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 who are leading in or contributing to woman's larger participation in the good causes and higher endeavors of our time, which this volume is intended to supply. It gives biographic data and personal statistics about women nationally, sectionally and locally prominent in all parts of the United States and Canada, and is a new publication, freshly made from original data secured for it with much pains and great expense. Not a line of the biographical sketches in the book has been inserted from any financial consideration or because of any subscription past, present or prospective. This statement is made here, because there still seem to be a few people who have some misapprehension of the facts in this particular.

Great care has been given to the securing of accuracy. Neither inerrancy nor infallibility is claimed, and doubtless some errors may have crept in, but it is believed that very few will be found. As to inclusion and omission of names, there will no doubt be criticism, the editor being quite aware that some have been omitted who should be included, for there are several such from whom or about whom no reliable data could be procured, and who have therefore been regretfully omitted. These cases are, however, very rare, and the publication is presented as one unique in its class, containing valuable reference information of which about ninety per cent. is not to be found in any other publication. It is, in fact, the only valuable and dependable compendium of information about contemporary American and Canadian women of comprehensive scope which has been published.

The editor acknowledges, with deep gratitude, the letters of approval and encouragement which have come from all parts of the country in regard to this book, and is deeply sensible, also, of the helpful suggestions received from the distinguished women who have acted as an Editorial Advisory Board, and from many others in all sections. The recognition of the need for such a volume has been almost unanimous, though a few (perhaps a dozen) women have written in dispraise of the plan of making a book entirely about women.

Coming down to particulars, the volume contains brief personal sketches of 9644 women, of whom 6303 are or have been married, and 3341 are maidens. Every State in the United States and every Province in the Dominion of Canada is represented. All the important lines of endeavor in which women engage (and their name is legion) have their exponents in these pages: the arts, sciences and professions, religion, missionary effort, education, philanthropy, charity, reform work, social service, literature, journalism, business, official life, club life, feminist activities, and all the many ways in which women are working in and influencing the movements for progress, for higher ideals, for better living, for cleaner politics, and for social, educational and religious uplift.

It is hoped to make a reference book of permanent value and the one indispensable volume of reference for those seeking information about the contemporary women of the United States and Canada.

It is the present intention to give the book such periodical revision as the demand may justify, and to this end suggestions of names and improvements are invited.
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INDEX TO BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS

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In preparing the data-sheet for, the editor realized that a very large proportion of the women interrogated would be interested, one way or the other, in the suffrage question, which loomed conspicuously above the horizon of public interest. Since then the question has reached deeper interest. More States have granted the franchise to women, a new National party has put a woman-suffrage plank in its platform, and women themselves have become more and more active, some in the propaganda for, and others in opposition to, the further extension of the franchise to women.

So far as it was possible to do so, has in this volume given expression to the individual views of the women, represented in it, on the suffrage question. Most of those interrogated made answer to the inquiry in regard to their stand on suffrage, but many did not. Some frankly declared themselves to be undecided, many ignored the question entirely, and several wrote letters asking that nothing be said about their suffrage views, for personal or business reasons. One said: "I'm in favor of it, but don't put that in, for my husband forbids it." This is the only Woman-Afraid-of-Her-Husband disclosed in the entire editorial correspondence.

In a few cases the record on the suffrage question was changed in the proof on submission, two or three striking out favorable reference and noting as their reason for doing so the actions of the English militants, and as many others changing "against" to "for" as a result of change of convictions.

Space did not permit the printing of elaboration of views in regard to the suffrage which many expressed, some quite vehemently, on each side of the proposition. Some of those opposed evidently expect dire results from woman suffrage, and one is recorded as opposed to woman suffrage "on Scriptural grounds." Many of those who favor woman suffrage have at the same time disclaimed any sympathy with militancy, although the attitude of a few is expressed by the Western woman who records herself as favoring woman suffrage and being "militant if necessary." Another, a Wyoming woman, tells the editor: "I've voted every election for thirty years and haven't been corrupted yet." Several of those interrogated express themselves as in favor of limiting the franchise for men and women alike on educational or property qualifications.

It occurred to the editor that an analysis might be made of the data on the subject as printed in the book which might be informing upon the question as to whether the women of the country really desire the franchise, and with that object in view he has carefully scanned the pages to find out how many are for and how many are against woman suffrage.

In tabulating the results, nothing has been taken into consideration except the record as printed. Those have been recorded as for suffrage who have either said so in those words, or have mentioned their membership in purely suffrage organizations. In this classification the calculation has not included women who have recorded themselves as members of the Progressive or Prohibition parties without further reference to suffrage views, for though those parties have declared for suffrage for women, there are a few cases in which members of those parties have declared themselves as opposed or neutral on the suffrage question. 25


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 Socialists have been counted on the suffragist side. Those who have declared themselves as against woman suffrage, or as members of anti-suffrage organizations, or who propose to confine the franchise to school or municipal questions, or to taxpaying women, have been counted in the opposition to suffrage. On the other hand, those who believe in restricted suffrage for men and women alike have been counted in favor. In other words, the record, as made up, is of those for or against equal suffrage, eliminating sex as a discriminating qualification.

The editor has compiled these figures from the printed record, even ignoring his personal knowledge, in those cases where no record has been printed, of the views of several of those who have been left out of the calculation. Those counted for woman suffrage aggregate 4787; those opposed, 773; those who have neglected to record themselves, including a very few who have gone on record as neutral, number 4084. The latter number is not made up of women entirely indifferent to the question. Some are, but among the others are some who would give little information on any subject not professional, and some others who gave no data for this book, whose sketches have been written from personal memoranda which the editor has been privately collecting for the past four years for another purpose.

As to the bearing of the figures disclosed by this analysis, it is not intended to comment here, but perhaps it is pertinent to state that not more than a hundred names, all told, of those used in the book, have been included solely for their prominence as exponents of either side of the suffrage question.


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The following sketches are from data received too late for inclusion in the book in proper alphabetical order. Included with them are some corrections of sketches in the volume:

ALLEN, Mary Adèle, 206 Pine St, Holyoke, Mass.

Teacher; b. Amherst, Mass.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A., '86; student Greek archæology, Yale, 1896-1903. Teacher, Holyoke High School, 1886-91; Minneapolis, Minn., 1891-92; teacher of Greek, New Haven (Conn.) High School, 1892-1905, Holyoke High School, head History Dep't, 1905-06; head Classical Dep't since 1909. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnæ, New England Ass'n of Colleges and Preparatory Schools. (Correcting errors of sketch on page 75.)

ALLEN, Nelly Sherman Byers (Mrs. Lauros H. Allen), 101 Norwood Av., Buffalo, N.Y.

Born Selins Grove, Pa., Oct. 29, 1864; dau. Nelson and Katherine (Gutelius) Byers; ed. Williamsport (Pa.) High School, private schools and tutors; m. Williamsport, Pa., Dec. 12, 1889, Lauros H. Allen; one son, Nelson, b. Sept. 10, 1891 (died June 15, 1895). Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recreation: Golf. Mem. Country Club, Twentieth Century Club.

BARKER, Frances Crosby Buffington (page 75). Name is a misprint for Bartter. Correct sketch follows:

BARTTER, Frances Crosby Buffington, (Mrs. George Charles Bartter), Manila, P.I. Educator; b. Michigan; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '01; m. Manila, P. I., George Charles Bartter. Soon after graduation in 1901 went to the Philippine Islands, engaged as teacher, 1901-04; supervisor of primary schools for districts of Ermita and Malate, 1904-05; principal of Normal Institute for Native Teachers, Manila, 1904-05; tutor in Boston, 1907; instructor in Spanish, Smith Coll., January-June, 1908; returned to Philippines and since December, 1908, has been engaged American Civic Ass'n. Instructor in the summer nature study.

BECK, Ruth Everett (Mrs. Paul W. Beck). Fort McPherson, Ga.

Writer; b. Lyons, Neb.; daughter Benaiah Weathern and Elise (Grout) Everett; ed. Univ. of Neb., Fremont Normal School, grad. '93: m. Captain Paul W. Beck, military aviator, U.S. Army; one son, Paul Ward Jr. Greatly interested in the American Indian and literary works are chiefly on that line. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Heart of a Filipino; The Trail, etc. Democrat. Mem. D.A.R., League of American Pen Women.

BEERS, Keturah G. (Mrs. John Hobart Beers), 912 Montrose Boulevard, Chicago, Ill.

Born Camden, N.J.; dau. Jacob W. Sharp (officer, 12th N.J, Regiment of the Civil War) and Susan (Folwell) Sharp; m. Holy Trinity Church, Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 12, 1871 (Phillips Brooks formerly pastor), to John Hobart Beers, of Newton, Conn.; two children: Anna Sharp, Keturah Sherman. Interested In philanthropic, educational and religious work. Favors woman suffrage. Has written occasionally articles for the press on club and philanthropic work. Mem. Independent Central Church. Republican. Mem. Jackson Park Sanitarium, Home for Destitute Crippled Children, Dames of the Loyal Legion, National and State Societies, Chicago Woman's Outdoor Art League, Municipal Art League of Chicago, Exhibition Committee (Art Institute). Mem. Woman's City Club, Chicago Woman's Club, Montclare Musical and Literary Club; pres. West End Woman's Club, Chicago.

BILLINGS, Anna Hunt, Redlands, Cal.

Teacher; b. Hatfield, Mass., Sept. 16, 1861; dau. Frederick D. and Frances A. (Hunt) Billings; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '91, Yale Univ., Ph.D. (English), '98. Teacher, Univ. of Southern Cal., 1892-94; Riverside, Cal., 1894-95; Redlands, Cal., 1898-99; Long Beach, Cal., 1902-03; State Normal School, San Diego, Cal., 1904-09; in Europe, 1909-12. Author: Guide to Middle English Metrical Romances (Yale studies in English), 1899. Favors woman suffrage. (Correction of sketch on page 99.)

BOCK, Stella Nathan (Mrs. Charles Bock), 66 Chapin Parkway, Buffalo, N.Y.

Born Johnstown, Pa., May 19, 1885; dau. Adolf and Fannie S. (Hess) Nathan; ed. Philadelphia High School for Girls, Philadelphia Normal School for Girls, Bryn Mawr Coll.; m. Philadelphia, Dec. 11, 1911, Charles Bock. Supervisor of School Gardens of Board of Education of Philadelphia, 1906-11; lecturer on School Gardens, Univ. of Pennsylvania and Temple Univ. Mem. Board of Directors, Community House, Buffalo, N. Y.; Board of Governors of Federated Chambers of Buffalo, N.Y.; Board of School Garden Ass'n of America. Head of Committee on Home Gardens for Poor. Jewish. Recreations: Hockey, gardening, tramping. Established the home garden system in connection with the school gardens of Philadelphia, whereby gardens in yards or boxes were made by children under supervision in many thousands of the poor homes of Philadelphia. Introduced a graded system of lessons for school gardens.

BOISSEVAIN, Mrs. Inez Milholland—See Milholland, Inez.

BRANCH, Mary Lillian (Mrs. James R. Branch), Great Northern Hotel, N.Y. City, and Branchfield, W.Va.

Born Baltimore, Md., Sept. 21 1864; dau. Ebenizer and Mary (Talbot) Hubball; grad. Univ. of N.Y., B.L.; m. Richmond, Va., Oct. 28, 1885, Col. James R. Branch; children: James R., Allan Talbot, Mary Cooke. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R., Daughters of Confederate Veterans.

BRANT, Minnie Clothier (page 123)—Correct address: The Leamington, Tenth St. and Third Av., S., Minneapolis, Minn.

BROBST, Sue E., 522 Security Building, Los Angeles, Cal.

Secretary; b. Chicago, Ill.; dau. Samuel V. and Sarah E. (Brown) Brobst; ed. Chicago public schools and West Division High School. Through practical experience among women wage earners took the leading part in organizing the Business Woman's Civic Club, was made first president and afterward made its life president. Favors woman suffrage. Active in California suffrage campaign, 1911; afterward among the first to become deputy to register the voters and on the first Election Board open to women; active in Good Government Municipal Campaign, 1911. Christian Scientist. Progressive. Mem. Woman's City Club, Evening City Club, Drama League of America (on Educational Com.).

BUSH, Emma Louise, Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg. Pa.

Teacher; b. Waverly, Iowa; dau. Austin Davis and Alta (Lewis) Bush; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '81; Bucknell Univ., A.M., 1913. Teacher, Mt. Carroll, Ill., 1881-82; Oxford, N.C., 1882-84; 29


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CLEMENT, Josephine Hill (Mrs. Ed. Henry Clement), Bijou Theater, Washington St., Boston, Mass.

Theatrical manager; b. N.Y. City, Sept. 20, 1869; dau. Frederick Mortimer and Ida Louisa (Peters) Hill; ed. Adelphi Acad, and Miss Rounds' Private School, Brooklyn, N.Y. ; m. (1st) December, 1894, Charles Gilbert Russell, Great Barrington, Mass. (deceased); (2nd) March, 1898, Ed. Henry Clement, of Boston, Mass.; one daughter, Joan Clement. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Brookline Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Mass. Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government. Manager for five years of B. F. Keith's Bijou Theater. Much interested in the production of one-act plays; develops talent for her own theaters from the people who come to her for tryouts one day each week.

CONKLING, Grace Walcott Hazard (Mrs. Roscoe Platt Conkling), 49 Spring St., Catskill-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Born New York; dau. Christopher Grant and Frances (Post) Hazard; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '99; student of physical geography in Harvard Summer School, 1899; music and language in Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, 1902-03, and Paris, 1903-04; tutor South Woodstock, Conn., 1899-1901; teacher of English, Latin and Greek, Graham School, N.Y. City, 1901-02; mem. Alpha Soc. (Smith Coll.); m. San Antonio, Texas, Sept. 18, 1905, Roscoe Platt Conkling: children: Elsa, b. Feb. 2, 1909; Hilda, b. Oct. 8, 1910. Author of poems published in the Century Magazine, Everybody's Magazine, The Forum, Harper's Magazine, the Atlantic Monthly, "Poetry" (a Chicago publication). The Poetry Journal (Boston), the Craftsman and others; also a long poem, "Golden-throated Pastoral Horn," in the Lyric Year collection, published November, 1912. Episcopalian. Mem. The Poetry Soc. of America, a branch of the National Arts Club. (Correction of sketch on page 199).

CRAWFORD, Georgina Lily Urquhart (Mrs. Gustavus Chambers Crawford), 432 Central Av., Orange, N.J.

Physician; b. Dunnegan, Canada, 1882; dau. William and Janet (Dickson) Urquhart; ed. schools of Vancouver, B.C.; grad. Toronto Univ., M.D.C.M., '05; post-graduate work in New York Infirmary for Women and Children; m. New York, 1909, Gustavus Chambers Crawford; children: Robert Stuart, William Chambers. Engaged in active practice of medicine at Vancouver, B.C., 1907-09; acted as Medical Inspector of Vancouver public schools, 1907-09.

DAVIS, Isabella Charles (Mrs. Myron J. Davis), 1144 Acolian Bldg., 35 W. 42d St., N.Y. City.

Born Albany, N.Y., Nov. 25. 1847; dau. George Horn and Charlotte Augusta (Featherly) Charles; ed. Albany Female Acad., Albany, N.Y.; m. Albany, N.Y., December, 1867, Myron J. Davis, M.D.; children: Helen Lamb, Belle Van Heusen. Active in Foreign Mission service In Asia Minor, 1879-81. One of the founders of the International Order of the King's Daughters and Sons (an Interdenominational religious order); life mem. of its Central Council. Rec. sec. for one term of National Council of Women of the U.S. Gen. sec. of the International Child Welfare League; mem. People's Institute of N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman Suffrage Party, N.Y. Equal Suffrage League. Mem. St. George's Episcopal Church. Mem. Woman's Press Club. Public speaker on religious, philanthropic and social service topics.

DAVIS, Katharine Bement, 148 East Twentieth St., N.Y. City.

Appointed Jan. 1, 1914, by Mayor John Purroy Mitchell, Commissioner of Correction for the City of New York. (See sketch, page 233.)

De VORE, Elsa Marion, 4 Maher Av., Greenwich, Conn.

Violinist and teacher; b. Merom, Sullivan Co., Ind., Jan. 8, 1893; dau. Rev. Elcharles Arthur de Vore, D.D., and Ida (Gray) de Vore; ed. Indianapolis public schools, Shortridge High School, Indianapolis; Brooklyn Girls' High School, Greenwich (Conn.) High School, and scholarship at National Conservatory of Music of America, N.Y. City, under Leopold Lichtenberg, in violin; also, Jan Munkacsy, famous Hungarian violinist. Professional violinist and teacher at the age of 16. Mem. of Christ Church choir, Greenwich, Conn. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Greenwich Equal Franchise League. Episcopalian. Democrat. Recreations: Riding, swimming, skating, driving, tennis, dancing, boating, sailing.

DOUGLAS, Marian—See Robinson, Annie Douglas Green.

DUFFY, Florence Armstrong (Mrs. James O. G. Duffy), Philadelphia, Pa.

Born June 5, 1876; dau. Edwin and Miriam (Mayer) Armstrong; ed. Newark Acad., private tutors; m. Philadelphia, Pa., June 5, 1894, James O. G. Duffy; one daughter, Eleanora Aileen; b. June 1, 1896. Distinguished in fencing; junior champion of Pa., 1913; silver medalist in senior competition. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Society of Arts and Letters. Recreation: Fencing. Mem. Fencers' Club, Matinee Musical Club.

ELMER, Rachel Robinson, 189 Lenox Av., N.Y. City.

Illustrator, designer; b. Ferrisburgh, Vt., July 28, 1878; dau. Rowland Evans and Anna (Stevens) Robinson; grad. Goddard Sem., Barre, Vt., '97; studied art under Ernest Knaufft, Rosamond Kelly and Art Students' League; m. Oct. 17, 1911, Robert France Elmer of N. Y. City. Taught art in Goddard Sem. two years; since then professionally engaged as artists and illustrator Mem. Pen and Brush Club.

FISCHER, Helen Field (Mrs. Frederick Fischer), Shenandoah, Iowa.

Author; b. Shenandoah, Iowa, March 13, 1876; dau. S. E. and Lettie (Eastman) Field; ed. Univ. of Nebraska, Art Inst. of Chicago; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma; m. Helena, Mont., 1905, Frederick Fischer; children: Gretchen, Helen Marie. Teacher and lecturer before marriage. Interested in Children's Garden Clubs and vocational education. Favors woman suffrage. Has taken active part in all local agitation by speaking and debating. Contributed verse to The Outlook; The Pacific Monthly; Christian Register; best known poems: The Mystic Borderland; Tommy Tinker. Unitarian. Recreations: Gardening, motoring. Mem. English Club, Univ. of Neb.

FITCH, Louise Norwood (Mrs. Overton Andrew Fitch), Columbia, Mo.

Born Madison, Md., May 21, 1839; dau. Joseph G. and Mary Frances (Pugh) Norwood; privately educated because threatened with blindness for many years; m. Columbia, Mo., May 21, 1860, Overton Andrew Fitch; one son: Norwood. Sunday-school teacher for fifty years. Matron of Univ. of Missouri since 1896. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Mem. Bronte Club, Fortnightly Club.

FOLEY, Ellen S. McCarthy (Mrs. John Warren Foley), 586 Boulevard East, Weehawken, N.J

Born Breesport, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1882; dau John Henry and Nancy Elzabeith (Taylor) McCarthy; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. '07, Ph.D. '09 (Sigma Xi); graduate scholar and fellow in chemistry; mem. Delta Zeta; m. June 9, 1913, John Warren Foley. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Am. Chemistry Soc. Has been ass't chemist at the Bureau of Chemistry, Washington, D.C.; later instructor in chemistry in Univ. of Illinois.

HAMMOND, Esther Dyer (Mrs. William A. Hammond), 1714 Connecticut Av., Washington, D.C.

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HAY, Mary Ridgely (Mrs. Charles E. Hay), 21 So. 2d St., Springfield, Ill.

Born Springfleld, Ill., Jan. 6, 1844; dau. Nicholas Henry Ridgely (banker) and Jane Maria (Huntington) Ridgely; descendant of Samuel Huntington, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence; ed. Springfleld, (Ill.) private schools, 1850-61; later studied in Germany; m. Springfleld, Ill., May 10, 1865, Capt. Charles E. Hay, U.S.A., brother of John Hay, sec. to Abraham Lincoln, afterward Sec. of State and Minister Plenipotentiary to England; children: John Leonard, Arthur, Anna Ridgely, William Ridgely, Charles Edward. Pres. Every Wednesday Literary Club (twenty-six years); mem. Woman's Auxiliary to Episcopal Board of Missions. Sunday-school teacher many years. Teacher of Infant class St. Paul's Church Sunday-school (twenty years); mem. Associated Charities, Y.W.C.A., Springfield; Amateur Musical Club and Woman's Club. Against woman suffrage. Author of poems and many papers before clubs. Episcopalian. Recreations: Driving, concerts and plays, society functions, teas, lunches, dinners, receptions and entertaining clubs. Was one of the founders of the Handel and Haydn Soc, a vocal music organization of Boston, Mass.

HOUGHTON, Louise Phillips (Mrs. E. Russell Houghton), The Knox School, Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Principal of private school; b. June 11, 1870; dau. John Francis and Mary Virtue (Cranford) Phillips; ed. Brooklyn Heights Sem., Smith Coll., A.B.; Columbia Univ.; mem. Alpha (Smith Coll.); m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. E. Russell Houghton; children: S. Phillips, A. Sherrill, Russell Le Roux. Assistant principal and associate with Miss Lydia Day, Comstock School, N.Y. City, 1906-11; principal of the Knox School, Briarcliff Manor, 1911. Interested In the History Club of N.Y., Woman's Auxiliary of the University Club. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of book reviews, art and music criticism for a New York weekly paper. Lecturer on literature. Episcopalian. Mem. The Thursday Musical Club of N.Y., Smith College Club of N.Y., Philipse Manor Country Club. Has lectured on psychology and has given drawing-room talks on Continental Writers in N.Y. City and elsewhere.

KELLOGG, Lucia Hosmer (Mrs. Stephen W. Kellogg), 83 Prospect St., Waterbury, Conn.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., March 11, 1829; dau. Major Andre Andrews and Sarah M. (Hosmer) Andrews; ed. private schools of Middletown, Conn.; m. New York, Sept. 10, 1851, Stephen W. Kellogg; children: Sarah A., Lucy W., Frank W., John P., Elizabeth H., Stephen W. Jr., Charles P. Congregationalist. Mem. Conn. Soc. of the Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R. Mem. Waterbury Women's Club.

KELLY, Adelaide Skeel (Mrs. William Henry Kelly), Newburgh, N.Y.

Born Newburgh, N.Y.; dau. Rufus Reed and Sarah Patten (Henry) Skeel; ed. Vassar, B.S., B.A. '73; m. Dec. 27, 1911, William Henry Kelly. Contributor to periodicals of articles illustrated by photographs taken by herself, and lecturer, illustrating lectures with slides of her own production. Mem. D.A.R. Books: My Three-Legged Story Teller; An After Christmas Thought; King Washington (with William H. Brearley).

KENNARD, Beulah Elfrath, 6201 Walnut St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Music, lecturer and writer; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. J. Spencer Kennard, D.D., and Nancy Reed (Jeffers) Kennard; grad. Chicago schools, 1887; Univ. of Pittsburgh, A.M., 1912 (honorary). Head of Dep't of Play, Univ. of Pittsburgh, School of Education, 1913. Started playground work in Pittsburgh, 1896; pres. Pittsburgh Playground Ass'n, 1913. Pres. Western Pa. Ass'n of League of Women Workers (Girls' Clubs); mem. Board of Public Education, 1912-13. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Advisory Board Pa. State Suffrage Ass'n. Contributor to various publications on subject of play, children's reading, etc. Baptist. Mem. D.A.R., Twentieth Century Club, Tuesday Musical Club.

LEAYCRAFT, Julia Searing (Mrs. Edgar C. Leaycraft), 237 W. Eleventh St., N.Y. City.

Editor; b. Saugertles, N.Y., Nov. 26, 1885; dau. John W. and Annie E. (Pidgeon) Searing; grad. Vassar Coll. '06; studied painting at Art Students' League of N.Y. City, 1907-08; m. June 3, 1913, Edgar C. Leaycraft of N.Y. City. Mem. editorial staff Craftsman Magazine and Delineator, 1908-09; studied painting at Woodstock School of Landscape and Art Students' League in N.Y., 1909-10; on editorial staff New Idea Woman's Magazine, 1911; The Delineator, 1911-12. Favors woman suffrage. Author of reviews, poems, interviews, etc.

LUTRELL, Estelle, instead of "Luttrell," on page 505; also in fourth line of sketch.

LUTZ, Helen Howland, page 506. In second line, for "Rickmond" read "Richmond."

Following is a list of women known to have died since their sketches were printed in this volume:

BARROWS, Isabel Chapin, at Croton, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1913 (see page 79).

BLAKE, Lillie Devereux, at Englewood, N.J., Dec. 30, 1913 (see page 106).

CROWNINSHIELD, Mary Bradford, at Melrose, Mass., Oct. 14, 1913 (see page 219).

GRIFFIS, Margaret Clark, at Ithaca, N.Y., Dec. 15, 1913 (see page 345).

HACKSTAFF, Priscilla Dudley, at N.Y. City, Jan. 15, 1914 (see page 350).

MILLER, Emily Huntington, St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 3, 1913 (see page 563).

PAGE, Ellen Frances, at Hyde Park, Vt., Dec. 31, 1913 (see page 617).

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ABBATT, Agnes Dean, Westchester, N.Y.

Artist, painter; b. N.Y. City, June 23, 1847; dau. William D. and Agnes (Dean) Abbatt; ed. city schools, art school of Cooper Union (diploma '73), and afterward in Art School of Nat. Acad, of Design, N.Y. City. Professionally engaged as painter in oils and water colors (landscapes, coast scenes, flowers); makes models of flowers and plants in wax; has won medals in several art competitions; mem. Am. Water Color Soc.

ABBE, Adelaide Eaton (Mrs. Alanson J. Abbe), 375 Rock St., Fall River, Mass.

Born Andover, Mass., Feb. 20, 1860; dau. James Stewart and Louisa (Howard) Eaton; ed. Punchard Free School, Andover; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '83 (Phi Sigma); m. Andover, June 7, 1888, Alanson J. Abbe, M.D.; children: Alice Thayer, b. May 7, 1890; Frederic Eaton, b. May 2. 1892. Mem. School Com., Fall River, 1908-10. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; charter mem. Fortnightly Club, and pres; 1900-02; mem. Woman's Club of Fall River, vice-pres. 1909-10.

ABBE, Elisabeth Frances, 26 Hillside Av., Melrose, Mass.

Teacher; b. Abington, Mass., Feb. 22, 1866; dau. Frederic and Mary Thaxter (Thayer) Randolph; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '88, M.A. '96; Yale Univ., Ph.D. '03; mem. A.K.X. Soc. (Wellesley). Teacher In Mass. high schools and for two years prof. of Greek at Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1896-98; now head of Ancient Language Dep't, Melrose High School. Favors woman suffrage. Congregatioualist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Classical Ass'n of New England, College Settlement Ass'n, Boston Wellesley College Club, College Club (Boston), Teachers' Club, Melrose, Appalachian Mountain Club.

ABBEY, Mary Gertrude Mead (Mrs. Edwin Austin Abbey), Morgan Park, Fairford, Gloucestershire, England.

Born Torquay, Devonshire, Eng. ; dau. Frederick Mead, of New York; ed. in private schools and Vassar Coll. A.B. '70, student Berlin, 1881-82, Paris, 1883-84; m. 1890 Edwin Austin Abbey (distinguished American painter and Royal Academician, died Aug. 1, 1911). Since marriage has resided in England.

ABBOT, Alice Balch, East Orange, N.J.

Magazine writer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Feb. 11, 1867; dau. Abiel and Alice (Balch) Abbot; preparatory education at Dana Hall School, Wellesley, Mass.; grad. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '89. Since 1893 regular contributor of short stories to St. Nicholas. Author: A Frigate's Namesake.

ABBOT, Etheldred, Public Library, Brookline, Mass.

Librarian; b. Norwich, Conn.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; N.Y. State Library School, B.L.S. '03. Librarian In Lenox Library, N.Y. City, 1897-98; Wellesley Coll. Art Library. 1898-1905 and 1906-10; Brooklyn (N.Y.) Public Library, 1905-06; since 1910 ass't librarian Brookline (Mass.) Public Library.

ABBOT, Helen Munro, 1210 Maple Ave., Zanesvllle. Ohio.

Born Zanesville, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1877; dau. Charles H. and Ella S. (Brown) Abbot; grad Brooklyn Heights Seminary, Brooklyn, N.Y., '95, Smith Coll. B.L. '99, attended Univ. of Berlin, also took special work in literature at Univ. of Pa. Taught four years at St. Mary's School, Garden City, N.Y. Presbyterian. Mem. Zanesville Authors' Club (for general literary work and discussion), and Shakespeare Club (for study, discussion and occasionally presentation of scenes and plays). Favors woman suffrage.

ABBOT, Helene Black (Mrs. Stephen Abbot), care Adjutant General Office, War Dept., Washington, D. C.

Born Danville, Ill., July 21, 1883; dau. John Charles and Adaline (Griggs) Black; ed. University School for Girls, Chicago; Thavenet-Taylor School, Neuilly-on-Seine, Paris, and Vassar Coll., A.B.; m. Washington, D. C., Dec. 27 1906, Captain Stephen Abbot, Coast Artillery Corps, U.S.A.; one daughter: Helene. Presbyterian. Mem. Associate Alumnae of Vassar College. Recreations: Golf, tennis, riding. Against woman suffrage.

ABBOTT, Aimee (Mrs. Charles Edward Abbott), 275 W. Twenty-second St., N.Y. City.

Singer; b. West Andover, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1876; dau. Elmer Harrison and Lucretia Giddings (Lindsley) Greene; grad. Jefferson Educational Inst., in classical course; New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, with honors, '94; m Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 30, 1901, Charles Edward Abbott; one adopted daughter: Ruth Thompson Abbott. Stage career with Mme. Modjeska, Julia Arthur, Princess Chic Opera Co. Gave recitals under patronage of Royal Governor of Bermuda, season of 1904. Still singing actively in society, club and concert. Writer of magazine stories. Mem. Daughters of Ohio, Professional Woman's League, Dickens Fellowship, Actors' Church Alliance (mem. Nat. Church Alliance), East Side Clinic for Children, Pleiades Club, Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, New England Conservatory Alumni Ass'n, City Fed. of Women's Clubs, Knickerbocker Relief Ass'n. Unitarian. Recreation: Horseback riding.

ABBOTT, Arletta Maria, 249 Elm St., Oberlin, Ohio.

Professor of German; b. Watertown, Conn.; grad. Vassar A.B. '81, Univ. of Mich. A.M. '92; grad. student at Univs. of Leipzig, Zurich, Mich., Berlin, Munich and Freiburg-in-Baden. Teacher Vassar, 1881-88; at Oberlin Coll., instructor 1893-96, associate prof. 1896-99, prof. German.

ABBOTT, Edith, Hull-House, Chicago, Ill.

Associate director, Chicago School of Civics and Philanthropy; b. Grand Island, Neb. Sept 25, 1876; dau. Othman A. and Elizabeth (Griffin) Abbott; ed. Brownell Hall, Omaha (preparatory); Univ. of Neb., A.B. '01; Univ of Chicago, Ph.D. '05; graduate student London School of Economics, 1906-07. Author: Women In Industry, a Study in American Economic History, 1910: joint author, The Delinquent Child and the Home, 1912; also various articles in Journal of Political Economy and Journal of Sociology. Mem. Am. Statistical Ass'n, Am. Economic Ass'n. Women's Trade Union League, Ass'n for the Advancement of the Colored People, Consumers' League, and various social and philanthropic organizations. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of suffrage organizations.

ABBOTT, Elizabeth M. Griffin (Mrs. Othman A. Abbott), 705 West 1st St., Grand Island, Neb.

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 m. Othman A. Abbott; children: Othman, Edith, Grace and Arthur. After graduation engaged in teaching and taught in high school until her marriage. Active in charities, in club work, and in the cause of woman suffrage. Mem. State Board of Charities several years. Unitarian; was delegate to Unitarian Nat. Conference, Saratoga, 1885. Member Grand Island City Library Board from foundation, 1880; served six years as mem. Visiting and Examining Board of the Nebraska Soldiers' Home. Has been pres. of the Woman's Club and the Woman's Suffrage Club of Grand Island; pres. Public Library B'd for many years and pres. Ladies' Park Ass'n.

ABBOTT, Frances Matilda, Concord, N.H.

Writer, genealogist; b. Concord, N.H., Aug. 18, 1857; dau. John and Matilda (Brooks) Abbott; grad. High School, Concord, '75, Vassar A.B. '81. Wrote chapter on Domestic Customs and Social Life in History of Concord, N.H., 1903; author Birds and Flowers About Concord, N.H., 1906; The Simple Single, 1909; one of writers of N.H. Genealogical and Family History, 1908. Contributor to North American Review, Forum and many other periodicals; also, editorially and otherwise, to New York, Boston and N.H. newspapers; made journey to Egypt, Palestine and Greece, 1910. Recreations: Nature study and travel, and, in earlier years, rowing and mountain climbing. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Boston Ass'n Vassar Alumnae, N.H. Hist. Soc, Woman's Hosp. Ass'n (life). Concord Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Concord Female Charitable Soc. (life). Woman's Auxiliary to Y.M.C.A. (life), Appalachian Mountain Club of Boston (life), Stratford (Shakespeare) Club (charter, 1883), Wild Flower Club (founder, 1896), College Club. Treas. N.H. College Equal Suffrage League. Congregationalist.

ABBOTT, Grace, Hull House, Chicago, Ill.

Social worker; b. Grand Island, Neb., 1878; dau. O. A. and Elizabeth M. (Griffin) Abbott; ed. Grand Island Coll., Ph.B., '98; Univ. of Neb., 1902-03; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.M. '09 (Delta Gamma). Director of Immigrants' Protective League, Chicago, since 1908. Resident of Hull House since 1908. Has written occasional articles on the immigration question in The Survey and American Journal of Sociology. Mem. Consumers' League, Woman's Trade Union League, Ill. Branch of Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Woman's City Club, Social Service Club, Chicago Progressive Club. Favors woman suffrage.

ABBOTT, Helen Griswold (Mrs. Amos W. Abbott), 1710 Third Av., South Minneapolis.

Born Delhi, N.Y., July 4, 1859: dau. James H. and Anna Maria (Griswold) Wright; ed. Chestnut St. Sem., Philadelphia; m. Delhi, N.Y., Aug. 19, 1880, Amos W. Abbott, M.D.; children: Harold Wilson, Griswold, Helen D., Wilson, Elizabeth. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Club, Lafayette Club.

ABBOTT, Inez Louise, Samokov, Bulgaria.

Missionary (teacher); b. Fairfield, Mich., July 20, 1869; dau. Oramon B. and Maria (Skinner) Abbott; ed. High School, Lansing, Mich., 1887; Univ. of Mich., A.B. '95; A.M. '98; student in American School for Classical Studies in Rome, Italy, 1902-03. As Latin specialist principal of high school at Constantine, Mich., 1889-91; teacher in high school at Escanaba, Mich., 1895-97; Hinsdale, Ill., 1898-1902; Oak Park, Ill., 1903-07; went to Samokov, Bulgaria, 1907; appointed principal of American Girls' Boarding School in Samokov. Was commissioned in June, 1907, by Am. Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, under appointment by the Woman's Board of Missions of the Interior (Chicago). Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

ABBOTT, Mabel Avery (Mrs. Keene Abbott), 531 S. Twenty-fifth Av., Omaha. Neb.

Author; b. Iowa City, Iowa; dau LeRoy and Alice (Avery) Rundell; ed. State Univ. of Iowa; Iowa City High School (Pi Beta Phi); m. Aug. 29, 1905, Keene Abbott. Author: Captain Martha Mary; The Purple Mark; The Governor's Lady; Jim's Woman.

ABBOTT, Mabelle Foster, 39 Washington Sq., or Woman's University Club, 99 Madison Av., N.Y. City.

Journalist, author; b. Plymouth, O., Mar. 27, 1888; dau. S. L. and Laure (von Aumend) Abbott; grad. Radcliffe Coll., A.B. '09, with honors in English (pres. English Club, Radcliffe, 1907-09). Engaged in journalistic work from graduation, writing A Brief History of the Conservation Movement in Conservation News, from Nov., 1909, to July, 1911; editorial writer Collier's Weekly, 1910-11, giving special attention to the Conservation question and writing the articles: The Maine Water Power Situation; The Roosevelt Dam, and The Latest in Alaska (May, 1911). Following the latter article wrote one, The Alaskan Story, which was published July 7, 1911, by the Scripps-McRae papers, the charges in which were made the subject of an investigation by the Democratic Committee on Expenditures of the Interior Department of the House of Representatives (Washington, D.C.). Later wrote Our House in Order (Everybody's). Interested in Child Labor movement (series of articles in preparation). Big Sister movement, Progressive movement (in politics), and the Socialist Party. Active in Woman Suffrage Party (captain of 25th Election Dist. of 25th Assembly Dist., N.Y. City). Mem. Nat. Board of Censorship of Moving Picture Films. Mem. Nat. Conservation Organization, Nat. Geographic Soc., Socialist Party (Branch One). Stockholder in Twentieth Century Magazine; original subscriber and founder of Boston Common (100). Mem. Women's University Club and Radcliffe Club (N.Y. City), College Club and Appalachian Mountain Club (Boston). Episcopalian. Recreations: Horseback riding, mountain climbing.

ABBOTT, Winifred Buck (Mrs. Lawrence F. Abbott), Oakstone, Cornwall, N.Y.

Born N.Y., Jan. 2, 1872; dau. Albert H. and Laura (Abbott) Buck; ed. with governesses, at the Art Students' League, Metropolitan College of Music, rhetoric class at Columbia, and private classes in Europe; m. Bayport, L.I., Sept. 7, 1905, Lawrence F. Abbott; children: Lyman 2d, b. July 6, 1907; Laura Buck, b. Aug. 22, 1909. Worked for many years in boys' clubs at University Settlement in N.Y., and in Public Education Ass'n; pres of Village Improvement Soc. of Cornwall-on-Hudson. Author: Boys' Self-Governing Clubs; also about a dozen articles on social subjects. Mem. Women's Cosmopolitan Club. Recreations: Music, art, bridge, walking, tennis. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive in political sympathies. Mem. Cornwall Equal Suffrage Society.

ABEL, Annie Heloise, Goucher College, Baltimore, Md.

Educator, writer; b. Sussex, England; dau. George Abel (Scotland) and Amelia Anne (Hogben) Abel (Kent, Eng.); grad. Kan. State Univ. A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa); grad. student Cornell Univ., Yale Univ., Ph.D., 1905, holder Bulkley Fellowship in History at Yale Univ., 1903-04, 1904-05; winner of Justin Winsor prize of Am. Hist. Ass'n, 1906; holder of honorary fellowship in Teutonic philology at Johns Hopkins Univ., 1910-11; instr. in history. College Courses for Teachers, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1910-11, 1911-12, 1912-13; instr. in history, Wells Coll., 1905-06; asso. prof, history, Goucher Coll., 1906—. Author: History of the New Jersey Electorate (unpublished); The Indians in the Civil War; Proposals for an Indian State in the Union, 1778-1878; Indian Reservations in Kansas and the Extinguishment of Their Title; History of Indian Removals; Pessimism in Modern Thought (Master's thesis). Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Southern Ass'n of College Women, Am. Hist. Ass'n, Hist. Ass'n of Middle States and Maryland, College Equal Suffrage League—Baltimore Branch, Baltimore College Club. Mem. Church of England.

ABEL, Mary Hinman (Mrs. John J. Abel). Roland Park, Baltimore, Md.

Writer editor; b. Montour Falls, N.Y., Aug. 8, 1850; dau. George Theodore and Irene (Benson) Hinman; ed. Elmira Coll., A.B. '72 (mem. Callesophia); m. July 10, 1882, John J. Abel; children: Margaret, George, Robert. Editor of Journal of


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 Home Economics, 1909—. Author of prize essay for Public Health Ass'n: Scientlflc and Economic Cooking for People of Moderate Means; also Rumford Kitchen Leaflets; four Farmers' Bulletins for U.S. Dep't of Agriculture; many articles bearing on home economics for current publications. Co-founder, with Ellen H. Richards, of the New England Kitchen in Boston. Ten years mem. B'd Charities of the City of Baltimore. Mem. B'd Directors, Charity Organization Ass'n of Baltimore. Mem. Am. Home Economics Ass'n, Arundell Club.

ABNEY, Mary Lloyd Pendleton (Mrs. John Rutledge Abney). 19 E. Eighty-sixth St., N.Y. City.

Born Cincinnati, O.; dau. George Hunt and Alice (Key) Pendleton; ed. by governesses and tutors In America, France, England, Germany, Italy; and Convent of the Sacred Heart, Paris; m. Washington, D.C.. Nov. 21, 1896, John Rutledge Abney. Mem. Exec. Board of the Diocesan Auxiliary of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Colonial Dames, Colonial Governors. Episcopalian. Former vice-pres. for Ohio of the Ladies' Mt. Vernon Ass'n. During her father's service as U.S. Minister to Germany, 1885-89, was with him all the time, and from 1886 to 1889, filled all the social duties of the legation.

ABRAHALL, Frances Helen (Mrs. Frank A. Abrahall, 160 E. Thirty-sixth St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; dau. Joseph A. and Mary (Evers) Kinney; ed. Villa Maria Convent, Montreal, Can.; m. N.Y. City, Sept. 6, 1893, Frank A. Abrahall; children: Aubrey K., b. July 1, 1894; Frances E., b. May 6, 1904. Interested in women's clubs, particularly when they pertain to the uplift of woman and her advancement. Favors woman suffrage. Roman Catholic. Mem. Rainy Day Club, Professional Woman's League, Daughters of the Empire State, Woman's Democratic Club, Stage Children's Fund, Mozart Club, N.Y. Theatre Club, Round Table, New Yorkers, Housewives' League.

ABRAHAM, Mrs. Frances Smith, 114 S. Grant Av., Crawfordsville, Ind.

Artist; b. Greencastle, Ind.; dau. Martin Van Buren and Sarah (Gunning) Smith; ed. Crawfordsville (Ind.) public school; studied art under Franc Aulick, Cincinnati, and Mrs. O. C. Wilcox, Indianapolis; m. 1886; widow, one daughter, Mary Frances Abraham. Maintains studio in home, teaching china, water color and oil painting. Among her best paintings are Beeches in the Gen. Wallace Yard, and The Tree Under Which Ben Hur was Written. Takes especial interest in G.A.R., her grandfather serving in the Mexican and Civil wars and her father and uncles in the Civil war. Mem. Ladies of the G.A.R. (pres. 1911), Order of Ben Hur, Art League (pres. 1900, 1902, 1912). Mem. Christian Church. Does not favor woman suffrage.

ACHELIS, Bertha Franziska (Mrs. Fritz Achelis, 9 E. 57th St., N.Y. City, and (country home) Rumson, N.J.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug., 1865; dau. Fritz and Alette (Cramer) Koenig; ed. Bonn and Berlin, Germany; m. Bonn, Germany, July, 1873, to Fritz Achelis, of N.Y. City; children: Margaret J., Elizabeth A., Fritz George. Formerly actively engaged on Executive Boards of the Brooklyn Hospital and Training School for Nurses, and of the Brooklyn Woman's Work Exchange, to which still contributes; now member of and contributor to various German associations: German Ladies' Ass'n (Brooklyn), German Ladies' Ass'n (N.Y. City), German Housewives' Soc. (N.Y. City), German Recreation Home (Gravesend, L.I.), German Governesses' Home (N.Y. City), Woman's Auxiliary, German Hospital, Brooklyn Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; mem. Summer Com. of Babies' Hospital, Rumson, N.J. Vice-pres. Central Branch Y.W.C.A. (N.Y. City); contributor and honorary vice-pres. N.Y. State Consumers' League; actively interested in Working Girls' Summer Home of Y.W.C.A. at Rumson, N.J., and the activities of St. George's Parish at Rumson. Mem. St. Thomas's Episcopal Church, N.Y. City. Mem. Germanistic Soc., Monmouth County (N.J.) Hist. Soc, Monmouth County Branch, N.J., Charities Aid and Prison Reform Ass'n., Colony Club (N.Y. City). A vice-pres. of N.Y. State Ass'n. Opposed to woman suffrage.

ACKER, Margaret Kate, 50 Woolsey St., Astoria, L.I.

Teacher; b. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B., '95. Teacher in Germantown, Pa., 1895-96; Middletown, N.Y., 1896-97; Bryant High School, Long Island City, N.Y., since 1897.

ACKER, Mary Clarke (Mrs. Milo M. Acker), Center St., Hornell, N.Y.

Born Brattleboro, Vt; dau. Ranslure W. and Lucy C. (Wilder) Clarke; grad. Vassar, A.B. '78; m. Hornell, N.Y., 1890, Milo M. Acker. Teacher in Miss Dana's School, Morristown, N.J.; New Brunswick (N.J.) High School; Dr. C. H. Gardner's School, N.Y. City. Interested in Sunday-school and missionary work of Presbyterian Church; manager eight years of Willard State Hospital for the Insane; mem. Nat. Com. of Mental Hygiene of N.Y. State; mem. and officer of State Conference of Charities and Correction. Presbyterian. Interested in social, civic and philanthropic ass'ns in Hornell, N.Y.; vice-pres. Tuberculosis Com. of Hornell; vice-pres. Humane Soc. of Steuben Co. Recreation: Travel in Europe each summer (with occasional exceptions). Mem. Monday Reading Club. Speaker before clubs of all sorts, conferences of Charities and Corrections, religious gatherings and all assn's with which connected.

ACKERLY, Jennie, 416 W. 118th St., N.Y. City.

Teacher; b. Poughkeepsie, N.Y.; grad. Vassar, A.B., '89. Teacher, Hawley, Pa., 1889-91; Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1891-93; Derby, Conn., 1893-97. Teacher of mathematics, Morris High School, N.Y. City, since 1897.

ACKERMAN, Ethel Serviss (Mrs. David D. Ackerman), Closter, N.J.

Born Closter, N.J., Nov. 21, 1874; dau. John Henry and Mary Ellen (Baird) Serviss; grad. Vassar, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '98; grad. scholar in mathematics and astronomy, '98-'99; m. Closter, N.J., June 22, 1899, David D. Ackerman; one daughter, Ruth Serviss Ackerman. Active in temperance work; pres. W.C.T.U. of Bergen County, N.J.; mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Associate Alumnae of Vassar Coll.; Nantucket Maria Miichell Ass'n. Congregationalist Favors woman suffrage.

ACKERMAN, Irene, 101 W. 75th St. and (studio) 1947 Broadway, N.Y. City.

Actress, playwright, artist; b. N.Y. City, Oct 28, 1869; dau. Andrew J. Ackerman and Katherine (Carpender) Ackerman (now Mrs. Fay, q.v.); ed. Rutgers (Female) Coll., N.Y. City; studied art at N.Y. School of Art, the Art League, Y.W.C.A., private lessons, etc. Began as child actress with the Old Bowery Stock Company, played later with Mary Anderson at Park Theater, and afterward starred in the legitimate drama and in her own plays; for some years engaged in journalism and dramatic writing; author of plays: The Gold Mine; The Choir Girl; Inez; A Corner on Hogs; Ricket; manager of Orpheum Theatre, Mt. Vernon, in 1903. Studied art and engaged professionally in portrait work in oil, crayon, water color and all mediums; also a specialist in dog portraits. Has often appeared as dramatic reader, and has also done much work as a teacher of voice culture and dramatic art; contributor to magazines of short stories, etc. Editor of The Union; author Book of Poems. Has been active in suffrage work. Mem. Woman's Press and Eneri clubs. Actors' Church Alliance, Literary and Dramatic Union (treas.), Rutgers Coll. Alumnae, Professional Woman's League, and other societies. Mem. St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church. Democrat.

ACKERT, Helena Van Vliet (Mrs. Winifred R. Ackert), 416 W. Fifty-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Born Tenafly, N.J.; ed. in schools of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and grad. Vassar Coll., A.B '93 (Phi Beta Kappa); m. Oct. 12, 1903, Rev. Winfred R. Ackert. High school teacher, Jamaica. L.I., 1894-95; Newark, N.J., 1912.


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36 ADAIRE, Nannie, 1227 W. Lehigh Av., Philadelphia, Pa.

Educator; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; grad. Girls' High School, 1900; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B., '04; A. M., '06. Teacher of English and history in the Chelten Hills School, Wyncote, Pa., 1905-06; principal of Medford (N.J.) High School, 1906-07; teacher of English in Morristown (Pa.) High School since 1907.

ADAMS, Abby Merrill, 25 Newton St., Marlboro, Mass.

Physician; b. Farmington, Me.; dau. Joshua and Abigail Frost (Mosher) Adams; grad. Syracuse Univ. Med Coll. Physician in Willard Insane Hospital, Willard, N.Y., for six months; staff physician Insane Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind., two years; physician in Leavenworth (Kan.) Home and Bethany Home (Minn.) for Unfortunate Women. Mem. Board of Charity and Humane Soc. of LaCrosse, Wis. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist; served as treasurer and clerk of church. Mem. Natural History Soc, Marlboro, Mass.

ADAMS, Alice Dana, 6 Reservoir Court, Brookline, Mass.

Writer, private secretary; b. Brunswick, Me., Aug. 28, 1864; dau. George M. and Louise Lord (Dana) Adams; ed. public schools, Holliston, Mass.; private study; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '87; M.A. '96; Radcliffe Coll. Teacher, 1889-97; study, 1897-99; private sec. to Rev. F. N. Peloubet, D.D., 1899—. Author of Radcliffe Monograph No. 14— Neglected Period of American Anti-Slavery, 1908; also, in connection with Dr. Peloubet, International Bible Dictionary, 1912. Congregationalist. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Am. Geographical Soc, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Reading, walking. Mem. Boston Wellesley College Club.

ADAMS, Blanche Spalding Griffin (Mrs. William A. Adams), Brookfield, Cook Co., Ill.

Born Thornton Ferry, N.H., Nov. 24, 1874; dau. George Byron and Sarah Frances (Spalding) Griffin; ed. McGaw Normal Inst., Reeds Ferry, N.H.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '98; m. Thornton Ferry, N.H., Dec. 26, 1904, William A. Adams (Harvard '98); children: William Byron, Mary Griffin (died). Teacher English Dep't at St. Margaret's School, Buffalo, N.Y., for two years before marriage. Treas. and on various committees in Ladies' Aid Soc. of Congregational Church, Brookfield; second vice-pres. Brookfield Woman's Club; chairman Library Com., which succeeded in getting 2-mill Public Library tax in Brookfield. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Recreation: Music. Mem. Woman's Club (Brookfield), Magazine Club.

ADAMS, Edith Almy (Mrs. Joseph Adams), Lakota Hotel, Thirtieth St. and Michigan Av. Chicago; country, Rose Lawn, Ind.

Born Chicago; dau. Miles and Gertrude (Curtis) Almy; ed. in Chicago private schools and Misses Peebles and Thompson's Schools, N.Y. City; m. Chicago, Oct. 17, 1896, Joseph Adams. Episcopalian. Mem. Saddle and Cycle Club.

ADAMS, Elizabeth Kemper, Washburn House, Northampton, Mass.

Educator, writer; b. Nashostah, Wis.; grad. Vassar, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '93; Chicago Univ., post-graduate work, 1901-04; Babbott fellow, 1902-03; Ph.D., '04. Teacher Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., 1893-98; Vassar Coll., 1898-1901; Western Reserve Univ., 1901-05; Smith Coll. since 1905; associate prof, philosophy and education since 1909. Author: The Æsthetic Experience—Its Meaning in a Functional Psychology (Doctor's thesis), 1904; contributor of verse to magazines and of reviews to technical journals.

ADAMS, Elizabeth Starbuck, 1720 Pacific Av., San Francisco, Cal.

Educator; b. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 14, 1873; dau. George D. and Deborah (Hussey) Adams; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A.; Columbia Univ., M.A. (mem. Shakespeare Soc). Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian.

ADAMS, Emma L., 208 E. Sixteenth St., N.Y. City.

Librarian, settlement worker; b. Worcester, Mass.; dau. William Fuller and Amelia (Merrifield) Adams; ed. schools of New Jersey. For years engaged in library work as librarian of the Plainfield (N.J.) Public Library; now actively engaged in organized social settlement work in N.Y. City.

ADAMS, Emma Lily Arabella Parsons (Mrs. Charles Siedler Adams), 168 Lincoln PL, Brooklyn; country, Central Valley, N.Y. Born N.Y. City; dau. Hosmer Buckingham and Clelia Sara (Howson) Parsons; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn; m. Brooklyn, Apr. 12, 1899, Charles Siedler Adams; children: Franklin Parsons, Clelia Emma Adams. Presbyterian. Mem. Adelphi Alumnae Ass'n. Recreations: Music, tennis. Mem. Civitas Club. Against woman suffrage.

ADAMS, Emma Saul (Mrs. Charles True Adams), 1220 Dearborn Av., Chicago, Ill.

Teacher; b. Canajoharie, N.Y., Feb. 18, 1844; dau. Rev. George and Julie Regula (Steiner) Saul; ed. private schools, high school, Syracuse, N.Y., and private study; m. Syracuse, July 13, 1869, Charles T. Adams (Dartmouth '65) (died Feb., 1877); children: Samuel (Harvard '92), Julie Regula. Taught in West Newton English and Classical School, Friends Acad., New Bedford, and high school, Nashville, Tenn. Associate principal, later principal, of Kirkland School, Chicago; now retired. One of founders and mem. Chicago Woman's Club; director Ill. Audubon Soc; sec and treas. of Ass'n of Principals of Girls' Preparatory Schools of Chicago; with daughter is leading classes of women in topics of the day. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Ill. Audubon Soc, Chicago Political Equality League. Recreation: Bird study. Mem. Woman's City Club.

ADAMS, Eva Argene, 26 Cumberland St., Brunswick, Me.

Physician; b. Brunswick, Me., Dec. 30, 1874; dau. Franklin and Lucinda G. (Dennett) Adams; ed. Brunswick public schools, Maine Wesleyan Sem. '97, Tufts Coll. Med. School, M.D., 1902. Engaged since graduation in general practice of medicine in native place; real estate owner. Past matron Order Eastern Star; mem. Madisses Club (charitable). Favors woman suffrage.

ADAMS, Evangeline Smith, 1003 Carnegie Hall, N.Y. City.

Astrologer; b. Jersey City, N.J.; dau. George and Harriette E. (Smith) Adams (of the Adams family of New England, which gave two Presidents to U.S.); ed. in Andover, Mass., and Chicago, Ill.; studied astrology under Dr. J. Heber Smith, physician and astrologer, and the symbolism and esoteric mysteries of the Vedanta under Swami Vivikananda; has also studied occult science in years of Oriental study and travel. Author: Man in His Relation to the Solar System; Scientific Astrology and General Indications for 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, and articles on astrology in various publications. Mem. Medico-Legal Soc. (Psychological branch). Has in her studio a library of books dealing with occult science, some of which are the only known copies of those particular works. Recreations: Horseback riding, boating, tramping. Mem. Gamut Club. Congregationalist.

ADAMS, Evelyn Parkes (Mrs. Floyd Holden Adams), 15 Williams St., Hammond, Ind.

Born Birmingham, England, June 10, 1865; dau. George F. and Lucy (Guest) Parkes; ed. Rochester, N.Y.; Cook Acad., Montour Falls, N.Y., grad. '88; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '92 (mem. the Agora at Wellesley); m. May 14, 1897, Rev. Floyd Holden Adams; children: Theodore Floyd, Earl Frederick, Dorothy Evelyn, George Lodovic, Platform speaker on social, educational, civic, hygienic and morality questions. Vice-pres. of Hammond Settlement Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Author of poems and stories in various magazines, and articles for religious papers. Baptist. Instructor in physical culture, Dr. of mechano-therapy and chiropractic. Mem. Hammond Woman's Club.

ADAMS, Frances E. Lofthus (Mrs. Dow J. Adams), Waterbury Center, Vt.

Born Wilmington, N.C., 1861; dau. A. Louis and Sylva A. (Ayers) Lofthus; ed. Lawrence (Mass.) schools and Wellesley Coll., A.B.; m.


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Rh Stowe, Vt, Dec. 20, 1898, Dow J. Adams; one daughter: Mildred S. Universalist. Mem. the Grange, Woman's Relief Corps and Cemetery Ass'n.

ADAMS, Grace Smith (Mrs. Warren Austin Adams), Dartmouth Coll., Hanover, N.H.

Grad. Smith Coll., B.L., '94; m. Sept. 2, 1896, Warren Austin Adams, Ph.D. (now prof. German, Dartmouth Coll.); children: Austin Lockwood, b. Aug. 27, 1897; Henry, b. June 15, 1904. Engaged in teaching in Philadelphia, 1895-96. Congregationalist.

ADAMS, Harriet Chalmers (Mrs. Franklin P.), The Marlborough. Washington, D.C.

Explorer, lecturer; b. Stockton, Cal., Oct. 22, 1875; dau. Alexander and Frances (Wilkins) Chalmers; ed. by private tutors; m. Oct. 5, 1899, Franklin Pierce Adams. In 1900 traveled through Mexico, and became a student of Latin-American affairs; in 1900 began three years' journey through South America, traveling 40,000 miles, reaching every country and many points before unknown to a white woman; since 1906 lecturing and writing, in United States, on Latin-American topics. In 1910 crossed Haiti in the saddle, returning with eight solenodon, classed among the rarest of known animals; in 1912 traveled through Spain and Portugal to trace the beginnings of Latin-American history. Especially interested in the Andean countries and in the Quichua people, descendants of the Incas of Peru, but familiar with all twenty of the Latin-American republics and student of their history and present conditions. Author (lectures): The Andean Wonderland; In the Wake of the Galleon; From Patagonia to Paraguay; From the Amazon to the Orinoco; The Liberation of Bolivia; also numerous magazine publications. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc, Geog. Soc. of Philadelphia.

ADAMS, Jennie Belle, 931 D St., Lincoln, Neb.

Educational official; b. Fort Atkinson, Iowa, May 25, 1870; dau. Charles Francis and Emily Margaret (Snider) Adams; ed. Gates Coll., Neligh, Neb., P. S., '95. Sixteen years sec. in office of State Sup't of Public Instruction, Lincoln, Neb. Compiler of various educational publications issued by the office of the State Sup't of Public Instruction. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R.

ADAMS, Juliette Aurelia Graves (Mrs. Crosby Adams), Oak Park, Ill.

Teacher of music, composer; b. Niagara Falls, N.Y., Mar. 25, 1858; dau. Lyman Coleman and Clara (Clark) Graves; ed. public and private schools at Niagara Falls, N.Y.; m. Lewiston, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1883, Crosby Adams. Author of music: Graded Studies for the Piano; Home Study Books; Preliminary Studies for Piano; The Very First Lessons at the Piano; Five Tone Sketches; Dolls' Miniature Suite; Finger Solfeggio; Bourrée Antique; Four Love Songs for Voice and Piano; Christmas-Time Songs and Carols, and many others, also books; The Dolls' Musical Festivals; Chapters from a Musical Life; The Birth of Christ Told in Song; Six Dolls Alive. Mem. Congregational Church. Hon. mem. Amateur Musical Club of Chicago. Recreations: Cooking, gardening.

ADAMS, Kathryn Newell, Beloit College, Beloit, Wis.

Dean of women; b. Prague, Bohemia, 1876; dau. Edwin Augustus and Caroline Amelia (Plimpton) Adams; ed. Oberlin Coll., B.A. '98; Radcliffe Coll., B.A. '99; graduate work at Columbia Univ.; student in Oxford, Eng. Teacher of English in Fargo Coll., Fargo, N.D.; dean of women and prof. of English, Huron Coll., Huron, S.D.; dean of women and instructor in English, Beloit Coll. Active in church work; interested in home and foreign missionary work and work among working girls' clubs. Congregationalist. Recreation: Tramping. Mem. East End Club of Beloit (literary), Historical Club.

ADAMS, Lida Stokes, 1921 Green St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Washington, D.C, Feb. 14. 1862; dau. Hon. Green and Josephine L. (Stokes) Adams; ed. Park Sem. Washington, and other private schools in Philadelphia and Lexington, Ky.; studied modern languages abroad, French, German, Italian. Actively interested in civic and educational work. Mem. local School Board of Visitors: chief activity, the woman suffrage propaganda; chairman Legislative Com. for Pa. State Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pres. Eastern dist. (same ass'n); mem. State Com. to organize Woman Suffrage Party, and others. Mem. Soc. for Ethical Culture. Recreation: Travel. Mem. New Century Club of Philadelphia; vice-pres. and chairman Internat. Com. Civic Club of Philadelphia; formerly chairman Com. on Ward Organization; internat. sec. Fed. of Pa. Women.

ADAMS, Loula Rhyne (Mrs. M. R. Adams), Statesville, N.C.

Born April 8, 1866; dau. Hugh and Nancy (Lawing) Rhyne; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. (class historian) '88; m. Statesville, N.C, Oct. 14, 1891, Dr. M. R. Adams; children: Sarah Gracey, b. Aug. 24, 1892: Minor Revere, b. May 13, 1895. From graduation until time of marriage taught Latin and mathematics in Statesville Coll. Pres. Home Mission Soc. (Presbyterian); historian and sec. of literature, Presbyterian Union; sec. of literature. Foreign Mission Soc; pres. Eclectic Book Club (federated in 1898); pres. local Chapter of United Daughters of the Confederacy, 1904-06 (vice-pres. since 1906). Favors woman suffrage. Author: History of Woman's Missionary Union of Presbyterian Church; also some short stories. Mem. Benevolent Soc., Eclectic Book Club.

ADAMS, Lucy Frances, 1396 Union St., San Francisco, Cal.

Teacher; b. San Francisco, Cal.; dau. James and Matilda (Smith) Adams; ed. in San Francisco; grad. Girls' High School and Normal School. Active in club work, interested in art. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Twice elected pres. of Soc. of Daughters of Cal. Pioneers; mem. Soc. of Native Daughters of the Golden West; director San Francisco Girls' High School Alumnae Ass'n; former pres. of Normal Alumnae Ass'n of San Francisco; mem. Nat. Geographic Soc. Recreation: Travel. Director Kate Kennedy School Woman's Club.

ADAMS, Mabel Ellery, 38 Percival St., Dorchester, Mass.

Ass't principal; b. Quincy, Mass., Feb. 2, 1865; dau. Joseph and Amelia A. (Richie) Adams; ed. Quincy public schools, Radcliffe Coll., A.B., '08; served on Quincy School Com. eight years, 1896-1904. Teacher Horace Mann School for Deaf, 1891-1910; ass't principal since 1910. Trustee of Boston Teachers' Mutual Benefit Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Charter mem. Mass. Coll. Equal Suffrage League (first college suffrage league in United States). Has served as treas. and on board of directors. Occasional speaker. Associate editor Volta Review; frequent contributor to Volta Review, American Annals of the Deaf, and other magazines. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Radcliffe Alumnae, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Ass'n for Promotion of Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, Teachers' Mutual Benefit Ass'n, Lady Teachers' Ass'n, College Club of Boston, Masters' Assistants' Club, Boston Teachers' Club In 1907 received the Wilby prize at Radcliffe for best piece of work.

ADAMS, Margaret Catharine Zillafro (Mrs. Marvin Osborne Adams), Pepper Drive, Los Altos, Cal.

Born Shamrock, Mo., Nov. 2, 1869; dau. David S. and Mary E. (Logue) Zillafro; grad. Edinboro. Pa., State Normal, '89; N.Y. Univ., Pd.M., '04; one of the founders and first sec. Pi Alpha; m. Jan. 4, 1905, Marvin Osborne Adams; children: Marvin Osborne Jr., Margaret Grace. Teacher and institute instructor, 1889-1905; former teacher of logic and history of education in Normal Coll., N.Y. City. Interested in women's clubs; mem. Bradford (Pa.) Woman's Club, Woman's Club of Palo Alto, Cal.; interested in forest preservation, preservation of historic trees, etc., and in schools and education. Mem. Political Equality Club of Bradford, Pa. Has written articles on educational topics and on things of current interest to various magazines. Presbyterian. Republican. Pres. Los Altos Arbor Soc, Order of Eastern Star; active mem. Nat, Educational


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ADAMS, Mary Dean, 160 E. Ninety-first St., N.Y. City.

Investigator of social conditions; b. Lowell, Mass.; dau. Landon and Elizabeth (Dean) Adams; ed. public schools of Lowell, Smith Coll. B.L., 1899. Has been engaged in many investigations, including those in New York and Philadelphia of Immigrant Women; Italian and Jewish Banks; Home Conditions of Underfed School Children; Recreations; also many others, much being of a secret character and not for publication. Against woman suffrage; in Feb. 1909, read a paper at the suffrage hearing in the Capitol at Albany arguing against votes for women, and also wrote another anti-suffrage pamphlet entitled Wages and the Ballot. Both pamphlets have been published by the N.Y. State Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Unitarian.

ADAMS, Mary King Humphrey (Mrs. Burton A. Adams), 41 Irvington St., Springfield, Mass.

Missionary worker; m. Dec. 31, 1901, Burton A. Adams; children: Margaret Humphrey, b. Oct. 27, 1904; Dorothy Wright, b. Mar. 16, 1906. Missionary worker for Am. Bible Soc. in Chicago, Ill., 1895-96; teacher of science in Talladega (Ala.) Coll., 1896-1901.

ADAMS, Maude (Kiskadden), 20 E. Forty-first St., N.Y. City; summer, Ronkonkoma, L.I., N.Y.

Actress; b. Salt Lake City, Nov. 11, 1872; dau. James Kiskadden (business man) and Annie (Adams) Kiskadden (actress); ed. Cal. schools, 1878-88. As a child of five years old appeared in a speaking part, Little Schneider, with J. K. Emmet in one of his "Fritz" plays at the old Bush St. Theatre in San Francisco, also at the Baldwin Theatre as Chrystal in David Belasco's "Chums." On leaving school in 1888 appeared at the Madison Square Theatre, N.Y. City, as a school mistress in Hoyt's "A Midnight Bell"; later played in "Men and Women," and created the part of the crippled girl in "The Lost Paradise," in which she first attracted attention. Went under the Frohman management, 1890, as Evangeline Bender in William Gillette's comedy, "All the Comforts of Home"; leading woman with John Drew, 1892-97. Began her career as a star in 1897 as Lady Babbie in Barrie's "The Little Minister," which she created in England and America; in 1900 starred in Charles Frohman's special production of "Romeo and Juliet"; in 1901 in "L'Aiglon"; in 1902 in "Quality Street"; in 1903 in "The Pretty Sister of José"; after a season's rest revived "The Little Minister," and appeared also in " 'Op o' My Thumb" in 1905, and Nov. 6, 1905, opened at the Empire Theatre, N.Y. City, in Barrie's "Peter Pan," which ran two seasons; following this she appeared in "The Jesters," and later in "What Every Woman Knows," 1908-09; "Joan of Arc," 1909-10; as Rosalind in "As You Like It," 1910; then in "Chanticler," first produced at the Knickerbocker Theatre, N.Y. City, Jan. 23, 1911.

ADAMS, Ninette Forehand (Mrs. George J. Adams), Pender, Neb.

Born Poweshiek Co., Ia., July 16, 1871; dau. Lloyd D. and Flora E. (Andrews) Forehand; ed. Univ. of Nebraska; m. Omaha, Neb., June 30, 1898, George J. Adams; children: Charles Forehand, Margaret Elizabeth. Ex-pres. Pender Woman's Club; ex-pres. Ladies' Guild of Presbyterian Church; chairman Public Library Com. Presbyterian. Recreation: Travel. Mem. Woman's Club.

ADAMS, Sallie Harp (Mrs. Richard F. Adams), 134 S. Second St., Palatka, Fla.

Club woman; b. Crescent City, Fla., Jan. 5, 1873; dau. John H. and Mary E. (Mott) Harp; ed. Fla. High Schools; grad. Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga., A.B., 1892; m. Crescent City, Fla., Oct 11, 1893, Richard F. Adams. Resident Palatka, Fla., since 1893; charter mem. Woman's Club of Palatka (two years sec., one year vice-pres., three years pres.); recording sec. Fla. Federation of Women's Clubs 1900-1902; corr. sec 1902-1904: pres. 1904-1906; State sec. to Gen. Federation 1908-1910. Presbyterian, active in church work, leader of choir 16 years. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy (vice-pres. Patton Anderson Chapter, Palatka, since 1904); sec. Palatka Library Ass'n since 1902.

ADAMS, Sarah Jennie Kelley (Mrs. Charles D. Adams), 10 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.

Educator; b. Woburn, Mass.; dau. Joseph and Sarah P. (Marston) Kelley; grad. Woburn High School '71, Vassar, A.B., '75; m. Woburn, Mass., Aug. 3, 1881, Charles Day Adams (A.B. Harvard 73); children: Raymond Marston Adams (A.B. Harvard '05), Helen Day Adams (b. 1884, d. 1888); husband and son both lawyers. Teacher Woburn High School, 1876-81; later taught private pupils; was 11 years mem. and one year chairman Woburn School Board. Helped found Summer Industrial School in Woburn; taught classes (free) in parliamentary law; was member of board of The Burbeen Fund (corporation) for providing free public lectures for people of Woburn; was a vice-pres. of Woburn Home for Aged Women; prior to 1896 was a lecturer before Women's Clubs on Sanitation; after that debarred by illness from all public activities, but during past two years and now again active as a teacher of the principles of Theosophy as set forth by Mrs. Annie Besant. Twice pres. Woburn Woman's Club; first vice-pres. (during presidency of Mrs. Julia Ward Howe) of Mass. State Fed. Woman's Clubs, 1893-95; one of incorporators of College Club (Boston); mem. Vassar Alumnae Ass'n; former mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae. Unitarian. Republican.

ADAMS, Susan Louise, 2983 B. Grand Boulevard, Detroit, Mich.

High school teacher; b. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 3. 1882; dau. William F. and Susan G. (Harpham) Adams; grad. Wellesley Coll., A.B. '04; mem. Alpha Kappa Chi. Cor. sec. of East Side Settlement Ass'n since 1910. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Detroit branch of College Equal Suffrage League. Universalist. Cor. sec. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae (Detroit branch); mem. Detroit Soc. for Social Hygiene, College Club of Detroit, Detroit New Century Club, Wellesley Club of Detroit, U.S. Daughters of 1812.

ADAMS, Virginia ("Jennie") Claiborne (Mrs. Robert McCormick Adams), Webster Groves, Mo.

Born Rocky Mount, Franklin Co., Va., Sept. 5, 1853; dau. Nathaniel Charles Cole and Mildred Kyle (Morris) Claiborne; grad. with honor from St. Vincent's Acad., St. Louis, Mo.; m. Oct. 21, 1874, Robert McCormick Adams, of Chicago; children: Hugh Claiborne, Mildred Kyle (deceased), Amanda McCormick, Nathalie Claiborne, Virginia Claiborne, Robert McCormick Jr. and Marian Kyle (twins), John Bellingham. Mem. Colonial Dames of Mo. (former historian and cor. sec); was mem. D.A.R. for several years, and formerly mem. Wednesday Club and Monday Club of St. Louis. Favors woman suffrage and first pres. of Equal Suffrage League of Webster Groves.

ADAMS, Winifred Brady (Mrs. John Ottis Adams), "The Hermitage," Brookville, Ind.

Artist; b. Muncie, Ind., May 8, 1871; dau. Thomas Jefferson and Emeline (Wolfe) Brady; ed. Miss Burgess' School, Washington, D.C.; Lasell Sem., Boston; Drexel Inst, and Art Students' League, N.Y. City; m. Muncie, Ind., Oct. 1, 1898, John Ottis Adams; children: Alban, Edward and Robert. Mem. Soc. of Western Artists, Cincinnati Woman's Art Club; work owned by John Herron Art Inst., Indianapolis; Art Ass'n of Muncie, Ind. Universalist.

ADDAMS, Jane, Hull House, 800 South Halsted St., Chicago, Ill.

Social reformer, lecturer, writer, philanthropist; b. Cedarville, Ill., Sept 6, 1860; dau. Hon. John H. and Sarah (Weber) Addams; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Coll., A.B. '81, took post-graduate courses in Europe and U.S.; LL.D. Univ. of Wis. '04, Smith Coll. '10; A.M. Yale '10. Since leaving college has devoted her life to social reforms. In 1889, with Miss Ellen Gates Starr, founded Hull House, long recognized as the most successful exponent of the Social Settlement idea, of which she has from the first