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426 1901. Mem. Wis. Library Ass'n. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

JACKSON, Florence, 264 Boylston St., Boston, Mass.

Educator; b. Eccles, Lancashire, Eng., Aug. 3, 1872; dau. Stonway and Elizabeth G. (Alliott) Jackson; ed. private schools of England and America; Smith Coll., B.S. '93; A.M. '02; grad. student Barnard Coll., 1897-99; Univ. of Pa., 1909-10. Teacher in private school, Baltimore, Md., 1893-94; ass't (chemistry) Smith, 1894-97; teacher (mathematics) Newark (N.J.) High School, 1897-99; instructor (chemistry) Wellesley, 1899-1908; assoc. principal Miss Hills' School, Philadelphia, 1908-11; director Appointment Bureau, Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, 1911—. Mem. College Settlement Ass'n, Ass'n Coll. Alumnae, A.A.A.S., Boston Coll. Club, 20th Century Club, Boston Smith Club.

JACKSON, Gabrielle Emilie (Mrs. John William Jackson), Carvel Hall, Annapolis, Md.

Author; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 13, 1861; dau. Isaac and Anna Amelia (Brush) Snow; grad. Carlisle Inst., N.Y. City, 1880; m. Dec. 15, 1886, John William Jackson (deceased); one daughter: Elsie Denise, b. 1889. Began literary work by writing for St. Nicholas, in which her first story was published, 1895. Author: Dennis and Ned Toodles Series; Pretty Polly Perkins; Little Miss Cricket Series; Three Graces Series; Captain Polly of Annapolis Series; Peggy Stewart Series; Peterkin; Hope's Easter Carol, etc.; twenty-seven books all told. Episcopalian. For several years mem. of the Woman's Club of East Orange, N.J. Against woman suffrage.

JACKSON, Hèléne E. Dunn (Mrs. William A. Jackson), 50 Dexter St., Maiden, Mass.

Born Newark, N.J., Oct. 31, 1876; dau. Edwin Monterey and Charlotte A. Macomber (Dunn); ed. grammar and high schools, Newark, N.J.; m. 1st, Newark, N.J., Nov. 10, 1896, Howard P. Farrand; 2d, Newark, N.J., May 28, 1903, William A. Jackson; children: Hèléne S. Farrand, b. Nov. 25, 1898; Frederick M. Jackson, b. Sept. 8, 1904. State Librarian, Mass. Daughters of the Revolution; State Junior Director Mass. Junior Sons and Daughters of the Revolution; Director-General of National Junior Soc. Daughters of the Revolution; mem. Board of Managers of Commonwealth of Mass. Chapter of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. Mem. Soc. for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, New England Genealogical Soc, Karshish Club, Malden, Mass.; Malden Musical Club, Daughters of Vt. (associate mem.), Boston, Mass. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

JACKSON, Mrs. James, 798 Spring St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Harford Co., Md.; dau. Silas and Susan (Soloman) Silver; ed. Lexington, Mo.; m. Kansas City, Mo., Judge James Jackson. Mem. M.E. Church, South. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy. Clubs: Atlanta Woman's, Every Saturday, Nineteenth Century History. Has been pres. of State Federation of Clubs of Georgia; also of Atlanta Woman's Club, and Nineteenth Century History Class; pres. U.D.C. Chapter of Atlanta, and now pres. of Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage.

JACKSON, Kate Johnson (Mrs. James H. Jackson), Dansville, Livingston Co., N.Y.

Physician; b. Sturbridge, Mass., 1841; dau. Emerson and Hannah (Arnold) Johnson; ed. Hartford (Conn.) High School; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, '76; m. 1864, Dr. James H. Jackson; one son: James Arthur. One of the managing physicians of the Jackson Health Resort, Dansville, N.Y.

JACKSON, Kate Veronica, 821 South Rome Av., Tampa, Fla.

Born Tampa, Fla., Jan. 13, 1857; dau. John and Ellen (Maher) Jackson; parents were among the pioneers of Tampa and father surveyed and plotted the town; grad. at the Convent of Mary Immaculate, Key West, Fla., 1873. Interested in social, religious, philanthropic and other interests. One of the founders and pres. of the Tampa Civic Ass'n, organization of women working for the betterment and beautifying of the city. Catholic.

JACKSON, Margaret Doyle (Mrs. Charles Ross Jackson), Lake Placid, N.Y.

Author; b. Bermuda, Jan. 7, 1868; dau. Benjamin and Marianne (Donnelly) Doyle; ed. English Nat. Schools; was articled to English Government as pupil-teacher, taught in National schools in Manchester and afterward in schools of the Irish Church Missionary Soc. in Dublin; came to U.S. and studied nursing in Rochester, N.Y., 1891-94; m. Rochester, N.Y., April 21, 1894, Charles Ross Jackson, M.D. Engaged in literature since 1902. Author: A Daughter of the Pit, 1903; The Horse-Leech's Daughters, 1904; When Love is King, 1906.

JACKSON, Mary Anna Morrison (Mrs. Thomas Jonathan Jackson), Charlotte, N.C.

Born Mecklenburg, N.C; dau. Rev. Robert Hall Morrison, D.D., and Mary (Graham) Morrison; educated in Moravian School at Salem, N.C; m. at her father's house, "Cottage Home," Lincoln County, N.C, July 16, 1857, Thomas Jonathan Jackson (better known as "Stonewall" Jackson, who died from wounds received in battle at Chancellorsville, May 10, 1863); one daughter: Julia. Has resided for years in Charlotte, N.C President of Stonewall Jackson Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, at Charlotte, N.C; mem. D.A.R. Author: Memoirs of "Stonewall" Jackson; and a Memoir of Julia Jackson Christian, Daughter of Stonewall Jackson. Presbyterian.

JACKSON, Pearl Cashell (Mrs. J. A. Jackson), 510 W. Twenty-third St., Austin, Tex.

Born Matagorda Co., Texas, Feb. 9, 1869; dau. A. L. and Helen (Chapman) Cashell; ed. Austin public schools with three years' special work in Univ. of Texas; m. Austin, Texas, June 24, 1895, J. A. Jackson; one child (died in infancy). Interested in literary and club activities; special student of juvenile reform. Author: The Legend of the Poinsetts; Texas Governors' Wives; magazine articles on various subjects. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy, League of Am. Pen Women; associate mem. Pathfinders' Club; pres. Texas Woman's Press Ass'n. Recreation: Travel. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

JACKSON, Stella Barnaby (Mrs. Benjamin Andrew Jackson), 254 W. Seventy- third St., N.Y. City.

Born Selma, Ala.; dau. Samuel Stillman and Sarah Helen (Vaughn) Barnaby; granddaughter of Rev. James Barnaby, eminent New England clergyman; ed. private schools and tutors in Ala. and Mass.; was graduated with honors from Normal Coll., N.Y. City; m. at St. Thomas' Church, N.Y. City, June 30, 1883, Benjamin A. Jackson, lawyer; one daughter: Maude B. Actively interested in philanthropic work of church and societies. Protestant. Pres. Nat. Soc. of New England Women, 1911-12; mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, Stony Wold Ass'n, Woman's Forum, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Patriotic Women of America. Does not favor woman suffrage.

JACOBS, Belle Austin (Mrs. H. H. Jacobs), 861 First Av., Milwaukee, Wis.

Born East Troy, Wis., Dec. 2, 1867; dau. Henry H. and Helen M. (Fowler) Austin; ed. Whitewater Normal School, Univ. of Wis., B.S. '93 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. East Troy, Wis., Oct. 10, 1899, H. H. Jacobs; children: Helen Belle, Hubert Austin, Ralph Knowlton, Austin. Teacher Menomonie High School, Milwaukee-Downer Coll., six years; head worker in University Settlement. Favors woman suffrage; has had the subject discussed and debated in Women's Club at the Settlement. Congregationalism Mem. School Alliance Club, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

JACOBS, Josephine Chace (Mrs. Walter Ballou Jacobs), 310 Olney St., Providence, R.I.

Born Providence, R.I.; dau. Sylvester Jones and Harriet (Champlin) Chace; ed. Providence High School; m. Providence, R.I., June 27, 1888, Walter Ballou Jacobs; one daughter: Lucile Chace Jacobs. Vice-pres. Home Missionary Soc. of Central Congregational Church, Providence;


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Rh pres. Homoeopathic Hospital Aid Ass'n, Provi- dence. Against woman suffrage. Congregation- alist. Mem. Menders (a society of the ladies of the Faculty of Brown Univ.). Mem. R.I. Women's Club; pres. Rhode Island Ex-Club.

JACOBS, Laura Hewes Downing (Mrs. Henry Eyster Jacobs), 7301 Germantown Av., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Born Baltimore, Md., Nov. 21, 1852; dau. George F. and Margaret (Walter) Downing (sister of Augustus S. Downing; ed. Baltimore schools, Thiel Hall (now Thiel Coll.), Monaca, Pa. (now Greenville, Pa.); resided 1872-83 at Gettysburg, Pa., since 1883 at Philadelphia; m. Baltimore, Md., July 3, 1872, Henry Eyster Jacobs; chil- dren: Prof. Charles M. (Mt. Airy, Philadelphia), b. 1875; Henry Downing (Springfield, Mass.), b. 1877; Laura Winifred (m. Luther R. Shearer, North Wales, Pa.); Marguerite (m. Rev. W. M. Horn, New York). Pres. Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. of the Lutheran Minis- terium of Pa.; former pres. and treas. Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. of Philadel- phia Conference; treas. Continuation Com. of Woman's Interdenominational Ass'n, Philadel- phia; chairman Ladies' Auxiliary Ass'n, Lutheran Theological Sem. Author of Tract on Medical Missions (published both in English and Ger- man); contributor to Woman's Work for Women, for The Lutheran, Philadelphia, Pa. Lutheran.

JACOBS, Mary Frick (Mrs. Henry Barton Jacobs), 11 W. Mt. Vernon Pl., Baltimore, Md. Born Baltimore, Md.; dau. William Frederick and Ann Elizabeth (Swan) Frick; ed. at home, by governess and private teachers; m. 1st, Robert Garrett; 2d, Dr. Henry Barton Jacobs. For 25 years maintained a hospital of 35 beds for children, with dispensary; large contributor to all charities; active in support of the Protes- tant Episcopal Church. Interested in supporting music in the city and in aiding all municipal improvements. First vice-pres. Woman's Civic League, first vice-pres. the Colonial Dames of America (Chapter 1). Against woman suffrage. Mem. Anti-Suffrage League. Protestant Episco- pal.

JACOBS, Pattie Ruffner (Mrs. Solon Harold Jacobs), 1404 Beach St., Birmingham, Ala.

Born Charleston, West Va., Oct., 1875: dau. Lewis and Virginia (West) Ruffner; ed. Ward Sem., Nashville, Tenn., B.A. (Latin, French and English, first honors); grad. Normal Training School of Birmingham, Ala.; m. Birmingham, 1898, Solon Harold Jacobs; children: Madeline Ruffner, Virginia West. Vice-pres. Birmingham Zoo- logical Ass'n; treas. for the Prevention of Infant Mortality; chairman House Com. of Birmingham Century Club. Pres. Alabama Equal Suffrage Ass'n; pres. Birmingham Equal Suffrage Ass'n; mem. Exec. Com. of the Nat. American Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Presbyterian. Recreation: Vocal music. Mem. local church choirs, Music Study Club (vice-pres. one year, also chairman Public Park Concerts one year). Mem. advisory boards of many local philanthropies, such as Associated Charities, Boys' Club, etc.

JACOBSON, Nettie Catherine (Mrs. Charles H. Jacobson), 1309 Elizabeth St., Denver, Colo.

Born McGregar, Ia.; dau. Andris Brandt, Jr., and Katherine (Welch) Brandt; ed. Chicago High School, and Cook_Co. Normal; m. Denver, 1883, Col. Charles H. Jacobson; one daughter: Mabel Harriett. Teacher of parliamentary law; lec- turer on art and literary topics; interested in educational movements; active in patriotic work. Mem. Colo. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Daughters of the Revolution, Denver Patriotic League, Sarah Platt Decker Memorial Ass'n. Recreation: Club work. Mem. Woman's Club of Denver (pres. two terms), Re- viewers' Club, Historic Art Club (pres.), regent of Colo. Soc. Daughters of the Revolution (now in second term), charter mem. and on exec. board Colo. Federation of Women's Clubs.

JACOBY, Lois Almy (Mrs. Douglas P. A. Jacoby), 106 Touro St., Newport, R.I. Born Little Compton, R.I.; dau. Philip W. and Mary (Cook) Almy; ed. Wheaton Sem., Norton, Mass.; m. Little Compton, R.I., 1896, Douglas P. A. Jacoby, M.D. Interested in various reli- gious, social, philanthropic and literary clubs and societies. Against woman suffrage. Unitarian.

JAMES, Aphie (Mrs. Louis James), Monmouth Beach, N.J.

Actress; b. Smith's Grove, Ky.; dau. John C. and Susan A. (Wright) Hendricks; ed. St. Mary's, Kansas City, Mo.; m. Philadelphia, Dec. 24, 1893, Louis James. Co-star with Louis James for six years in all classic plays; starred alone in Judy O'Hare, 1911; now in vaudeville.

JAMES, Elizabeth Blakeslee (Mrs. Henry Duvall James), 12 Trenton Av., Edgewood Park, Pitts- burgh, Pa.

Born in Olean, N.Y.; daughter of Frank Nichols and Cornelia (Sartwell) Blakeslee; ed. Wellesley Coll., A.B. '01; Harvard Summer School, '04 (mem. Tau Zeta Epsilon); m. Pittsburgh, Jan. 14, 1908, Henry Duvall James; children: Katharine Duvall, Curtis Blakeslee. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Clubs: Epoch, College, Wellesley (all of Pittsburgh).

JAMES, Jean Eleanor, 82 Chestnut St., Albany, N.Y.

Born Albany, N.Y., 1876; dau. Robert Craig and Eliza E. (Fudger) James; ed. Vassar Coll., B.A. '99; student State Normal Coll., Albany, N.Y., 1904-05. Teacher, Lyndon Hall School, sec., 1904-06; missionary in India under Presby- terlan Board, 1906-12. Interested in missionary education and leader of mission study classes. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnæ and of Vassar Club, Albany, N.Y.

JAMES, Lina Balis, care Y.W.C.A., Seventh and Taylor Sts., Portland, Ore. Philadelphia, and Catasauqua, Pa.; translator Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1899-1902; Y.W.C.A. student General sec. Y.W.C.A.; b. Amenia, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1864; dau. George D. and Mary Balis (Hall) James; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '92; Univ. of Mich. (summer), 1899; Univ. of Chicago (summer), 1901, 1904; Columbia Univ. (spring), 1911. Prof. of Latin, S.W.Va. Inst., 1892-94; prof. of Latin, Hardin Coll., Mexico., Mo., 1896-1901; lady prin- cipal and Latin dep't Frances Shimer School of Univ. of Chicago, 1901-07; student Rome and Paris, 1908-09; dean of women, Oxford (Ohio) Coll., 1909-10. Student Nat. Training School, Y.W.C.A., N.Y. City, 1911; gen. sec. Y.W.C.A., Portland, Ore., 1911. Baptist.

JAMES, Mary Latimer, Pei-Yang Woman's Med. School and Hospital, Tientsin, China.

Physician; b. Gambier, O., Feb. 3, 1883; dau. Fleming and Mary (Duvall) James; ed. Miss Gordon's School for Girls, Philadelphia, grad. 1900; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '04 (on honor roll of first five); Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., Phila- delphia, M.D. '07 (mem. Zeta Phi, Med. Frat.). Interne in Memorial Hospital, Worcester, Mass., Sept., 1907, to Sept., 1908; medical missionary for Protestant Episcopal Church on Utah Indian Reservation, Oct., 1909, to July, 1911; taught in Southern branch of State Normal School, 1911-12; appointed June, 1912, to act as physician and teacher in the Pei-Yang Woman's Med. School and Hospital at Tientsin, China, an institution run by the Chinese Government, in which posi- tion is now serving. Delivered several lectures in Mormon Tabernacle, on the subject of hy- giene. Favors woman suffrage. Has written short articles for the missionary magazine and medical college paper. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. and Alumnæ Ass'ns of colleges. Rec- reations: Reading, athletics in general, horse- back riding, walking, tennis, boating, swimming, etc.

JAMES, Mary Tootle (Mrs. William K. James), St. Joseph, Mo.

Born St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 9, 1863; dau. Thomas E. and Ellen (Bell) Tootle; m. St. Joseph, Oct. 31, 1883, William K. James; chil- dren: Ellen Tootle, b. Oct. 8, 1885, Thomas Tootlc, b. Oct. 24, 1889. Pres. Board of Directors of the Sheltering Arms (home for destitute chil- dren); mem. of Mo. Library Commission. Pres- byterian. Mem. D.A.R., Runcle Club and Ari Soc., St. Joseph; Ex-Club of Missouri; pres. Missouri Federation of Women's Clubs, 1905-09;

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��pres. St. Joseph Federation of Women's Clubs, 1909-10; pres. St. Joseph Tag Day Ass'n, 1910-11; field chairman of Committee on Endowment of General Federation o^ Women's Clubs. JAMES, Panline Sholes (Mrs. George Francis

James), 316 Tenth Av., South Kast, Minneapo- lis, Minn.

Bom Chicago, April 24, 1874; dau. Clarence Gordon and Bertha (Ten Eyck) Sholes; ed Mrs. Henry Babcock's School for Girls, Chicago, m. Chicago, Aug. 10, 1899, George Francia James; children: Alice Felicia, Bertha Ten Eyck, Mar- garet Pauline, (Jeorge Francis. Interested in theosophical and social work. Favors women suffrage; mem. Minnesota Suffrage Ass'n. Kpisco- palian. Mem. Woman's Olub of Minneapolis. JAMES, Mrs. Robert Darringrton, 823 Main St.,

San Antonio, Tex.

Bom Mobile, Ala.; dau. Sterling Thrower (of Georgia) and Mrs. Caroline C. (Montgomery) Thrower (mother descended on maternal Bide from the noble French emigre family i>f Juzan, and on paternal side great-granddaughter of Gol. Hugh Montgomery of the Cksntinental Army); ed. at Milward's private Sem., Mobile, Ala., with honors on literary lines; m. Mobile, Ala., 1885, Robert Darrington James. Interested in reliirious matters and social affairs, active in philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Mem of Suf- fragist Club (local). Contributor of verse and essays to magazines and newspapers, and has had prize for poems in State cormpetition. Presby- terian. Democrat. Mem. Daughters of the Con- federacy, of the Woman's Club of San Antonio, and ex-pres. and prominent organizer of the San Antonio Pen Women (an organization of writers). Recreations: Out-door sports. JAMESON, Maud Eaton (Mrs. Thomdike C.

Jameson), 175 So. Boulevard, Corona. Gal.

Bom St. Louis, Mo,. 1866; iau. Alfred N. and Emily (Dean) Eaton; ed. St. Louis High School; m. St. Louis, 1893, Thomdike C. Jame- son; children: Emily Dean, Caro, Ruth Avis. Baptist. Republican. Pres. two years of Woman's Improvement Club of Corona. JAMESON, Kose Howe (Mrs. W. B. Jameson),

122 Old York Road, Jenklntown, Pa.

Born Groton, Tompkins County, N.Y., April 2, 1865; dau. Samuel Burnett Howe, Ph.D., and Sarah (Grain) Howe; grad. Wellesley, A.B. and music, 1886; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. ■91; m. Philadelphia, April 2, 1893, W. B. Jame- son, M.D.; one son: William Howe Jameson. Practised medicine until marriage. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., Wellesley Club. Recreations: Tennis, cards, piano. JAMIESON, l/oulse Carapbell (Mrs. Alvln W.

Jamieson), 321 W. Seventh St., Rushville, Ind.

Bora Davenport, Iowa, Feb. 4. 1862; dau. Rev. W. T. and Rachel (Bratton) Campbell: grad. Monmouth (111.) Coll.. Classical Courne, A.B. '85; m. Monmouth, 111., June 23, 1885, Rev. Alvin W. Jamieson, D.D.; riiildren: Ethel Campbell, Mary Belle, Alvah Louisa, Jean Frances. Has written various articles for the Woman's Mis- sionary Magazine of the United Presbyterian Church. Mem. A.B.L. Literary Soc., Monmouth Coll.; pres. Presbyterial Woman's Missionary So- cieties in 111., Cajl., Colo, and Ind. Clubs: Woman's (Loveland, Colo.), Coterie (Rushville, Ind.). Recreation: Horseback riding. United Presbyterian. Favorc woman suffrage. Pro- hibitionist or Independent. Very active on the side of the dry forces in several local option campaigns. Husband was formerly pastor for twelve years in Wildomar, Cal., and ten years in Loveland, Colo., and in both pastorates she took a leading part in union and interdenomi- national activities as well as in those of her own church.

JAMIESON, Mary Scudder (Mrs. Alexander Fridge Jamieson), Lawrenceville, N.Y. Born Trenton, N.J., Mar. 12, 1858; dau. Ed- ward Wallace Scudder, Justice of the Supreme Court of U.S., and Mary Louisa (Drake) Scudder; ed State Model School, Trenton, N.J.; m. Tren- ton, N.J., Aug. 11, 1885, Alexander Fridge Jamie- son of Va. (now master in Lawrenceville

��School); children: Louisa (died Jan. 9, 1898), An- drew Douglas, Prudence Kelsey. Mem. Y.W.C.A., Social Centre Committee for City of Trenton, Consumers' League, and various philanthropic organizations. Vice-pres. N.J. Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Presbyterian. Vice-pres. Nat. Soc. Colonial Dames of America, pres. N.J. Soc. Colonial Dames, Regent Trent Chapter D.A.R. Charter mem. and first pres. Contemiwrary Olub of Trenton; mem. Woman's Club of Liawreiice- ville. For nineteen years in charge, with hus- band, of the Lawrenceville Scbool Colony Houses for Boys.

JAMISON, Alice Peyt»D (Mrs. Samuel W. Jami- son), 1016 Franklin Rd., Koanoke, Va.

State Regent D.A.R.; b. Roanoke, Va., Sept 10, 1860; dau. Peyton Leftwlch and Mary (Trout) Terry; ed. Staunton, Va. ; m. RosJioke, Va., June 18, 1879, Samuel W. Jamison; children: Mary Lee. Lila Leftwioh, Peyton, Sdith Alicia. In- terested Id hospital work, has been for years chairman of Exec. Com., of Roanoke Hoopital, mem. of Board and Exec. Com. of the Roanoke Free Medical Dispensary; mem. Com. State Board of Charities and Corrections; particularly in- terested in edncationa) and patriotic work and thfl conservation question. AJgalns'; woma.-p suf- frage. Kpiscopalian, Has been State Risgent for six years of Va. D.A,R. ; mem. Va, Historical Soc. ; Hfe mem. Soc. for Preservation of Va. Antiquities. JANIN, Flora Earle (Mrs. L. F. Janln, Jr.),

Biloxl, Miss.

Born Tomah, Wis., Jan. 1, 1882; dau. Watson and Emma Marsden (Turner) Earle; grad. Tomah High School, '98 (modern and ancient pJassical course); grad. Stevens Point Normal School, '01; summer course Univ. of Wis.; m. Biloxi, Miss., Dec. 7, 1904, Leon Fergus Janin, Jr.; children: Emma Katherine, Leon Fergus. At the age of 19 taught Gexman and Latin in a West Salem (Wis.) High School for two years. Interested in education of children. Episcopalian. Mem. Guild of EJpiscopal Church, Biloxl, Miss. Rec- reations: Fishing, motoring, camping, bridge. Clut>s: Music and Cleophan, Biloxi, Miss. JANIS, El(*ie, 2018 High St., Columbus, Ohio.

Actress, author; b. Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 16, 1889; dau. John B. and Jan is E. Bierbower; ed. privately at home. Early evinced great powers of mimicry; made first stage appearance in James O'Neill's (Company as the boy Cain in The Charity Ball, Dec. 24, 1897. In August, 1900, first appeared in N.Y. City in vaudeville on the Ca- sino Theatre Roof and for three years under the name of "Little Elsie" was a headliner on the vaudeville circuit in imitations of the voices, make-up and mannerisms of various well-known actors; became a star at age of 14 in The Belle of New York, 1904, and later in The Fortune Teller and The Duchess; headed the staff of summer players of the New York Roof Garden, 1905, and in the fall ot that year opened in The Vanderbilt Cup, in which she starred two years, followed by The Hoyden, 1907, and others, the latest being The Slim Princess and The Lady of the Slipper. Author: A Star for a Night, 1911; Love Letters of an Actress, 1913. JANNEY, Frances Moale (Mrs. Stuart S. Jan-

ney), Chattolanee, Md.

Born Baltimore, Md., 1882; dau. Jerri* and Elizabeth (Elder) Spencer; ed. Girls' Latin School, Baltimore, 1900; m. Baltimore Co., Md., 1905, Stuart Symington Janney; children: Stuart Symington, Spencer, Elizabeth Elder. JANUARY, Anna L. (Mrs. D. A. January),

Osawatomie, Kan.

Born Wilmington, O., June 2, 1879; dau. Nathan M. and Jane Sara (Wise) Linton; ed. Wilming- ton (O.) High School; m. Wilmington, O., Oct. 9, 1901, D. A. January; children: Joseph H. (deceased), H. Linton. Was a teacher for three years. Mem. and active worker in the Congress of Mothers; mem. Monday Club, federated in the State of Kansas; mem. W.C.T.U.; also the Equal Suffrage Ass'n. County chairman of membership extension in the Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Wrote: Historic Souvenir of Osawatomie, Kan.; John Brown Battle Grounds; Calvin Monument, Look-

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out and Park. Mem. Friends (Quakers). Mem. mended the day; alBO leading religious, fraternal, Thimble Club (social). educational, patriotic and business organizations. JANVIER, Catherine Drinker (Mrs. Thomaa Mem. Geog. Soc. of Philadelphia; honorary mem. AUIbone Janvier), 222 W. Fifty-ninth St., Associated Fraternities of America. Recreations: N.Y. City. Riding, travel and out-door recreations, music. ArUst and writer; b. Philadelphia; dau. Henry Club: New Century (Philadelphia). Sandwith and Susannah (Shober) Drinker; gen- j.iKVIS, Mary D., 2015 Q St. Washington, DC eral education at home; studied art in Phila- Born Mathews County, Va. ; dau. John W. and vf'l ^..^- J^®K ^^•-^of'^J °'! .-^t"® ^^^ ^°o '? ^"san A. (Shepard) Jarrls. Episcopalian. Mem. « io^'^u' ^^^ ^.».v'"'^®'J'^ League; m. Sept soc. of Mayflower Descendants in the Dist. of T®' ^^fi ToiT^^A'^'i?'*"®, •J^^'^'" ^^"l^Sfi f'!^ Colum'bia, Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames. Mem. June 18, 1913) Artist-painter; ha^ exhibited In club of Colonial Damee, Washington Club. leading competitions; won the prize of the Pa. „ ' ^ ^i^u. Acad, of Flue Arts with her picture The Guitar JASTROW, R»cbel Szold (Mrs. Joseph Jastrow), Player. Linguist; haa made a special study of 237 Langdon St., Madison, Wis. the Provengal; honorary mem. of Felibrlge, Bom Baltimore, Md., Nov. 30, 1865; dau. Ben- Provence. Mem. Art StudenU' League of N.Y. Jamln and Sofle (SchAar) Srold; ed. Baltimore City, Soc. for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies. Western Female High School (Peabody medal); Author: Practical Keramlcs for Students; London m- Aug. 2, 18S8, Joseph Jastrow. Mem. Coneum- Mews. Translator of works of Felix Oras (from ers' League, Audubon, Associated Charities, Jew- the Provencal): Reds of the Midi; The White Ish Charities. Favors woman suffrage. Meaan. Terror. Mem. Woman's Cosnu>polltan Club Dane Co. Equal Suffrage League, Wl«. Political (N.Y. City), Pioneer Club (London). Equality League. Author: Translation of In- Ti't.rTr.cm »i i r.,.. tt j, ■.. divlduallzatlon of I*unishment; The World's JANVIBR, Margrsret Thompson, Norwood, Masi^. t„<,„i t»,ji„_„„i,.„„. „„Jj1.," ._:■', . """u » WritPr nf luvpnilP cjtnrlPfl- h Npw Orlpana Ta • ''^F^' Philosophies; various articles for encyclo- vvruer or juvenile swries, D.iNew uriean3,ija., pedias. Jewess. Mem. University League In- daughter Francis de Haes and Emma (Newbold) ternational Peace League, Queen Estief^^ Janvier. Contributor in verse and prose to maga- zi^nigt Soc. Club, Madison Woman's zmes. Author (pen-name "Margaret Vande- .„,„„ »»""ittii a. grift"): Clover Beach; A Dead Doll and Other JEITER8, Mary, Box 118. Bryn Mawr, Pa. Verses; Doris and Theodora: Holidays at Home; Teacher; b. Oxford, Pa., Apr. 23, 1868; dau LitUe Helpers; The Queen's Body Guard; Rose Eliakum Tupper and Esther (Hodgens) Jeilers- Raymond's Wards; Under the Dog Star; Ways ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '95; A.M. '97; studied and Means; Umbrellas to Mend; The Absent- at universities of Munich, Halle, Bonn, WUrz- Minded Fairy; Little Bell and Other Stories, burg and in Rome and Pompeii. Reader In Ger- Sister of the Ustinguished litterateur, Thomas man and oral examiner In French and German, Allebone Janvier (died June 18, 1913). Bryn Marwr Coll.; also private tutor for Bryn JAQUES. Bertiha F.velyn (Wrs. William K. ^tZ"" EP"' ^°^ ^^f^^wlL-i*" ^^I^Pean travel. Jaques), 4316 Greenwood Av., Chtcaro, III. Bt^' M^w A^h«r Ti?.?*'^* Y^'f^^^ glub. Etcher, printer; b. Covington. O.. Oet. 2i. bn?ri^n Me^ Ass'n^f r„n A^i,',^^"^ ^^"^ 1863; dau. John W. and CUi«-lotte A. (Wilde) iss^"'"; thV^Hanti^ IPfJ}' ^l^;, Classical Ciauson; ed. schools ir. Covington and Indian- ropean tr^vri g^enins Recreations: Eu- apolis; m. Nov. 28, 1889, Dr. William K. Jaques; !:^!rl „^ ,' S^^^^^'^B-

three children (aJl deceased). Lectureg on Etch- aS'.iri'REY, Jennettt Atwater Street (Mrs. Ed-

ing, and gives practical demonstrations of etching ^^.rd C. Jeffrey), 47 Lakevlew Av., Cambridge,

and printing: sec. and trean. Chicago Soc of -Mass.

Etchers (national In its scope); represented by „^'^^,^ Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1872; dau.

her etchings in N.Y. Public Library, Congres- Charles B and Rachel H. (Bishop) Street; ed.

sional Library, Washington; exhibited In Paris }^J^'^- °' Toronto, 1895, fellow in Latin, Bryn

Salon of 1912; represented in special num.ber of Mawr Coll., 1895-96; entered Univ. of Toronto

The Studio on Modern Etching and Etchers. In- |s winner of highest scholarship offered; had

terested in all movements for betterment of the ^^^ wass honors throughout, and took active

race. Books: Concerning Etchings; The Story P*" In college organizations; taught classics and

of Sbep; writer of eight well-known Christaaas ^f'lS" 1° St. Margaret's Coll., Toronto, 1897-

and three New-Year Cards; arUcles in maga- J^^: m- Toronto, June 25, 1901, Edward C. Jef-

zines illustrated with her etchings. Motu Little irey; one son: Charles Street. Press correspond-

Room, Audubon Soc., Anti-Cruelty Soc., Caxton ®°t for the Cambridge Political Equality Ass'n.

Soc, Nat. Geographic Soc, Chicago Soc of Favors woman suffrage. Has written many

Artists, Art Inst. Alumni Ass'n. Recreations: newspaper articles. Episcopalian. Recreations:

Sketchings out-doors, making Mueprints of ^.'^T^^^l,, ^^Himing, walking, out-of-door life,

plant forms, studying nature, writing music. Clubs: Plant, Cambridge Boat, College.

Independent. Favors woman suffrage. Progres- JENCKES, AdUUine Louise, Pawtucket, R.I.

sive. Teacher; b. EJast Blacketone, Mass.; ed. In

JARRETT, Cora Hardy (Mrs. Edwin Seton Jar- ^,'^^**^'?„°' Pawtucket, R.I., and Vassar Coll.,

rett), 105 E. Nineteenth St., N.Y. City. A.B. 87: N.Y. Univ. A.M. '99; post-graduate

Born Birmingham, Ala.; ed. Pollock-Stevens 2*i°°?°*^,J^°''^- °^^ ^^^■- 1901-02; Univ. of Pa.,

Inst., Birmingham, Ala,, and Miss Florence F°;.°- OT- Teacher Hollldaysburg (Pa.) Som.,

Bald-win's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; holder of J,^°J"^; ^-^^ '-^'y- 1891-92; Miss Townsend'e

James E. Rhoads Junior Scholarship, 1897-98; ^"O^'' ^®^?L^' ^-J-' 1892-1901; Aabury Park,

Anna Powers Memorial Scholarship, 1898-99; ^■^■' slice 1906.

Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '99; Bryn Mawr European JENCKES, Sarah Pratt (Mrs. Ray Greene

fellow and student at the Sorbonne, College de Jenckes, Jr., 669 Oak St., Terre Haute, Ind.

France and Univ. of Oxford, England; m. 1906, Bom Syracuse, N.Y. ; dau. Charles and Maria

E>dwin Seton Jarrett. Teacher Of Greek and Eng- (Preeland) Pratt; ed. Smith Coll., A.B.; Colum-

Hsh in Ward Sem., Nashville, Tenn., and grad- bia Univ. A.M.; m. Syracuse, N.Y., Feb.' 12, 1911,

uate student Vanderbilt Univ., 1902-03; teacher Ray Greene Jenckes, Jr.; one daughter: Marlon

of Engll.=h and literature in St. Timothy's School, Ray. Acting principal Schenectady (N.Y.) High

Catonsvllle, Md. School, 1905-06; head of English dep't, Springfield

JARVIS, Anna, 2031 North 12th St., Phlladel- (Mass.) High School, 1907-11. Pres. Schenectady

phla. Pa. Woman's Club, 1906-07; organizer of college grad-

Literary work; b. West Virginia; dau. Gran- ^^^^ courses in Springfield, Mass., 1908-10. Mem.

ville E. and Anna M. (Reeves) Jarvis; ed. South- Schenectady College Club, Springfield College

ern schools and Mary Baldwin Sem., Staunton, ^'"''; Favors woman suffrage. Non-secUrlan In

Va. Founder of Mother's Day and pres. of '■?"S'*°- ™e™- Modern Language Ass'n. Recrea-

Mother's Day International Ass'n, with the ob- "ons; Walkmg, golf, bridge, music

ject to honor and uplift motherhood and the JEN180N, Madge C, 82 Washington PI NT

home. Mother's Day is the second Sunday In City. "* ' "

May, annually, and its badge is a wiiite carna- Writer; b. Chicago, May 21, 1874- dau Edirard

tlon. Forty-nine Governors of States, Territories Spencer and Caroline (Spooner) Jenlaon- ed.

and dependencies have recognized and recom- Hyde Park High School, Chicago; Wells 'coU.

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��Favors woman suffrage; captain 25th Assembly Dist. (N.Y. City) Woman Suffrage Party. Con- tributor of stories and articles to magazines; sketches of New York in Saturday EJvening Post; Harper's. Author: The Lie; The Sacrament of a Night; The Spectator; articles on German Model Housing and Workman's Insurance; The Wrong Man (American Magazine), etc. JENKEVS, Alice Thornton, 902 Twenty third St., N.W., Washin^on, D.C.

Government clerk and stenographer; b. Balti- more, Dec. 18, 1857; dan. Rear Admiral T. A. and Elizabeth G. (Thornton) Jenkins; ed. Moravian Sem., Bethlehem, Pa.; private schools In Wash- ington, D.C, and Philadelphia, Pa. Interested in music; author of four musical compositions. Mem. U.S. Sponsors' Soc, Stanton Club, Dist. of Columbia Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Anthony League, Washington, D.C. Recreations: Read- ing, vocal music, painting. EJpiscopallan. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Mem. Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n and local clubs; delegate to three Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Conventions: Was:h- ington, D.C; Louisville, Ky.; Philadelphia, Pa. Director D.C Woman Suffrage Ass'n to Fed. of Women's Clubs; auditor State Equal Suffrage Ass'n, D.C, 1912-13.

JENKINS, Anna Spalding, 427 Nostrand Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Teacher of Latin; b. Joliet, 111., 1869; dau. Har- mon Dutilh and Harriet (Burrill) Jenkins; ed. Smith Coll., B.A. '90, A.M. '97; pupil in Am. School of Classical Studies, Rome, 1897-98. Ass't In Smith Coll., 1895-97; Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., since 1895. Interested in church and Y.W.C.A. Wrote article on The Trajan Reliefs In the Roman Forum in the Am. Arahaeological Journal. Presbyterian. Officer N.Y. Latin Club.

JENKINS, Frances. 404 W. KWorado St,, Decatur. 111.

Educator; b. Oswego, N.Y., Nov. 4, 1872; dau. Isaac Gray and Rsbecca (Congdon) Jenkins; ed. Oswego private schools; Oswego High School (grad.); Osiwego Normal School (grad. and post- grad.); Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ. (one year). Critic teacher, Northern 111. State Normal School, DeKalb, 111. ; supervisor. Teachers' Training School, Baltimore, Md. ; instructor, Howard Univ., Washington, D.C; supervisor of elemen- tary grades, Decatur, 111. ; vice-pres. of Muni- cipal Art League. Favors woman suffrage. Ass't editor of The Riverside Readers. Congregatlon- alist. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, 111. State Teachers' Ass'n, Religious Educational Ass'n, D.A.R., Y.W.C.A., Musical Club of Decatur, 111. JENKINS, Gfirtirvjde JHalbert (Mrs. Paul B. Jen- kins), 276 Ogden Av., Milwaukee, Wis. Born Binghamton, N.Y.; dau. Delancey M. and Sarah (Morgan) Halbert; ed. Wells ColU, A.B. 1890; m. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 23, 1897, Rev. Paul B. Jenkins, D.D. ; one son: Halbert H. Jenkins, b. 1899. Interested in church, missionary and young women's work and social life. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Reading, out-door life. Presbyterian.

JENKINS, Hester Donaldson, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Professor; b. Oshkosh, Wis., July 6, 1869; dau. James Howard and Mary Lawrence (Turnbull) Jenkins; ed. Oshkosh State Normal School, di- ploma '96; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B. '98; Ph.M. in English literature '99; Columbia Ph.D. in modern European history '12; held a scholarship In Columbia 1911-12. Prof, history and English In Constantinople Coll., 1900-09; ass't prof, history and sociology in Adelphl Coll., Brooklyn, 1911-12; dep't history In Colorado Coll., Colorado Springs, from Sept., 1912. Lectured in N.Y. public schools, Brooklyn Inst., and elsewhere, on the Turkish Revolution; Turkish Song and Story; Constanti- nople College, etc. ; has been connected with philanthropic and religious activities where she has taught Author: Behind Turkish Lattices; Ibrahim Pastia, Grand Vizier of Sulieman the Magnificent (Columbia Political Science Series); also articles on the recent Turkish revolution; Women In Turkey, etc. ; short stories In The Outlook, The CongregationaUst, The N.Y. Trib-

��une, etc. Has translated poems by Flkre-Bey for The Open Court, from the Turkish. Congre- gationalist. Mem. Am. Historical Soc, Am. Oriental Soc, Chicago; Columbia and Oshkosh State Normal Alumnfe. Recreations: Riding, boating, tennis, etc. Has belonged to clubs con- nected with various colleges.

JENKINS, Irene Fowler Brown (Mrs. William

Ernest Jenkins), Ellendale, Tenn.

"Writer, farmer; b. Moscow, Tenn., Nov. 17, 1871; dau. Joseph John and Mary Balsora (Aber- nathy) Brown; ed. Clara Conway Inst., Mem- phis, Tenn., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '94; m. June 12, 1907, WUliam Ernest Jenkins. Teacher in Columbia (S.C) Female Coll., 1894-95; Bailey Springs (Ala.) Univ., 1895-98; Birmingham (Ala.) Sem., 1899-1902; Memphis, Tenn., 1902-05; Higbee School, Memphis, 1906; governess in Alabama, 1905-06. Since marriage to a farmer, devoted to farm life, and most interested in improved methods of farming; enthusiastic advocate of return to farm life. Occasional contributor of stories and poems to leading magazipes; also writes for newspapers and farm publications. Her poem, "The Child Eternal" (published In Harpers), has been Included in a volume of poems about the child compiled by Mary Sparkes Wheeler. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Child Labor Com. Recreations: Writing, tennis, vrhist, read- ing.

JENKINS, Mary B., Boonton, N.J.

Bom Beonton; dau. George Kid Hannaii (Ma- gan) Jenkins; mem. N.Y. Alumnge of Bethlehem Moravian Sem., Pa. Manager of Woman's Branch of N.J. Historical Soc; past director N.J. State Federation of Women's Clubs. Pres- byterian. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, N.J. State Charities Aid and Prison Reform Ass'n, Mary Fisher Home of N.J. Ass'n. Mem. Sorosi's (N.Y. City), Boonton Improvement Soc, Keeno Valley Country Club.

JENKINS, Mary Emma, Syracuse, N.Y.

Newspaper publisher; b. Syracuse, N.Y., May 5, 1879; dau. Arthur Jenkins (founder, principal ovmer and publisher of the Herald); ed. public schools and high school. After death of her father succeeded to his post as pres. of the Herald of Syracuse.

JENKINS, Mary Otis (Mrs. John B. Jenkins),

2625 Prairie Av., Chicago.

Born Chicago. III., Nor. 24, 1860; dau. Joseph Edward and Maria Ellen (Tayloi^ Otis; ed. Dearborn Sem., Chicago, and grad. Chestnut St. Sem., Philadelphia, '79; m. Nov. 19, 1885, John E. Jenkin.<3; one son: John Blliott. Manager since 1897 of Board of Old People's Home of Chicago. Presbyterian. Mem. Colonial Dames of America.

JENKINS, Stdla Frances, 3001 Bales Av^ Kan- sas City, Mo.

Teacher, minister, lecturer; b. Wabash, Ind., 1882; dau. Benjamin F. and Frances C (YTiles) Jenkins; ed. Barlhann Coll., Richmond, Ind.; Chicago Univ. Teacher 25 years in ward and high schools of Kazksas City, Mo. ; last 15 years in Manual Training High School in English compo- sition and literature dep't. Interested in church work, civic improvement, sociology. Favors woman suffrage; mem. local Equal Suffrage Soc. Author: An Interpretation of the Gospel According to P^lends — A Sketch. Has con- tributed numerous articles to church papers and some to local newspapers. Regularly ordained minister of the Friends (Quaker) Church. Mem. W.CT.U., Y.W.C.A., Kansas City Equal Suf- frage Soc; mem. Com. to Promote Morsd In- struction In Public Schools of Kansas City, Mo. Recreations: Gardening, walking. Mem. Athe- njenm Club of Kansas City, Mo.; first and only woman admitted to Ministers' Alliance of Kansas City: first woman In State of Missouri to per- form the marriage ceremony. Devotes most of time to teaching and making addresses on im- portant current topics. Leader-teacher of one of the largest women's Bible classes in Kansas City. Planned and built, without architect, con- tractor or builder, the $5,500 home In which she lives, a much admired structure.

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��JENKS, Agnes M. (Mrs. Barton Piclcerlng

Jenks), Concord, N.H.

Boru Wakefield, Mass.; ed. Boston (Mass.) public and private schools; m. Concord, N.H., Oct. 23, 18S2, Barton P. Jenks (pres. William B. Durgin Co., silversmiths. Concord, N.H.); chil- dren: Phoebe M. Picliering, Barton Pickering .Jr., Lewis B. Was an actress; played Important parts with Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett and Mme. Helena Modjeska (stage name "Agnes Acrea"). Mem. Professional Woman's Club, Con- cord Woman's Club, various charity organiza- tions and Peace Soc. of N.H. Favors woman suffrage; sec. New Hampshire Woman Suffrage Ass'n; pres. Concord Equal Suffrage Ass'n. JKNNE, Ida Sherman (Mrs. Clarence F. R.

Jenne), Hartford, Conn.

Born E. Dover, Vt, May 1, 1860; dau. Sidney Harvey and Mary E. (Farnsworth) Sherman; ed. Brattleboro (Vt.) High School; m. Brattle- boro, Vt., Sept. 15, 1880, Clarence F. R. Jenne; children: Pauline Jenne Warren (B.A. Mt. Hol- yoke Coll., '05), Sherman Austin Jenne. Nat. treasurer U.S. Daughters of 1812; also pres. Conn. State Soc. of U.S. Daughters of 1812; vice-pres. Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America (Conn, chapter); charter mem. of Vt. Soc. of Colonial Dames; life mem. D.A.R. ; second vice- pres. Woman's Auxiliary to Y.M.C.A., Hart- ford, Conn.; mem. Motherhood Club of Hartford, Conn. ; pres. Good Samaritan Chapter of King's Daughters and Sons; director of Home Missions In Hartford Association. JENNEY, Caroline King: (Mrs. Alexander D.

Jenney), 5 Brattle Rd., Syracuse, N.T.

Born Syracuse, N.Y., 1879; dau. John F. and Sally (Sedgwick) King; ed. Smith Coll., Class of 1900; m. Syracuse, 1903, Alexander D. Jenney; children: John Lord King, Alexander D., Cor- nelia Jenney. Belongs to several local charitable organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Uni- tarian. Mem. Woman's Political Union. Recre- ations: Motoring, skating, swimming, golf. Mem. Onondaga Country Club, Sedgwick Lawn Club. JENNEY, Julie Regnla, 630 Onondaga County

Savings Bank Building, Syracuse, N.T.

Lawyer; b. Syracuse, N.Y. ; dau. Edwin Sher- man and Marie Regula Hoffendahl (Saul) Jenney; ed. Univ. of Mioh., LL.B. First woman in Court of Appeals'of State of N.Y., and first woman in State to argue appeals in Third and Fourth Dep'ts of Supreme Court of State of N.Y. Mem. Onondaga Co. Bar Ass'n, Syracuse Council of Women's Clubs, Professional Women's League, Consumers' League, Political Equality Club, Ka-na-te-nah Club (all of Syracuse). Recrea- tions: Literature, auction bridge, dramatics, swimming. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; has held several offices in Woman Suffrage Ass'n, and has given many addresses on the subject.

JENNEY, Marie Regula, (Mrs. Edwin Sher-

nnan Jenney), 236 Greene St., Syracuse, N.Y.

Born Boston, Mass. ; dau. Rev. George Saul, Lutheran minister, and Julia (Steiner) Saul; ed. Syracuse High School and Boston private school; m. 1S63, Col. Ed-win Sherman Jenney, who served through the Civil War (died 1900); children: Julie Regula (lawyer of Syracuse), William Sherman (counsel and vice-pres. Dela- ware, Lackawanna & Western R.R., N.Y. City), Mrs. Fred C. Howe, Alexander D. (lawyer, Syra- cuse). Actively identified with the efforts and organizations in the fields of philanthropy and civic improvement In Syracuse. Founded and is pres. of The Ka-na-te-nah (woman's) Club of Syracuse (350 members); pres. Syracuse Coun- cil of Women's Clubs (3,000 members); formerly pres. 13 years, now honorary pres. Syracuse Morning Musicals; director Syracuse Political Equality Club; chairman Com. on Suffrage, N.Y. State Federation of Women's Clubs; mem. Con- sumers' League, Fortnightly Club. JENNEY, Ruth Marie (Mrs. Charles Elmer

.lenney), Fresno, Cal.

Born Colobrook, N.H. ; dau. Elbridge H. and Jennette H. (Rogers) French; ed. Western Re- serve Acad., Hudson, O.; Young Ladies' Acad., Sherbrook: Oberlin Coll., Oberlin, O. ; won Gov-

��ernor General of Canada's medal for scholarship; m. Fresno, Cal., June 17, 1903, Charles £lmer Jenney. Mem. and on two committe.es of Y.W.C.A. of Fresno, Cal. Against woman suf- frage. Congregationalist. Republican. Pres. of Friday Club, Fresno, Cal., for past two years. JENNINGS, Mary Kirby, 4 3 West St., South

Norwalk, Conn.

Born N.Y. City, Mar. 1, 1871; dau. Isaac S. and Sarah Deshon (Kirby) Jennings; ed. prlyate schools and New Haven Normal School of Gym- nastics, '94. Branch sec. of Trinity Glrla' Friendly Soc, South Norwalk (mem. exec. com. of Conn. Diocesan Council of Girls' Friendly Soc.); chairman of Altar Soc.; Sunday-school teacher; mem. Woman's Guild of Trinity Church; mem. of Com. Woman's Auxiliary to Board of Missions; director and sec. of Norwalk Day Nur- sery, Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. Associate mem. of Hillside Alumnae Ass'n; mem. Woman's Mu- nicipal League, Conn. Botanical Soc., Soc. for the Protection of Native Plants, Portfolio Club (for the study of history and art), Norwalk Bird Club.

JENNINGS, Phillipena G. (Mrs. Louis H. Jen- nings), 5 307 Kenmore Av., Chicago, 111. Bom Pirmesens, Germany, Dec. 1, 1852; dau. Peter and Katherine (Faul) Gundrum; grad. Ionia (Mich.) High School, In English, French, German, 1876; m. Ionia, Mich., Aug. 29, 1876, Louis H. Jennings, noTV serving the twentieth year as recording sec. of North-western Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of M.E. (Jhurch; has edited and published twenty annual reports of same; leader of Birchwood Study Class, Chicago, four years; completed Bayvierw Study Course and received diploma; in 1900 made an extended tour of Europe studying noted places and art galleries of principal cities. Mem. North End Woman's Club, Chicago; char- ter mem. and three terms pres. Rogers Park Woman's Club, Chicago; mem. and has served two years as pres. of Argyle Park Portia Club, Chicago. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive. JEPHSON, Lady (Harriet J.), 60 Brompton Sq.,

London, S.W., England.

Lady of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem; b. Thornhill, Quebec, Canada; dau. Archibald Campbell (barrister at law and Pro- thonotary for the Province of Quebec) and Isa- bella (Prior) Campbell; ed. by masters and gov- ernesses at home, but studied painting and mod- eling in Rome; m. Captain Sir Alfred Jephson, Royal Navy, Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem (now deceased). Has exhibited water color paintings in the New Gal- lery, British Artists, Grafton, Dudley, Royal Institute of Painters In Water Colors, Roman Academy, etc. Author: A Canadian Scrap Book; Letters to a Debutante; also articles and essays which have appeared in the principal English magazines. Mem. Church of England. Po- litically a strong Unionist and Conservative. Against woman suffrage. Vice-pres. Eteptford Clothing Guild; a branch pres. of The Children's Happy Earnings. Recreations: Riding, reading, traveling, sketching, also society. JEPSON, Mabel Pretiton Wyatt (Mrs. Harry

Benjamin Jepson). 246 E. Rock Rd., New

Haven, Conn.

Bom N.Y. City, 1870; dau. Albert H. and Martha W. (Preston) Wyatt; ed. Packer Colle- giate Inst., Smith Coll., B.L. *93 (mem. Phi Kappa Psi); m. Norwalk, Conn., Aug. 1, 1895, Harry Benjamin Jepson. JERMAN, Camelia (Mrs. Palmer Jennan), 109

E. Ann St., Raleigh. N.C.

Bom N.C; dau. William C. and B^mma V. (Thayard) Petty: ed. Oxford Coll., N.C; New England Conservatory of Music; m. Carthage, N.C, Nov. 10. 1898, Palmer Jerman ; children: Lucy V. (deceased), Thomas Palmer. Pres. Women's Club of Raleigh, 1904-'10; first vice- pres. N.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs; vlce-prea. Woman's Betterment Ass'n of N.C, 1911. Baptist. JEROME, Anialie Ilofer (Mrs. Frank Jerome),

831 W. Thirty-third PI.. Chicago, 111.

Educational lecturer; b. Clermont, la., 1864;

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��dau. Andreas Franz and Mari (Ruef) Hofer; ed. McGregor (la.) Hi^h School, Chicago Kinder- garten Coll., Univ. of Chicago; m. Chicago, Aug. 1, 1909, Frank Jerome. Practical printer and editor; publisher of Kindergarten Magazine, Kindergarten Training Teacher; social settle- ment head worker. Active in Chicago social and civic committee work, Chicago Woman's Club, Woman's City Club, Fellowship House Woman's Club, District, State and General Fed. of Women's Clubs. One of founders of Intemat. Kindergarten Union, Playground Aas'n of Amer- ica, and Playground Ass'n of Chicago. Favors woman suffrage. Ward leader under the Wom- an's City Club. EMitor of Kindergarten Maga- zine ten years; writer of magazine articles, etc. Progressive in politics. Recreations: Walking, nature excursions. JESS, Clara Alice, Daly City, San Mateo Co.,

Cal.

City official; b. Valley, Modoc Co., Cal., Sept. 10, 1887; dau. William Allen and Mary Simeon (Gleason) Jess; ed. San Francisco public schools; law student, law stenographer. Ap- pointed city recorder of Daly City, Cal., 1912, by the Socialist Party; the first woman to hold a judicial office in the State. Recreation: Music. Catholic. Favors woman suffrage. JESSUP, Mary Hay (Mrs. Henry Wynans Jes-

sup), 136 East Fifty-fifth St., N.Y. City.

Born Philadelphia, Pa., July 1, 1866; dau. James May and Lucy Hay (Butler) Stotesbury; ed. Mrs. Howell's private school; m. West Chester, Pa., Oct. 15, 1889, Henry Wynans Jessup; chil- dren: Henry Herbert, Theodore Carrington, John Butler, Philip Caryl, Richard Stotesbury. Pres- byterian. JEWELL, Edith Winifred, 6 Vincent PI., Mont-

clair, N.J.

Teacher; b. Bangor, Me., Aug. 28, 1879; dau. Milton A. and Hannah fWlggln) Jewell; grad. high school, Portland, Me., '95; ComeH Univ., Ph.B. 1900; graduate study at Univ. of Berlin, 1903-04 and 1907; summer school at Marburg, 1910 (mem. Delta Gamma). Teacher of German, Deering High School, Portland, Me., three years;

Montclair High School, 1905. Against woman

suffrage. Recreation: Walking. Clubs: College Women's, Teachers' of Montclair, N.J. JEWETT, Faunie Cornelia Frjstie (Mrs. Frank

B. Jewett), Wyoming Av., Wyoming, N.J.

Bom Rockford, 111., Jan. 25, 1878; dau. Wil- loughby L. L. and Clara Frances (Leach) Frisbie; ed. Rockford Coll., A.B. '99; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. '04; fellow Univ. of Chicago, 1902-03 (mem. Soc. of Sigma XI, 1903); m. Rockford, Dec. 28, 1905, Frank B. Jewett, Ph.D.; one son: Harrison Leach. Taught Dearborn Sem., Chi- cago, 1900-02; Barnard Coll., N.Y. City, 1303-04. Interested in local civic, religious and educa- tional activities. Author (Ph.D. thesis): Effect of Pressure on Magnetic Permeability of Soft Iron Anchor Rings. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Gardening, fishing, camping, canoeing. JEWETT, Frances Campbell (Mrs. Edward

Rountree Jewett), Cherryfleld, Me. District superintendent of schools; b. Boston, Mass., Dec. 2, 1863; dau. Gleason Ricker and Juliet Wheeler (Brown) Campbell; ed. Wellesley Coll., A.B. '84; Univ. of Maine, '09; m. Cherry- field, Me., Aug. 4, 1885, Edward Rountree Jewett; children: John Nelson, Helen Campbell, Donald Campbell. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Geo- graphic Soc., Nat. Educational Ass'n, Penobscot Valley Ass'n, Collegiate Alumnae Ass'n. Mem. Shakespeare Club of Cherryfleld, Me. JEWETT, Frances Gulick (Mrs. Frank Fanning Jewett), Oberlin, Ohio.

Writer; b. Ponape, Micronesian Islands, Oct. 13, 1854; dau. Luther Halsey Gulick, D.D., M.D., and Louisa (Lewis) Gulick; ed. Lake Erie Coll., Painesville, O., 1875; also special studies in Ber- lin, Germany, 189.5-96; m. Yokohama, Japan, July 30, 1880, Prof. Frank Fanning Jewett; one son: Charles Jewett (died in infancy). Author: Luther Halsey Gulick, Missionary, 1895; also five books

of the Gulick Hygiene Series; Good Health, 1905;

Town and City, 1905; The Body at Work, 1907;

��Control of Body and Mind, 1908; The Body and Its Defences, 1909. CongregationalWt. Inde- pendent in politics. Club: Ohio Woman's Press. Favors woman suffrage. JEWETT, Mary B., Florence Villa, Florida.

Physician; b. Ohio, Feb. 24, 1858; dau. Mendall Jewett, M.D., and Cordelia (Kent) Jewett; ed. Buchtel Coll., Akron, O., A.B. '78; post-grad. Wellesley Coll., 1883-85; Women's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, M.D. '95; hospital cours'e in Philadelphia Hospital. Appointed as attending physician N.Y. Infirmary for Women and C!hil- dren, 1909;; pres. Women's Med. Soc, N.Y. City, 1909-10; pres. Women's Med. Ass'n N.Y. State, 1910-11. Leeturer in N.Y. City on Social Hygiene before clubs, settlements, schools, teachers' aas'ns, etc. Sec. Public Health Education Work of Am. M«d. AiJa'n for N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Author: A Problem in Hygiene; also magazine articles upon medical and socio- logical subjects. Mem. Disciples of Christ. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, Women's Med. Soc. N.Y. State, Women's Med. Soc. N.Y. City. Recreations: Growing oranges in Florida, fishing, auto- mobiling.

JEWETT, Nannie Hume (Mrs. Henry C. Jewett), Washington Barracks, Washington, D.C. Bom April 23, 1881; dau. Frank and Emma (Norris) Hume; grad. Friends School, Washing- ton, D.C.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '01: m. April IS, 1906, Capt. Henry C. Jewett. Interested in the George Junior Republic at Annapolis Junction, Md. Recreation: Horseback riding. Episco- palian. Favors woman suffrage. JOHANSEN, M. Jean McLane (Mrs. John G. Johansen), 5 E. Ninth St., N.Y. City. Portrait painter; b. Chicago, 111; dau. George A. and Annie (Wirsing) McLane; student of art under John H. Vanderpoel, Frederick W. Freer, Frank Duveneck; m. N.Y. City, 1905, John C. Johansen; one daughter: Margaret McLane. First prize. International Art League, Paris, 1906; two medals, St. Louis Exposition, 1904; silver medal. Fine Arts Exposition, Buenos Ayres, 1910; Elling prize, N.Y. City, 1906; first prize, N.Y. Art Club, 1907; Shaw medal, Nat. Acad. Design, N.Y. City, 1912. Exhibited in all the principal art exhibitions in this country and abroad. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant. Associate Nat. Acad, of Design; mem. MacDowell Club of N.Y. City.

JOHNS, Alice Gillette (Mrs. P. O. Johns), Me- tropolis, 111.

Club woman, business woman; b. Manliue, N.Y., 1863; dau. Norman and Caroline (Spore) Gillette; ed. Syracuse Univ., M.A. (Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Metropolis, 111., Jan. 28, 1889, P. O. Johns. High school principal for eight years; now busy in management of own estate and active in church and social life; vice-pres. of 111 State Fed., 1910-11; pres. 24th Dist. of 111. State Fed., 1908-11; chairman of Philanthropic Com. of 111. SUte Fed., 1912-14. Mem. Church Guild (pres. five years). Am. Civic Ass'n, Junior League Branch, Woman's Club of Metropolis, 111. (pres.). Episcopalian. Favors woman suf- frage.

JOHNS, Laura M. (Mrs. James B. Johns), 2121 University Av., San Diego, Cal. Born near Lewiston, Pa., Dec. 18, 1849; dau. John R. and Angeline (Ames) Mitchell; educated in public and private schools in Pa. ; m. Lewiston, Pa., Jan. 14, 1872, James B. Johns. Favors woman suffrage. Leader in securing municipal suffrage for women of Kansas; nine years pres. Kansas Equal Suffrage Ass'n and lecturer and organizer under Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; later took active part in Cal. suffrage campaign, which resulted in securing full suffrage for women. Christian Scientist. Republican. Mem. Woman's Christian Temperance Union of San Diego. Mem. Public Welfare League of San Diego.

JOHNS, Mary J. V. (Mrs. Bennett Willson

Johns), 1224 Adams St., Olympia, Wash.

Born Perry, 111., Oct. 26, 1851; dau. CharJea

Morrison and Mary J. (Macfarlane) Vertrees; ed.

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��Bennett Willson Johns; one daughter: Ruth V., b. Dec. 5, 1874 (now Mrs. A. S. Kerfoot of Lemon Grove, Cal.). Owned and had charge of a book bindery, 1S87-91; was first matron of Charlton Cottage for Young Ladies at Ottawa Univ., 1882- 83; asa't postmaster at Olympia, Wash., for seven years beginning April 16, 1898. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Republican. Mem. Eastern Star (past matron), Rebecca Lodge, Woman's Re- lief Corps (pres.). Ladies' Relief Soc., Woman's Club of Olympia (pres. three times). Country Club of Olympia, Wash. Has traveled ex- tensively in U.S.; trip to Europe, 1910. In the Territorial days of Washington, when women were allowed to vote, took an active part in politics; was twice mem. Republican County Convention, and once of Republican Territorial Convention.

JOHNSON, Mrs. Adelaide, home and studio, 37 W. Twelfth St., N.Y. City; studio, 20 Vicolo dl San Nlccolo da Tolentino, Rome. Italy. Artist, sculptor; b. Plymouth, 111.; dau. Chris- topher William and Margaret Elizabeth (Huff) Johnson; ed. in various schools at home and abroad. Her early years were full of struggle, and her career was achieved through many diffi- culties. Known as the sculptress of famous women and especially of those who have led in the upward movements of the age. Among her productions are statues of Lucretia Mott, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, in the Corcoran Gallery at Washington; Dr. Helen Densmore of Washington, Gen. John A. Logan, John Burroughs, the naturalist; Mrs. 0. H. P. Belmont, Mrs. Ellen Hardin Walworth (one of founders of Daughters ot American Revolution). Deeply interested in the woman suffrage ques- tion; mem. Woman's Social and Political Union of England (Mrs. Pankhurst's society) ; patroness of the International Council of Women; mem. International Vegetarian Union, Lyceum Club (international), London (representative in New York); active in work of organizing American Lyceum Club (national) to be located in N.Y. City and affiliated with the international Lyceum Club of London and its continental branches at Paris, Berlin, Florence and Rome; honorary mem. Chicago Woman's Club of N.Y. City.

JOHNSON, Alice Adams (Mrs. Edward Lewis Johnson), 91 Prospect St., Providence, R.I. Bom Pawtucket, R.I., May 8, 1860; dau. Albert Ezra and Julia (Brayman) Adams; ed. Pau- tucket and Providence, R.I. ; m. Central Falls, R.I., Sept., 1S81, Edward Lewis Johnson; one daughter: Alice Loraine. Pres of Churchill House Corporation, a corporation owning a building for the use of clubs, musicales and social func- tions; Interested in church societies, foreign and home. Day Nursery, Associated Charities, and Working Girls' Club. Mem, Soc. of Mayflower Descendants; recording sec. R.I. Soc. of Colonial Dames; mem. D.A.R. (ex-State vice-regent). Founder and first pres. of Pawtucket Woman's Club; ex-mem. Board of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; ex-pres. of two music clubs. Recreation: Music (piano). Congregationalist. Against wo- man suffrage.

JOHNSON, Alice Williams (Mrs. George Ells- worth Johnson), B543 Fair Oaks St., Pitts- burgh, Pa.

Born Bradford, Vt, Dec. 27, 1870; dau. Rev. John K. and Annie E. (Denison) Williams; ed. Northfleld (Mass.) Sem., Wellesley Coll., B.S. '93; m. July 14, 1897, George Ellsworth Johnson; chi'ldren: Stephen Williams, Rachel, Lucy Bots- ford, Catherine Alber. Presbyterian. Mem. Foreign and Home Missionary Soc. ; pres. Pitts- burgh Colony of N. England Women; pres. Pitts- burgh Branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; mem. College Club, Thursday Musical Club.

JOHNSON, Anna (pen name "Hope Daring"),

428 Church St., Hastings, Mich.

Author; b. Athens, Pa., July, 1860; dau. George P. and L. Jano (Van Vechten) Johnson; ed. dis- trict schools of Barry Co., Mich.; Hastings High School, Albion (Mich.) Coll. Author: To the Third Generation; Agnes Grant's Education; An Abundant Harvest; Entering Into His Own; The Appointed Way; Madeline, the Island Girl;

��Father John; A Virginian Holiday; Valadero Ranch; The Gordons. Methodist. Recreations: Reading, travel. Mem. local Women's Club and Mich. Woman's Press Ass'n. A contributor to many Sunday-school and church papers. OOIIN.SON, Anna Hayward, 436 Walnut St., Redlands, Cal.

Physician; b. N.Y. City; ed. In schools of Orange, N.J.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '77, A.M. '82; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '82. Engaged in practice as physician in Orange, N.J., after- ward becoming resident physician at the Hamp- ton (Va.) Inst, and later a medical missionary in California; now in practice at Redlands, Cal. Author: Essay on Neurasthenia; writer of chil- dren's stories in various magazines. JOHKSkJN, Anna Louise, 104 Marengo Park, Springfield, Mass.

Kindergartner; b. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 25, 18G9; dau. James Louis and Sarah Hosmer (ChamberLain) Johnson; ed. Springfield (Mass.) public and high schools; Smith Coll., B.S. '93; Springrfield Kindergarten Training School, '98. Taught eight years in public kindergarten of Springfield, Ma..ss. ; has done Sunday-school work in kindergarten and primary dep't; director of a children's missionary soc. Interested In all sociological affairs. Believes In woman suffrage in theory. Has written several songs, verses, etc., of which A Birthday Song and A Missionary Alphabet have been published. Congregation- alist. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnse Ass'n, Tv^ichell Alunmffl Ass'n. Recreations: Nature work, pho- tography, needlework. Mem. Kindergarten Club. JOHNSON, Anna Mai'iUa, 127 Thompson St., Springtield, Mass.

Teacher; b. Springfield, Mass., July 30, 1849; dau. Doliver and Nancy Haven (Wight) Johnson; grad. Whitestown Sem,, Whltesboro, N.Y., '67; Vassar (Latin salutatory), A.B. '76; post-grad, course in English and Anglo-Saxon, (Joruell Univ., '84. After some preliminary experience taught 25 years in English dep't of Hfeh School, Brookline, Mass., taking classes in German about 10 years; for several years carried on, mean- while, an evening extension course in English; accorded a half year's leave of absence, with half-pay, 1894. Resigned position Feb., 1910, and took an extended trip to Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land, a somewhat exciting experience of which on the return voyage was a broken screw causing the vessel to drift in a dense fog New York being reached by transfer to another ship. Mem. North (Congregational Church of Springfield, Mass. Interested in church and Sunday-school work, teaching Chineoe pupils, etc. Pres. Missionary Soc. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Equal Suffrage League of Spring- field. Mem. Woman's Christian Ass'n. Vassar Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n Coll. Alumnas, Phi B.eta Kappa. Occasional contributor to newspapers. JOHNSON, Anne (Mrs. Charles P. Johnson), 4300 Washington Av. ; office, Navarre Building' St. Louis, Mo.

Sec. and ass't to Charles P. Johnson, criminal lawyer; b. Illinois, Jan. 17, 1871; dau. Maurice and Clementine (Bernays) Andre; ed. Acad St Francis de Sales, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; m (2d) St. Louis, Mo., Nov. IS, 190S, Charles P. Johnson criminal lawyer; children: Bernays, Andre, Carol' Writer of historical and biographical sketches.' Author: Notable Women of St. Louis, 1913- the different sketches have been published, before putting in book form, in the Sunday edition of the St. Louis Star. Mem. Papyrus (a literary club); mem. Chess Club. Favors woman suf- frage.

JOHNSON, Annie Davis (Mrs. Albert Johnson), 54 Chestnut St., BinRhamton, N.Y. Born Lisle, N.Y., 1847; dau. Ezra Fountain and Isabella Davis (ancestors of Colonial times lived in Brookhaven, L.I., N.Y.); grad. Bingbamton Female Sem., with high honors; m. Blng- hamtou, 1880, Albert Johnson. Reared at Bing- hanUon. but lived in N.Y. City for 20 years and in Chicago six years. Mem. Chicago Chapter D.A.R,; mem. Nat. Soc. Ncts' England Women (helped form Chicago Colony New England Women and was its first sec); treas. and direc- tor Woman's Dep't of Am. Civic Ass'n (has also

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��organized Junior Civic Leagues in several citfes in committee). Long a believer and advocate of woman suffrage; attended conventions of Nat. Ass'n when Miss Susan B. Anttiony was active as pres. Charter mem. and first sec. of Chil- dren's Day Ass'n, a Chicago charity in connec- tion with Juvenile Court; did active service in behalf of school gardens through Chicago Women's Outdoor Art League; mem. Indian Ass'n, an auxiliary of Nat. Indian Ass'n. Mem. Soc. lor Political Study, Women's Health Pro- tective Ass'n, Woman's Municipal League and Legislative League (all of N.Y. Cityj; Civic Club (Binghamton), Broome Co. Historical Soc. Contributor to newspapers and magazines on Forestry, Irrigation, Artificial Waterways, and other economic subjects. Mem. M.E. Church. Progressive in politics. JOHNSON, Carolyn Ma« Lord (Mrs. Franklin

Winslow Johnson), 5715 Washington Av.,

Chicago, 111.

Bom Calais, Me., Aug. 20, 1875; dau. George W. and Mary (Rldeout) Lord; ed. Calais Acad., '93; Wellesley Coll., 1893-96; m. Calais, Me., July 15, 1896, Franklin Winslow Johnson. Interested in church activities of all kinds; chairman of Board of Managers of Woman's Am. Baptist Home Mis- sion Soc ; mem women's musical and literary clubs, civic and educational activities; pres. of Waterville (Me.) Woman's Literary Club, 1903-05; pres. of musical and special students' organiza- tion of Wellesley Coll., 1895-96. Has done public speaking on civic, educational and missionary topics. Baptist. Idem, crew at Wellesley, 1894- 96. Recreations: RoTving, walking, swimming, golf, horseback riding, fishing. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Chicago Woman's City Club, Chicago Wellesley Club, Univ. of Chicago Settle- ment League. Was formerly chairman of Legis- lative Com. of Me. Fed. of Women's Clubs; later chairman of Home and Educational Dep't of Morgan Park (111.) Woman's Club. JOHNSON, Carrie Mabel Dexter (Mrs. Martin

L. Johnson), West Wardsboro, Vt.

Bom Wardsboro, Vt., Apr. 30, 1878; dau. Dele- van C. and Rosa L. (Knowlton) Dexter; ed. pub- lic school, Wardsboro, Vt.; Acad., Saxton's River, Vt., and Broiwn Univ.; m. West Townshend, Vt., Aug. 29, 1903, Martin L. Johnson; children: Rus- sell Dexter, Wells Martin. "Teacher graded schools, Bellows Falls, Vt. ; Leiand and Clay Sem., Townshend, Vt. ; six years sup't schools, Wardsboro, Vt. Library commissioner. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Ladies' Social Circle and Y.W.C.A. Interested in eugenics, hygiene and sanitation. JOHNSON, Constance Fnller ^Vheeler (Mrs. Bur-

ges Johnson), Port Washington, L.I., N.Y.

Author; b. Staten Island, Sept. 16, 1879; dau. Everett Pepperell and Lydia Lorraine (Hodges) Wheeler; ed. Brearley School, N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, June 14, 1904, Burges Johnson; chil- dren: Mary Abigail, James Gibson. Author: When Mother Lets Us Cook; When Mother Lets Us Help; When Mother Lets Us Keep Pets; When Mother Lets Us Travel in France; and poems. Mem. Village Welfare Soc., Port Wash- ington; 9th District Com. of the Charity Or- ganization of N.Y. City. Recreation League of Port Washington. Recreations: Canoeing, walk- ing, swimming, photography. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage. JOHNSON, Edith Cherry, 614 E. Eighth St.,

Oklahoma City, Okla.

News writer and editor; b. Nov. 11, 1879; dau. Smith L. and Mary Caroline (Hatcher) Johnson; grad. Miss Phelps' School for Young Ladies, Columbus, Ohio; student at Ohio State Univ. For past four years society editor of the Daily Oklahi>man, Oklahoma City, Okla; her work also Includes music criticism, interviewing and fea- ture story writing. Episcopalian. Recreation: Theatre Against woman suffrage and writes in opposition to the cause. JOHNSON, Eleanor Hope, 37 Madison Av., N.Y.

City.

Born Rutland, Vt; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '94. Settlement worker Hull House, Chicago, 1897; Hartley House, 1899; school visitor, Farmington,

��Conn., 1901-04; chairman of local School Boar5 of Eighth Dist., N.Y. City, since 1908. Mem. Am. Economic Ass'n, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. Archaeological Inst, of America, Japan Soc. Has done editorial and journalistic work. Sec. Com. on Hygiene of School Children, Public Education Ass'n, 1912. Writer of children's stories and educational articles. Mem. Exec. Com. Gram- ercy Neighborhood Ass'n; mem. Women's Uni-- versify Club, Woman's Cosmopolitan Club, Washington Square Progressive Club. Congrega- tionalist. Favors woman suffrage. JOHNSON, Elizabeth Ayer (Mrs. Frank Seward

Johnson), 2521 Prairie Av., Chicago.

Born Harvard, 111., Nov. 28, 1886; dau. Edward Everett and Emma (Burbank) Ayer; ed. Misses Grant's Sem., Chicago; Kirkland School, Chi- cago; m. Lake Geneva, Wis., Sept. 3, 1890, Frank Seward Johnson; children: Hosmer Ayer, Edwarc*. Ayer. Presbyterian. Mem. Chicago Chamber Music Soc., Woman's Exchange Soc. for Pro tection of Immigrants, School of Domestic Art/ and Sciences, Fortnightly Club. JOHNSON, Eli3. ! th Hopkins (Mrs. HobaK

Stanley Johnson, 130 E. Gorham St., Madi •

son, Win.

Bom Madison, Wis,, Nov. 5, 1874; dau. George Bates and Julia (Proudflt) Hopkins; ed. Dobbs Ferry-on-Hudson (Miss Masters' school), and Bryn Mawr Coll. ; m. June 4, 1898, Hobart Stan- ley Johnson; children: George Hopkins, Hobart Stanley Johnson Jr. Mem. Woman's Club, Madi- son, Wis. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Dane Co. Equal Suffrage League. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames. JOHNSON, Elizabeth Winthrop, 499 Ellis St.,

Writer; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 12, 1859; dau. Will- iam Templeton and Laura (Woolsey) Johnson; privately educated. Contributor to various periodicals. Author: The Studio Arts; Yesterday; Two Loyal Lovers; Orchard Folk; One Chance In a Hundred. Unitarian. Mem. Audubon Soc. of California, Archaeological Inst, of America, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Friday Morning Club of Los Angeles, Cal.

JOHNSON, Florence Merriam, 129 E. Seven- teenth St., N.Y. City.

Nurse, dispensary manager; b. N.Y, City; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '87. District nurse, N.Y. City, 1902-03; Montclair, N.J., 1904-05; resident nurse, N.Y. Hospital, 1905-08; since 1909 in charge of Cornell Univ. Medical Dispensary, N.Y. City. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumns Ass'n. JOHNSON, Frances Adams (Mrs. Bascom John- son), Forest Hills Gardens, S.I., N.Y. Born Philadelphia, Jan. 1, 1878; dau. Samuel Douglas and Sophia Maria (Hampton) Adams; ed. Miss Gilson's School, Philadelphia; Mary- land Coll., A.B. '98; Bryn Mawr CoU., A.B. '02; m. Philadelphia, June 4, 1904, Bascom Johnson; children: Bascom, Margaret Taber. Director of out-door sports of Bryn Mawr Coll, 1902; pri- mary teacher at Miss Wright's School, Bryn Mawr, 1903-04; private tutor, 1902-04; sec, and treas. Philadelphia Hockey League, 1907; sec. and treas. Am. Hockey Ass'n, 1907-C9; leader of Children's Out-door Play Tlub at Forest Hills, S.I. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, golf, hockey, walking, riding.

JOHNSON, Helen Kendrick (Mrs. Rossiter John- son), 3 W. Eighty-seventh St., N.Y. City. Author and editor; b. Hamilton, N.Y.. Jan. 4, 1844; dau. Asahel C. and Anne (Hopkins) Ken- drick; ed. Oread Inst., Worcester, Mass.; m. Rochester, N.Y., May 20, ISoj, Rossiter Johnson; one daughter, Florence K. Founded the Merid- ian (a woman's club that meets at noonday) in 1886; founded the Guidon (a club for the study of woman's social and political relations) in 1908. Author: The Roddy Books. 3 vols., 1874-76; Raleigh Westgate (a novel), 1S89: Woman and the Republic; A Survey of the Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States and a Discussion of the Claims and Arguments of Ita Foremost Advocates, 1897; enlarged ed., 1909. Editor: Tears for the Little Ones, 1878; Oui Familiar Songs and Those Who Made Them,

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The Nutshell Series, 6 vols., 1885. Contributor

to various periodicals. Against sufErage for women.

J0ILN80X, Helen Lonjse, 234 Paddock St.,

Watertown, X.Y.

Writer and lecturer; b. Watertorwn, N.Y. ; dau. Levi Arthur and Mary Louise (Clarke) Joshnson; ed. public and high schools, Watertown; Wells Coll., Columbia Univ., B.S. 1904. Teacher of home economics; has been instructor Univ. of 111., prof. Milliken Univ. and R.I. State Coll.; lecturer Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences. Was ass't editor Good Housekeeping; later on staff of Harper's Bazar. Chairman of Household Econonlics Dep't Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs; pres. Present Day Club, Watertown, N.Y. ; mem. Women's University Club, N.Y. City.

JOHNSON, Helen Boss (Mrs. Allen Johnson),

Yale Station, New Haven, Conn.

Born German torwn, Philadelphia, May 4, 1872; dau. Henry Augustus and Mary Acker (Hartman) Ross; ed. Mrs. Head's School, Germantown; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1890-92; art student at Drexel Institution, Philadelphia, and in Paris; m. Phila- delphia, June 20, 1900, Allen Johnson (now prof, in Yale Univ.); one son: Allen S'heppard. Epis- copalian. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae (Conn, branch).

JOHNSON, Jennie Fowler Willing, 4937 Michi- gan Av., Chicago, 111.

Singer, teacher; b. Bloomington, 111.; daugh- ter of John Lawrence and Luema (Green) Johnson (mother formerly singer and public speaker; now a practicing physician at Tacoma, Wash.); ed. on Pacific Coast in the public schools and in Chicago in music at American Conservatory, and in London, Eng. (Royal Acad.), in oratorio. Church singer, teacher in American Conservatory and public singer. Mem. Liberal Church of All Souls, Chicago. Mem. Peace Soc, Frederick Douglass Center (colored work), women's clubs, temperance work; mem. Nat. Child Labor Com. and Immigrants' Pro- tective League. Favors woman suffrage. State treas. of Illinois Suffrage Ass'n; pres. South Side Suffrage Ass'n. Recreations: Suffrage work, singing. Mem. South Side Woman's Club. JOHNSON, Mrs. J. Lindsay, Rio Vista, Rome,

Ga.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. J. D. C. and Le- titia (Patterson) Gillespie; ed. In school jt Madame Baseau, Neuilly, Paris, France; m. Brooklyn, N.Y,. 1876, J. Lindsay Johnson; chil- dren: J. Gillespie, Letitia G., J. Lindsay, Jr. Majority owner and assoc. editor of the Daily Tribune-Herald, Rome, Ga. Roman Catholic. Mem. Associated Charities of Rome, Ga. ; pres. Rome Woman's Club; mem. Atlanta Woman's Club; ex-pres. Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs; ex-State editor of same and director for life. JOHNSON, Julia Macfarlane (Mrs. Richard W.

Johnson), 1632 Summit Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Teacher; b. Salem, Westmoreland Co., 1862; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1885; post-graduate Univ. of Pa., Univ. of Cincinnati, M.A. ; Univ. of Minn.; m. 1894, Gen. Richard W. Johnson, U.S.A.; one son: John Macfarlane Johnson, b. Jan. 25, 1895. Taught at Coates Coll., Terre Haute, Ind., for several years prior to marriage; head of English dep't and dean of women, Macalester Coll (co- educational), St. Paul Minn, since Sept., 1897. Interested in State Fed. of Clubs, patriotic so- cieties, woman suffrage, temperance and peace movements; leader of Bible classes (adults of both sexes); lectures at various city missions and clubs. Has written for various college maga- zines and local newspapers articles and papers in the published proceedings of the State College Ass'ns of Minnesota and Indiana. Mem. Inter- national Peace Ass'n, Christian Ass'n, Aas'n of Collegiate Alumnae, New Century Club, Civic League, Mt. Holyoke Alumnae. Recreations: Horseback riding, canoeing, tramping. Presby- terian. Favors woman suffrage; active In com- mittee work in the St. Paul Welfare League; constant promoter of suffrage interests in Macalester College. Republican.

��JOHNSON, Julia Trlppe (Mrs. M. L. Johnson),

Cass Station, Bartow County, Ga,

Born Cartersville, Ga., June 12, 1870; daAi. Abda Johnson (lawyer, Col. 40th Regiment, C.S.A., Ga.) and Frances (Trlppe) Johnson; ed. local schools and seminaries, Atlanta public school and private tutors; m. Charleston, S.C., Dec. 21, 1887, Hon. M. L. Johnson. Has been In State and county library work for ten years; worker along educational lines more than 20 years; mem. of several educational organizations, honorary mem. of some. Fed. manager of Mass.- Ga. Fed. Model School (in establishing which the Ga. Fed received substantial aid from the Mass. Fed.) since its ©atabUshment in 1903. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy, Cherokee Club of Ga., Fed. of Women's Clubs, also mem. Gen. Fed. Was State Registrar for four years of United Daughters of Confederacy of Ga.; reelected, but declined further service.

JOHNSON, Katherine Smyth (Mrs. Alfred B.

Johnson), 237 W. Madison Av., Pasadena, Cal.

Born Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1856; dau. Henry M. and Louise (Gregory) Smyth; ed. St Paul High School and private schools, and tutors; m. April 23, 1878, Capt Alfred B. John- son, U.S.A.; children: Katherine Steele, b. Feb. 15, 1879; Rachel Louise, b. Sept. 22, 18S2; Alfred B. Johnson, b. Feb. 26, 1892 (cadet U.S. Military Acad.). Against woman suffrage. Catholic. Mem. D.A.R.

JOHNSON, Laura C, 116 West State St., Tren- ton, N.J.

Born Newton, Sussex Co., N. J. ; dau. Hon. Whitfield S. Johnson (Sec. of State of N.J., 1861- 66) and Ellen (Green) Johnson; ed. Newton Coll. Inst. ; removed to Trenton 1862. Teacher of instrumental and vocal music and chorus sing- ing in N.J. State schools for 22 years. Mem. of various quartet choirs In Trenton churches. Mem. the Contemporary Woman's Club; sec. Woman's Board of Mercer Hospital eight years (resigned) ; pres. Monday Musical Club (women's) of Trenton. Republican. Mem. N.J. Historical Ass'n. JOHNSON, Laura Elder (Mrs. W. A. Johnson),

Roswell, N.Mex.

Bom in Grayson Co., Tex.; dau. (DarroU Lee and Phoebe (Darnell) Elder; ed. Greenville High School; m. Greenville, Tex., 1889. William An- drew Johnson. Mem. Baptist Church and espe- cially active In Sunday-school and missionary work; directs t'wo Bible clubs that meet weekly, and has had great success in that work. Pres. of Roswell's Women's Club for third term; mem. of Shakespeare Olub of Roswell. JOHNSON, Laura WiUoa (Mrs. S. P. Johnson),

Palomas Springs, N.Mex.

President N.Mex. Federation of Women's Clubs; b. In Pennsylvania; educated for pro- fession of teaching, which she followed for several years, principally In the State of Kan- sas, where her girlhood was spent. Twice mar- ried; 1st to J. B. McGonlgal, of Oberlln, Kan.; 2d to present husband, S. P. Johnson, In Ros- well, N.Mex. Long active In women's clubs: now pres. State Federation. JOHNSON, Lilian Wyckoff, Memphis. Tenn.

Teacher of history; b. Memphis, Tenn., 1864; dau. John Cumoning and Elizabeth (Fisher) Johnson; ed. Wellesley Coll., 1879-84; Univ. of Mich., A.B. '91; Cornell Univ., Ph.D. '02 (mom. Coll. Sorosla, Univ. of Mich.). ObUined funds for and superintended Hope Night School of Memphis, 1888-92; instructor of history, Vassar Coll., 1893-97; traveled and studied In France and Germany, 1897-99; fellow, Cornell Univ., 1839-1900. Asa't prof, history, Univ. of Tenn., 1902-04; pres. Western Coll. for Women, Oxford, O., 1904-07; teacher of history, Memphis Central High School, 1908; traveled in Orient and Greece, 1907. Chair- man of Education Com. of Tenn. Fed. of Women's Clubs; director Associated Charities. Interested In every plan of education and uplift, particu- larly for children. Writer of newspaper articles and public addresses. Mem. Am. Hfatorlcal Ass'n, Southern Educational Ass'n, Nortiem Educational Conference, Southern Ass'n of Coll. Women, Ass'n Coll. Alumnae, Women's Rest

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��Tour Ass'n, Am. Soc. for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes. Clubs: 19th Century (Memphis), Tenn. ; Fed. of Women's Clubs. Rec- reations: Golf, tennis, swimming, walking, gar- dening. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. JOHNSON, Lucy Amelyn© Ferrell (Mrs. Edwin

Theodore Johnson), 327 Home Av., Oak Park,

III.

Bom NashTille, Ohio; ed. in schools at Colum- bus, Ohio, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '89; m. June 21, 1905, Edwin ITieodore Johnson. Journalist, Columbus, Ohio, 1889-90; teacher, Saltstourg, Pa., 1890-93; Columbus High School, 1893-99; ass't principal. Oak Park Hig'h School, 1899-1905. Mem. Board of Education, Oak Park, 111. Contributor of articles and short stories to newspapers and magazines. JOHNSON, Lydia Bernhardina (Mrs. Julius H.

Johnson), Fort Pierre, S.Dak.

Liawyer; b. in Sweden, Mar. 6, 1875; dau. J. E. and CarollBe V. (Erickson) Carlsson; ed. Univ. of Minn., B.L. 190O; Univ. of S.Dak., Coll. of Law, LL.B. (Minerva Literary Soc. Univ. of Minn); m. Milwaukee, Wis., June 19, 1901, Julius H. Johnson (attorn ey-at-law); one daughter: Charlotte Amelia Johnson, b. 1902. Mem. of various religious, philanthropic and social service organizations. Recreations: Travel, and study of sociological and political problems. Lutheran. Favors woman suffrage; pres. S.Dak. Equal Suf- frage Ass'n (bom suffragist). Past pres. S.Dak. Fed. of Woman's Clubs; chairman of Woman's Branch of Progressive Party of S.Dak. JOHNSON, Mabel l,meretia Pronity (Mrs. Arthur

Mills Johnson), Corcoran Manor, Mount Ver- non, N.Y.

Born Boston, Mass., May 24, 1872; dau. George Porter and Mary Lucretia (Bemis) Prouty; ed. Smith, B.L. '94; m. Spencer, Mass., June 11, 1895, Arthur Mills Johnson. Pres. Westchester Woman's Club of Mt. Vernon, N.Y. ; mem. Con- sumers' League, District Nurses Ass'n, Smith Coll. Club, N.Y., Siwanoy Country Club of Mt. Vernon, Woman's University Club of N.Y. City; mem. State Committees of N.Y., State Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Hospital Auxiliary oi' Mt. Vernon. Favors woman suffrage, but Is in favor of restricted suffrage for both men and women. Has written several articles and short stories, printed In various papers and magazines. Congregationalist. Recreations: Golf, bridge, motoring, fishing. JOHNSON, Mabel Bnth (Mrs. Joe: Howard

Johnson), Nellgh, Neb.

Born Neligh, Sept. 11, 1883; dau. Peter J. and Hannah L. (Moon) Krise; ed. high school and Gates Acad., and Conservatory of Music; m. Neligh, Neb., Nov., 23, 1903, Joel Howard John- son; children: Bernard Morgan, b. June 15, 1905; Lucile Ruth, b. Sept. 30, 1906. Active '.n church, lodge and club work, also civic work, such as beautifying and improving the cemetery, helping to establish public library, putting domestic science course in public school. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Daughters of Rebekah. Clubs: Reviewers, Tuesday Evening Musical. JOHNSON, Margaret Edith Henry (Mrs. Alvln

Saunders Johnson), Palo Alto, Cal.

Born Lincoln, Neb.; grad. Univ. of Neb., A.B. '98, A.M. 1900; fellow in philosophy, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1900-01; graduate student Radcliffe Coll., A.M. '02; Columbia Univ., 1904-06, Ph.D. '06; m. Lincoln, Neb., April 18, 1904, Alvin Saunders Johnson, Ph.D. (now prof, of economics, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.). JOHNSON, Margaret HiU Hilles (Mrs. Joseph

Esrey Johnson Jr.), Ashland, Wis.

Born Wilmington, Del. ; ed. the Misses Hebbs' School, Wilmington, Del.; Bryn Mawr, A.B. '93; student of Library School of Drexel Inst., Phila- delphia, 1898-99; m. 1902, Joseph Esrey Johnson Jr. Ass't in Haverford Coll. Library, 1898-99; mistress of Merion Hall, Bryn Mawr CoU., 1899- 1901. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae (was chair- man of Membership Com. of Va. Branch, 1907-08). JOHNSON, Marian Gray (Mrs. Theodore F.

Johnson), National City, Cal.

Bom Mazomanle, Wis., Sept. 26, 1852; dau.

��John and Elizabeth (Harrison) Gray; ed. Normal School, Whitewater, Wis., 1874-76; m. Mazo- manle, Wis, Dec. 10, 1878, Dr. Theodore F. John- son; children: Roy Harrison, Myrtle Elizabeth, Marjorie May, Halbert Theodore. Interested In church and Sunday-school, local birds, conchol- ogy, etc. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Prohibitionist in politics. Mem. W.C.T.U., Women's Missionary Soc. Recreations: Bird study, nature study, reading. Mem. Friday Club (National City). JOHNSON, Mary EUa, Kingston, Ga.

Ex-teacher; b. Rome, Ga. ; dau. Brastus Var- ner and Ann Elizabeth (Smith) Johnson; ed. Miss Howard's Select School "Spring Bank," Nazareth Convent, near Bardstown, Ky., and special teachers. Taught in Savannah and In Rome, Ga. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman's History Club (Kingston, Ga.); mem. and one of founders Huntingdon Club (first chair- man of educational dep't) ; mem. (first pres.) ol Shakespeare Club, ex-mem. Kindergarten Club (all of Savannah, Ga.). JOHNSON, Mary Hooker, 509 West 121st St.,

N.Y. City.

Teacher of English in high school; b. Law- rence, Kan., Jan. 22, 1875; dau. Ralph and Fan- nie (Ward) Johnson; ed. Smith Coll., B.L. '97 (mem. Alpha); Wesleyan Univ., 1897-98; student of English, Yale Univ., 1899-1900; N.Y. Univ., 1902-03; Columbia Univ., 19U-I3; in Europe sum- mers of 1910 and 1913. Teacher of English In Mlddletown (Ckinn.) High School, 1897-1900; Utlca (N.Y.) Free Acad., 1900-02: Washington Irving High School, N.Y. City, since 1902. Interested In study of the social life of high school girls and graduates in N.Y. City. Mem. Gramercy Park Neighborhood Ass'n, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Collegiate E^ual Suffrage League of N.Y. City. Mem. Nat. Coun- cil of Teachers of English, Interborough Ass'n of Women Teachers (who won equal pay in N.Y. City schools). Consumers' League, Smith College Club of N.Y. Congregationalist. Recreation: Summer holiday travel In U.S. and Europe. JOHNSON, Mary Simomds (Mrs. Roswell Hill

Johnson), 7012 Willard St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born MUton-on-Hudson, N.Y., Sept 18, 1874; dau. Samuel E. and Elizabeth (Sands) SimcHids; ed. Wellesley, B.A. '97; two years in Wc«nan's Med. CoU., N.Y. City, 1897-99; m. Chicago, 111.. Feb. 10, 1900, Roawell Hill Johnson; children: Helen Simonds, Elizabeth Sands, Roswell Hill Jr. Lived for a time in Oklahoma, and was third vlce-pres. of Oklahoma Equal "Suffrage League. Mem. Pittsburgh Wellesley Club, and Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian Church. Recreations: Travel, camptng, walking, reading, music. JOHNSON, Myrtle Elizabeth, National City,

Cal.

Biological research teacher; b. East Troy, Wis, Jime 4, 1881; dau. Dr. T. F. and Marian (Gray) Johnson; ed. high school and Normal School, San Diego; Univ. of Cal., B.S. '08; M.S. '09; Ph.D. '12 (Cranford Club). Research asa't Marine Biological Laboratory, La Jolla, Cal., 1909-11; teacher of biology, 1912. Contributor to scientific publications. Baptist. JOHNSON, Mrs. Seth Albert, Harrlman, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Middlebury, Pa., Mar. 25, 1865; dau. Oscar and Victoria C. (Bailey), Simonds (of N*w England parentage on both sides, ancestors hav- ing come from England at an early date; both great-grandfathers fought In the Revolutionary War); grad. State Normal School, Mansfield, Pa., degree M.E. (Master of Education), valedictorian '87, with two years' graduate work there 1901-03, and Cornell Univ., A.B. '07 (both normal and college courses taken after her marriage to en- able her to better assist her husband); m. Mid- dlebury, Pa., 1885, Seth Albert Johnson. Has taught 23 years, chiefly In graded and high schools of Pa. and N.Y., of which her husband was principal. Graduate of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, class of 1900, and is a firm believer in the Chautauqua movemrait Has organized Chautauqua circles, Shakespeare clubs and other literary societies. Mem. Cor- nell Women's Club of N.Y. ; whil6 at Cornell was mem. of English Club and Art Club, counecteA

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��with the university. Has conducted local insti- tutes for teachers and has been an active mem- ber of teachers' ass'ns. Favors woman suffrage. Has summer home, TJie Hermitage, among the hills of Northern Pa. aOHNSON, Susan Rachel Harrison (Mrs. Allen

Clifford Johnson), Whlttler, Cal.

Bom Indiana; grad. Earlham Coll., A.B. '83; graduate student in Greek and Latin, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1885-87; Univ. of Mich., A.M. '88; m. 1893, Allen Clifford Johnson. Professor of Greek, Earlham Coll., 1889-93; prof, of Greek and L.atln, 1898-1905, and of Greek, 1905-07, in WhitUer (Cal.) College. JOHNSTON, AJmira Sntton (Mrs. Collins H.

Johnston), 347 Madison Av., Grand Rapids,

Mich.

Bom Ann Arbor, Mich, Nov. 29, 1859; dau. George Sutton (one of the earliest settlers of Washtenaw Co., Mich.) and Catherine 0. (Pray) Sutton; ed. Helmuth Coll., London. Ont ; North- field dist. school, the Misses Clarks' school, Ann Arbor, Mich., grad. Ann Arbor High School; m. Detroit, Mich., Dr. Collins K. Johnston; chil- dren: Bessie S., b. 1881; Carolyn A,, b. 1884; George S., b. 1892; Katherine Sarah, b 1896; Collins H. Jr. b. 1900. Pres. Woman's Auxiliary of Grace Church, Grand Rapids (missionary soc); sec. Ladies' Literary Club of Grand Rapids, delegate to various philanthropic socie- ties, oSirial delegate to Nat. Soc. of Charities and Corrections held in Buffalo; novr sec. D. A. Blodgeti Home for Children; mem. Butter- worth Hospital Board. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian Mem. Ijadlea' Literary Club, Pro- re-na-ta Reading Club, St. Catherine's Church CiUb, Chautauqua Extension work. JOHNSTON, Annalia (Mtk. Alexander Johnston),

Montgorrjery Av., Egltnton. Ontario, OaJi.

Physician; b. Napier Ontario, Can.; dau. James and Maria (Cookj Keefer; ed. Stratliroy Grammar School, ttrst prize in general profi- ciency, gold medaj in. mathematics, First Class teachers' certificate, 1865 Michigan Univ. Homoj- opathic CoU., M.D., '90; Boston "Onlv. School of Medicine, M.D., '04; m. Htruthroy, Ontario, Feb. 24, 1869, Alexander Johnston: children: Mary, Annie, Arthur Cameron, Frank Keefer, Helen, Jessie Magdelene, Amelia, Marjorie. In 1907 re- ceived international Diploma in Teacher Train- ing, advanced Bible Study, three years' course, only one griven by International Sunday-school Asa'n In Canada. laterested in mission study, in Auxiliary Young People's Ass'n, in United Empire Loyalist Ass'n; elected a delegate to Imperial Conference of 'Teachers held in London, England, 1912, by the Ontario Teachers' Ass'n. Has written papers for Anglican Young People's Ass'n on Wyclifie and His Times; Book of Esther; The Flag of the Empire; reporter for Woman's Auxiliary branch (Eglinton) of mis- sionary meetings; read paper on the Ascension. Mem. Daughters of the Empire; United Empire Loyalist Ass'n, Canadian Historical Soc. Rec- reations: Music, the Bible, study of children; succeeded In banishing home work from the public schools of Ontario. Anglican. Favors woman suffrage. JOHNSTON, Anna Harper (Mrs. J. Bradford

Johnston), Canonsburg, Pa,

Teacher of harmony; b. Mercer Co., Pa., May, 1863; dau. Robert J. and Elizabeth (Henderson) Harper; ed. Pittsburgh schools; m. Canonsburg, Pa., April, 1900, J. Bradford Johnston. Organ- ized the Shakespeare Club, Music Circle for Young Women, New Era Soc. of Central Pres- byterian Church. Mem. Daughters of Am. Pio- neers, Shakespeare Club of Canonsburg, New Era Club of Pittsburgh, Art Com. of Fed. of Women's Clubs of Pa. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. JOHNSTON, Annie I'>llow8 (Mrs. William L.

Johnston), Pewee Valley, Ky.

Author; b. Evansville, Ind., May 15, 1863; dau. -Mbion and Mary (Erskine) Fellows; ed. Indiana public schools and State Univ. of Iowa; m. Oct. 11, 1888, William L. Johnston (died 1892). Books: Little Colonel Stories (nine vols.); Mary Ware; Mary Ware In Texas; Joel, a Boy of Galilee; Asa Holmes; Travelers Five; Two Little Knights

��of Kentucky; The Giant Scissors; Big Brother; Ole Manning's Torment; Story of Dago; Auflt Liza's Hero; Flip's Islands of Providence; Cicely and Other Stories; Mildred's Inheritance; The Jester's Sword; In the Desert of Waiting: Legend of the Bleeding Heart; Keeping Tryst; The Three Weavers; Mary Ware's Promised Land. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Favors woman suffrage.

JOHNSTON, Caroline A. Dorsey (Mrs. Thomaa Hamer Johnston), The Melrose, 1343 Clifton St., Washington, D.C.

Born San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 2, 1860; dau. Baker Johnson and Caroline A. (Jackson} Dor- sey; ed. at home; m. Washington, D.C, July 22, 1884, Thomas Hamer Johnston. Episcopalian. Pres. D.C. Nat. Soc. Chapter of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, mem. D.A.R. since 1895, founder of the Louise Adams Chap- ter D.A.R. (was its regent five years); mem. Vermont Soc. of Colonial Dames; mem. Con- servation Com. Nat. Soc. D.A.R., and Conserva- tion Com. of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America. Was chairman of the first D.A.R. Child Labor Committee In Washington City. Episcopalian.

JOHJ;STON, Klla Bond (Mrs. Melville F. John- ston), 103 North 10th St., Richmond, Ind. Director of Circuit art exhibits, h. Webster, Ind., Nov. 19, 1860; dau. Simon H. and Susan (Harris) Bond; ed. public schools of Wayne Co., Ind.; Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind.; m. Rich- mond, Ind., Nov. 14, 18S9, Melville F. Johnston, M.D.; one son: Donald Bond Johnston. Teacher in public schools of Wayne Co., and City of Richmond, Ind., 1879-89; director of the Indiana Circuit Exhibit, the Indiana Artists' Traveling Exhibit, the Philadelphia Water Color Club Ex- hibit; Exhibit of Prints in Colors. Lecturer on art subjects. Interested In the promotion of art interest In the Middle West by lecturing, send- ing out exhibits and organizing art associations. Pres. since 1897 of the Art Ass'n of Richmond, Ind.; chairman since 1907 of A.rt Com. of Ind. Federation of Clubs; chairman since Sept., 1912, of Art Dep't of Gen. Federation of Clu'bs; mem. 1904-11 of Board of Directors of Am. Civic Ass'n; mem. Social Center Ass'n, 1912. Articles pub- lished in The Chautauquan, The Outlook. Mem. Tuesday Aftermath of Richmond, Ind., 1889- 1911. Recreations: Change of work and travel. Friend (born, but not now member). Favors woman suffrage; mem. Franchise League, Rich- mond, Ind.

JOHNSTON, Eva, University of Mo., Columbia, Mo.

Born Ashland, Mo., 1865; dau. J. T. M. and Elizabeth (Martin) Johnston; ed. Univ. of Mo., A.M. '95; Berlin, Heidelberg, Gottlngen, Konlgs- berg, Ph.D., 1905, studied three years in Ger- many. Assistant prof, of Latin, Univ. of Mo., 1901-12; associate prof. Latin and Dean of Women, 1912—. Author: De Sermone Terentiano, QuEBstiones duo, 1905; Gemination In Latin, 1906. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage. JOHNSTON, Julia Harriette, 1008 Hamilton St.,

Peoria, 111.

Writer; b. Salinevllle, O.; dau. Rev. Robert Johnston, Presbyterian clergyman, and Jane G. (Waters) Johnston; Infancy passed at Gettysburg, Pa.; grad. Peoria (111.) High School. Hymn writer, Sunday-school lesson writer. Extensive writer for the Sunday-school publications of David C. Cook Publishing Co., aa well as those of the Presbyterian and other denominational Sunday-school boards. Especially Interested in missions and Sunday-school work with little children; pres. Presbyterial Missionary Soc. of Peoria Presbytery. Writer of over 400 hj-mns and songs, which have been set to music. Books: The School of the Master (poems); Bright Threads (essays); Life of Adonlram Judson; The Indian and Spanish Neighbors (missionary); Who Was it?; Stories— Bible Guess Stories for Little Children; Benedictions of the Bible and Margi- nal Readings. JOHNSrON, Lucy Brown (Mrs. William Agnew

Johnston), 1900 W. Sixth Av., Topeka, Kan.

Born Camden, Ohio, April 7, 1847; dau. Robert H. and Margaret (Wright) Bronwn; ed. public

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