' League of Mass., Child Labor Com. (Nat.), Playground Ass'n (Nat.), Mass. Civic League. Episcopalian.

BROOKS, Sarah Catherine, Martinsburg, Mo.

Teacher; b. Audrain County, Mo., Feb. 16, 1856; dau. Thompson and Zerelda (Fields) Brooks; ed. Ill. (Northern) Normal Univ., 1875-76. Taught in Normal (Ill.) public schools, 1877-78; in Mendota, Ill., 1878-79; in DeKalb, Ill., 1882-85; primary work. Left DeKalb for St. Paul, Minn., 1885, receiving highest salary given in the town. Ass't principal in St. Paul, 1885-87; taught in training school; promoted to primary supervisor, 1889-1902. Principal Baltimore Teachers' Training School, 1902-10. Author: Myers' and Brooks' Arithmetics; Carroll-Brooks' Readers and Manual; biographical sketch of Mrs. Ewing, with educational notes, in The Story of a Short Life; Biographical Sketch and Suggestions to Teachers of Hans Christian Andersen. Episcopalian. Progressive. Mem. Herbart Soc. Recreations: Nature study, literature. Actively engaged in summer schools, 1882-1903, teaching in Iowa, Illinois, Maryland, Chautauqua, N.Y.; Bayview, Mich., etc. Favors woman suffrage.

BROOMELL, Grace Browne (Mrs. Clyde Washburn Broomell), San Antonio, Tex.; permanent address, Broomellcroft, Sharon, Me.

Choir director, soloist; b. Cleveland, O., Dec. 12, 1873; dau. Myron Gilbert and Adah I. (Wagar) Browne; ed. Cleveland High School; Women's Coll. of Western Reserve Univ., 1892-93; Smith Coll., B.L. '97; grad. New England Conservatory of Music, '04 (mem. Alpha Soc, Biological Soc. and Philosophical Soc of Smith Coll.); m. Boston, Mar. 21, 1905, Rev. Clyde Washburn Broomell; children: Myron Henry, b. Feb. 27, 1906; Doris, b. Sept. 20, 1910. Active in religious, musical and college club circles. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to various magazines and periodicals. Mem. Church of the New Jerusalem (Swedenborgian). Mem. Alumnae Ass'n of Smith Coll., Alumni Ass'n of New England Conservatory of Music, Southern Ass'n of College Women (and the San Antonio Chapter of same). Was charter mem. of Cleveland College Club, and mem. Boston College Club.

BROTHERTON, Alice William (Mrs. William Ernest Brotherton), 1015 Locust St., Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Writer of verse and prose; dau. Alfred Baldwin and Ruth Hoge (Johnson) Williams; m. 1876, William Ernest Brotherton; children: Frederick Williams (deceased), John Williams, Isabel Ruth Brotherton. Contributor of poems to many leading magazines and periodicals. Author: Beyond the Veil, 1886; The Sailing of King Olaf, and Other Poems, 1887; What the Wind Told to the Tree-Tops; Prose and Verse for Children, 1887; The Real Hamlet (contributed to Poet Lore), 1905. Unitarian. Republican. Seven years a director of Cincinnati Woman's Club; director and several terms pres. of Woman's Press Club, which is charter mem. of the General Federation of Women's Clubs.

BROUSSEAU, Kate, Mills College, California.

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BROWER, Josephine V., St. Cloud, Minn.

Author; dau. Jacob Vradenburg and Armena S. Brower. Sec. of Literature Com., Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Author: Tales From the Albambra; The Morris Dance; Morris Dance Tunes; Folk Dances. Mem. Am. Folk Lore Soc, Playground and Recreation Ass'n of America; Drama League of America; Merry England Soc. (mem. Advisory Council). Mem. London Lyceum Club, Soc. of Am. Women in London.

BROWN, Abbie Farwell, 41 W. Cedar St., Boston, Mass.

Author; b. Boston; dau. Benjamin F. and Clara M. (Neal) Brown; ed. Girls' Latin School, Boston and Radcliffe Coll. Author (juveniles): Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts; The Lonesomest Doll; A Pocketful of Posies (poems); Fresh Posies (poems); John of the Woods; The Curious Book of Birds; Brothers and Sisters; Friends and Cousins; The Star Jewels, the Story of St. Christopher; The Flower Princess; The Christmas Angel; Tales of the Red Children; Their City Christmas. Frequent contributor to magazines, chiefly juvenile poems and stories; writer of song texts and the librettos of two comic operas. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Folk-Lore Soc, Am. Drama Soc, Boston Drama League. Recreations: Theatres, private theatricals, music, dancing, snowshoeing. Mem. Boston Authors' Club, Saturday Morning Club. Favors equal suffrage.

BROWN, Adelaide, 45 Sixteenth Av., cor. Lake St., San Francisco, Cal.

Physician; b. Napa, Cal., July 19, 1868; dau. Henry Adams and Charlotte Amanda (Blake) Brown; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. *88; Cooper Med. Coll., San Francisco, M.D. '92. Obstetrician to Children's Hospital, 1899; sec Med. Milk Commission of San Francisco Co. Med. Soc, 1907-12; pres. Med. Milk Com., 1912. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumna; (Cal. branch), San Francisco Civic Centre, Soc. for Prevention of Blindness, Com. for Prevention of Infant Mortality, Baby Hygiene Soc, Milk Improvement Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres. College Equal Suffrage League of Cal. Has written various articles for medical journals. Congregationalism Progressive Republican. Recreation: Civics. Clubs: Town and Country, Century.

BROWN, Adelaide Spenser (Mrs. Harry Spenser Brown), Chateau d'Aux, Barthe, France; address care American Express Co., Paris, France.

Born Chicago, Sept. 5, 1860; dau. Francis and Adelaide (Crary) Bostock; ed. Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, Ill., 1878; m. Chicago, July 28, 1880, Dr. Harry Spenser Brown; children: Ethel (Countess de Gramedo), Dorothy. Interested in all questions—religious, social and philanthropic. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Agnes Hewlett (Mrs. James Crosby Brown), Mill Creek Road, Ardmore, Pa.

Born Brooklyn Heights, Mar. 27, 1875; dau. Augustus and Mary (Sanderson) Hewlett; ed. Packer Inst., Brooklyn; m. Hewlett, L.I., Oct. 13, 1898, James Crosby Brown; children: James Crosby Jr., b. 1903; Alexander Crosby, b. 1905. Interested in child culture, the Polyclinic Hospital and the Consumers' League. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Recreation: Gardening Mem. Acorn Club (Philadelphia). Gardeners ('"Main Line").

BROWN, Alice, 11 Pinckney St., Boston. Mass.

Author; b. Hampton Falls, N.H., Dec. 5, 1887, lived on a farm in girlhood; ed. Robinson Sem., Exeter, N.H. Taught school in country for a few terms, then went to Boston to teach, but soon took up writing as a profession. Engaged as writer for several years on staff of the Youth's Companion. Author: Fools of Nature (novel); Meadow Grass (collection of New England stories); By Oak and Thorn—A Record of English Days; Robert Louis Stevenson—A Study (in collaboration with Imogen Guiney); Three Heroines of New England Romance (with Harriet Prescott Spofford and Imogen Guiney); Life of Mercy Otis Warren; The Road to Castalay (poems); Tiverton Tales (collection of stories); The Day of His Youth; The King's End; Margaret Warrener; Paradise; High Moon; The Mannerings; The Country Road; The Court of Love; Rose McLeod; The Story of Thyrza; Country Neighbors; John Winterbourne's Family; The One-Footed Fairy and Other Stories; Secret of the Clan.

BROWN, Alice Barlow (Mrs. James Robert Brown), Winnetka, Ill.

Physician; b. Corry, Pa., May 4, 1869; dau. Moses Harry and Kate Amelia (Holley) Barlow; ed. Corry High School; Hahenmann Med. Coll., M.D. '96; Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons (med. dep't Univ. of Ill.), M.D. '03 (mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota); m. Smithton, Ark., 1886, James Robert Brown. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Winnetka Woman's Club (pres.); vice-pres. Tenth Congressional Dist. Ill. Fed. Women's Clubs. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Alice Crawford, Summit Av., Hackensack, N.J.

Physician; b. Allegheny, Pa.; ed. in schools of South Dakota, Vassar Coll., A.B. '93; Univ. of Mich., med. dep't, M.D., '97; medical research work in N.Y. City, 1898-1905. Since 1905 engaged in medical practice at Hackensack, N.J.

BROWN, Alice Margaret, Greencastle, Pa.

Born Richmond, Pa., Feb. 20, 1865; dau. Oliver Stephen and Isabella (Hudson) Brown; ed. Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa. Has been sec. of Literature and Young People's Soc in Woman's Missionary Presbyterial Soc; has also worked in temperance cause, now cor. sec for Franklin Co., also as librarian in the Greencastle Circulating Library. Believes in woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Travelers' Club for past 20 years (one of first members).

BROWN, Alice Van Vechten, Wellesley Coll., Wellesley, Mass.

Painter and teacher of art; b. Hanover, N.H.; dau. Rev. Samuel Gilman Brown, D.D., L.L.D., and Sarah (Van Vechten) Brown; ed. private schools and tutors; Art Students' League of N.Y. (four years) and with other studios and artists; traveled and studied abroad. Assistant director and director Norwich Art School, Norwich, Conn., 1891-97; prof, of art Wellesley Coll. from 1897. Mem. of Archeological Institute of Am. and of other art ass'ns.

BROWN, Anna C. (Mrs. William Grant Brown), Bretton Hall, Broadway and Eighty-sixth St., N.Y. City.

Born Schenectady, N.Y., 1875; dau. Henry J. and Josephine M. (Southard) Clute; ed. Wellesley Coll.; m. Schenectady, 1899, William Grant Brown. Mem. Collegiate Reformed Church, 48th St. and Fifth Av. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage League; mem. N.Y. State Com. of Nat. Progressive Party. Pres. N.Y. City Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Rescue Home for Women; officer in Progressive Economic Club, N.Y. State Fed., Rainy Day Club of America, Nat. Soc. Daughters of Empire State, N.Y. City Federation Hotel for Working Girls.

BROWN, Anna Smith (Mrs. John Harvey Brown), Divernon., Ill.

Teacher, speaker; b. Peoria Co., Ill., April 27, 1866; dau. John K. and Hannah (Davis) Smith; grad. Ill. Normal Univ., Normal, Ill., class of '88; m. July 31, 1895, John Henry Brown. Was for 14 years sup't of a large Sabbath-school; made numerous addresses on Sabbath-school and missionary work, and in the interests of the farm home at Farmers' Institute; devoting time now to the Ill. State Fed. of Women's Clubs and speaking for them; mem. Divernon Household Science Club and Divernon Women's Club.


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Rh BROWN, Bertha Millard, 15 Hazleton St. (Mattapan), Boston, Mass.

Teacher and author; b. Boston, Jan. 15, 1870; dau. Eben F. and Mary (Boothby) Brown; ed. Girls' High School, Boston; Mass. Inst. of Technology, '92; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole. Teacher in Brookline High School, Vassar Coll., State Normal School, Hyannis, Mass., and the Garland School of Homemaking. Interested in school gardens and gardening. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Good Health for Girls and Boys; Health in Home and Town; Physiology for the Laboratory; magazine articles on school gardens and the teaching of elementary hygiene. Unitarian. Recreations: Walking, camping, swimming, gardening.

"BROWN, Caroline," pen-name — see Krout, Caroline Virginia.

BROWN, Carrie Pfeiffer (Mrs. A. A. Brown), 206 Augusta St., San Antonio, Tex.

Born Carrizo Springs, Tex., Aug. 8, 1886; dau. John and Sophie (Goodman) Pfeiffer; grad. San Antonio High School, '02; Univ. of Texas, '06; m. San Antonio, Jan. 10, 1908, Dr. A. A. Brown; one son: Philip Pfeiffer Brown. Interested in club work and educational and philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. San Antonio Chapter Southern Ass'n of College Women, Council of Jewish Women, Kindergarten Ass'n, Literary Soc., Texas State Fed. of Women's Clubs.

BROWN, Charlotte Harding, Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa.

Illustrator; b. Newark, N.J., 1873; dau. Joseph and Charlotte Elizabeth (Matthews) Harding; ed. Philadelphia School of Design for Women, Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts; m. Philadelphia, 1905, James Adams Brown; one daughter: Charlotte Adams Brown. Silver medal, London, Eng., Woman's Exposition, 1900; silver medal St. Louis Exposition for illustrations. Illustrations for magazines and books, Century, Harper's, McClure's, Collier's Weekly, Harper's Bazar, etc. Mem. the Fellowship of the Pa. Acad. of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.; Plastic Club, Philadelphia; Philadelphia Water Color Club.

BROWN, Cornelia B. Officer (Mrs. William Winfield Brown), Sierra Vista Ranch, Terra Bella, Cal.

Born St. Paul, Minn., Mar. 18, 1876; dau. Harvey and Henrietta Low (Paterson) Officer; ed. Univ. of Minn. (Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 10, 1898, William Winfield Brown; children: Winfield Paterson, b. 1899; Milton Goodnow, b. 1902; Harvey Officer, b. 1907. Protestant Episcopal.

BROWN, Cornelia E., 362 Lexington Av., N.Y. City.

Physican; b. Chillicothe, O.; dau. P. T. C. Brown and Elizabeth (Lille) Brown; ed. private schools; Ohio State Univ., Columbia Med. Coll., M.D. Engaged in general medical practice in N.Y. City; attending physician to Damiet Dispensary since 1887. Mem. Daughters of Ohio, City and State Women's Med. Ass'ns, Professional Woman's League, Theatre Club.

BROWN, Demetra Kenneth (Mrs. Kenneth Brown), 37 Chestnut St., Boston, Mass.

Author; b. on Island of Bouyouk-Ada in Sea of Marmora, 1877 (Byzantine Greek); ed. in Greece, came to U.S. 1894; m. N.Y. City, April 21, 1904, Kenneth Brown, journalist and author. Worked on staff of Atlantis, daily Greek newspaper in N.Y. City; afterward teacher of French at Comstock School until her marriage. Author (pen-name "Demetra Vaka"): Haremilk; Finella in Fairyland; In the Shadow of Islam (in collaboration with Kenneth Brown); The First Secretary; The Duke's Price; contributor to magazines.

BROWN, Elena Rhodes (Mrs. Robert Grenville Brown), 200 Thayer St., Providence, R.I.

Born Providence, R.I.; dau. James Aborn and Rosa Merlano (d' Costa) Rhodes; ed. New York, Mrs. S. Reed's School; governesses at home; m. Providence, R.I., 1895, Robert Grenville Brown; one son: Grenville P. N., b. 1896 (died 1896). Clubs: Agawam Hunt, Bristol Casino. Against woman suffrage; mem. R.I. Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage.

BROWN, Elizabeth Leiper (Mrs. George Brown), The Mill Farm, Brooklandville, Md.

Born Summit, N.J., May 11, 1880; dau. Archer Nevins and Mary Thomas (Smith) Martin; ed. at home by governesses and at Kent Place School, Summit,. N.J., and Mrs. Comegy's School, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, m. June 5, 1901, George Brown Jr.; children: Harriet de Forest, b. Mar. 24, 1902; Elizabeth Leiper, b. July 20, 1905. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, Junior League, National Junior Republic. Recreations: Gardening, miniature painting. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Elizabeth Stow (Mrs. J. Stuart Brown), 48 Elm St., Montclair, N.J.

Physician; b. Concord, Mass., 1860; dau. William D. and Martha E. (Swan) Brown; ed. Vassar Coll.; Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, M.D. '85; N.Y. Univ.; m. N.Y. City, 1891, J. Stuart Brown; children: Roger Stuart, John Paulding. Physician at N.Y. Infant Asylum, at N.Y. Infirmary, Out-Patient Dep't; physician to Messiah Home for Children and to babies' wards of Post-Graduate Hospital. Author: Sterilization (International Encyclopedia); Studies in Infant Psychology; Working Women—Their Health and Their Occupation; History of Nutley, N.J. ; Examination of Old Maps of New Jersey; several medical papers. Mem. Woman's Medical Ass'n of N.Y. City, N.J. Historical Soc, Woman's Anthropological Soc. of Washington, D.C, also Altruist Soc., Three o'clock Club and College Woman's Club of Montclair.

BROWN, Ellen W. Babcock (Mrs. William Reynolds Brown), 79 Park Av., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, Feb. 1, 1851; dau. Capt. David S. and Charlotte A. (Noyes) Babcock; ed. private school in Stonington, Conn., and Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa); m. May 7, 1872, William Reynolds Brown; children: Warren Day, Cleveland Hall (deceased), Donald Winchester. Pres. White Plains Hospital Board of Managers, 12 years; pres. Associate Alumnae of Vassar Coll., also local N.Y. Alumnae Ass'n, six years; pres. Women's University Club of N.Y. City, four years; mem. N.Y. Diet Kitchen Ass'n, Stonywold Orthopaedic Soc. (country branch), Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Against woman suffrage. Has written fugitive newspaper articles. Episcopalian. Bull Moose in political views. Mem. Meridian Club.

BROWN, Emilie Ward (Mrs. Ward Brown), The Dupont, Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C, Oct. 16, 1886; dau. Frank B. and Charlotte Metcalf (Brown) Conger; ed. Washington and Berlin, Germany; m. Washington, June 7, 1907, Ward Brown, architect. Mem. Board of Trustees of Arts and Crafts School, Washington; mem. of the Executive Council of League for the Decoration of Public Schools; mem. of the Play going Com. of the Drama League. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian.

BROWN, Emma Elizabeth, 1925 Massachusetts Av., Cambridge, Mass.

Author and artist; b. Concord, N.H., Oct. 18, 1847; dau. John Frost and Elizabeth (Evans) Brown; ed. Concord schools. Author: Spare Minute Series (five vols.); Popular Biographies (four vols.); From Night to Light; Child Toilers of Boston Streets, Huldah. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Castilian Club of Boston.

BROWN, Emma Kate (Mrs. Matt D. Brown), 553 Third Av., Troy-North, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Lansingburgh, Troy, N.Y., 1865; dau. Frederick and Catharine E. (Pierce) Hicks; ed. Troy High School; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '89; mem. Phi Sigma; m. Lansingburgh, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1892, Matt D. Brown; children: Frederic Meade Brown, Matt D. Brown Jr. Taught in Norwich Acad., Norwich, N.Y.; Wellesley Preparatory School, Natick, Mass.; private school, Rochester, N.Y., 1891-92; Lansingburgh High School, as preceptress, 1900-13. Presbyterian. Sec. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc, First Presbyterian Church, Lansingburgh, N.Y.; sec. Teachers' Pension Board, Troy, N.Y.; first vice-


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134 pres. Woman's University Club, Troy, N.Y.; mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Ethel Pennewill, 1305 Franklin St., Wilmington, Del.

Artist, illlustrator; b. Wilmington, Del.; dau. Thomas Armwell Brown, M.D., and Blanche (Virden) Brown; studied at Art Students' League, N.Y. City; pupil of Twachtman and of Howard Pyle, Wilmington. Illustrator for books and magazines. Mem. Plastic Club, Philadelphia, and Fellowship of the Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts.

BROWN, Eva R. Ingersoll (Mrs. Walston Hill Brown). Dobb's Ferry, N.Y.

Social welfare worker; b. Groveland, Ill.; dau. Robert G. (famous orator) and Eva A. Parker Ingersoll; ed. by tutors at home; m. N.Y. City, 1889, Walston Hill Brown; children: Eva Ingersoll-Brown, Robert G. Ingersoll-Brown. Pres. Child Welfare League; mem. Advisory Board N.Y. Peace Soc.; vice-pres. Hudson River Equal Franchise Soc, Westchester Co. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; mem. Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, State Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Woman's Political Union, Woman Suffrage Party. Rationalist in religion. Progressive in politics. Mem. Consumers' League, Woman's Trade Union League, Nat. Child Labor Com., N.Y. State Child Labor Com., Audubon Soc, N.Y. Soc for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Ass'n of Practical Housekeeping Centres, Municipal Needs Com., League for Political Education, Civic Federation, Public Education Ass'n, Sunshine Soc, Vivisection Investigation League, Soc. for Advancement of Colored People, Manassas Ass'n, People's Forum of Dobb's Ferry, Westchester Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children, School of Mothercraft (one of founders), People's Inst. Bureau of Municipal Research, Westchester Bureau of Municipal Research, Internat. Children's Farm League, Ass'n for Labor Legislation, etc.

BROWN, Fanny Burton Hurd (Mrs. Hugh MacDermid Brown), North Water Gap, Pa.

Physician; b. in Jackson Sanatorium (conducted by her father) at Dansville, Livingston County, N.Y.; dau. F. Wilson Hurd, M.D., and Hannah (Johnson) Hurd; ed. by tutors at home; Oberlin Coll., Ohio.; medical course Univ. of Mich., M.D. '91; m. Water Gap, Pa., 1891, Dr. Hugh MacDermid Brown; children: Donald, b. 1892; Agnes Lyan, b. 1894. Medical missionary, with husband, nearly three years in Korea, followed by two years' practice in Colton, Cal., since then in institutional work. Methodist and Presbyterian. Mem. Monroe County Med. Soc, Lehigh Valley Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n. Recreations: Tennis, boating, walking, gardening.

BROWN, Florence M., 529 12th St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

General secretary Y.W.C.A.; b. Wheatland, N.Y.; dau. Hon. Volney P. and Sarah R. (Avery) Brown; ed. Acad. Institute, Leroy, N.Y. (won gold medal for best impromptu composition). Has been connected with Y.W.C.A. territorial work in New England and city work in Pittsburgh, both extensive. Identified with philanthropic, civic and religious activities in Western N.Y.; has done public speaking on religious topics. Baptist. Mem. Mayflower Soc, D.A.R.

BROWN, Floy Clare (Mrs. Paul Brown), 10 Washington Terrace, St. Louis, Mo.

Born Middletown, Mo., 1860; dau. Dr. Fountain Stuart and Hannah C. (Hogue) Clare (of French Huguenot ancestry on maternal and Scotch on paternal sides); ed. Hardin Coll., Mexico, Mo., 1877-81; m. Montgomery City, Mo., 1882, Paul Brown; one son: Paul Jr., b. 1883. Mem. Southern Methodist Church, St. Louis Woman's Club, Wednesday Literary Club, St. Louis Free Kindergarten; interested in Kingdom House Settlement work. Mem. St. Louis Zoological Society, Daughters of the Confederacy. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. St. Louis Under-Age Free Kindergarten, Civic Club, Confederate Memorial.

BROWN, Frances Guion (Mrs. John Franklin Brown), 559 W. 156th St., N.Y. City.

Born Elmira, N.Y., Mar. 28, 1866; dau. Richard Lewis and Cornelia Joy (Fitch) Guion (descended from one of the Huguenot families that founded New Rochelle, N.Y.); ed. Elmira Free Acad.; Elmira Coll., A.B.; Cornell Univ., Ph.M.; m. Elmira, N.Y., May 26, 1904, John Franklin Brown. Before marriage, teacher of English in secondary schools, Elmira Coll. and State Normal School, Oshkosh, Wis. Interested in foreign missionary work of the Episcopal Church, in which holds various minor offices, diocesan and parish. Mem. College Settlement Ass'n, Round Table, Babies' Aid Milk Station Ass'n, Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Mem. Elmira College Club and Cornell Women's Club of N.Y. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Frank Collins (Mrs. Caleb Candee Brown), 320 Highland Av., Syracuse, N.Y.

Born Syracuse, N.Y., April 17, 1875; dau. Frank and Julia E. (Holzer) Collins; ed. Keble School, Syracuse, N.Y.; Vassar Coll.; Syracuse Univ., B.A., Medical Coll. (two years); mem. Gamma Phi Beta; m. Syracuse, N.Y., April 11, 1898, Caleb Candee Brown; children: Dorothy Collins Brown, b. Aug. 7, 1902; Caleb Candee Brown Jr., b. Dec. 25, 1904. Interested in several women's clubs and philanthropic organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem Free Dispensary, Day Nursery, Harmony Circle.; Mem. Ka-Na-Te-Nah Club, Sedgwick Farm Club, Council of Women's Clubs.

BROWN, Gertrude Foster (Mrs. Raymond Brown), 294 W. Ninety-second St., N.Y. City.

Musician; b. Morrison, Ill., July 29, 1867; dau. Charles and Anna (Drake) Foster; grad. New England Conservatory of Music; music student in Berlin with Xavier Scharwenka; Paris Conservatoire with Delaborde; m. Aug. 4, 1893, Raymond Brown. Specialist for many years in Wagner lecture recitals, and other musical lectures. Active in the woman suffrage movement; pres. Woman Suffrage Study Club; chairman State Com. First Senatorial Dist. Woman's Political Union.

BROWN, Grace Mann (Mrs. Joseph L. Brown), 1545 State St., Denver, Colo.

Editor, author; b. Pippin, Wis.; dau. James C. and Mary (Stears) Mann.; ed. Eden Hall, Torresdale, Pa.; m. Denver, Colo., Joseph L. Brown; children: Bernice, James Leslie, Eunice. Interested in woman suffrage, but does not vote. Author: Studies in Spiritual Harmony; Life Lessons; Food Studies; Seven Steps; Regeneration; The World Made Flesh; To-Day; Vivenda Causa; The Essene Message. Essene in religion. Founder of the Modern Society of the Essenes. Recreations: Theatre, automobiling, traveling.

BROWN, Harriet Chedie Connor (Mrs. Herbert D. Brown), 3401 Newark St., Washington, D.C.

Born Burlington, Iowa, Sept. 11, 1872; dau. Edward William and Catharine Celia (Darrow) Connor; ed. Burlington (Iowa) High School, Wheaton Female Sem., Norton, Mass.; Cornell Univ., A.B. '94; Willard School, Berlin, Germany (seminar); m. Burlington, Iowa, July 29, 1897; Herbert D. Brown (pension and efficiency expert; children: Constance Connor, b. 1899; Beatrice Connor, b. 1904 (died 1908). Taught German in Burlington (Iowa) High School, 1895-96; staff of New York Tribune, 1897; contributor of special articles to N.Y. Sun and N.Y. Press, 1898-99; on Washington Bureau of N.Y. Journal, 1900; staff of Buffalo (N.Y.) Enquirer during Pan-American Exposition, 1901; contributor to Engineering and Mining Journal, 1901-02; collected mineral statistics for U.S. Geological Survey in Cuba, 1902; in Iowa and Minnesota, 1903; edited press bulletins of U.S. Geological Survey, 1903-07. Mem. Consumers' League, D.C. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League, Stanton Suffrage Club, Washington, D. C.; edited official program of woman suffrage pageant and procession in Washington, Mar. 3, 1913, and represented the First Iowa Congressional Dist in procession to Capitol on April 7 of women asking for constitutional amendment enfranchising women. Author: Report on Mineral Resources of Cuba, 1901 (published with last civil report of Gen. Leonard Wood, military governor of Cuba); has collaborated with her


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Rh husband, Herbert D. Brown, in preparation of following reports: Civil Service Retirement, Great Britain and New Zealand (Senate Document 290, 61st Congress, second session); Civil Service Retirement, New South Wales, Australia (Senate Document 420, 61st Congress, second session); Savings and Annuity Plan for Retirement of Superannuated Civil Service Employees (Senate Document 745), 61st Congress, third session; Civil Service Retirement, Canada (now in press). Has written many newspaper and magazine articles. Unitarian. Mem. Audubon Soc, Nat. Geographic Soc. Recreations: Reading, walking, bird study. Mem. Cornell "Women's (Washington), Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, College Women's Club (Washington), Phi Beta Kappa Soc. First woman to win Stewart L. Woodford prize in oratory at Cornell Univ.; after graduation was awarded scholarship by Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, which took her to Germany; reported Republican and Democratic national conventions for Burlington (Iowa) Gazette, 1896; reported Republican National Convention for N.Y. Journal, 1900.

BROWN, Harriet Johnson (Mrs. Elijah Alexander Brown), 720 Piedmont Av., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Atlanta, Ga., July 6, 1869; dau. Mark W. and Penelope (Hollinshead) Johnson; ed. Neel's School at Kirkwood; Peabody Normal Coll., Nashville, Tenn., with L.I. degree '8S; m. July 26, 1901, Elijah Alexander Brown, son of Georgia's war Governor; children: Marcus Johnson, b. Dec. 19, 1904; Joseph Emerson, b. July 28, 1908; Penelope H., b. June 15, 1910. Interested in Needlework Guild, Atlanta Woman's Missionary Union Beard of City Missions. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mem. D.A.R., United Daughters of the Confederacy, Atlanta Woman's Club, Inman Park Students' Club, Georgia State Fed. of Clubs.

BROWN, Hattie (Mrs. Fred William Brown), 4818 Snyder Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Southfields, N.Y., July 25, 1861; dau. George and Mary E. (Hall) Fitzgerald (direct descendant of Lyman Hall, of Georgia, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence); ed. public school, Monroe, N.Y., and two and one-half years at Cornell Univ.; m. Monroe, N.Y., Dec. 2, 1896, Fred W. Brown; children: Thomas, b. 1898; Robert William, b. 1902; Caroline Reed, b. 1904. Was teacher in Orange Co., N.Y., and Northern Mich, before marriage. Interested in the work of the new Rugby Congregational Church. Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage.

BROWN, Helen Dawes, 48 Elm St.. Montclair, N.J.

Lecturer and author; b. Concord, Mass., 1857; dau. William Dawes and Martha (Swan) Brown; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '78; A.M. '90. Author: Two College Girls; The Petrie Estate; Little Miss Phoebe Gay; Her Sixteenth Year; A Civilian Attache; A Book of Little Boys; Mr. Tuckerman's Nieces; Orphans; How Phoebe Found Herself. Mem. College Settlements' Ass'n, Vassar Student's Aid Soc, Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae; Vassar Alumnae Ass'n. Mem Onteora Club (Catskills), Women's University Club (N.Y. City), Meridian Club (N.Y. City). Recreations: Reading, walking, traveling.

BROWN, Helen Gager (Mrs. John Quincy Brown), 105 Bayo Vista Av., Oakland, Cal.

Born Columbus, O., Sept. 26, 1878; dau. Edwin B. and Julia (Ballantine) Gager; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. 1900, m. Columbus, O., Oct. 7, 1902, John Quincy Brown; children: Ann Ballantine, John Quincy Jr. Chief interest is in the latest systems of educating children (Montessori, etc.). Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republican voter. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Tennis, dancing. Mem. Ebell Club, Claremont Country Club.

BROWN, Hulda Holmes Bergen (Mrs. C. Elwood Brown), San Francisco, Cal.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1851; grad. Packer Inst., '69; studied later with private teachers in music and German; studied in Berlin, Prussia, and Lausanne, Switzerland; attended the French schools (Geneva) of M'lle. Thouron and the M'lles Borck; m. San Francisco, Oct. 1, 1891 (now widow). For eight years, 1883-91, was recording sec. Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of Reformed (Dutch) Church in America. First vice-pres. and charter mem. Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames in California; ex-regent and charter mem. D.A.R., Cal. Chapter (San Francisco); nominated for State Regent of Cal., October, 1911; mem. Daughters of Holland Dames of N.Y., Huguenot of N.Y.; Monmouth Co. (N.J.) Historical Soc, Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n (vice regent); charter mem. Colonial Dames Club (Washington, D.C.), Yorktown Historical Soc. of Va., Sorosis Club and Silk Culture Soc. (San Francisco); section pres. Needlework Guild (San Francisco); mem. Packer Coll. Alumnas Ass'n (Brooklyn); honorary mem. Bay Ridge Reading Club (Brooklyn). Has written many historical papers for the Colonial Dames and D.A.R. in San Francisco. Writer of historical essays.

BROWN, Inez, 135 E. Terrace, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Born Monmouth, Ill.; dau. Edgar A. and Elizabeth (Whitman) Brown; ed. Smith Coll., B.L. '94. Identified with various social and philanthropic activities. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. King's Daughters of Chattanooga, Tenn.; Y.W.C.A., Humane Soc, Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. Recreation: Golf.

BROWN, Jeanette Ferris (Mrs. Thomas Edwin Brown Jr.), Cristobal, Canal Zone, Isthmus of Panama.

Born N.Y. City, Aug. 4, 1867; dau. Frank A. and Mary A. (Cape) Ferris; ed. N.Y. public and private schools; m. Dec 28, 1898, Thomas Edwin Brown Jr. Vice-pres. Jacob Riis Settlement, N.Y. City, 1904-05; has been on the Isthmus since 1907, husband being Supreme Court Judge there. Pres. Cristobal Woman's Club, 1909-10; leader Girls' Club, Cristobal; pres. Canal Zone Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1909-11; mem. Industrial and Social Conditions Com. Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs. Presbyterian. Mem. Cristobal Woman's Club.

BROWN, Jennie R. (Mrs. Morris S. Brown), 218 North Third St., Palatka, Fla,

Born N.Y. City, July 12, 1862; dau: Solomon and Rose (Hammel) Morris; ed. New York Normal Coll.; m. N.Y. City, Oct. 23, 1889, Morris S. Brown; children: Rena, b. Feb. 9, 1891; Leroy, b. Aug. 20, 1892; Sidney J., b. April 4, 1894. Was teacher in grammar school in N.Y. Interested in club work, fraternal societies; past grand chief of Pythian Sisters; mem. of Rebecca Lodge and P.O.A. Jewess; was pres. of Jewish Woman's League of Jacksonville. Mem. Woman's Club of Palatka; was pres. two years, now treas.

BROWN, Jessica Christian (Mrs. Demarchus C. Brown), 251 South Audubon Road, Indianapolis, Ind.

Lecturer on literature; b. Madison, Ind., Oct. 2, 1875; dau. Joseph and Lida (Williams) Christian; ed. Butler Coll., B.A. '97, A.M. '99 (mem. Pi Beta Phi); m. Indianapolis, Sept. 1, 1897, Demarchus C. Brown; one son: Philip C, b. 1901. Interested in Greek archaeology and art, modern languages and educational work among foreign population. Favors woman suffrage. Author of Cheerful Housekeeper articles in McCall's Magazine, 1911; book reviewer for Indianapolis News. Mem. Disciples Church. Socialist. Mem. Woman's Franchise League of Ind. Recreation: Music. Mem. Pi Beta Phi Alumnae, Woman's Dep't Club, Fortnightly Club, Irvington Woman's Club of Indianapolis.

BROWN, Josephine English (Mrs. H. B. Brown), 1720 Sixteenth St., Washington, D.C.

Born Jacobstown, N.J., Nov. 14, 1855; dau. Leison E. and Mary Bunting English; ed. Philadelphia; m. Crosswicks, N.J., June 25, 1904, Justice H. B. Brown of the U.S. Supreme Court. Interested in House of Mercy, Garfield Hospital and Nat. Civic Federation. Episcopalian. Mem. Anti-Suffrage Soc and Red Cross Ass'n.

BROWN, Josie Mayer (Mrs. Phil Brown), Eufaula, Okla.

Born Topeka, Kan., July 18, 1875; dau. Isaac


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136 and Rosa (Schultz) Mayer; ed. public and high schools at Kansas City, Mo.; grad. Fulton and Trueblood's School of Oratory, Kansas City, Mo.; m. St. Louis, Mo., June 10, 1901, Phil Brown; children: Ruth Winifred, b. June 21, 1902; Doris Leona. b. Aug. 29, 1904; Jerome Alexander, b. May 9, 1905. Vice-pres. Okla. State Fed. Women's Clubs: pres. two years of Charity Union Musical Club, Eufaula, Okla.; past vice-pres. State Conference of Charities and Correction; past pres. Twentieth Century Club, Eufaula, Okla.; hon. mem. Pioneer Club; mem. Gen. Fed. Child Labor Com.; past chairman Child Labor Com., which helped to pass the law in Okla.; twice delegate to Nat. Child Labor Conventions from Okla. (appointed by Governor). Favors woman suffrage. Has written many articles in magazines and newspapers on child labor, playgrounds, social welfare, libraries, kindergartens and civic improvement, and has spoken publicly at clubs on these subjects. Society editor home paper. Mem. Eastern Star; treas. Library Board, Eufaula, Okla.; founder of library, and of the playground movement in Eufaula; organizer of two federated clubs in Eufaula; founder of civic work in Eufaula and laying of sidewalks by efforts of club women. Chairman four years of Oklahoma State Club Extension Com., was instrumental in getting 100 clubs into the State of Okla. Fed.; delegate from Okla. to Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs at St. Louis, Boston, Cincinnati and San Francisco conventions; delegate to State Charities and Correction Convention at St. Louis from Okla.

BROWN, Kate Louise, 163 Massachusetts Av., Boston, Mass.

Teacher, writer; b. Adams, Mass., May 9, 1857; dau. Edgar M. and Mary T. (Brown) Brown; ed. in high school at Reading, Mass.; State Normal at Bridgewater, Mass., and special classic in kindergarten work. Engaged in teaching at Reading, Wakefield, and Milton, Mass.; since 1896 in Boston, where she has been much occupied as writer and editor of school readers, kindergarten and other children's songs and music, and as contributor to juvenile and other magazines. Composer (in collaboration with Elizabeth Usher Emerson) of the cantatas: Santa Claus Sure, and The Tables Turned; also (with same) stories in song. Author: Little People; The Plant Baby and Its Friends; Alice and Tom.

BROWN, Katharine Holland, Quincy, Ill.

Author; b. Alton, Ill.; dau. Horace Safford and Elizabeth (Holland) Brown; ed. in Washington, D.C., and at Univ. of Mich., A.B. Books: Diane, 1904; Dawn, 1907; Philippa at Halcyon, 1910; The Messenger, 1910; White Roses, 1910; Uncertain Irene, 1911.

BROWN, Laura Amanda, West Acton, Mass.

Painter in landscape; b. Littleton, Mass., Feb. 17, 1852; dau. James Madison and Amanda Melvina (Pingrey) Brown; ed. in common schools and by private teachers in literature and languages, Lowell School of Design (John J. Enneking's studio) and School of Expression, Boston. Reader for club, church and parlor entertainments. Writer of poems and stories in magazines and papers. Baptist. Recreations: Embroideries, lace-making, raffia and grass baskets. For sixteen years pres. West Acton Woman's Club; mem. Art Com. of the Mass. State Federation of Women's Clubs. Opposed to woman suffrage.

BROWN, Margaret Lesley Bush, 1729 G St., Washington, D.C.

Artist painter; b. Philadelphia 1857; dau. Peter and Susan I. (Lyman) Lesley; ed. Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Ateliers of Carolus Duran and Julien under Jules Lefebvre and Boulanger, Paris, 1880; m. 1886 Henry K. Bush-Brown, sculptor; children: Lydia, Harold, Malcolm, James. Portrait and picture painter; exhibited on the line in Paris Salon of 1882, received honorable mention at Pa. Acad. Fine Arts for portrait of Prof. Lesley, 1887; decorated one panel in Pa. Building at Columbian World's Fair. Received medals for miniature and oil paintings at Columbus, S.C., Knoxville and other places. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Nat. Arts Club. N.Y. City.

BROWN, Marguerite Manierre (Mrs. William R Brown Jr.), 1510 Dearborn Parkway, Chicago, Ill.

Born Chicago, Ill., Nov. 17, 1879; dau. William Reid and Julia Orr (Edson) Manierre; ed. Miss Porter's School at Farmington, Conn., 1895-99; mem. Chicago Farmington Soc.; m. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 30, 1903, William Brown Jr.; one daughter: Margery Manierre. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Voice culture and the general study of music. Mem. Onwentsia Golf Club.

BROWN, Marguerite Mullin (Mrs. William Johns Brown), Walbrook, Md.

Born Baltimore, 1874; dau. Gregory M. and Rebecca (Donnell) Mullin; ed. private school, public school; grad. high school; special course in Johns Hopkins Univ. and special course at Bard Avon School in literature, expression and art history; m. July 5, 1905, William Johns Brown. Taught in public schools; delegate to the three Am. Peace Congresses, New York, Chicago and Baltimore. Interested in philanthropy, as represented in playgrounds, public dance halls, and the use of schools for recreation centres. Mem. Board of Directors of the Florence Crittenton Home, Board of Managers of Univ. of Md. Hospital. Pres. Equal Franchise League of Md. Episcopalian. Pres. Hospital Ass'n of the Ladies of the Maccabees (represented this organization at the International Congress of Suffragists in Stockholm, Sweden, 1911). Sec. Neighborhood Improvement Ass'n; mem. Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science; pres. Walbrook Fortnightly Club; mem. Arundel Club of Baltimore, Social Service Club: chairman of legislation, State Fed. of Clubs; sup't of press .and sec. W.C.T.U.

BROWN, Marianna, McGregor Hall, Colorado Coll., Colorado Springs, Colo.

College registrar; b. Waynesville, O., Sept. 8, 1852; dau. Samuel and Hannah (Evans) Brown; ed. Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind., A.B. '76; Cornell Univ., A.M. '94. Registrar of Colorado Coll. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Republican. Mem. Clio Club, Indianapolis; Civic League and Tuesday Club, Colorado Springs, Colo.

BROWN, Marianna Catharine, 35 W. 130th St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '93; Columbia Univ., Ph.D., '02. Interested in Sunday-school work. Writer on Sunday-school subjects. Author: Sunday-School Movements in America; How to Plan a Lesson, and Other Talks to Sunday-School Teachers.

BROWN, Mary Mitchell (Mrs. Edward T. Brown), 968 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Norwalk, O., July 16, 1866; dau. Henry Sparrow and Delia (Yale) Mitchell; ed. Lake Erie Coll., Painesville, O., Coll. of Music, Cincinnati; m. Norwalk, O., July 12, 1887, Edward T. Brown; children: Edward Mitchell, 1889; Marjorie, 1892; Henry Warren Brown, 1895; Mem. Atlanta Woman's Club, History Class of Atlanta, Executive Board of State Federation of Women's Clubs, Daughters of the Confederacy, D.A.R., Atlanta Branch of the Needle Work Guild of America. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Mena DeWitt (Mrs. Edward C. Brown), 1186 Lake Av., Rochester, N.Y.

Born White Hall, Ill.; dau. Manning Force and Harriette (Prettyman) De Witt; ed. Illinois Female Coll., Jacksonville, Ill., and private instructors in Washington, D.C; m. Washington, D.C, Feb. 12, 1890, Edward C. Brown; children: Paul DeWitt, Edward Colin, Alan DeWitt. Active in suffrage work; mem. Political Equality Club; ex-pres. Political Equality Club, Rochester, N.Y. Mem. Century Club, Woman's Educational Union, Consumers' League.

BROWN, Olive Marie Mcintosh (Mrs. Edwin Hewitt Brown), Grosse Pointe, Detroit, Mich.

Born Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 22, 1883; dau. Henry Payne and Olive Anne (Manfull) Mcintosh, ed. Miss Mittleberger's School, Cleveland; Mrs. Somer's School, Washington, D.C; Miss Grace Lee Hess's School, Paris, France; m. Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 6, 1907, Edwin Hewitt Brown; children: Olive Anne, Eleanor. Interested in the District Nursing Soc, Children's


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Rh Free Hospital and St. Agnes' Home, all of Detroit; Grosse Pointe Mutual Aid Soc. Mem. Garden Club of Mich. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

BROWN, Ophelia S., Tyngsborough, Mass., R.F.D.

Born Sherborn, Mass., Sept. 20, 1871; dau. Rev. William and Salome Stephens (Williams) Brown; ed. Howard Collegiate Inst., West Bridgewater, Mass., 1883-90; Smith Coll., B.L. '94. Sec. of School Com. of Tyngsborough and interested in rural social welfare. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Lowell College Club. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Ray Hyer (Mrs. Robert Houston Brown), McKinney, Texas.

Born Georgetown, Tex., Feb. 22, 1889; dau. Dr. Robert Stewart and Margaret Lee (Hudgins) Hyer; ed. Dep't of Expression, Southwestern Univ., Georgetown, Tex., Ph.B. '09 (mem. Sigma Sigma Sigma); m. Georgetown, Tex., Oct. 26, 1910, Robert Houston Brown. Nat. sec. Sigma Sigma Sigma Sororiety. Reader and impersonator. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWN, Ruth Mowry, 17 Riverside Square, Hyde Park, Mass.

Author; b. Providence, R.I., June 16, 1867; dau. William Augustus and Caroline Eliza (Aldrich) Mowry; ed. Fielding and Chase School, Providence, R.I., high schools of Providence and Boston, Mass.; m. Dorchester, Mass., Edward Waters Brown; children: Mabel Mowry Brown, b. May 25, 1891; Bancroft Huntington Brown, b. Nov. 11, 1894. Interested in church work and settlement work. Author: The Bible in Lesson and Story; also children's stories in various magazines, particularly Child's Hour, Congregationalist, Outlook, etc. Mem. Hyde Park Current Events Club.

BROWN, Sally Eugenia, 1100 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Canton, Ga.; dau. Hon. Joseph Emerson Brown (War Governor of Georgia, Chief Justice of Ga. and U.S. Senator) and Elizabeth (Grisham) Brown (sister of Gov. Joseph M. Brown, present Governor of Georgia); ed. at home (Atlanta, Ga.), Mrs. Archer's School, Washington, D.C., and private lessons. Life mem. Ga. Baptist Orphans' Home; mem. Atlanta Free Kindergarten, the Atlanta Martha Berry Circle (working for Martha Berry School, near Rome, Ga.), Nat. Child Labor Com. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. D.A.R., Daughters of 1812 (John Floyd Chapter) and United Daughters of Confederacy (Atlanta Chapter). Recreations: Arts and crafts, especially basketry, hammered leather and bookbinding. Mem. Atlanta Woman's Club.

BROWN, Sanford Stella De Land (Mrs. Charles David Brown), 95 Westminster Road, Rochester, N.Y.

Former kindergartner; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '94; student Chicago Kindergarten Inst., 1895; St. Andrew's Kindergarten Training School, Rochester, N.Y., 1896-97; m. Feb. 15, 1902, Charles David Brown; children: Margaret Sanford, b. Jan. 22, 1903; Katharine Sanford, b. Sept. 18, 1905; Priscilla Sanford, b. June 15, 1909. Kindergartener at Akron, Ohio, and Detroit, Mich., 1897-1902. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

BROWN, Sydney E., Mrs., Merrillan, Wis.

Born La Crosse, Wis., July 4, 1867; dau. Allen and Frances Peabody Briggs; ed. La Crosse public school and private musical education in voice culture; m. St. Paul, 1893, Sydney E. Brown. Engaged in millinery business. Mem. Royal Neighbors. Active club woman; organized the Merrillan Woman's Club, Mar. 17, 1910, and it was federated July 23, 1910, and has since been very successful in civic improvement work.

BROWN, Varina Davis, 517 N. Main St., Anderson, S.C.

Born Anderson, S.C; dau. Joseph Newton and Elizabeth L. (Bruce) Brown; ed. Anderson Sem. and Vassar Coll., A.B. Active in philanthropic work among the mill population and in Sunday-school work; interested in foreign mission work (especially in China). Baptist. Mem. Intercollegiate Club of S.C, and Civic Ass'n of Anderson. Pres. of Federation of City Clubs of Anderson, and treas. of S.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1904-06; trustee of Anderson Library Ass'n (public library).

BROWN-TURNER, Mae F. (Mrs. J. Willcox Brown), Eloham, Alton, Va.

Born Richmond, Va., Mar. 22, 1846; dau. Hon. W. H. and Nancy (Beirne) MacFarland; ed. Richmond private schools; m. May 21, 1867, J. Willcox Brown; children: Mary, Nannie Beirne, Fanny, Peachy, Poythress, John Thompson, F. Donaldson, Eleanor Plunkett. Episcopalian.

BROWNE, Ellen Van Volkenburg (Mrs. Frederick Maurice Browne), 434 Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.

Actress; b. Battle Creek, Mich., Oct. 8, 1882; dau. Frank Hoyt and Juliet (Cooper) Van Volkenburg; ed. Univ. of Mich., A.B.; mem. Alpha Phi; m. Chicago, June 1, 1912, Frederick Maurice Browne. Since 1905 giving imitative interpretations of modern plays; ass't director and actress in Chicago Little Theatre Co., 1912-13. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWNE, Ethel Nicholson, Guyot Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.; permanent, 510 Park Av., Baltimore, Md.

Biologist; b. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 14, 1885; dau. Dr. B. Bernard and Jennie R. (Nicholson) Browne; ed. Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, 1895-1902; Woman's Coll. of Baltimore (Goucher Coll.), A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '06, and holder of senior fellowship 1906-07; Columbia Univ., 1906-08, 1911-12, M.A. '07, Ph.D. '13; holder of fellowship of Baltimore Ass'n for the Promotion of the University Education of Women, 1911-12 (mem. Tau Kappa Pi, Goucher Coll.). Instructor of mathematics and science at Bennett School, Millbrook, N.Y., 1908-11; research ass't in biology dep't, Princeton Univ., 1912-13; investigator at Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's Hole, Mass., summers of 1906-12. Author: The Production of New Hydranths in Hydra by the Insertion of Small Grafts (Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1909); Effects of Pressure on Cumingia Eggs (Archiv für Entwickelungsmechanik des Organismen, 1910; The Relation Between Chromosome- Number and Species in Notonecta (Biological Bulletin, 1910); A Study of the Male Germ Cells in Notonecta (Journal of Experimental Zoology, 1913). Mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. of Zoologists, Am. Soc. of Naturalists. Recreations: Tennis, swimming, basketball, bicycling, riding, baseball. Mem. Corporation of Marine Biological Laboratory, Wood's Hole, Mass. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWNE, Grace Greenwood (Mrs. Burton F. Browne), Harbor Beach, Mich.

Editor and professional writer; b. Kalamazoo Co., Mich., Aug. 18, 1869; dau. A.J. and Sarah Margaret (Dean) Winches; grad. Spring Arbor Sem. (Mich.), '88; Normal Coll., Ypsilanti, Mich., '93; m. Jackson, Mich., Oct. 23, 1895, Burton Fulmer Brown; children: Eiladean Alberta, Vivian Odessa, Burton Wayne. Associate editor Harbor Beach Times since 1898; pres. Mich. Woman's Press Ass'n, 1905-06; national editor for Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, 1910—. Vice-pres. Nat. Fraternal Press Ass'n, 1912; State Chairman of the Press Dep't of Mich. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1912. Actively interested in the New Movement Sunday-school work. Mem. Nat. Editorial Ass'n, Mich. Woman's Press Ass'n, the Wolverine Press Ass'n, Nat. Fraternal Press Ass'n, Order of the Eastern Star, Daughters of the Veterans, Nat. Council of Women, the Ladies of the Modern Maccabees, Mich. Woman's Fed. of Clubs. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWNE, Hester Singer (Mrs. Jesse D. Browne), The Wyoming, Washington, D.C.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 19, 1887; dau. George Harton and Charlotte C (Smith) Singer; ed. Ogontz School; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., April 15 1911, Jesse D. Brown; one daughter: Hester Harton Browne

BROWNE, Jennie Nicholson, 510 Park Av., Baltimore, Md.

Physician; b. Baltimore, Md., Jan. 20, 1876; dau. Dr. Bennet Bernard and Jennie R. (