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Nni.SON, Anita, Lawrence, L.I. and notes, 1909. Mem. Methodtet Episcopal

Born on 15th St., N.Y. City; dau. Alfred and Church. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n of

Annie P. (Embler) Neilson; ed. by governess and America, Nat. Geographic Soc, Monday Club

in private schools of N.Y. City and Lawrence, and Shakespeare Club (Delaware, Ohio).

LL; studied in Scliool of Applied Design, NY. j,el80N. EUle Coates (Mrs. William Marbury

City. Mem. Governing Board of N.Y. City, Con- Neiaon) West Chesapeake Av.. Towson, Baltl-

sumers' League since 1899 (sec. two years;. Has more Co Md ^, j->"» i

a'mem ^f^"L7 ^hamy^SVSzaUon''aS?[' Ste^^ E°^° Philadeiphia, Oct. 12. 1872; dau. George

ChS'r!ueslid^\n''d"h'^s^onTc'\i'urch°w^k. ^^e^' ^I'./^f ^^,^^^, ^'ill'^LSXr- .f^ p'rl^n "^J?

ooti, A „„ „v,i., ri;„f r-KT V nif..\ „(■ mr^Tvo,, o„f private scnool, fnllacelpnia, and Bryn Mawr

fr^Ke Pa^v'^ mem ^Eaual Franchise League" Coll.; m. Philadelphia. Sept. 15, 1902. William

Hafwork^'^foroTher suffrage organTzatl^^^^ Marbury Nelson; children: Cleland Kinloch,

A)t.n ^r;^ XT V rii^ ^r^yff^r^onf^ Laura Lloyd, Georgo Morrlsou Coates. Interested

A!bany and N.Y. City. Episcopalian. ^^ ^U ^^^'^^^ questions and churcn movements.

NEII.SON, Nellie, Mount Holyoke College, notably In missions and societies for welfare of

South Hadley, Mass, babies and children. Interested In atlileUca.

Professor of history; b. Philadelphia. 1873; dau. Protestant Episcopal. Democrat.

William George and Mary (Cunningham) Neilson; «t-,^ „^», ,,, „. ,,, ,,,,, ^ », ,

ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '93; A.M. '94; Ph.D; NI^^SON, Helen Steams (Mrs. Milton G. Nel-

'99; held resident fellowship in history, 1894-96; ^°'^'- Z^^^ ^' A^ -.r. -.cr.. ^ „r,„

Coll. Alumnffi Ass'n fellowship, 1895-96. Reader, Born Norwich, Conn. Nov. 4. 1885; dau. Will

In English. Bryn Mawr Coll., 1900-02; instructor J^ ^^^ ^i^'^'?^^* i,^'*^'?.^ r?'f^™?l ^^- Norwich

In history, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1902-03; prof, his- ^^e Acad., 03; Cornell Unlv 08 (Kappa Alpha

tory, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1903-. Favors woman ^heta) ; m. Norwich, Conn., Aug 7 1912, Milton

suffrage. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League g: Ne son. Taught one year at Baldwin School

of Mass. Author: Economic Conditions on the Watertown, Conn. ; three years at West Hartford

Manors of Ramsey Abbey (Philadelp'hia), 1899; pigh School. West Hartford. Conn. Congrega-

Customary Rents (Oxford Studies In Social and tiona.ist. Mem. College Junior Soc. (Raven and

Legal History, II.). Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Serpent). College Senior Soc. (Der Hexenkreis) ;

Historical Ass'n. Am. Economic Ass'n, the Selden ™^"^- Patrons of Husbandry (Grange).

Boc. NELSON, Merab Josephine (Mrs. Wllna O. Nel-

NEILSON, Sarah Claypoole Lewis (Mrs. Thomas son), Union City, Ind.

Neilson), 325 S. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa. Nat. Sec. of Pythian Sisters; b. Greentown,

Born Philadelphia; dau. William D. and Sarah Ind., Nov. 16, 1857; dau. E. P. a«d Matilda C.

(Claypole) Lewis; m. Oct. 11, 1849, Thomas Nell- (Beeson) Gallion; ed. Greentown. Ind.. and later

Bon; children: William D., Robert Henry. Sarah, by private tutors; m. Greentown, Ind., March

Thomas Rundle, Lewis, Emma Florence, Mary 27, 1878, Wllna 0. Nelson (died May 15, 1891).

Alice Lewis. Opposed to woman suffrage. Prot- Editor; established The Guest. Feb., 1895. Pre-

estant Episcopal. Mem. D.A.R., Soc. of Colonial viously principal of Primary Dep't In Oakville

Dames. (Ind.) High School, 18S4-SS; photographer, 1888-93.

NELI.IS, Emma Virginia McAfee (Mrs. D. C. Treas. Nat Council of Women, 1906-10; delegate

Nellis), Palantine Hill, Topeka, Kan. 1° •.^°'^™^'- ,„?n°"°°'' ^^ Women at Geneva

Born Leavenworth, Kan.. June 28. 1855; dau. Switzerland 1909; recording sec Nat Council of

Hon. (Rev.) J. B. McAfee. M.A., and Anna ^^T^?^^^^^^- Nat. sec. Pythian Sisters since

Rebecca (Fowler) McAfee; 4d. Washburn Coll. J^O^. Favors woman suffrage. Christian Scien- and Bethany Coll., Topeka; m. M^r. ,A-*8Tr— ^- ^^J^' }:°9^^ Council of Women of Union

Judge D. C. Nellis; children:_J.««fe- McAfee gi^y, Ind ; chairman press com. of State (Ind.)

Celeste Birdelia (Mrs. H. «rS^^ Anna Marie 5^-. °^ ^lubs, 1913 Recreations: Books, dancing.

(Mrs. A. C. Phillips). Favors woman suffrage, diving, automobihng, horseback riding.

Republican. Mem. Sorosis Club. Good Govern- NELSON, Nellie Cynthia Cbase (Mrs. Julius

ment Club. Kansas Authors' Club. Nelson), New Brunswick, N.J.

NELSON, Candis Jane, Shenandoah, Iowa. Born Madison. Wis.. 1860; dau. Samuel L. and

Teacher; b. Tipton, Ind.; dau. Sandford W. Helen M. (Larkin) Chase; direct descendant of and Margaret (Alexander) Nelson; ed. Western Samuel Chase, signer of the Declaration of In- Normal Coll., B.D. 1900; Univ. of Neh., A.B. dependence; maternal grandfather was eight '05, A.M. '10; has done work of Ph.D. in Univ. years Territorial treas. of Wis.; grad. Univ. of of Cal. and Univ. of Neb. Hglds high-school Wis., B.L. '82, M.L. in '84; m. Madison, Wis, teaching credentials In Cal., and several life 1888. Julius Nelson, Ph.D., prof, of biology In diplomas from other States. Teacher of method Rutgers Coll.; children: S. Max, Thurlow C, in Western Normal Coll.; principal of a ward Theodora, Ingrid C, Marguerite H., J. Richards, school five years at Lincoln. Neb. Principal of Mem. Second Reformed Church of New Bruns- Normal dep't and prof, of education, Greenville wick, N.J. ; pres. of Parent-Teachers' Ass'n ot (111.) Coll. Supervisor of practice and prof, of Rutgers Elementary School. Favors woman suf- education and psychology. Neb. Wesleyan Univ.; Irage. Recreations: Social functions, college fellow in Am. history and ass't In psychology, circles, out-door picnics. Mem. Reading Circle. Univ. of Neb.; ass't prof, of education and psy- NELSON, Olive Downing (Mrs. James Poyntz chology In Valley City (N.Dak.) State Normal. Nelson), 336 Linden Walk, Lexington, Ky. Favors woman suffrage; State sup't of fran- Bom New Orleans, La., May 24, 1868; dau. chise of North Dakota; charter mem. and pro- James and Mary (Downey) Downing (French moter of the Votes for Women League. Con- and Irish ancestors); ed. Daughters' Coll., Har- trlbutor to periodicals on Childhood and Health, rodsburg, Ky.; grad. Sayre Inst., Lexington, Ky., The Physical Child, Moral Education, How Chil- with honors for English, 18S6; m. Lexington, dren Spend Their Money, Who Is To Blame, June 22, 1893, James Poyntz Nelson of Oakland, Women and the Rural Schools, a monograph on Hanover Co., Va. (land manager and real estate The Fifteenth Amendment, a source Investlga- agent of Chesapeak'e and Ohio Railway). Inter- tlon, and many other topics. Methodist. Mem. ested in helping the poor. Favors woman suf- W.C.T.U. and Y.W.C.A. frage. Author of literary articles and also of NELSON, Clara Albertine, Delaware, Ohio. various translations (French and Spanish); also

Professor French, .Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; b. original short stories (English) for local news-

Tiffin, Ohio, Apr. 4, 1852; dau. Alexander and Papers. Episcopalian. Recreations: Gardening,

Jane Z. (Morrison) Nelson; ed. Baldwin Univ., dairying, music and travel.

Berea, Ohio, and Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.B. NESBITT, Elsie Iloopes (Mrs. Will Curtis Nes-

(Phl Beta Kappa) '72, A.M. '96; student In bltt), 2216 Gilpin Av., Wilmington, Del.

Germany, 1S95, and at the Sorbonne and College Born Wilmington, Del., Sept. 20, 1885; dau.

de France, 1902-03 (diploma). Head of French Edgar M. and Elizabeth (Osborne) Hoopes; ed.

dep't, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., since 1896; also lee- Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass.; m. Oct. 30, 1908,

turer on history of art. Lecturer before women's Will Curtis Nesbitt; one daughter, Elizabeth

clubs; mem. territorial com. of Y.W.C.A, Edited Louise. Woman suffragist. Presbyterian. Mem.

Bornler's La Fille de Roland, with Introduction Wilmington Country Club.

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��NETTI.ETON, Harriette (Mrs. Orrin L. Nettle- ton), Milford, Conn.

Born Woodstock, Vt., Apr. 19, 1850; dau Elijah and Fannie (Cox) Clough; ed. Windsor High School; also attended schools in Woodstock, Barnard and Bridgeiwater, Vt. ; m. Woodstock, Vt., Sept. 2, 1874, Orrin L. Nettleton; children; Alice, Ernest, Arthur, Beatrice, Q. Ray (de- ceased), Bernice, Charles, Reginald C. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Tuesday Afternoon Club (prea. since 1906).

NETZ, tella Vail (Mrs. R. H. G. Netz), 617 S. Elm St., Owatonna, Minn. Teacher; b. St. Louis, July 8, 1869; dau. John D. and Fanny (Sherriff) Vail; ed. high school and Kindergarten Training School at Marshall- town, Iowa; Normal School at Winona, Minn.; m. MarshalltDwn, 1S96, R. H. G. Netz; children: Charles Vail, Norita. Taught kindergarten schools in Marshalltown, Iowa; Colorado Springs, Colo.; Omaha, Neb., and Owatonna, Minn.; pub- lic schools, charity schools, deaf school and In State School for Neglected Children. Interested in Sunday-school work and improvement of pub- lic schools. Favors woman suffrage. Has writ- ten articles for newspapers In Marshalltown, Colorado Springs, Omaha and Owatonna on kindergarten and educational subjects. Uni- versallst. Progressive. Mem. Nineteenth Cen- tury (3lub of Owatonna.

NEUMANN, Julie Wurzbnrger (Mrs. Henry Neumann), 304 Marlborough Rd., Brooklyn, N.T.

Bom N.Y. City, 1875; dau. Adolph and Pauline (Hecht) Wurzburger; ed. public school, 1881-90; Ethical Culture School, 1890-92; Oswego State Normal School, 1892-94; Barnard Coll., B.A. 1S96-1900; Teachers' Coll., diploma for teaching in secondary schools, 1898-1900; m. N.Y. City, 1906, Henry Neumann, Ph.D.; children: Janet (iecilia (deceased), Paula, Ruth. Taught in Ethical Cul- ture High School, 1900-06. Sup't Brooklyn Soc. for Ethical Culture Sunday-school; pres. Exten- sion Ass'n of Public School No. 91, Brooklyn. Actively engaged in religious, social and philan- thropic work of the Brooklyn Soc. for Ethical Culture. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of the Ethical Culture Sch&ol, N.Y. Soc. for Ethical Culture, Charity Organization Soc, Madison House, Brooklyn Soc. for Ethical Cul- ture, Oswego State Normal School Alumni Ass'n. Recreations: Gardening, walking, reading, social intercourse.

NEVILLE, Linda, 722 W. Main St., Lexington, Ky.

Born Lexington, Ky., April 23, 1873; dau. John H. and Mary T. (Payne) Neville; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '95. Private tutor. Mem. Lexington Board of Education, Advisory Com. of the Fa- yette Juvenile Court, Associated Charities of Lexington and Fayette Co., Exec. Com. of the Nat. Com. on Prison Labor; director Moral Im- provement League of Lexington; director Moun- tain Fund, principally for needy eye sufferers; executive sec. Kentucky Soc. fcr Prevention of Blindness. Pres. Fayette Equal Rights Ass'n, 1910-13; first vice-pres. 1913. Has written numer- ous articles on the prevention of blindness (many are unsigned and many issued in the name of the Kentucky Society for the Preven- tion of Blindness). Episcopalian. NEVLN, Anne Paul- (Mrs. Ethelbert Nevin), sum- mer address, Airly Beacon, Bluehill, Me.; win- ter, N.Y. City.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. J. W. and Susan Paul; ed. Pittsburgh and Germany; m. Pitts- burgh, Ethelbert Nevin (distinguished composer, died 1901); children: Ethelbert Paul (grad. Princeton, 1912), Doris, b. Berlin, Germany. In- terested in music, particularly the Music School Settlement, where she has the Ethelbert Nevin Scholarships. Episcopalian.

NEVIN, Elsa»map Hawes (Mrs. John Irwin Nevin), 246 Frederick Av., Sewickley, Pa. Born Huntingdon, Pa., Aug. 31, 1852; dau. Rev. Lowman P. and Mary J. (McGahen) Hawes; grad. Washington (Pa.) High School, '68; Canons- burg (Pa.) Normal School (with honors), '70; m. Sewickley, Pa., Sept. 23, 1873, Col. John Irwin Nevin (died Jan. 6, 1884); children: Daniel E., b.

��1875; Mary H., b. 1877 (died 1898); Ernest, b. 1880 (died 1911); Olive A., b. 1882 (now Mrs. Herbert Muzzey, of Los Angeles, Cal.). Teacher in Sewickley Normal Acad., 1872-73 (previously for two years In public schools in vicinity of Pitts- burgh). Mem. of Board of Trustees of Pa. Coll. for Women; some time sec. of Woman's Home Mission Soc. of Shadyside Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Home and Foreign Missionary Socs. Recreations: Motoring, concerts, lectures. Mem. Query Club of Sewickley. NEVIN, Elizabeth Booth BliUer (Mrs. Franklin

Taylor Nevin), 601 Hopkins St., Sewickley, Pa.

Born Media, Pa., Feb. 22, 1875; dau. Isaac L. and Clara (Booth) Miller; ed. Media BYiends School, Swarthmore Coll., B.A. '95, M.A. 1900; Univ. of Pa., Univ. of Berlin, Germany (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta) ; m. Media, Pa., May 24, 1904, Franklin Taylor Nevin; children: Margaret Williamson, Franklin Taylor. Mem. Woman's Club, History Club and two reading clul>s. Favors wocian suffrage. Recreation: Flower gardening. NEVIN, Harriet Mlddleton Offden (Mrs. Charles

Wordsworth Nevin), "Oakdene," RIverton, N. J. ;

The Boulders, Jamestown, R.I. ; The Rltten-

house, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia, Pa., July 7, 1859; dau. Ed- ward H. and Sarah Morris (Perot) Ogden; ed. the Truman School, Philadelphia; m. Riverton, N.J., Oct. 11, 1888, Rev. Charles Wordsworth Nevin; children: Dorothy, Ogden, Charles Words- worth 2d, Perot. Pres. Philadelphia Home for Incurables; mem. Calvary Church Settlement, Legal Protection Com. New Century Club for Working Women, Female Ass'n of Philadelphia for Relief and Employment of Sick and Infirm Poor; pres. Riverton Branch Needlework Guild of America. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. the Pa. Soc. of the Colonial Dames of America (recording sec), Philadelphia Chapter D.A.R. (recording sec). Pa. Soc. of New Eng- land Women (cor. sec), the Welcome Soc, Huguenot Soc, Nat. Geographic Soc, Philadel- phia Geographical Soc. ; life mem. Zoological Soc. of Philadelphia. Mem. New Century Club and Acorn Club (Philadelphia), Porch Club (Riverton, N.J.). NEW, Catherine McLean (Mrs. Harry Stewart

New), 1002 Capitol Av., Indianapolis, Ind.

Author; b. Toronto, Ont., 1870; convent educa- tion at Chatham, Ont; m. N.Y. City, Aug. 18, 1891, Harry Stewart New of Indianapolis. Author: A Woman Reigns. NEWBERKY, Mary Wheeler (Mrs. Trusten Polk

Newberry), Monnett Hall, Delaware, Ohio.

Teacher; b. Waymart, Pa., June 14, 1861; dau. Rev. Henry Wheeler, D.D., and Mary (Sparkes) Wheeler; gTad. Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa., '79; Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, Ohio, B.A. '85. M.A. '90; graduate student at Radcliff© Coll., 1903-04; m. July 29, 1886, Rev. Trusten Polk Newberry; one son: Trusten Polk Newberry, b. May 21, 1887 (died Dec. 20, 1902). Preceptress at Pennington Sem., N.J., 1900-03; since 1904 prof. English and associate dean of women at Ohio Wealeyan Univ. Favors woman suffrage. Meth- odist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Shakespeare Club, Equal Suffrage Club (Dela- ware, Ohio). NEV/BERRY, Paige Eells (Mrs. Arthur St. John

Newberry), 2097 E. Forty-sixth St., Cleveland,

Ohio.

Bom Cleveland, Ohio, April 8, 1857; dau. Dan Parmeles and Mary M. (Howard) Eells; ed. Wells Coll., 76 (mem. Alpha Theta); m. Nov. 11, 1880, Arthur St. John Newberry (died Nov. an, 1912); children: Winifred Eells (Mrs. Richard Hocker), b. 1881; John Strong, b. 1883; Mary Witt, b. 1885. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Home and Foreign Missionary Soc, Y.W.C.A. Clubs: Country, Mayfield, Twentieth Century, Tea and Topics, Garden. NEWBOLD, Ethel Packard (Mrs. William Ro-

malne Newbold), 212 St. Mark's Sq., Philadel- phia, Pa.

Bora BTDoMyn, N.Y., Feb. 5, 1875; dau. Rev. George Thomas and Anna Jane (Spraffue) Pack-

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��ard; ed. Miss Low's School, Stamford, Conn., 1888-92; Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, 1892- 93; special student Architectural School, Univ. of Pa., 1909-11; m. Boston, Mass., April 9, 1896, Prof. William Romaine Newbold, Ph.D. Episco- palian. Favors woman suffrage. NEWCOMB, Elizabeth J. M. (Mrs. C. R. New- comb), 3136 Irving Av., S. Minneapolis, Minn. Teacher; b. Wendell, Mass., March 26, 1S33; dau. Rev. William and Sarah K. (Morrill) Clag- gett; ed. (grad.) at Kimball Union Acad., Meri- den, N.H., 1866 (pres. of Minervian Soc, of K.U.A.); m. West Hartford, Vt., Nov. 2, 1856, Prof. C. R. Neweomb; children: Marie An- toinette, Mabel Valentioe. Teacher in Ba.mboo (Wis.) Sem., Seminary Floyd, Carroll Parish, La.; Rio Granda Seminary, Brownsvllie, Texas; Humphrey Acad., Wis.; taught classes in par- liamentary law,. Colorado Springs, Colo. Char- ter mem. of Woman's Council 'parllamentjtry sec); registrar Minneapolis Chapter D.A.R., served as State organizer and lecturer of W.C.T.U., 1889-1902. Congregationalist Favors woman suffrage; mem. of Minneapolis Political Equality Club. Progressive.

NEWCOMB, Elizabeth WUmot (Mrs. James Edward Neweomb), 118 W. Sixty-ninth St., N.Y. Cltv.

Philanthropist; b. Ithaca, N.Y.. Feb. 12, 1863; dau. William Allen and Catherine (Borden) WU- mot; ed. Ithaca, N.Y., and N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, March 23, 1887, Dr. James Edward New- comb, distinguished physician (died August 27, 1912). Largely identified with anti-tuberculosis work, especially for working girls in X.Y. State. This has led to herbuildingthe Stony Wold Sana- torium at Lake Kushaqua, N.Y, of which she has been president since Its organization in 1901. Mem. Tuberculosis Com. of the Charity Organi- zation Soc. of N.Y. City: mem. Ass'n of Tuberculosis Clinics, City of N.Y. ; mem. Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Director of Working Girls' Vacation Soc; mem. Soc. of New England Women, N.Y. City. Uni- tarian.

NEWCOMB. Florence Ward Danforth (Mrs. H. Victor Neweomb), 509 W. Ormsby Av., Louis- ville, Ky.

Born Louisville, Ky. ; dau. Joseph Lewis and Frances Antoinette Elizabeth (Ward) Danforth; ed. by tutors and private schools in Louisville, Ky. ; m. H, Victor Neweomb, once pres. Louis- ville and Nashville Railroad in Louisville, Ky. ; children: Edyth Ward, Herman Danforth, Flor- ence Danforth. Interested in woman suffrage. Author: The Carnival of Venice, and Other Poems. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Founders Chapter, Colonial Dames of America, entered through General Artemas Ward of Mass., called the Father of the Revolution, as he raised the first 20,000 men of the Revolutionary War. Through the Henshaws, her pedigree goes back tnrough the Plantagenets to Henry 3d, King of England.

NEWCOMB, Katharine Hinchman (Mrs. Charles B. Neweomb, 1470 Beacon St., Brookllne, Mass. Writer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 16, 1852; dau. James A. Hinchman and Elizabeth (Norton) Hirctman; ed. Detroit (Mich.) Yo'jng Ladies' Sem.; m. Boston, Mass., July 27, 1887, Charles B. Neweomb. Writer on metaphysical subjects, teach<^r acd healer. Favors woman suffrage. Au'.hor: Helps to Right Living; Steps Along the Path.

NEWELL, Anna Grace, Morris House, North- ampton, Mass.

InstrucLcr; b. Flint, Mich., Dec. 23, 1876; dau. Minor S. and Sara (Webb) Newell; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. ISO'O; MA. 'OS. Student Univ. of Leipzig, Naples Marine Biological Station, Cor- nell Univ., and Univ. of Pa. Instructor in zo- ology and entomology Smith Col). Mem. En- tomological Soc. of America, and Am. Ass'n for Advancement of Science. Favors woman suffrage. NEV/EJLL, Charlotte (Mrs. U. A. Newell), 1533 Linden Av., Baltimore, Md. Teacher; b. Lynchburg, Va., 1S60; dau. Henry L. and Mary (Cobbe) Davis; ed. by private in- Btruction, Univ. of Va. (course In Latin, English,

��history, and special courses in French and Ger- man), also in Harvard Summer School; m. Wytheville, Va., 1885, U. A. Newell, State Sup't of Schools of Md., founder and 25 years principal Md. Normal School; children: James Alexander, Josephine Cucking. Teacher of English, and dean of High School for Girls in Jacob Tome Inst, Port Deposit, Md., 1894-1911. Pres. Hythe- ham Club, Port Deposit, 16 years; chairman Standing Com. on Traveling Libraries, Md. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. of Md. Library Commission. Lecturer on literary subjects. Favors T.'oman suffrage. Mem. Just Government League, Equal Suffrage League. .^-pit<; opal tan. Democrat. Recreations: Cards, boating. Was for some time connected with Baltimore i>a,pers; has contributed to magazines. NEWELL, Edith Kriley (Mrs. E. W. Newell),

Garden Prairie, III.

Born Belvldere, 111., July 31, 1S73; dau Loretua M. and Carrie M. (Pettit) Kelley; ed. Boioit (Wis.) High School; m. Cedar Falls, la., Sept. 7, 1892, E. W. Newell (died 1907); ehUdren: Lynden, Neva, Kenneth, Bryce. Prea. Lacif^' Aid Soc; mem. Garden Prairie Woman's Club (pres. 1910-11); mem. Home Culture Club; vlce- pres. Epworth League. Methodist. Favors wo- man suffrage. NEWELL, Louise Decator, 167 Corey St., West

Roxbury, Mass.

Bom Boston, Jan. 1, 1872; dau. George W. and Mary E. (Shedd) Decatur; ed. Boston High and Normal schools; m. Boston, Oct. 16, 1895, Dr. Walter G. Newell. Interested in hospital and charity work. Associated Charities and Settle- ment work, also civic and church work. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Commodore Decatur Chap- ter Daughters of the Revolution. Recreations: Sailing, swimming, traveling, needlework. Mem. Charity Club, Pilgrim Women's Club, West Rox- bury Woman's Club (founder). Municipal League, Legislative Com. of City Federation, which re- ports on proceedings of (2ity Council, and advises action of clubs.

NEWELL, Louise L., Chevy Chase Sem.lnar7,

Washington, D.C.

Teacher; b. Southbridge, Mass.; dau. Samuel and Elizabeth (Jenks) Newell; ed. schools of Southbridge and Vassar Coll., A.B. (mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc), European travel and study. Principal of Miss Dana's School, MorristoTrn, N.J., 1908-12; teacher and lecturer on history of art subjects for many years. Interested in social service, church and missionary work. Author of short articles in art magazines. Pres- byterian. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n of Collegiate AJumnse.

NEWELL, Mrs. Mary O'Connor, 225 Wiscon- sin St., Chicago, 111.

Writer; dau. James and Anne Tatton) O'Con- nor; grad. Univ. of Michigan, B.A. "99; m. 1335; one son: Robert O'Connor Newell, b. N.Y. City, Sept. 22, 1906. Book reviewer, Record-Heraid. 1899-1904; newspaner and magazine writer in N.Y. City, 1906-10; special writer Chicago Hscord- Herald since 1910. NEWHALL, Anna Scott (Mrs. Aimer Mayo

Newliall), 110 Forbes Av.. San Rafael, Cal.

Born San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 1, 1886; dau. William A. and Eva (Meams) Scott; m. April 28, 1900, Aimer Mayo Newhall; one son: Aimer Mayo Jr. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. Town and Country Club, Marin Golf and Country Club. NEWILL, Ella May (Mrs. Arthvr Cotton

NewIIl), 774 Iloyt St., Portland, Ore.

Tutor; b. Washington, la., Oct. 30, 1871; dau. John Wiseman and Honora B. (Rank) Wiseman; ed. in private and public schools of ChiUlcothe, O., and Chicago; N.Y. State Normal (Potsdam, N.Y.); Colorado Coll., Colorado Springs; School of the Good Shepherd (I5piscopal), Ogden, Utah; m. Ogden, Utah, Dec. 22. 1390, Arthur Cot- ton Newill, of England; children: Nora Mar- garet Newill (deceased), and Arthur Philip Henry Newill, b. Aug. 24. 1902. Pres. local chapter Daughters of the King (organization ol Episcopal Church). Former pres. Junior Auxil- iary of Diocese of Orefon; mem. Woman'i

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��Auxiliary; mem. local Advisory Board of Censors for motion pictures and vaudeville. Teacher of advanced class of girls in Sunday-school; mem. Literature Dep't General Federation of Women's Clubs; cor. sec. and chairman Press Com. Ore- gon State Equal Suffrage Ass'n; chairman Press Com. Coll. Ekiual Suffrage League; chairman State Central Campaign Com., and chairman precinct work for woman suffrage. Pres. Civic Progress Circles. Protestant Episcopalian. Rec- reations: Outdoor sports (devoted to baseball). Mem. Woman's Club of Portland; pres. Woman's Club (season 1910-11); mem. Drama League of America. NEWLON, Anna L.. Skiles (Mrs. Robert Hunter

Newlon), 17 E. Twenty-fourth St., Minneapolis,

Minn.

Bom Uniontown, Pa.; dau. Isaac S. and Kath- erine (Jackson) Skiles; ed. Oakland Sem., Mor- risto<wn, Pa. ; m. Uniontown, Robert Hunter New- lon. Interested in Associated Charities. Mem. Woman's Club, Minikahda Club (Minneapolis). Presbyterian. NEWMAN, A. Evelyn, 35-37 E. Sixty-second St.,

N.Y. City.

Teacher and social worker; b. Louisville, Ky. ; dau. Isaac and Elizabeth (Bryant) Newman; ed. Louisville High School, and Normal school, Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B. '07, M.A. '08; won spe- cial honors in English and In senior college work, won Graduate English scholarship. Taught graded and high school in Louisville, Ky. After receiving master's degree in English taught Eng- lish and sociology in Minn. State Normal College. Was assistant head of Beecher Hall, one of the women's halls at Univ. of Chicago, for two years. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Women's Politi- cal Union, N.Y. State Suffrage Ass'n, Equal Franchise See, College Suffrage Ass'n. Has written educational and sociological papers and lectures, and a pamphlet on the professional schools and art student life. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, Nat. Conference of Charities and Corrections, N.Y. Probation Soc, League for Political Education, Conference for Working Girls' Homes, the Uni- versity of Chicago Alumnse Club and the Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnse. For past three years gen. sec. Studio Club of N.Y. City. NEWMAN, Jeanie Stevens (Mrs. Albert Harding

Newman), Concord, Mass.

Born Boston; dau. Charles Whipple and Har- riet (Farnsrworth) Smith; ed. in private schools; m. Boston, Oct. 18, 1897, Albert Harding New- man; children: Albert Lee, Harding Carruth, Dorothea. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Colony Club of N.Y. NEWMAN, Mary, 1951 Woodward Av., Detroit,

Mich.

Principal of private school; b. Newburyport, Mass., June 17, 1872; dau. Sidney F. and Mary J. (Bayley) Newman; ed. Putnam Free School, New- buryport, Mass., 1888; Salem (Mass.) Normal School, 1891, Radcliffe Coll., lSOG-07. Taught three years in Mass. schools, eight years in De- troit Sem. ; established North Woodward School, Detroit, 1906. Favors woman suffrage. Congre- gationalist. NEWMAN, Willie Betty (Mrs. J. W.- Newman),

Nashville, Tenn.

Artist painter; b. Murfreesboro, Tenn., Jan. 21, 1864; dau. Col. W. F. M. and Sophie (Buckner) Betty; general education private, studied art in the school of the Cincinnati Musieum of Art and in Paris under Jean Paul Laurens, Bouguereau and others; m. Alexandria, Tenn., Jan. 2, 1882, J. W. Newman. During the years 1891-1900 main- tained studio in Paris and exhibited annually (except 1892 and 1899) in the Salon (received hon- orable mention, 1900) ; exhibited also at Paris Exposition in 1900. Work is chiefly in genre pic- tures which have been exhibited in American as well as foreign galleries, and portraits, among which that of the late Vice-President Sherman is one of the best known. NEWNHAM, Letitia Agnes (Mrs. Jervois Arthur

Newnham), Blshopsthorpe, Prince Albert,

Sask., Can.

Bom Pembroke, Ont, Apr. 14, 1865; dau. Rev.

��William Henderson, D.D., and Mary Agnes (Bur- gen) Neiwnham; m. 1892, Right Rev. Jervoia Arthur Newnham, Bishop of Saskatchewan; five daughters. Assistant to husband in missionary work around the shores of Hudson's Bay, and now in Saskatchewan.

NEWSOM, Vida, S14 Franklin St., Columbus, lud.

Club woman, social worker; b. near Columbus, Ind. ; dau. of Jesse Ruddick and Mary (Cox) New- som; grad. Columbi:s High School; A.B., In- diana Univ., 1903; A.M. 1906. Mem. Ass'n of Col- legiate Alumn«; second vice-pres. Indiana Fed. of Clubs, 1911-13; cor. sec. Indiana Fed. of Clubs, 1909-11; mem. Children's Bureau of Indiana; pres. Columbus Playground Ass'n, Magazine Club; mem. Columbus Culture Club, Grange, City Associated Charities; sec. Board of County Charities, Co. Branch of State Organization for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. Volunteer probation ofiBcer. Presbyterian. Teacher Sunday- school class. Mem. Missionary Soc. Favors woman suffrage; county chairman Woman's Franchise League of Indiana. Wrote article on "Playgrounds," published In Indiana Bulletin of Charities and Correction, October, 1911, and in Indianapolis Star, July 15, 1912; reports of club work in American Woman's Review, May, 1911, and The Farmer's Wife, January, 1912. Traveled in Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land. NEWSON, Mary Frances Winston (Mrs. Henry Bryon Newson), 1620 Massachusetts St., Law- rence, Kan.

Assistant professor of mathematics; b. For- reston. 111., Aug. 7, 1869; dau. Dr. Thomas and Caroline E. (Mumford) Winston; grad. Uni- versity of Wisconsin, A.B. '89; fellow In mathe- matics, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1888-89; honorary fellow in mathematics, Univ. of Chicago, 1892-93. Eluro- pean fellow, Univ. of Chicago, 1893-96; student in mathematics, Univ. of Gottingen, 1893-96, Ph.D. '97; m. 1900, Henry Bryon Nowson; children: Caroline, b. June 5, 1901; Josephine, b. Oct. 15, 1903; Henry Winston, b. Nov. 26. 1909. Teacher of mathematics. Downer Coll., Milwaukee, 18S9-91; prof, mathematics, Kansas State Agricultural Coll., 1897-1900; ass't prof, mathematics, Wash- burn Coll., Topeka, Kan. Favors woman suf- frage.

NEWTON, Clara Pease (Mrs. Walter R. New- ton), 39 College Av., New Brunswick, N.J. Born Charlotte, Vt., Aug. 11, 1860; dau. Hon. Peter E. and Cordelia (Rich) Pease; ed. high school, Burlington, Vt. ; Univ. of Vt., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '80 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Burlington, Vt., Aug. 29, 1888, Prof. Walter R. Newton. Taught six years in Burlington, Vt. ; two years In Bradford (Mass.) Acad. Fitted young ladies for college by private tutoring. Mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Recreations: Golf, cards, rowing, walking and gardening. Hon. mem. November Club (Andover, Mass.); mem. local reading clubs and Bridge Club, Neiw Brunswick Country Club, Jersey Chapter Phi Beta Kappa.

NEWTON, Elsie Eaton (Mrs. Charles WUUam Newton), The Concord, W^ashingtqn. D.C. Supervisor Indian schools, U.S. Indian Service; b. Washington, D.C, Feb. 6, 1871; dau. Gen. John Eaton, Commissioner of Education, and Alice (Shirley) Eaton; ed. Lake Erie Coll., Palnesville, Ohio; m. Waterloo, N.H., Sept. 6, 1894, Dr. Cliarles William Newton, of Toledo, Ohio, who died Feb. 2, 1904; children: Janet, b. April 7, 1897; Mary Alice, b. Aug. 25, 1899. Favors ^oman suffrage. Author of magazine articles, chiefly on Indians. Presbyterian. Mem. Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuber- culosis, Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality, Nat. Indian Ass'n, Lake Brie Coll. AJumnas Ass'n. Charter mem. Sorosis, Toledo, Ohio.

NEWTON, EmUy Norcross (Mrs. J. H. Newton), 1766 Northampton St., Holyoke, Mass. Bom Winchester, Mass., Aug. 17, 1859; dau. Warren Fisher and Emily (Colbura) Norcross; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '80, M.A. '84 (mem. Phi Sigma); Harvard Annex, 1883-84; Amer- ican Archaeological School at Athens, 1888-89; m.

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��Wellesley Hills, Mass.. June 29, 1904, Jamps Hale Newton. Teacher Smith College, 1SS9-1904, iu Latin dep't, holding rank of associate professor at resignation. Pies. Holyoke Y.W.C.A.; trustee Northampton State Hospital; mem. Library Book Com. (Holyoke). Mem. New England Classical Ass'n, Holyoke Tuesday Club, German Club, Springfield College Club, Smith College Mediaeval Club. Congregationalist.

NEWTON, Georgiana S. (Mrs. Myron M. New- ton), 625 Pontiac Av., Providence, R.I. Born Block Island, R.I., May 2, 1S68; dau. Phineas A. and Josephine M. Conley; ed. Bridg- ham Grammar School, Providence, R.I., two years in Providence High School; m. Nov. 14, 1900, Myron M. Newton. A musician for years as clarionet player and conductor of orchestra. Baptist. Mem. Providence Chapter, Order of Eastern Star, Past Matron, Noble Grand, Daugh- ters of Rebekah. Pres. of Eden Park Woman's Club (inc.), R.I. Ex-Club; mem. Eden Park Mothers' Club.

NICHOLES, Anna E., Woman's City Club, 116

S. Michigan Av. and Neighborhood House, 6710

S. May St., Chicago, IU.

Born Chicago, May 2, 1865; dau. Ira James and Eleanor (Hall) Nicholes; grad. Englewood High School, '82; Rockford Coll. '86. Sup't Woman's City Club. Resident Neighborhood HouDe (social settlement), Chicago, 13 years; appointed Civil Service Commissioner of Cook (ilounty, February, 1913, being the second woman in the U.S. to serve on a Civil Service Commission. Favors woman suffrage. Has spoken and written for suffrage; mem. 111. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Author of leaflets and articles on settlement work, etc. Progressive in politics. Mem. Woman's City Club, Chicago; Chicago Woman's Club, Engle- wood Woman's Club, Consumers' League, Wom- an's Trade Union League, and others. NICHOLES, S. Gra-ce, 6710 S. May St., Chicago,

HI.

Born Englewood, 111., Feb. 15, 1875; dau. Ira James and Eleanor (Hall) Nicholes; ed. in public school of Chicago, Wellesley Coll., B.A. Resi- dent Neighborhood House (a social settlement in Chicago) for twelve years. Favorj woman .jaf- frage; was cor. sec. for five years, recording Bee. for two years; now chairman »^ I<€Cture Bureau of the 111. Equal Suffrage Aas'n. Pro- gressive in politic.!. Mem. Chicago Wt>maD'3 Club, Englewood Woman's Club, Chicago Politi- cal Equality League, Women's Cii.y Club, Women's Trade Union League, Neighborhood House Woman's Club. NICHOLLS, Bhoda Holmes (Mrs. Burr H.

Nicholls), 39 W. Sixty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. Coventry, England; dau. William Groome and Marion (Cooke) Hoimes; ed. by governesses at home and at a boarding school in Kensington, London; Bloora::b-aiv Art. ochool and studied in Rome and Venice; m. Lyminster, Sussex, England, 1884, Burr H. Nicholls; chil- dren: Rhoda Cline, b. 1S87; Arundel Holmes, b. 1889. Artist; took Queen's 3cholart;hJp at Bloomsbury Art School, London; too';i let) medals in Am. exhibitionc; nine years vice-pres. of Water Color Club, N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc., Art Students' League, Water Color Club, Nat. Arts Club, Art Workers' Club, Barnard Club, MacDowell Club, Cosmopolitan Club; hon. mem. Woman's Art Ass'n. Recreation: Socials. NICHOLS, Mrs. Caroline Burgess, C6 Highland

Av., Somervllle. Mass.

Musician, orchestra conductor; b. Dedham, Mass., May 25, 1864; dau. Ulcry G. and 01) ve C, (Guild) Daniell; ed. Boston Conservatory and by private teacherc; m. Dodhain, Oct. li. iSttJ, James A. Nichols; one son: William EUery Nichols, b. Dedham, Aug. 5, 1886. Founder, promotor and conductor cf The Fadettes, woman's orchestra of Boston, 50 players (organ- ized 1890). Incorporated Mass., 1890; N.Y. State, 1909. Inisrested in education of ycung womf>n in professionally musical occupationa (particu- larly In the orchestral field), and in the general uplifting of women's orchestras into the higher world of music. Favors woman suffrage.

��Protestant. Roosevelt Republican. Mem. Paul Jones Chapter D.A.R. Recreations: Reading and fishing. Hp.s toured U.S. and Canada with her symphony orchestra (The Fadettes) di-riog winters for pant twelve years, taking entire season engagements for suiamsrs; summer sea- son of 1912 at Asbury Park, JI.J. NICHOLS, Helen Mae Colegrove (Mrs. Walter

Charles Nichols), 53 Hlgrhland Av., Buffalo,

N.Y.

Lawyer (not practising); b. Alleghany, N.Y., April 18, 1873; dau. John P. (M.D.) and Sallna (Parker, M.D., Ph.G.) Colegrove; ed. Salamanca (N.Y.) High School; Cornell Univ. Law School, LL.B. '96 (Delta Gamma); m. Salamanca, N.Y., April 19, 18S8, V/allsr Cbar..j.-, Nicholn; cbilrfrea: PhilliDS BrC'Oks, Helen Cuiesvove. Adjrtltted Vj N.Y. State Bar, 1897. Director Y/ocr.ea'a :5dii- cational and Industrial Union; mem. Protective Com. Union, Domestic Arts Union, Literary Club, Church of the Mesaiah, ?oi'.''.ical Sc'jal-'cy '^'^b, Buffalo Club of Co-nel.I V/c/ipen. UnlTcrsa-ilDt. Favors woman sutfr-i^'i; ehalri>:,&ii Ex. Com. for Woman Suffrage Headquarters (Buffalo). NICHOLS, Hester Deanp, Asbury Park, N.J.

Teacher; b. Assonet (Freetown), Mass., Nov. 2, 1S62; dau. Thomas G. Nichols, M.D., and Irene Lazell (Crane) Nichols; ed. Wellesley Coll.. A.B. '84, A.M. '98; Yale Coll., Graduate Dep't, 1897-98; Am. Classical School at Athens, Greece, 1898-99; mem. Alpha Kappa Xi. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. NICHOL'^S, IJ«iv:s N:. (Mrs. Marshall C.

Nichols), Vlroq-ja, W!s.

Born Morganville, 0., Mar. 30, 1843; dau. Dr. James and A.nua. (Little) Kxish ; tot/fe: .Kornuil course at Univ. of Wis., 1S63-65 (grad. with first clasp. Ol girlH fro.ui ffaat iretitxitJC'n); m. Viroqua, Wis., 1867, Captain Marshall C. Nichols: children : Jameo WsJtsr, ATl^z. IZetis., Hftttie Rusk, Mary Eliz*ibeth, MAnih.itil '0., Da'rld 'r^'hlt- ney. Teacher at ixttsrvftJi! fci' ten ^^f.cs. Aot've in temperance and philanthropic work. Nat. sec. Woman's Relief Corps, 1883-89. Congrega- tionalist. Repii'.viic!i.fl. Moit. Order jilaotsm St8,r. Recreatioas. C'ATiiplrig, traTel'/ng, somal activities. Merc. Woraan'j Literary Clu^ of Viroqua, Wis. Wao one of fB-7..tjJcr3 of the Castalian Soc. (a literary society for girls) at Univ. of Wis. in 1864. Favors woman suffrage. NICHOLS, Ida Preston (Mr?. Edward L.

Nichols), 5 So^.:th Av., Ithaca. N.T.

Born Dec. 10, 18.i3; dau. E. A. Preston and Maria Elizabeth (Jewett) Preston; ed. in private school, at botes and by gsverreeG; later entered Vasear, thaa Corni^il Univ., '73 (hL,iiorir? mem. K»ppH Alpha Theti) ; m. 1881 'Bin ward LetnilogtcD Nichols (jjrof. phyoics Corr.sll 'Jafy.)- chi^'ir*:!!: Mrs. Elizabeth Nichols Throop, Robert Prestou Nichols. Author of bocV.n ar.'l p.i.rtr'.es '"or rsOil- dren. SplscopaMan. R.jcrestiaaa: Put^tfng, drawing, and illuetratJon of sciedtif'-o pspevp. In- ventor at several patented articles pertaining tc woman's work. NICHO'LS, Martha Ste-.vart (Mrs. Burton D

Nichols). Glencoe, 111.

Born Elburn, 111., Jan. 4, 1867; dau. John and Martha (Thomas) Stewart; ed. i.Con. Preparatory Course) Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, 111.; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '88; m. Oct. 6, 1898, Burton D. Nichols; children: Stewart, Margaret. Always active in church work: for one year active in social set- tlement work; also identified with social and philanthropic Interests, Against woman suffrage. Has contributed some letters of travel to news- papers and editorials to the young people's paper of local church. Mem. Union Church of Glencoe. Recreation: Walkin°;. Mem. Glencoe Woman's Club. NICHOLS, Mary Josephine Genung (Mrs. Leon

Nelson Nichols). 1915 Daly Av.. N.Y. City.

Born Dryden, N.Y., Aug. 30, 1876; dau. Joseph A. and Mary E. (Cornelius) Genung; grad. Cornell Univ.. Ph.B. '97: m. Dryden, N.Y., Nov. 10, 1897, Leon Nelson Nichols, librarian, N.Y. Public Library; one son: Edward Genung Nichols. Editor (with L. N. Nichols): Genung Genealogy, Townsend Genealog;y, and Abbe Genealogy. Congregationalist.

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��NICHOLS, Mary Louise, 3221 Racf St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Teacher; b. Brookville, Pa., Feb. 19, 1873; dau. Aurin B. and Mary (Thompson) Nichols; grad. Friends Central School, Philadelphia, Pa., 1S90; Univ. of Pa., Ph.D. 1900; research v^crk at Marine Biological Ijaboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. Favors woman suSrage. Author of Spermato- genesis of Oniscus Asellus (Linn.); Comparative Studies in Crustacean Spermatogenesis; Develop- ment of Pollen in Sarracenia: Spermatogenesis of Euchroma Gigantea; Nesting Habits of the Burrowing Bee, Emphor Puscojubatus. Mem. Con- sumers' League, Civil Service Reform Aas'n, Pa. Soc. for Prevention of Social Disease, A.A.A.S., Marine Biological Ass'n, Biological Seminar of Univ. of Pa., College EJqual Suffrage League, Philadelphia Teachers' Ass'n, Alumni and Alumnae Ass'n of Univ. of Pa. Recreation: Violin. Mem. New Century Guild for Working Women. XICHOL8, Mary Schofleld (Mrs. John B.

Nichols), Compton, Cal.

Teacher; b. Indianapolis, Ind., 1875; dau. George W. and Edella (Pitcher) Schofield; ed. Indianapolis public schools; grad. Indianapolis High School, 1895; m. Orange, Cal., June, 1308, John B. Nichols. Favors woman suffrage. Meth- odist. Republican. Mem. O.E.S.; pres., 1910- U, of Ventura County Ass'n of Women's Clubs. NICHOLS, Maud K«Dmey ;Mrs. Wocdfeury F.

Nicho'.s), 67*5 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.

Dentist; b. Providence, R.L, July 4, 1878; dau. William F. and Sliza'jet'n (Murray) Kenoey; ed. Providence public and high schools, Tufts Coll. Dental School, D.M.D. '04; m. Woodbury Frank- lin Nichols, D.M.D. Engaged in practice of den- tistry from graduation. Catbolic. Mem. Khode TeJand Dental Soc. Aca-»at. wKman suffrage. XICHOLS, May Louise, Miss Porter's School,

Farmington, Conn.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '88, M.A. '98; fellow Am. School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece, 1897-98; Hoppin Memorial fellow in same, 1898-99. Teacher of classics. Concord (Mass.) High School, 1891-97; Greek and Greek archae- ology, Vassar Coll., 1899-1901; Greek and history of art. Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n; life mem. Archaeological Inst, of America. NICHOLS, Minnie Bowen (Mrs. Lucius Tombes

Nichols), Chester, S.C.

Born Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 9, 1869; dau. James Columbus and Frances L. (Powell) Bowen; ed. Girls' High School of Atlanta, m. Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 17, 1885, Lucius Tombes Nichols of Va. (general manager C. and N.W. Railroad): chil- dren: Watkins Eugene, Ethel, Lucius Bowen, Charles Victor, John Melton, Thomas i^-eroy, Francis Alexander. Ex-chairman of Domestic Science, Dep't of S.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. of Civic Improvement Ass'n of Chester, S.C; pres. Social Club. Has served as pres. Missionary Soc. and director Public Library of Chester. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Baptist Church (mem. Ladies' Aid Soc. and Missionary Soc). Recreation: Travel. Mem. and organizer Palmetto Literary Club and two Domestic Science Clubs. Has served as chairman of Library Ex- tension Dep't of S.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs; introduced a State Library Commission bill, which failed to pass. Served two years as vice- pres. of S.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs. NICHOLS, Rnsf Staudisb, -:5 Mt. Vernon St..

Boston, Mass.

Garden architect; dau. Arthur IT. and Fliza- beth F. (Homer) Nichols; ed. private .ichcol?; Mass. Inst, of Technology. Director of Boaton Soc. of Decorative Art and of '.he Cooperative Building Soc. Author: finglish Pleiiiiure Gtar- dens. .Mem. Sesame Club (London), Women's f'oiinopolitan Club (N.Y. City). i^-ecreations: Conversation, needlework. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage. NICHOLS, SuRan Pvrrlval, Obfrlln College,

Oberlin. O.

College professor; b. Brownsville, Me., May 12, 1873; dau. Charles Leiwifl and Anna (Flint) Nichols; grad. Cornell Univ., AJB. '98 tSigma Xi); Univ. of Wis., Ph.D. '04. Associate prof, of botany, Oberlin Coll., since 1910.

��NICHOLSON, Eugenie Konntze (Mrs. Meredith

Nicholson), 1500 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis,

Ind.

Born Oma'ha, Neb., July U, 1867; dau. Herman and Elizabeth (Davis) Kountze; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '88 (Phi Beta Kai^pa) ; m. Omaha, June It), 1896, Meredith Nicholson (author); chil- dren: BJlbiabeth, Kugenie, Meredith, Lionel. Pres. Indianapolis Woman's Club. Favora woman suffrage; Yico-pres. Woman's Pranchisa League of Indiana. BplsoopaJIan. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Consumers' League of In- dianapolis, Indiana Vassar Club, Woman's Uni- versity Club (N.Y. City), Contemporary Clnb. NICHOLSON, HAtherlce LeoiiAi-d Le» (Mrs.

William H. Nicholson), 327 S. Second St.,

Millville, N..T.

Born Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa., Not. 15, 1878; dau. J. TatnaJl and Annie Anderson (Cabeen) Lea; ed. Mrs. Irwin's School, Phila- delphia; m. Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 1906, William H. Nicholson Jr.; children: Anne, William H. 3d, Joseph Tatnall, Richard Matlack. Active in civic work in Millville Woman's Club (of which la second vice-pres.), Vvorking Girls' Club and work In Millville Organized Charity Ass'n (second vlee-pres.). Favors woman suffrage; mem. Vine- land Equal Suffrage League. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Ass'n for Prevention of Infant Mor- tality. Agnes Irwin School Alumnae Ass'n. Rec- reations: Gardening, motoring, reading. Mem. Acorn Club, Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Soc. (Philadelphia).

NICKELS, Frances Jacobs (Mrs. Frank Camp- bell Nickels), 2500 Plllsbury Av., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Washington, D.C. ; dau. Horace G. and Hannah (Slater) Jacobs; ed. Stanford Univ., ■93; George Washington Univ., 1S94-98, A.B. '98, M.A. '99; post-grad, work in Univ. of Minn., '09 (mem. PI Beta Phi); m. Washington, D.C, Feb- ruary, 1900, Frank Campbell Nickels; one son: Horace Jacobs, b. 1905. Pres. Maternity Hospital ; director Y.W.C.A. ; chairman Extension Dep't Y.W.C.A. ; interested In Women's Welfare work. Missionary teacher in Sunday-school. Mem. Thursday Musical Club. Baptist.

NICOLAY, Helen, 1621 Massachusetts Av.,

Y/ashingrton, D.C.

Born Paris, France, Mar. 9, 1866; dau. John Gsorge Nicolay (former private e6c. of Pres. Lincoln, and joint author with John Hay of Abraham Lincoln — A History) and Theresa (Bates) Nicolay; ed. at home and by private In- struction. Author: The Boys' Life of Abraham Lincoln; The Boys' Life of Ulys&es S. Grant; Personal Traits of Abraham Lincoln; also articles in various magazines.

NICOLL, FdJth Trav^rs (Mrs. Kdward Holland

NicoU), Granite Springs, N.T.

Born Flus-hing, L.I., Aug. 4, 1861; dau. Edward Montague and Harriet Van Cortlandt (West) Trovers; ed. Miaa Susan Hoffman's private school in Flushing; m. Flushin;, 1885, Edward Holland Nicoll; children: Charlotte V. C, Nancy, Edward Holland. Interested in church work, local charities, village improvement, etc. Against woman suffrage. Episcopal ian. Mem. Cathedral League of St. John the Divine, N.Y. City; pres. Woman's Progressive Club, Granite Springs.

NIEHACS, Hegiaa Armstrong 'Mrs. Charles H.

Niehans), Quaker Ridge Road, Nct Rcchelle,

N.Y.

Writer and art critic; b. Virginia; dau. Thomas J. and Jane Ann Welsh (von Roth) Armstrong, of Lancaster, Ohio, and great-granddaughter of Hon. Jacob Van Metre of Westmoreland CIo., Va. ; privately educated; en. N.Y. City. 1900. Charles Henry Nlehaus (sculptor). Society editor Sun- day Times, Memphis, Tenn., 1892-93; editor Social Graphic, lS9:i-96; edi'or Impressionist (N.Y. City), 18-99-1900. Contributor to various Jlterary and art publications. Including The Studio (London). Author (pen-name "Regina Armstrong"): Sculp- ture of Charles Henry Nlehaus, 1902; C Mylea Collier, A Memoir, 1909. Mem. Municipal Art Soo. of N.Y. ; Equal Suffrage League of New Rochelie.

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��NIELDS, Mary Craven (Mrs. John Percy

Nielda). 1401 Broome St., Wilmington, Del.

Dau. Thomas J. and Esther C. (Howe) Craven; ed. St. Timothy's School, Catonsvilli?, Md. : m. "Cravenhurst," Salem, N.J., 1907, John Percy Nields (Harvard, '89); one daughter: Ann, b. 1910. Cor. .sec. Nat. Soc. Colonial Dames In the State ot Delaware. Director West End Reading- room for Girls and Boys, and director Industrial School for Girls. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Presbyterian Church. Mem. St. Timothy's Alum- nte Ass'n. Recreations' Golf, walking. Mem. Wilmington Country Club. NIELSEN, Alice, Metropolitan Opera House,

N.Y. City.

Operatic prima donna; b. Nashvill*, Tenn. ; dau. Erasmus I. and Sarah A. Nielsen. Father died when she was 8 years old, and she removed with her mother to Kansas City, where she was educated at St. Teresa's Acad, and took singing lessons from Prof. Max Descl; in choir of St Patrick's Church, Kansas City, 1888-92; m. 1890, Benjamin Nentwig, organist of St. Patrick's (later divorced) ; one son. Joined a concert com- pany in 1892, later joined the Pike Opera Co. in California, singing in the chorus until her voice attracted attention, and she was given small parts, soon advancing to position of prima donna of that company. Henry Clay Bamabee, of the Bostonians, heard her sing Lucia, and she was invited to join that company, with which she made her first appearance as Anita in The War- time Wedding; she was next cast for the small part of Annabelle in Robin Hood, but soon after was singing Maid Marian, the prima donna part. Sang the rflle of Yvonne in The Serenade in a long run at the Knickerbocker Theater, N.Y. City; starred In The Fortune Teller, and later in The Singing Girl. In 1902 sang In The Fortune Teller in London, and there Henry Russell, musi- cal critic and manager, heard her and took her to Rome to study grand opera. First appearance as grand opera prima donna was at the Bellini Theater, Naples, as Marguerite in Faust, next Bingtng in La Travlata at the San Carlo Opera House, Naples. Filled an engagement at the Covent Garden Theater, London, singing Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Suzanne in La Nozze di Figaro; in 1905 sang there as Mimi to Caruso's Rudolpho in La BohSme and Gilda in Rigoletto to the Rigoletto of Maurel. Sang grand opera in U.S. in 1906 with the Don Pasquale Co., in 1907-08 with the San Carlos Oi)€ra Co. ; in 1910-11 with the Boston Opera Co., and since th€n with the Metropolitan Opera Co., N.Y. City.

NIELSON, Minnie Jean, Valley City, N. Dak.

Superintendent Barnes Co. (N.Dak.) eehools; b. Jackson, Mich. ; dau. Wylie and Mary (Stewart) Nielsen; ed. high school. Valley City, N.Dak.; Univ. ot N.Dak.; Univ. of Mich, and special work at Chicago Univ. Grammar school teacher and science teacher in Valley City High School, 1893-1906; sup'f Barnes Co. schools since 1906. Interested in and identified with religious, social and philanthropic works; teacher and officer in Congregational Sunday-school for years. Mem. State History A«s'n, Exec. Com. N.Dak. Educa- tional Ass'n, P.E.O. Sisterhood; Tice-pree. Valley City Chautauqua Ass'n; chairman State Joint Com. of School Patrons. Charter mem. of Sorosis Club of Valley City; pres. N.Dak. Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Dep't of EJducation of the Gen. Federation. Recreation: Automobillng. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Re- publican; votes on all school questions.

NIES, Abby Huntington Ware (Mrs. Frederick Harold Nles), 859 Bay Ridge Av., Brooklyn N.Y. Writer; b. Fort Scott, Kan.; ed. in schools of

Topeka, Kan., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '99; m.

June 20, 1906, Frederick Harold Nies. Interested

In civics. Author (in collaboration with Abby G.

Baker): The Municipal Government of the City

of New York, 1906.

NISBET, Minnie Jean, 167 W. Main St., Hamil- ton, Ontario, Canada.

Journalist and author; b. Hamilton, Ontario, Canada; dau. Robert and Catharine (Balcom) Nisbet; ed. Hamilton Ladles' Coll., M.E.L. (mis-

��tress of English literature). Editor Woman's Dep't, Hamilton Dally Herald; has written his- torical sketches and articles on women and their work for magazines and papers. Historian Women's Wentworth Historical Soc; sec. Gayton Chapter, Imperial Order Daughters of the Em- pire; active mem. in Women's Canadian Club and Local Council of Women. Presbyterian.

NIXON, Mary Stlte6, 29 Corso Regina Elena.

Florence. Italy.

Art critic, school principal; b. Cincinnati, O. : dau. William Penn and Mary (Stites) Nixon; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '92; pursued special studies in art In this country and abroad, 1892-96. Art editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, 1896-98; since 1901 principal of the Florentine School for Girls at Florence, Italy.

NOBLE, Annette Lucilc, Albion, N.Y.

Writer; b. Albion, N.Y., July 12, 1844; dau. Dr. William and Emella (Stiles) Noble; educated In ladles' seminary. Extensive traveler well known for her close acquaintance with Europe and the Near East, which she has visited frequently and has conducted select parties of travelers on European and Oriental tours. Author: After Failure; or, Loss and Gain; A Crazy Angel; Dave Marquand; Eleanor Willoughby's Self; Easie's Miracle; Eunice Lathrop, Spinster; How Billy Went Up in the World; In a Country Town; Jacob's Heiress; Jesse; Love and Shawlstraps; Miss Janet's Old House; Miss Robert's Lodgers in a Little WeJsh Town; Out of the Way; The Parsonage Secret; The Professor's Dilemma; The Professor's Girls; The Queer Home In Rugby Court; Rachel's Farm; Ryhoves of Antwerp; Silas Gower's Daughters; The Silent Man's Legacy; Summerwild; The Tarryport School Girls; Uncle Jack's Ebcecutors; Under Shelter; Under Twelve Flags; Eugene's Quest, also (with Eleanor A. Hunter), The Cosey Corner Stories, and (with Ella Beckwith Keeney) Dr. Grantley's Neighbors. Has contributed to various magazines and religious publications.

NOBLE, £sther FrothisKham (Mrs. Thomas K.

Noble), 1855 Mlntwood Place, Washington,

D.C.

Bora Westminster, Mass., June 24, 1839; dau. William Saunders Bradbury and Elizabeth (EJmerson) Bradbury (who wae a cousin of Ralph Waldo Emerson); ed. Camhrldge (Mass.) High and Latin Sohool», and by private tutors and professors; m. San Francisco, Cal., Oct. 30, 1875, Rev. Thomas K. Noble. Instructor In Latin In Mills Coll., Cal., 1868-75; lecturer on parliamen- tary law. During husband's pastorates in San Francisco and Norwalk, Conn., was active as teacher in adult Bible classes and pres. of va- rious church societies; at the Biennial In Mil- waukee was asked to take charge of an after- noon program on The Ethics of Work. Pres. Woman's Home Missionary Soc. ot the Presby- tery of Wa.shington City; first vice-pres. Board of Managers of the Presbyterian Home (Wash- ington (Jlty) and cor. sec. of the Board of Trus- tees of same; vice-pres. of the Aid Ass'n for the Blind of the Dlst. of Columbia; chaplain general of D.A.R., 1907-11; ex-regent of Norwalk (Conn.) Chapter D.A.R. and ex-State vice-pres. of Conn.; active worker in King's Daughters and leader of circles of King's Sons and Daugh- ters. Mem. Daughters of the Cincinnati (through Major Benjamin FYothingham, a personal friend of George Washington); chaplain national of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America; mem. Red Cross Soc, Y.W.C.A.; first pres. of the Conn. State Fed. of Women's Clubs (now honorary pres.); mem. Pro Re Nata of Washing- ton, D.C. Presbyterian.

NOBLE, Harriet, 707 E. Twentieth St.. Indlan-

apoli*, Ind.

Born Ontervllle, Wayne County, Ind., June. 1851; dau. Lazarus and Catharine (Judab) Noble; grad. Vassar, A.M. '73. Held chair of English literature at Butler Coll., Irvlngton, Ind., 1883- 93; taught private classes for five years later. Interested in modern New Thought movement and organized charities. Favors woman suffrage. Treas. of Woman's Franchise League of Ind. Recreation: Novel reading. Mom. Indianapolii

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��Woman's Club, Catharine Merrill Club, Contem- pory Club, Vassar Club, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae and Civic League. NOBLE, Marietta Josephine Edmand (Mrs.

Frederick Perry Noble), 2502 W. Suito Av.,

Spokane, Wash.

Born in Iowa; grad. Central Univ. of Iowa, A.B. '87, A.M. '90; Univ. of Cliicago, A.B., A.M. '97; fallow in Latin, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1897-98; Am. School of Classical Studies in Rome, 1901-02; m. 19€3 Dr. Frederick Perry Noble. Ass't, 1887- 90 and' principal, 1890-93, in academic dep't, and prof. Latin, 1893-95, Iowa We&leyan Univ.; prof. Latin and Greek, 1898-99; prof. Latin, 1899-1903, Milwaukee-Downer Coll. NOBLES, Ella Margaret (Mrs. W. S. Nobles),

Geneva, Iowa.

Born Warren, 111.; dau. AlonM and Rose (Lynch) Clock; ed. common school; m. W. S. Nobles; children: Fannie Nobles Clock, Norma Nobles Richards, Helen Nobles. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church (mem. Ladies' Aid Soc.). Republican. Mem. Twentieth Century Club. NOBLIT, Emma Ewing' (Mrs. Granville E.

Noblit), Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Born Lawndale, Logan Co., 111., Sept, 18, 1862; dau. Christopher and Adaline (Metcalf) Ewing; ed. Jacksonville (111.) Female Acad., cla.ss of '83, English course; m. Oakland, Fla., Nov. 16, 1889, Granville B. Noblit; children: Ruby, Roy Ewing, Granville E., Frank Webster (deceased). Interested in church work and social affairs, educational matters and music. Presbyterian. Republican. Mem. Public Library Ass'n, Parents' and Teachers Ass'n, W.C.T.U., Ladies' Aid Soc., Cycadia Cemetery Ass'n, Mendelssohn Club, Civic Club. NOEL, Julia McAlmont (Mrs. James William

NoeI1, 216 B. Sixth Av., Pine Blaff, Ark.

Bom Little Rock, Ark., Jan. 23, 1856; dau. Sam- uel Huntington and Sarah (Harding) McAlmont; ed. in Minn, and Ark., and in private and public schools; widow of James William Noel, M.D.; children: Addle Leona, Annie Mae, Daisy Ella, William Alexander, James Wilaam. Mem. iios- pital As-s'n, Myra C. Warner Student Ass'n, State Museum Ass'n. Presbyterian (mem. Ladies' Aid). Mem. Soc. Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of U.S., D.A.R. (State Re- gent of Ark., organizer McAlmont Chapter); mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy, Sesame Club. NOFETZ, Hslie Is&bel (Mrs. William NofEtz),

3841 Forest Av., Kansas City, Mo.

Daughter of John Rogers and Elizabeth Irons Rogers; ed. in Imboden, Ark., at private sub- scription schools; m. (1st) Auburndale, Fla., 1891, Joseph Hawthorne (died 1898); m. (2d) Louisville, Ky., 19C1, William NoCtz; one daughter: Clarice Hawthorne. Pres. Osage County (Kan.) Fed. of Women's Clubs (three years); pres. Sunflower Club of Qiijnemo, Kan. (.% year?); mom. Press Com (2 vears), and Industrial and Child Labor Com. (2 years) of Kansas State Ffideration; sec. Board of Education of Quenemo, Kan., resigning on removal to Kansas City, Mo,, in 1911. Mem. M.E. Church. Progressive. Favors woman suffrage.

NORCROSS, Cellissa Brown (Mrs. Joseph Ar- nold NcrcrOBs), 421 St. Ronan St.. New Haven,

Conn.

Born Dover, Me., May 7, 1874; dau. Stephen Or- man and Mary Parish (Gurney) Bro-nn; ed. Miss Peebles' Boarding School, N.Y. City; Quincy Shaw School, Boston; Smith Coll., B.L. '98 (mem. Phi Kappa Psi); m. Dover, Me., May 27, 1902, Joseph Arnold Norerosa; oiie son: Arnold Brown Noroross. Interested in New Haven Orphan Asylcrm, Mothers' Aid Soc. of New Haven, and tht iTfnlted Workers of N.H.; attends Episcopal Church. Mem. New Haven Country Club, New Haven Lawn Club. NORDAHL, Edwilda, 482 Stella St., Elgin, III.

Born Vermillion Co., 111., Aug. 17, 1868; dau. Francis M. and Virginia (Harrison) Parish; ed. In country and private schools; m. Homer, HI., 1893, Dr. Hans T. Nordahl. Magazine writer.

��short stories and poems, principally in Every- body's Magazine— Lowly Diplomat and others. Congregationalist. Mem. Perry Study Circle, Elgin Woman's Club. NORDHEIMER, Edith Louise (Mrs. Samuel

Nordheimer), "Glen Edyth," Davenport Road,

Toronto, Can.

Bom Toronto; dau. of late James Boulton (barrister) and Margaret Melina (Fortye) Boul- ton; m. 1871, Samuel Nordheimer, Consul for Ontario for the German Empire. Active in charitable and benevolent work. Pres. of the Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire, and has instituted many chapters of the Order. NORDHOFE-JUNG, Sofie A. (Mrs. Franz A. R.

Jung), 1229 Connecticut Av., Washington, D.C.

Physician; b. Germany; ed. in Germany and France, A.B.; degree M.D. from Columbian (now George Washington) Univ., Washington, D.C, '93; m. Dr. Franz A. R. Jung. First woman resident in Univ. Hospital for Women, Miinich; assistant Baudelocque Hospital, Paris; special work with Pasteur at Pasteur Inst., Paris. Mem. Med. Soc. of D.C, Med. Ass'n of D.C, Am. Med. Ass'n, Women's Med. Soc of Washington, D.C; Washington Acad, of Sciences, Woman's Welfare Dep't Nat. Civi* Federation; mem. Red Cross. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Kinetic Thera- peutics in Gynecology; The Thure Brands Treat- ment In Gynecology Practically Applied. Mem. Lyceum Club, London, England. NORDICA, Lillian (Mrs. George Washington

Young), Deal, N.J.

Grand opera prima donna; b. Farmington, Me., 1859 (family name Norton) ; began musical educa- tion in Boston with Prof. O'Neil, of the New England Conservatory of Music; later studied under Mme. Marie Maretzek, and afterward at Milan, under San Giovanni; m. (1st) Paris, 1882, Frederick Gower, scientist and electrician, who was drowned while conducting electrical experi- ments in a balloon which was carried out to sea and collapsed; (2d) Herr Dome; (3d) July 29, 1909, George Washington Young, banker of N.Y. City and Jersey City. Sang as soloist for the Handel and Haydn Societies in Boston; later ap- peared with Gilmore's Band at two concerts in the Old Madison Square Garden, and went with that company to England, appearing in concerts at Liverpool, London and Paris, thence going to Italy for operatic study. Made debut in grand opera as prima donna in La Traviata at Brescia, Italy, April, 1879. Appeared at Genoa and No- vara, Oct., 1881; then went to St. Petersburg and sung Mignon before the Czarina; then sang in Moscow, and made her Parisian debut in Faust in 1882, later singing in Paris. After the death of Mr. (lower was for three years retired from the stage. Appeared in La Traviata, at Covent Garden, London, 1886; first appearance in grand opera in U.S., Mar. 28, 1890, with Signer Ta- magno in II Trovatore, afterward went to Bey- reuth, and under Mme. Wagner's instruction studied the part of Elsa in Lohengrin, creating that role in the original production at Beyreuth. Since then has gained her greatest distinction in Wagnerian roles, her first appearance in a Wag- ner opera in America being in Tristan und Isolde in 1S95; sang Elsa in Lohengrin on the eightieth anniversary of the birthday of Queen Victoria, at Windsor Castle, the first time a Wag- ner opera was ever heard by the Queen. Has for years been one of the prima donnas of th< Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y. City. Has also appeared in concerts in leading cities of U.S.

NORFLEET, Helen Lnclie, 303 W. Eighth St.,

Oklahoma City, Okla.

Concert pianiste; b. Kearney, Mo., Oct. 27, 1891; dau. Abram Leeper and Mary Lackey (Park) Norfleet; ed. North Texas Coll., 1905-10; Kidd-Key Conservatory, Sherman, Tex., A.B. '10; medals in music, Latin, mathematics, scholarship, diploma in music, 1908; pupil of Harold von Mickewitz. Interested in club work, newspaper work. Recreation: Tennis. Mem. Ladies' IWusle Club, Chaminade Club, Kidd-Key Shakespeare Club. Has played piano from early childhood; while in Conservatory appeared as soloist with Chicago Symphony and Dallas Symphony orchea-

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��tras. Taught in private studio and Epworth Univ., Oklahoma City, Okla., 1911; in lyceum work througii Okiahoma, Texas. New Mexico and Mis- souri, 1912; now concertizing with sister (violin- iste) in extension course of Univ. of Wis.

NORRIS, Clara Maud, 283 Clifton St., Maiden,

Mass.

Teacher; b. in Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll.. B.A. '01; Boston Univ.. M.A. '02. Teacher of English, Newburyport (Mass.) High School, 1903-07; Maiden (Mass.) High School since 1907. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Nat. Educational Ass'n.

NORRIS, Grace Mabel, Richfield Springs, N.Y.

Physician, writer; b. South Columbia, N.Y. ; grad. Richneld Springs High School, '98; Wom- an's Med. Coll., Baltimore, Md., M.D., '04. En- gaged in medical practice and has held medical positions in State institutions. Author of medi- cal stories: Thirteen Uncanny Tales (one vol.); Strange Medical TaJes; The Parasites of Man; also medical stories contributed to The Recorder. Part author (with Luis B. D' Alvarez): A B C of the Spanish Language; also (with Dr. A. Lap- thorn Smith): The Mysterious Disappearance of S.S. Cedric (novel). Artist in pen and water color work. NORRIS, Harriette Bronson Holbrook (Mrs.

Edward A. Norrfs), 304 Moffett Av., Joplin,

Mo.

Bom Jackson, Mich.; dau. J. Milton and Sara (Bronson) Holbrook; ed. in Detroit schools; m. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 12, 1872, Edward A. Norris; children: Robert Falley, b. Oct. 3, 1875; Edna CHiaffee, b. Sept. 3, 1877. Social leader; mem. several philanthropic organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Organized the Joplin Suffrage League, 1912. Newspaper and magazine writer. Christian Scientist. Organized Joplin Chapter D.A.R. (regent seven years), became State vice- regent D.A.R. of Mo. Traces ancestry to Thomas Holbrook of Weymouth, England, in 1601; mem. Daughters of Founders and Patriots, Daughters of 1812. Recrea'tion: Country life. NORRIS, Jeaa Hort^nse (Mrs. Thomas H.

Norris), 27 William St., N.Y. City.

La-wyer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 25, 1877; dau. John Giles and Maria Theresa (Ford) Noonan; ed. private German school; Brooklyn CJirls' High School; N.Y. Univ., LL.B. and LL.M.; m. June 30, 1897, Thomas H. Norris (died 1899). Retained as ass't transfer tax attorney in N.Y. Co. for the State Comptroller; special counsel for State Comptroller in foreign transfer tax proceedings; special counsel for corporations and attorneys in N.Y. Co. in Federal, State and city tax matters, and in general practice. Interested in religious, social, philanthropic and other activities. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Author of articles on In- heritance taxation, national health and unem- ployment Insurance of Great Britain, which have appeared in the Woman Lawyers' Journal, and pa.mphlet on Laws Affecting Women and Chil- dren. Introduced in N.Y. Legislature in 1913. Catholic. Mem. N.Y. University Alumni, N.Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n, Collegiate E^qual Suf- frage League. Associate editor Women Lawyers' Journal. Recreations: Walking, traveling, read- ing, golfing, ' "iding (horseback). Chairman Bu- reau of Legislation of Women Lawyers' Ciub; chairman Com. on Legal Interests of Women of the New York Women's Press Club. NORRIS, Katharine Hosmer (Mrs. Rollin Nor- ris), 221 Glenn Road, Ardmore, Pa.

Born Washington, D.C., Jan. 27, 1869; dau. Addison A. and Amanda (Sturges) Hosmer; ed. in Washington, D.C ; George Washington Univ. and in Univ. of Pa.; m. Washington, D.C, Rol- lin Norris; one son: Hosmer Rollin Norris. In- terested in social work, housing and town plan- ning, charity organization work. Started a housing reform movement in Washington, D.C, 1893, by the formation of a Housing Com., whose Investigations brought about better conditions and the organization of the Washington Sanitary Improvement Co. for the construction of decent houses for working people, becoming one of its directors; aJso in 1895 initiated a reorganization of the Washington Associated Charities with

��greatly improved and more efHcient methods. After marriage removed to Philadelphia and later to Ardmore, a suburb of that city, and in 1911 started a movement for suburban housing and town planning in the organization of tha Main Line Housing Ass'n, follcKwed by a Subur- ban Planning Conference of which she was sec., and from which she organized a Suburban Plan- ning Ass'n, with a paid sec. The Conference Legislative Com., of which she was a member, drafted an act for a Suburban Metropolitan Planning Commission, which has recently become a law. Mem. Consumers' League of Philadel- phia; contributing mem. Philadelphia Soc. for Organizing Charity, Philadelphia Woman Suf- frage Ass'n, Nat. City Planning Conference (or- ganization). Mem. Civic Club and Contemporary Club, Philadelphia. Compiled the Philanthropic, Educational and Religious Directory of Philadel- phia, 1902. Socialist. Favors woman suffrage.

NORBIS, Kathleen Thompson (Mrs. Charles Oilman Norris), Port Washington, L.I., N.Y. Writer; b. San Francisco, Cal., July 16, 1880; dau. Jaraes Alden and Josephine (Moroney) Thompson; ed. by tutors and In special school and colle.se courses; m. N.Y. City, April 30, 1909, Charles Gilman Norris (brother of the late Frank Nori-is, author of The Pit, The Octopus, etc); children: Frank, b. Nov. 2, 1910, and twin daughters, Josephine and Gertrude Norris, b. Feb. 15 (died Feb. 18.), 1912. Became a settle- ment worker in San Francisco immediately after the earthquake and fire of 1906; her first con- tributions to the newspapers being some random sketches of her work there. Gave up her regu- lar work at time of her marriage and two yeara later wrote her short story, "Mother," which aroused such interest as an argument against race suicide that it was expanded from magazine to book form, and later republished as a serial in the Ladies' Home Journal (a very unusual distinction), and was published in book form in 1911; also author: Mrs. Burgoyne, 1912; Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby; Saturday's Child, and short stories in leading magazines since 1910. Roman Catholic.

NORRIS, TJllian Horsey (Mrs. Rastus Ransom

Norris), Pine Croft, Crisfleld, Md.

Born Crisfield, Md., Oct. 22, 1882; dau. William P. and Clara Louise (Roach) Horsey; ed. Cris- fleld High School; Western Maryland Coll., A.B., cum laude; Goucher Coll., Baltimore (mem. Zeta Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta); m. Crisfleld, Md., June 24, 1908, Dr. Rastus Ransom Norris; chil- dren: Juliana, Juliet. Against woman suffrage. Methodist. Recreations: Automobiling, yachting.

NORKIS, Mary Harriott, Colbath House, Mor-

ristown, N.J.

Author: b. Boonton, N.J., March 16, 1848; dau. Charles Bryan and Mary L. (Kerr) Norris; de- scendant in seven distinct lines from 17th century settlors in New England and N.J. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '70; delivered annual address during Commencement at Vassar Coll., 1872; hon. mem. class of '99 of Northwestern Univ. Waa founder and principal of a private school In N.Y. City. 1880-96; dean of women. North- western Univ., 1898-99. Mem. of Authors' League of the Com. of One Hundred on Nat. Health; pres. N.Y. Branch Associate Alumnao of Vassar Coll.; trustee of Equal Franchise Soc. of N.J. Author; Frauleln Mina; Ben and Bentie Series (4 vols.); Dorothy Delaflcld; A Damsel of the Eighteenth Century; Phebe; Afterward; The Nine Blf^ssings; John Applegate, Surgeon; Lake- wood; The Gray House of the Quarries; The Grapes of Wrath; The Story of Christina; The Veil; editor of editions of Silas Marner, Mar- mion, Evangeline, Kenilworth and Quentin Dur- ward; contributor to various periodicals. Rec- reation: Travel. Mem. Woman's University Club (Evanston. 111.), Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnaj, Nat. Geog. Soc.

NORRIS, Mary Hog:e (Mrs. Alexander M. Nor- ris). S47 Park Av.. Baltimore. Md. Born Washington, DC, Feb. 24, 1887; dau. Wilii.am Schofleld and Mary Barlow (Stearns) Hoge; ed. Force School, Central High School, Washington; Boxwood, Old Lyme, Conn.; m.

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��Washington, April 30, 1910, Alexander M. Norrls; one daughter: Mary Hoge, b. Mar. 8, 1912. Mem. Civic League Ass'n. Recreations: Tennis, riding. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage. NOBRIS, Sarah Dobson (Mrs. Richard Norris),

Ellerslie, Falls of Schuylkill, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia; dau. James and Mary Dob- son; ed. Miss M. S. Gibson's School, Philadel- phia; m. Richard Norris; one daughter: Mary Dobson Norris. Mem. School Board six years; actively Interested in Presbyterian Orphanage, Deaconess House, Home for Infants and other philanthropic institutions. Favors woman suf- frage. Presbyterian. Republican. NOKKI8, Mrs. Zoe Anderson, 338 E. Fifteenth

St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. Harrodsburg, Ky. ; dau. Henry T. and Henrietta (Ducker) Anderson; ed. Daughters' Coll., Harrodsburg, Ky. ; m. Karrodsburg, Ky., S. W. Norris. Interested in the poor. Books: Color of His Soul; Way of the Wind; Quest of Polly Locke; Kentucky Colonel Stories; short stories in MeClure's, Ainslee's, Woman's Home Companion, Everybody's Magazine, Cosmopoli- tan, Smart Set, Times, Sun, Press; editor, owner .ind manager for the past four years of the East Side Magazine, treating of the poor of N.Y. Mem. Ragged Edge Klub (her own club, com- posed of her friends and subscribers for her magazine). Mem. Christian Church. NORSWOBTHY, Naomi, 430 W. 118th St., N.Y.

City.

Professor of psychology; b. N.Y. City, Sept. 29, 1877; dau. Samuel B. and Eva (Modridge) Nors- worthy; grad. N.J. State Normal School, '96; Teachers' Coll., B.S. '01; Columbia Univ., Ph.D. '04. Teacher in public schools of Morristown, N.J., 1896-99; appointed ass't in psychology, 1901, instructor, 1904, in Teachers Coll. ; associate prof, psychology in Columbia Univ. since 1909. Author: The Psychology of Mentally Defective Children (Archives of Psychology, November, 1906). NOKXH, Dora Brlggs (Mrs. Charles Jackson

North), 51 Johnson Park, Buffalo, N.Y.

Born Wethersfield, Wyoming Co., N.Y., Dec. 7, 1S52; dau. Horace Briggs, Ph.D., and Cath- erine (Morse) Brings; grad. public schools, Cen- tral High School, '71; Buffalo Normal School, '76; m. Buffalo, June 30, 1881, Charles Jackson North. Taught eight years in Buffalo Classical School. Ten years pres. of Woman's B'd Homeopathic Hocpltal; pres. two years of WoEaan'o V/ork in First Presbyterian Church (Buffalo); foreign treas. Buffalo Presbyterian Sec, throe years; treas. sixteen years, Buffalo Chapter D.A.R. ; treas. five years, Niagara Froniler Chapter Daughters of 1812; pres. about fifteen years of Buffalo branch Needlework Guild. Presbyterian (First Church) ; mem. Twentieth Century Club. NORTH, Lila Verplanck, Goucher College, Balti- more, Md.

Bom N.Y. City; ed. Wellesley Coll., 1881-82; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1892-95; A. B. '95 Univ. of Leipzig, 1895-96; Columbia Univ., 1906-07; Johns Hopkins Univ., 1907-08. Asso. principal Classical School for Girls, N.Y. City, 1884-92: instructor Greek and Latin, Taconic School, Lakeville, Conn., 1896-97; teacher of Greek and Latin, 1897- 98; asso. prof. Greek since 1898, Goucher Coll. Manager of Baltimore Charity Organization Soc, 1906-09; ass't sec. of Com. of Physical Welfare of School Children, N.Y. City, 1906-07; manager Home for the Friendless, N.Y. City, 1908-10. NORTH, Louise McCcy (Mrs. Frank Mason

North), 121 W. 122d St., N.Y. City.

Born Lowell, Mass., Oct. 31, 1859; dau. James Monroe and Anna Maria (Dennis) McCoy; ed. Lowell public schools; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '79, M.A (Phi Beta Kappa) '82 (mem. Zeta Alpha Sorority), Germany, 1879-80; m. Wellesley Coll., Dec. 23, 1885, Rev. Frank Mason North, D.D.; one son: Eric McCoy North, b. 1888. Instructor in Greek in Wellesley Coll., 1880-85. Trustee of Wellesley Coll.; vice-pres. Board of Managers of St. Christopher's Home for Children; mem. Central Com. on United Study of Foreign Mis- sions; mtsn. Student Com. of the National Board T.W.C.A. ; hon. vlce-pres. N.Y. Woman's For-

��eign Missionary Soc. and various church and philanthropic interests. Favors woman suffrage. Author: History of Wellesley College, 1875-1900; also various magazine articles on educational, philanthropic and religious subjects. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnte, Woman's University Club of N.Y. City, N.Y. Wellesley Club, Rota Club and Haarlem Phil- harmonic Soc. (N.Y. City). NORTH, Mary Myers (Mrs. Joseph B. North j,

Herndon, Va.

Born Washington, D.C. ; dau. Henry J. and Mary Elizabeth (Wilson) Leonhardt; ed. public schools and Union Acad., Washington, D.C; m. Rev. Joseph B. North, LL.D. ; children: M. Theodore, Henry Norman, Joseph Beverly. Pres. Am. Woman's Press Ass'n; vice-pres. League ol Am. Pen Women; historian Nat. Ass'n of Pa- triotic Instructors; recording sec. Woman's Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress; chairman Press Com. Nat. Council of Women; past Nat. junior vice-pres. of Woman's Relief Corps. Author: A Prairie Schooner; An Historic Church; Patriotic Selections; also short stories, poems and music. Presbyterian. Mem. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, Nat. Civic Ass'n. NORTHEY, H. Maud Richardson (Mrs. William

M. Northey), 36A The New Sherbrooke, Sher-

brooke St., Montreal.

Born Compton, Quebec, Oct. 5, 1868; dau. Charles F. and Charlotte (Savage) Richardson; ed. private schools, Montreal; m. Montreal, Apr. 3, 1902, William M. Northey. Rec. sec. the Prot- estant Infants' Home; treas. Laura Ferguson Girls' Club. Anglican. Mem. Montreal Women's Art Soc, Montreal Suffrage Soc, Women's Branch Antiquarian Soc, Montreal Amateur Athletic Ass'n. Mem. Montreal Women's Club.

NORTHROP, Anna Leiseuring (Mrs. Frank Northrop), 6 E. Forty-fifty St., N.Y. City. Born Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. Henry G. and Lydia A. (Rockhill) Leiseuring; ed. Friends Central High School, Philadelphia; Chautauqua Circle and Woman's Law Class of Univ. of N.Y. ; m. Philadelphia, Oct. 14, 1885, Frank Northrop. Treas. George Washington Memorial Ass'n, N.Y. League for Animals. Identified with many re- ligious, social and philanthropic activities. NORTHUP, Carrie ftTysTS (Mrs. Clark Suther- land Northup), 407 Elmwood Av., Ithaca, N.Y. Born Gouveraeur, N.Y., Feb. 1, 1374; dau. Dr. Albert and Mrs. Olive Ann (Graven) Myers; grad. Gouvemeur High School and Cornell Univ., A.B. '96 (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Gouverneur, N.Y., July 12, 1838, Dr. Clark Sutherland Northup; children: Olive Emelyn, Helen Frances, Nicholas Carr. Mem. Child Study Club, Campus Club. Favors woman suffrage.

NORTON, Alice Pst»ubet (Mrs. Lewis Mills Norton), 1326 E. Fifty-eighth St., Chicago, 111. College professor; b. Gloucester, Mass., Feb. 25, 1860; dau. Rev. Dr. Francis N. and Mrs. Mary Abby (Thaxter) Feloubet; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '82, A.M. '97; Boston Normal School of Household Arts, '96; stuisnt at Macs. Institute of Technology, 1896-97; graduate student at Univ. of Chicago, while teaching (mem. Alpha Soc, Smith Coll.); m. Natick, Mass., June 6, 1883, Lewis Mills Norton, Ph.D., of Chemistry Dep't, Mass. Inst. Technology (died 1893); chil- dren: Margaret, John Foote, Grace Peloubet, Louise Chabrier, Lewis Mills. Teacher Brook- line (Mass.) High School, 1896-1900; teacher Chi- cago Inst., 1900-01; ass't prof., teaching of home economics. School of Education, Univ. of Chicago, 1901-04; ass't prof, of household administration, Univ. of Chicago, 1904; chairman Food and Mar- kets Com., V/oman's C'ty Club of Chicago, 1911-12; chairman Household Economics Com., 111. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1910-12; pres. Chicago Smith College Club, 1911-12. Particu- larly interested in religious and social work. Lecturer Lasell Sem. on Sanitary Science, 1893-99; Hartford School of Sociology. 1895; Bos- ton School of Cooking and Boston Y.W.C.A., 1898-1900; School of Domestic Science, 1895-1900; director of Chautauqua (N.Y.) School of Domes- tic Science, 1900-05. Favors woman snffrage.

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��Author: Food and Dietetics; pamphlet: Food for Children; contributor to Smith College Monthly, Elementary School Teacher, Journal of Home Economics, and newspaper articles on Domestic Science. Congregationalist. Progressive Repub- lican. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, Am. Chemical Soc., Nat. Education Ass'n; mem. Exec. Com. of Am Home EcononLics Aas'n; mem. Religious Education Ass'n, College Fcliti- cal Equality League, Immigrants' Protective IjcagTie, Drama Le^t^ue. P.scieations: V/alking, reading. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, Chicago College. Alumnae truciee of Smith Coll., 1904-07; prea. class of 1882, Smith Coll., In Senior year.

NORTON, Grace Fallow, Woodstock, Ulster

Co., N.T.

Writer; b. Northfield, Minn., Oct. 29, 1876. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman's Politi- cal Union, N.Y. City. Author: Little Gray Songs From St. Joseph's, and many pwema in magazines. Agnoetic. Socialist. Mem. Liberal Club of N.Y City.

NORTON, Jeanie (Mrs. Porter Norton), 33 Gates

Circle, Buffalo. N.Y.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., 1855; dau. Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer and Sarah Van Dolfsen (Sher- man) Watson; ed. at home and abroad by gov- ernesses and at Mrs. Sylvanus Reed's School, N.Y. City; m. 1878, Porter Norton (lawyer); chil- dren: Porter Huntington, Gertrude Van Dolfsen. Known in social life, in activities of the Episco- pal Church and in philanthropic and woman suf- frage work.

NORTON, I^ottie Elonlse Gove (Mrs. Charles Oliver Norton), The Elms, Kearney, Neb. Capitalist; b. Tomah, Wis.; dau. Judge Elijah Atwood Gove (eminent jurist) and Maria Louisa (Haynes) Gove (writer); grad. Minneapolis High School; six years in Catholic convent; m. Charles Oliver Norton; one son: Oliver Gove. Interested In charitable enterprises. Newspaper and maga- zine writer. Has published several pamphlets on historical subjects. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women. Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames In Mass. and charter mem. of the Associate Society in Nebraska; mem. Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Daughters of Colonial Governors; organizing mem. and first vice-pres. of U.S. Daughters of 1812; State regent D.A.R. In Nebraska; mem. Neb. State Historical Soc; Daughters of Founders and Patriots. Recrea tions: Riding, walking, autoing. Only woman mem. of Commercial Club In State; mem. and vice-pres. Trail Memorial Commission; mem. International Peace Arbitration Committee.

NORTON, Mabel Gardner White (Mrs. Arthur E. Norton). 13 Walker St.. Cambrldgre, Mass. Born Johnston, R.I. ; dau. Albert Nelson and Martha (Easton) V/hite; grad. Woman's Coll., Brown Univ., Ph.B. 19C0; m. Providence, R.I., Sept. 5, ISOO, Arthur E. Norton; one son: Gard- ner Atherton Norton, b. 1905. Congregationalist.

NORTON, Mary Castle (Mrs. David Z. Norton),

7301 Euclid Av., Cleveland. O.

Born Cleveland, O., May 19, 1854; dau. Will- iam B. and Mary (Newell) Castle; ed. Cleveland Acad.; Vassar Coll. and Lausanne, Switzerland; in. Cleveland, O., Oct. 11, 1876, David Z. Norton; children: Miriam, Robert, Laurence. Pres. Fort- nightly Musical Club; pres. Advisory Board Oft the College for Women of Western Reserve TTniv.; pres. Vassar Students' Aid Soc. (Cleveland branch); pres. Church Home for Aged and Friendless; chairman Board of Lady Managers of Lakeside Hospital. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

NORTON, Mary lionise (Mrs. Nathaniel W.

Norton), 978 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Born N.Y. City, July 3, 18G4; dau. James P. and Margaret (Westcrvelt) Golding; ed. public schools In Jersey Citv and later In Buffalo; m. (1st) Jan. IB, 1883, Bradbury J. Cilley; two chil- dren (died In Infancy); m. "(2d) Buffalo, June 17, 1903, Nathaniel W. Norton. Connected with various organizations for religious, social and philanthropic work. Mem. Twentieth Century Club. Presbyterian.

��NORTON, 8. Mary, 1947 Broadway. N.Y. City. Artist; b. Fort Edward, N.Y. ; dau. James D. and Elizabeth (Eddy) Norton; ed. Cornell Univ., Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Academic Julian and Atelier Colarossi, Paris. Salon exhibitor, both in old and new Salons; awarded Woman's prize ($300) In Exhibition of New England Artists, Boston. Favors woman suffrage. Recre- ations: Walking and horaeback riding.

NORTON, Susan Whittlesey, Valley City, N.Dak. ; home address, Pearland, Texas. Normal school teacher; b. Elmira, N.Y. ; dau. Asahel Wellington and Martha (Sampson) Nor- ton; grad. high school, Oswego, N.Y.; State Normal School, Peru, Neb.; Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '98. Teacher, Warrensburg (Mo.) High School, 1898-99; critic. State Normal, Madison, S.Dak., 1899-1907; State Normal, Su- perior, Wis., 1907-10; State Normal, Valley City, N.Dak., 1910—. Owns a small orange orchard at Pearland, Texas. Mem. Sorosis Literary Club, Valley City Music Club. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage.

NORVEI.L, Ida Wood (Mrs. E. E. Norvell),

Wynnewood, Okla.

Born Batesville, Ark., April 30, 1877; dau. Will- iam Anderson and Eliza (Stanley) Wood; ed. In common school, supplemented by musical educa- tion; m. Dec. 26, 1897, Dr. E. E. Norvell; chil- dren: Otis Lawton, Nell Itamay Norvell. Pres. Wynnewood Sanitary Soc. Favors woman suf- frage: was mem. of woman suffrage delegation which appeared before and addressed the Suf- frage Com. of the Okla. Ck)nstitutional CJonven- tlon. Ex-sec. of Okla. Equal Suffrage League. Mem. Methodist (Southern) Church. Democrat, Ex-clerk of Okla. Woodman Circle Convention; now State manager of Woodman Circle Ass'n. Mem. Ladies' Athenaeum Club (pres. 1911, reelected 1912). NORWOOD, Kittle Maxwell (Mrs. Joseph E.

Norwood), Magnolia, Miss.

Born Camden, Miss., July 12, 1876; dau. Willis Leonida and Frances (Thomhlll) Maxwell; ed. public schools of Camden, MIbs. ; m. Camden, Dec. 9, 1896, Joseph E. Norwood. Mem. Meth- odist Ohuroh, Order Eastern Star, Musicians' Club of Magnolia, Miss.; Embroidery Club, Woman's Home Mission Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Horseback riding, fishing, horticulture. NOSS, Mary Graham (Mrs. Theodore Bland

Noss), California, Pa.

Vice-principal of State Normal School; b. Monongahela, Pa., Oct. 21, 1862; dau. .^neaa V. and Amanda P. (Underwood) Graham; grad. State Normal School, California, Pa., '81; student in Berlin and Jena, 1893-94; student at the Sor- bonne, Paris, 1906-07; m. Monongahela, Pa_, May 17, 1883, Theodore Bland Noss (died Feb. 23, 1909); children: Mary Theodora, b. Mar. 20, 1886; Theodore Graham, b. April 4, 1S96 (died July 2, 1910). Lecturer at teachers' conventions and women's clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, Century Club (Cali- fornia, Pa.), New Era Club (Pittsburgh). NOFRSE, Dorothy Qnincy (Mrs. Frederic Rus- sell Nourse), 100 Village Av., Dedham, Mass.

Born Boston, Dec. 4, 1885; dau. Henry Parker and Mary (Adams) Quincy; ed. Miss Ward's School and Miss Hackell's School, Boston; m. Boston, Feb. 7, 1906, Frederic Russell Nourse; children: Dorothy Quincy, Frederic Russell Jr. Mem. of church organizations, such as Woman's Auxiliary to Board of Missions (local branch), etc. Favors woman suffrage.. Protestant Epis- copal. Recreation: Music. NOURSE, Elizabeth, 80 rue d'Assaa, Paris,

France.

Artist; b. Cincinnati, Ohio; dau. Caleb E. and Elizabeth LeBreton (Rogers) Nourse; ed. In local schools and School of the City Museum of Art; later art studies In Paris at AcadJmle Jullen and as pupil of Lefebvre, Boulanger, Hennen and Carolus Duran. Has exhibited at Paris Salon and numerous exhibitions, receiving medals from the World Columbian (Chicago, 1893), Nashville (1897) and the Louisiana Pur- chase (St. Louis, 1904) expositions; and has

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��paintings in many permanent collections in United States, at the Luxembourg in Paris, and in other countries. Elected Associfie, 1895, and Societaire, 1901, of the Societe des Beaux Arts, Paris.

NOURSE, Marie Irvine Crawford (Mrs. Robert Lee Nourse), 1519 Harrison Boulevard, Boise, Idalio.

Born Monmouth, 111., Sept. 2, 1869; dau. Dr. Samuel Knox and Maria (Irvine) Crawford; ed. Chicago, Vienna, Germany; m. Chicago, Nov. 27, 1889, Dr. Robert Lee Nourse; children: Helen Lois (died in infancy), Robert Lee Jr., Norman Crawford. Active in church and philanthropic movements. Served four years on Board of Directors of Idaho Industrial School; mem. Leg- islative Com. of the League of Pacific Northwest Municipalities, Woman's Columbian Club (pres. 1910-12), Saturday Fortnightly Club (pres. 1909- 10). Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

NOTES, Agnes Haskell (Mrs. George H. Noyes),

204 Prospect Av., Milwaukee, Wis.

Born Sierra Co., Cal., May 15, 1855; dau. George W. and Hannah S. (Cole) Haskell; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.L. (Phi Beta Kappa) '76 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma): m. Chicago, Nov. 29, 1876, George H. Noyes: children; Emily H., Katherine C. Haskell, Margaret S., Helen R. Interested in educational and philanthropic work. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnse (has been on Board of Directors) : auditor two terms of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Outing in pine woods, bridge whist. Mem. Woman's Club, Social Economics Club, Collegiate Alumnae (local branch), of all of which has been pres.; mem. Country Club, Town Club. NOYES, Anna Gausmann (Mrs. William Noyes),

Leonia, N.J.

Teacher; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 19, 1873; dau. George E. and Margaret (Moore) Gausmann; ed. Brooklyn Girls' High School, 1889-93; Teachers Coll. (Columbia Univ.), 1896-1901, 1904-06, B.Sc. '06; Chicago Univ. (summer), '02; m. June 26, 1903 Prof. William Noyes; one son: Leonard Noyes, b. Feb. 5, 1908. Teacher of manual train- ing and art in South Orange schools, 1901-04; private open air school, Leonia, N.J. Author: How I Kept My Baby Well; also occasional con- tributor to magazines. Mem. Woman's Union League, N.Y City; chairman Com. on Work and Play of Federation for Child Study, N.Y. City, 1912. Recreations: Walking, skating, dancing, Bwimmlng. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of N.Y.

NOYES, EUzabeth Crosby, 1730 New Hamp- shire, Av., Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C, Sept. 22, 1893; dau. Theodore Williams and Mary (Prentice) Noyes; ed. Nat. Cathedral School, D.C, 1905-08; Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn., 1908-11. Mem. B'd of Managers of the Associated Chari- ties Housing Com. of Woman's Welfare (Nat. Civic Fed.), Southern Industrial Soc.; organizer (with others) of the Consumers' League of the D C 1911; organizer and chairman of the Junior League of the City of Washington, 1912. Settle- ment worker. Neighborhood House, 1911—. Epis- copalian. Recreations: Riding, tennis. Mem. Chevy Chase Club, Monday Evening Club. Especially interested in amateur dramatics, tak- ing leading part in many society plays presented for charitable purposes. NOYES, Irene Campbell (Mrs. George Walling-

ford Noyesi Kefiwood, Oneida, N.T. Born Oneida, N.Y., June 5, 1873; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '95; m. N.Y. City, Oct. 16, 1899, George Wallingford Noyes; chil- dren: Imogen Campbell, b, Aug. ?4, 1901; Char- lotte MacGallum, b. March 29, 1904; Janet Wool- worth, b. July 27, 1908. Taught Latin In the Mansfield State Normal School under Samuel H. Albro, principal, 1895-99. Favors woman suffrage. Undenominational Christian. Recreations: Ten- nis swimming, dancing. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumna, Cornell Club of Utlca, Kenwood Wo- man's Club. Engaged In various educational aetlTlUes.

��NOYES, Lucia Clapp (Mrs. William Noyes), 11 St. John St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Born Montague, Mass., Ju^y 23, 1860; dau. George A. and Irene F. (Parker) Clapp; grad. Smith Coll., B.S. 1881; Brown Univ., M.A. '93 (mem. Smith Coll. Alpha Soc); m. Montague, Mass., Sept. 4, 1S&4, William Noyes, M.D. (Harvard '81); children: William 3d, b. Dec. 16, 1896; George Clapp, b. Nov. 25, 1898. Pres. Smith Coll. AlumnjB Ass'n, 1899-1903; trustee Smith Coll., 1907—. Treas. and director Nat. Al- liance of Unitarian Women, 1907 —. Favors wom- an suffrage. Unitarian. Independent in poli- tics. Mem. Woman's Education Ass'n of Boston, Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, Smith Coll. Stu- dents' Aid Soc., College Club of Boston; honorary mem. of Roxburghe Club (Roxbury, Mass.).

NOYES, Luella Armstrong (Mrs. Walter C.

Noyes), Lyme, Conn., and 31 E. Sixty-third

St., N.T. City.

Born New London, Conn., Jan. 26, 1873; dau. Benjamin A. and Louise (Smith) Armstrong; ed. Miss Burnham's School, Northampton, Mass.; m. New London, Conn., Oct. 22, 1895, Walter C Noyes, U.S. Circuit Judge of Second Circuit; children: Marian, Catherine, Ruth. Interested In art. Congregationalist.

NOYES, Marion Ingalls (Mrs. Walter Henry Noyes), Girls' Industrial School, Lancaster,

Mass.

Teacher, social worker; b. Abington, Mass., June 27, 1859; dau. Oilman and Isabella (Foster) Osgood; grad. Abington High School, '76; Kin- dergarten Normal School, '91; m. Belmont, Mass., Nov. 29, 1883, Walter Henry Noyes (now deceased). Connected with the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Day Nursery as kindergartner and ass't matron, 1891-92; kindergartner, 1892-93; first grade teacher, 1893-95, in the Home School, Everett, Mass.; first grade teacher. West SomervUle (Mass.) public schools, 1895-1908; since 1908 teacher in the Girls' Industrial School at Lancaster, Mass. Active in summer work In kindergarten and social settlements in West End, Boston. Author: Studies in the Life of Christ (two series of Sun- day lessons for children). Joint author: The Sunshine Primer, 1908.

NOYES, Jlary Eleanor, 403 Moloney Bld'g,

Ottav/a, 111.

Osteopath, physician; b. Perry, Pike County, 111., Jan. 19, 1863; dau. Richard Clement and Cornelia (Carter) Noyes; ed. Jacksonville Fe- male Acad., Denmark Acad., Denmark, la.; Am. School of Osteopathy, Klrksville, Mo. From Kirksville received degree of Doctor of Oste- opathy (mem. Axis Club). Has been In prac- tice of profession for eleven years. Worker in the Sunday-school. (Congregationalist. Mem. Woman's Club of Ottawa, especially Interested in the civic and philanthropic dep't.

NUGENT, Florence Baldwin (Mrs. James L.

Nugent), Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Principal of girls' school; b. Fon du Lac, Wis.; dau. William A. and Julia S. Baldwin; grad. Howland School, Union Springs, N.Y. ; grad. work in Cornell Univ., 1887-88; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1903, James L. Nugent. Taught Latin and mathematics in various schools. Founded in 1888 the Baldwin School, a college preparatory school for girls, at Bryn Mawr, Pa., and re- mained at the head of the school until 1906. In- terested in various charities and conservation work. Most interested in the Baldwin Day Nursery at Kensington, Philadelphia, a work started by the students of the Baldwin School.

NU8SEY, Mabel Dougrlas Keld (Mrs. George L.

Nussey), 21 The Terrace, Spalding, Eng.

Born Palmyra, N.Y. ; dau. William Inness and Mary Narcissa (Smith) Reid; ed. Ithaca High School; CJornell Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) 1900; fellow Am. School for Classical Studies, Rome, Italy, 1900-01 (mem. Alpha Phi); m. N.Y. Citv, Sept. 17, 1907, George Leathley Nussey; children: George Douglas, Mary Elizabeth. Fa- vors woman suffrage In the United States but not in England. Mem. Church of England. Reo- reations: Traveling, reading, motoring.

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