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88 and is authority on sociological problems. Favors woman suffrage. Editor of W.C.T.U. State paper; contributor to many papers and magazines. Presbyterian.

BEAUCHAMP, Virginia Carter Halstead (Mrs. William Thomas Beauchamp), 1608 W. Nineteenth St., Little Rock, Ark.

Born Boonville, Cooper Co., Mo., 1841; dau. Jackson and Maria (Mallory) Halstead; grad. the Misses Young School (Memphis, Tenn.), with highest honors, 1857; m. Memphis, Tenn., 1861, William Thomas Beauchamp, of Elkton, Ky.; children: Stonewall Jackson, Gabriella Lee Beauchamp (now Mrs. Claudius Jones), Claude, Costin. Interested in clubs, City Hospital, United Charities, Y.M.C.A., and Y.W.C.A.; mem. Memorial Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy. Mem. the First Christian Church (teacher of class of young ladies in Bible school work 57 years. Has been newspaper correspondent and society editor; represented Ark. in the Nat. Household Economics Ass'n; was chairman of the State Household Economies Dep't 13 years; now chairman of the Little Rock Dist. in the Ark. Fed. Women's Clubs; cor. sec. of several societies. Democrat. Recreations: Painting, embroidery, visiting sick. Mem. AEsthetic Club, Current Events Club, State Historical Ass'n, State Museum Ass'n; mem. Woman's (Congress of Waterways.

BEAUMONT, Carrie B. (Mrs. John F. Beaumont), 481 E. Fiftieth St., North, Portland, Oregon.

Pianist and teacher of piano, harmony, sight reading; b. Chicago, Ill., Dec. 21, 1868; dau. Willlam and Kate (Burdick) Wilder; ed. public schools in Chicago, Douglas School, and South Division High School; studied music under Silas G. Pratt, Neally Stevens, Madame Rounseville and August Hyllested; has teacher's and post-graduate certificates in music from Gottschalk Lyric School, Chicago, in which she taught for 16 years; has World's Fair medal and gold medals; m. (1st) Chicago, Nov. 12, 1890, Clifford K. Crane (died Feb., 1892); (2d) Aug. 21, 1897, Dr. John F. Beaumont, and, since July, 1908, has resided In Portland, Ore. Has done concert work as piano soloist and accompanist for years. Taught for years in Chicago, and now in Portland, Ore.; accompanied Camilla Urso, the great violinist, and many of Chicago's best professional people; in 1894 won a Hallet and Davis piano in a yearly contest; was pres. Hyllested Soc. of Music. In 1899 became mem. Chapter A., P.E.O., Chicago (secret society of women); mem. Chapter C. P.E.O., Portland. In 1904 joined Chicago Chapter D.A.R.; in 1908 transferred to Multnomah Chapter, Portland, Ore.; in 1911 demitted to accept regent's office of the new Willamette Chapter, Portland; resigned that office to become State regent D.A.R. of Oregon, which office she now holds. Recreation: Country life; spends summer on her 20-acre ranch in Hood River.

BEAUX, Cecilia, Gloucester, Mass.

Artist; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. John Adolph and Cecilia Kent (Leavitt) Beaux; pupil in art of William Sartain of Philadelphia and in Paris of Académie Julien and the Atelier Lazar; received honorary degree of LL.D. from Univ. of Pa., 1908. Frequent exhibitor at Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, which has four times awarded her the Mary Smith prize and also Temple gold medal; Nat. Acad. of Design, Dodge prize; Carnegie Inst., Pittsburgh, gold medal; gold medal of Paris Exposition, 1900; exhibited at Salon on Champs de Mars, Paris, 1896. Elected Academician of Nat. Acad, of Design, 1902; mem. Am. Artists' Soc., Paris, and Société Nationals de Beaux Arts, Paris.

BEAVER, Mollie E., Daingerfield, Tex.

Teacher; b. Henderson, Tenn., Aug. 23, 1846; dau. Thomas and Eliza (Lott) Beaver; ed. in academy at Gilmer, Tex. (since developed into Georgetown Coll.), and Mansfield (La.) Coll., A.B. Engaged as teacher for 36 years, also several years member and part of time president of Board of Examiners; many of the most prominent Texans have been her pupils. Took active part in promoting the first high school building at Daingerfield. Occasional contributor to local press. Honorary mem. Twentieth Century Club of Daingerfield and of the Methodist, Baptist and Presbyterian Missionary Societies. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Against woman suffrage.

BEAVERS, Genevieve W. Blythebourne, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Civic worker; b. N.Y. City April 25, 1883; dau. George W. and Rosetta Alois (Cullen) Beavers; grad. Adelphi Coll., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1907 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). In 1907-08 investigator for Y.W.C.A. on Nat. Study of Wage Earning Women (results published in Wage Earning Women, by Dr. Annie M. MacLean); on staff 1908-12 of Bureau of Municipal Research, N.Y. City; sec. Robert L. Stevens Fund for Municipal Research in Hoboken, 1910-12; executive sec. League for Civic Education of Women, N.Y. City, 1912. Active in civic and woman's club work in N.J. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to newspapers and magazines on subjects of civic interest. Published Charities Directory for Hoboken.

BECK, Clara A., 319 Swede St., Norristown, Pa.

Literary work; b. Lapatcong, Warren Co., N.J., Nov. 28, 1860; dau. John P. and Anna (Boyer) Beck; grad. Bucknell Univ., 1877 (hon. degree). Began writing Oriental stories, took up editorial work, reviewed for publishers, did exchange reading, wrote for trade journals; general writer. Chairman of publication committees, mostly religious; engaged in social work, studying conditions and writing about them. Favors woman suffrage. Lutheran. Mem. Historical Soc. of Montgomery County, Pa., Pennsylvania Women's Press Ass'n. Especially interested in history and biography, also in featuring for magazines and journals; has done this work for newspapers, illustraed journals and books.

BECK, Irma Wanda, 2021 San Jacinto St., Dallas, Tex.

Teacher; b. Geyer, Germany, Dec. 26, 1881; dau. Max and Minna (Frank) Beck; grad. Denison (Tex.) High School, Kidd-Key Conservatory of Music, Sherman, Tex., 1903. Studied piano and harmony abroad under Prof. Richard Burmeister, Berlin, Germany, 1907-09. Teacher, Harthan Conservatory, Dallas, Tex., 1910-11; director of music, Presbyterian Coll,, Durant, Okla., 1912-13.

BECK, Jennie Florence (Mrs. Stewart Beck), Atkinson, Neb.

Born Marietta, O., Dec. 25, 1848; dau. Eli and Anna (Blockley) Wiggins; ed. in public schools of Jefferson Co., Iowa; Lutheran Coll., Fairfield, Ia.; m. Fairfield, Ia., Oct. 25, 1869, Stewart Beck; children: Albert Earl David, Charles Steel, A. Elizabeth, George, James, Roy, Lucy, Harold. Teacher at Fairfield, Ia., five years. Interested in orphans, nurses the sick and needy, and solicits for children's homes. Writes poems and prose for the various societies to which she belongs. Mem. and sec. foreign and home missionary societies, and church auxiliary, W.C.T.U. and County Sunday-school Ass'n. Clubs: Press, Woman's Country. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BECK, Rachel Wyatt Elizabeth Tongrate (Mrs. William Henry Beck), The Portner, Washington, D.C.

Born Whitehall, Ill.; dau. John Thomas and Elizabeth (Wyatt) Tongate; educated in private and public schools, and partial course in Ill. Woman's Coll., Jacksonville, Ill.; m. St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 21, 1863, William Henry Beck, brig.—gen. U.S.A. (died Nov. 26, 1911); children; William Henry Jr., b. May 19, 1864 (died Oct. 11, 1885); Mary Rachel, b. Nov. 28, 1867 (m. Jan. 14, 1890, Ass't Surgeon P. G. Wales, U.S.A., and died in Philippines, Dec. 19, 1904); John Rogers, b. Nov. 11, 1869 (died Sept., 1899); Paul Ward (now captain U.S.A.), b. Dec. 1, 1876. During husband's Indian service lived many years on the frontiers and was deeply interested in the welfare of the Indians. Favors woman suffrage, but not actively. Past pres. League of A.m. Pen-Women; vice-pres. Short Story Club of Washington, D.C; mem. Am. Federation of Arts (


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Rh ); past regent Army and Navy Chapter, Nat. Soc. D.A.R.; mem. International Press Club; honorary mem. Federation of Clubs of D.C. Author: The City Beautiful (an illustrated tribute in verse to Washington, D.C.); Tucsonnie (an Indian story); An Episode in the Philippines; On the Lunetta; The Crimson Fire Tree; also many short stories; reporter for newspapers in U.S. and Philippines; contributor of verse and prote to magazines. Recreations: Walking, riding, gardening. Roman Catholic. Favors Progressive Party; mem. Teachers and Mothers Soc. (Washington); especially interested in the subject of patriotic education of the young.

BECKINGTON, Alice, Carnegie Hall, N.Y. summer, Scituate, Mass.)

Miniature painter; b. St. Charles, Mo., July 30, 1868; dau. Charles and Adeline (Cheney) Beckington; ed. Art Students' League, N.Y., and in Académie Julien and Académie Chas. Lazar, Paris. Awarded honorable mention Buffalo Exposition, 1901, bronze medal St. Louis Exposition, 1904; Instructor miniature painting at Art Students' League, N.Y. City. One of founders of the Am. Soc. of Miniature Painters; mem. Pennsylvania Soc. of Miniature Painters. In favor of woman suffrage.

BECKMAN, Nellie Sims (Mrs. William Beckman), 1027 L St., Sacramento, Cal.

Author; b. Jacksonville, Ill.; dau. Austin and Mary (Aired) Sims; ed. Jacksonville (Ill.) public school; Ill. Female Coll.; m. Sacramento, Cal., William Beckman. Prominent in society, and actively interested in all matters pertaining to the welfare of the people of Sacramento. World-wide traveler. Author: Backsheesh—A Woman's Wanderings; Unclean and Spotted from the World; Beckie's Book of Bastings; also contributor to newspapers and magazines on sociology, biology and wage-earning problems in Europe and America. Progressive Democrat. Charter mem. and first pres. of Tuesday Literary Club; mem. Women's Council, Saturday Club (musical). Ladies' Museum Ass'n.

BECKNER, Marie Warren (Mrs. Lucien P. Beckner), 142 W. Hickman St., Winchester, Ky.

Journalist, club worker; b. Harrodsburg, Ky., May 22, 1875; dau. William Warren and Jean Hamilton Daviess; ed. Caldwell College, Danville, Ky. (mem. Kappa Kappa Alpha); m. New Albany, Ind., Aug. 14, 1894, Lucien Pearson Beckner; children: Jean Warren, b. 1896 (died 1898); Elizabeth Taliaferro, b. 1837; Marie Warren, b. 1905. Engaged in journalism on staff of Winchester Sun. Interested in building hospital, and in all twenty-seven branches of the Ky. Fed. Women's Clubs. Mem. D.A.R. (vice-regent of Hart Chapter); worthy matron Order Eastern Star; mem. King's Daughters at Hospital Circle at Winchester, Ky.; mem. the Descendants of Colonial Governors, through Gov. John West and Governor Claiborne of Va.; mem. M.C. Club of Winchester (pres.). Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs, Parents' and Teachers' Clubs. Mem. First Presbyterian Church. Favors woman suffrage.

BECKWITH, Cora Jipson, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Instructor at Vassar Coll.; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Mar. 24, 1875; dau. William Griswold and Maria (Jipson) Beckwith; ed. Univ. of Mich., B.S. 1900; Columbia Univ., M.A. 1908 in biology; now studying at Columbia Univ. for the degree of Ph.D. in the dep't of zoology. Instructor in biology at Vassar, 1900-12. Has written two articles on science in the Biological Bulletin. Favors woman suffrage.

BECKWITH, Emma (Mrs. Edwin Beckwith), 9 Maiden Lane, N.Y. City.

Wholesale and retail optician; b. Cincinnati, O., Dec. 4, 1849; dau. Miohael and Laura M. (Sherman) Knight; ed. Toledo (O.) High School; m. Toledo, O., Jan. 30, 1868, Edwin Beckwith; children: Carmelita, b. Sept. 19, 1868; Arthur, b. Aug. 10, 1870; Betsy, b. Sept. 19, 1875. Was ed. under Free Thought religions (Spiritualist and Unitarian) in Toledo, O.; was pres. Spiritualistic Soc. in Brooklyn five years. Favors woman suffrage; held office of sec. of Woman Suffrage Soc, Toledo, O., and has always belonged to active women in suffrage cause; sec. for many years in N.Y. City; was seventh mem. of Soc. for Political Study, 26 years ago (now hon. mem.). First woman in business in Maiden Lane neighborhood in spring 1878. Republican. Mem. Daughters of Ohio in N.Y. (was fourth pres.); years ago was active mem. Peace Circle with Clara Barton, Belva Lockwood, Alfred Love and others. Was first pres. Rainy-Day Club; mem. Nat. Arts Club. Hundred Year Club; vice-pres. Shakespeare League, a new study club organized in endeavor to determine authorship as between Bacon and Shakespeare. Free Thinker. Republican. Was candidate of Equal Rights Party for mayor of Brooklyn in 1885 (received over 100 votes). Inventor of Excelsior lens drill for optical work.

BECKWITH, Jane Elizabeth Warfield (Mrs. Frank Edwin Beckwith), 40 Pleasant St., Westfield, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., Dec. 24, 1876; dau. Rev. Frank A. Warfield, D.D., and Mary Jane (Reade) Warfield; ed. Brockton High School, Wellesley Coll., B.A. '97; m. Milford, Mass., Oct. 21, 1908, Frank Edwin Beckwith; one daughter: Jane Elizabeth, b. Nov. 13, 1909. Congregationalist.

BECKWITH, Kate Keynolds (Mrs. Sidney Thomas Beckwith), Greenville, N.C.

Teaching; b. Frederickshall, Va., Feb. 24, 1865; dau. William and Barbara A. (Duke) Reynolds; grad. Woman's Coll., Richmond, Va. (then known as Baptist Female Inst.), M.A. '83; m. Middleton N.C, Feb. 22, 1888, Sidney Thomas Beckwith (lawyer in Washington, N.C); children: Gladys Hamner, b. June 10, 1889; Terry Welborn, b. July 17, 1895. Seven years principal in Louisburg Coll., N.C; one year dean of faculty of Columbia Coll., S.C. (re-elected, but health failed). Sup't graded school, Swan Quarter, N.C, 1907 and 1907-08; in charge of Am. Coll. of Fine Arts, Florence, Italy, 1908-09; lady principal of East Carolina Teachers Training School since Oct., 1909. Has written for school organs and local papers in furtherance of educational enterprises. Methodist. Interested in civic betterment work in the towns; charter mem. of Joe David Chapter, United Daughters of Confederacy, Louisburg, N.C, and Pamlico Chapter U.D.C, Washington, N.C. Recreations: Tennis, music, travel. Pres. Round Table Club, Greenville, N.C, since 1909. For over 25 years actively interested in educational work.

BEDDOW, Elizabeth Russell (Mrs. Charles Peter Beddow), Birmingham, Ala.

Born Winchester, Tenn.; dau. Haron and Mary (McDonald) Russell (old Virginia and Scotch ancestry); ed. Chattanooga, Tenn.; m. 1881, Charles Peter Beddow; children: Helen, Agnes, Noel, Roderick, Williams, Mary Elizabeth. Author: Oracle of Moccasin Bend, and a few Southern dialect poems. Methodist. Mem. Art and Literary Club.

BEDELL, Cornelia Frances, Nyack, N.Y.

Author; b. Nyack, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1876; dau. Charles S. and Caroline P. (Hering) Bedell; ed. at a private school at Nyack, N.Y. Associate mem. of the Woman's Board of Domestic Missions of the Reformed Church in America; mem. State Charities Aid Ass'n of N.Y., Woman's Auxiliary of the Nyack Hospital, Woman's Auxiliary of Y.M.C.A. of Nyack, N.Y. Believes only in municipal suffrage for women taxpayers. Author: Sea Secrets (a book of verses for children); A Syllabus of French History (987-1600). Mem. Reformed Church in America. Mem. Monday Shakespeare Class. Recreations: Reading (history, poetry and detective stories preferred), walking, music.

BEDELL, Mary Crehore (Mrs. Frederick Bedell), Cornell Heights, Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Cleveland, Ohio, 1870; dau. John D. and Lucy (Williams) Crehore; ed. Cleveland High School, Smith Coll., A.B. '92; Cornell Univ., M.S. '94; m. London, Eng., 1896, Frederick Bedell; children, Eleanor Crehore, b. 1897, Caroline Cunningham, 1904. Joint author; Studies of the Lime-light, by Edward Nichols and Mary L. Crehore (The Physical Review, Vol. II).

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90 Mem. Smith Coll. Alpha Soc, Smith Coll. Astronomical Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Golf, tennis.

BEDINGER, Maria Voorhees, Anchorage, Ky.

Teacher; b. Anchorage, Ky.; ed. Bellewood Sem., Anchorage, Ky. ; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '91; graduate student Bryn Mawr, 1892-93; graduate student Univ. of Pa., 1894-95. Teacher in Bellewood Sem., Anchorage, Ky., 1891-92; teacher mathematics, Mrs. E. L. Head's School, Germantown, Philadelphia, 1892-95; physics and mathematics, Mary Inst., St. Louis, 1895-1902; mathematics in Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, since 1902.

BEDLE, Althea Fitz Randolph (Mrs. Joseph Dorsett Bedle), The Fairmount, Fairmount Av. and Hudson Boul., Jersey City, N.J.

Born Freehold, N.J., Mar. 30, 1842; dau. Hon. B. F. and Eliza Henderson (Forman) Randolph (descendant from Edward Fitz Randolph, the Pilgrim, who came from Nottinghamshire to Plymouth in 1630, and his wife, Betsy Blossom, who came in the Mayflower in 1628); ed. Freehold Young Ladies' Sem., Lawrence, N.J.; honorary mem. Lydia Wadleigh School and Normal Coll.; m. Freehold, N.J., 1861, Hon. Joseph Dorsett Bedle, LL.D. (justice Supreme Court, and Gov. of N.J.); children: Bennington Randolph, Joseph Dorsett, Thomas F., Althea Fitz-Randolph. Mary H., Randolph. Charter mem. and ex-pres. N.J. Soc. Colonial Dames; vice-directress Daughters of Holland Dames of the ancient and honorable families of New Netherlands; mem. Council of New York and Nat. Soc. of Founders and Patriots of America; regent Pocahontas Memorial Soc.; ex-vice-pres. N.J. Memorial Revolutionary Soc; vice-pres. Gen. Nat. Soc. D.A.R. (two terms — four years); active speaker and worker for patriotic and philanthropic objects; mem. of many other patriotic societies. Has written 300 articles on various subjects, chiefly patriotic and historical; also songs set to music. Mem. N.J. Historical Soc, Monmouth County Historical Soc, Biographical-Geographical Soc. of N.Y. Clubs: Sorosis, Jersey City Woman's. Represented N.J. at the Centennial Exposition, World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, and the Exposition Universelle at Paris in 1900.

BEEBE, Alice Geissler, 25 Grove St., Wellesley,

Born Nantucket, Mass., Dec. 28, 1874; dau. John A. Beebe (whaling captain) and Lydia (Jones) Beebe; ed. Coflln School, Nantucket, and Wellesley Coll., A.B. Donor of Beebe Hall, Wellesley Coll., in memory of father, Capt. Beebe. Interested in church work in Wellesley and Boston, and has visited under the Associated Charities of Boston. Associate of Sisterhood of St. Anne and mem. of various associations in Nantucket and Wellesley. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

BEEBE, Evanore Olds, N. Wilbraham, Mass.

Farmer; b. Fond du Lac, Wis., April 12, 1858; dau. William Hubbard and Rebekah (Olds) Beebe; ed. in schools of Fond du Lac, Wis. Taught school 18 years. Chairman Wilbraham School Com. (first woman to hold that office); has served on committee eight years. Sec. Union District of Longmeadow, East Longmeadow, Hampden and Wilbraham (first woman to hold that office); mem. Ludlow Historical Com. Sec. Wilbraham Historical Com.; mem. Conn. Valley Historical Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Free lance in politics and religion. Recreations: Driving, amateur photographer, collector of china. Mem. Wilbraham Study Club.

BEEBE, Minnie Mason (Mrs. Theodore Orville Beebe), 131 College Place, Syracuse, N.Y.

Educator; b. Pavilion, Genesee Co., N.Y.; dau. Wallace and Mary Elizabeth (Ward) Mason; grad. Geneseo State Normal School; Syracuse Univ., A.B., A.M.; Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland, Ph.D., 1900; m. Aug. 13, 1890, Rev. Theodore Orville Beebe (died Feb. 4, 1891). Preceptress, Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa., 1891-98, then went abroad for study. Prof, history and French, College of Fine Arts of Syracuse Univ. since 1901. Methodist Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Clionian (Normal School Soc), Gamma Phi Beta, German Club and Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

BEECHER, Hattie Foster (Mrs. Herbert Foote Beecher), 525 Walker St., Port Townsend, Wash.

Artist; b. Mishawaka, Ind., Nov. 12, 1854; dau. Stephen C. and Mary (Weatherby) Foster; ed. St. Mary's Acad., South Bend, Ind.; San Francisco School of Design (gold medal in drawing, gold medal in painting); m. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 30, 1881, Herbert Foote Beecher; children: Henry Ward, b. 1882; Mary Eunice, b. 1884; Beatrice Bernice, b. 1892. Had the first art studio in Seattle, and gave the first instruction in drawing and painting there in 1881; painted the Modern Priscilla that was reproduced in 1900; most noted in portraiture, though has painted many landscapes both in oil and water colors. Interested in educational, musical and civic work. Mem. Soc of Seattle Artists, Musical Club, Tuesday Club.

BEECHER, Isabel Garghill (Mrs, Leonard T. Beecher), Graymont Heights, Birmingham, Ala.

Interpretative reader; b. Trumbull Co., Ohio, Sept. 26, 1872; dau. Philip and Isabel (Daugherty) Garghill; ed. Mineral Ridge (O.) High School, and Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill.; honorary degree of M.A., Northwestern Univ., June, 1911; m. Chicago, Ill., Aug. 18, 1898, Leonard T. Beecher; one son, John Newman. Well known as interpreter of the masterpieces of literature. Favors woman suffrage. Roman Catholic.

BEECHER, Martha A., Livonia Centre, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Livonia, N.Y.; dau. John S. and Sarah J. (Wilson) Beecher; ed. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N.Y.; Syracuse Univ., Ph.B.; Columbia Univ., A.M. Has taught in Kinsey Sem., N.C., and Livonia High School; now teaching mathematics in East High School, Rochester, N.Y. Presbyterian. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Chi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta, College Woman's Club of Rochester.

BEEM, Emma B. (Mrs. Louis C. Beem), Richwood, Union Co., O.

Artist; b. Mechanicsburg, O., Mar. 21, 1860; dau. Benjamin and Amelia J. (Baker) Taylor; ed. Mechanicsburg High School, and course in Columbus (O.) Art School; m. Feb. 14, 1899, Louis C. Beem. Interested in home civic work. Favors woman suffrage. Christian Scientist. Mem. Pythian Sisters; pres. Carpe Diem Club.

BEER, Dorcas Grizzel, 506 Southern Av., Bucyrus, O.

Teacher Bucyrus High School; b. Bucyrua, O.; dau. Judge Thomas and Tabitha Mary (Dinsmore) Beer; after completing course in high school, attended Glendale Female Coll., near Cincinnati, a year, then took classical course at Penn. Coll. for Women at Pittsburgh, B.A.; post-grad, course at Wooster Univ., M.A. Taught in public schools and high schools at Bucyrus, 0., and Yonkers (N.Y.) for 20 years; now teacher of Latin, French and English in Bucyrus High School. Active in Sunday-school work, and various church organizations in Bucyrus, O., and Yonkers, N.Y. In 1911 organized the Hannah Crawford Chapter of the D.A.R. (now regent of chapter); mem. American Flag Association. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Nat. Soc Woman Suffrage at Yonkers, N.Y.; in 1911 organized Bucyrus Woman Suffrage Ass'n (now sec).

BEER, Katherine J., 506 Southern Av., Bucyrus, Ohio.

Born Bucyrus, Ohio; dau. Judge Thomas Beer and Tabitha Mary (Dinsmore) Beer; ed. Bucyrus, Ohio; Pennsylvania Coll. for Women; Univ. of Wooster. Associated with religious and philanthropic activities. Favors woman suffrage and worked for cause in recent campaign in Ohio. Episcopalian.

BEER, Mary Elizabeth, Bucyrus, O.

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Rh Music of same institution, B.A., B.M. (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). Took up music as a profession, doing church, oratorio and concert work in Ohio and then in New York; studied for grand opera, and appeared first at Rome, Italy, 1907; sang there for several seasons. Interested in the sociological movements relative to the betterment of the condition and position of women and the protection and education of children. Mem. Y.W.C.A., Keskeskick Chapter D.A.R. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; press and publicity representative for Crawford Co., Ohio, during recent campaign in that State.

BEERS, Lila Eliza, 1746 W. Thirty-fifth St., Chicago, Ill.

Physician; b. Chicago, Nov. 3, 1867; dau. Samuel and Emily (Gray) Beers; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '94; Hahnemann Med. Coll. and Hospital of Chicago, M.D. '97. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy, Ill. Homoeopathic Med. Ass'n, Englewood Homoeopathic Med. Soc. Recreations: Travel, music. Mem. After-dinner Club.

BEFFEL, Olive Baker (Mrs. John Marshal Beffel), 3200 Clybourn St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Born Viroqua, Wis.; dau. George W. and Eulalia (Schoults) Baker; ed. Univ. of Wis., B.L. '91; m. 1898, Dr. John Marshal Beffel; children: John Marshal, b. 1901; Eulalie, b. 1905. Chairman and pres. Executive Board Infants' Fresh Air Sanitarium, 1907-11; sec. Milwaukee Maternity Hospital Ass'n, 1907-09; mem. Central Council of Philanthropies. Pres. Woman's Fortnightly Club, 1907-11; mem. Woman's Literary Club. Favors woman suffrage.

BEGGS, Gertrude Harper, University Park, Colo.

Professor of Greek; b. Pleasant Hill, Mo., Feb. 27, 1874; dau. Francis S. and Sarah O. (Norman) Beggs; ed. St. Louis (Mo.) public schools, Drury Coll., Springfield, Mo., preparatory and two years college; Univ. of Denver, two years, A.B. '93; Yale Univ. Graduate School, three years, Ph.D. '04; Am. School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1912. Teacher of Latin, Denver High School, 1894-1898; principal academic dep't Stanley Hall, Minneapolis, Minn., 1899-1900; prof. Greek, Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind., 1904-05; prof. Latin Univ. of Denver, 1901-03; prof, of Greek, Univ. of Denver, since 1905. Mem. Y.W.C.A.; has filled various offices, speaks at conventions and interested in various church activities. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Republican. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae (delegate to last convention), Am. Philological Ass'n, Pi Beta Phi, Missouri Soc. of Colo., Archaeological Ass'n. Recreations: Swimming, horseback riding.

BEGLE, Grace Griffith, 104 Taylor Av., Detroit, Mich.

Teacher of Latin language; b. Flint, Mich., 1878; dau. Charles A. and Sarah Griffith Begle; ed. Liggett School, Detroit; Univ. of Mich., Ph.B. 1900, M.A. '01. Since then continuously engaged as Latin teacher. Contributed article to the School Review, Oct., 1900: Caesar's Account of the Animals in the Hercynian Forest. Congregationalist (Sunday-school teacher). Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Charity Club. Mem. Twentieth Century Cluh of Detroit. Favors woman suffrage.

BEILSTEIN, Laura Lee, Belgravia, Louisville, Ky.

Born Louisville, Ky., Nov. 29, 1887; dau. Julius W. and Effie Lee (Duncan) Beilstein; ed. Pa. Coll. for Women, Pittsburgh, and Univ. of Chicago (captain of basketball in Pa. Coll. for Women, 1903). Founder Monday Musical Club of Louisville (now pres.) interested in social centre work. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BELCHER, Hilda, 939 Eighth Av., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. Pittsford, Vt., 1881; dau. Stephen Paterson and Martha (Wood) Belcher; grad. Newark (N.J.) High School, 1900; studied art at N.Y. School of Art, 1901-05 (portrait scholarship 1907). Took first water color prize in Strathmore Contest, 1908; Beal Prize, N.Y., Water Color Club, 1909. Interested in progressive educational activities, child welfare, etc. Mem. Woman's Suffrage Study Club, N.Y. City. Mem. Society for Ethical Culture. Mem. Am. Water Color Society, N.Y. Water Color Club, Woman's Art Club of N.Y., Unione Internationale des Beaux Arts et des Lettres; also mem. Art Workers' Club for Women and Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Students' Club. Recreation: Camping.

BELFIELD, Ada Marshall, 4841 Madison Av., Chicago, Ill.

Teacher; b. Chicago, Ill., July 4, 1872; dau. Henry Holmes and Anne Wallace (Miller) Belfield; ed. Hyde Park High School, Chicago; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '96 (mem. Shakespeare Soc). Teacher of history and Latin in the Stevan School, Chicago, 1896-1902; teacher of history in the Starrett School for Girls, Chicago, 1907- . Mem. Board of Directors of Association House Settlement. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Chicago College Club, Chicago Wellesley Club.

BELFIELD, Anne Wallace Miller (Mrs. Henry Holmes Belfield), 4841 Madison Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Cleveland, O., April 12, 1848; dau. Andrew and Margaret (Wallace) Miller; grad. high school, Chicago, and Athenaeum, Jacksonville, Ill.; m. Chicago, Ill., July 27, 1869, Henry Holmes Belfield; children: Clara Anne, Ada Marshall, Andrew Miller, Harry William, Margaret Wallace. Interested in Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northwest. Pres. Hospital Board, the Univ. of Chicago Settlement League, Woman's Com. of Y.M.C.A. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club.

BELFIELD, Elizabeth Mills (Mrs. Andrew Miller Belfield), 5214 Kimbark Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Salem, Mass., Nov. 12, 1875; dau. Robert and Elizabeth R. (Upton) Mills; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '97; Newton High School, '93 (mem. Phi Kappa Psi): m. Newton Centre, Mass., June 21, 1911, Andrew Miller Belfield; one son: Henry Holmes. Presbyterian. Clubs: Chicago College, Smith College.

BELL, Agnes Isabel Taylor (Mrs. Wilbur Locke Bell), Burlington, N.J.

Born Everton, Ind.; dau. Robert Templeton and Maria (Thompson) Taylor; ed. Everton High School and Normal schools, Valparaiso, and Danville, Ind.; m. Everton, Ind., 1885, Wilbur Locke Bell. Teacher in public schools. Recording sec. and mem. of Exec. Board Kansas City Univ. Extension Centre, six years; pres. Second Dist. Mo. Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. of Kansas City Athenaeum, and mem. of Exec. Board eight years; treas. Athenaeum Club House Board; exec. mem. of Kansas City Council of Clubs. Active in club work, civic interests and philanthropic work in Kansas City, Mo.; public playgrounds, hotels (homes) for boys and girls, adult education, greater use of public school buildings. Mem. Emerson and Browning classes, Kansas City Athenaeum Club. Universalist (liberal). Favors woman suffrage.

BELL, Anna Adams (Mrs. Edward G. Bell), 123 W. Spruce St., Milford, Mass.

Born Worcester, 1849; dau. Oliver M. and Levina (Walker) Adams; ed. Worcester public schools; Milford High School, grad. 1869; m. Milford, Nov., 1879, Edward G. Bell. Taught public school 21 years in Milford; taught music 20 years, Milford. Sang in church 50 years; played organ and piano in church for 10 years. Pres. Milford Woman's Relief Corps three years, several other offices; dep't aide and assistant inspector W.R.C. of Mass.; nat. aide and ass't conductor W.R.C. of U.S.; pres. Milford Woman's Club two years, vice-pres. one year, director two years; sec. Village Improvement Soc, Milford; pres. Ladies' Ass'n Congregational Church two years. Favors woman suffrage. Has been pres. 36th Regiment Ladies' Ass'n two years; treas., junior vice-pres. and senior vice-pres. Worcester Co. W.R.C. Ass'n; sang in Ladies' Quartet ten years (Lil-hat-an-sue Quartet—Lillian-Harriet-Anna-Susan); sang at numerous large meetings, and gave concerts in many places in New England; sang in Milford


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92 Universalist Church five years, and in Worcester Trinity Church two years. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. Congregational Ladies' Ass'n; pres. and vice-pres. two years Bay View Magazine Club. Has been delegate to many G.A.R. encampments.

BELL, Carolyn E., 20 Cobden St., Roxbury, Mass.

Club president; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 7, 1850; dau. William A. and Marietta (Warren) Bell; ed. Boston Grammar School and High School. Pres. Ladies' Unity Club, Roxbury, Mass. (one of founders). Instrumental, with others, in founding Home for Aged People, Roxbury. Mem. Dudley Street Baptist Church, Roxbury, and mem. Dorchester Social Club of Women. Eligible to membership D.A.R. and Colonial Dames; direct descendant of Gen. Warren and the Pilgrims.

BELL, Ellen Chesbro (Mrs. W. J. Bell), 1411 N. Twenty-sixth St., St. Joseph, Mo.

Born Cleveland, O.; dau. George W. and Jane (Boyce) Chesbro; ed. high school, Willougbby, O., and Allegheny Coll., A.B. '90 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Oct. 10, 1890, Dr. W. J. Bell, physician and surgeon; children: Helen Stevens, Donald C., Dorothy Marion, Hugh Stevens Bell. Interested In Sunday-school work and home and foreign missions. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. of societies connected with church directly in interest of home and foreign missions. Author of several pamphlets in interest of Sunday-schools and missions,

BELL, Emily Ruth Harris (Mrs. John Edson Bell), Saratoga, Cal.

Teacher; b. Pulaski, Pa.; dau. Andrew Marquis and Jane (Oliver) Harris; grad. St. Mary's Hall, Faribault, Minn., '84; Winona State Normal School, '85; Univ. of Minn., B.L. (philosophical orator) '93 (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Faribault, Minn., Feb. 1, 1898, John Edson Bell; children: Ruth Harris, Margaret Oliver, Andrea Marquis. Taught in public schools of Faribault, Moorhead (Minn.) High School, Mills Coll., Cal., 1893-95; Winona Normal School, 1895-96. Pres. Santa Clara Co. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Interested in social welfare work. Mem (in absentia) Minneapolis Woman's Club. Strongly favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Books, travel, walking.

BELL, Gail Shepard (Mrs. Clarence Bell), Carlsbad. N.Mex.

Born Villesca, Iowa; ed. in schools of Des Moines, Iowa, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '01; m. Sept. 9, 1909, Clarence Bell; three sons. Teacher in Des Moines, Iowa, 1901-03.

BELL, Helene S. Taylor (Mrs. Clark Bell), 102 W. 84th St., N.Y. City.

Born Wheeler, Steuben Co., N.Y.; dau. Edric S and Alemna (Seamon) Taylor; ed. Prattsburgh Acad., Prattsburgh, N.Y.; m. Hammondsport, N.Y., Sept. 8, 1856, Clark Bell; children: Kate, Jeannie, Carrie, Helene (married John Fleming McClain). Was for seventeen years chairman of Exec. Com. N.Y. Infant Asylum; now mem. Woman's Health Protective Ass'n (was pres. five years, now vice-pres. and chairman of board). Mem. Broadway Tabernacle (Congregational). Mem. Sorosis. Opposed to woman suffrage.

BELL, Lilian (Mrs. Arthur H. Bogue), N.Y. City.

Author, magazine writer; b. Chicago, Ill.; dau. William W. and Nancy (Brown) Bell; ed. by governesses and in private schools; m. (Chicago, May 9, 1900, Arthur Hoyt Bogue; one daughter: Lilian Bell Bogue. Retains maiden name as pen-name. Author: The Love Affairs of an Old Maid; A Little Sister to the Wilderness; The Under Sides of Things; From a Girl's Point of View; The Instinct of Stepfather Wood; As Seen by Me; The Expatriate; Sir John and the American Girl; The Dowager Countess and the American Girl; Abroad with the Jimmies; At Home with the Jardines; The Interference of Patricia; Hope Loring; A Book of Gods; Carolina Lee; Why Men Remain Bachelors, and Other Luxuries; Angela's Quest; The Runaway Equator; The Methods of Hildegarde; The Land Of Don't-want-to. Favors woman suffrage.

BELL, Mabel Gardiner (Mrs. Alexander Graham Bell), 1331 Connecticut Av., Washington, D.C.

Born Cambridge, Mass.; dau. Gardiner Green and Gertrude Mercer (McCurdy) Hubbard; ed. at home and in Germany; m. Cambridge, Mass., 1877, Alexander Graham Bell; children: Elsie May (wife of Gilbert Grosvenor, editor Geographic Magazine), Marian Hubbard (wife of David Fairchild, agricultural explorer in charge U.S. Dep't of Agriculture). Favors woman suffrage. Author of pamphlet: The Subtle Art of Speech Reading, translated into several foreign languages (first appeared in Atlantic Monthly). Mem. Washington Club, Baddeck, N.S.; Brass d'Or Club (yacht club). Her father, Gardiner Green Hubbard, is credited with having done more than any other man to forward the cause of oral education for the deaf in America. She lost her hearing at age of four, years before there were any schools where deaf children could be taught to speak, and her father not only had his child taught to speak but by his persistence procured the establishing of the first oral school that has lived—the Clarke School at Northampton, Mass.

BELL, Mary Adelaide Fuller (Mrs. Fernando T. Bell), 156 Galena Boulevard, Aurora, Ill.

Author; b. Bellefontaine, O.; dau. Seth W. and Frances (Hull) Fuller; ed. public schools and Mount Hoiyoke Coll.; m. Bellefontaine, O., Dec. 16, 1885, Fernando T. Bell. Author: Victor in Buzzland; Clare's Problem; The King's Rubies; Leaves from Nature's Year-Book; The Vassalage; also contributor to various magazines.

BELL, Susan Kite Alsop (Mrs. William B. Bell), Margate Place, Atlantic City, N.J.

Teacher; ed. in Cornell, special student, 1891-93; Bryn Mawr, 1893-94; Cornell Univ., S.B. '98; m. 1903, William B. Bell. Teacher of English and mathematics in Westtown (Pa.) Boarding School, 1894-97; Wadleigh High School, N.Y. City, 1898-1903.

BELLAMY, Blanche Wilder (Mrs. Frederick P. Bellamy), 260 Henry St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Editor, writer; b. Albany, N.Y., Aug. 30, 1850; dau. John N. Wilder; ed. private schools, Brooklyn; Vassar Coll., A.B. '73; m. Dec. 3, 1879, Frederick P. Bellamy; one son. Magazine writer and contributor. Author: Twelve English Poets. Editor of Open Sesame and of the Distaff Series. Interested in various educational and philanthropic activities; for ten years vice-pres. of Brooklyn Hospital Training School for Nurses; associate trustee Barnard Coll. Served as a mem. N.Y. State Women's Board of Managers of the Chicago World's Fair, 1893. Mem. Vassar Aid Soc, Y.W.C.A. (Brooklyn), Barnard Club, Twentieth Century Club (N.Y. City).

BELLAMY, Mary Godat (Mrs. Charles Bellamy), Laramie, Wyo.

Born Richwoods, Washington Co., Mo.; dau. Charles A. and Catherine (Horine) Godat; ed. public schools of Galena, Ill., and Laramie, Wyo.; student at Wyoming Univ., Laramie; m. Charles Bellamy of Boston, civil engineer; children: Benjamin C., civil engineer; Fulton Bellamy. Has been a school teacher in Wyoming and Nevada. Elected to office of sup't of schools in Wyoming; first woman law-maker in State of Wyoming, being the first woman to run for and be elected to the Wyoming Legislature. Interested in educational matters, civic and public questions, national and local. Was prime mover for Federation of Clubs in Wyoming (State and Nat.). Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to local newspapers; gives addresses on the Law and the Lady in Wyoming; Legends and History of Wyoming, school crafts. Democrat in politics. Vice-pres. for Wyo. of Democratic Woman's League (national); charter mem. Cheyenne Woman's Club; mem. of Laramie Woman's Club (past pres.).

BELLINGER, Martha Fletcher (Mrs. Franz Bellinger), 60 Morningside Drive, N.Y. City.

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Rh Jarvis and Martha Ann (Shaw) Fletcher; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '92; m. July 19, 1898, Franz Bellinger, Ph.D. Wrote play, A Woman's Sphere, which won the prize offered by the N.Y. World in 1910, and was produced in season of 1911-12 by Henry B. Harris. Author: The Stolen Singer.

BELLOWS, Ida I. Perry (Mrs. Edward C. Bellows), 1422 Gramercy Place, Los Angeles, Cal.

Born Geneva, Wis., Aug. 12, 1859; dau. Olney R. and Susannah (Fellows) Perry; ed. Iowa State Normal School, 1877-78; m. Jesup, Ia., Aug. 28, 1883, Edward C. Bellows. Taught in public schools, 1876-1900. Has been active in the Ebell Club of Los Angeles, first as general curator, later as pres. and director. Against woman suffrage. Progressive Republican. Recreation: Cards. Resided at Yokohama, Japan, 1900-05, husband being U.S. Consul-General at that port.

BELMONT, Alva E. Smith (Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont), 477 Madison Av., N.Y. City.

Born Mobile, Ala.; dau. Murray Forbes and Phoebe Ann Smith (granddaughter of Gen. Robert Desha of Tennessee); ed. in France; m. (1st) 1874, William Kissam Vanderbilt; children: Consuelo, b. 1877 (m. 1895 the Duke of Marlborough) and William K. Vanderbilt Jr., b. 1878, and Harold S. Vanderbilt; m. (2d) 1896, Oliver H. P. Belmont (died 1908). Interested in many philanthropies, notably hospitals, and gave $100,000 to the Nassau Hospital at Mineola, L.I.; has aided many Institutions and efforts to better the condition of women and children. Great leader in woman suffrage movement and has written and spoken frequently on the subject; pres. Political Equality Ass'n, of which she is the founder, and for which she has established headquarters in two houses, 13 and 15 Blast Forty-first St., bought by her solely for this purpose. Has been active in movements to secure better and more sanitary conditions for working women and the abolition of child labor. Has conducted a special department in the Chicago Tribune and otherwise written much upon the reforms in which she is enlisted.

BELMONT, Eleanor Elsie Robson (Mrs. August Belmont), 44 E. Forty-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Former actress; b. Wigan, Lancashire, Eng.; dau. Charles and Madge (Carr) Robson; grad. St. Peter's Acad., S.I., N.Y., '97; m. Feb. 26, 1910, August Belmont (banker and financier). Made professional debut at California Theatre, San Francisco, 1897; played in stock companies in San Francisco, Denver and Milwaukee, 1897-99; as Bonita in Arizona, Chicago and N.Y. City, followed by her creation of Constance in Robert Browning's In a Balcony; Flossie Williams in Unleavened Bread; Mlle. de la Vire in A Gentleman of France; Audrey in Audrey; Juliet in all-star production of Romeo and Juliet. Was starred by Liebler & Co., 1903-05, in a play written for her by Israel Zangwill, Merely Mary Ann, in U.S. and London; in 1905 an elaborate production of She Stoops to Conquer; season of 1906-07 in a repertoire at the Liberty Theatre, N.Y. City, and later created title role in Salomy Jane.

BELSER, Susan Mishler (Mrs. Carl W. Belser), Boulder, Colo.

Born Pearl City, Ill., June 3, 1862; dau. Emanuel and Susan Mishler; ed. country school, Mt. Morris Acad., Mt. Morris, Ill.; Carthage Coll.; Univ. of Mich., A.B. '87; m. Pearl City, Ill., Aug. 24, 1887, Prof. Carl W. Belser; children: Louise, Gertrude, Carl, Ernestine. Teacher before college graduation. Interested in the English Lutheran Mission work, both at Ann Arbor, Mich., and at Boulder, Colo.; planned and helped organize churches and Sunday-schools in both places; engaged in Y.W.C.A. work. Author: The Win and The Way; also writer of magazine articles at Intervals. Mem. Ladles' Fortnightly, Mothers' Club, the Woman's League, of the Univ. In Boulder; mem. of the ex-board of the State Federation of Women's Clubs. Lutheran.

BEMENT, Ruth Ware (Mrs. Edward Dennison Bement), 21 Dennison Av., Framingham, Mass.

Born Roxbury, Oct. 28. 1887; dau. Leonard and Laura D. (Foot) Ware; ed. the Misses May's School, Boston; Miss Hall's School, Pittsfield; m. Roxbury, Mass., Oct. 15, 1910. Edward Dennison Bement; one daughter: Laura. Unitarian.

BENEDICT, Alice M. (Mrs. J. D. Benedict), Muskogee, Okla.

Born Galesburg, Ill., June 24, 1863; dau. William Wallace and Isabel (Firth) Hibbard; ed. Indianapolis, Ind., high school graduate; m. J. D. Benedict; children: Donald, Florence, Bertha. Author of short poems and numerous sketches. Interested in civic work, and is prominently identified with the library board, of which she has been a mem. for two years. Pres. of the Federated Clubs of Muskogee; for two years vice-regent for the State of Okla. for the D.A.R.; pres. New Century Club, Art Club; mem. Music Club. Recreations: China painting, needlework, water colors. Presbyterian.

BENEDICT, Anne Kendrick (Mrs. Wayland R. Benedict), 724 Oak St., Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Author; b. Rochester, N.Y., April 26, 1851; dau. Asahel Clark and Anne Elizabeth (Hopkins) Kendrick; grad. Elmira Coll., B.A.; m. Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1873, Prof. Wayland R. Benedict; children: Mary, Clarke, Howard, Florence, Stanley, Agnes. Actively interested in educational progress and was an organizer of the Cincinnati Kindergarten Ass'n; has been active in many clubs and organizations in Cincinnati. Author: My Wonder Story; Centa, the Child Violinist; An Island Story; also a volume of poems and various magazine articles. Baptist.

BENEDICT, Elizabeth, Granville, O.

Teacher; b. Iona, Mich., Feb. 14, 1874; dau. Theodore M. Benedict. M.D., and Emma (Tibbits) Benedict; ed. Chicago, Ill.; piano and organ with Harrison Wild; organ in Paris, with Alexander Guilmant. Was organist Highland Park, Ill., and Evanston, Ill.; teacher of piano and organ in Denison University Conservatory of Music, 1903—. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. D.A.R.

BENEDICT, Lydia Carrie Le Favor (Mrs. John T. Benedict). 1122 Napoleon Av., New Orleans, La.

Born New Orleans; dau. Thomas Henry and Margaret (Rezeau) Le Favor; ed. public high school in New Orleans; m. Mar. 8, 1877, John T. Benedict; children: Lydia Benedict Crawford, Alice Benedict Dickinson, John T. Jr., Grover Cleveland, Margaret Frances. Officer in Woman's Soc. of Napoleon Av. Presbyterian Church; mem. of board of Travelers' Aid Soc; vice-pres. Grace G. Watts Sunshiners; pres. for seven years of High School Alumnae of New Orleans; on executive board of King's Daughters; mem. Rob. Morris Chapter No. 1. Order of Eastern Star; mem. Y.W.C.A.; five years on exec, board of Public School Alliance; officer Mothers' Club of High School; mem. Folsom and Soldiers' Home Circles of King's Daughters, Fine Arts Club, Woman's Club, Louisiana State Federation of Women's Clubs. Presbyterian.

BENEDICT, Marie A. Potter (Mrs. R. A. Benedict), Cranford, N.J.

Civic worker; b. Baltimore, Md.; dau. C. W. and Demaris (Harker) Potter; ed. in N.Y. City, Twelfth Street Public School and Normal Coll.; m. R. A. Benedict. Started the ball rolling for a sane Fourth of July nineteen years ago and has ever since kept plodding at it until today many of the States have framed laws, not only against the sale of fireworks, but forbidding their manufacture. Believes fully in suffrage and has been active in its advocacy. Pres. Woman's Peace Circle for seven years. Mem. Am. Playgoers, City Mothers, Little Mothers, Legislative, New Yorkers, Portia and Forum clubs (all of N.Y. City).

BENEDICT, Mary Kendrick, Sweet Briar. Va.

Pres. Sweet Briar Coll.; b. Rochester. N.Y., July 14, 1874; dau. Rev. Wayland Richardson Benedict (now emeritus prof. philosophy Univ. of Cincinnati) and Anne Elizabeth (Kendrick) Benedict (author); lived in Cincinnati from early childhood; A.B.. Vassar (Phi Beta Kappa) '97; Ph.D.. Yale '03. Tutor Pittsburgh. 1897-9; teacher State Normal School., Warrensburg, Mo., 1903-06; pres. Sweet Briar Coll., Va., from 1906.


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94 BENEDICT, Susan Rose, Clark House, Northampton, Mass.

Teacher; b. Norwalk, O., Nov. 29, 1873; dau. David de Forest and Harriett (Deaver) Benedict; ed. Smith College, B.S.; Columbia Univ., M.A. Has been instructor in mathematics at Smith College since 1906.

BENJAMIN, Carolyn Gilbert (Mrs. Marcus Benjamin), 1703 Q St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born N.Y. City; dau. Joseph Loring and Caroline (Etchebery) Gilbert; ed. Mlle. Tardival's School, N.Y. City, from which was graduated; m. N.Y. City, June 16, 1892, Marcus Benjamin, author and encyclopedist. Mem. Jury of Awards at the Omaha Exposition, 1898; Jamestown, 1907. Prominent in social life, church and philanthropic activities. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R., Children of the Am. Revolution (researching sec. 1896-1904), Soc. of Colonial Governors, Mary Washington Monument Ass'n, Nat. Soc. of Colonial Governors, Mary Washington Monument Ass'n, Nat. Soc. of the Colonial Dames of America of Mass. (chairman of Committee on Relics since 1906; delegate to its Biennial Councils 1906-08-10-12), Washington Club of Washington, D.C. (sec. Library Com. seven years), Club of Colonial Dames of Washington, D.C. (charter mem., governor, cor. sec. since 1910).

BENJAMIN, Fanny Nichols (Mrs. S. G. W. Benjamin), Burlington, Vt.

Born in Vermont, Sept. 30, 1844; dau. Francis Kidder and Fanny Seymour (Boynton) Nichols; ed. at Rev. John and Mrs. Worcester's School, Burlington, Vt., and Wheaton Sem., Norton, Mass.; m. (1st) J. J. Weed (U.S. Solicitor Court of Claims; deceased); (2d) Hon. S. G. W. Benjamin (U.S. Minister to Persia). Author: Sunny Side of Shadow, several editions; also writer for magazines and newspapers. While resident in Washington was for years mem. of Exec. Com. of Ass'n for the Blind of D.C, also of a branch of the Humane Soc, and for a time pres. of Washington branch of the Nat. Soc. of New England Women; also was mem. Nat. Exec. Board of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots and historian general of the Nat. Soc. Now and for some years past pres. of Unity, a Burlington (Vt.) organization for promotion of liberal thought and culture; also pres. of le Cercle Française, Burlington branch of l'Alliance Française. Hon. mem. Twentieth Century Club, Washington (for many years leader of literary section); hon. mem. of Woman's Club of Staten Island; was pres. of World's Fair Com. of Richmond Co., N.Y. Believes in restricted suffrage for both sexes when majority of women desire it.

BENNET, Gertrude Witschief (Mrs. William Stiles Bennet), 415 Fort Washington Av., N.Y. City.

Born Port Jervis, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; m. Port Jervis, N.Y., June 24, 1896, William Stiles Bennet (Congressman from 17th N.Y. Dist., 1905-11); children: Augustus W., Sarah A., Mary Florence, Edna Grace.

BENNETT, Belle H., Richmond, Ky.

President Woman's Missionary Council; b. Richmond, Ky.; dau. John Bennett, planter and banker; ed. in Richmond, Ky., including a special course in the Presbyterian Univ. there. Early identified herself with Sunday-school work, and later with the missionary cause, and becoming impressed with the need of special training for young women who were being sent into foreign fields by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, she brought the matter before the Woman's Board of Foreign Missions of that church in 1890, and so impressed her opinions on the board that she was commissioned to appeal to the connection for funds to create what is now called the Scarritt Bible and Training School at Kansas City, Mo., for which she raised by personal effort $75,000 for the building and nearly $60,000 for endowment. In 1894 became pres. Woman's Board of Home Missions of M.E. Church, South, and under her leadership were established twelve large schools for mountaineers, indigent and unfortunate girls and negro, industrial and immigrant schools, also a large city mission propaganda, which has its established work in about thirty settlements, known as Wesley Houses, covering social, industrial, ethical and religious departments; now pres. Woman's Missionary Council of M.E. Church, South, a combined organization resulting from union of the Woman's Foreign and Women's Home Mission boards of that church. Took a leading part in creating the work and office of deaconess in M.E. Church, South, also in building up a large work among immigrants coming to Gulf and Pacific Coast ports. Active advocate of woman suffrage.

BENNETT, Ella Collins (Mrs. John Wesley Bennett), Ann Arbor, Mich.

Born Marine City Mich.; dau. Franklin B. and Cordelia (Bristol) Collins; ed. State Normal School at Ypsilanti, Univ. of Mich., 1896-98; m. Detroit, 1883, John Wesley Bennett; one son: Harold Franklin, b. April 7, 1886. Mem. King's Daughters and missionary societies. Episcopalian; directress of George Washington Club. Mem. Children of the Republic, D.A.R., Federation of Women's Clubs, Order of Eastern Star, Study Club, Whist Club.

BENNETT, Ellen J. F.—see Marsh, Ellen J. F. Bennett.

BENNETT, Ethelwyn Foote (Mrs. James Stark Bennett), 646 St. John Av., Pasadena, Cal.

Born Williamstown, Mass., Feb. 17, 1875; dau. Charles Rollin and Sarah C. (Cole) Foote; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '97; Northwestern Univ.; student in zoology, 1898-1900, A.M. 1900; student in physiology, Univ. of Cal. summer school, 1901 and 1903-04; m. Pasadena, Cal., Oct. 8, 1907, James Stark Bennett; children: Louise, b. Oct. 19, 1908; Caroline, b. Mar. 30, 1910; Constance, b. June 5, 1911. Teacher of science in Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, Ill., 1899-1900; instructor in biology, Pomona Coll., Claremont, Cal., 1901-03. Congregationalism Republican.

BENNETT, Ida Elizabeth Dandridge, 480 Grand St., Coldwater, Mich.

Writer; b. Coldwater, Mich.; dau. William and Elizabeth (Davis) Bennett; ed. Rockford Coll., '76; Chicago Art Inst., 1881-85. Author: The Flower Garden; The Vegetable Garden; contributor to American Homes and Gardens, House and Gardens, Country Gentleman, Youth's Companion, Christian Herald, and many others. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive in politics.

BENNETT, M. Katharine (Mrs. Frank Smith Bennett), Englewood, N.J.

Missionary pres.; b. Englewood, N.J., Nov. 28, 1864; dau. Henry and Winifred (Davies) Jones; ed. Dwight School, Englewood, N.J., to 1881; Elmira Coll., A.B. '85 (mem. Kappa Sigma); m. at Englewood, N.J., July 20, 1898, Fred Smith Bennett. Pres. Nat. Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church; pres. Nat. Board of the Fireside League; mem. Council of Women for Home Missions; Woman's Club of Englewood, N.J. Has written pamphlets for work in her societies. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BENNETT, Margaret Chesney (Mrs. George L. Bennett), 1 Broad St., Adrian, Mich.

Former teacher, club pres.; b. Beverly, Ont.; dau. Rev. E. and Hannah E. (Burr) Chesney; grad. Kalamazoo Coll., B.S. '89, later M.S.; m. 1905, George L. Bennett. Prior to marriage taught in public schools of Bay City, Mich.; critic teacher in City Training School, 1889-1900; preceptress and instructor in English, Grand Prairie Seminary, Onarga, Ill., 1902-05. Pres. Adrian Woman's Club 1911-13; pres. Woman's Dep't of Lenawee Baptist Ass'n (elected first, 1910); mem. First Baptist Church of Adrian. Favorable to woman suffrage, but not active.

BENNETT, Sarah Davis (Mrs. Edward L. Bennett), 58 Seminary Av., Binghamton, N.Y.

Born Lisle, Broome Co., N.Y., Mar. 17, 1842; dau. Ezra F. and Isabella (Davis) Davis; ed. Seminary for Young Ladies, Binghamton, N.Y.; m. Binghamton, June, 1869, Edward L. Bennett. Active in all different branches of church work; mem. board of directors of Y.W.C.A.; mem. and officer of the Madeleine Haynes Indian Ass'n, a


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Rh branch of the Nat. Indian Ass'n; charter mem. of Broome Co. Historical Soc. Pres. of Foreign Missionary Auxiliary and for many years the district pres. of Foreign Missions; also active in work for Home Missions. Pres. the Civic Club of Binghamton; mem. of Monday Afternoon Club, also Chautauqua Woman's Club. Recreations: Traveling, sight-seeing; has attended many of the biennial conventions of General Fed. of Women's Clubs as delegate. Represents Broome County in Bureau of Reciprocity and Information of the N.Y. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Methodist.

BENNEY, Edith Neil (Mrs. Albert Barnes Benney), Sewickley Heights, Sewickley, Pa.

Born Columbus, Ohio; ed. in schools of Columbus, Ohio, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '93; m. October, 1896, Albert Barnes Benney; one son, one daughter. Writer of magazine stories and poems; contributor of special articles to newspapers; author of booklet: How Paderewski Plays.

BENOIST, Mary Hunt (Mrs. Theodore Benoist), 4632 Berlin Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born St, Louis, Nov. 12, 1865; dau. Charles L. and Mary C. (Owings) Hunt; ed. at home by tutors and governesses; m. Normany, St. Louis County, Jan. 12, 1887, Theodore Benoist; children: Charles Louis, b. Aug. 14, 1889; Miriam, b. Aug. 3, 1890; Jean B. b. Aug. 29, 1891; Anna Wright, b. May 12, 1893; Theodore, b. Dec. 8, 1896; Wilson A., b. Oct. 12, 1898; François Barat, b. Dec. 4, 1900. Roman Catholic. Recreations: Golf, tennis, automobiling, walking. Mem. St. Louis Woman's Club (chairman entertainment com.).

BENSON, Clara Cynthia, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Can., and Port Hope, Ontario, Can.

Associate professor; b. Port Hope, Can., June 5, 1875; dau. T. M. and Laura A. (Fuller) Benson; ed. Port Hope public and high schools; Univ. of Toronto, 1895-99, B.A.; post-grad, work Univ. of Toronto until 1903; Ph.D., Toronto, '03. Sec. Faculty of Household Science, Univ. of Toronto, 1906-. Connected with Univ. of Toronto as fellow in chemistry, 1899-1902; assistant in chemistry, 1902-03. Instructor in science, Lillian Massey School of Household Science, Toronto, 1903-05; lecturer in physiological chemistry, 1905-06, and associate professor same, Univ. of Toronto, 1906-. Chairman Foreign Com. of the Dominion Council of the Y.W.C.A. of Canada; mem. of Student Com. of same. Mem. Am. Chemical Soc, Am. Ass'n of Biological Chemists, Am. Home Economies Ass'n, Ontario Education Ass'n, University Women's Club (Toronto). Recreation: Travel. Anglican.

BENSON, Rebecca Elizabeth Hamilton (Mrs. James Fareira Benson), "Delmar-Morris," Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Lafayette, Montgomery Co., Pa., July 4, 1875; dau. Charles Lacey and Olivia Garrett (Philips) Hamilton; ed. to 1885 Agnes Irwin School, Philadelphia, and to 1890 Comegy Boarding School, Philadelphia; m, Germantown, Philadelphia, June 14, 1899, James Fareira Benson; one son: Charles Hamilton Benson. Active in social and philanthropic interests; interested in Babies' Hospital and Playgrounds Ass'n (Philadelphia), Pa. Soc. of Prevention of Tuberculosis, and Pa. Soc. for Prevention of Social Disease. Episcopalian.

BENTLEY, Clara Augusta, Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass.

Teacher; b. Willimantic, Conn.; grad. Vassar, A.B. '91. Teacher East Orange (N.J.) High School, 1891-1900; Hartford (Conn.) High School, 1900-05; Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass., since 1905.

BENTLEY, Ellida Pattison (Mrs. Henry Dinsley Bentley), 35 Lincoln Av., Freeport, Ill.

Born Winslow, Ill., July 22, 1856; dau. Richard Pattison of Md. and Mary J. (Wadhams) Pattison of N.Y.; ed. Freeport and Chicago, Ill.; m. Dec. 28, 1875, Henry Dinsley Bentley of London, England; children: Charles Johnson, b. June 3, 1877; Henry Dinsley Bentley, b. July 4, 1883. Pres. Home Missionary Soc. of Presbyterian Church. Teacher in Sunday-school (boys); mem. of several social organizations; mem. Associated Charities in Freeport; contributor to Home for Dependent Girls, Park Ridge, Ill. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Ill. State Executive Com. of the Progressive Party. Author of short stories: A Little Journey to Honolulu Before Cable Communication Between United States and Hawaiian Islands; A Woman's View of Oberammergau and the Passion Play, etc. Presbyterian. Mem. Euterpean Musical Soc. Recreations: Whist, golf, travel in foreign lands. Pres. sixth year of the Freeport Woman's Club (200 mem.); State vice-pres. of 13th Congressional Dist. of Ill. Fed. of Women's Clubs four years. Recording sec. Ill. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; an Illinois State delegate to the biennial in St. Louis, 1904; St. Paul, 1906; Boston, 1908; San Francisco, 1912. Interested in art; mem. Art Com. Ill. State Fed. Women's Clubs; also interested in music.

BENTLEY, Luette P., Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio.

Teacher; b. Streetsboro, Ohio, June 2, 1841; dau. Charles and Clarina (Bronson) Bentley; grad. Lake Erie Sem. (now college), Painesville, Ohio, '65; Mount Holyoke Coll., M.A. '09. Began teaching at Lake Erie Sem., 1865; ass't principal, 1877-98; became dean of college in 1898 and held office till resignation in 1909.

BENTLEY, Mabel E. Davison (Mrs. Wray Annin Bentley), Windham, Greene Co., N.Y.

Born Rockville Centre, L.I.; dau. Robert A. and Emeline (Sealy) Davison; ed. Wesleyan Acad., Wilbraham, Mass., 1888-91; Wellesley Coll., Mass., B.A. '95 (mem. Phi Sigma); m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1899, Wray Annin Bentley; one son: Wray Davison. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church.

BENTON, Jeannette Scott (Mrs. Charles E. Benton), Ft. Scott, Kan.

Writer; b. Greenville, Mich., 1862; dau. William Dean Scott and Phoebe (Cubim) Scott; ed. in schools of Olivet and Ann Arbor, Mich.; m. Iola, Kan., 1885, Charles E. Benton; children: Dean, Donald Lee, Charles Edward. Interested in club work and charities. Favors woman suffrage. Author of short stories in Munsey's, McClure's, Ainslie's, Red Book, Smart Set, Youth's Companion, and others. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. federated clubs and church guilds. Recreation: General social theatres. Mem. various literary and social clubs.

BENTON, Mary Lathrop, 39 West St., Northampton, Mass.

Teacher; b. B'hamdun, Mt. Lebanon, Syria, Feb. 26, 1864; dau. William Austin and Loanza (Gouldlng) Benton; ed. Univ. of Minnesota, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '85. Engaged in secondary teaching until 1894; study abroad 1894-97. Instructor Smith Coll., 1897; assoc. prof., 1905; study abroad, 1907-08; prof, of Latin, Smith Coll., 1909—. Interested in social and religious questions. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist Recreations: Travel, out-door life.

BENWAY, Mabel Reed, 166 Western Av., Albany, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Norwich, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Albany, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '98; graduate scholar, 1898-99; student in Normal Coll., Albany, M.Y., 1899-1900. Teacher High School, New Brighton, Pa., 1900-01; North Tonawanda, N.Y., 1901-07; Brooklyn, N.Y., since 1907.

BENZIGER, Gertrude Lytton (Mrs. August Benziger), 140 W. Fifty-seventh St., N.Y. City; summer address, Villa Gutenberg, Brunnen, Switzerland.

Born Grand Rapids, Mich., Dec. 25, 1875; dau. Henry C. and Rose E. (Wolfe) Lytton; ed. the Loring School, Chicago; m. N.Y. City, July 5, 1898, August Benziger, the artist; children: Marie Gertrude Rosa, b. 1899 in Brunnen, Switzerland; Helene Henriette, b. 1900 (Brunnen); Marguerite Marie, b. 1901 (Paris, France). Life mem. Chicago Chapter D.A.R. Catholic.

BERG, Clara de Lissa, 45 Brighton Av., E. Orange, N.J.

Born Philadelphia, April 4, 1876; dau. Hart E. and Rega (de Lissa) Berg; ed. Barnard Coll., A.B. '98; Columbia Univ., A.M. '02; Curtis Scholarship, Columbia, 1902-03 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma). Ex-sec. Intercollegiate Socialist Soc.,


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96 1911-12. Teacher and visitor for N.Y. Unitarian Sunday-school Union. Mem. Intercollegiate Socialistic Soc, College Settlements Ass'n, Barnard Alumnae Ass'n. Mem. Women's University Club. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Political Union; formerly mem. of Collegiate Suffrage League.

BERG, Helen McGregor Morse (Mrs. Albert W. Berg), 356 W. Twentieth St., N.Y. City.

Born Piermont, N.H., Feb. 17, 1830; of Puritan ancestry; ed. New England schools; m. N.Y. City, July 7, 1853, Prof. Albert W. Berg, organist, composer and musical critic (now deceased); children: Elizabeth Paine, Albert Ellery, Louis de Coppet (deceased), Walter Gilman (deceased), Wellman Morse (deceased). Spent several years in Europe, educating her children; while there, was correspondent of American journals and a contributor to the original Scribner's Magazine. Mem. Order of Founders and Patriots of America; Soc. of New England Women, etc.

BERGEN, Caroline McPhail (Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen), 101 Willow St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1859; dau. Leonard Cassell and Caroline (Speir) McPhail; ed. by private instruction at home; m. Brooklyn, Jan. 26, 1881, Tunis G. Bergen. Served by appointment of Gov. Higgins mem. State Probation Com.; mem. of com. on school census and Physical Welfare of School Children of N.Y. City. Pres. Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Soc.; vice-pres. Brooklyn division of the American Red Cross; mem. State Charities Aid Ass'n, Barnard Club, Twentieth Century Club, Woman's Civitas. Against woman suffrage; mem. of N.Y. State Ass'n Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women.

BERGEN, Fanny Dickerson (Mrs. Joseph Young Bergen), North Cambridge, Mass.

Teacher, writer; b. Mansfield, O., Feb. 4, 1846; dau. Thomas and Rachel E. Dickerson; ed. Antioch Coll., Yellow Springs, O., A.B. '75; m. June 28, 1876, Joseph Young Bergen, educator. After graduation taught in Antioch Coll. and later in Chicago. Frequent contributor to American Folk Lore and other journals on folk-lore themes; edited Vol. IV of the Annals of the American Folk-Lore Soc; Current Superstitions, Dramatized Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish. Author (with husband): The Development Theory; Glimpses of the Plant World.

BERGENGREN, Anna Farquhar (Mrs. R. M. Bergengren), 98 Chestnut St., Boston; country, Sea View, Mass.

Author; b. in Ind., Dec. 23, 1865; dau. John Hansen and Mary Frances (Turner) Farquhar; ed. Indianapolis, Boston, N.Y. City and London; m. Boston, 1900, R. M. Bergengren. Interested in music and the drama. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Her Boston Experiences; Her Washington Experiences; The Professor's Daughter; The Devil's Plough; An Evans of Suffolk. Recreations: Rowing, swimming, walking, tennis, gardening.

BERGENGREN, Leslie Merritt (Mrs. Chas. H. Bergengren), 150 Timson St., Lynn, Mass.

Born Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 27, 1880; dau. Curtis V. and Isabel C. (Wardwell) Merritt; ed. Pratt Inst. Library School, Brooklyn, N.Y.; m. Swampscott, Mass., June 24, 1908, Dr. Charles Henry Bergengren; one son: Frederick W. A. Bergengren. Assistant librarian of Public Library, Brookline, Mass., 1902-05; instructor in Wis. Library School, Madison, Wis., 1907-08. Universalist. Favors woman suffrage.

BERGENTHAL, Alice Dacy (Mrs. V. W. Bergenthal), 15 Thornby Pl., St. Louis, Mo.

Born Woodstock, Ill., April 5, 1876; dau. T. J. and Luciuda (Donnelly) Dacy; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.L. (mem. Pi Beta Phi); m. Woodcock, Ill., Oct. 29, 1902, V. W. Bergenthal. Catholic. Mem. College Club of St. Louis.

BERGER, Meta (Mrs. Victor L. Berger), 980 First St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Born Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 23, 1873; dau. Bernard and Matilda (Kraik) Schlichting; ed. Milwaukee public schools, high school and State Normal School (graduate); m. Dec. 4, 1897, Victor L. Berger; children: Dorothea A., Elsa R. Teacher in Milwaukee public schools before marriage; now mem. Board of Education of Milwaukee, elected 1909 for term of six years; elected on the Socialist ticket at non-partisan election. Mem. Board of Directors for Milwaukee Maternity Hospital and Free Dispensary Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Was sec. for the Congressional Woman's Com., Washington, D.C., 1911-12; appeared before State Assembly at Madison, Wis., in favor of suffrage bill and spoke; also mem. of Wis. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Socialist Party. Mem. NNat. Woman's Com. of Socialist Party, 1911-13. Recreations: Music, drama, reading. Mem. Woman's School Alliance. Wife of the first Socialist ever elected to the Congress of the United States.

BERGFELD, J. D. (Mrs. George F. Bergfeld), 5177 Cabanne Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born New Orleans, La., 1873; dau. Christian F. and Katherine (Speyerer) Hufft; ed. New Orleans; m. St. Louis, June 12, 1889, George F. Bergfeld; one son: Lucas Lee. Has been pres. of the Kings Highway Presbyterian Church Guild; pres. of its Goodsonian Literary Club; pres. West End Charity Circle, also organizer. Presbyterian. Pres. and organizer of the Shakespeare Club; pres. Twentieth Century Art Club. Interested in the Dickens Fellowship Club, mission work, Anti-Tuberculosis Soc, and Municipal Art League.

BERKSTRESSER, Celia Smith (Mrs. Andrew Jackson Berkstresser), 631 N. Fifty-second Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Boonville, N.Y., April 20, 1854; dau. Rev. Alban Mann and Rockey (Strait) Smith; ed. Upper Iowa Univ. and Cornell Coll., grad. in art; m. Oct. 13, 1880, Andrew Jackson Berkstresser; one daughter: Mrs. Jessie Berkstresser Muffly, b. Oct. 18, 1883. Active in all lines of church work (Sunday-school teacher and sup't) and missionary societies, filling various offices. Dist. sec of Woman's Missionary Soc. four years. Leader of band of thirty young people in missionary work for several years; active in W.C.T.U., filling offices from pres. to deportment leader, etc. Sec. local board of Children's Home-Finding Soc; several years treas. the Hygiene Com., Dubuque, Ia. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of short poems, published in various papers and magazines, one, The Whistling Boy, included in collection (Childhood Days), compiled by Mary Gardner Scott. Methodist. Recreations: Walking, reading, writing. Pres. 1908-11. now hon. mem. Hillside Reading Circle of Dubuque, Ia.

BERNAYS, Thekla Marie, The Washington, St. Louis, Mo.

Born Highland, Ill.; dau. Dr. George J. and Minna (Doering) Bernays; ed. private school and by private instruction, then at McKendree Coll., Ill., and Heidelberg, Germany; passed teacher's examination in Karlsruhe, Baden; received M.A. from McKendree Coll., honoris causa, in 1902. During Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, served on the Jury for Interior Decoration, as appointee of the Imperial Commissioner of Germany, Dr. Theodor Lewald. Favors woman suffrage. Was on board of governors of Equal Suffrage League of St. Louis, Mo., 1911-12. Author of a series of travel-sketches, interviews with prominent men and women in Europe, and criticisms of literature and art, written for the Globe-Democrat, the Times, the Criterion, the Mirror and other publications; also similar articles in German for the Anzeiger des Westens and Westliche Post, St. Louis, Publication in book form: Augustus Charles Bernays, A Memoir, 1912. Mem. Wednesday Club, St. Louis; Artists' Guild, St. Louis.

BERRY, Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins, 8 Forest St., North Cambridge, Mass.

Editor, writer, proofreader; b. Carlisle, Mass.; dau. John and Sarah H. (Morgan) Robbins; ed. public and private schools of Massachusetts and Vermont academy. Special writer for magazines and newspapers; editor Republic Magazine, Washington, D.C., 1907-08; proofreader for years upon Boston publications. Sec. Nat. Ass'n of


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Rh Patriotic Instructors; past national press correspondent of Woman's Relief Corps; past regent Lucia Knox Chapter D.R., Boston; historian of Dorchester Heights Chapter D.R., Boston; past pres. Boston Proofreaders' Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Has written short stories, poems, special articles. Universalist. Mem. Nat. First Aid Ass'n of America, Nat. Geographic Soc, League of Am. Pen Women, New England Women's Press Ass'n, Mass. Peace Soc, Daughters of Veterans. Recreations: Travel, motoring, music, theatre.

BERRY, Grace Ella, Pomona Coll., Claremont, Cal.

Dean of women; b. Worcester, Mass., Dec. 23, 1870; dau. Elias Burbank and Rebecca (Page) Berry; ed. high school, West Boylston, Mass.; Cornell Univ.; Mt. Holyoke Coll., B.S. '93, A.M. '99. Taught mathematics and physics, Western Coll. for Women, Oxford, O., 1893-97, 1899; Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1897-99, 1900-02; dean of women, Colby Coll., 1902-09; dean of women, Pomona Coll., 1909-. Interested in mission work in all countries, Y.W.C.A. Baptist. Progressive in politics. Mem. Science and Mathematics Ass'n of Southern Cal.; former mem. of Me. State Ass'n of Charities and Corrections; chairman of Advisory Board Y.W.C.A. of Pomona Coll.; director of Mathematical Soc. of Pomona Coll.; mem. Astronomical Soc. of Pomona Coll.; mem. of Hath-a-Way Club of Claremont Church. Recreations: Tramping, tennis. Mem. Southern Cal. School Women's Time to Time Club; vice-pres. Cactus Club of Claremont.

BERRY, Jennie Iowa Peet (Mrs. John Alexander Berry), 612 Third Av., Cedar Rapids, Ia.

Born Fairview, Ia., 1866; dau. Wilbur Riley and Ellen S. (Gillilan) Peet; ed. Epworth (Ia.) Sem.; m. Troy Mills, Ia., 1887, John Alexander Berry. Past Nat. pres. Woman's Relief Corps; past sec. Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs; past pres. Cedar Rapids Woman's Club; mem. local Library Art Ass'n, local Y.W.C.A.; chairman Child Labor Com. Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs; mem. Standing Com. on Rules, Nat. Woman's Relief Corps. Mem. D.A.R. Recreation: Travel. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Contributor to club and patriotic publications.

BERRY, Josephine Thorndike, St. Paul, Minn.

Teacher; b. Waterville, Kan.; dau. Edward A. and Flora A. (Lewis) Berry; ed. Univ. of Kansas, A.B.; Columbia Univ. (Teachers Coll.), B.S. '04, A.M. '10; Yale Univ., 1909-10; research fellow, Teachers Coll., 1909-10 (mem. Pi Beta Phi). Sup't of schools, Waterville, Kan., 1900-02; ass't in dep't of household administration, Univ. of Chicago; head of dep't of home economics Northern Ill. State Normal School; head dep't of home economics, State Coll. of Wash.; now head of home economics dep't, Univ. of Minn. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive in politics. Mem. of Council in Am. Home Economics Ass'n; mem. Am. Chemical Soc. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreation: Driving an automobile.

BERRY, Lucy Haldane (Mrs. R. L. Berry), 46 Rodgers Row, Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md.

Born May 16, 1887; dau. R. V. and Lillie (Van Saun) Lindabury; ed. Miss Whitmore's, Newark, N.J.; Mrs. Hazen's School, Pelham Manor, N.Y.; m. Bernardsville, N.J., Sept. 26, 1908, R. L. Berry, lieutenant U.S.N. Episcopalian.

BERRY, Martha McChesney, Mount Berry, Ga.

Philanthropist; b. near Rome, Ga., Oct. 7, 1866; dau. Capt. Thomas and Frances (Rhea) Berry; ed. Edgeworth School (Madame Le Febvre), Baltimore, and in European travel. Identified with educational philanthropies; founded 1902 and is director and trustee of Boys' Industrial School (now Berry School), Rome, Ga., for poor white boys to earn education through their own efforts; founder Settlement School for Girls, 1908. Lecturer and contributor to magazines on Southern mountaineers. Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R., Woman's Club of N.Y. City and Atlanta Woman's Club, Atlanta, Ga.

BERRYHILL, Virginia Joynes (Mrs. James Q. Berryhill), 305 Equitable Bld'g, Des Moines, Ia.

Born Fairfield, Ia.; dau. Christian Wolff and Nancy M. (Seward) Slagle; ed. public school; State Univ. of Iowa, A.B. '77, M.A. '79; lecture courses Victoria Lyceum, Berlin, '78 (Phi Beta Kappa, State Univ. of Iowa); m. Fairfield, Jan. 19, 1881, James Quest Berryhill; children: James Quest, Katharine. Taught one year in Pa. Female Sem. Ex-pres. Unity Circle of Unitarian Church, Des Moines; ex-vice-pres. Associated Charities, Des Moines; social clubs; mem. West End and Five Hundred clubs, also Golf and Country Club. Chairman of Legislative Com. of Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs, which declared for suffrage at last biennial. Author of Biological Sketch of Prof. A. N. Currier in the Annals of Iowa. Republican. Mem. State Historical Soc. of Iowa; cor. sec Colonial Dames in State of Iowa. First pres. Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs; ex-pres. Des Moines Woman's Club; ex-pres. City Fed. of Women's Clubs; ex-pres. Press and Authors' Club, Des Moines.

BERTHELOT DE LA BOILEVERIE, Lily Kendall Beers (Mrs. Leon J. Berthelot de la Boileverie), 34 rue Ribera, Paris, France.

Born N.Y. City; ed. in schools of N.Y. City and Vassar Coll., A.B. '69; m. Nov. 8, 1882, Leon J. Berthelot de la Boileverie; two sons. Founder and pres. of the Institut Berthelot, Paris, France.

BERTOLA, Mariana, 1050 Jackson St., San Francisco, Cal.

Physician and surgeon; b. Cal., May 7, 1868; dau Antonio and Catarina (de Voto) Bertola; ed. Martinez Grammar School, San Jose Normal School, Cooper Med. Coll. (mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota). Principal Martinez grammar schools, 1896; interne and assistant resident at Children's Hospital; assistant physician, Cooper Med. Clinic, 1902; examining physician of Native Daughters of Golden West; attending physician Mills Coll.; director of the Woman's Board of the Panama Pacific Exposition, 1915; director Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis. Mem. and past grand pres. Native Daughters of Golden West; pres. of Vittoria Colonna Club, Mills Club and Forum Club. Favors woman suffrage; instrumental in bringing the suffrage question before several clubs. Protestant. Republican. Mem. several medical societies. Recreations: Theatre, club, sorority. Prominent speaker at many patriotic holidays, and in other interests for the betterment of the race and inculcation of patriotism.

BERTRAM, Helen (Mrs. E. J. Morgan).

Operatic prima donna; b. (Lulu May Burt) Tuscola, Ill., 1869; ed. in Indianapolis, and began musical education there, finishing at Cincinnati Coll. of Music; m. (1st) Signor Tommasi, musical director Duff Opera Co. (divorced); (2d) E. J. Henley, actor (died); (3d) E. J. Morgan, actor (died 1904): one daughter: Rosina Henley, b. 1894. Began stage career in Indianapolis as Yum Yum in The Mikado, and soon after, taking stage name of "Helen Bertram," appearing at the old Madison Square Garden Theatre as Josephine in Pinafore for one week, and then joining the Emma Abbott Opera Company, playing Filena in Mignon, 1888, following which engagement became prima donna in the J. C. Duff Opera Company, and later of the McCaull Opera Company; then with the Henry E. Abbey English Opera Company, and following this was prima donna of the Bostonians for several seasons, then going to London and playing with the Carl Rosa Opera Company at Covent Garden as Santazzi in Cavalleria Rusticanna, Arline in the Bohemian Girl and Nedda in I Pagliacci; returning to U.S. was in the original casts of Tar and the Tartar, Foxy Quiller, Peggy from Paris, A War Time Wedding, and the first Am. production of La Basocke, and played prima donna roles in The Black Hussar, Amorita, Miss Helyett, The Prince of Pilsen, and Jack Horner in the original cast of The Gingerbread Man; more recently has appeared in stock companies and in vaudeville.

BESESSEN (Mrs. Henry J. Besessen), Harvey, N.Dak.

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98 and Betsey (Swanson) Nilson; grad high school, Sycamore, 1900; grad. Normal School, De Kalb, Ill., '02; m. Harvey, Ill., Dec. 5, 1906, Henry John Besessen; children: Henry John, Robert Benjamin. Chairman State Legislative Com. of Federated Clubs, 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Order Eastern Star. Recreations: Basketball, tennis, dancing, skating. Pres. Fessenden Saturday Club for one year, and pres. Sorosis Club at Harvey for three years. Husband mem. of State Senate of N.Dak.

BEST, Marjorie Ayres (Mrs. Albert Starr Best), 1836 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill.

Born Truro, Cape Cod, Mass., Aug. 18, 1874; dau. Marshall and Louise (Sanderson) Ayres; ed. N.Y. Collegiate Inst; Smith Coll., L.M. '95 (mem. Alpha Soc, the honor soc. of Smith); m. N.Y. City, April 18, 1896, Albert Starr Best; children: Marshall, b. Nov. 26, 1902; Albert Leonard, b. Oct. 26, 1904; Marjorie Starr, b. April 5, 1908; Barbara, b. Oct, 26, 1910. For 10 years active in Y.W.C.A., carrying the Nat. budget of $63,000 for five years as finance chairman of nat. com. Active in drama club work and one of the founders and organizers of Drama League of America (now chairman Publicity and Organization Com.). Writer of magazine articles and addresses on league propaganda. Congregationalist. Mem. Soc. of Psychical Research, Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumnae, Y.W.C.A., Nat. Geog. Soc; guarantor Chicago Theatre Soc. Recreations: Horseback riding, golf, tennis, gardening. Mem. Drama Club of Evanston, Ill. BETHEL, Mary Wright Thomas (Mrs. George P. Bethel), Johnstown, Bradford Co., Fla.

Physician; b. Joliet, Ill.; dau. Granville S. Thomas, M.D., and Sarah J. (Wright) Thomas; ed. Cornell Univ., B.A. ; Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. School, M.D. (prize for highest scholarship, prize for highest rank in chemistry); m. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 7, 1911, George P. Bethel. Assistant in chemistry at Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. School for six years. Resident assistant surgeon at Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago; now practising at Johnstown, Fla. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist, Specialist in diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat.

BETHUNE, Louise Blanchard (Mrs. Robert Armour Bethune), 215 Franklin St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Architect; b. Waterloo, N.Y., July 21, 1856; dau. Dalson Wallace and Emma M. (Williams) Blanchard; ed. Buffalo Central High School; m. Buffalo, Dec. 10, 1881, Robert Armour Bethune; one son: Dr. Charles W. Bethune, b. 1883. Engaged in draughtsman work in Buffalo, 1876-81, and became the first woman architect in the U.S. Was for 19 years a fellow of the American Inst. of Architects and is the only woman who was ever a fellow of that society. Mem. Buffalo Historical Soc., N.Y. Historical Soc, Buffalo Genealogical Soc, Nat. Soc. of New England Women (Colony II), Buffalo Chapter of D.A.R.

BETTIS, Mary Alice Smith (Mrs. Lewis David Bettls), 349 Parsells Av., Rochester, N.Y.

Born Tyre, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Seneca Falls, N.Y., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '92; m. Nov. 16, 1900, Lewis David Bettis; three daughters. Teacher Tyre, N.Y., 1892-93; Cook Acad., Montour Falls, N.Y., 1894-1900.

BETTS, Anna Whelan, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa

Artist; b. Philadelphia; dau. Thomas Betts, M.D., and Frances Alice (Whelan) Betts; ed. Heacock's Select School of Chelton Hills, Pa; Acad, of Fine Arts, Colorossi Studio in Paris, Howard Pyles Class at the Drexel Inst, in Philadelphia. Introduced the printing of pictures (by the Century Company) as color inserts in the Century Magazine followed by other N.Y. companies and publishers. Interested in work with Octavia Hill Soc., for improvement of the housing of the poor of Philadelphia. Against woman suffrage. Recreations: Tramping, canoeing, tennis, reading, out-door sports. Mem. Plastic Club of Philadelphia

BETTS, Mary N. (Mrs. Charles H. Betts), 837 Windsor Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Tralee, Ireland, 1860; dau. John and Agnes (Mason) McCarthy; ed. in Buffalo Central High School, private schools and much tutoring; m, Buffalo, Aug. 18, 1885, Charles H. Betts; children: Curtis M., Arthur M., Charles F., Agnes. Mem. Lake View Musical Club, Outdoor League and various religious societies. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Chicago Political Equality League. Congregationalist. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club; now pres. League of Woman's Clubs of Cook Co., Ill.; has been twice on State Board of Fed. of Women's Clubs; also pres. of Ravenswood Club.

BEVIER, Isabel, Prof. University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.

Professor household science; b. Plymouth, O.; grad. Wooster (O.) Univ., Ph.B. '85, Ph. M. '88; student at Summer School, Harvard, 1888; Prof. Atwater's laboratory, 1894; Mass. Inst, of Technology, 1898. Principal high school, Shelby, O., 1885-87; Mt. Vernon, O., 1887-88; prof, natural science, Pa. Coll. for Women, 1888-97; prof. chemistry, Lake Erie Coll., 1898-99; prof. household science and head of dep't, Univ. of Ill., 1900-. Ass't nutrition investigations, U.S. Dep't Agriculture, 1894-99; mem. jury of awards World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; board of editors. Journal of Home Economics. Fellow A.A.A.S.; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Public Health Ass'n; Home Economics Ass'n (pres.). Author of papers and monographs in chemistry of food; The House, Its Plan, Decoration and Care; Selection and Preparation of Food; Food and Nutrition; Home Economics.

BEZIAT De BORDES, Kate Mills Bradley (Mrs. Andre Beziat de Bordes), 1318 Arabella St., New Orleans, La.

Born Spencer, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '92; m. Aug. 28, 1895, Andre Beziat de Bordes, Ph.D. (now prof. Romance Languages in Tulane Univ. of La.). Teacher New Castle, Pa., 1892-93; Washington Sem., Atlanta, Ga., 1893-95. Contributor of articles to various newspapers.

BIANCHI, Martha Gilbert Dickinson (Mrs. A. E. Bianchi), Amherst, Mass.

Author; b. Amherst, Mass.; dau. William Austin and Susan Huntington (Gilbert) Dickinson; ed. Miss Porter's school at Farmington, Conn.; m. Carlsbad, Bohemia, 1903, Captain Alexander E. Bianchi. Author of poems: Within the Hedge; The Cathedral; Russian Lyrics and Cossack Songs (translations). Novels: A Modern Prometheus, 1908; The Cuckoo's Nest, 1909; A Cossack Lover, 1911; The Sin of Angels, 1912. Contributor to the Atlantic, Century, Scribner's, Harper's and other magazines and literary papers. Lived abroad several years, and traveled extensively. Against woman suffrage.

BIAS, Clothilde Gaujot (Mrs. Bennett Randolph Bias), Williamson, Mingo Co., W.Va.

Born Belleville, Ont., Can., June 28, 1883; dau. Ernest and Susan Ellen (McGuigan) Gaujot; ed. Mary Baldwin Sem., Staunton, Va., and Marshall Coll.; studied violin for eight years in Staunton and Charlottesville, Va. (mem. Delta Gamma, local, at Mary Baldwin); m. June 19 1901, Bennett Randolph Bias; children: Bennett Randolph Bias II, Marie Marguerite, Ernest Gaujot. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian.

BIBBINS, Ruthelda Bernard Mary (Mrs. Arthur Barneveld Bibbins), The Somerset, Baltimore, Md.

Historical writer; b. Baltimore, Md.; grad. Woman's Coll. of Baltimore, A.B. '97; student in English and history, Univ. of Oxford, England, 1897-98: graduate student in history and the history of art, Univ. of Chicago, 1898-99; fellow in history, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1899-1900; student, London School of Economics, 1900; research work in the Public Record Office, London, and the British Museum, 1900-02; m. 1903, Arthur Barneveld Bibbins. Writer on historical subjects. Author: Mammy 'Mongst the Wild Nations of Europe, 1904.

BIDDLE, Gertrude Bosler (Mrs. Edward W. Biddle), Carlisle, Pa.

Born Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 24, 1857; dau. J. Herman and Mary J. (Kirk) Bosler; ed. Mary Inst., Carlisle; grad. Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa.; m. Carlisle, Feb. 2, 1882, Edward W. Biddle (president judge of the Ninth Judicial Dist. of


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Rh Pa.; children: Herman Bosler, Edward Macfunn. Pres. Fed. of Pa. Women, 1907-11; vice-pres. Am Civic Ass'n; trustee of Wilson Coll., Chambersburg; trustee of the J. Herman Bosler Memorial Library, Carlisle; mem. governing boards of various philanthropic institutions. Favors woman suffrage; active mem. of the Limited Suffrage League of Pa., an organization that stands for equal but restricted suffrage for both men and women. Author of several published addresses and magazine articles. Presbyterian. Mem. Nat. Conservation Ass'n, Playground Ass'n of America, Pa. Peace and Arbitration Soc., Rural Progress Ass'n, and several societies for the extension of education and for the suppression of vice. Mem. Carlisle Fortnightly Club, New Century Club and Civic Club of Philadelphia; founder of Civic Club of Carlisle in 1898.

BIDWELL, Annie Ellicott Kennedy (Mrs. John Bidwell), Rancho Chico, Chico, Cal.

Rancher; b. Meadville, Pa., June 30, 1839; dau. Joseph Camp Griffith and Catharine (Morrison) Kennedy; ed. Madame Breshaw Burr's School, Washington, D.C.; m. Washington, D.C., April 16, 1868, John Bidwell. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Prohibitionist. Western vice-pres. National Indian Ass'n; honorary officer and active worker in California Indian Ass'n; mem. State, national and local suffrage assn's, W.C.T.U., State Playground Ass'n; has conducted Indian mission of her own since 1875, and its pastor for thirty-seven years. Recreations: Walking, riding, driving. Clubs: Sierra, Civic.

BIEGHLER, Alice Miller (Mrs. Arthur Clifton Bieghler), 729 Ridgland Av., S. Oak Park, Ill.

Born Newton, Ia.; dau. James and Catherine (Baxter) Miller; ed. Des Moines, Ia.; m. Des Moines, Aug. 10, 1892, Arthur Clifton Bieghler; one son: Raymond Grant Baxter, b. Sept. 2, 1893. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. various church organizations; pres. Garfield Park Woman's Club, Lady Washington Club, Monday Club.

BIERSTADT, Anne Morton Turner (Mrs. O. A. Bierstadt), 19 Myrtle St., Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Born N.Y. City; ed. in schools of Massachusetts and Vassar Coll., A.B. '79; m. Aug. 16, 1884, O. A. Bierstadt; one son. Teacher, Van Wert, Ohio. 1878-80; Norwich, Ohio, 1880-81; Bloomfield, N.J., 1881-82; N.Y. City, 1883-84.

BIGELOW, Alice Houghton, 14 Warren Sq., Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.

Physician; b. Boston, Aug. 3, 1875; dau. George F. and R. Gertrude (Bigelow) Bigelow; ed. Boston public schools; Boston Univ., A.B. '99 (Phi Beta Kappa); Tufts Med. School, M.D. '05. Visiting physician, Pope Dispensary; ass't physician, New England Hospital for Women and Children; physician of House of Mercy. Mem. Old South Church, Boston; active in graduate societies of Girls' High School, Boston, and of Boston Univ. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Congregational Unitarian Church. Mem. Am. Med. Soc, Mass. Med. Soc., New England Hospital Med. Soc., Soc. for Helping Women Doctors in Foreign Countries, Mass. Epsilon Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Walking, sailing. Mem. Boston College Club.

BIGELOW, Bessie P. (Mrs. Prescott Bigelow), 16 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Born Boston, Nov. 8, 1861; dau. Henry James and Eliza A. Nazro; ed. Boston private schools; m. Nov. 16, 1882, Prescott Bigelow; children: Prescott, David N., Elizabeth Prescott. Mem. Clinton Club of Boston.

BIGELOW, Carolyn Lois Clark (Mrs. Hayes Bigelow), Brattleboro, Vt.; Nov. to May, Tarpon Springs, Fla.

Born Guilford, Vermont, daughter of Herbert J. and Lois C. (Ballou) Clark; ed. Glenwood Sem., West Brattleboro, Vt., '94; Tufts Coll., A.B. 1900 (honors in English); m. Brattleboro, Vt., July 31, 1907, Hayes Bigelow. Assistant principal in high school, 1900-04. Author of series of articles on the drama, and other short sketches. Universalist. Mem. D.A.R., All Around Club, Brattleboro Woman's Club, Monday Bridge Club. Paternal grandfather Almon Ballou, was a brother of Hosea Ballou 2d, founder and first pres. of Tufts Coll.

BIGELOW, Florence, Natick, Mass.

School principal; b. Natick, Mass., April 23, 1864; dau. William Perkins and Martha A. (Mansfield) Bigelow; ed. Wellesley Coll. B.A. '85, M.A. '91. Instructor. Wellesley Coll., 1889-93; principal Walnut Hill School, Natick, Mass., 1893-.

BIGELOW, Florence Rawn (Mrs. David N. Bigelow), 190 E. Chestnut St., Chicago, Ill.

Born Delaware, Ohio; dau. Ira G. and Florence (Willis) Rawn; ed. Rosemary Hall, Greenwich, Conn.; m. June 1, 1308, David N. Bigelow. Pres. Rosemary Club of Chicago. Episcopalian.

BIGELOW, Gertrude, Shattuck St., Natick, Mass.

Teacher; b. Natick, Mass., June 13, 1872; dau. William Perkins and Martha A. (Mansfield) Bigelow; ed. Dana Hall School, Wellesley Coll., B.S. '93; School of Housekeeping, Boston; fellow of Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, 1900-01; grad. student at Wellesley Coll., 1901-02. Instructor in chemistry, Walnut Hill School, Natick, 1902-08, 1909-11; ass't in chemistry, Wellesley Coll., 1908-09. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Ass'n of Home Economics, New England Ass'n of Home Economics, New England Ass'n of Chemistry Teachers, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Coll. Settlements Ass'n, Boston Wellesley College Club.

BIGELOW, Harriet Williams, Smith College Observatory, Northampton, Mass.

Prof, astronomy, Smith Coll.; b. Fayetteville, N.Y., June 7, 1870; dau. Rev. Dana W. Bigelow, D.D. and Katherine (Huntington) Bigelow; Smith Coll., B.A. '93; Univ. of Mich., Ph.D. '04; ass't in astronomy, Smith Coll., 1896-01; instructor astronomy, Smith Coll., 1904-06; assoc prof. Smith Coll., 1906-U; prof, astronomy, Smith Coll., 1911-. Presbyterian. Mem. Astronomical and Astrophysical Society of America, A.A.A.S.

BIGELOW, Mary Helena (Mrs. George O. Bigelow), Alden, Hardin Co., Iowa.

Born Iowa Falls, la., April 1, 1862; dau. Joseph Albert and Emily Margaret (Taylor) Button; ed. high and normal schools; m. Alden, la., Oct. 8, 1884, George Orra Bigelow; one son: George Fay. School teacher before marriage. Pres. and charter mem. of Stulithis Circle; worthy matron of O.E.S.; appointed by the mayor a mem. of the Board of Trustees of the Public Library and elected its sec; mem. D.W.C. Soc. of Congregational Church, and prominent in social life, literary work and philanthropic activities. Against woman suffrage. Clubs: Shakespeare, Domestic Science, Civic Improvement.

BIGNELL, Effie Molt (Mrs. W. J. Bignell), 185 College Av., New Brunswick, N.J.

Born Burlington, Vt., 1855; dau. Theodore Frederick and Harriet (Cowan) Molt; ed. French School at Burlington, Vt., and convent school in Montreal, Can.; m. Norwich, Conn., 1876, W. J. Bignell; one son: W. J. Bignell. Interested in working girls' clubs, in societies for protection of children and the prevention of cruelty to animals. Author: Mr. Chupes and Miss Jenny, a story of bird life; My Woodland Intimates, a series of nature studies; A Quintette of Gray Coats, a story of squirrel life; Saint Anne of the Mountains—The Story of a Summer In a Canadian Pilgrimage Village. Mem. Wesleyan Church. Mem. Am. Ornithologists' Union, Audubon Soc. Recreations: Music and outings that afford opportunity for nature study.

BIKLÉ, Lucy Leffingwell Cable (Mrs. Henry Wolf Biklé), the Clinton, Philadelphia, Pa.

Former editor; ed. Smith Coll., class of '98, B. A. '01; m. Sept. 14, 1910, Henry Wolf Biklé, of Philadelphia. Engaged as reader of manuscripts for publishers, 1902-10, including Collier's Weekly, Ladies' Home Journal and several of the large publishing houses of N.Y. City.

BILLINGS, Anna Hunt, 217 Palm Av., Redlands, Cal.

Normal teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '91; student in English literature, Yale, 1895-98, Ph.D, '98 Teacher Univ. of Southern Cal. 1892-94;