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Gladys Edgerton. Favors woman suffrage, ward Bertie and Emma (Snyder) Codwlse; ed. Mem. Army Relief See., Sorosls Club. private school, later Kingston public school and EDGERTON, Sara Townsend (Mrs. Francis M. P'^ad. Kingston Acad., 1891; m. Oct. 27, 1897, Edgerton), 4630 Central Av., Richmond Hill, Richard Henry Edmondson; children: Helen N.Y. Louise, b. Oct. 23, 1S98; Gladys Chasaln, b. May Born Troy, N.T.; dau. Edwin R. and Isabella 22, 1900; Harrietts Codwise, b. July 16, 1905; (Stuart) Townsend; ed. Troy High School; Emma Kichard Edward, b. April 20, 1910. Was regent Willard School; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 16, Elizabeth Ludington Hagans Chapter D.A.R. for 1874, Francis M. Edgerton; children: Chauncey three years; State regent for W.Va., four years, T., Myra T., Francis W. T., Walter T., Stuart T. ^'^^ vice-pres. general two years; tr«as. House- For 20 years gee. and vlce-pres. of the Brooklyn wives' League; vice-pres. Hospital Auxiliary. Home for Aged Colored People; for 10 years on Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian, the exec, board and now sec. of the Woman's ED3IONSTON, Laura (Mrs. William Jesse Ed- Home Missionary Union of N.Y. State; for three monston), 207 Hutchinson St., San Marcos, years a manager of the Congregational Home Tex.

for the Aged in Brooklyn. Contributor of secre- Born Louisville, Ky., May 6, 1860; dau. William tarlal articles and papers for the press in the H. and Julia Franklin (Thrift) Isgrigg; ed. pub- interest of the various organizations to which lie and private schools, Jeffersonville and Madison, she belongs. Interested in settlement work, Ind., and De Pauw cioll.. New Albany, Ind. ; m. Red Cross, Needlework Guild, Sunshine Soc, Indianapolis, Ind., June 6, 1883, William Jesse Charity Organization. Founder of the Twentieth Edmonston, of Union City, Tenn. ; children: Mrs. Century Club of Richmond Hill and mem. King Jennie Edmonston Wren, Mary Ella, Elizabeth Manor Ass'n of Long Island. Recreations: Claire, William Jesse, Jr. Since marriage has Walking, china painting. Congregationalist. lived at Indianapolis, 'jashvllle and Union City, Favors woman suffrage. Tenn.; Dallas, Tex.; Lake Charles, La., and EDGETT, Grace I-awrence, 329 Cabot St., Bev- since 1900 at San Marcos, Tex. Active in chari- erly, Mass. table and civic improvement work; chairman for Teacher, b. Beverly, Mass., May 12, 1874; dau. San Marcos in Christmas Red Cross Seal Cam- Isaac H. and Elizabeth (Fiske) Edgett; ed. paign against tuberculosis; work for improvement Beverly public schools; Dean Acad., Franklin, of school grounds and equipment, and local char- Mass.; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '97. Instructor in ities. Has contributed a few short stories to small private school in N.Y. City, 1897-98; In- Sunday-school Times. Mem. Christian (Disci- structor Beverly (Mass.) High School, 1898-1902; ples) Church. Democratic in political views, mathematical instructor in private school In Active worker in Christian Woman's Board of Kansas City, Mo., 1902-07; head of mathematical Missions 21 years; first State pres. and first sup't dep't Kent Place School, Summit, N.J., since of Young People's Work In La., also first pres.

1908. Author: Exercises in Plane Geometry, and sup't of local organization at Lake Charles,

1909. Presbyterian. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate La.; former sec. local C.W.B.M. at Dallas, Tex.; Alumnae, New York Wellesley Club, Boston Col- former sec. local Aid Soc. at San Marcos, Tex. lege Club, College Settlements Ass'n, Ass'n of Past matron San Marcos Chapter, Dist. Deputy Teachers of Mathematics of Middle States and Grand Matron for the State, chairman im- Maryland. Recreation: Tennis. Was active mem. portant com. of Grand Chapter and representative of Woman's Club and City History Club of N.Y. of State of N.Y. to Tex. Grand Chapter, Order of City, 1897-98, and spoke in public meetings on Eastern Star. Charter mem. and pres. Woman's the club's work. Has also taken part in debates Club; treas. Sorosis Club; mem. and former eec. on suffrage (anti) and on the immigration prob- East End Mothers' Club (all San Marcos).

lem. Against woman suffrage. EDSALL, Anne Comfort (Mrs. James M. Ed- EDISON, Mina Miller (Mrs. Thomas A. Edison), sail), 8418 Bay Parkway, Brooklyn, N.Y. Llewellyn Park, Orange, N.J. Born Princess Anne, Md., Feb. 2, 1863; -dau. Born Akron, Ohio; dau. Lewis and Mary V. Littleton and Mary Hambleton (Jenkins) Long; (Alexander) Miller; ed. privately; Akron High ed. Cercle Francjaise, Friends School, N.Y. City, School; Miss Johnson's School, Boston; m. Feb. and Normal Coll.; m. Kent Island, Md., July 15, 24, 1886, Thomas A. Edison, the distinguished 1894, James M. Edsall. Pres. Ladies' Guild of inventor; children: Madeleine, Charles, Theodore P.B. Church of the Holy Spirit, Brooklyn; Sun- MUler Edison. Trustee Pennington School; day-school worker; mem. of Friendly Com., pres. of West Range Improveiment League; one which supports a free kindergarten; mem. Drama of managers of Woman's Exchange and mem. of League of America; interested In all work for other charitable organizations. Favors limited uplift of women and children. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist; pres. Woman's Guild of suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Recreations: Orange Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Walking, golf, canoeing, fishing, camping, out- D.A.R. (Essex Chapter). Recreation: Music, door life. Pres. Brooklyn Woman's Club Mem. Woman's Club of Orange (chairman Hos- (founded 1869); ex-pres. of Winter Club; director pitality Com.), Cosmopolitan Club, MacDowell N.Y. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. of Club. Ex-President's Club of Brooklyn. EDMONDS, Mary Derby (Mrs. Harry Weston EDSON, Katherine Philips (Mrs. Charles Far- Edmonds), Box 64, San Luis Obispo, Cal. well Edson), 950 W. 20th St., Los Angeles, Born San Francisco, Cal., May 26, 1862; dau. cal. Henry Homes and Mary Derby (Smith) Bigelow; Born Kenton, O., Jan. 12, 1870; dau. Dr Will- ed, in San Francisco by tutors and in private iam H. and Harriet J. (Carliu) Philips; ed. corn- schools; m. San Francisco, June 1, 1889, Harry mon schools of Kenton until 14; Convent of Sa- Weston EJdmonds; children: Marc Weston, cred Heart, Clifton, Cincinnati, 1 year, and 6 Dorothy, Katherine. Interested especially in months at Glendale Female Sem. ; m. Kenton, O., work for children. Before marriage wrote for Oct. 8, 1890, Charles Farwell Edson; children- several San Francisco papers. Chronicle chiefly. Katherine Edson Gray, b. 1892; Philips Josiah, b. Formerly resident of Sitka, Alaska, for eight 1S96; Charles Farwell, Jr., b. 1905. Interested in years, during which period her husband was Constructive Philanthropy, public health meas- chlef of Uie Magnetic Observatory there, and ures and prevention of diseases and death by while there was three years a mem. and some- scientific legislation and education; sec. Pure time pres. of the Alaska Reading Club. Hus- mento in securing the amendment for woman band now (1913) engaged as magnetic observer suffrage, and chairman of organization of Po- on the yacht Carnegie in South Seas for Car- lltical League, which led to ballot for women In negie Institution of Washington, and she is in Southern Cal. Writes newspaper articles on San Luis Obispo, educating her children. Mem. suffrage, sex hygiene, direct legislation and Pure W. C. T. U. Recreations: Books, music, theatre, Milk Commission. Unitarian. Mem. California cards, walking. Presbyterian. Favors woman Progressive Party State Central Com Mem. Cer- suffrage. Progressive Republican. tlfled Soc. of Prevention of Social Diseases. EDMONDSON, Ilarriette Codwise (Mrs. Richard Mem. Friday Morning Club (vice-pres. 3 years; Henry Edmondson), 293 Grand St., Morgan- chairman Com. on Public Affairs 4 years), 'own. W.Va. Woman's City Club, Evening City Club, chalr- Dorn Rosendale, N.Y., Jan. 24. 1874; dau. Ed- man Public Health State Federation, mem. State

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��Exec. Com. of Roosevelt Progressive League, also mem. Los Angeles Ck). Roosevelt Executive Com..; has been mem. Charter Revision Comm'n of the City of Los Angeles. Read paper before Nat. Municipal League Convention on Woman Suffrage.

EDWABDS, Abbie L. M. (Mrs. Clarence J. Ed- wards), Newberg, Ore.

Bom Marshal town, la.. May 13, 1872; dau. Isaac N. and Abble (Header) Miles; ed. Whittier Coll., la.; Willamette Univ., Salem, Ore.; grad. Bay View Reading Organization; special work in Bible study at Am. Inst, of Sacred Literature, Hyde Park, Chicago; m. Scotts Mills, Ore., Oct. 17, 1893, Clarence J. Edwards; chUdren: Lloyd, Lowell. Director of Public Library; mem. Book Com., also sec. of Public Library Board; mem. Ladies' Auxiliary to Pacific Coll., and intensely interested in its success. Favors woman suf- frage. Mem. Friends Church. Republican. Mem. Wednesday Club of Newberg since or- ganization, 12 years ago; has been on its Exec. Board (was pres. three years); director of Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs, two terms.

KDWAKDS, Caro Fries Buxton (Mrs. Henry Lee Edwards), Dallas, Tex.

Bom Winston-Salem, N.C.; dau. John Cam- eron and Agnes (Belo) Buxton; ed. Salem Female Acad., Salem, N.C. ; Miss Florence Baldwin's school, Bryn Mawr, Pa,, and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; m. 1910, Henry Lee Ed- wards; one daughter, Elizabeth Stuart. Inter- ested in the work of the Y.W.C.A. and was treas. of the Board, 1898-09. EDWABDS, Edith, Woonsocket, R.I.

Bom Woonsocket, R.I., July 20, 1873; dau. Dr. Daniel Mann and Laura (Ballou) Edwards; ed. private schools in Providence, R.I., and Boston, Mass., Lycfee Racine, Paris, France, and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01. Actively interested in lineal and patriotic societies; now State Sec. for R.L D.A.R., State Director for R.I. Children of Am. Revolution, and pres. Joseph Bucklin Soc. Children of Am. Revolution. Interested in wel- fare work; for some years chairman of Com. on Awards in Mill Village Prize Garden Competition; connected with large industrial plant. Mem. R.I. Coll. Equal Suffrage League, and helped to found It. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. R.I. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, R.I. Historical Soc., R.I. Branch of Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae. Olube: College (Boston), Bryn Mawr (N.Y. City). EDWABDS, Elizabeth Drake Morrill (Mrs. John Couper Edwards), 96 Warren St., Brookllne,

Born' (Cincinnati, Dec. 11, 1868; dau. Prof. Henry A. and Anna (McGufEey) Morrill; ed. Barthol<Hn©w English and Classical School, Cin- cinnati, and Cincinnati Univ.; m. June 11, 1891, John Couper Edwards; children: Burgess AUison, John Winthrop. Interested in Consumers' League, Woman's W^fare League, Brookllne Anti-Tuberculosis Soc.; former director Mass. Babies' Hospital. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Ways and Means Com. of the Mass. Woman Suffrage Abs'il Episcopalian. EDWABDS, Henrlette Mulr (Mrs. O. C. Ed- wards), Macleod, Alberta, Can. Born Montreal, Can., Dec. 18, 1849; dau. Will- iam and Jane (Johnston) Muir; m, Montreal, 1876, Dr. O. C. Edwards; children: Alice, Will- iam Muir, Margaret. Has been active In Bible class, temperance and suffrage work, and In peace and arbitration; also In legislative work In promoting better laws for the protection of wo- men and children, and in the introduction of domestic scifcnce into schools. Favors woman suffrage; vice-i)res. for Alberta of the Dominion Canadian Suffrage Ass'n; Provincial sup't of suffrage and citizenship of the W.C.T.U. Au- thor: Legal Status of Canadian Women; Women on School Boards; Labor Law for Women and (Children In Canada, Baptist. Vice-pres. for Alberta of the Nat. Council of Women of Can. ; provincial sup't W.C.T.U.; vice-pres. Macleod Woman's Inst.; Canadian representative for the Intemat. Council of Women on the Internal. Com. on Laws for the Better Protection of

��Women and Cbildren; mem. Y.W.C.A. (Ottawa) and of the Woman's Art Ass'n of Can. Has given much time to study and painting, and has exhibited frequently in Royal Canadian Acad,

EDWABDS, Katharine May, Wellesley College,

Wellesley, Mass.

Teacher; b. Cortland, N.Y., May 10, 1862; dau. Timothy and Hilda (Uptegrove) Edwards; ed. Cortland Normal School; Cornell Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '88, Ph.D. '95; fellow in Greek, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1888-89 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). Instructor, 1889-93, and associate prof, of Greek, Wellesley Coll., 1894-1900; as- sociate prof, of Greek and comparative philology, 1901—. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Philological Ass'n, Classical Ass'n of New England. Recrea- tions: Golf, canoeing, skating, walking. Mem. Cornell Women's Club of Boston, Boston Welles- ley Club.

EDWABDS, Laura Ballou (Mrs. Daniel Mann Edwards), Woonsocket, R.I. (summer, "Quisl- sana," East Woonsocket, R.I.). Born Woonsocket, R.I., June 17, 1841; dau. Hon. Ariel Ballou, M.D., and Hannah (Horton) Ballou; ed. public schools, Woonsocket, Lasell Sem., Auburndale, Mass.; R.I. Normal School, Bristol, R.I. ; traveled in Europe; m. Woonsocket, R.L, Jan. 26, 1870, Dr. Daniel Mann Edwards; children: Ariel Ballou, b. Jan. 27, 1871; EMith, b. July 20, 1873; Herbert, b. Oct. 6, 1874 (died Dec. 16, 1875); Percival, b. Aug. 30, 1878 (died Dec. 13, 1878); Daniel Mann, 2d, b. Dec. 26, 1880. In early womanhood teacher in high school in Woon- socket, and then first librarian of Its public li- brary, known as Harris Inst. Library. For many years leader In club life in Woonsocket and In R.I. Pres. Woonsocket Round Table Club, 1900- 01; chairman of correspondence for R.I. General Federation, 1899-1902; pres. Woonsocket Fort- nightly Club (largest in Woonsocket), 1902-05. Regent Woonsocket Chapter D.A.R., 1907-10; State Regent R.I. D.A.R., 1910-. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Woonsocket Chapter D.A.R. ; Soc. Descendants of the Founders of Providence Plantations (mem. of exec, board), Ballou Family Ass'n. Mem. Woonsocket Round Table, Woon- socket Fortnightly Club, R.I. Ex Club. Recrea- tions: Until recently driving, euchre, bridge, travel. As State regent D.A.R. has found espe- cial recognition with the pres. general, Mrs. Mat- thew T. Scott, who has appointed her to im- portant nat. committees, including Memorial Hall Com., Com. on Patriotic Education, (Conservation Com. and the Finance Com., also appointed to the Program Cktva. and Reception Com. of the Twenty-first Continental Congress, Nat. Soc. D.A.R. held in Washington, D.C., 1912.

EGAN, Lavinia Hartwell, 200 Claremont Av.,

N.Y. City.

Journalist and story writer; b. Falls Co., Tex., Nov. 21, 1863; dau. Dr. James Cronan and Siisan Rebecca (Ardls^ Egan; ed. Mt. Lebanon (La.) Coll.; Shreveport (La.) Sem. and Ward Sem., Nashville, Tenn. Entered journalism on staff of Philadelphia Times, 1892; Mexican correspondent for the Times, 1836; N.Y. correspondent for string of Southern papers, 1897-98; European cor- respondent Times, 1900-02; has contributed short stories to numerous magazines. Active in social, educational and philanthropic movements; pres. Hypatic Club: pres. La. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1903; mem. Nat. Board Lady Managers Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1903- 05. Hon. mem. La. Historical Soc. since 1904. Has lectured on education and travel topics be- fore schools, clubs and Chautauqua assemblies. Favors woman suffrage. Author: A Bundle of Fagots; A Belated Valentiae; A Piece of Assur- ance; The Nomination of Stephen Wingate; Not an (Ordinary Man. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy; hon. mem. La. Historical Soc Recreations: Walking, motoring, traveling, painting in eils and water color.

EGBEBT, Nelly Young (Mrs. Harry a Egbert),

1 Cottage St., Newport, R.I.

Librarian; b. Washington, D.C., Aprfl 14, 1843; dau. Dr. Noble and Adelaide E. (McWUllamfi) Young; ed. private schools in WaaMngton; m. Washington, May 26, 1870, Harry Clay Egbert;

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��two sons and two daughters. Spent 13 years In Philippine Islands, 1899-19U; 12 years as librarian of Am. Circulating Library (now a division of Philippine Library). Favors woman suffrage. EGGEKT, Sylvania O. (Mrs. J. W. Egbert).

Vlnedale, Masslllon, O.

Born Fredericksburg, 0., May 9, 1845; dau. Caleb and Amanda (Maklmer) Brinton; ed. Mas- sillon High School; Smith Acad.; m. Massillon, 1866, J. W. Eggert; children: Elizabeth B., G. Brinton, Caleb A. Active in religious, social, horticulture and grange work. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of short articles In various publications. Presbyterian. Mem. Patrons of Husbandry, W.C.T.U., hospital, horticulture and church organizations. Mean. Current Events Club. EGGJ-ESTON, AUce Adams (Mrs. Walter H.

Eggleston), 1777 Dupont Av., South, Minne- apolis, Minn.

Born Waterbury, Vt., Aug. 17, 1866; dau. Daniel Kinsbury and Olive Ames (Hale) Adams; grad. Univ. of Mian., B.A. '88 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Sept. 4, 1889, Walter H. Eggleston; children: Laurence, Ruth, Alice Bell. Favors woman suffrage. Congregatiooallst. Mem. Wo- man's Club, Lafayette Club. EGGLESTON, Amy Whlttlngton (Mrs. George

Mahon Eggleston), The Buckralnster, Beacon

St., Boston, Mass.

Born Melrose, Mass., Feb. 27, 1874; dau. Hiram and Alice Parker (Streeter) Whlttington; ed. Smith Coll., L.B. '95; m. Boston, Nov. 3, 1896, George Mahon Eggleston. Interested with hus- band In natural hygiene, and has written for Good Health, Health Culture, Vim and the Vege- tarian numerous papers on these subjects; also took great interest in sanitarium owned and di- rected by her husband in which the methods they have jointly devised from years of reading and study were put into successful practice. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. D.A.R., Katherine Gaylord Chapter, Bristol, Conn. Rec- reations: Travel, theatre, out-door sports (espe- cially tennis), walking, mountain climbing, swim- ming. Mem. College Club of Boston, College Equal Suffrage Club of Boston. EHLER, Amiette Blackburn (Mrs. Frederick

Ehler), Hennessey, Okla.

Writer, teacher, editor; b. LawrencevlUe, 111., Aug. 10, 1864; dau. William and Amanda E. (Rawlings) Blackburn; ed. in LawrencevlUe schools; m. (1st) 1892, Allen Haskett, of Danville, 111. (died 1900); m. (2d) 1907, Frederick Ehler, of Hennessey, Okla. ; one daughter, Helen Black- burn Haskett, b. 1899 (died 1901). Was 12 years teacher in high school; 5 years In editorial work, 2 years on special edition work and 3 years as editor and publisher of The Press-Democrat of Hennessey, Okla., which she sold on her mar- riage to Mr. Ehler. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church. Democrat; ardent believer in a qualifi- cation vote for all sexes and races. Author: The Firefly (collection of verse) ; also many serial stories and much verse. Composer of songs: Sweet Face Beneath the Roses; Only a Tramp, and many others; contributor under various noms-de-plume to political and literary press from age of 14. Associate grand conductress Okla. Grand Chapter, Order of Eastern Star for year 1912-13, and Okla. ex-editor of Natlonal- Mlzpah (Eastern Star Journal). Mem. Bay View, Domestic Science and Civic Improvement Clubs; chairman State Literature Com., Okla. Federa- tion of Women's "Clubs.

EIGEN3IANN, Rosa Smith (Mrs. Carl H.

Eigfenmann), Bloomlngton, Ind.

Ichthyologist; b. Monmouth, 111., Oct. 7, 1858; dau. Charles Kendall and Lucretia (Gray) Smith; ed. Ind. Univ., 1880-82; special student in Fishes under Dr. David Starr Jordan on Pacific Coast, summer of 1880; special student in cryptogamic botany under Dr. Farlow of Harvard Univ., Dr. Carl H. Eigenmann (dean of Graduate School of Ind. Univ., Processor of Zoology, etc.); children: Lucretia Margaretha, Charlotte, Theo- dore, Adele, Thora. Author of papers on Ichthyology, the largest on South American
 * 1887-88; m. Aug. 20, 1887, San Diego, Cal.,

��Nematognathi written at Harvard Univ. as joint author with her husband, Prof. Carl Eigen- mann. Mem. Sigma Xi (Ind. chapter), San Diego (Cal.) Soc. of Natural History; life mem. Cal. Acad, of Sciences (San Francisco) ; former mem. Pacific Coast Press Ass'n. Recreations: Moun- tain climbing, rowing, pillow lace making. ErsiERJIANN, Ida F. Bnxton (Mrs. Adam J.

Elmermann), 2327 Chestnut St., Mllwaakee,

Wis.

Teacher; b. Lowell, Mass., Aug. 23, 1860; dau. George Washington and Charlotte (Townsend) Buxton; ed. public schools, high school and State Normal School, Worcester, Mass. (life certificate in Wisconsin); m. MllTraukee, Wis., 1891, Adam .1. Elmermann, lawyer. Taught in Worcester, Mass., later taught In Normal School at Mil- waukee (model dep't) and public schools, Mil- waukee, as vice-principal. Had charge of academic dep't, Trade School for Girls, Mil- waukee. Interested in all kinds of philanthropic work; was State director Children of Am. Revo- lution for five years; State pres. Children of the Republic, 1912; pres. (Jeorge Rogers Clark Soc, Children Am. Revolution, two years. Against woman suffrage. Has contributed to newspapers on her travels and investigations of slums In foreign countries. Unitarian. Regent Milwaukee Chapter D.A.R. ; district vlce-pres. Milwaukee Branch Needlework Guild (cooking director sev- eral years). Recreations: Traveling, music, good books. Mem. the Downtown Club; dlst. vlce- pres. State Federation of Women's Clubs; pres. Woman's School Alliance. One of originators of penny lunches for poor children in public schools of Milwaukee (50,835 lunches were served by School Alliance from Nov., 19U, to April, 1912). EISFELDT, May Irwin (Mrs. Kurt Elsfeldt),

Irwin Island, Clayton, N.Y.

Actress; b. Whitby, Ont, (Jan., June 27, 1862; dau. Robert E. and Jane (Draper) (Campbell; ed. high school and Ladles' Sem. In Whitby, Ont. ; m. May 26, 1907, Kurt Elsfeldt; children: Walter Irwin, Harry Irwin. Made first stage appearance at Daniel Shelby's Adelphi Variety Theatre, Buf- falo, Dec, 1875, with sister Florence, singing duets, and at Mr. Shelby's suggestion they adopted the name "Irwin Sisters" for stage pur- poses; in 1877 they were playing their first sketch. On Board the Mary Jane, at a Detroit variety theatre when Tony Pastor saw them and engaged them for his theater in N.Y. City; there they played the sketch, A Rural Stroll, for four years and played "leads" In burlesque, etc., until 1884, when she went to Augustln Daly's Theatre in Pinero's Boys and Girls, later playing Susan in A Night Off, and Lucy In The Recruiting Officer, and accompanied Daly's company twice on Its tours abroad. Returned to variety, 1SS8, with her sister, in the Howard Athenaeum Company, Bos- ton, In a sketch called Home Rule, later In H. Grattan Donnelly's Fashions, after which under Charles Frohman's management with Henry Miller as Helen Stockton in The Junior Partner; as Ophelia in the burlesque Poets and Puppets, and in Russell's The City Directory, followed by an engagement with Peter Dailey in A Country Sport. Then for first time became a star in The Widow Jones by John J. McNally, In which she introduced the "coon song" feature, which she has made so popular; since then has continued as star in The Swell Miss Flizwell, Courted Into Court, Kate Kip, Buyer; Sister Mary, The Belle of Bridgepoit, Madge Smith, Attorney; Mrs. Black is Back, Mrs. Wilson Andrews, Mrs. Peckham's Carouse, Mrs. Jim, Mrs. Tompkins and Widow by Proxy. Interested In private personal charities. Mem. Am. Jersey Cattle Club, Nat. Fed. of Theatre Clubs, Nat. Poultry Ass'n, Black Orpington Club. Recreation: Farming. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. ELAJI, Emma Lee (Mrs. John B. Elam), 1S40

Park Av., Indianapolis, Ind.

Born Franklin County, Ind.; dau. John Runlon and Cyreue Jane (Davis) Lee; ed. Oxford Coll., Oxford, Ohio, B.A., 1873; m. Oxford, July, 1875, John B. Elam; children: Amibrose Lee, b. April 10, 1875; Harvey Johnson, b. May 17, 1879. Mem. Board of State Charities; for the past 28 years has been pres. of the Woman's Union of Ply-

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��mouth (now the First Congregational Church) ; organized and now honorary pres. of the Needle- worli Guild of America. Has been pres. of the Indianapolis Orphans' Asylum seven years and a mem. of the Board of Trustees of the Indian- apolis Free Kindergraten and Children's Aid Soc. 24 years, serving nine years as sec. and four years as pres. It was during her presi- dency that the General Assemibly passed a bill authorizing a tax of one cent on each $100 for the support of free kindergartens. Appointed, 1899, by judge of the Circuit Court charter mem. of Marion County Board of Charities and Cor- rection (now its pres.); appointed by Governor, 1901, mem. of the Board of Managers of the institution then known as the Ind. Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison; resigned in 1909 to become mem. Board of State Charities; took an active part in the separation of the two depariments and the transfer of the girls to the new buildings on the farm, near Clermont. Is prominent in the club life of the city and State; mem. of the principal organizations working for social betterment. Mem. Exec. Com. of the Children's Bureau (recently organized), Y.W.C.A., McCulloch Club, Mutual Service Ass'n and the Mothers' Aid Soc, all of Indianapolis; mem. Board of Trustees of Oxford College for Women. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. the Indianapolis Woman's Club (literary). Woman's Department Club, Contemporary Club, Oxford College Club. EliBERT, Ella Lavinia (Mrs. Samuel George

Elbert), 1014 King St., Wilmington, Del.

Born Washington, D.C., Oct. 10, 1865; dau. Daniel Arthur and Margaret (Vaughan) Smith; ed. public schools (graded and Rogers' high schools), Newport, R.I.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '88, M.A. '92; m. Newport, R.I., Dec. 27, 1899, Samuel George Elbert, M.D., of Wilmington, Del.; one son: Samuel Elbert Jr., b. Oct. 16, 1900. Taught at Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., Sept., 1888, to Dec, 1899. Favors woman suffrage (with limitations). Episcopalian. Mem. Philadelphia Wellesley Club. El.DEK, Sa^an Blanchard (Mrs. Charles D.

Elder), 2221 Bralnard St., New Orleans, La.

Author; b. Fort Jessup, on the Sabine River, a frontier post between Texas and Louisiana, 1835; dau. Albert G. Blanchard (commanded Phoenix Co., La. Vols., and served through Mexican War and through Civil War as brigadier-general) ; ed. Girls' High School. New Orleans, and St. Michael's Convent, St. James Parish, La.; m. Charles D. Elder, brother of late W. H. Elder, archbishop of Cincinnati. Taught mathematics in New Orleans High School many years; was lit- erary critic for Morning Star (New Orleans), also staff writer on same. Became a Catholic and continued writing essays and historical sketches for New Orleans papers. Author: Character Glimpses of the Most Reverend W. H. Elder; Elder Flowers (poems). Has ready for press: A Mosaic in Blue and Gray; also Life of Abbe Rou- quette (poet priest and missionary of the Louisiana Choctaw Indians. EI.KINTON, Sarah West (Mrs. Joseph Elkln-

ton), Moylan, Pa.

Born Concordville, Pa., Nov. 3, 1854; dau. Benj. West and Mary Philips (Cope) Passmore; ed. Westtown Boarding School; Cornell Univ. one year; m. Concordville, Pa., June, 1884, Joseph Elkinton; children: Joseph Passmore, Mary Cope, Howard West, Frances D. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Interested in schools and peace work. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to sectariau papers. Mem. Pocono Lake Preserve, Pocono, Pa., an unsectarian club for families especially with chil- dren. They have 3,500 acres, a lake, and are able to live unconventionally. ELKUS, SaTlUa Alice, Vassar College, Pough-

keepsie, N.Y.

Instructor of philosophy at Vassar Coll.; b. N.Y. City, 1874; dau. Isaac and Julia (Katske) Elkus; grad. Columbia Univ., B.S. '03; Ph.D. '08 (philosophy); student at Univ. of Munich, 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. of Collegiate Equal Suffrage Ass'n; Dutchess Co. Equal Suf- frage Ass'n. Author: Concept of Control 'thesis for Ph.D.).

��ELLERY, Eloise, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,

N.Y.

College professor; b. Rochester, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '97; Babibott fellow, Cornell Univ., 1897-98; student Cornell, 1898-99; European fellow of Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Paris, 1899- 1900; Cornell, Ph.D. '02. Ass't 1900-01; teacher 1902-07; associate prof, history since 1907, Vas- sar College. EEEICOTT, Nancy Poultney, Hospital of the

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research,

Sixty-sixth St. and East River, N.Y. City.

Registered nurse; b. Baltimore Co., Md., Feb. 17, 1872; dau. Thomas Poultney and Caroline Mackey (Allen) Blllcott; ed. Mrs. H. P. Lefebyre's School; Brjn Mawr School, Baltimore, Md.; grad. Johxis Hopkins Training School for Nurses, June 17, 1903, Sup't nurses Church Home and Infirmary, Baltimore, 1905-08; sup't Hospital of the Rockefeller Inst, for Med. Research, 1909-. Mem. Protestant Episcopal Church. ELLINWOOD, Eliza M., 313 N. James St.,

Rome, N."5;.

Physician; b. Athol, Mass.; dau. D. Austin and Priscilla A. (Mann) Ellinwood; ed. Mt. Holyoke .Sem., 1869-70; Univ. of Mich., med dep't, M.D. '76. Since graduation engaged in general practice of medicine at Rome, N.Y. Favors woman suf- frage. Unitarian. Mem. Oneida Co. (N.Y.) State Med. Soc. ELIvIOTT, Ada Josephine, 2 Russel Apartments,

Dayton, O.

Born Dayton, O., Jan. 10, 1852; dau. Hender- son and Rebecca (Snavely) Elliott; ed. city school; grad. high school with honors. Inter- ested in club, religious, social and philanthropic activities. Methodist. Mem. church societies, Women's Christian Ass'n, King's Daughters and Emerson Club. ELLIOTT, Elizabeth Shippen Green (Mrs.

Huger Elliott), 24 Concord Av., Cambridge

Illustrator; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. Jasper and Elizabeth S. (Bonde) Green; ed. Phila- delphia; studied art at Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts and with Howard Pyle at Drexel Inst.; m. Phila- delphia, June 3, 1911, Huger Elliott. Work has been for the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Com^panion, the Century, St. Nicholas, etc.; for the past eleven years her work has appeared exclusively in Harper's Magazine. Episcopalian. Mem. Internat. Soc of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London; Philadelphia Water Color Club, Phila- delphia Fellowship, Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts; Philadelphia Plastic Club, Philadelphia Contem- porary Club, N.Y. Water Color Club, N.Y. Soc. of Illustrators. Received bronze medal from St. Louis Exposition; won Smith prize and Beck prize. Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts; second prize, Corcoran Art Gallery of Washington. ELLIOTT, Gertrude (Lady Forbes-Robertson),

22 Bedford Square, London, W.C., Englaxid.

Actress; b. Rockland, Me.; dau. Thomas and Mary Adelaide (Hall) Dermot; sister of Maxine Elliott; ed. public school and Normal Coll., N.Y. City; m. Dec. 22, 1900, Johnston Forbes-Robert- son (recently knighted). First professional ap- pearance with Miss Rose Coghlan in 1894 as Lady Stutfield in A Woman of No Importance, and during same engagement as Pert in London As- surance and Mion in Diplomacy; after that was with Marie Wainwright's company for two years in repertoire, and then for two years with Nat C. Goodwin's company in various plays, but espe- cially successful as Madge in The Corwboy and the Lady and aiS Angelica Knowlton in Nathan Hale; went to London, 1899, opening at the Court Theatre as Princess Angela in A Royal Family; went with Forbes-Robertson, playing Ophelia to his Hamlet, in September, 1900, and after her marriage to him played female leads in his company until 1910, when she began starring alone under the management of Liebler & Co. in several plays, including the White Magic In 1912, and later in the same year produced Preserving Mr. Pannure at the Lyceum Theatre, N.Y. City, under Charles Frohman. Has since been playing with Forbes-Robertson on his farewell tour.

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��ELLIOTT, Hattie HIU (Mrs. Lu Forrester El- liott), 1110 Walnut St., Newton Highlands,

Born" Northwood, N.H., Oct. 15, 1862; dau. Charles and Lydia Ann Hill; ed. Kimball Union Acad., Meriden, N.H., '81; Smith Ckjll., A.B. '86; m. Northwood Ridge, N.H., July 23, 1889, L. Forrester Elliott; children: Esther Jaquith, b. Aug. 27, 1S94; Luther Hill, b. Dec. 24, 1895; Fannie Eleanor, b. Aug. 14, 1897. Interested in the comfort or pleasures of the aged. Congrega- tionalist. ELLIOTT, Jennie MacCracken (Mrs. R. A.

Elliott), 315 N. Tenth St., Cambridge, O.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., May 27, 1866; dau. Isaac II. and Isabella (Caldwell) MacCracken; grad. Allegheny public high schools, '81, with second honor; Pa. Coll. for Women, Pittsburgh, '84 (second honor); m. Port Huron, Mich., June 16, 1887, Rev. R. A. Elliott; children: Chester H., R. Harold, Isabel. Interested in religious work along missionary lines; was Freedmen's sec. of Woman's Board of Directors of U.P. Church, 1903-07. Favors woman suffrage. United Pres- byterian. Mem. Woman's Missionary Societies and Aid Soc. Mem. McClellan Brown Sorosis of Cambridge, O. Time has chiefly been given to the activities of the congregations of which her husband has been pastor: Lisbon Center, N.Y., two years; Ninth United Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, Pa., 18 years; Cambridge, 0., since 1907. ELLIOTT, Jessie Gertrude 87 S. Logan St.,

Denver, Colo.

Born Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa.; dau. Hon. Victor A. Elliot (Judge on District and Supreme Bench for IS years) and Josephine E. (Gillette) Elliott; ed. East Denver High School; Mansfield State Normal School of Pa. ; Oberlin Conservatory of Music of Ohio. Singer of church and operatic music, also now has private class of pupils. HetjM In the aid of the dependent pioneers. Favors w«aian suffrage. Baptist. Republican. Cor. sec. of Territorial Daughters of Colorado. Recreations: Camping, tennis, tramping. ELLIOTT, Katharine Reed, Putnam Hall,

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Taunton, Mass., Oct. 3, 1870; dau. Robert and Alice (Reed) Elliott; grad. Wellesley Coll., A.B. 92; student at Oxford Univ., England, in 1905. Instructor in English, Belmont Coll., Nashville, Tenn., 1898; Fairmont Sem., Wash- ington, D.C., 1901-10; head teacher Putnam Hall, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., since 1910. Against woman suffrage. Contributor to Youth's ODmpanion, Delineator, etc. Presbyterian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumna-. College Club. Wiishington, D.C.; Classical Club, Washlng1,on, D.C. ELLIOTT, Mand Howe, "Oak Glen," Union St.,

Newport, il.I.

Author, lecturer; b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 9, 1854; dau. Dr. Samuel Gridley and Julia (Ward) Howe; ed. at home and in private schools. Has lectured in principal American cities on literary and artistic subjects. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Atlanta in the South; Mammon; A New- port Aquarelle; San Rosario Ranch Art and Handicraft in the Woman's Building of the World's Columbian Exposition; Roma Beata; Two in Italy; The Price of Jealousy; Eleventh Hour In the Life of Julia Ward Howe; Sun and Shadow in Spain; Sicily in Shadow and in Sun.

ELLIOTT, JIaxine (Mrs. Nathaniel C. Good- win), Hartsbourne Manor, Bushey Heath, Herts, England, and Maxlne Elliott's Theatre, N.Y. City.

Bom Rockland, Me., Feb. 5, 1873; dau. Capt. Thomas and Adelaide (Hall) Dermot; much of her childhood spent on a large sailing ship of which her father was captain; later a student at Notre Dame Acad., Boston Highlands, Mass.; m. 1898, Nathaniel C. Goodwin. Made first stage appearance as Felicia Umphraville In The Mid- dleman with E. S. Willard, season of 1890-91, and played in other plays in the repertoire of that actor; after that In The Prodigal Daughter Company at the American Theatre, N.Y. City; following this was in Rose Coghlan's company and later with Augustln Daly, at whose theatre

��she appeared In th« title rdle of A Heart of Ruby and In other Daly productions, and in Shakespearian drama. Including Sylvia in Two Gentlemen of Verona, Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Olivia In Twelfth Night; went to London with that company; returned to America and was with the Daniel Frawley Stock Company until joining Nathaniel C. Goodwin's (Company In 1896 as leading woman, playing In the productions of his repertoire until 1903. Starred in Clyde Fitch's play, Her Own Way, 1903-04, and another Fntch play. Her Great Match, 1905-06, folloiwed by Under the Greenwood Tree, 1907; Myself— Bettina, 1908; since then in her own house, Maxine Elliott's Theatre, N.Y. City, starring in The Chaperon, Deborah of Todd's. Spends most of her leisure in England. ELLIOTT, Sarah Barnwell, Sewanee, Tenn.

Author; b. South Carolina; dau. Bishop Stephen and Charlotte Bull (Barnwell) Elliott; ed. privately at home. Pres. Tennessee State Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Author: The Felmeres, 1880; Durket Sperret, 1897; The Making of Jane, 1899; John Paget, 1893; A Simple Heart. Plays: His Majesty's Servant; Moonshine Whispers. Episcopalian. Democrat. Mem. Univ. of the South Alumnae Auxiliary, Colonial Dames of South Carolina, Soc. Descendants Colonial Governors, South Carolina Historical Soc, United Daughters of Confederacy, Lyceum Club of London, England; Wednesday Afternoon Club, N.Y. Womaii's Political Union, N.Y. Woman's Press Club; vice-pres. Ass'n Southern Writers, Civic League of Sewanee, Tenn.

ELLIS, Alice Meribah James (Mrs. William

Sheweli Ellisj, Moylan, Pa.

Club worker; b. Philadelphia, June 17, 1S79; dau. Joshua and Edith (Cox) James; ed. Phila- delphia private schools and one and one-half years at Smith Coll.; m. Oct. 18, 1899, William Sheweli Ellis; one daughter: Frances Edith Ellis. Pres. Woman's Club of Media. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Alumnae Ass n of Miss Gorden's School, Alumnae Ass'n of Smith Coll. Clubs: New Century (Philadelphia); Woman's (Media, Pa.). An active club worker, taking interest in all philanthropic, civic and social work in the community. ELLIS, Edith Anna Ellis (Mrs. Willard Waldo

EUis), 309 Farm St., Ithaca, N.T.

Born Dryden, Tompkins Co., N.Y.; dau. War- ren Clark and Alice Ann (Snyder) Ellis (greait- granddaughter of Judge John Ellis, who, bec?.u=:e he was for many years the most prominent of its citizens, became known as the "King of Dryden" and is so referred to in the local histories); grad. Ithaca High School, Cornell Univ. B.L. ; m. Ithaca. N.Y., Aug. 17, 1903, Willard Waldo Ellis, Cornell Univ., A.B. '01; LL.B. '03. Became inter- ested about 3 years ago in club work and joined several organizations in Ithaca, since which time has prepared and read some papers and repre- sented some of the clubs at conventions. Chair- man of the Hospitality Com. of the last Slate Suffrage Ass'n Convention, held in Nov., 1911. Contributor to various magazines. Collaborator on Wordsworth Concordance. Recreations: Read- ing, music, theatre, motoring, bridge. Mem. of D.A.R., Cornell Women's Club, Ithaca (sec.-treas. 1911-12, pres. 19ii-13); Campus Club, Cornell; Ithaca Woman's Club (treas.); Political Study Club of Ithaca (rec. sec. 1910-13); delegate to the City Federation of Women's Clubs of Ithaca (chairman Entertainment Com.).

ELLIS, Ellen Deborah, Mount Holyoke College,

South Hadley, M.iss.

Associate prof, history and oolltlcal science; b. Philadelphia, Nov. 25, 1878; dau. Henry C. and Ellen D. (Moore) Ellis; ed. public schools of Philadelphia, Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; A..\l. •02; Ph.D. '05; Univ. of Leipzig 1902-03, as Bryn Mawr European fellow of Class of 1901; resident fellow In economics and history (Bryn Mawr), 1904-05. Instructor in history, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1905-08; asso. prof, of history, acting head of dep't of history, 1908-09; asso. prof, pure econom- ics and political science and 2d semester acting tory and political science and 2d semester acting head of dep't of history. Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1911-

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��12. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Mt. Holyoke Coll. Chapter of Coll. Equal Suffrage League. Wrote Introduction to History of Sugar as a Commodity. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Hist, Ass'n, Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Political Science Ass'n, Ass'n of Coll. Alumna.

KLU8, Grace Vinton (Mrs. Horace Ellis), "Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind. Librarian, writer; b. Long Island, N.Y., Jan. 19, 1867; dau.-> Dr. S. H. Mapes (surgeon Sixtieth Reg't N.Y. Vol. Infantry) and Prunetta N. Mapes; ed. In Butler Univ., Indianapolis; m. Mar., 1886, Horace Ellis, pres. of Vincennes Univ.; two sons: Max (associate prof, of biology in Colorado State Univ.), Howell (a student in Univ. of Vincennes. Author of many verses and a contributor of verse and short stories to maga- zines and other publications. Has written many sacred songs, which have been published. Li- brarian of Vincennes Univ. Methodist. Mem. Order of the Eastern Star. Favors woman suffrage.

£L.LIS, Jennie Agues Wilhite (Mrs. Overton Gentry Ellis), Olympia and Tacoma, Wash. Born Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 27, 1867; dau. Presley Gray and Marie Louise (Price) Wilhite; ed. public schools of Kansa.s City, Mo., in pri- mary grades and grad. from Kansas City High School, '86; m. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 29, 1894, Overton Gentry Ellis (now judge State Supreme Court of Washington); children: Overton (Sentry Jr., b. Oct. 9, 1900; Presley White (daughter), b. Oct. 22, 1903. Taught 1S8S-94 in public schools of Kansas City, Mo. (Lathrop School). Regent (two terms) Virginia Dare Chapter D.A.R., ■Tacoma, Wash. ; State historian, Washington D.A.R.; mem. Board of Directors of Tacoma Public Library since 1908; special interest In children's dep't of library and aggressive policy of library to create and encourage love of read- ing among children of all the people. Favors woman suffrage. Has written many magazine and newspaper articles on foods, food sanitation, municipal health regulations and kindred subjects for club use and outlines for club study; has also spoken on above subjects in cities of the State of Washington; one of the speakers on same subjects at biennial of Gen. Fed. of Wo- men's Clubs, San Francisco, 1912; also articles of local historical interest as historian of D.A.R. Baptist. Democrat. Admitted to the D.A.R. in 1896 by ancestors of both father and mother; of Scotch-Irish-Bavarian and French Huguenot an- cestry, all of whom came to Va. before the Revolution and were patriots. Mem. United Daughters of (Ilonfederacy. Mem. (pres. two years) Aloha Club (Tacoma); chairman Food Sanitation Com. Wash. State Fed. of Clubs, seven years; pres. Pure Food Council of Tacoma. Drafted Market Sanitation Ordinance of Tacoma, which was passed by City Council, Mar., 1909, at instance of Pure Food Council, which also secured appointment of woman food inspector; chairman Food Sanitation Com. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs since 1910; Vice-Chairman Health Dep't Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1913 — ; director Washington State Soc. for Prevention of Tu- berculosis.

CLX.IS, Julia Ada, Atlanta University, Atlanta,

Ga.

Teacher; b. Harwich, Mass., Sept. 11, 1863; dau. Amron and Pamella (Small) Ellis; ed. Natick High School, Natick, Mass. ; Wellesley Cioll., B.A. '84. Teacher in Preparatory School, Everett, Mass., 1884-87; High School, Natick, Mass., 1887-89; Atlanta Univ. (for colored stu- dents), since 1890. Interested in church work, missions and temperance; mem. the Y.W.C.A.; peculiarly interested in the advancement of the colored people. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregationalist.

EIXIS, Katharine Bath, Charles City, Iowa,

Author: b. Charles City, Iowa; ed. in schools of Charles City, Iowa, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '01. Volunteer librarian of Charles City Library, 1904. Author: The Wide- Awake Girls; The Wide- Awake Girls in Wlnsted; also magazine contribu- tions.

��ELLIS, Leonora Beck (Mrs. Richard A. Ellis),

Hyde Park, Tampa, Fla.

Writer; b. in Georgia, about 1872; dau. James W. and Margaret (Wells) Beck; ed. Oxford, Ala., and N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, 1896, Richard A. Ellis. Editor the Illustrator Magazine, 1896-97; since then, general writing. Has done much church work, as teaching Bible class in Sunday- school; has worked In philanthropic organiza- tions; has worked unceasingly to have both Government and State recognize the rights of the neglected remnant of Seminole Indians in Fla. ; has devoted herself for years to fighting child labor in Georgia and the Carolinas. Contribu- tions on literary, sociological, industrial sub- jects published in the Forum, Review of Re- views, Independent, American Journal of Sociology, Gunton's, Leslie's, Christian Herald, etc. ; stories, verse and general articles in Mun- sey's. New England Magazine, National Maga- zine, Book News Monthly, Lippincott's, Collier's, American Magazine of History, Criterion, Wo- man's Home Companion. Baptist. Mem. Con- sumers' League, Educational Conference Soc., Sociological Congress, Charitable Ass'n, both of Tampa and Atlanta; Child Labor Com. of Ga. Recreations: Boating, cruising, camping. Clubs: Tampa Woman's, Woman's Press of Ga., Civic Ass'n of Florida. ELLIS, Louise Alverda Spencer (Mrs. Pearls

B'jckner Ellis), 711 Spear St., Carson City,

Nev.

Born Bangor, Me., Mar. 20, 1860; dau. Albert Jewett and Sara (Warren) Spencer; ed. at home by governesses; grad. Bangor High School; m. Dec. 23, 1886, Pearls Buckner Ellis; one daughter: Annie Louise, b. 1890. Interested in social and philanthropic duties. Contributor in verse and prose to Pacific Coast publications. Author: Sunbeams and Reflections. Episcopalian. Char- ter mem. and pres. Leisure Hour Club. ELLIS, Lucy Morris (Mrs. John V. Ellis), Box

402, R.F.D. No. 2, North Yakima, Wash.

Newspaper woman; b. Blnghamton, N.Y., Jan. 15, 1878; dau. Robert and Sara A. (Ogden) Mor- ris; ed grammar schools, Binghamton, N.Y. ; high school, Buffalo, N.Y.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. 1900; m. North Yakima, Wash., Feb. 18, 1905, John V. Ellis Jr. Engaged in newspaper work in Buffalo, Milwaukee and North Yakima; spe- cial correspondence for Portland, Seattle and Spokane papers. Mem. Yakima Valley Branch Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae. Mem. Portia Club. Recreations: Gardening, fancier pure bred poul- try, studying native-bred birds. Favors woman suffrage. ELLIS, Lucy Terrill, 429 W. Munroe St.,

Phoenix, Ariz.

Kindergartner; b. St. Louis, Mo.; dau. Edwin and Jane (Hunae) Ellis; ed. St Louis and Bos- ton. A pioneer kindgartner in the Territory of Arizona. Favors woman suffrage; active mem. Civic League of Phoenix, Ariz. Author of maga- zine articles on garden kindergartens, open-air schools, garden schools, Kindepcroft, The (Jarden, th« Gateway to Character Building. EHJiscopallan. Democratic voter. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Am. School Peace League. Charter mem. Phoenix Woraan'a Club; organizer and pres. Conservation Club; chairman Oonserration Dep't Ariz. Fed. of Women's Clubs, Ariz. State pre*, of Woman's Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress.

ELLIS, Margaret Dye (Mrs. Jonathan T. Ellis),

522 Sixth St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born N.Y. City; dau. Clarkson and Margaret (McLean) Dye; ed. N.Y. City; m. New York, 1863, Jonathan T. Ellis of Maine; children: Mary Margaret, Jessie Russell (deceased). Sup't legis- lation for Nat. W.C.T.U. for 17 years In Wash- ington, D.C, looking after reform measures in Congress. Was cor. sec. of N.J. W.C.T.U. 15 years. Favors woman suffrage. Writes Wash- ington weekly letter for the W.C.T.U. official organ, the Union Signal. Mem. D.A.R., Wom- an's Welfare Dep't of Civic League, Consumers' League, Woman's Suffrage League. ELLIS, Marion Durbtn (Mrs. Max Mapes

Ellis), 1109 Thirteenth St., Boulder, Colo.

Biologist; b. Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 26, 1887;

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dau. Etevld Henry and Cornelia (Fltdi) Durbln; nal and the Chautauqua on library topics. Mem. ed. In Anderson (Ind.) High School; Earlham Am. Library Ass'n (was its first woman presl- CoU., 1905-06; Indiana Univ., A.B. '09, A.M. '10 dent, 1911-12; vlce-pres. 1895-96); N.Y. Library (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Sept., 1909, Max Ass'n (press. 1903-04). Mapes Ellis. Ph.D. Engaged in biological re- search work in the biology of fishes, upon which ELTLNGE, ionise, 607 Fifth Av., N.T. City, has written several monographs. Author: Teacher; b. New Paltz, N.Y.; dau. Magdaline Analysis of Rate of Regeneration Throughout D. B. and Edmund (Eltinge) Deyo; ed. New the Regenerative Process (Journal Experimental Paltz Acad, and Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., Zoology, Vil.), 1909; A Genus and Twelve New 1901-05. Teacher at Mme. Da Silva's School, Species Tetragonopterid Characins (Annals Car- N.Y. City, 1893; teacher In the Gardner School negie Museum VI.) 1909; on the Species of Has- for Girls on Fifth Av. ; vlce-pres. same school, mania Hyphessobrycon and Hemigrammus Col- 1908-09; principal since 1910. Mem. Reformed lected by J. D. Haseman, etc. (Annals Carnegie Dutch Church. Museum, VIII.), 1911; Genera Hemigrammus

Hyphessobrycon, Dermatochier and Family ELWELI,, Abbie Miner (Mrs. L. H. Elwell), 6

Sciaenidse in Elgenmann's Fresh Water Fishes of Lincoln Av., Amherst, Mass.

British Guiana (Memoirs Carnegie Museum, V.), Born Provlncetown, Mass., Nov. 3, 1858; dau.

1912; also monograph on the green KLallctus of James H. and Mary A. (Cowing) Nlckerson; ed.

North America (in preparation). Mem. Soc. of West Newton English and Classical School. New-

the Sigma Xi, Ind. Acad, of Sciences. Mem. ton High School, class of 1877; Vassar Coll., A.B.

Society of Friends. Favors woman suffrage. '82; m. West Newton, Mass., Dec. 20, 18^, LeTi

ELLIS. Olyette (Mrs. Brazier R. Ellis). Wind- }^^Y^y,^^Vn'n^-^>:;^^-^-^^T- ^J""^' °^ 9^!?

sor Wis In Amherst Coll; children: Marlon Freeman (A.B.

Teacher;' b. Ellington. N.Y.. April 9, 1844; dau. Z^^'^J.'^V' ^''^'"'^ Ross (A.B. Vassar '11).

Hiram and Lydia (McGowan Smith; ed. public g.^'^" NlckCTSon (deceased) James Henry. Pres.

schools of Chautauqua Co., N.Y.; one tefm in I^T^'^.^w^^^'^^^r., k^ ^°^ono9^!""*'TT= .."^f™"

high school, Madison, Wis.; one term In Wla. Amherst Woman s (:iub (pres. 1908-10). Unitarian.

State Univ.; m. Lodi, Wis., June 27. 1867. Brazier Y^^ mem yasear Students' Aid Soc; life mem.

R. Ellis; children: Claude Smith, b. May 4. Associate Alumna of Vassar Coll.

1868; Lydia, b. May 5. 1870; Addle, b. June 3. ■n>T v t>„/i i„i,- c i, «• ,»/r tj v _* tt. t^i ^

1872'(dl'ed Oct. 4. 1878). Ne'wspaper correspond- ^^g^' ^"'^liP^^^teth if N Y 6ifv '^^^

ent and writer. Author of book of poems: Au- i^^rL it!f ! k d .^ t t i iq

tumn Leaves. 1908. Mem. W.C.T.U., Ladies' Aid lo^^'^^^^'J^^'^yiL^ l' ^"'i®''^°'"^' ^^7^- Iff ^\

Soc., Missionary Soc. Windsor Neighborhood ^l^i-i^"^, ^"^"l^^. i^'l K^^"^„ (Michiel^n)

Club. CongregaUonalist. Favors woman suf- f^i'^.^^^^L^^/J^fAl^ "„V^''nl'^°i'H^^ 2°^

fraee Prohibitionist ^^°' Cocservatotre of Dramatic Art, Amster-

irage. i-ronioiuonist. ^^^^^ Holland; m. Binghamton, N.Y.. June 7.

ELLYSON, Lora llotchliii^s (Mrs. J. Taylor 1905. Robert E. Ely; children: Robert Scheffer,

Ellyson). 10 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. Mia Roseboom, Rudolph Scheffer. For three

Daughter Nelson Hill and Harriet (Russell) years mem. of the Royal Soc. The Netherlands

Hotchkiss; ed. Loch Willow. Augusta Co.. Va., Stage. Author of play: De Man van Mademoi-

and by a governess; m. Howardsville, Va.. Dec. selle. produced by the Royal Society. The Nether-

2, 1869. J. Taylor Ellyson; children: Nannie lands Stage. Mem. Woman's Trade Union

(Mrs. Prank T. Crump); one grandson: J. Taylor League. Woman Suffrage Party. N.Y. ; Wo-

Ellyson Crump. Mem. D.A.R.. Daughters of man's Social and Political Union, Woman's Mu-

the Confederacy, Colonial Dames in State of Va., nicipal League. Consumers' League, N.Y. Peace

Dep't of Woman's Welfare Work. Y.W.C.A., Soc, McDoweh Club. Favors woman suffrage. missionary and other societies of the Second

Baptist Church. Opposed to woman suffrage; EMEKSON, Adaltne Elizabeth Talcott (Mrs.

mem. Va. Ass'n OpFKDsed to Woman's Suffrage. Ralph Emerson), 427 N. Church St.. Rockford,

Mem. Confederale Memorial Literary Soc, which 111.

owns the Jefferson Davis mansion and main- Bom Vernon, Oneida Co., N.Y. ; dau. Hon.

tains it as a Confederate museum; vice-regent Wait and Elizabeth Annie (Norton) Talcott;

of the Va. room in the museum. Pres. Ass'n for resident of Illinois since one year of age; ed. at

Preservation of Va. Antiquities, which owns and Rockton, Winnebago Co., 111., under the Misses

has its headquarters in the home of Chief Justice Teed, graduates of LeRoy (N.Y.) Sem., and pre-

John Mars'hall; mem. the Country Club of Va., pared for college by Mr. Seely Perry; grad.

Woman's Club. from Rutgers Female Coll., N.Y. City, In class

ELLYSON, Selma Daum (Mrs. C. W. Ellyson). gj 1856; m. Rockford, 111., Sept. 7 1858. Ralph

Alta Iowa Emerson (manufacturer and philanthropist);

Born Sumner, Iowa. 1876; dau. J. C. and C. C. children: Adaline (m A F Thompson). Harriet

(Koehler) Daum; ed. West Liberty (Iowa) High i™:», ^\'''^™ f^V. ^^^""n ''9' ^^"^r^^'^i ^- X'

School, '93; State Univ. of Iowa, Ph.B. 1900; m. ^J:?'^?]'^^^^/'""^ ^^^^1, ^^^ ^^'rP- ^- ^i'^^/

Albert Lea, Minn., 1907, Dr. C. W. Ellyson; one M..D., M.R C.S.. England), Dora Bay (m. Prof.

son: Craig Daum, b. 1908. Principal of high William Morton Wheeler). Taught summer

school at Manning, Iowa, 1900-03; held chair of '=?"°"5' ^«;'^°o'/, ^3 Hf'°S go'ng^ to college;

mathematics in high school at Albert Lea, Minn., afterward Uught in high school In Rockford for

1903-07. Mem. of State Health Com. In Fed. of ^^°'■^»"™^; /'■°'?'°^^^ .'° 1^'^^ -^'^®, ^'V^.i''

Women's Clubs; mem. Alta Library Board, activities of church and city; has served on City

Favors woman suffrage Presbyterian (pres. Hospital Board and local school boards; served

Ladles' Aid Soc). Mem. Library Ass'n, Ceme- as associate commissioner to Paris ExposiUon

tery Ass'n. Recreations: Automoblllng, card- ^ntf ^^^r^^^.Tu.^l ^^^1^^^^^°^ ^^h r^nw°r,;

playing, tennis, reading, walking. Mem. Worn- J;°y« ^°H?tln^ ^tril,^ RL.I,itJn« ^f

an'i riiih of Alta Town- qtjite FArtpratinn nt third edition); Personal Recollections of

w„rr,»n'a ri?vh, ' 1' ederatiou or _^i,raham Lincoln (In collaboraUon with hus-

women s 1.1UDS. band); Reminiscences of the Early Fifties;

ELMENIWRF, Tfaere«a West (Mrs. Henry Liv- also leaflet of Letters to Hon. Walt Talcott,

Ingston Elmendorf), 541 Massachusetts Av., which she wrote to her father from Paris when

Buffalo, N.Y. serving as associate commissioner to the exposi-

Librarian; b. Pardeevllle, Wis., Nov. 1, 1855; tion; now preparing Recollections of Later Years,

dau. Hubbell and Helen (Roberts) West; grad. Mem. Congregational Church and of its Home

Milwaukee public schools and Miss Wheelock's and Foreign Missionary and other church so-

School for Glrle (Milwaukee), 1874; m. Mil- cleties; also mem. Woman's Union Missionary

waukee .Wis., Oct. 6, 1896, Henry Livingston Soc, having Its headquarters in Bible House,

Elmendorf (died July 8, 1906). Deputy librarian, N.Y. City. Mem. Chicago Art Institute, th«

1880-92; librarian, 1892-96, Milwaukee Public Li- Fortnightly of Chicago, Monday Club of Rock-

brary; vice-Ubrarlan Buffalo Public Library since ford and the Argonauts, a young people's club,

August, 1906. Authority on bibliography; editor of Rockford, which she organized. Charter mem.

for selection of Am. Library Ass'n catalogue; and Honorary Regent of Rockford Chapter,

contributor to I*ubllc Libraries, the Library Jour- D.A.R-

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��EMERSON, Clara Beardsley Count (Mrs. Will- iam Henry Emerson), 12 Carl Place, Brockton,

Born" Ellenville, N.Y., Feb. 16, 1869; dau. Thomas Henry and Polly Ann (Downs) Count; grad. Northfleld Sem., '87; Wellesley Coll., '93; mem. Phi Sigma (local, Wellesley); m. New- burgh, N.Y., June 25, 1908, William Henry Emer- son. Private sec. to principal of Northfleld Sam., 1890-91; principal, Somerset (Mass.) High School, 1894-97; teacher English and mathematics, Wey- mouth (Mass.) High School, 1897-98; teacher English, Brockton (Mass.) High School, 1898- 1904; teacher mathem.atles. Ferry Hall, Lake Forest, 111., 1904-07; teacher English and regent, Senior House, Nat. Park Sem., 1907-08. Uni- tarian. Mem. Ten Times One, Cercle Frangals, both of Brockton; first vice-pres. Y.W.C.A., 1912-13, Brockton; recording sec. of Board of Managers Brockton Day Nursery since 1908. Pres. College Club of Brockton, 1908-10; first vice-pres. Woman's Club of Brockton, 1913—; mem. of College Club of Boston and various other clubs (local), such as Brockton Country Club, etc.

EMEKSON, Ellen Tucker, Lowell Road, Con- cord, Mass.

Social worker; b. in Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '01; student in botany, Rad- clifte, 1901-03; fellow in zoology. Smith Coll., 1903-04, M.A. '04. Teacher in private school, 1901-03; social worker, Mass. General Hospital, Boston, since 1906. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumna Ass'n (sec. 1906-10), Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse. EMERSON, Maria Furman (Mrs. W. K. B.

Emerson), Rye, N.Y.

Born N.Y. City, June 23, 1869; dau. John McKnight and Virginia Dimond (Holmes) Fur- man; ed. Miss Ballow's School, N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, April 28, 1892, W. K. B. Emerson; children: W. K. B. Emerson Jr., b. April 9, 1894; Rupert Emerson, b. Aug. 20, 1899. Clubs: Colony, Apawamis Golf. EMERSON, Sarah H. (Mrs. William Emerson

Jr.), 425 West End Av., N.T. City.

Born N.Y. City, Sept. 19, 1835; dau. James Sloan and Abby (Hopper) Gibbons; ed. N.Y. City in Mrs. Charles Sedgwick's private school; m. N.Y. City, 1S63, William Emerson. First di- rector of Women's Prison Ass'n and Isaac T. Hopper Home. Mem. Diet Kitchen Ass'n of N.Y. Author: Life and Letters of Abby Hopper Gib- bons. Mem. Society of Friends. EMERSON, Susan ftlabel Hood (Mrs. George

Waldo Emerson), 431 Maple St., Danvers,

Mass.

Graduate Smith Coll., B.A. '01; m. Oct. 5, 1904, George Waldo Emerson; children: Edward Ever- ett, b. Sept. 2, 1905; Elizabeth Capen, b. Nov. 22, 1906; Miriam, b. June 30, 1909. Private governess. Great Falls, Mont., 1901-02; teacher of Latin and Greek, Amesbury High School, 1902-03. EMERSON, Teckla Hilbert (Mrs. Frederick

Lincoln Emerson), 50 Hancock St., Dorchester,

Mass.

Bom Milwaukee, Wis., Sept. 28, 1879; dau. Hellodore J. and Josephine (Grenllch) Hilbert; ed. Milwaukee Downer Coll., B.A. ; m. Mil- waukee, Oct. 23, 1894, Dr. Frederick Lincoln Emerson; children: twin boys (died five months after birth), 1896. Interested in church activities of First Parish Meeting House Hill-Church; also in sociological questions. Club: Dorchester Wo- man's. Unitarian.

EMERSON, WUimena Hannah EUot (Mrs. Jus- tin E. Emersoa), 128 Henry St., Detroit, Mich.

Born New Haven, Conn., Jan. 30, 1853; dau. William Horace Eliot, Jr., and Sally Frances (Sawyier) Eliot; ed. Vassar College; A.B. '72 (Phi Beta Kappa); grad. M.D. from Women's College of N.Y. Infirmary '77; m. Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 26, 1877, Justin Edwards Emerson, M.D.; children: Paul Eliot, Philip Law, Ralph de Pomeroy. Spent three months as interne in Woman's Med. Coll., N.Y. Infirmary, and took tenement house practice during that time, 1876-77. Mem. Woman's Auxiliary, St. Paul's Church (pres. five years); Woman's Guild, St. Paul's Church; Young Woman's Home (pres.

��seven years). Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Coll. Equal Suffrage League of Detroit. Au- thor: Genealogy of the Descendants of John Eliot, the Apostle to the Indians, 1905; class poet Vassar, 1872 (published in class book) ; delivered poem at first gathering of Eliot family, Guilford, 1875; delivered poem at second meeting Eliot family at Natick, Mass., 1901. Protestant Epis- copalian. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Daugh- ters of Colonial Governors; New England Soc, Soc. for the Prevention of Tuberculosis; Ass'n Ck)ll. Alumnae. Recreations: Writing rhymes, breeding blooded Persian cats, water sports of all kinds. Mem. College Club of Detroit. Was the first Am. woman to attend a clinic of Dr. Ru- dolph Virchow (Berlin, 1879) — a great honor. EMERY, Susan L,., 6 Percival St., Dorchester,

Mass.

Writer; b. Dorchester, Mass., Sept. 26, 1846; dau. Charles and Susan Hilton (Kelly) Emery; ed. Mather School and high school, Dorchester, Mass. (valedictorian of class). Miss Stone's Boarding School, Greenfield, Mass., and at home. Editor Young Christian Soldier, 1871-74; on the editorial staff of Sacred Heart Review since 1891. Essayist; critic; author of short stories; poet. Books: Maxims for Every Day in the Year from St. John of the Cross, 1891; Inner Life of the Soul, 1903; The Petals of a Little Flower, 1306; A Catholic Stronghold and Its Makings (a his- tory of St. Peter's parish, Dorchester, Mass.), 1910. Translator from Latin, French and Ger- man poetry into English. Roman Catholic since 1875 (Protestant Episcopalian until 1875). EMMET, Lydia Field, 535 Park Av., N.T. City

(summer. Strawberry Hill, Stockbridg'e, Mass.).

Artist; b. New Rochelle, N.Y., Jan. 23, 1866; dau. William Jenkins and Julia Colt (Pierson) Emmet; ed. Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Julian's and others, Paris, Professors William M. Chase, Robert Reid, Kenyon Cox, Siddons New- bury, William MacMonnies, Collin, Henry Gia- commotti, Paris. Medals: Bronze, World's Columbian Exposition; bronze, Atlanta, Ga. ; sil- ver, St. Louis; Pan-American, Buffalo; honorable mention, Shaw prize, 1906; Proctor prize, 1907; Clarke prize, 1909; honorable mention, Pittsburgh, 1912. Mem. Woman's Political Union. Firm be- liever in woman suffrage. Protestant. Pro- gressive in politics. Mem. Art Students' League, Municipal Art Soc, Metropolitan (N.Y. City), Nat. Ass'n of Portrait Painters, Conn. Acad, of Fine Arts, N.Y. Zoological Soc, Nat. Hist. Mu- seum, N.Y. Botanical Soc, Nat. Acad, of Design. Began career as an illustrator for books and magazines, but soon devoted energies to portrait painting. Best known for pictures of children. EIMMONS, Elizabeth Wales, 1378 Beacon St.,

Brookline, Mass.

Welfare worker; ed. Misses Shipley's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; St. Timothy's School, Catons- ville, Md., and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01. Ass't sec. and ass't out-of-door sports, Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, 1901-03; director of out-of-door sports and ass't in the gymnasium, 1903-04. Pri- vate sec. and sup't Household Aid Co., Boston, 1904-05: ass't sup't Domestic Reform League, Women's Educational and Industrial Union, 1905- 06, and sup't of the Business Agency, 1906-07. EMORY, Reba Cornett (Mrs. Percy Franklin

Emory), Cazenovla, N.Y.

Born Reading, Pa.; dau. Charles A. and Lillian (Sohrack) Cornett; m. N.Y., April 25, 1896, Percy Frankiin Emory. Soprano soloist, Broadway Tabernacle, N.Y. City, 1904-09, and 1912-13; in Europe 1910. Mem. Tonkiinstler Society, N.Y. City.

ENDICOTT, Katharine Sears (Mrs. Henry Endl- cott Jr.), 250 Commonwealth Av., Boston; also Weston, Mass.

Bom Weston, Mass., July 22, 1876; dau. Fran- cis Bacon and Mary Elizabeth (Sparhawk) Sears; cd. Miss Winsor's School, Boston; m. Boston, Oct. 15, 1907, Henry Endlcott Jr. ; children: Ellen Bacon, b. Aug. 9, 1908; William 3d, b. Nov. 17, 1909. Interested in various local inter- ests, children's charities, etc. Recreations: Piano, singing, drawing. Episcopalian. AgiUnst woman suffrage.

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��ENDI.ICH, Elmma A., Reading, Pa.

Born Reading, Pa.; dau. John and Emma N. (Miller) Endlich; ed. Germany and Switzerland. For 36 years sec. of Women's E>mployment Bu- reau of Reading; sec. of Reading Home for Friendless Children; treas. Reading Conference Women's Missionary Soc. ; te.acher in Sunday- school; organist. Editor for 11 years of the Dea- coness Messenger and 11 years editor of The Mis- sion Worker; translated from the German: Christian Devotion; The Deaconess Calling, Katharine Von Bora; Luther and Count Erbach Karin. Recreations: Music, reading. Lutheran. ENGEL, Wilhelmlna Lammert (Mrs. Oscar W.

Engel), Sun Prairie, Wis.

Born Mlddleton, Wis., July 1, 1871; dau. Chris- tian and Sophie (Klelgast) Lammert; ed. Middle- ton High School; m. Mlddleton, Wis., June 24, 1896, Oscar W. Engel; children: Martha Sophie, Doris Wilhelmlna. "Taught school before mar- riage; teaches china painting and water color. Mem. Missionary Soc. and Ladies' Aid, Woman's Twentieth Century Club, Social Art Club. Con- gregational ist. Favors woman suffrage. ENGELKE, Ida Darling (Mrs. Bernard L.

Engelke), 5231 Cornell Av., Chicago, 111.

Born Auburn, Mass., Sept. 16, 1873; dau. Jas- per Tucker and Sarah (Winchester) Darling; ed. Worcester public schools. Smith Coll., B.L. '97; m. Chicago, 1905, Bernard L. Engelke; one daughter: Elizabeth. Taught in Wendell Phillips High School, Chicago, 1897-1905. Mem. Chicago Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, Chicago Smith Coll. Club. Active mem. Chicago Political Equality League and of the Cook County Suffrage Alliance; is doing practical work for cause of woman's suffrage. Universalist. ENGLAND, Octavia Grace Ritchie (Mrs. Frank

Richardson England), 126 Bishop St., Mon- treal, Can.

Physician; b. Montreal, 1868; dau. Thomas Weston and Jessie Torrance (Fisher) Ritchie; fed. Girls' High School, Montreal; Faculty of Arts, McGill Univ., B.A. '88; honors in natural science. Queen's Coll., Kingston; Bishop's Coll., Montreal; m. Montreal, 1897, Frank Richardson England, M.D.; one daughter: Esther Ritchie. Took medical course for two years at Queen's Coll., Kingston, Ont. ; completed course in Mon- treal, Bishop's Coll., CM., M.D. '91; post-grad, work in Glasgow and Vienna. Thirteen years on the staff of the Western General Hospital, first as assistant physician and then as assistant gynecologist. Pres. Montreal Local Council of Women; interested in the activities of the local national council, especially in the suffrage ques- tion, sanitation, education, child-welfare, muni- cipal reform. Mem. Royal Edward Inst., Vic- torian Order of Nurses, Nat. Council of Women of Canada, Alumnse Soc. of McGill Univ., Wo- men's Canadian Club, Montreal. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage (Montreal Local Council of Women have just begun to organize a suffrage society).

ENGUSH, Jennie Wright (Mrs. J. E. English),

326 Fourth Av., Baraboo, Wis.

Born Prairie du Sac, Wis., Dec. 3, 1859; dau. John E. and Elizabeth A. (Steele) Wright; ed. Prairie du Sac and Sauk City High Schools, Golden Hill Sem., Bridgeport, Conn.; m. Prairie du Sac, Wis., Sept. 22, 1880, Dr. J. E. English, M.D.; children: Phoebe, b. May 2, 1887 (died March, 1888); John E., b. April 7, 1891. Has specialized on fungi and an authority on that subject. Wrote an article on Common Edible Mushrooms, which appeared in State horticul- tural publication in volume of 1907; often writes for local paper on various subjects. Presby- terian. Mem. Library Board for last ten years. Recreations: Travel, camping, study of natural sciences. Mem. Fortnightly Club, Woman's Club, Child's Welfare Club.

ENGLISH, Kate Vincent (Mrs. William F. Eng- lish), 1401 Genesee Av., Saginaw, Mich. Social worker; b. Marlette, Mich., July 1, 1872; dau. A. B. and Phoebe L. (Goetchies) Hager; ed. Marlette High School, Ferris Inst., Mich.; North- western Univ.; m. Marlette, Mich., Oct. 31, 1904, William F. English, M.D. Engaged until mar-

��riage as teacher in public and county normal schools. Sup't Primary Dep't Sunday-school; pres. Saginaw City Federation of Women's Clubs; chairman Legislative Com. Mich. State Federa- tion of Women's Clubs; mem. Visiting Com. Mich. State Public Schools; School Patrons Com. Nat. Education Ass'n; mem. Nat. Labor Legisla- tion Ass'n; hon. mem. Detroit Children's Bureau. Favors woman suffrage, doing suffrage work In Mich. Legislature and as State speaker. Con- tributor to various magazines (subjects Include articles on travel In U.S. and Mexico and women In public affairs). Congregatlonallst. Mem. Sagi- new Civic League, Woman's Hospital Ass'n. Ass't In work of corrections and charities and juvenile courts. Mem. Antl-Tuberculosis Soc. Recreation: Travel. Clubs: Saginaw Reading, Saginaw Art, Saginaw Woman's, Winter. Di- rector Parliamentary Study Class. Organized school garden work In Saginaw and developed plan for beautifying yards and parks through wholesale purchase of trees and shrubs and building of bird houses.

ENGLISH, Lucy K. (Mrs. Edwin H. English).

39 Prospect St., New Haven, Conn.

Born Waterbury, Conn., Jan. 14, 1855; dau. Stephen W. and Lucia Hosmer (Andrews) Kel- logg; ed. Vassar, A.B. '75 (Phi Beta Kappa); m. Waterbury, Conn., Oct. 5, 1SS2, Edwin H. English (died Oct. 6, 1899); children: Lucia Hosmer, b. Apr. 16, 1884 (died May 22, 1892); Marguerite Griswold, b. Feb. 11, 1886 (Vassar, A.B. '08); Stephanie Kellogg, b. Aug. 27, 1887 (Vaissar, A.B. 10); Charles Leverett, b. Oct 20, 1888 (Yale, A.B. '10); Harriet Holt, b. Oct 21, 1890 (Vassar, A.B. '12); Edwin Holt b. Jan. 16, 1893; Katharine Prescott b. Dec. 27, 1894; Frank Kellogg, b. Feb. 28, 1898. Interested In Home Missionary Soc. of Center Church. Congregatlonallst Mem. D.A.R. (first vice-regent), Ass'n of Ck)llegiate Alumnae, Vassar Studentg' Aid Soc, Vassar Alumnaa Ass'n, Nat Geographic Soc. Recrea- tion: Golf. Mem. New Haven Lawn Club, Bethlehem (N.H.) Country Club.

ENGLISH, Stella M»« Williams (Mrs. William

C. English), Chadron, Neb.

Teacher; b. Wilton, la.. Mar. 17, 1875; dau. Alexander Lee and Mary Anna (Gorsuch) Will- iams; ed. by governess and in public schools of S.Dak. and State Normal at Madison, S.Dak. ; m. Aberdeen, S.Dak., Dec. 20, 1899, W. C. English; children: Margaret, James Alexander. Taught under the Civil Service in Indian Dep't of Gov- ernment about 4 years; was located at Cherokee, N.C., and Rosebud, S.Dak. Interested in and aids all movements of social uplift and practical philanthropy; active in church and Sunday-school and missionary work among foreigners of America. Baptist Mem. Order of the Eastern Star. Active worker in Missionary Soc. of the Baptist Church. Recreations: Out-door exercise, driving, hunting. Mem. Federated Woman's Club of Chadron, Neb. (now pres.).

ENG8TAD, Mathilda Charlotte (Mrs. John Even Engstad), 1790 Irving Av., South, Min- neapolis, Minn.

Bom Manistee, Mioh., July 27, 1868; dau. Samuel Chelln and Maren (Bruun) Johnson; ed. high school. Black River Falls, Wis.; high school, Minneapolis, Minn.; Minneapolis Acad.; m. Blair, Wis., Sept 28, 1887, John Even Eng- stad, M.D.; children: Valborg, b. Mar. 7, 1889 (died July 26, 1907); Dagna Elsie, b. Dec. 24, 1894. Pres. Falrvlew Hospital Auxiliary; sec. Dovre Aid Soc. (supports poor), Bethlehem Aid Soc, Our Saviour's Aid Soc. Has written a series of articles on travel for local newspapers. Clubs: Tourist, Current Events and Literary Soc, Thursday Musical (associate delegate of latter). Recreations: Motoring, camping and fishing. Lutheran.

ENMAN, I'lorejice Mabelle Holden (Mrs. Fred- erick F. Enman), 25 Beverly Road, Worcester, Mass.

Born Worcester, Mass., Jan. 6, 1875; dau. Will- iam Holden and M. Rosilla Putnam Holden; ed. Worcester grammar and high school, '93, and Middlebury Coll., grad. B.S. '97, In first third of r]a.ss, becoming Phi Beta Kappa (mem. Alpha

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��Chi); m. Worcester, Mass., April 26, 1905, Fred- erick F. Enman; children: Florence Jessie, Edith Rosilla, Norman Holden. Baptist. Be- lieves in limited suffrage tor both sexes. ENNIS, Edith MitcheU (Mrs. Robert Berry

Ennis), 1817 Chicago Av., Evanston, III.

Bom Jersey City, N.J. ; dau. Henry Mitchell, M.D., and Elizabeth (Roberts) Mitchell; ed. Vas- sar Coll.; Teachers Coll.; Columbia Univ., B.S. '02; m. St. Augustine, Fla., Mar. 22, 1904, Robert Berry Ennis. Mem. Evanston School Board, Dist. 75, 1911—; pres. Evanston Small Park and Playground Ass'n, 1912; director in CJentral Ass'n of Evanston Charities. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Evanston Woman's Club, Woman's City Club of Chicago, University Guild of Evanston. ENO, Clara Bertha, Van Buren, Ark.

Born Van Buren, Ark., Feb. 14, 1854; dau. Jonathan A. and Ellen E. (Ward) Eno; ed. Mld- dletown and New Britain, Conn., and Morris Fe- male Inst., Morristown, N.J. Mem. Guild of Trinity Parish; mem. of the Order Daughters of the King; active in both. Episcopalian. Mem. Mary Fuller Percival Chapter D.A.R., Mary Liee Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy; mem. of Arkansas History Commission (only lady In it). Clubs: Woman's Literary (Van Buren); Village Improvement (pres.); chairman Civic (Ark.) Federation Women's Clubs. ERB, Nellie Kilsey (Mrs. William G. Erb), 80

Main St., Silver Cresk, N.T.

Born Silver Creek, N.Y., April 13, 1870; dau. Henry Clin and Laura M. (Cook) Kilsey; ed. high school; m. Silver Creek, N.Y., 1890, William Gleason Erb; children: Gleason Goodrich, Arthur Kilsey. Has written for newspapers, also a few poems and miscellaneous articles. Mem. W.C.T.U., Y.W.C.A., Parent-Teachers' Ass'n, Sec. D.A.R. ; pres. Silver Creek Shakespeare Club. Recreations: Reading, theatre, music, walking, boating. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; pres. local Political Equality Club. ERICKSON, Martina Cecelia, Montlcello Semi- nary, Godfrey, 111.

Teacher; b. Norway; dau. Martin and Pauline Huse (Levind) Erickson; ed. La Crosse (Wis.) High School; State Normal School, Winona, Minn. ; Univ. of Chicago. Teacher and principal of high schools in Wis., Minn., Iowa; dean of women, Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, Ind., 1905-10. Principal Montlcello Sem., Godfrey, III., since 1910. Favors woman suf- frage. Author of educational articles in educa- tional magazines. Episcopalian. ERLANDSEN, Clarita Knight (Mrs. Oscar

Erlandsen), 49 Union Av., Jamaica, L.I., N.T.

Bom N.Y. City, Mar. 9, 1872; dau. James and Sophie (Compton) Knight; ed. N.Y. City public schools; private preparation for college; Barnard CoU., B.A. '93 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Feb., 1900, Oscar Erlandsen (well-known engineer; children: Amy Louise, Winifred, Oscar. Interested in various social and philanthropic subjects, in public school affairs, public play- grounds, big sister movement in connection with the children's courts, etc. Favors woman suf- frage. Protestant Episcopal. Recreations: Golf, boating, walking. Mem. Women's University Club of N.Y. City, Jamaica Women's Club, Housewives' League, Mahopac Golf Club. ERSKINE, Emma Payne (Mrs. Charles Edwin

Erskine), Tryon, N.C.

Bom Racine, Wis.; dau. Alfred and Olive (Child) Payne; ed. at home by parents; m. Racine, Wis., 1874, Charles Edwin Erskine; chil- dren: Alfred Masena, Harold Perry, Ralph Child, Violet Leland, Malcolm Edwin, Susan Mildred. Novelist, writer of poems; teacher of men's Bible class; Interested in social work generally. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Author (books) : lona — A Lay of Ancient Greece (poem) ; When the Gates Lift Up Their Heads (a story of the seventies); The Harper and the King's Horse (poem); Joyful Heatherby; The Mountain Girl (a story of the Blue Ridge). Protestant Episcopal. Mem. D.A.X., National Congress of Mothers. Recrea- tions: Walking, driving, out-door sketching, golfing. Was charter mem. (now honorary mem.)

��Racine Woman's Club; mem. Lanier Woman's

Club of Tryon, N.C. Mem. of Board of the Mountain Industries, an association for the pro- motion at industrial activity among the moun- tain people and to preserve among them their native arts and handicraft,

ERSKINE, Mary Lonise, Wilson College, Cham- bersburg, Pa- Librarian; b. Newville, Pa., June 10, 1880; dau. Rev. E. Erskine, D.D., and Helen M. (McKeehan) Erskine; ed. Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa., A.B. '02; Drexel Inst. Library School, Philadel- phia, 1903-04. Librarian William McCann Li- brary, Norristown, Pa., 1904-06; Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa., 1906 —. Favors limited suf- frage for men and women. Pre^yterian. Mem. Keystone State Library Ass'n; Wilson Coll. Alum n 39 Ass'n. Recreation: Horseback riding. Clubs: Afternoon (literary), Wilson Club of Chambersburg.

EBVING, Emma Lootz (Mrs. William Gage Erving), 922 Farragut Square, Washington, D.C.

Physician; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '97; student of physics and chejnistry, Mass. Inst of Teob- nology, 1897-98; Johns Hopkins Med. School, 1898-1902, M.D. '02; m. Sept. 19, 1903, William Gage Erving; children: Selma, b. Septemtier, 1906; Henry W., b. August, 1909. Practised as physician in Boston, 1902-04; in Washington, D.C, since 1904. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumni Ass'n.

ESKRIDGE, Belle Constant (Mrs. Joseph Hoff- man Eskridge), St. Clair City Park, Houston, Tex.

Physician and surgeon; b. Nov. 9, 1859; dau. Jacob and Elizabeth (Boulger) King; ed. public schools, Parkersburg, W.Va. ; Morgantown (W.Va.) Sem,; Hahnemann Med. Coll., Chicago, 1891; Woman's Med. Coll., '95; m. 1890, Dr, Joseph Hoffman Eekrldge; one son: Henry. In- terne in Woman's Hospital, Chicago. Taught obstetrics in Provident Hospital, Chicago, seven years, and was ass't surgeon Railroad Switching Ass'n; ass't surgeon Armour & Co. and Swift & Co., 1891-1904; nQ<w practices in Houston, Tex.; practice limited to diseases of women and ab- dominal surgery. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Chi- cago Med Soc, Cook County Med. Ass'n, Harris County (Tex.) Med. Ass'n and Texas State Med. Ass'n. Mem. com. of 25 of Houston citizens to cooperate with city officials and social workers, vice commission, etc. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Texas Political Equal Suffrage League. Author of monographs: Post Operative Dilatation of the Stomach; Some Information the Public Should Have Regarding Cancer; Use and Abuse of Uterine Curb (all published in Texas Med. Journal). Episcopalian. Mem. Houston Woman's Club, College Woman's Club, Consumers' League. Recreations: Automobiling, hunting, fishing, Mem. Country Woman's Club. ESMOND, Bessie Archer (Mrs. John W. Es- mond), Highland Park, 111. Bom Austin, Tex. ; dau. Osceola and Minnie R. (Wildie) Archer; ed. Marietta Coll., O.; m. Chicago, 111., Feb. 15, 1908, John W, Esmond; one daughter: Ida May Esmond, b. Feb. 22, 1910. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreation: Golf.

ESTABROOK, Alma Martin (Mrs. William Chester Estabrook), Greeley, Colo. Writer; b. Greenfield, Ind.; dau. Samuel Marsh and Florence (Howard) Martin; ed. Oxford Fe- male Coll., Oxford, O. ; m. Greenfield, Ind., June 30, 1896, William Chester Estabrook. Author: The Rule of Three; also stories and novelettes Id Century, Harper's, The Forum, Craftsman, Smart Set, American, Metropolitan, Cosmopol- itan, Red Book, etc.

ESTEP, Helen de Camp Lynch (Mrs. H. CoU Estep), 546 N. Harvey Av., Oak Park, 111. Technical journalist; b. Minneapolis, Minn., July 24, 1887; dau. Edward James and Margaret (Cooley) Lynch; wag three years in the chemistry dep't of Univ. of Minn.; m. St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 17, 1909, H. Cole Estep. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreation: Handicraft work. Contributor to Engineering News, System,

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��the Railway Age Gazette, Factory, the Com- mercial Vehicle, etc. Mem. Woman's City Club of Chicago. ESTERBROOK, Edith Marsh, Brattleboro, Vt.

Private secretary; b. Brattleboro, Vt., May 7, 1877; dau. Oscar D. and Eaia C. (WetheroU) Ds- terbrook; ed. North St. School, Brattleboro, Vt. ; Smith Coll., A.B. '98. For past ten years has been private sec. to head of biological dep't, Mass. Inst, of Technology. Life mem. Smith Coll. Alumnai Ass'n; mem. Smith Students' Aid Soc. and Boston branch Smith Coll. Alumnae. Recreation: Travel (including a European tour, a Mediterranean cruise, a journey around the world and journeys to California and Alaska). Mem. Circolo Italo-Americano Appalachian Mountain Club, Green Mountain Club, Vt Audu- bon Soc. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage. ESTERLY, Elizabeth Norcross (Mrs. Henry

Minor Esterly), 376 North Thlrty-flrst St.,

Portland, Ore.

Born Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 22, 1872; dau. George and Lioulse (Jackson) Norcross; ed. Metzger Inst., Carlisle, Pa.; student with Fraulein Theilen, Leipzig, Germany; Miss Mary E. Stevens' School, Germantown, Philadelphia, and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '97; student in Hanover, Germany, 1900-01; m. Portland, Ore. Dec. 30, 1908, Henry Minor Esterly; children: Henry Nor- cross, b. July 1, IfllO, Louise Jackson, b. April 3, 1912. Teacher of German in Portland Acad., Portland, Ore., 1897-1900, 1901-08. Honorary cor- responding sec. for Oregon for Bryn Mawr Coll. ESXES, Frances York (Mrs. Almeron H. Estes),

Mendon, Mich.

Housewife; b. Philadelphia, N.Y., June 17, 1853; dau. Francis Danforth and Hannah (Haworth) York; ed. Philadelphia public schools. Hunger- ford Coll. Inst., Howland Coll., Union Springs, N.Y., specialized in music; m. Mendon, Mich., May 11, 1875, Almeron H. Estes; children: EJva (now Mrs. CoUard), Francis Danforth. Has taken great interest in civic work and in county prob- lems in St. Joseph Co., Mich., and interested in the public library. Sec. Mendon Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Congregationalist. Mem. King's Daugh- ters. Mem. Woman's Club of Mendon (pres. 2 years). Bridge Whist Club, Fortnightly Club. Recreations: Travel, automobiling. Former ma- tron Mendon Chapter Order Elastern Star 6 years (2 years pres. county organization). EURITT, Edith Jones (Mrs. Guilford Dudley

Buritt), Virginia School for the Deaf, Staun- ton, Va.

Teacher, b. Cambridge, Md. ; dau. James and Margaret (Radclifte) Jones; ed. at W. F. Inst, of Staunton, Va.; studied art for two sessions under E. D. Stuart; received medal in art at W. F. Inst., 1886; m. Camhridge, Md., Aug. 18, 1886, Guilford Dudley Euritt. Taught In W. F. Inst. a. Staunton, Va. ; Central Female Coll., Tuska- loosa, Ala., and Virginia School for the Deaf at Staunton. Interested in educational work, civic betterment, and art. Mem. Ladies' Aid to Y.M.C.A., King's Daughters, District Nurses' Ass'n and church societies; Women's Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress, Audubon Society, Chair- man Art Com. of Virginia Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1911-12. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. EVAKS, Adelaide Rebecca, 4017 Delmar Av.,

St. Louis, Mo.

Private school principal; ed. in school of Miss Mary E. Stevens, Germantown, Philadelphia; holder of Mary E. Stevens' scholarship, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1905-06; grad. Washington Univ., St. Louis, A.B. '09. Teacher of mathematics and science In St. Charles (Mo.) High School, 1906-07; private tutor and demonstrator in zoology, Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1908-09; principal of private school, Ivens Llys, St. Louis, since 1910. EVANS, Blanche Estelle Kabler (Mrs. Richard

Bacon Evansi — see Kahler-Evans, Blanche

Estelle. EVANS, Edith J. Clagrgett (Mrs. John Waln-

wrlght Evans), Palmyra, Mo.

Former teacher; grad. Synodical Coll., Fulton, Mo., A^. 1900; Univ. of Texas, B.L. '04; Bryn

��Mawr Coll., graduate student in English, phil- osophy and biology; m. 1908, John Wainwright Evans. Teacher of English in Port Arthur (Tex.) High School, 1905-07; ass't to principal in high school, Stambaugh, Mich. EVANS, Eliza, office, 816 Lumber Exchange,

Minneapolis, or State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn.;

liome, 3637 Tenth Av., S., Minneapolis, Minn.

Lawyer; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Mar. 7, 1887; dau. David J. and Christy (Sutherland) Evans; ed. Univ. of Minn., LL.B., LL.M. Has been ap- pointed as the woman mem. of the new Minne- sota Minimum Wage Commission. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Political Equality Club of Min- neapolis; also of the 1915 Suffrage Club; chair- man of the legislative committee. EVANS, EUza T. Sparc (Mrs. D. W. Evans),

10527 Armour St., Cleveland, Ohio.

Born Galena, 111.; grad. Rockford (111.) Sem. {now college), 1860; m. Rev. D. W. Evans (Pres- byterian clergyman); five children. Instructor in mathematics and literature, Rockford Sem., for some time after graduation; later was principal for two years of Warren Acad, and principal and teacher of art in Union Acad., Los Angeles, Cal., 1887-91. Contributor to newspapers and maga- zines. EVANS, Ebnira L,ee (Mrs. Dwight Durkee

Evans), 941 Goodrich Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Born St. Louis, July 16, 1885; dau. WUliam Henrie and Matilda (McCartney) Lee; ed. Mary Inst, (a dep't of Washington Univ.), St. Louis; m. St. Louis Cathedral, April 18, 1906, Dwight Durkee Evans (Harvard, '01); one daughter: Mary Lee Evans, b. Jan. 27, 1911. Catholic. EVANS, Elsa £U7.abeth, Tottenvllle, S.I., N.T.

Teacher; b. Hermon, N.Y., April, 1866; dau. George and Jemima (Day) Evans; grad. Potsdam Normal School, with lecture courses in Columtoia Univ. Mem. Collegiate League, Woman Suffrage Party; worthy matron Huguenot Chapter Order Eastern Star, Amaranth Court; sec. Staten Island Chapter D.A.R. ; mem. Interborough Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Fifth Assembly Dist. leader, Richmond Borough, N.Y. Baptist. Rec- reations: Gardening, walking, boating. Mem. Philemon Literary and Historical Soc, S.I. Women's Franchiee Club, Philemon (literary) Cluh. EVANS, Florence Wilkinson (Mrs. Wilfrid Muir

Evans), care William Cleaver Wilkinson, 5630

Woodbum Av., Chicago, III.

Writer; b. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y. ; dau. William Cleaver and Harriet (Richardson) Wil- kinson (dau. of Prof. John Richardson of Roch- ester and Madison Universities); ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A.; studied Univ. of Chicago; mem. Zeta Alpha, Wellesley Coll.; m. Hyde Park, Chi- cago, 111., Sept. 16, 1909, Wilfrid Muir Evans of Richmond, England (painter). One son: Chris- topher Evans, b. June 1, 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Author (novels): The Lady of the Flag-Flowers; The Strength of the Hills; The Silent Door. Plays: Two Plays of Israel. Poems; The Far Country; The Ride Home; also short stories and poems In current periodicals. Rec- reations: Walking, horseback, rowing, foreign travel. Mem. Poetry Soc. of America. Mem. Lyceum Club, London. For the years 1910-13 traveling in Europe, with prolonged stays In Paris, Normandy, Florence, Italy.

EVANS, Margaret J., 109 Winona St., Northfleld,

Minn.

Prof, and dean of women; b. Utlca, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1842; dau. Daniel Morris and Sarah (James) Evans; ed. Utlca, N.Y., and Winona, Minn.; gryd. at Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis., A.B. '69; A.M. '72; L.H.D. '98; studied in Berlin and Paris, 1878-79; in Berlin, Heidelberg and Oxford, 1892-93, also three summers in France and Ger- many. Instructor at Fox Lake Sem. (now Mil- waukee Downer Coll.), 1869-70; preceptress and instructor at Lawrence Univ., 1870-74; prof. Eng- lish literature and dean of women in Carleton Coll., Minn., 1874-1908. Pres. Woman's Congrega- tional Board of Missions of Minn, from 1879; first woman mem., and for first year only woman mem. of Am. Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions; speaker at International Congre-

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��gational Council Boston, 1899; 1st pres. of Minn. Federation of Women's Clubs, May, lS95-Oct., 1899; 2d vice-pres. General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1900-02; chairman Educational Com., 1896- 1900; speaker at Biennial Convention, 1896; hon. vlce-prea. for life since 1908. Appointed by Gov- ernor mem. of Minn. Library Commission since 1899, and chairman of the same. Author: Woman as Citizen; and of leaflets, pamphlets, and ad- dresses on various subjects. Congregationalist. Mem. Minn. State Art Soc, Minn. Public Library Commission, Am. Philological Ass'n, 10 years active mem. Nat Education Ass'n. Mem. Monday Club of Northfield. Recreations: Gardening, walking. Favors woman suiirage; mem. Educa- tional Com. of Minn. Suffrage Ass'n. Speaker on missionary, religious, educational, art and social themes.

EVANS, Margruerite, 115 Croft St., Victoria, B.C. Born Georgetown, Ont., Sept. 19, 1876; dau. John Evans; ed. Georgetown and Toronto. Spent some years on ranch in Northwest and contrib- uted series of sketches to Toronto Globe of prairie life. Mem. staff of the Victoria Times. Author (novels): A Prairie Rose; The Lost Baby; After the Storm. Has written poetry, short stories, travel sketches .and stories for children. Recreations: Motoring, traveling, canoeing, rid- ing, driving. Mem. Ladies' Musical, Alexandra, Women's Canadian Clubs.

KVANS, Mary, 1 37 Euclid St., Woodbury, N.J. Born Philadelphia, 1841; ed. Woodbury (N.J.) Acad.; Miss Carr's School, Philadelphia; grad. Mt. Holyoke Sem., 'GO; hon. M.A., Oberlin Coll., Lift. D., Mt. Holyoke Coll. Teacher of history and Latin, Mt. Holyoke, 1860-68; principal Lake Erie Sem., Painesville, O., 1868-98; pres. Lake Erie Coll., 1898-1909; after 41 years of continuous service resignation was accepted. Has delivered addresses at conferences of women's missionary societies, educational meetings, social and phil- anthropic meetings. Presbyterian.

EVANS, Mary Anna Buck (Mrs. Spalding

Evans), 158 Higli St., Lockport, N.Y.

Born Lockport, N.Y., Jan. 27, 1857; dau. John Hildreth and Harriet M. (Fletcher) Buck; ed. In Am. schools and abroad; m. Lockport, N.Y., Aug. 20, 1879, Spalding Evans; one daughter: Mary Hale E?yans (Mrs. Richard E. Norton, Philadelphia). Author (verse): In Various Moods; Nymphs, Nixies and Naiads; The Moon- light Sonata and Other Verses; also a Christmas booklet, called A Christmas Episode at the Old Eagle Tavern, and many contributions to maga- zines. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. D.A.R. (Buffalo Chapter), Twentieth Century, and Scribblers' Clubs of Buffalo, and Saturday and Country Clubs of Lockport, N.Y. EVANS, Nora Belle (Mrs. Rowland Evans),

1436 N. Alabama St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Club woman; b. Peru, Ind., May 4, 1865; dau. Judge Edward Thomberry and Martha M. (Cochran) Dickey; ed. Madison, Ind.; m. June 19, 1890, Rowland Evans (lawyer); one daughter: Edith M. Chairman Civic Dep't Woman's Dep't Club, Indianapolis; interested in improvement in working and living conditions of women wage earners. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Republican. Mem. Art Ass'n of Indianapolis. Mem. Monday Club. EVANS, Sarah Anne (Mrs. William M. Evans),

823 Corbett St., Portland, Ore.

Journalist; b. Bedford, Pa.; dau. Olive E. and Virginia (Wsishabaugh) Shannon; grad. Maryland Coll., Lutherville, Md. ; m. St. Peters- burg, Pa., 1873, William M. Evans; children: Laura Douglas (now Mrs. A. B. Smith), Ger- trude Shannon Chapman (deceased), Elizabeth (now Mrs. G. H. Pettinger). Serving fourth term (eight years) as pres. Oregon Fed. of Wo- men's Clubs. Four years director of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage; chairman Campaign Com. Portland Woman's Club. Lutheran. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women, Forestry Ass'n of Portland, Ore. Eight years inspector of markets of Portland, Ore.; Dine years on editorial staff of Oregon Journal, Portland, and book reviewer for same.

��EVELETH, Eouise Friend Parsons (Mrs. Ed- ward S. Eveleth>, 20 Higiiland Av., Glouces- ter, Mass.

Born Gloucester, Mass.; ed. in schools of Glou- cester, Mass,; Vassar Coll., A.B. '68, A.M. '69; m. Oct. 17, 1878, Edward S. Bveleth. Teacher, New Haven, Conn., 1865-66; Charlestown, Mass., 1871-73; Providence, R.I., 1873-78.

EVEBAI.L, Amy Ford (Mrs. George L. Everall),

Lancaster, Mass.

Superintendent State Industrial School; b. Chicago, 111., April 5, 1879; dau. James M. and .Mary (Foy) Ford; ed. Lake View High School, Chicago; Wellesiey Coll., B.A. '02; m. Evanston, 111., Sept. 12, 1905, Dr. George L. Everall; one daughter: Eleanor Elizabeth Everall, b. 1909. Mem. Boston College Club. Presbyterian. EVERETT, Clara Winter (Mrs. Arthur Ever- ett), 182 East Irving St., Oshkosh, Wis. Teacher; grad. Rockford (111.) Sem. (no-w col- lege), 1859; m. Arthur Everett (a teacher; died 1873): two children (one deceased). Taught in Oshkosh High School, 1865-70, and again since 1873, serving for some time as principal but more recently as teacher of Latin. Episcopalian (ac- tive in parish guild work). Mem. Twentieth Century Club of Oshkosh (has been vice-pres. and director).

EVERETT, Elizabeth Hawley (Mrs. Francia Denison Everett), Highland Park, III. Born Pekin, 111., Aug. 23, 1857; dau. William C. and Mary S. (Nason) Hawley; ed. public schools of Mt. Pleasant, la. ; Mt. Pleasant Ladies' Sem. and Univ. of Neb.; twice married; 1st, Sept. 13, 1881, to James A. Bowen; 2d, Mar. 2, 1899, to Francis D. Everett; one son: George Hawley Bowen. Principal Everett and Prescott Schools of Lincoln, Neb., 1887-94; sup't of schools of Highland Park, 111., 1894-98. Active in Bible school work. Mem. Am. Com. Y.W.C.A., 1901-06; vice-pres. Highland P.ark Public Library Board, and a mem. board since 1904. For 15 years has stood for equal suffrage and has spoken for it frequently. Has been rec. sec. 111. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Founded Illinois Club Bulletin, 1909, and edited it three years. Presbyterian. Pres. Ossoli Club of Highland Park, 1900-02; vice- pres. 111. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1906-08; pres. 111. Federation, 1908-10; General Federati6n of Women's Clubs (sec. for 111), 1910-12.

EVERETT, Ida Josephine, Wheaton College,

Norton, Mass.

College professor; b. Walp/»le, Mass.; dau. Charles Francis and Hannah Maria (Pierce) Everett; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., B.L. '93; Bow- doin Coll., A.M. '11; grad. student Yale Univ., 1902-05. Instructor In Mills Coll., 1893-01; in- structor in Wheaton Sem., 1905-12; since 1912 dean of Wheaton Coll. and prof, of English literature. Congregationalist. Mem. Boston Browning Soc.

EVERETT, Leolyn Louise, Willoughby, O.

Writer; b. Cleveland, 0., Aug. 5, 1888; dau. Henry A. and Josephine (Pettengill) Everett; grad. Hathaway-Brown School, Cl^eland, 1907. Mem. Stonywood Sanitarium and of Bide-a-Wee Home for Friendless Animals. Author of verses for magazines. Sleep-book, anthology of the poetry of slumber. Recreations: Singing, the stage, swimming, baseball. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

EVERHARD, Eleanora S., The Calvert, Day- ton, O.

Physician; b. Ripon, Wis., Sept. 3, 1867; dau. Aaron and Ann V. (Marsh) Everhard; grad. Ripoo (Wis.) Coll., B.S., A.M.; School of Medi- cine and Surgery, Univ. of Mich.. M.D. (mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota). Resident physician Coll. for Women, Columbia, S.C, four years; chair- man Com. on Public Health Education Among Women, Am. Med. Ass'n, 1911-13. Mem. Dayton Ass'n of Coll. Women, Humane Soc, Fruit and Flower Mission, Needlework Guild, Young Wo- men's League, Anti-Tuberculosis Soc, Mont- gomery Co. Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Gym- nasium Com. of Y.W.C.A. Mem. Book Club of Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; chairman Civic Hygiene Ooim. Montgomery Co. Equal Suffrage Ass'n.

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