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��and with Robert Henri, both in Paris ajid N.Y., bJso under Raphael Collin, Paris. Received di- ploma from Boston Art School. Exhibited in Paris Salon of 1900-01, Philadelphia, Boston and N.Y. City. Unitarian. Mem. Copley Soc. and Denison House (Boston).

PERRY, Edith Dean Weir (Mrs. James DeWolf Perry), Bishop's House, 3 Brown St., Provi- dence, R.I.

Miniature painter; b. New Haven, Conn., 1875; flau. Prof. John Ferguson and Mary (French) Weir: ed. private school; Yale School of Fine A-rts; N.Y. Art League; pupil ot Lucia Fairchild Fuller; m. New Haven, Conn., Jan. 2, 1908, Rt. Rev. James DeWoU" Perry (now Bishop of Rhode Island); children: James DeWolf, b. Nov. 3, 1908; Beatrice Weir, b. July, Idle. Ou Board of Managers of St. Mary's OiT>hanage, Providence; Board of ManagM^ of Providence Rescue Homa; Social Service Com. of Girls' Friendly Society; Com. on Girls' Friendly Society Lodge for Working Girls. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Progressive in polltioe.

PERRY, Emma Elizabeth, Dublin, Georgria.

Teacher; b. near Dublin, Ga., June 6, 1879; dau. J. B. and Charasta (Vanlandlngham) Perry; ed. in country school of village and Athens State Normal School (holds diploma). Since graduation in 1905 at State Normal, taught one year at Rabun Gap Ga. ; built Poplar Springs Industrial School, eignt miles from Dublin, and taught It six years (a school which, wa.3 the beginning of a great educational awakening In Laurens Co.); resigned May 13, 1812. Baptist. Taking post- graduate course at State Normal School.

PERRY, Julia B. (Mrs. Newton Perry), Sap't

Girls' Industrial School, Beloit, Kan.

Teacher; b. Stewart, O., Mar. 24, 1860; dau. Seth and Mary (Scptt) Bailey; ed. Marietta (O.) Coll.; m. (l&t) 1878, John B. Douglas; (2d) New- ton, Kan., 1885, Newton Perry; one son: John B. Douglas. For past 12 years sup't of State Institution at Beloit, Kan. ; prevloua to that time a public school teacher. Favors woman suf- frage. M«thodiat, PERRY, Lllla Cabot (Mrs. Thomas Sergeant

Perry), 312 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Artist, writer; b. Boston, Mass.; dau. Samuel and Hannah Lowell (Jackson) Cabot; ed. in Bos- ton schools; studied painting in Boston and at the Acadfmie Julian and Colorossi Studio In Paris; m. Boston, April 9, 1874, Thomas Sergeant Perry, author. Elxhibited at Paris Salon, 1889; Massachusetts Mechanics Ass'n Exhibition (silver medal), 1892, Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 (bronze medal), and in other exhi- bitions. Translator of Tourguenleffs Poems In Prose. Author: Heart of the Weed; The Garden of Hellas; Impressions.

PERRY, Stella Georee Stem (Mrs. Georre Hough Perry), Hackensack, N.J., and San Francisco, Cal.

Writer; b. New Orleans, La., Dec. 8, 1877: dau. George and Carolyn (Silverstein) Stern; grad. Barnard Coll., A.B. '98, class poet (mem. Alpha Omicron Pi); m. N.Y. City, Sept 19, 1906, George Hough Perry. Sec. Consumers' League of N.J. ; vlce-pres. and chairman Relief Com. of Gen. Welfare Soc. of Hackensack; special Inspector of labor (volunteer). State of N.J. ; mem. N.J. Child Labor Com. Appeared before N.J. Legislature in behalf of several measures for working women and children; lecturer on child labor, moral prophylaxis and safeguarding girls; amateur gar- dener. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Go to Sleep (juvenile); Melindy (adult Action); When Mother Lets Us Act (Juvenile); also poems, Btories and special articles In many newspapers Rnd magazines; Introduction to Everygirls' Li- brary. Unitarian. Socialist. Mem. Women's Alli- ance of Unitarian and other liberal churches, Children's Relief and General Welfare Soc, Con- Bumers' League, Soc. of Moral and Sanitary Prophylaxis, Nat. Plant FYult and Flower Guild, Intercollegiate Socialist Soc., Socialist Party, Barnard Coll. Alunmae Ass'n, Alpha Omicron Pi Fraternity. Recreations: Gardening, walking. Mem. Women's Club of Hackensack.

��PETERS, Amelia C. (Mrs. Samuel R. Peters),

Newton, Kan.

Born Circleville, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1843; dau. Rev. John and Maria (McClellan) Doane; grad. high school with honors, Circleville, Ohio; m. Circle- ville, Ohio, Apr. 18, 1867. Samuel R. Peters (deceased); one son: Fletcher B., druggist. Resident of Kansas since 1873. Active mem. of the Home and Foreign Missionary societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Pres. of the Society of Associated Charities of Newton since 1905; mem. State Soc. of Charities and Corrections; mem. State Historical Soc. ; charter mem. Woman's Relief Corps; auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic. Suffragist. Methodist. Republican. Mem. Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star, and was its grand matron for the State, 1884-85. Sec. of the County Historical Soc. since its organization. Mem. Kansas State Fed. of Women's Clubs (pres. 1898-99); mem. Themian Club (literary) and was pres. for nine years.

PETERS, Eleanor Bradley (Mrs. Edward Mc- Clure Peters), 520 E. 2l8t St., Brooklyn, N.Y. ; summer: The Beacon, D«er Isle, Me. Born in Southborough, Massachusetts, daughter of Henry Hunter and Emily Cumminga (Bradley) Peters ; ed. Paris, France and Boston, Mass. ; m. N.Y. City, Feb. 2, 1892, Edward McClure Peters; one son: Edward McClure Peters Jr., b. Dec. 25, 1892. Interested In history and genea- ology. Favors woman suffrage; mem. N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Author: Hugh Peter, Preacher, Patriot, Philanthropist — A Mosaic (printed in Eissex Historical Collections), 1901; also Peters of New England, Bradley of Essex County, Mass. (local colonial history and gene- alogy). Episcopalian. Mem. Mary Washington Colonial Chapter D.A.R., N.Y. City; Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Woman's Auxiliary, Am. Scenic and Historic Soc., Red Cross Soc, Navy League, Audubon Soc, N.Y. Auxiliary of Southern Industrial Educational Ass'n, Washington Headquarters' Ass'n, N.Y. Historical Society.

PETERS, Gabriella Brooke Farman, 237 W.

Ninty-ninth St., N.Y. City.

Teacher; b. N.Y. City; ed. Miss Rayson's School, N.Y. City; holder of second Bryn Mawr Matriculation Scholarship for New York, New Jersey and Delaware, 1903-05; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '07. Teacher In Miss Rayson's School, N.Y. City, since 1907. Mem, Governing B'd of Consumers' League of N.Y. City, 1908-09; sec. Pure Food Com., 1907-08.

PETERS, Grace Rarey, 891 E. Broad St.,

Columbus, O.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '01; fellow in philosophy, 1902-02, M.A. '03. Teacher of history in Columbus (O.) East High School, 1904-06 and since 1907. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse, Smith Coll. Alumnse Ass'n.

PETERSON, Anna I-ockwood, 1120 S. 28th St., Omaha, Neb.; home: Evanston, HI. Teacher of Latin and Greek in Omaha High School; b. Nevada, Iowa, Mar. 16, 1878; dau. James Henry and Celeste (Martin) Peterson; ed. Hyde Park High School, Chicago; Univ. ot Chi- cago, A.B. '99; grad. with honors In English, philosophy, Latin and Greek; Phi Beta Kappa '99. Interested in social service. One of found- ers of Omaha Social Settlement Ass'n; director, 1908—; sec, 1909-10; chairman Classes and Clubs Com., 1908-09; teacher, 1908-. Mem. Nat. Con- suaners' League. Sec. Omaha Political Equality League; mem. Omaha Suffrage Ass'n; chairman Mem'bersJiip Extension for Neb. Woman's Suf- frage A»«'n; actively engaged in work of State organiiation, 1913-14. Metn. Woman's Com. to AsBJst Neb. Legislative Com. in Investigation of Minlmu'm Wage for Women, 1913. Addressed Omaha Political EUiuality League on Minimum Wage, 1913; OmAha Charter Commission on Equal Suffrage, A Problem in Conservation, 1913. Unitarian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Univ. ot Chicago Alumnse Ass'n, Bursar Nat. Fed. of College Women, 1912-13; Am. Classical Ass'n, Classical Ass'n of Middle West and Soutb,

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Artist; b. Elgin, Ill.; dau. Julius Peterson; grad. Pratt Inst., Brooklyn; pupil of Joaquin Sorolla y-Bastida, Frank Brangwyn, Jacques Blanche. Mem. N. Y. Water Color Club, Association of Women Painters and Sculptors, New York City; National Arts Club, Am. Woman's Art Club, Penn and Brush Club of N. Y. Has exhibited in the Salon des Artistes Français, Paris; the Academy, London, and all the principal exhibitions in America. Had "one-man shows" at the St. Botolph Club (Boston), Knoedler's (N. Y. City), Art Club of Grand Rapids, Art Inst. (Chicago), Peabody Inst. (Baltimore), MacDowell Club (N. Y. City), etc.

PETERSON, Kate Oelzner, 91 Eighth AV., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Jersey City, N.J.; ed. Packer Inst., Brooklyn; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1888-89; Vassar Coll., A.B. '90; graduate student, Radcliffe Coll., 1894-97, A.M. '95; fulfilled the requirements for Ph.D., Harvard Univ., 1897; foreign fellow of Women's Education Soc., Boston, 1901-02. Teacher in Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, 1890-94; teacher of English for Cubans, Harvard, 1900. Author (thesis): On the Sources of the Nonne Prestes Tale; The Sources of the Parson's Tale, Chaucer and Trivet.

PETERSON, Marie Dahle (Mrs. James A. Peterson), 2727 Chicago Av., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Perry, Wis., July 12, 1862; dau. O. B. and Bergitte (Nelson) Dahle; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.L '84 (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Perry, Wis., Nov. 19, 1889, James A. Peterson; children: Amy Belle, Olga Dorothea, James Dahle. Active mem. Current Events and Literary Soc., Fairview Hospital, Woman's Auxiliary, Day Nursery Com. of Wells Memorial Social Settlement. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality Club. Episcopalian.

PETERSON, Mary Alida Orswell (Mrs. John A. Peterson), Hingham, Mass.

Born Fall River, Mass.; dau. John and Mary A. (Carroll) Orswell; grad. Brown Univ., Ph.B. '01; public schools of Fall River, Mass., and Providence, R.I.; m. Providence, R.I., June 29, 1903, Dr. John A. Peterson; children: Amy Alida, b. Sept. 20, 1904; Natalie, b. June 3, 1911. Teacher in Hingham High School, 1901-02. Mem. Brown Alumnæ Ass'n, Brown Alumnæ Ass'n of Boston, Old Colony Chapter D.A.R. of Hingham, Edwin Humphrey Relief Corps of Hingham. Unitarian.

PETERSON, Maude Gridley (Mrs. Arthur Everett Peterson), South Coventry, Conn.

Author; b. Southington, Conn., Mar. 5, 1871; dau. Arthur C. and Emma B. (Andrews) Gridley; ed. High School, Vineland, N.J.; Normal School, New Britain, Conn.; Swarthmore Coll., Pa., two years; m. Monson, Mass., June 20, 1899, Arthur Everett Peterson; children: Austin Gridley, Barbara Standish, John Alden. Supervisor of primary work in New Britain Normal Training School. Interested in social life for country women; first pres. of Hilltop Home Club, Coventry, Conn. Against woman suffrage. Author: How to Know Wild Fruits; Historical Sketch of Coventry, Conn. (printed for the two-hundredth anniversary of the town); contributions to Su- burban Life. Universalist. Recreations: Walk- iug, gardening, botanizing. Mem. Fortnightly Club of N.Y. City.

PETICOLAS, Marion Goodwin (Mrs. Alfred Brown Peticolas), 207 N. Bridge St., Victoria, Tex.

Born Burton, Geauga Co., O., June 19, 1844; dau. Dr. Sherman Gould and Lydia (Cook) Goodwin; ed. Victoria (Tex.) Female Acad.; m. Victoria, Tex., June 22, 1869, Alfred Brown Peticolas (lawyer); children: Sherman (electrical engineer, Omaha, Neb.). Judge Warner M. (El Paso, Tex.), Ralph A. (electrical engineer, Baltimore, Md.); has 14 grandchildren. Many years active mem. King's Daughters (charitable organization); librarian of Bronte Public Subscription Library. Presbyterian (mem. Aid Soc.). Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy. Recreations: Music, art, singing. Mem. Bronte Club (oldest In State), and Civic Ass'n (Victoria); pres. Fifth Dist. Tex. Fed. of Women's Clubs.

PETRIE, Cordia Greer (Mrs. Hayel G. Petrie), Chenoa, Ky.

Born Hays, Barrow Co., Ky.; dau. Newton M. and Sallie E. (Settle) Greer; ed. Louisville public schools, Eminence (Ky.) Coll.; m. Jeffersonville, Ind., July 18, 1894, Dr. Hayel G. Petrie, Fairview, Ky. Interested in bettering conditions of people who live in mining camps in Eastern Ky. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Angeline Series (Angeline Jines the Choir; Angeline at the Fair; Angeline at the Dedication; When the Bees Got Busy, the last named in collaboration with Miss Leigh Gordon Gilture of Eminence, Ky.); En Route; An Intermission; An Awakening; A Railway Incident; A Tragedy Averted; and short stories. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church. Democrat. Recreations: Horseback riding, studying quaint characters. Mem. Lanier Club, Jellico, Tenn.

PETRIE, Flora Rebekah, 319 E. 6th St., Plain- field, N.J.

Librarian; b. Lakehurst, N.J.; dau. Rev. James and Martha J. (Hall) Petrie; ed. Plainfield, N.J.; Elmira Coll.; Pratt Inst., Brooklyn. Librarian of Y.M.C.A. Library of N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Magazine contributor. Presbyterian. Recreations: Tramping, bicycling, rowing, tennis.

PETRIE, M. Josephine, 319 E. 6th St., Plain- field, N.J.; office: 156 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.

Home Missionary secretary; b. White Lake, N.Y.; dau. Rev. James and Martha J. (Hall) Petrie. Since 1898 National sec. of Young People's work for the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, having to do with young people's organizations, young women's guilds and Sabbath-schools of the Presbyterian Church; work includes traveling in U.S. and much public speaking for home missions. Identified with numerous committees in the interest of religious and philanthropic service. Regular contributor to denominational publications and magazines in the interest of National Home Missions. Presbyterian. Recreations: Walking, rowing, music.

PETRUNKEVITCH, Wanda Hartshorn (Mrs. Alexander Petrunkevitch), 266 Livingston St., New Haven, Conn.

Born San Francisco, Cal., Mar. 17, 1875; dau. E. F. and Julia B. (Hartshorn); ed. Hackettstown Sem., Goucher Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa, European fellowship); studied at universities of Berlin and Freiburg in Baden (mem. Pi Beta Phi); m. London, April 8, 1903, Alexander Petrunkevitch of Moscow, Russia, prof. of zoology in Yale Univ.; children: Anna, b. Mar. 28, 1904; Wanda, b. April 5, 1907. Favors woman suffrage. Author of articles in magazines, Outlook, Delineator (stories), Woman's Home Companion, Harper's Monthly, poems in Harper's Monthly, Smart Set, Outlook, McClure's, Lippincott's, Poetry (Chicago).

PETTEE, Julia, Salisbury, Conn.

Librarian; b. Lakeville, Conn.; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '99. Assistant, 1899-1907; classifier and cataloguer, 1907-09, Vassar Library; reorganizer of Rochester Theological Sem. Library, 1908-09; head cataloguer, Union Theological Sem. since 1909. Writer of various articles in library publications.

PETTIBONE, Minnie Mathewson (Mrs. Willia E. Pettibone), 212 Sixth St., N., Great Falls, Mont.

Born Avoca, N.Y., July 9, 1870; dau. Joseph E. and Sarah (Vroman) Mathewson; ed. Cook Acad., Montour Falls, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., B.A.; m. Avoca, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1900, Willis E. Pettibone; children: Willis Eugene Jr., Ellen Katherine, Robert Carey, Marian Hope, Deane Mathewson. Active in teaching mission study classes; was State sec. of East Washington and North Idaho for the Women's Baptist Foreign Missionary Soc. for three years; teaches Bible classes in the Y.W.C.A. Baptist.

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��PETTIGBEW, Belle T., Sioux Falls, S.Dak.

Teacher, missionary; b. Evansville, Wis.; grad. Rackford (111.) Sem. (now college), 1859. and afterward took special studies, at three different times. In Univ. of Chicago. After leaving col- lege devoted her life to teaching and missionary work; for 12 years represented the Woman's Baptist Home Mission Soc. as missionary among the negroes, and three years as general mission- ary in South Dakota. Traveled in Europe seven months In 1893; later lived several years in Washington, where was mem. Columbia Chap- ter D.A.R., W.C.T.U. and AnU-Saloon League. Took trip around world for two years, 1902-04, during which made visits to missions In Burma, China and Japan; since 1904 resident of Sioux Palls, S.Dak., where has been active as local officer and as State sup't of press dep't, W.C.T.U.; also active in work of Baptist Church.

PETTIJOKN, Grace Smith (Mrs. Fred L. Pettl- John), 2423 Central Av., Indianapolis, Ind. Bom in Hamilton Co., Ind., May 10, 1876; dau. Samuel M. and Aletha Ann (White) Smith; grad. Friends Acad., Westfleld, Ind.; completed course of English and history, De Pauw Univ. (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Noblesvllle, Ind., Sept. 12, 1901, Fred L. Pe1;ti)ohn, M.D.; children: Aletha Harnett, Martha Grace. Has written a history of the Smith-Pickens family of South Carolina (original), now being published. Mem. Parent Teacher Ass'n of School No. 45, Indian- apolis; Woman's Dep't Club, Present Day Club, Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae, all of Indian- apolis. Mem. M.E. Church (SuBday-«chool teacher) Against woman suffrage.

PETTUS, Frances Stevenson (Mrs. a Hajnlet

PettuB), Harris Springs, S.C.

Born Felton, Del., Mar. 1, 1872; ed. Swarth- more Coll., A.B. '93 (Phi Beta Kappa), (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Felton, Del., Oct. 26, 1899, C. Hamlet Pettus; children: Lydla Jeffress, Mary Roselynd, Frances Stevenson, Hamlet Jr., Morris. Interested In child culture, hygiene, schools, home-making, history. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recreations: Walking, driving, reading, study, piano, distributing good literature In homes. Ex-mem. Avon Club in Felton, Del.

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PETTTJS, Isabella Mary, 350 West Seventy-flrst

St., N.Y. City.

Lawyer; b. St. Louis, Mo.; dau. James Thomas and Mary A. (Hoefflla) Pettus; ed. Abbott's Coll. Inst; N.Y. Univ. Law School, LL.B., LL.M. Admitted to bar of N.T. State 1898, and to Dlst. and Circuit Courts of U.S., Southern Dlst. of N.Y. Acting pres. Woman's Legal Education Soc; pres. the Alumnae Ass'n of Woman's La/w' Class, N.Y. Univ.; lecturer on Law, Woman's Law Class. Has written articles on legal matters for the Albany Law Journal and the Woman Lawyers' Journal. Baptist; mem. Fifth Av. Church, N.Y. City. Mem. Am. Social Science Ass'n. Soc. for Judicial Settlement of Interoat. Disputes, Woman's Auxiliary of Army and Navy Y.M.C.A., Baptist foreign missionary societies. Recreation: Painting. Mem. Fed. of Women's Clubs, State of N.Y.; Fed. City of N.Y.; Portia Club; Woman Lawyers' Club. Has practiced extensively In Ckinnectlcut as well as N.Y. State in courts of record, as well as In bankruptcy and surrogate courts. PETTUS, Maia, Athens, Ala.

Writer; b. Elkmont, Ala., 1874; dau. Dr. J. A. and Musie (Cartwright) Pettus; grad. Cox Coll., Atlanta, Ga. Author: The Princess of Glendale; Meda's Heritage. Has contributed to the Sunny South, Cosmos, (Amsterdam, Holland), and other periodicals. Mem. United Daughters of the Con- federacy. Recreation: music. PETTUS, Martha Elvira, 350 West 71st St.,

N.Y. City.

Writer; b. St. Louis, Mo.; dau. James Thomas and Mary A. (Roefflin) Pettus; ed. Abbott's Col- legiate Inst., Eberhard's Conservatory of Music. Mem. Alumnaa Ass'n of Woman's Law Class of N.Y. Univ., Ladies' Christian Union, Woman's Auxiliary Army and Navy Soc, the Auxiliary of George Jr. Republic, Baptist Home, Foreign and

��City Missionary Societies, Sabbath Alliance. Contributor to magazines and religious press, poema and historical sketches: Annals; Preela'a Dream and Other Poems; Statues to Noted Women; Three Chinese Women; Ivan of Flan- ders; Antigone and Her Sisters. Mem. State and City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreation: Music. Baptist.

PETTUS, Sarah L.vdla DeForest (Mrs. William Bacon Pettus), 120 Szechnen Road, Shanghai, China.

Religious worker; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. 1901; m. June 13, 1905, William Bacon Pettus; one son: John DeForest, b. May 1, 1909. Traveling sec. of Student Volunteer Movement, 1901-02; girls' club worker, Madison Square Church House, N.Y. City, 1903-M; teacher, Northfleld (Mass.) Sem., 1904-06. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n.

PETTY, Julia De Bernlen Davis (Mrs. Charles Petty\ 134 N. Dean St., Spartanburg, S.C. Born Union Co., S.C; dau. John Walton and Mary J. (Gunning) Davis; grad. Limestone Springs Female Coll., with first honors; m. in Union Co., Apr. 12, 1859, Charles Petty, assistant editor of the Spartanburg Evening Journal; chil- dren: Mary (Mrs. J. T. Calvert), Paul, Eva (Mrs. C. J. Shearn), Ruth (Mrs. C. H. Henry), Agnes (Mrs. Ashmead F. Pringle). Episcopalian; mem. church missionary societies, Y.M.C.A. Auxiliary Soc Mem. Tea Cups Club, established 22 years ago; Kennedy Library Club.

PETTY, Mary, 211 S. Ashe St., Greensboro, N.C. Normal college teaicher; ed. Wellesley (Doll., B.S. '85; fellow in chemistry, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1895-98. Teacher of Latin, Guilford Coll., 1888-93; teacher of chemistry and physics in State Normal and Industrial Coll., Greensboro, 1893-95 and 1896-99; since then head of dep't of chemistry. Pres. Women's Club, Greensboro, N.C.

PPAnrENBBniGER, Edith Myers (Mrs. Wilbur F. Pfaffenberger), 321 N. Indianapolis Av., Seymour, Ind.

Bom Jeffersonville, Ind., Apr. 16, 1869; dau. Peter and Rachel (Jacobs) Myers; grad. Moore'a HUl Coll., B.S., A.M.; Goucher Coll., BalUmore, and Metropolitan School of Music, Indianapolis, with degree of the Artists' Course; also took Chautauqua course; m. Jeffersonville, July 21, 1902, Wiltjur F. Pfaffenberger. Mem. Civic League. Methodist; mem. Home Missionary Soc, W.C.T.U. Recreations: Country home la sum- mer, flinch, picnics, driving, receptions. Clubs: Monday Musicale, Shakespeare Circle, Tuesday Literary, Indiana, Magazine, Flinch Social. Fa- vors woman suffrage.

PHELAN, Florence B. (Mrs. Joseph Warren Phelan), 60 Brooks St., West Medford, Mojs. Born Cambridge, Mass., June 7, 1872; dau. Luther E. and Emma (Merrifleld) Kimball; pd. Smith Coll., A.B. ; Boston Normal School; Bio- logical Soc; m. Aug. 11, 1900, Joseph Warren Phelan; children: John K., Robert K., Sarah Phelan.

PHELAA, Florence Laaaban (Mrs. WtlUam Daly Phelan), 1311 Denlnston Av., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Apr. 11, 1880; dau. James K. and Mary (Rily) Lanahan; ed. Georgetown Con- vent, Washington, D.C. ; m. July 10, 1905, Will- lam Daly Phelan (now deceased); children: Mary Lanahan, William Daly. Interested In social service work. Mem. Pa. EUrual Franchise Fed. Has written occasional magazine articles. Catho- lic Clubs; 20th Century, Colloquium, Civic, Consumers' League.

PHELPS, Alvemon (Mrs. George J. Phelps),

ISOO M. St., Lincoln, Neb.

Born Mt. Morris, 111.; dau. Henry H. and "Sophia (Middlekauff) Cleridence; ed. Mt. Morris High School; Mt. Morris Coll.; m. Mt. Morris, III., George J. Phelps; one son: Vernon G. Ac- tive in church and all philanthropic work. Mem. Board of Y.W.C.A., Lincoln, Neb.; the New Atlantis Club, Oregon, 111.; Tuesday Review Clulj, Lincoln, Neb.; Social Service Club; pres. of the Lincoln Woman's Club. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

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��PHELPS, Anna Bedfleld, N.T. State Library,

Albany, N.Y.

Library organizer; b. Syracuse, Mar. 29, 1852; dau. Dudley P. and Lucy B. (Putnam) Phelps; ed. Vassar, A.B. '73; N.Y. State Library School, Albany, 1901. Associated, 1903-08, with the Public Library Commission of Indiana. Library organ- izer for N.Y. State since 1908. Unitarian. Mem. American Library Ass'n, N.Y. State Library Ass'n, New Century Club (Utica, N.Y.). PHELPS, Eliza Bowen, 9 North Burnet St., East Orange, N.J. ; summer, Belmar, N.J.

Physician, kindergartner (retired) ; b. Cincin- nati, Ohio; dau. Benjamin Rice and EUcabeth (Cowdrey) Phelps; ed. Female Sem., Dayton, Ohio (Miss Coxe, principal). Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, M.D., 1870. Began study of medicine under Dr. A. S. Maxwell of Davenport, Iowa; first course of lectures was taken at Philadelphia Med. Coll. for Women and first clinical experience was gained In its hospital wards. Ass't and house physician, N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, two years; resident physician of The Nursery and Child's Hospital, SUten Island, N.Y. ; also served as ass't physician in Iowa Hospital for the Insane, Mt. Pleasant, *Iowa. Studied Froebel kinder- garten work with Miss Van Wagenin at the Church of the Anthon Memorial, New York City; grad. 1882, and opened her own kindergarten In spring of 1883, contiBUing it for ten years with unabated interest. Has written local papers and essays, as on "Ventilation," "Social Pur- ity," "Shall the State Teach Religion?" etc. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Med. Soc. of Newark, N.J. ; Woman's Auxiliary of the B'd of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church, Woman's Club of Orange, N.J. Favors womaji suffrage. PHELPS, Elizabetli Steward (Mrs. C E. D.

Phelps), Box 204, New Brunswick, N.J.

Born Bellefonte, Pa.; dau. Rev. G. W. and Frances H. Natt; m. Philadelphia, Pa., 1888, C. E. D. Phelps. Spent some time abroad and began early to write for publications under the nom-de-plume of "Leigh North." Has written for many magazines and newspapers. Au- thor: Allendale's Choice; Predecessors of Cleo- patra, and (together with her husband) The Bailiff of Tewkesbury. PHELPS, Gertrude Lindall (Mrs. A. S. Phelps),

17 West Union Av., Bound Brook, N.J.

Born Brunswick, Me., 1867; dau. Winthrop and Pauline (Patten) Tappan; ed. In schools in Ger- many, Italy, France, Switzerland, England and Wac'r.ington, D.C.; m. Washington, D.C., Oct. 30, 1889, Rev. A. S. Phelps; children: Winthrop Mor- gan,' Charles Edward, Macy Lappan. Pres. Wo- man's Auxiliary Board of Missions of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church in the diocese of N.J. Graduate Soc. for the Home Study of the Holy Scriptures. Recreation: Music. Served three terms as pres. of Woman's Literary Club of Bound Brook, N.J. PHELPS, Helen Watson, 5 8 W. Fifty-eighth

St., N.Y. City; and Elizabethtown, N.Y.

Artist; b. Attleboro, Mass.; dau. Thaddeus (M.D.) and Mary S. (Watson) Phelps; ed. N.T. City and Paris; honorary mention at Pan- Ameri- can Exposition, Buffalo; prize of Woman's Aid Club, 1906 and 1909. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman Suffrage Party. Protestant E)pis- copallan. Mem. Woman's Art Club of N.Y., Pen and Brush Club. PHELPS, Jessie, 16 N. Summit St., Ypallantl,

Mich.

Teacher of hygiene; b. Pontlac, Mich., Jan., 1870; dau. Edwin and Mary (Irish) Phelps; ed. Univ. of Mich., B.S. '94; M.S. '98. Chairman Woman's Equal Suffrage League of Mich., State Normal Coll. Has contributed articles to maga- zines. Unitarian. Socialist. Mem. Ass'n for Prevention of Infant Mortality, Washtenaw Co. Social Hygiene Ass'n. PHELPS, Martha Austin (Mrs. Isaac King

Phelps), care of Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh,

Pa.

Born Georgia, Vt. ; dau. George and Ann (Wil- son) Austin; ed. Smith Coll., B.S. '92; M.A. '09;

��Yale Coll., Ph.D. '98; Univ. feUow at Yale, 1898- 99; m. Easthajnpton, Mass., June 27, 1909, Isaac King Phelps. Taught science, 1892-96; student in chemistry, 1896-1900, with experiment station work during 1899-1900; research chemistry, 1909—. Auttior: Eixtensive contributor of articles on chemical research in technical journals, espe- cially the American Journal of Science, R.I. State bulletins and other publications, including one on Analyses of Prehistoric Bronzes, con- tributed to Vol. 1 of Raphael Pumpelly's Ex- plorations in Turkestan-Prehistoric Civilizations of Anau. Congregationalist. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnas Ass'n, Columbian Women Ass'n of the George Washington Univ. Mem. College Wo- man's Clutb of Washington, D.C.

PHELPS, Mary, 255 East 174th St., N.Y. City. Public reader and lecturer; b. Pontiac, Mich.; dau. Edwin and Mary (Irish) Phelps; ed. Cor- nell Univ., A.M. 1900; thesis. The Joy Element in Browning; Poet Lore, 1904; winner of Shake- speare prize, Cornell, 1900. Now engaged in teaching, lecturing and doing public reading. Mem. Lecture Cwrps of Board of Education, N.Y. City.

PHELPS, Mary Ward (Mrs. G. Sidney Phelps),

Kyoto, Japan.

Born Ashland, N.H., May 2, 1878; dau. John T. and Mary (Tewksbury) Ward; ed. High School, Minneapolis; Univ. of Minn., A.B. '97 (Phi Beta Kappa honors), A.M. '98 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. 2, 1902, G. Sidney Phelps; children: Sidney Ward, b. Dec. 29, 1905; Miriam Phelps, b. Jan. 20, 1908. In- structor in Hillsdale Coll, 1898-99; general sec. Y.W.C.A. for Minn, and S.Dak. Free Baptist. Mem. Woman's Monday Club of Hillsdale, Mich.

PHELPS, Minna Belle, 21 Mitchell St., Nor- wich, N.Y.

Teacher; b. N.Y.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '90; student of Greek, 1906-09, and of Latin, 1909-10, N.Y. Univ. Teacher, Elmira (N.Y.) Free Acad., 1891-1904; East Orange (N.J.) High School since 1904. PHELPS, Pauline, Avon, Conn.

Dramatist; b. Simsbury, Conn.; dau. George Mortimer and Abigail (Case) Phelps; ed. private schools. Author of plays: The Girl from Out Yonder; The Grand Army Man; Sweet Clover (with Marion Short); A Spinster by Preference; The Vengeance, and other writings. Mem. Am. Dramatists' Club (N.Y. City).

PHELPS, Ruth Shepard, University of Minn.,

Minneapolis, Minn.

Teacher; b. Aurora, 111., June 18, 1876; dau. Edmund Joseph and Louise A. (Richardson) Phelps; ed. Smith Coll., B.L. '99; Columbia Univ., M.A. '10. Appointed instructor in Italian, Univ. of Minn., 1910. Author: Skies lUlian; editor Sonnets and Songs, by Arthur Upson; writer of magazine verses and essays. Mem. Soc. of Fine Arts, Minneapolis; Modern Lan- guage Ass'n, Woman's Club of Minneapolis, Women's University Club of N.Y. City.

PHLLBRICK, Grace Elizabeth Mathews (Mrs.

Herbert Shaw Philbrick), 809 Rollins St.,

Columbia, Mo.

Born Portland, Me. ; dau. Jonathan Bennett and Sophia Lucinda (Shailer) Mathews; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '97; student of history, Univ. of Chi- cago, 1898; m. June 22, 1904, Herbert Shaw Phil- brick; children: Benjamin Mathews, b. Nov. 24, 1905; Shailer Mathews, b. May 11, 1908. Dean of women, Colby Coll., WatervUle, Me., 1899-1902; teacher, Waltham, Mass., 1903-04. Baptist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumnaa Ass'n.

PHCLBBICK, Helen Fitch (Mrs. Shirley S.

Philbrick), Rye Beach, N.H.

Born Detroit, Mich., Decemlber, 1880; dau. Robert G. and Emjna (Emmons) Fitch; ed. Girls' Latin School, Boston; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '03 (Agora Soc); m. Brookline, Mass., May 6, 19DS, Shirley S. Philbrick; children: Robert L., Ruth. Formerly mem. of Brighelmstone Club, Brighton, Mass. Congregationalist. Favors woman suf- frage.

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��PHTLBRICE, Inez C, 1023 H St., Lincoln, Neb. Physiuian; b. Taft©n (now Bloomington), Wis., 1866; flau. Philetus Harvey and Malah (Brackett) Philbrick; grad. State Univ. of Iowa, B.S. '86; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '91. One of early women resident physicians at Philadelphia Hospital (Blockley), Nov. 1, 1S91, to Mar. 1, 1S93. Has been vice-prea. of Nebraska State Med. Soc. and sec. of Lancaster Co. Med. Soc. some years. Examiner for best old-line insurance compaaies, etc. Pres. Med. Women's Clubs; physician to State School for Dependent Children. A sup- porter of charity organization society. Favors woman suffrage; pres. of Neb. Woman Suffrage Ass'n four years; pres. and sec. Lilncoln Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Has written several papers for various medical and lay sooieties on medical topics, medical school inspection, suffrage, etc. Unitarian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Lancaster Co. Med. Soc., Lincoln Medical Women's Club, Lancaster Co. W.C.T.U., Neb. State Soc. Med. Wortien, Neb. State Womaji Suffrage Ass'n, Woman's Club of Lincoln.

PHTLUPS, Elsie LaGrangre Cole (Mrs. Wilbur C. Phillips), care of Charles B. Cole, 45-47 Wall St., N.Y. City.

Social worker; b. Albany, N.Y., Sept 24, 1879; dau. Charles Wadsworth arid Joan (Mc- Kown) Cole; grad. Vassar, A.B. '01; Elngllsh scholarship, 1901-02; m. N.Y. City, May 16, 1911, Wilbur C. Phillips. Taught college preparatory English for two years In Albany Hl^ School; one year as sec. in N.Y. and Philadelphia for Nat. League of Women Workers (an association working-girls' clubs) ; for two years was head of Placement Bureau in N.Y. Manhattan Trade School for Girls; one year ass't sec. of the Mil- waukee Child Welfare Commission. Mem. Wom- en's Trade Union League, Associate Collegiate Alumnas, Intercollegiate Socialist Soc, Business Women's Club of Milwaukee. Episcopalian. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Political Ekjuallty League and Collegiate Equal Suffrage Soc. Socialist; voter in the party.

PHILLIPS, Florence Hall (Mrs. John C.

Phillips), Rockford, Wilmington, Del.

Graduate Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '80; student in Berlin, 1884-85; graduate student In Teutonic philology and Spanish, 1888-89; student in Han- over, Germany, 1895; m. 1897, John C. Phillips. Teacher of German in Friends' Central High School, Philadelphia, 1893-97.

PHILLIPS, Harriet Sophia, Colonial Studios,

39 West Sixty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Artist-painter; b. Delta, N.Y., 1849; dau. Man- sir Greene and Mary Ann (Babcock) Phillips; ed. Fort Edward (N.Y.) Sem.; Fredonla (N.Y.) Normal Acad.; art studies in N.Y, City; the KUnstlerinen Verein, Munich, Bavaria, and the art schools of Paris, France. Has exhibited work in Munich, Bavaria, with hon. mention, also in the Champs de Mars, Paris, and in sev- eral of the larger cities of the U.S. Interested In advanced normal work in Sunday-school, re- ligious and philanthropic societies; pres. of For- tign and Home Missionary societies. Mem. D.A.R., Champion Debora Chapter, Nat. Scenic and His- toric Preservation Soc, Woman's Press Club. Clubs: Manhattan Study, Nat. Arts, Municipal Arts, Pen and Brush. Recreation: At summer residence at The Hague on Lake George, N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Interested In paper manufacturing concern In which was for nine years actively and successively engaged as em- ployee and partner. PHILLIPS, Mary Martha, "The Bherbrooke,"

Montreal, Can.

Artist; b. Montreal, Canada; dau. William A. and Mary A. (Johnston) Phillips; received gen- eral and art education in Montreal. Landscape painter in oils and water colors, specializing in Canadian scenes and particularly in Montreal subjects. Has given exhibitions of her work both in landscapes and marine vieiws. Specially distinguished as founder of the Handicrafts movement in Canada and as the first president of the Canadian Handicrafts Guild, which gave the movement Its chief impetus. Was also for several years pres. of the Woman's Art Ass'n

��of Montreal. Mem. Woman's Canadian Club (Montreal), Victoria League (liondon, England). PHILLIPS, Maud OiUette, Round Hill, Spring- field, Mass.

Born Springfield, Mass.; dau. George Nelson and Elizabeth (Gillette) Phillips; ed. Spring- field High School and by private tutors and Welleeley Coll., A.B. Especially Interested in animal philanthropy. Author: Popular Manual of English Literature; also short stories in va- rious periodicals and articles in behalf of ani- mals. Mem. Sorosis Club (X.Y. City), Springfield Woman's Club, College Club, New York Theatre Cl-ub. Spends winters in N.Y. City. PHILLIPS, Minnie Holman (Mrs. J. H. Phil- lips, 2720 Twelfth Av., North, Birmingham, Ala.

Editor; b. Camden, Ala., Aug. 4, 1861; dau. BuT«Ptte Osborne and Fannye (Moore) Holman; ed. in Camden school (education rathw* desultory, self made); m. Washington, D.C., Aug. 17, 1898, Dr. J. H. PhillipB. Won gold medal at Southern Exposition in Atlanta for teaching primary medel school; selected in Atlanta to demonstrate meth- ods in primary instruction; teacher, first, private school, then Birmingbam public school; principal Training Scbool; principal primary dep't and Inr structor of primary methods, PealK>dy Inst., Nashville. Promoter of kindergarten settlement work; Industrial School for Dependent Girls, al- lied with formation, rather than reformation. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian (mem. all church societies). Recreations; Music, drama. Mem. Cadmean Circle (literary and social). PHUXIPS, Rosalie, 12 The Navarre, Cincin- nati, O.

Social worker; b. Cincinnati, 1876; dau Uriall and Rosalie (Saunders) Phillips; ed. Univ. of Ciucinnati, B.L. (Phi Beta Kiippa) '99. Pres. Dio- cese of Southern Ohio Girls' Friendly Soc. ; mem. Social Workers' Club and College Club (Cincin- nati). Ass't to Director of Schmidlapp Bureau for Women and Girls. Favors woman suffrage. EJpiscopailan.

PHILLIPS, Boslna OUtc, 57 Lancaster St.. Albany, N.Y.

Examiner; b. Naples, N.Y., June 22, 1872: dau. Richard Covell and Rhoda (McConnell) Phillips; ed. Naples Acad.; Cornell Univ., B.S. "90; Univ. of Chicago. Teacher of science, Chicago High School, 1893-98; examiner in science, N.Y. State EMucation Dep't, sipce 1900. Interested In social service welfare work and various religious and philanthropic activities in Albany. Favors wo- man suffrage. Has written several monograph! on scientific subjects; researches in plant and animal life. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Riding, tennis, golf, swimming. Mem. Cornell Women's Club of Albany.

PHILOON, Mary A. .(Mrs. Everett L. Phlloon), 59 Summer St., Auburn, Me. Born Turner, Me., Sept. 13, 1863; dau. Daniel and Celia (Copeland) Lara; ed. In toivn schools till 14, then Westbrook Sem. (near Portland, Me.), grad. A.M. '72; m. Auburn, Me., T.&75, Everett L. Phlloon; children: Daniel L. (deceased), Wallaca

C, James E. Interested In church work; has been pres. Woman's Literary Union of Andros- coggin Co.; interested In all philanthropic work. Favors woman soflrage. Universalist Mem. Or- der Eastern Star, D.A.R., Practical Improvement Club.

PHILP, Mary Roberta (Mrs. Robert R. Philp), 14 Hoffman Av., Oil CKy, Pa. Bom Meedvirie, Pa,, April 8, 1881; dau. Jamee

D. and Flora A. (Forbes) Roberts; ed. MeadvUle High School, ISXiO; Allegheny Coll., L.B. '04 (mem. Alpha Chi Omega); m. Meadville, Pa., August 28, 1906, Robert R. Philp; one daughter: Frances Louise. Mem. Missionary societies (home and foreign). Methodist. Mem. Order of the Eastern Star.

PHUVNET, Ethel Warner (Mrs. Charles Mertoa

Phlnney), Cummlngton, Mass.

Born Cummlngton, Mass., April 9, 1875; dau. Edward Franklin and Ellen (Lovell) Warner; grad. Northampton High School, '93; Smith (3oll., A..B. '97; m. Cmmningrton, Mass., Au£. 30, 1905,

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��Charles Merton Phlnney. Active In social and chureh work. Against woman suffrage. Congre- gationalist. Sec. and treas. Chester Center Li- brary Ass'n, 1907-11; mem. Highland Congrega- tional Club of Cummlngton. PHINNEX, Jessie Woodward (Mrs. Lorenzo

Nash Phinney), Wappingers Falls, N.Y.

Born Batavia, N.Y., Nov. 19, 1855; dau. Nathan A. and Sarah Brainerd (Tarbox) Woodward; ed. public schools of Batavia, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., '77; m. Batavia, July 18, 1888, Dr. Lorenzo NaiSh Phinney. Before marriage, taught for eleven years In Batavia High School, New Haven fConn.) High School and State Normal School, New Britain, Conn. l''^vors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Vice-pres. Board of Lady Man- agers of the Gallaudet Home for Deaf Mutes, Hamlburg, N.Y. Lived at Norwalh, Conn., 15 years after marriage, since then at Wapplngers Falls. Trustee of Public School District (first woman on the Board). Pres. Equal Suffrage League.

PHIl'PS, Mary Elizabeth Waiiams (Mrs. Will- iam Hamilton Phipps), 104 Watervllle St.,

Waterbury, Conn.

Born Bastford, Conn., May 18, 1851; dau. Rev. Francis and Mahala Rachel (Badger) Williams; ed. Mount Holyoke Coll.; m. Chaplin, Conn., Oct. 10, 1872, Rev. William Hamilton Phipps; children: Florence W., Winifred W., Ethel W., Howard F., Lawrence W. Interested in Wo- man's Board of Foreign Missions, Conn. Woman's Home Missionary Union, Woman's Auxiliary of Y.M.C.A., Waterbury Mount Holyoke Alumnas Ass'n. Against woman suffrage. Congregation- alist. Pres. Conn. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1S08- 12; mem. Waterbury Woman's Club, Waterbury Tuesday Club. PIATT, Sarah Morgan Bryan (Mrs. John James

Piatt), North Bend, Hamilton Co., O.

Author; b. Lexington, Ky., Aug. 11, 1836; dau. Talbot N. and Mary (Spiers) Bryan; her mother dying in 1844, she was soon after sent with her sister to her aunt, Mrs. Boone, at New Castle, Ky., where she was educated in the Henry Fe- male Sem. ; m. June 18, 1861, John James Piatt, author, poet, past and eleven years U.S. Consul at Cork, Ireland. Began writing by sending poems to the Louisville Journal, then edited by George D. Prentice. Author: The Children of the Poets; A Woman's Poems; A Voyage to the Unfortunate Isles; The New World; Poems In Company with Children; Dramatic Persons and Moods; An Irish Garland; Selected Poems; In Primrose Time; The Witch in the Glass, and Other Poems; An Irish Wild Flower; An En- chanted Castle. Also (in collaboration with her husband) : Children Out-of-Doors, a Book of Verses by Two in One House, and The Nests at Washington, and Other Poems. A complete edi- tion of her poems was published in two volumes in 1894. PICKEL, Adele Jacksoa, Cordoba, Alaska.

Educator; b. in Oregon; grad. Univ. of Ore., A.B. '01; graduate student, Bryn Mawr Coll. (English, French and German), 1901-02. Teacher of Latin and English in Pendleton (Ore.) High School, 1902-03; instructor in history, Tillamook (Ore.) High School, 1903-04; head of English dep't and instructor in German, Eugene (Ore.) High School, 1904-05; ass't principal and head of Eng- lish dep't in same, 1905-06; asa't principal and instructor in Latin in Douglas (Alaska) High School, 1906-07; principal and instructor in Latin, English and German In same, 1907-09; since 1909 principal and instructor in Cordoba (Alaska) High School. PICKERING, Sarah Maria, 9 Common St.,

Charlestown, Mass.

Journalist; b. Chelsea, Mass., May 10, 1858; dau. James F. and Sarah (Pike) Pickering; ed. public schools, Charlestown, Mass., 1865-77. Con- ducted first dep't featuring enlarged interests for women in a Boston daily. Favors woman suf- frage. Mem. New England Woman's Press Ass'n. PICKETT, LaSalle Corbell (Mrs. George Ed- ward Pickett), The Ontario, Washington,

D.C.

Writer, lecturer; b. Chuckatuck, Nansemond

��Co., Va. ; dau. John David and Mary E. •tPhlliips) Corbell; ed. Lynchburg Coll.; m. Petersburg, Sept. 15, 1863, General George Edward Pickett; one son: George Edward. Author: Pickett and His Men; In De Miz series (four volumes: Kun- noo Sperits; Yule Log: Jinnie; Ebil Eye); Rem- iniscenses; Literary Shrines of Dixie; Friends of Yesterday (Lee, Jackson, Grant, Davis and Lincoln).

PICKETT, Mary, Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, 111.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '98; student of French in Paris, 1903-04, and summer of 1908. Instructor In botany, 1898-1900, and head of French dep't, 1898-1902, in Mills Coll., Cal.; in- structor in French, Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, 111., since 1904. Mem. Smith CoU, Alumnae Ass'n.

PICKI.EB, Alice M. A. (Mrs. John A. Plckler),

Faulkton, S.Dak.

Born near Iowa City, Iowa, Nov. 17, 1848; dau. Joseph A. and Eliza (Kepford) Alt; ed. Iowa State Univ.; emigrated from Iowa to South Dakota in Territorial days; m. Nov. 16, 1870, Major John A. Pickler, one of first members of Congress from South Dakota when State was organized, serving 1889-97; children: Suly, b. Aug. 20, 1871; Madge, b. May 25, 1878; Alfred, b. Nov. 13, 1882; Dale A., b. Aug. 25, 1887. Delegate to Nat. Council of Women, Nat. Suffrage Ass'n, First Mothers' Congress. Past pres. State Women's Relief Corps, State Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pres. State W.C.T.U. ; mem. Grand Chapter Eastern Star; past nat. chaplain Women's Relief Corps. Favors woman suffrage. Worked in six- legis- latures for franchise; mem. Exec. B'd Nat. Suf- frage Ass'n. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church; active in church work. Vice-pres. of Universal Franchise League. Mem. Fed. Women's Clubs of State of South Dakota.

PICKItELt, Maude Ingram (Mrs. J. N. Plck- rell), 14 Perkins Av., Colfax, Wash. Born. Oconto, Wis., Jan. 3, 1880; dau. Charles and Emily (Bebee) Ingram; ed. Oconto (Wis.) High School;' Oshkosh (Wis.) State Normal Training School; m. Spokane, Wash., 1908, Judge J. N. Pickrell; one daughter: Helen Ingram Pick- rell. Active in church work. Ex-pres. Ladies' Aid Soc. Pres. Athenaeum Club (literary and philanthropic). Congregationalist. Republican.

PICKTKAXL,, Marjorie Lowry Christie, Vic- toria College Library, Toronto, Can. Librarian, author; b. London, Eng. ; dau. Ar- thur Christie and Helen (Mallard) Pickthall; ed. Bishop Strachan School, Toronto. Against wo- man suffrage. Has contributed verse and prose to most of the leading magazines of England, Canada and the United States. Mem. Church of England. Recreation: Photography.

PIERCE, Caroliiie Low (Mrs. Charles Taylor Pierce), 485 Franklin Av., Brooklyn, N.T., and Riverside, Conn.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 22, 1848; dau. Capt. James Willis and ]^llen O. (Richardson) Low; ed. Brooklyn private schools; m. Brooklyn, May 15, 1879, Charles Taylor Pierce. Unitarian. Repub- lican. Mem. Putnam Hill Chapter, D.A.R., N.Y. League of Unitarian Women, Nat. Soc. of New England Women, Brooklyn Colony. Recreations: Music, art. Mem. Post Parliament Club, Brook- lyn Women's Club.

PIERCE, Flora McDonald (Mrs. David Pierce),

1219 Jenny LInd St., MoKeesport, Pa.

Born Mt. Clemens, Mich.; dau. Theo L. and Elizabeth (Jones) McDonald; ed. Univ. of Mich., B.A. '83; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1888, Dr. David Pierce. Preceptress at State Normal School, Plymouth, N.H., for two years before marriage. Mem. Pittsburgh Branch of Collegiate Alumnae Ass'n. Recreation: Social duties. Mem. McKees- port Woman's Club. Against woman suffrage. PIERCE, Florence K. (Mrs. Ralph W. Pierce),

72 Lancaster Av., Buffalo, N.T.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., Aug. 5, 18S4; daughter of John C. and Alice Kingston; ed. by tutors anfl In high school and Buffalo Sem. ; m. July 27, 1904, Ralph W. Pierce; children: R. V. Pierce, b. April 24, 1906; Mary J. Pierce, b. Feb. 8, 1908. Favors woman suffrage. Catholic. Mem. Woman Suffrage Soc., Consumers' League, Guild of Al-

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��lied Arts, Society of Artists. RecreatlonB: Golf, tennis, riding and swimmliLg. Mem. Country Club, Twentieth Century Club. PIERCE, Grace Adele, Santa Monica, Cal.

Author; b. Randolph, N.T. ; dau. John Crowley and Marion A. (Pengrey) Pierce; ed. Chamber- Iain Inst., Randolph, N.Y., and under private In- structors. Engaged on the Chautauqua publica- tions, 1901, and with various publications In Los Angeles, Cal., 1904-06. Contributor of stories, prose articles and verses to leading magazines, lecturer on literature and the art of writing and versifloation. Favors woman suffrage. Au- thor: Child Study of the Classics, 1898; The Sil- ver Chord and the Golden Bowl (verses), 1901; alai various leaflets on social questions, etc. PIERCE, Helen Frances, 6 North St., Plymouth,

Mass.

Physician; b. Plymouth, Mass., Mar. 1, 1861; dau. Melzar and Abby (Morse) Pierce; grad. Ply- mouth (Mass.) High School, '78; Boston Univ. School of Medicine, M.D., '87. General practi- tioner of medicine at Plymouth, Mass., since 1889, also lectures occasionally to girls' clubs and to the nurses of Jordan Hospital. Inter- ested In church and temperance work. Mem. Am. Inst, of Homoeopathy, Mass. Homosopathlc Med. Soc, Mass. Surgical and Gynecological Soc. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Clubs: Plymouth, Woman's, Twentieth Century Medi- cal (Boston).

PIERCE, Imogene S., 3912 Vlncennes Av., Chi- cago, 111.

Teacher, lecturer; b. Chicago, 111.; grad. Rock- ford (111.) Sem. (now college), 1877. Since gradu- ation has divided time between teaching and decorative art in Chicago, New Tork and Phila- delphia. Established a large private school in Chicago and became Its principal. Has been actively identified with N.Y. Soc. for Political Study, Kindergarten Ass'n of Washington (D.C.), Woman's Sanitary League of Philadelphia; ex- pres. of Ass'n tor Higher Education of Women. Has delivered courses of lectures on Shakespeare before Chautauqua assemblies and in New York and Philadelphia. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Shakespeare Club.

PIERCE, Lucy France, 4847 Grand Blvd., Chi- cago, -111.

Journalist, playwright; b. Chicago, May 2, 1877; dau. George Webster and Bertha (von Bluhem) Pierce; ed. Vassar Coll; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Repub- lican. Mem. Alumnse Ass'n of Univ. of Chicago. PIERCE, Mary Rosetta Fitch (Mrs. Charles C.

Pierce), 216 W. Twenty-third St., Los Angeles,

Cal.

Born Walton, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '87; m. Sept. 2, 1891, Charles C. Pierce; two daughters. Teacher Randolph, Mass., 1888-90; Dedham, Mass., 1890-91; Los Angeles, Cal., 1899- 1900. Compiler: Child Classics in Poetry; Child Classics in Prose. PIERCE, Ulrica Dahlgren (Mrs. Josiah Pierce),

1325 Massachusetts Av., Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C; dau. John A. Dahl- gren, Rear-Admiral of the U.S. Navy, and Madeleine (Vinton) Dahlgren; ed. at home by tutors and governesses and at Sacred Heart Con- vent iEnfant de Marie); m. country place, "Dahlen," Md., Sept. 15, 1891, Josiah Pierce; children: Josiah, b. 1892; Vinton Ulric, b. 1896. Identified with various religious, social and phil- anthropic activities. Catholic. Favors limited suffrage for both men and women. Republican. P1ER8, Constance Fairbanks (Mrs. Harry

Piers), 134 Shirley St., Halifax, Nova Scotia. Born Dartmouth, N.S., May 10, 1866; dau. Lewis Piers Fairbanks and Ella (De Wolfe) Fairbanks (granddaughter of Hon. C. R. Fairbanks, master of the Rolls and judge of Court of Vice Admi- ralty of N.S.); ed. Dartmouth, N.S.; m. Halifax, Jan. 7, 1901, Harry Piers (curator of Provincial Museum of N.S. and librarian of Provincial Science Library); one son: Edward Stanyan F. At first was secretary to Dr. C. F. Fraser, prin- cipal of School for the Blind, and editor of the Critic. Took editorial charge of the Critic (Hall- fax), as assistant editor, 1890-92; assoc. editor

��St. Johnsbury (VL) Caledonian, 1893 94. Inter- ested In music, literature, art. Favors woman suffrage, but not militant methods. Writer of numerous articles in the Critic, the Caledonian, etc., and many poems, which have appeared in the Week (Toronto), Canadian Magazine (To- ronto), and other journals, and some of which are contained In Dr. Rand's Treasury of Cana- dian Verse. Contributed papers to the Halifax Ladies' Musical Club and various literary so- cieties. Selected and edited, jointly with hus- band, the poems of the late Mrs. William Law- son, published under the title of Frankincense and Myrrh (Halifax), 1893. Mem. Church of Eng- land. Mem. Halifax Ladies' Musical Club (a society organized for the study of music and of the lives of composers and their works). PIERSOL, Florence Lukens (Mrs. George A.

Plersol), 4724 Chester Av., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia, Nov. 6, 186»; dau. Linford and Anna Mary (Reeder) Lukens; ed. Friends School; grad. Friends Central School, Philadel- phia, -82; m. (1st) Philadelphia, April 28, 1886, William Reeder; (2d) June 22, 1898, George A. Piersol: children: Ruth, David K., William T., Anna M. Reeder, J. Marshall Piersol. Mem. West Philadelphia Com. for Philadelphia Orches- tra; vice-pres. Drama League; director and mem. Reconstructed Fourth Ass'n Com.; Mem. County Woman Suffrage Soc., Equal Franchise Soc.'; leader Twenty-first Legislative Dist. of the Pa. Woman Suffrage Party In Philadelphia. Mem. Philadelphia EJthical Soc. Recreation: Music. Clubs: New Century (director), Philo- musian (director and ex-prea.); vIce-pres. State Fed. of Pa. Women; mem. Matinee Musical Club. PIER80N, Emily, Cromwell, Conn.

Woman suffrage organizer; b. Cromwell, Conn., June 25, 1881; dau. Andrew N. and Margaret S. (Allison) Pierson; ed. Middletown High School; Nancy, France, Pensionnat Dure; Vassar Coll., A.B. ; Columbia Univ., A.M. In charge of Eng- lish dep't of Bristol (Conn.) High School two years before entering active suffrage work. In- terested in child welfare, education, social hy- giene, work of Nat. Vigilance Ass'n, conditions of working women and labor problems. State organizer, Conn. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Women's Political Union of New York, Nat. Coll. Equal Suffrage League, Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Am. Automobile Ass'n, Conn. Automobile Ass'n, Colo. Mountain Club, Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Swimming, skating, tennis, automobillng, dancing, fishing.

PIERSON, Fanny Eaton (Mrs. Henry R. Pier- son), The Touraine, 23 Clinton St., Brooklyn,

N.Y.

Born Hamilton, N.Y. ; dau. George W. and Eliza H. (Boardman) Eaton; grad. Troy Female Sem.; m. (1st) Charles A. Mott; (2d) Henry R. Pierson : three children, two sons and one daughter. Antl-suffraglst. Baptist. Mem. New England Soc, Sorosls Club. PIERSON, Grace Rappleye, care of Mrs. A. H.

Pierson, Trumansburg, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Trumansburg, N.Y., Mar. 14, 1879; dau. Albert Henry and HarMet I. (Rappleye) Pierson; ed. Trumansburg High School, Cortland Normal and Cornell Univ.. A.B. '04, with honor (mem. Delta Gamma). Was principal of high school, Burlington, NJ.; teacher of German and French in high school, Calumet, Mich. Baptist. Spending year 1912-13 In France In post-grad. study of French language. PIERSON, Margaret, 18 Hlllger St., Orange,

N.J.

Born Orange, N.J., Oct. 5. 1858; dau. William and Isabel Fiske (Adams) Pierson; ed. Vassar Coll., B.A. '78. Interested in club activities and social home duties. Governor Orange Memorial Hospital; mem. Anti-Tubereulosls League; pres. Visiting Nurses' Settlement. Mem. N.Y. Soc. Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Protestant Episco- pal communicant. Independent in politics. Mem, Alumnae Ass'n of Vassar Coll. Recreation: Out- door life. Clubs: Meriden, Monday Music, Wo- man's University (N.Y. City), Peterborough Golf.

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��PIKE, Era Frances, 2289 W. 16th St., Los

Angeles, Cal.

Piano teacher; b. Livermore Falls, Me., Aug. 8, 1857; dau. Jonathan and Rhoda (Parker) Pike; ed. Maine Wesleyan Sem., Kent's Hill, Me.; grad. New England Conservatory of Music, Coll. of Music of Boston Univ., 1878-80. Taught Mt. Holyoke Coll., State Coll., la.; Landon Con- servatory, Dallas, Tex.; general recital work; established Piano Normal School in I>os Angeles, Cal. Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., New England Conservatory Aas'n of Southern Cal., Mt. Holyoke Alumnse Ass'n of Southern Cal., State Music Teachers' Ass'n. Southern Cal. Division. Mem. Dominant Club of Los Angeles, Cal. Has taken prominent work In State ass'n, giving a program in July, 1912. Has held offices and served on committees Jn all the clubs and societies to which she belongs. Special work in teaching the art of teaching. PttLSBUBY, Nelle Pendleton Winston (Mrs.

Charles Stinson Pillsbury), 100 E. 22d St.,

Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 16, 1878; dau. Philip Blckerton and Katharine (Stevens) Win- ston; ed. Stanley Hall, Minneapolis; Miss Cary's, Baltimore, Md.; m. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 7, 1901, Charles Stinson Pillsbury; children: Philip Winston, Mary Stinson, Katharine Stevens, Helen Winston. Director Pillsbury Settlement, director Travelers' Aid, director Jonee-Harrison Home. Congregatkinalist. Democrat. Recrea- tion: Golf. Mem. Mlni-Kahda Club, Lafayette Club, Woman's Club, the Hostesses Club. PrNCKNET, Camilla Scott (Mrs. Thomas

Plnckney), Charleston, S.C.

Bom Oalcwood, Va. ; dau. Hon. Robert Eden and Lyons (Henningham) Scott; ed. private schools in Va.; m. Warrenton, Va,, July 12, 1892, Thomas Plnckney; one daughter: Josephine Scott. Mem. Colonial Daimes of America, Charleston Country Club, Palmetto Whist Club of Charleston, S.C.

PINE, Mabel Edua Durand (Mrs. Frank Wood- worth Pine), Oilman Country School, Balti- more, Md.

Born Chicago, April 5, 1874; dau. Calvin and Sarah Gould (Downs) Durand; ed. Burnham School, Northampton, Mass.; Smith Coll., A.B. '96 (Phi K.ippa Psi); m. Lake Forest, 111., July 9, 1901, Frank V/oodworth Pine; children: James Cone, Calvin Durand, Harriet Durand. Presby- terian. Mem. College Club of Philadelphia. PINGBEE, Harriet Cnmmuigs Blake (Mrs.

Frederick J. Pingree), 115 Windsor Road,

Waban, Mass.

Born Woburn, Mass., May 18, 1859; dau. Bbenezer Norton and Harriet (Cummlngs) Blake; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '80; Library School, Columbia Coll., N.Y. City (special course); m. Jan. 4, 1899, Frederick J. Pingree; children: Laliah Blake, b. June 16, 1900; Fred- erick DeWolfe, b. A^jril 30, 1902. Engaged in catalogue dep't Boston Public Library, 1880-85; in independent library work, 1886-93; has taught dictionary catalogue in the Library School, Al- bany, N.Y., 1893. Teacher in Sunday-school six years; instrumental In establishing reading room and library in Waban, Mass., a branch of the Newton Library. Against woman suffrage. ■E>pls- copalian. Formerly mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alum- nas and Boston College Club; mem. and sec. Wobum Woman's Club, and mem. and sec. Waban Woman's Club. PINKHAM, IsabeUe Eooto (Mrs. Walter S.

Plnkham), 111 Warren Av., WoUaston, Mass.

Bom Webster, Mo., July 26, 1872; dau. Allen R. and Emma (Hayt) Foote; grad. St. Louis High School, Smith Coll., B.L. ; m. Wollaston, Mass., July 16, 1900, Walter S. Plnkham; chil- dren: Marjorie, Alden, Doris. Has been actively- Interested in starting a Parent-Teachers' Ass'n in Wollaston, also a Free Kindergarten, which has been run for six years by private subscrip- tion. Mem. and officer of Quincy Women's Club. PINNEO, Dotha Stone, The LIbraTy, Norwalk,

Conn.

Librarian; b. Cincinnati; dau. Dr. Timothy Stone and Jeanette (Lindsley) Pinneo; father was

��author of Pinneo's Grammar and compiler o( McGufiey's Readers; ed. Greenwich (Omn.) Acad., Dr. Van Norman's School and Rutgers Female Coll., N.Y. City. Lilwarlan Carnegie Library, Norwalk, Conn., since 1896. Originatoi of entertainment called The Story-Teller's Hour; lecturer on history for New York Board of Edu- cation for ten years; sec. Conn. State Fed. ol Women's Clubs 15 years. Suffragist leader ol Conn. Senatorial Dist. No. 26; lecturer upon suf- frage and sociological matters. Congregatlon- alist. Independent in politics. Mem. Woman'a Club of Norwalk, New Psychology Club of Nor- walk; sec. Civic League of Norwalk, Alumnsa Ass'n of Rutgers Female Coll., N.Y. City; as- sociate mem. N.Y. City Fed. of Women's Clubs. PIOTBOWSKA, Helena (Mrs. Stanislaus Plo- trowska,), 416 Lancaster Av., Richmond, Ky. Normal school teacher; b. in Government ol Kovno, Russian Poland, 1873; dau. Sobieslaa Sawicki and Amelia Sawicka; secondary educa- tion and one year in Girls' Coll., Krakau, Galicia, Austria; arrived in America with father, July 4, 1889; received high school and normal school diploma from Buffalo, N.Y. ; grad. CJor- nell Univ., A.B.; m. Chicago, Jan. G, 1894, Stan- islaus Piotrowska. Journalist, editor and corre- spondent of America in Toledo; teacher in night school of Detroit; editor of Slla, Buffalo, N.Y. Teacher in public schools of Buffalo six years. Instructor In psychology and modern languages In Eastern Ky. State Normal four years. Inter- ested In social Improvements and reform move- ment; was mem. Socialist Labor Party, 1898; took part in settlement work in Buffalo, 1899-1900, and In Internat. Inst, for Young Women in N.Y. City, 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Author of several publications in Polish about the Govern- ment and schools of United States. Presbyterian. Former mem. Polish Nat. Alliance. Mem. South- ern Educational Ass'n, Ky. Educational Ass'n, Nat. Educational Ass'n. Mem. Woman's Club of Richmond, Ky. ; Parents' and Teachers' Club of State Normal Model School of Eastern Ky. PIPEB, Elizabeth Bridge, 30 Concord Av., Cam- bridge, Mass.

Born Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 19, 1883; dau. William Taggard and Anne Palfrey (Bridge) Piper; ed. Radcllffe, A.B. '06, A.M. '11. Director Consumers' League of Massachusetts, Avon Home for Children, Cambridge Visiting Nursing Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Pro- gressive. Recreations: Walking. Mem. Cam- bridge Boat Club.

PIPEB, Margaret Bebecca, 46 Garnet St., Fitchburg, Mass.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '01; fellow in English, 1909-10, M.A. '10. Head of English dep't, Windsor (Vt.) High School, 1903-07; Hillsboro (N.H.), 1908-09; Washington (Pa.) Sem. since 1910. PISTOLE, Martha Harris (Mrs. S. W. Pistole). Seymour, Texas.

Teacher; b. Franklin, Ky., April 21, 1865; dau. James G. and Elizabeth (Newman) Harris; grad. Franklin Female Coll., '82; m. Simpson Co., Ky., Dec. 22, 1886, Dr. S. W. Pistole; one son: E^chol Harris. Began teaching at sixteen In the rural school which she had attended and taught six years until marriage, then, after five years, started teaching again. Teacher of Philathea class in Baptist Sunday-sohool. Baptist. Mem. Pierian Club.

PITCHEE, Ethelwyn, Rothesay, New Bruns- wick, Can.

School principal; born in Ontario, Canada; dau. Rev. Joel Tallman Pitcher, Methodist min- ister, and Lucy (Robinson) Pitcher; grad. McGill Univ. B.A. '92, with Prince of Wales medal in mental and moral philosophy. Resident prin- cipal Halifax (N.S.) Ladies' Coll., 1899-1903; since 1903 co-principal of Netherwood School for Girls at Rothesay, N.B. Methodist. PITCHEB, Mary Merrill, Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Owego, Tioga Co., N.Y., Mar. 26, 1856: dau. Daniel Monroe and Elizabeth (Young) Pitcher; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. '79, A.M. '84 (Phi Beta Kappa). Teacher of Latin and Greek In Lincoln (Neb.) High School, English In St. Joseph High School; retired from teaching 1890;

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��grad. N.Y. School of Philanthropy, 1906. Served the Philadelphia Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children as visitor for three months, now life mem. Favors woman suffrage. FYesbyterian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Phi Beta Kappa Soc. of Cornell Univ. Recreation: Trav- eling in U.S. and abroad. Mem. Cornell Wom- en's Club of Ithaca. PITKn*, Edith Winifred, Congers, N.Y.

Phvsician; b. Albany, N.Y., Mar. 7, 1877; dau. Wolcott H. and Mary (SoutJiwick) Pitkin; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '02; Tufts Coll. Med. School, M.D. '06 Interne Memorial Hospital for Women and Children, Worcester, Mass., May, 1907, to May 1908, and Oct., 1908, to Jan., 1909; practicing as physician in Congers, N.Y., since Feb., 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Wo- man's Med. Soc. of N.Y. State, County of Rock- land Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n. Recreations: Camping, driving, horseback riding,' bird study. PITMAN, Annie Maria, 414 N. Henry St., Madi- son, Wis.

Teaching; b. Madison, Wis., 1874; dau. William Goddard and Eugenia Shelton (Bemls) Pitman; ed. Univ. of Wis., B.A. '97; Ph.D. '03; American School of Classical Studies, Rome, 1900-01; Greek scholar, 1897; Latin fellow, 1898, and again 1899, Univ. of Wis. Teacher in extension division, classical dep't of Univ. of Wis., 1905 —. Mem. Madison organization oppwsed to woman suf- frage. Episcopalian. Mem. American Archaeolog- ical Ass'n, Madison Art Ass'n, Woman's League of the Uulversity Kappa Kappa Gamma fra- ternity. Traveled for a year in Europe, 1900-01, and again 1909-10; summer in England, 1911. PITTMAN, Hannah Daviess (Mrs. Williamson Haskina Pittman), 4923 Washington Boule- vard, St. Louis, Mo.

Author; b. Harrod&burg, Ky., Nov. 18, 1840; dau. Major William and Maria (Thompson) Daviess; ed. in Presbyterian Coll., Harrodsburg, Ky.; m. Harrodsburg, Ky., July 6, 1859, William- son Haskins Pittman (deceased). Prominently identified with patriotic societies; mem. Soc. Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R., Descendants of Colonial Governors, Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century, Daughter of Founders and Patriots of America. Author: Americans of Gentle Birth and Their Ancestors (2 vols.); The Belle of the Blue Grass Country; The Heart of Kentucky; Go Forth and Find. PITTS, Kate Isabel Dn Val (Mrs. Henry Sul- livan Pitts), B551 Van Versen Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Bom Texas; ed. San Antonio (Tex.) High School, the Misses Shipley's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '03; student, Univ. of Grenoble. 1905-06; m. 1908, Henry Sullivan Pitts. Teacher in Miss Wright's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and tutor, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1903-05, 1906-07; Instructor in English, Simmons Cflll., Boston, 1907-08.

PIUTTI, Anna Adams (Mrs. Max Pluttl), Wells College, Aurora, N.Y.

College dean; b. King Ferry, N.Y., Apr. 3, 1858; dau. Samuel and Sarah M. (Smith) Adams; ed. public school and Wells Coll., B.A. (valedic- torian), '77: m. King Ferry, N.Y., June 19, 1S79, Max Piutti (died 1885); one daughter: Minna. Prof, of hygiene and physiology. Wells. Coll., 18S8-1907; since then dean. Presbyterian. Rec- reation: Golf. Mem. Literary Club, Golf Club. PLANTZ, Myra Goodwin (Mrs. Samuel Plantz), Appleton, Wis.

Born Brookville, Ind., July 2, 1856; dau. Thomas A. and (Content (Craft) Goodwin; ed. Indianapolis public schools; grad. Mt. Vernon Sem., Washington, D.C. (Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 16, 1885, Samuel Plantz; children: Elsie C, Florence E. Teacher De Pauw Univ., 1883-85; lecturer W.C.T.U. for a short time, also public speaker at State and National conventions of religious organizations, such as the Epworth League, the Woman's For- eign Missionary Soc. of M.E. Church, etc. Mem. Wis. State Cabinet of Y.W.C.A.; Interested In and mem. of W.C.T.U., holding various ofiBces of local character and in home and foreign mis- sionary work. Books: Why Not; Corner Work;

��A Great Appointment; several hundred poems and many short stories published in various periodicals. Mem. Wednesday Club of Appleton, Wis. Methodist Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. PLATT, Aletbea HiU, Van Dyke Studios, 939

Eighth Av., N.Y. City.

Painter; b. Scaradale, N.Y.; dau. Lewis Can- field Piatt (judge) and Laura S. (Popham) Piatt; ed. Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Del6cluse Acad., Paris. Prize received in 1903 from Woman's Art Club, N.Y., and In 1907 her picture received prize and was placed in permanent col- lection, Faribault. Minn. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc, Soc. of Woman Palmers, N.Y. Water Color Club, Pen and Brush Club, Woman's Art Club of N.Y., Nat. Arts Club; also Interested In Art Workers' Club for Women. PLATT, Alice Wadsworth (Mrs. Francis Wheeler

Piatt), 10 Eastman Terrace, Poughkeepsie,

N.Y.

Formerly teacher; b. Blnghamton, N.Y., Jan. 14, 1879; dau. Charles and Louise (Scudder) Wadisworth; ed. Blnghamton Central High School; Vassar Coll., A.B.; m. Binghamiton, N.Y., Aug. 7, 1907, Francis Wheeler Piatt; one daughter: Harriet Piatt. Taught algebra and geometry in Blnghamton High School, 1902-06, winning a State teacher's certificate for life. Manager and sec. Woman's Exchange; manager Home for Friendless; guardian Girls' Camp Fire; sec. Day Nursery Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Writes for Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle. Presby- terian. Mem. Women's Equal Suffrage League. Recreations: Tennis, bicycling, canoeing, tramp- ing, dancing. Mem. Tuesday (literary) Club. PLATT, Elsie Hawley (Mrs. Joseph S. Piatt),

1225 Sixth St., Port Huron, Mich.

Born Gratiot, Wis., 1857; dau. Robert and Theresa E. (Way) Hawley; grad. Plattevllle (Wis.) Normal School, 1877; m. 1881, Dr. Joseph S. Piatt. Favors woman suffrage. Sec. of the first organized suffrage society in Port Huron. Author: House of Hawley. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R., Order Eastern Star, Ladles' Order of the Maccabees, 'Daughters of 1812. Mem. Ladles' Library Ass'n. Has traveled much. Is Inter- ested in genealogy. PLATT, Julia Barlow, Pacific Grove, Cal.

Graduate, Univ. of Vermont, Ph.B. '82; gradu- ate student, Harvard Annex, 1886-88; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1888-89, Zoological Station, Naples, lUly, 1891; Univ. of Freiburg in Baden, 1891-92, Ph.D. 1895. Pres. Women's Civic Improvement Club, Pacific Grove, (Jal. PLATT, Laura N., 1831 Pine St., Philadelphia,

Pa.

Bom Philadelphia, Sept. 18, 1865; dau. Charles and Laura (Newbold) Piatt; ed. private school In Philadelphia. Pres. Pa. Ass'n of Women Work- ers; mem. Nat. League of Women Workers; vlce- pres. Philadelphia Consumers' League; mem. Child Labor Ass'n of Pa. (Eastern branch). Pub- lic Education Ass'n (recreations com., etc.); In- structor in School for Social Work. Favors wo- man suffrage (mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of Pa.). Formerly Episcopalian, now eclectic. Mem. Au- dubon Soc, Legal Aid Soc, Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Home and ^School League, Philadelphia Orchestra, Lantern and Lens Club (photographic). Recreations: Climbing, swimming, rowing, canoe- ing. Clubs: Acorn, Civic, College (house mem.), Sedgeley, Social Workers. Chlefiy active as an organizer and promoter of girls' and women's self-governing clubs. PLATTENBURG, Jessie Thatcher (Mrs. 0«orge

H. Plattenburg), Mayvlew, Mo.

Formerly teacher; b. Klrksville, Mo., Feb. 18, 1861; dau. Jesse Coleman and Mary Baker (Griflath) Thatcher (granddaughter of William Griffith, officer In War of 1812); ed. various pri- vate schools in Mo. until 1876; after that seven years In Europe specializing In modern lan- guages and literature in private schools and with tutors: m. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 18, 1903, George H. Plattenburg. Taught three years in Am. School in Larnaca, Island of Cyprus; after- ward IB years in the modern language and Eng- lish dep't of Central High School, Kansas City, Mo. Interested in work of Drama League of

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��America, also in educational problems, particu- larly in methods of teacMng English. Against woman suffrage. Has written travel letters for various newspapers and talks on literature. ProtesLant Episcopal. Formerly mem. Athensum, Kansas City, Mo. and Every Other Week (his- tory) Club, Kansas City, Mo.

PUMPTON, Etta Ferry (Mrs. George L,.

PUmpton), Tllton, N.H.

Bom Brimfield, Mass., Apr. 22, 1867; dau. Lo- renzo Converse and Lydia (Alexander) Ferry: ed Hitchcock Acad., Brimfleld, Mass.; Westfield (Mass.) Normal School; Boston Univ. (Tri Delta); m. Palmer, Mass., Aug. 10, 1892, George Lincoln Plimpton; children: Esther Elizabeth, Theodore Ferry, George Lincoln Jr. Pres. Tilton and Northfield Woman's Club. Mem. Methodist Epis- copal Church.

PLIMPTON, Helen Louise Sheppard (Mrs. Al- bert Plimpton), 640 W. 139th St., N.Y. City. Business woman; b. St. Louis, Mo., July 31, 1878; dau. Joseph William and Louise (Bauer) Sheppard; ed. Stoddard School, SL Louis High School, Washington Univ., St. Louis, Mo.; Chase Sdiool of Art, Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Julten Acad, of Art, Paris, France; m. N.Y. City, Nov. 27, 1909, Albert Plimpton. Founded, own and manages the Sheppard Co., N.Y. City (im- porters and designers). Favors woman suflrag*; leader 21st Assembly Dist Woman Suffrage Party; me<m. Equal Suffrage League and Wom- an's Political Union, N.Y. City; public speaker on suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Art, music, designing, political science; interested in the study of economics and social conditions. Mem. Nat. Progressive Party; treas. of the Nat. Progressire Party for 21st Assembly Dist. ; mem. of the County Com. Nat. Progressive Party, N.Y. City, and camipalgn speaker for that party.

PUMPTON, Jenny Faulkner (Mrs. George Arthur Plimpton), 80 Oakland Place, Bufealo, N.Y.

President Homoeopathic Hospital; b. Chicago, 111.; dau. Major Frederic and Jenny (Faulkner) Harding; m. Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 30, 1899, George Arthur Plimpton; children: George Faulkner, Chester Harding. Pres. Conference of Charities. Mem. D.A.R., Twentieth Century Club, Park Club. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

PLUM, Margaret Budiugton (Mrs. Harry Grant

Plum), Black Springs, Iowa City, la.

Bom Kingston, N.Y. ; dau. Henry Joseph and Anna Hawley (Trump hour) Budington; ed. pri- Tate school (Kingston); Kingston Acad, (valedic- torian), '96; Vassar Coll.. A.B. 1900; Univ. of lU. Library School, 1900-01; mem. Beta Lambda (III.) Chapter, Kappa Kappa Gamma, later aflaliated with Aliunnse Chapter of Beta Zeta at Iowa Univ.; m. Kingston, N.Y.,' Nov. 30, 1505, Harry Grant Plum (prof. European history in Univ. of Iowa); one daughter: Alice Katharine, b. Oct. 31, 1907. Cataloguer CLncinnati Univ. Library, 1901- 02; cataloguer Iowa State Univ. Library, 1902; librarian State Historical Soc. of Iowa, 1902-05. Mem. Advisory Board of Univ. Y.W.C.A., 19th Century Club (Iowa City); former mem. Am. Library Ass'n. Interested in civic improvement and home economics. Mem. Am. Ass'n of Home Economics; life sec. of class of 1900, Vassar Coll. Writer of magazine articles and bibliographies in connection with library work; editor Annual Class Bulletin of Class of 1900, Vassar Coll. Mem. Re- formed (Dutch) Church of America, now in Pres- byterian Church. Recreations: Walking, reading. Mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Ase'n, Vas- sar Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. Against woman suf- frage. PLCMMER, Cora Elisabeth Burbank (Mrs.

Stajiley Plunimer), Dexter, Me.

Born Webster, N.H., Nov. 8, 1864; dau. David Emery and Mary Melintha (Eliot) Burbank; ed. High School, Hanover, N.H. ; Normal School, Salem, Mass.; Business Coll., Boston; m. Hon. Stanley Plummer, Dexter Maine. Official re- porter Superior Court of Mass., 1897-1903. Pres. Me. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1911-13. Favors »omaa suffrage. Author: System of Shorthand Writing, and numerous text-books for use in bus-

��iness colleges. Mem. D.A.R., Dexter Woman's Literary Club; hon. mem. Nat. Shorthand Re- porters' Ass'n, and N.Y. State Stenographers' Ass'n. Traveled through British Isles, European continent, Egypt, Palestine and Turkey, 1903-04, and again visited Europe 1911.

PLUMMER, Mary Bedfleld (Mrs. George W.

Plummer), 611 Forest Av., Oak Park, 111.

Born Delhi, N.Y. ; dau. Alfred and Sarah G. Redfleld; ed. Beloit (Wis.) High School and Beloit CoU.; m. Chicago, Nov. 22, 1892, George W. Plummer; one son: Phyllis, b. April 7, 1900. Charter mem. Progressive Party; was chairman Speakers' Bureau in Middle and Western States in campaign of 1912; charter mem. of New Pro- gressive Club, whioh in two weeks enrolled 1,000 charter members. Favors woman suffrage; sec. and chairman Organization Dep't 111. Equal Suf- frage Ass'n. Unitarian. Sec. Consumers' League of 111. ; official parliamentarian 111. Fed. of Women's Clubs; director Mary Thompson Hos- pital for Women and Children; director 111. In- dustrial School for Girls. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Woman's City Club (Chicago), Nineteenth Century Club of Oak Park, 111., E5qual Suffrage Ass'n.

PLUMMER, Mary Wright, 476 Fifth Av., N,T.

City.

Principal of library school; b. Richmond, Ind. ; dau. Jonathan Wright and Hannah A. (Ballard) Plummer; grad. Friends Acad., Richmond, Ind. ; special student Wellesley Coll., 1881-82; cer- tificated graduate of Library School of Columbia Coll., N.Y. City, 1888. Head of cataloguing dep't St. Louis Public Library, 1888-90; librarian Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, 1890-%; director Pratt Inst. Library and Library School, 1896-1904; di- rector Pratt Inst. Library School, 1904-11; prin- cipal Library School of N.Y. Public Library since 1911. Favors woman suffrage; chiefly active In paying for and distributing printed suf- frage material. Author: Verses, 1S9G; Hints to Small Libraries (four editions) ; Roy and Ray in Mexico, 1907; Roy and Ray in Canada, 1908; Stories from the Chronicle of the Cid, 1910; com- piler of Contemporary Spain, 1899. Quaker (Hicksite branch). Independent in politics. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, N.Y. Library Ass'n (State), N.Y. Library Club (city). Long Island Library Club, Daughters of Indiana in N.Y. Recreations: Reading, walking.

PLUMPTRE, Adelaide Mary Wynne (Mrs. Henry Pemberton Plumptre), St. James' Cathe- dral Rectory, Toronto, Can. Bom Shackleford, England, 1871; dau. Rev. W. and M.A. (Alexander) Willson; ed. private school at Weymouth, England; Somerrille Coll., Oxford, 1897-1900; ass' I tutor, 1900-01; honors in modern nistory; m. Hanborough, near Oxford, ISOl, Rev. Henry Pemberton Plumptre; children: Joyce Blary, Arthur FitzWalter Wynne. Sec. of litera- ture, Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of Eng- land in Canada; recording sec. Nat. Council of Women of Canada; first pres. Club for Study of Social Science of Toronto; vice-pres. Dominion Council of Baden-Powell Girl Guides; mem. Im- perial Order Daughters of the Empire. Favors woman suffrage. Has written magazine articles and short stories. Mem. Church of England. Mem. of various religious, social and philan- thropic societies, Toronto Golf Cluti, Social Science Club, Canadian Woman's Club.

PLYMPTON, Almira George, Charles River,

Mass.

Author; b. Boston, Sept 13, 1862; dau. Charles Pinckney and Almira S. (Braston) Plympton; ed. private schools, Boston. Author: A WUliug Transgressor; Bud of Promise; In the Shadow of the Black River; also juvenile works: Dear Daughter Dorothy; Dorothy and Anton; Betty a Butterfly; The Little Sister of Wilifred; Robin's Recruit; The Black Dog; Granolasset; Rags and Velvet Gowns; A Flower of the Wilderness; A Child of Glee; The School House In the Woods; Old Home Day at Hazel town; Dorcaster Days. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. the Dover League for Equal Suffrage.

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��POAGE, Josephine K. (Mrs. Thomas Hoage Poage), 11201 Muskegon Av., Chicago, 111. Bom Ohkago. III., Jan. 22, 1867; dau. H. S. and Margaret (Ray) Klelnman; ed. Chicago pub- lic schools. Northwestern Coll., NaperviUe, 111.; Chioago Business Coll.; m. Chicago, Sept. 22, 1886, Thomas H. Poage; children: (jlenn Mar- garet, b. April 29, 1888; Ray Harold, b. Aug. 2, 1890; William Allen, b. July 23, 1904. Interested In church work for years; chairman of social com. ; charter mem. and pres. of Board of DI- rectore of South Deering Neighborhood Center; charter mem. and pres. .of South Deering Women's Club; helped organize both; mem. City Glut) of Chicago. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Democrat. Has been much Interested In the playgrounds at South Deering, opened up by the International Harvester Co.

POAGE, Marg-aret Annie, Ashland, Ky.

Advertising writer; b. Ashland, Ky. ; dau. Hugh Calvin and Sarah E. (Davenport) Poage; ed. Ashland, Ky., and Chicago, 111. Presby- terian. Carried off the State Press prize banner for the year 1912 as Press Sup't of W.C.T.U. Mem. -Order Eastern Star; regent and charter member of Poage Chapter D.A.R.; charter mem. and graduate Ashland Chautauqua Circle; char- ter mem. and on Press Com. of Woman's Club, also mem. Nat. Ass'n of Advertisers. Was chosen valedictorian at the School of Oratory at the Athenasum, Chicago, 111. Opposed to woman suffrage.

POENSGEN, LUlie Elizabeth Miiller (Mrs. Carl Edward Poensgen), 565 Summit Av., Jersey City, N.J.

Born Philadelphia; ed. Girls' High School, Philadelphia; holder of City Scholarship at Bryn Mawr Coll., 1899-1903; m. 1910, Rev. Carl Edward Poensgen. Teacher of German, Collegiate Inst, for Girls, Philadelphia, 1903-04; algebra and Latin, Miss Knight's School, Germantown, Phil- adelphia, 1904-05; German and French, 1905-06, and German, 1906-09, Girls' High School, Phila- delphia.

POGUE, Mabel Wood (Mrs. Samuel Franklin Pogue), 4033 Rose Hill Av., Avondale, Cin- cinnati, Ohio.

Born St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 1, 1883; dau. Joel and Emma Jane (Templeton) Wood; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo.; m. St. Louis, Mo., April 25, 1906, Samuel Franklin Pogue; children: Mabel Wood, Helen Templeton Pogue. Presbyterian.

POINTER, Lela M. Peet (Mrs. Edwin W.

Polnler), Andrews, Ind. *

Teacher; b. Cook Co., 111.; dau. Robert Em- mett and Anne (Cameron) Peet; ed. Chicago puWic school; grad. Chicago High School, 1897; Cook Co. Normal School, 1898; pupil of Musical Coll.; m. Oct. 27, 1903, Dr. Edwin W. Polnler; children: Bmmett W., Norman E. Taught pub- lic school in Chicago, also in Indiana. Active In church work, musical circles. Mem. Christian Church, Order of Eastern Star, Andrews Li- brary Club (pres.). First Mothers' Club of Hunt- ington, Ind.; pres. of Andrews Library Club; mem. of Reciprocity Com. Ind. State Fed. of Clubs. POLAND, Mary L., 15 Myrtle St., Springfield,

Mass.

Superintendent of schools; b. Dummleston, Vt. ; dau. A. D. and Lucy (Woodbury) Poland; ed. by private teachers. Taught in all grades and in high school. Sup't one year at Brattleboro, Vt. ; now in 20 years' service as sup't schools of Hampden Co., Mass. Has written articles for religious papers and educational publications. Congregationalist. Mem. Historical Club of Springfield, four clubs of Massachusetts. POI>K, Christine Stevens (Mrs. Anderson Polk),

Elmwood Road, Roland Park, Baltimore. Md.

Born Newton, Mass., Dec. 7, 1870; dau. Rev. Henry C. Mayer and Nina Copp6e (Stevens) Mayer; ed. Diocesan Girls' Inst, of Mississippi (now disbanded); m. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 9, 1895, Anderson Polk; children: I>avld Stewart, Julia N. M. Polk. In charge of Mothers' Mis- sion, St. Mary's Church, Hampden, Baltimore. Favors woman suffrage. Protectant Episcopal.

��Mem. Soc. C'Olon.Ial Dames and Arundell Clul (Baltimore), Just Government League.

POLK, Sarah Chambers (Mrs. William Jullui Polk), 3733 Llndell Av., St. Louis, Mo. Born Fleurissant, Mo., Jan. 3, 1887; dau. Joseph and Mary Delphene (Powell) LaMotte; ed. Sacred Heart Convent of Maryvllle, South St. Louis; m. St. Louis, Jan. 15, 1910, William Julius Polk; one son: William Julius. Inter- ested in Catholic charities. Favors woman suf- frage. Catholic. Recreations: GoU, tennis, riding.

POLLACK, Flora, 1112 Eutaw St., North, Bal- timore, Md.

Physician; b. Baltimore, Md., Sept. 5, 1865; ed. public and private schools; studied medicine In the Woman's Med. Coll. of Baltimore, grad. M.D. 1891. Has practised In Baltimore evei' since.

POLLAKD, Grace Putnam (Mrs. Albert Abner Pollard), 607 East Franklin Av., Mlnneapolla, Minn.

Born Toledo, O., May 29, 1871; dau. Samuel Porter and Louise (Howell) Putnam; ed. Qdrla' High School, Boston, 1889; Radcliffe Coll., spe- cial student, 1891-93; m. Lexington, MasB., August, 1905, Albert Abner Pollard. Teacher 10 years in high school work, last five years In Sa.3t Boston High School, Boston, Mass. Leader In social purity work, lecturer and organizer for the past two years. Pres. Liberal Union of Minn. Women, 1911-13. Interested to organize codpera- tive enterprises. Unitarian. Favors woman suf- frage. Mem. Exec. Board of Minn. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1910-11; organized series of "Legislative Luncheons" during session of State Legislature, February to April, 1911. Lectures on Socialization of Domestic Work.

POLLABD, Zilla Hopkins (Mrs. Milton Pol- lard), Wakarusa, Kansas.

Musician; b. Pulaski, la., April, 1865; dau. An- drew J. and Martha J. (Karr) Hopkins; home education; m. Waveland, Kan., October, 1878, Milton Pollard; children: Milton Claude, b. July, 1879; Hollis Melville, b. Dec. 25, 1887. Sup't of Presbyterian Sunday-school and church worker. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Pro- gressive in politics. Mem. Jewell Reading Club.

POLLEY, Lenore Vance (Mrs. Daniel C. Pol- ley), 992 Capitol Av., Pierre, S.Dak. Born New Athens, O.; dau. Alexander S. and Mary E. (Garvin) McConnell; ed. Creaco (le.) High School; Spencer Business School, Mil- waukee; m. Deadwood, S.Dak., Nov. 15, 1899, Daniel C. Polley; children: Catherine L., Cleland Alexander, Chalmers. Interested In club work, civic improvement and juvenile court movement. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Pro- gressive Republican. Recreations: Camping, fishing, mountain climbing. Pres. two terms Round Table Club of Deadwood. Husband Is one of the new Judges of the State Supreme Court.

POLLOCK, Anna Marble (Mrs. Channlng Pol- lock) ; summer address: The Parsonage, Shoreham, L.I. ; winter address: 124 West 47th St., N.T. City.

Journalist; b. Chicago, May 1, 1876; dau. Ed- ward and Katherine (Wilson) Marhle; ed. public schools of N.Y. City; m. Toronto, Can., Aug. 9, 1906. Channing Pollock; one daughter: Helen Marie. Employed consecutively on Brooklyn Eagle and N.Y. Evening Telegram; original press representative in America for Florodora; press representative for various "gtars," including Rlsie de Wolf; original press representative for Oscar Haminerstein's Manhattan Opera House; four years N.Y. Hippodrome; the Percy WiUlama theatres In Greater N.Y. Author of several one- act plays In vaudeville: In Old EJdam; When Pat was King: author of the Red Moon and other stories for children; now general p.'oss repre- sentative of companies presenting WiLkin the Law.

POLLOCK, Jennie H., SOS West Pike St.,

Canonsburg, Waahlngrton Co., Pa.

Bom Canonsburg, Pa., Oct. 8, 1843; daughter

of Samuel and Esther (McPary) Pollock; ed,

public school, Washington Female Sem. (vale-

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��dlctoriftn of class); grad. Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle and Teacher Training courses. Teacher for two years in Washington Female Sem., received a gold medal, 1912, given by the Pa. State Sunday-school Ass'n for 50 years' service as teacher and officer in Sunday- school (still teaching). Pres. of Preshyterial Women's Dlst. Soc; pres. of County W.C.T.U.; field sec. of County Sunday-school Ass'n work; jec. (former pres.) Women's Hospital Auxiliary 3oard. Mem. D.A.R., regent of local chapter. Served on the editorial staff of a local paper (weekly) for five years; now on editorial staff of a county Sunday-school paper; has written for magazines. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Washington Female Sem., Alumni Ass'n of State Sunday- school Ass'n, Women's Missionary Soc. Mem. Shakespeare Cluto, Emerson Club. Recreations: Basketball, lawn tennis, walking, traveling. United Presbyterian. Progressive. Pres. local Suffrage Club, recently organized. POLLOCK, Mary Regina, Pawhuska, Okla.

Kindergarten teacher; b. Weston, Mass.; dau. George H. and Louise (Plessner) Pollock; ed. Washington, D.C.; grad. Nat. Kindergarten Inst., 1880; Business Coll. Taught kindergarten in Indian service 20 years. POLLOCK, Susan Plessner, 5 Myconius Place,

Gotha, Thuringia, Germany.

Principal training school; b. N.Y. City, 1852; dau. George and Louise (Plessner) Pollock; ed. in Normal Institution in Berlin, 1871. Did work conneo-tcd with Bureau of Education, Washington, D.C. ; visited by Dom Pedro, former Emperor of Brazil, and by persons interested in education from every part of the known world; principal of Normal Kindergarten Institution for Teachers, Washington, D.C, and conducted normal work in connection with Mountain Chautauqua for 25 years. Interested in Sunday-school work, Bands of Mercy, Red Cross interests, entertainments for advance of kindergarten interest and propaga- tion of kindergarten principles and practice. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Articles in educational magazines (Southwest and North), stories for children in educational and religious papers and a book: The Mothers' Council. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Mothers' Congress, Internat. Kindergarten Ass'n, W.C.T.U., D.C. Fed. Women's Clubs; pres. Washington Kinder- garten Club. Recreation: Traveling. Has con- ducted lecture courses on kindergarten training work in many cities of U.S.

POMERENE-HANEY, Jennie — see Haney, Jen- nie Pomerene. POMPILLY, Grace Thome, 911 Oakland Av.,

Pasadena, Cal.

Teacher; b. Brooklvn, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '87; New York Univ., A.M. '93. Teacher, Mt. Auburn Inst., Cincinnati, O., 1886-87; Mt. Vernon Inst., Baltimore, Md., 1887-89; Flushing (N.Y.) High School, 1891-94-; Orton School, Pasadena, Cal., since 1907. PONTIN, Marie Juliette Everett (Mrs. Henry

Morris Pontin), 1168 Broad St., Newark, N.J.

Lecturer; b. N.Y. City, July 1, 1«73; dau. Metcalf and Elizabeth (Schmidt) Everett; ed. by private tuition at Rutherford, N.J., and In Miss Bulkley's School, Tarrytown, N.Y. ; m. Passaic, N.J., Oct. 23, 1894, Henry Morris Pontin; one son: John Frederick Pontin. Associate editor Mystic Light Magazine, 1911. Interested in Hindu philosophy and occultism. Episcopalian. Mem. Theosophical Soc, Round Table (national) Club, N.Y. City; Contemporary Club, Newark, N.J. ; N.J. Woman's Press Club. POOLE, Fanny Huntington Bunnelle (Mrs.

Allen A. P. Poole), care Mrs. C. P. Gisberge,

76 W. Sixty-ninth St., N.Y. City.

Born Oxford, N.H., Dec. 5, 1863; dau. Rev. Moses Thurston and Fanny Maria (Baker) Run- nells; ed. Tilton Sem., two years; devoted time to music and poetry, and gave private lessons in music in N.Y. City and Boston; m. Newport, N.H., 1890, Allan A. Paul Poole; children: Vivien C. (Mrs. Charles P. Gls'berge), b. 1891; Fanny Ethel, b. 1892; Robert Runnells, Is. 1893; Paul Falconer, b. 189i. Author: A Bank of Violets, 1895; Mugen (In Dream tnd Reality); songs and occasional verse; was formerly book reviewer for

��the Home Journal (now Town and Country).

Temporarily resident in England.

POOR, Agnes Blake ("Dorothy Prescott"), 389

Walnut St., Brookline, Mass.

Writer; b. Boston; dau. Henry Vamum Poor (banker, editor of Poor's Manual of Railways) and Mary Wild (Prescott) Poor; ed. in private schools in N.Y. City. Author (under pen-nam« "Dorothy Prescott"): Brothers and Strangers, 1894; Boston Neighbors, 1898; Under Guiding Stars, 1905; contributor of short stoi;ies to the magazines. Mem. D.A.R. (regent Warren and Prescott Chapter, 1907-12), Soc. of Colonial Dames in Mass. (registrar, 1907), Boston Authors' Club. POOR, Cornelia Longstreet (Mrs. Charles Henry

Poor), 1614 Twenty-first St., Washington, D.C.

Born N.Y. City, Dec. 14, 1849; dau. C. Tyler and Caroline A. (Redfield) Longstreet; ed. Mme. Chegaray's Inst, in N.Y. City; m. Sept. 27, 1871, Charles Henry Poor; children: Charles Long- street, M. Lindsay (Mrs, M. P. Mans), Anita (Mrs. R. C. Bulmer). Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage. POOR, Mary Adelaide (Mrs. Clarence Henry

Poor), 58 Highland St., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., July 15, 1863; dau. George Darius and Adelaide J. (Bacon) Sargent; ed. Boston private schools; m. Boston, Mass., Nov. 7, 1883, Clarence Henry Poor; children: Clarence Henry Jr., Virginia Sargent, Adelaide Sargent, Mary Bulkeley. Favors woman suffrage. Epis- copal i an. POPE, Anna Isabella, Spencer, Mass.

Teacher, sec. Y.W.C.A.; b. June 18, 1877; dau. Joseph and Nellie (Noyes) Pope; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. 1900. High school teacher, Canajo- liarie and Tarrj'town, N.Y.; Normal School, Brockport, N.Y. ; educational sec. Y.W.C.A., Detroit, Mich.; gen. sec. Y.W.C.A., Saginaw, Mich. Former mem. D.A.R. Congregationalist. POPE, Elfrieda Hocfabaum (Mrs. Paul R. Pope),

Ithaca, N.Y.

Former teacher; b. Chicago, 111., July 25, 1877; dau. John E. and Matilda (Weller) Hochbaum; ed. Chicago public schools; Northwestern Univ., Ph.B., Ph.M. '99; Univ. of Leipzig, 1900-01; Cor- nell Univ., 1901-02, Ph.D. '03 (Pi Beta Phi); m. Chicago, June 18, 1904, Paul Russel Pope (Ph.D.); children: Elfrieda Emma, b. Feb. 28, 1905; Ernst Russel, b. Mar. 17, 1910. Teacher in high scbool, Aurora, 111., 1899-1900; prof. Ger- man in Wells Coll., 1902-04, and temporarily in Apr., 1912. Interested in studies in German lit- erature, teaching German, writing on subjects in German literary oriticism, on various phases of the woman's moyeinehts, educational problems, household and children. Favors woman suffrage; pres. of the College Equal Suffrage League, Ithaca, and mem. Political Study Club, Ith&ca. Contributor of articles: Kant and Schopenhauer on the Feminine Intellect (Methodist Review), 1909; The First German Magazine for Women (N.Y. Evening Post), Oct., 1909; The Instructor's Salary (Educational Review), 1905;- The Influence of the American Revolution on German Poetry (with Prof. James Taft Hatfield) (Germanica, Americana), 1900; Woman's Place in German Lit- erature (The Woman's Era), Nov., 1910. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Music, gardening. Mem. Child Study Club, Cornell Woman's Club (Ithaca). POPE, Georgina Fane, Military Hospital, Hall-

fa.K, N.S., Can.

Royal Red Cross nurse; b. Charlottetown, P.E.I., Jan. 1, 1862; dau. of the late Hon. W. H. Pope and Helen (DesBresay) Pope; ed. in schools of P.E.I. Served two years in South African campaign as nursing sister; now matron of the Permanent Army Medical Corps. POPPEN, Anna Trebel (Mrs. Emanuel Pop- pen), 132 W. Water St., Sidney, O.

Bom Hamilton, O., June 19, 1874; dau. Rev. G. H. and Mary (Foster) Trebel; ed. in Hamilton schools; m. Hajnilton, 0., Aug. 4, 1897, Rev. Emanuel Poppen; one daughter: Marion Edith. Sunday-school teacher; officer and mem. of four church societies; organist; mem. church choir, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sidney, O. Recreation: Music. Mem. Sidney Fed. of

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