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112 BOLE, Anna Sheldon Kitchel (Mrs. John Archibald Bole), 39 Elmhurst Av., Long Island, N.Y.

Graduate Smith Coll., B.A. '95; student of German literature at Victoria Lyceum, Berlin; of education at Cornell Univ. (summer), 1900; m. July 6, 1905, John Archibald Bole; children: John Archibald Jr., b. 1906, James Renwick, b. 1907; Albert Cleaver, b. 1908. Ass't in German, Athol (Mass.) High School, 1895-97; Eastern Dist. High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1899-1905.

BOLENDER, Daisy Chadwick (Mrs. Fred. J. Bolender), 116 N. Lybrand St., Monroe, Wis.

Born Monroe, Wis., Mar. 26, 1871; dau. William W. and May (Howard) Chadwick; ed. public schools and Univ. of Wis., B.L. '93 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Monroe, Wis., Sept. 4, 1894, Fred. J. Bolender (Univ. of Wis., B.S. '90); children: Joseph Bridge, Howard Hosier, John William, Frederick J. Clubs: Woman's, Emerson.

BOLENIUS, Emma Miller, Lancaster, Pa.

Magazine writer and teacher; b. Lancaster, Pa.; daughter of Dr. Robert M. and Catherine (Carpenter) Bolenius; ed. Maryland Coll., Lutherville, Md.; Bucknell Univ., Lewisburg, Pa., B.A. '98; Columbia Univ., M.A. Instructor in Maryland Coll., Miss Mittleberger's School, Cleveland; Pittsburgh Acad., Central High School, Newark, N.J.; prof. Roanoke Woman's Coll., Salem, Va. Contributor to educational magazines, religious juveniles, household magazines and Sunday supplements. Lutheran. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Tennis, basketball and dancing.

BOLLES, Jenette Hubbard, 1459 Ogden St., Denver, Colo.

Physician; b. Douglas Co., Kan., Sept. 12, 1862; dau. David and M. Jenette (Merrill) Hubbard; ed. public schools of Olathe, Kan.; Kan. State Univ., B.S. '85; Am. School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo., D.O. '94; Denver Univ., A.M. '08; mem. Pi Beta Phi; m. 1887, N. A. Bolles; children: Helen Louise, b. 1898; Esther Hubbard, b. 1900. Was the first woman to take up the study of osteopathy. Has held various State and Nat. offices in the profession. Addressed the Nat. Ass'n at San Francisco, 1910. Declined appointment of Gov. Shafroth upon State Med. Board, as they would not recognize osteopathy. Active mem. and worker in Mothers' Congress (State chairman of Child Hygiene Com.); Colorado representative at the last Internat. Congress of Child Welfare held in Washington, D.C. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Nat., State and local Osteopathic Ass'n, Woman's Club of Denver, Clio Club of Denver, Kansas Club of Colorado.

BOLLEY, Frances Sheldon (Mrs. H. L. Bolley), 1002 Seventh St., North, Fargo, N.D.

Born Madison, Wis., Jan. 17, 1866; dau. Alfred H. and Lucy A. (Sherwood) Sheldon; grad. Oberlin Coll., A.B. '87; m. Janesville, Wis., 1896, Henry L. Bolley; adopted son: Donald S. Bolley. Mem. School Board, Library Board, Free Kindergarten Ass'n, Florence Crittenton Home Board, The Woman's Club of Fargo, N. Dak., Sociologic Section of Fine Arts Club. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Independent in politics.

BOLTON, Ethel Stanwood (Mrs. Charles Knowles Bolton), 48 Allerton St., Brookline, Mass. (Summer, Pound Hill Place, Shirley, Mass.)

Genealogist, writer; b. Boston March 2, 1873; dau. Edward and Eliza Maxwell (Topliff) Stanwood; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '94 (mem. Phi Sigma); m. Boston, June 23, 1897, Charles Knowles Bolton; children: Stanwood Knowles, b. Nov. 10, 1898, and Geoffrey, b. Aug. 4, 1901. Treas. Girls' Sewing Guild of Trinity Chapel, Shirley, Mass; cor. sec. Mount Coffee Ass'n. Author: History of the Stanwood Family in America, 1898; Clement Topliff and His Descendants in Boston, 1906; (edited) Topliff's Travels, 1906; John Moore and His Descendants, 1904; Farm Life a Hundred Years Ago, 1909. Episcopalian. Mem. Mass. Soc. of Colonial Dames, New England Historic-Genealogical Soc., Daughters of the Revolution. Recreations: Swimming, gardening, driving. Mem. S.A. Club of Brookline, Altrurian Club of Shirley, Mass.

BOLTON, Sarah Knowles (Mrs. Charles E. Bolton), Cleveland, O.

Author; b. Farmington, Conn., Sept. 15, 1841; dau. John Siegar and Elizabeth Mary (Miller) Knowles (direct descendant from Henry Knowles, one of the founders of Warwick, R.I., who came from England, 1635; ed. Hartford (Conn.) Sem., established by Catharine Beecher, sister of Henry Ward Beeeher; m. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 16, 1866, Charles Edward Bolton (Amherst, A.M. '65) (died Oct. 23, 1901); one son: Charles Knowles Bolton, b. Nov. 14, 1867 (Harvard, A.B. '90). Formerly ass't cor. sec. of Nat. W.C.T.U.; local sec. Y.W.C.A.; vice-pres. Am. Humane Education Soc; life mem. of various homes for dumb animals. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Author: Orlean Lamar and Other Poems, 1864; The Present Problem, 1872; How Success is Won, 1884; Poor Boys Who Became Famous, 1885; Girls Who Became Famous, 1886; Social Studies in England, 1886; Stories from Life (fiction), 1886; Famous American Authors, 1887; From Heart and Nature Poems (with her son, Charles K. Bolton), 1887; Some Successful Women, 1888; Famous Men of Science, 1889; Famous English Authors of the Nineteenth Century, 1890; Famous European Artists, 1890; Famous English Statesmen, 1891; Famous Types of Womenhood, 1892; Famous Voyagers and Explorers, 1893; Famous Leaders Among Men, 1894, Famous Leaders Among Women, 1895; The Inevitable and Other Poems, 1895; Famous Givers and Their Gifts, 1896; A Country Idyl and Other Stories (fiction), 1898; Every Day Living, 1900; Our Devoted Friend, the Dog, 1901; European Artists, 1902; Emerson, 1904; Raphael, 1904; Travels in Europe and America, by C. E. Bolton (half completed at death, 1901), 1903; The Harris-Ingram Experiment (fiction), 1905; Famous American Authors, 1905; Memorial Sketch of Charles E. Bolton, 1907. Congregationalist. Was for three years associate editor of the Congregationalist, Boston. Several of her poems have been set to music.

BOND, Carrie Jacobs (Mrs. Frank L. Bond), 820 Fine Arts Building, Chicago, Ill.

Composer, author, publisher; b. Janesville, Wis., Aug. 11, 1863; dau. Hannibal and Emma (Davis) Jacobs; m. Dr. Frank L. Bond (died); one son: Frederic Jacobs. Compositions: I Love You Truly; Just A' Wearing for You; A Perfect Day, and many others. Mem. Am. Penwomen. Women's Press Club of Chicago, and various clubs affiliated with Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; hon. mem. Amateur Musical Club, Kappa Beta Gamma, Marshalltown Woman's Club. Recreation: Motoring. Episcopalian. Not actively interested in suffrage question, but believes women should have the ballot if they desire it.

BOND, Elizabeth Powell (Mrs. Henry H. Bond), 6300 Greene St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Educator; b. Clinton Hollow, Dutchess Co., N.Y., Jan. 25, 1841; dau. Townsend and Catharine (Macy) Powell; ed. public schools at Ghent, N.Y., Claverack (N.Y.) Institute; grad. N.Y. State Normal School, Albany, 1868 (honorary A.M. from Swarthmore Coll., honorary mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Swarthmore. Teacher in public and private schools; in charge of the physical culture of the students of Vassar Coll., college years 1865-70; dean of Swarthmore Coll., 1886-1906. Actively interested in the work of the Am. Anti-Slavery Soc; more or less associated with Woman Suffrage workers since 1851; for a time connected with the work of the Free Congregational Soc. of Florence, Mass. Author: Words by the Way (series 1); Words by the Way (series 2). (These are papers given to the students of Swarthmore Coll.) Mem. Soc. of Friends. Favors woman suffrage.

BOND, Isabella Bacon (Mrs. Charles H. Bond), 128 Commonwealth Av., Boston; summer, Peace Haven, Swampscott, Mass.

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Rh Louise J. (Lynde) Bacon; ed. Boston public schools; grad. from Melrose High School; attended Wilbraham Acad.; grad. New England Conservatory (oratory dep't); m. Washington, D. C. May 1, 1883, Charles H. Bond; children: Edith L., Mildred, Kenneth Bacon, Charles Lawrence, Priscilla Isabelle. Before marriage, read two years in public through New England and in Washington, D.C., and vicinity. Subscriber to many organizations for civic improvement and betterment of the unfortunate; special personal work is assisting in educating individuals for certain lines of work or profession for which they are adapted. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government. Has served on Saugus School Board. Has published two volumes on travels (private editions): Quick Trip to Europe; Snapshots of Europe. Mem. First Church of Christ (Scientist). Vice-pres.gen. from Mass. of the Nat. Soc. D.A.R.; pres. Beneficent Soc. of New England Conservatory; mem. Bostonian Soc, Mayflower Descendants, Professional Women's Club, Charity Club of Boston, Twentieth Century Club.

BOND, Mabel Cornish (Mrs. Samuel Hazen Bond), "Dumblane," Forty-second and Warren Sts., Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C, Aug. 24, 1867; dau. George Gordon and Ann Araminta (Dougherty) Cornish; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '89; Woman's Medical Coll. of the New York Infirmary, M.D. '92; m. Washington, D.C, Nov. 26, 1897, Samuel Hazen Bond. Resident physician Babies' Hospital, N.Y. City, 1892-93; mem. staff Woman's Clinic, Washington, D.C, 1893-97. Favors woman suffrage.

BOND, Octavia Zollicoffer (Mrs. John Brien Bond), Mt. Pleasant, Tenn.

Lecturer, author; b. Gordon's Ferry, Hickman Co., Tenn., April 18, 1846; dau. Gen. Felix Kirk Zollicoffer, C.S.A., and Louisa Pocahontas (Gordon) Zollicoffer; ed. Nashville Female Acad., and private schools in Nashville, Tenn.; m. Columbia, Tenn., June 10, 1869, John Brien Bond (attorney). Delivered original poem at Atlanta Exposition, 1895, on Tennessee Day, Oct. 5, original poem in the Capitol at Nashville, June 23, 1897, at reunion of Confederates. Lectured before Vanderbilt History Class, Nashville; N.Y. Indian Ass'n, N.Y. City, and to audiences in Washington and other cities, winter 1910-11. Mem. Woman's Board of the Tenn. Centennial Exposition, 1896-97. Author: Old Tales Retold (history tales, adopted as a supplementary reader in the city public schools of Tenn.); Yester-Nashville Names (appeared serially in Nashville daily; will be published in book form); short stories: Voodooism in Tennessee (Atlantic Monthly); The Rule that Worked Both Ways (Black Cat), and other stories. Episcopalian. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy, Watauga-Cumberland Ass'n (vice-pres.), Tenn. Historical Soc. (first woman member admitted). Recreations: Social life. Mem. Browning Club of Nashville. Granddaughter of Capt. John Gordon of the Spies, noted Tennessee pioneer and Indian fighter under General. Jackson, and through maternal grandmother descended from Pocahontas of Virginia.

BONHAM, Eleanor Milton, 152 E. Market St., York, Pa.

Born York, Pa., Dec. 31, 1881; dau. Horace and Rebekah (Lewis) Bonham; grad. York Collegiate Inst., '97; Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Peebles and Thompson School, N.Y. City (grad. 1899). Formerly actively interested in local Juvenile Court Soc; one of the founders of St. John's Club, York, Pa., for boys and young men, and mem. of its permanent advisory board. Club: Woman's (York, Pa.). Recreation: Riding, swimming, dancing. Episcopalian.

BONNER, Genevieve Vollmer (Mrs. John M. Bonner), Lewiston, Ida.

Born Lewiston, Ida., 1879; dau. John Phillip and Sarah Elizabeth (Barker) Vollmer; ed. Miss Jaudon's School, N.Y. City; Bryn Mawr Coll., '03; m. Lewiston, 1912, John M. Bonner; one daughter: Sally Elizabeth. Interested in library extension, improvement of property rights for women and in the child labor question. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican. Recreation: Horseback riding. Pres. Tsceminicum Club, 1911-12.

BONNER, Geraldine, 101 E. Seventy-ninth St., N.Y. City.

Author and playwright; b. on Staten Island, N.Y., 1870; dau. John and Mary (Sewell) Bonner; privately educated; went West with parents when 10 years old, living first in Colorado and later in San Francisco. Was for several years on staff of the San Francisco Argonaut as dramatic critic and later as foreign correspondent. Since 1900 in literary work. Contributor of short stories to the Harper publications and other magazines. Author (pen-name "Hard Pan"): Hard Pan; To- Morrow's Tangle; The Pioneer; The Castlecourt Diamond Case; Rich Men's Children; collaborated with Elmer B. Harris on the play Sham and with Hutcheson Boyd on play Sauce for the Goose.

BONNER, Mary Davenport (Mrs. Charles T. Bonner), 524 Houston St., Tyler, Tex.

Born Tyler, Tex., July 19, 1866; dau. Dr. J. W. and Isabell (Dial) Davenport; m. (1st) Col. Thomas R. Bonner; (2d) Charles T. Bonner; children: Thomas D., Herndon P., Davenport H. Interested in church, charity and philanthropic work and in all matters for the betterment of citizen-ship of town and State. Regent of Mary Tyler Chapter D.A.R.; charter mem. of First Literary Club; pres. Third Dist. Texas Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Horseback riding, walking. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

BONSALL, Elisabeth F., 3430 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Artist and illustrator; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. Amos and Anna W. (Wagner) Bonsall; ed. Philadelphia Acad, of Fine Arts, Drexel Inst, and Paris, France. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Philadelphia Woman Suffrage Ass'a. Presbyterian. Mem. Fellowship of Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, Plastic Club of Philadelphia. Recreation: Walking.

BONSALL, Mary W., 3430 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Portrait painter; b. Fernwood, Delaware Co., Pa.; dau. Amos and Anna W. (Wagner) Bonsall; ed. Pa. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Pa. Acad. of the Fine Arts (first Toppan prize, 1896). Mem. Presbyterian Church. Mem. Plastic Club, Philadelphia, and Fellowship of Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts. Favors woman suffrage.

BONSTELLE, Jessie (Mrs. Alexander Hamliton Stuart), 119 E. Nineteenth St., Studio 63; or W. A. Brady's office, W. Forty-eighth St. N.Y. City.

Actress, manager; b. Greece, N.Y. ; dau. Joseph and Helen (Norton) Bonstelle; ed. Nazareth Convent, Rochester, N.Y.; m. Philadelphia, Alexander Hamilton Stuart. Began as understudy and chorus girl in Augustin Daly's Co., N.Y.; played one season with the famous Madame Janauschek. Went into stock company work and became manager and producer; played in about 700 plays. Succeeded after eight years' trying in securing dramatic rights of Little Women and staged it. One of the directors and promoters of the only municipal theatrical company in America, in the Municipal Theatre at Northampton, Mass. Favors woman suffrage. Christian Scientist. Mem. National Arts Club.

BOOKER, Rev. Edith Hill (Mrs. John Callaway Booker), Newberg, Ore.

Evangelist; b. Somerville, Mass., Oct. 15, 1868, dau. S. E. Hill of Lyman, Me., and Anne Mary (Fishburn) Hill; ed. Emporia, Kan.; ordained a minister of the Gospel in regular Baptist denomination, 1894; m. 1896, John Callaway Booker; one son: Herald Hill Booker, b. 1898. Nat. evangelist of W.C.T.U. for 18 consecutive years; Ambassador to Europe under Am. Woman's Republic. Pastor and builder of Baptist churches, temperance orator. Lectures on Physical Culture, Dress Reform, Child Culture. Active in securing full suffrage in Oregon. Baptist. Prohibitionist. Mem. Am. Woman's Republic Ancestor, Valentine Hill, commissioned under

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BOOLE, Ella Alexander (Mrs. William H. Boole), 1429 Av. H, Brooklyn, N.Y.

President Woman's Christian Temperance Union State of N.Y.; b. Van Wert, Ohio, July 26, 1858; dau. Col. Isaac N. and Rebecca (Alban) Alexander; grad. Van Wert High School, Univ. of Wooster (O.), A.B., A.M., Ph.D.; m. Van Wert, O., July 3, 1883, Rev. William H. Boole, D.D.; one daughter: Florence Alexander Boole. Taught in High School at Van Wert five years, during which time conducted teachers' institutes and taught modern Greek at Island Park Assembly, Indiana. State officer in W.C.T.U. of N.Y. State, serving as cor. sec, first vice-pres., sec. of the Young Woman's branch, and State pres. Served as cor. sec. of Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. 1903-09. Now for second time pres. State W.C.T.U. Does suffrage work through W.C.T.U. Franchise Department. Writings are principally in the form of inspiration leaflets and pamphlets on missionary and temperance work. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Press Club, N.Y. City, D.A.R.

BOOMSLITER, Alice Ella Colgan (Mrs. George Paul Boomsliter), 707 W. Green St., Urbana, Ill.

Former teacher; b. Philadelphia; grad. Girls' High School, Philadelphia, 1902; holder of city scholarship at Bryn Mawr Coll., 1902-06, A.B. '06; m. 1910, George Paul Boomsliter. Private tutor and teacher of English and French in Radnor High School, Wayne, Pa., 1906-07; principal Colgan School, Phoenixville, Pa., 1907-08; teacher of English in Girls' High School, Philadelphia, 1908-10.

BOOTH, Evangeline Cory, 122 W. 14th St., N.Y. City.

Commander of Salvation Army in America; b. in England; dau. William Booth, founder and general of Salvation Army (died 1912), and Catharine (Mumford) Booth; ed. in London, Eng. Formerly commanded field operations of the Army in London for five years; was principal International Training Colleges for same period; commenced work in the slums of London, which is now in operation all over the world under flag of the Salvation Army; commanded the Salvation Army in Canada for eight years, during which time organized and equipped a party of officers and nurses for opening the Salvation Army work in the Klondike, taking the party personally, 1898, as far as Chilkoot Pass; later visited Dawson City, where she was the guest of the Governor at the Government House, and was escorted by a detachment of the Northwest Mounted Police at all of her public appearances; spoke in the largest halls in Canada and Newfoundland; since 1904 in command of the entire Salvation Army work in the U.S. of A. and its possessions. Has traveled extensively, visiting the different centers and inspecting the work, and has spoken in the largest public halls of the country. Has also traveled in the interests of the Salvation Army in France, Switzerland, the Scandinavian countries, Germany, and other countries, conducting services and inspecting the army work in her capacity of traveling commissioner. Has composed words and music of many of the Salvation Army's choicest melodies; writes for Salvation Army publications and some public prints. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Riding, swimming.

BOOTH, Mary Ann, 60 Dartmouth St., Springfield, Mass.

Microscopist; b. Longmeadow, Mass., Sept. 8, 1843; dau. Samuel Colton and Rhoda (Colton) Booth. Lecturer in many of the large cities of this country. Favors woman suffrage. Editor and contributor to various scientific magazines. Congregationalist. Mem. Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences, N.Y. Microscopical Soc., Am. Microscopical Soc., D.A.R., Nat. Geog. Soc; fellow A.A.A.S. and Royal Microscopical Soc., London. Recreations: Photography, photomicrography. Active mem. Women's Club (Springfield, Mass.); hon. mem. Woman's Club, Longmeadow, Mass.

BOOTH, Maud B. (Mrs. Ballington Booth), 34 West 28th St., N.Y. City.

Minister of the Gospel; b. Limpsfleld, Surrey, Eng.; dau. Rev. Samuel and Maria (Beddome) Charlesworth; ed. Belstead, Eng.; m. London, Eng., Sept. 16, 1886, Ballington Booth; children: Charles Brandon, Myrtle Theodora. Connected with Ballington Booth as leader and organizer of the Volunteers of America, independent organization — not connected with Salvation Army. Started Volunteer Prison League for the aid of our country's prisoners 1896. Author of children's stories: Sleepy Time Stories; Lights of Childland; Twilight Fairy Tales; After Prison What? Did the Pardon Come Too Late? The Curse of Septic Soul Treatment; Wanted—Anti-Septic Christians. Recreations: Sailing, gardening. Mem. Women's Athletic Club of Chicago, Woman's Press Club of N.J.

BOOTH, Rejoyce Ballance Collins (Mrs. Charles Maclay Booth), 510 Alameda St., Vallejo, Cal.

Born Chicago, Ill., July 28, 1876; dau. Holdridge Ozro and Mary (Ballance) Collins; ed. Marlborough School, Los Angeles, and high school, Peoria, Ill.; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '98 (mem. Alpha and Philosophical Socs.); post-grad, work in U.S. history, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Ill.; m. Peoria, Ill., April 4, 1910, Charles Maclay Booth. Teacher in Peoria, Ill.; San Antonio, Tex., and Los Angeles, Cal. College settlement worker among Mexicans and Italians in Los Angeles. Mem. Mayflower Soc, D.A.R., Colonial Dames of America, Soc. of Colonial Governors, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n; worked for suffrage before the election which gave women the suffrage in California; pres. of Vallejo New Era League, a woman's political study club. Progressive Republican. Mem. New Era League of Cal., Smith College Club of Southern Cal., College Women's and Marlborough Clubs (Los Angeles). Presbyterian.

BORDEN, Fanny, 618 Rock St., Fall River, Mass.

Librarian; b. Fall River, Mass.; ed. in schools of Fall River; Vassar Coll., A.B. '98; N.Y. State Library School, 1898-1900, B.L.S. '01. Ass't librarian Bryn Mawr Coll. Library, 1901-03; associate librarian, Smith Coll. Library, 1903-05; reference librarian of the Vassar College Library since 1910.

BORDEN, Lucie Elizabeth (Mrs. Arthur Borden), Maplehurst, Concord, N.H., and W. Ninety-third St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. Hopkinton, N.H.; dau. Samuel Smith and Ellen Maria (Cutter) Page; ed. Colby Acad, and Wellesley Coll.; mem. Wellesley Coll. faculty (French dep't), 1881-85; m. Sept. 2, 1885, Arthur Borden; one daughter: Marguerite Borden. Edited Chicago daily paper and religious and scientific weekly. Interested worker for sociology in the practical colonization of the masses as developed by the Coöperative Unity of Lee Co., Florida. Translator of Renan, de Guérin, de Nerval, etc. Author: The Awakening and other short, stories. Mem. D.A.R. (Mary Murray Chapter), N.Y. City. Mem. Woman's Press Club, N.Y. Wellesley Club; founder and pres. Sévigné Club of Denver (honored by French Government for advancement in language and literature); mem. Woman's Club of Denver. Favors woman suffrage. Republican; voted in Colorado.

BORDEN, Sarah Hildreth Ames (Mrs. Spencer Borden), Interlachen, Fall River, Mass.; summer, Les Abrias, Gloucester, Mass.

Born Lowell, Mass.; dau. Gen. Adelbert Ames, U.S.A., and Blanche (Butler) Ames; ed. Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and was for two years at Bryn Mawr Coll.; m. Spencer Borden Jr. of Fall River, Mass.; children: Blanche Butler Jr., b. 1902; Joan, b. 1907; Ames, b. 1909.

BORGLUM, Emma Vignal (Mrs. Solon H. Borglum), studio, 367 Lexington Av., N.Y. City; home, Rocky Ranch, Norwalk, Conn.

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Rh 10, 1898, Solon H. Borglum; children: Paul A., b. 1901; Maurice Solon, b. 1903. Mem. Gotham Club, N.Y.; Portfolio Club, Norwalk, Conn.; Silvermine Group of Artists (sec.). Recreation: Panning. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Conn. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Now Canaan Equal Franchise League.

BORGLUM, Lucie Mothe, 2661 Douglas St., Omaha, Neb.

Pianiste; b. Paris, June 25, 1866; dau. Jean Vignal (pastor), one of founders of Baptist Church in Paris, and Lydie (Letalle) Vignal; ed. Paris, diploma of Univ. of Paris; m. Paris, Oct. 20, 1900, August Mothe Borglum (prominent musician and brother of the famous sculptors Solon and Gutzon Borglum); one son: Georges Paul Borglum, b. Nov. 24, 1903. Professional accompanist for world-renowned artists, appearing with Emiie Sauret, Corinne Ryder Kelsey, Jane Osborne, Hannah, etc. Active mem. Tuesday Morning Musicale Club of Omaha. Gives musical lectures at Omaha Woman's Club. Episcopalian. Recreations: Frequent trips to Europe (has spent eight summers in Europe in last eleven years).

BORGLUM, Mary Williams Montgomery (Mrs. Gutzon Borglum), Borgland, Stamford, Conn.

Born Marash, Turkey, Nov. 21, 1874; dau. Giles and Emily (Redington) Montgomery; ed. Hillhouse High School, New Haven, Conn.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '96; Berlin Univ., Germany, Ph.D. '01; also studied in France (mem. Zeta Alpha, Wellesley); m. Short Beach, Conn., 1909, Gutzon Borglum (distinguished sculptor); one son: James Lincoln. Interested in child labor legislation. Author: Told in the Gardens of Araby (with Izora Chandler). Mem. Deutsche Orient-Gesselschaft, Woman's University Club (N.Y. City). Congregationalism

BORIE, Edith Pettit (Mrs. Adolphe Edward Borie), 4100 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia; ed. Miss Irwin's School, Philadelphia; Bryn Mawr Coll. (George W. Childs prize essayist), A.B. '95, A.M. '98; graduate student Bryn Marwr, 1897-98; reader in English, Bryn Mawr, 1898-1902; m. 1907, Adolphe Edward Borie 3d.

BORING, Alice Middleton, Univ. of Maine, Orono, Me.

Prof, of zoology; b. Philadelphia, Feb. 22, 1883; dau. Edwin M. and Elizabeth G. (Truman) Boring; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '04, A.M. '05, Ph.D. '10; grad. scholar in biology, 1904-05; Moore Fellow in zoology, Univ. of Pa., 1905-06; fellow in biology, Bryn Mawr, 1906-07; Mary E. Garrett European fellow from Bryn Mawr, 1908-09. Ass't in Biological Laboratory, Bryn Mawr, 1904-05; instructor in zoology, Vassar, 1907-08; instructor in zoology, Univ. of Maine, 1909-11; ass't prof, zoology, Univ. of Maine, 1911-12. Author of entomological monographs: A Study of Spermatogenesis of Membracidse (Journal Experimental Zoology IV, 4); A Small Chromosome in Ascaris Megalocephala (Archiv. fur Zellforschung IV, 1); On the Effect of Different Temperatures, etc. (Archiv. fur Ent. Org. XXVII, 1). Mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. of Naturalists, Soc. of Am. Zoologists, Collegiate Alumnae. Favors woman suffrage. Clubs: Woman's (Orono, Me.); also Research, Arts and Round Table Clubs of Univ. of Maine. Recreations: Walking, canoeing, birding. European travels.

BORING, Florence Kimball (Mrs. William A. Boring), New Canaan, Conn.

Born Carlinville, Ill., Aug. 31, 1867; dau. Henry Martyn and Frances (Palmer) Kimball; ed. Blackburn Univ., Carlinville, Ill.; m. St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 23, 1894, William A. Boring; children: Ruth, Louise, Benson. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Driving, automobiling.

BORLAND, Maud Rives, 471 Park Av., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, April 14, 1886; dau. John and Constance (Rives) Borland. Mem. Woman's Welfare Dep't Nat. Civic Federation. Mem. Colony Club.

BORRETTE, Olive E. (Mrs. Harry R. Borrette), Napa, Cal.

Born Napa Co., OaL, Aug. 8, 1862; dau. Edward H. and Angeline (Woods) Bragg; ed. public schools of Napa Co., and Napa Young Ladies' Sem.; m. in Nevada, Jan. 1, 1883, Harry R. Borrette; children: Nellie, b. 1883; Harry, b. 1885; Edith, b. 1887 (died 1906); Eugene, b. 1895 (died 1897). Cooperator and organizer in all movements that will better conditions in the country and in farm homes. Favors woman suffrage; was chairman of the first public meeting in Napa, held in the interests of equal suffrage, Sept., 1911. Republican. Mem. Ivy Rebekah Lodge, No. 23, Napa Grange No. 307. Recreations: Fruit growers' conventions, State grange meetings; dist., State and nat. club conventions. Mem. Napa Seminary Club; pres. Brown's Valley Social and Improvement Club.

BORST, Sara Cone Bryant (Mrs. Theodore Franz Borst), South Framingham, Mass.

Lecturer, teacher, writer; b. Melrose, Mass., June 4, 1873; dau. Dexter and Anne (Hancock) Bryant; grad. Boston Univ., A.B. '95; student of kindergarten methods in Berlin, 1896; m. Mar. 9, 1908, Theodore Franz Borst. Writer on newspapers and magazines, 1897-1900; instructor in English and lecturer on English poetry in Simmons Coll., 1904-06; lecturer on story telling in the Lucy Wheelock Kindergarten in Boston, 1907; and since then before clubs and on public platforms in principal American cities. Author: How to Tell Stories to Children, 1906; Best Stories to Tell to Children, 1912.

BOSHER, Kate Lee Langley (Mrs. Charles Gideon Bosher), 108 N. Sixth St., Richmond, Va.

Author; b. Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1, 1865; dau. Charles Henry and Portia (Deming) Langley; grad. Norfolk Coll. for Young Ladies, '82; m. Oct. 12, 1887, Charles Gideon Bosher, Richmond, Va. Author: Mary Cary, 1910; Miss Gibbie Gault, 1911; Bobbie, 1911; The Man in Lonely Land, 1912. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy. Mem. Woman's Club of Richmond, and Equal Suffrage League. Baptist.

BOSWELL, Helen Varick, 521 W. 111th St., N.Y. City.

Sociologist and lecturer; b. Baltimore, Md., July 6, 1869; dau. Marriott and Emily Johnson (Tuttle) Boswell; grad. Friends Sem., Baltimore; grad. Washington Coll. of Law, Washington, D.C., LL.B. As a sociologist was sent to Panama by U.S. Government in 1907 to investigate social conditions. Organized the Canal Zone Fed. of Women's Clubs; helped to organize and is officer in Nat. Prison Labor Com.; chairman Industrial and Social Conditions Dep't Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs; pres. Nat. Woman's Republican Ass'n. Chairman Woman's Bureau of Republican Nat. Com., campaign of 1912. Favors woman suffrage; mem. several suffrage organizations. Protestant. Active in D.A.R. (vice-regent of Manhattan Chapter, N.Y. City). Recreations: Music, drama. Pres. Woman's Forum, N.Y. City; mem. Woman's Press Club, Internat. Pure Milk League, West End Republican Club, and many other clubs.

BOSTWICK, Clara Lena, the Elms, Springfield, Mass.

Teacher; b. Great Barrington, Mass.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '83. Teacher since 1883; now associate principal of the Elms School, Springfield, Mass.

BOTSFORD, Delia Eliza Whiting (Mrs. Charles Ward Botsford), Springville, N.Y.

Born Rochester, Minn., 1884; dau. Uri Rice and Grace A. (Brooks) Whiting; ed. Rochester (Minn.) High School, Griffith Inst., Springville, N.Y.; m. Sioux Falls, S.Dak., May 26, 1909, Charles Ward Botsford, E.M. Interested in the Sunshine Soc. and Home Economics movements. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Horseback riding, travel.

BOTSFORD, Mary Rawson, 149 Delaware St., Woodbury, N.J.

Teacher; b. Hughesville, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), A.M. '94; graduate student Columbia Univ., 1906-07. Teacher Charlotte, N.C., 1879; Port Jervis, N.Y., 1879-81; Rockford (Ill.) High School, 1881-83; Rockford Coll., 1883-37; Ogontz, Pa., 1887-88; Wilson Coll.,


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BOTSFORD, Sarah Elizabeth Goodwin (Mrs. Austin Nichols Botsford), Watertown, Conn.

Born Providence, R.I., Nov. 21, 1876; dau. Ozias Chapman and Elenora P. (West) Goodwin; grad. Friends School, Providence, R.I., '94 (valedictorian of class); Smith Coll., A.B. '99; Brown Univ., 1899-1901, A.M. 1901; Greek, Latin, German; elected to the Greek Club and Chemistry Soc. on scholarship; m. Peace Dale, R.I., April 19, 1910, Austin Nichols Botsford. Before marriage a teacher of languages in the high schools of Newtown, Branford and Danbury, Conn., and at Peace Dale, R.I. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. The Grange (Patrons of Husbandry), both local and county, D.A.R.

BOUGHNER, Martha, Morgantown, W.Va.

Born Mt. Morris, Pa. (resident of Morgantown, then in Va. since six weeks old); dau. James Vance Boughner, M.D., and Louisa Jane (Brown) Boughner (both Virginians); grad. Morgantown (W.Va.) Female Sem. (valedictorian); since graduation has studied Latin, German and French with private teachers. Interested in religious questions, child labor problems and juvenile courts. Favors woman suffrage; has written a great deal for newspapers. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc; pres. Woman's Club since organization, 1892. Recreations: Walking, driving, motoring, nature. Mem. Woman's Music Club.

BOUGHTON, Alice, Bartholdi Building, Twenty-third St., cor. Broadway, N.Y.

Photographer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1866; dau. William H. and Frances A. (Ayres) Boughton; ed. Miss Romer's School, Brooklyn. Long engaged in successful professional practice of photography. Mem. Women's Cosmopolitan Club.

BOUGHTON, Alice C, 4424 Larchwood Av., West Philadelphia, Pa.

Dietarian: b. Philadelphia, 1885; dau. John W. and Caroline W. (Greenbank) Boughton; ed. Ivy House (Bryn Mawr Prep.); one year in Switzerland and Drexel Inst., 1907; now taking Univ. of Pa. college courses for teachers. Sup't school luncheon, Starr Centre, 1907-10; sup't school luncheon, Home and School League, 1910—; chairman Com. on School Luncheon, Am. Home Economic Ass'n. In summer of 1912 made a study of school feeding in England and the continent of Europe. Deeply interested in social education. Favors woman suffrage. Socialist. Mem. Am. Acad. Political and Social Science, Am. Home Economic Ass'n, Philadelphia Home Economic Ass'n, Philadelphia Home and School League, Pa. Soc. for Prevention of Social Disease, Philadelphia Public Education Ass'n, Philadelphia Social Workers Club, New Century Club, Philadelphia County Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Woman Suffrage Party of Pa., Equal Franchise Soc, Consumers' League.

BOUGHTON, Lethe Hawes (Mrs. William Hart Boughton), 796 Ashland Av., Buffalo, N.Y.

Musician; b. Cowlesville, N.Y., Oct. 24, 1872; dau. Warren Lee and Harriette (Lake) Hawes; ed. Buffalo Central High School; m. Buffalo, N.Y., June 26, 1895; one son: Warren Victor Boughton, b. Mar. 6, 1900. Church and concert singer and teacher of singing, St. Margaret's School, Buffalo, N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Chromatic Club, Buffalo, and Buffalo Guild of Allied Arts.

BOUGHTON, Martha E. Arnold (Mrs. Willis Boughton), 364 East Twenty-first St., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Author; b. Corunna, Mich.; dau. John M. Arnold, D.D., and Hannah E. (Redway) Arnold; ed. Detroit High School, Evanston, Ill., Northwestern Univ. one year and Univ. of Mich., Ph.B. '80; m. Detroit, Mich., July 4, 1884, Willis Boughton; children; Willis Boughton, Paul Ninde Boughton. Engaged in various religious, social and philanthropic activities. Sunday-school work; Deaconess sec. for Brooklyn, etc. Author: Biography of Rev. J. M. Arnold, D.D., 1885; The Quest of a Soul, and Other Verse, 1911; also various contributions to magazines, papers, songs, etc Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church and church societies. Recreation: Music. Clubs: Fortnightly of Flatbush (literary), Esperanto of N.A., Woman's Club of Univ. of Mich. (Alumnae), Music Club.

BOULTON, Frances Schroeder (Mrs. Alfred J. K Boulton), 58 Quincy St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Shelter Island Heights, L.I., Aug. 21, 1874; dau. Hon. Frederick A. Schroeder (who was comptroller and afterward mayor of Brooklyn, and later State Senator) and Mary Jane (Rusher) Schroeder; grad. Adelphi Acad., '93; Teachers Coll., '96; m. Nov. 22, 1905, Alfred J. Boulton; children: Schroeder, b. Jan. 31, 1909; Margaret Mary, b. May 16, 1911. Was sup't Bethel Sewing School seven years; taught class in city history, Boys' Gymnasium Club; mem. City Visiting Com. of Bureau of Charities; organized delegation from women's clubs to Albany in favor of bill for vestibuling street cars in year bill was passed. In 1911 organized Unity Child Welfare Ass'n and became its pres. For several years mem. Domestic Science Com. of Brooklyn Institute. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman Suffrage Party. Unitarian. Mem. Unity Child Welfare Ass'n, Woman's Trade Union League, Intercollegiate Socialist Society. Recreations: Sailing, automobiling. Mem. Civitas Club.

BOURGARD, Caroline B., 1324 Hepburn Av., Louisville, Ky.

Supervisor of music in public schools for 21 years; b. Indiana; dau. William August and Emma (Dreier) Bourgard; ed. Girls' High School, Louisville, Ky.; Coll. of Music of Cincinnati; studied with William L. Tomlins and has a diploma for boy choir training from G. Edward Stubbs, N.Y. City. Organist and choirmaster since 1888; has been leader in the work of training and utilizing the voices of the children of Louisville, not only through the regular musical work of the public school, but also in organizing them into large chorusus for various important occasions, notably the choir of 500 public school pupils which she led on the last day of the Louisville May Music Festival, 1909, in the cantata Into the World, by Benoit, and The Children's Crusade, by Pierne, in the festival of 1911, by 800 voices, of which 450 were children; and at the Child Welfare Exhibit, held in Louisville, Nov., 1912, conducted a chorus of 1,000 children in the singing of national airs. Mem. Music Com. Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Music Com., Woman's Club of Louisville, and of Alumnae Club of Louisville; organized four years ago the Louisville Music Teachers Ass'n; mem. and sec Ky. Educational Ass'n (organized its music section); mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Southern Educational Ass'n, Louisville Educational Ass'n, Highland Civic League. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BOURLAND, Caroline Brown, 1301 Knoxville Av., Peoria, Ill.

College professor; b. Peoria, Ill.; dau. Benjamin P. and Clara (Parsons) Bourland; ed. in France and Germany; High School, Peoria; Smith Coll., B.A. '93; student Sorbonne and Collège de France, Paris, 1897-98; fellow in Romance Languages. Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898-99; graduate scholar and fellow by courtesy in Romance Languages, 1899-1900, 1901-02; holder of Mary E. Garrett European fellowship and student in Romance Languages, Madrid, Spain, 1900-01, Ph.D.; Bryn Mawr, '05. Teacher, Pueblo, Colo., 1893-94; teacher French and German in Mrs. Starrett's School, Oak Park, Ill., 1895-96, and in high school, Peoria, Ill., 1896-97; Instructor, 1902-06, and associate prof. of Spanish and French since 1906, Smith Coll. Author: Boccaccio and the Decameron in Castilian and Catalan Literature, 1905. Mem. Am. Hispanic Soc.

BOURNE, Annie Thomson Nettleton (Mrs. Edward Gaylord Bourne), 73 Mansfield St., New Haven, Conn.

Writer; b. Annaberg, Germany; ed. in schools of Stockbridge, Mass.; Bridgeport, Conn., and


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BOURNE, Mary Joy, 661 E. 170th St., N.Y. City.

Teacher; b. Paterson, N.J.; ed. in schools of N.Y. City and Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900; Brown Univ., A.M. '03. Teacher, South Orange, N.J., 1903-04; Reading, Mass., 1904-05; Melrose, Mass., 1905-07; N.Y. City High School since 1907.

BOUTON, Emily St. John, 2139 Glenwood Av., Toledo. Ohio.

Author, journalist; b. New Canaan, Conn.; dau. Daniel Webb and Almina (St. John) Bouton; ed. Binghamton, N.Y., Sandusky High School (valedictorian) '57. Taught literature in Central High School of Chicago two years; later in high school at Toledo. Became editorial writer upon Toledo Blade, 1879, received wide recognition for signed articles upon power of thought in shaping life. Worker in societies advocating religious freedom; one of founders and supporters of Industrial Home for Working Girls, Toledo; lecturer, in recent years, upon literary subjects and their influence upon great movements for humanity's good. Mem. Executive Board of Toledo Suffrage Soc. Author: Health and Beauty; Social Etiquette; Life's Gateways; The Life Joyful. Mem. Toledo Woman's Ass'n; Ohio Newspaper Ass'n; honorary mem. Educational Club of Toledo; Wauseon Woman's Club and Sorosis; Emerson Class and Writers' Club of Toledo.

BOUTON, Rosa, Ocean Beach, San Diego, Cal.

Professor of home economics; b. Albany, Kan., Dec. 19, 1869; dau. E. F. and Fannie (Waldo) Bouton; ed. State Normal Scheol, Peru. Neb.; Univ. of Neb., B.S. '91, M.A. '93. Was several years adjunct prof. of chemistry in Univ. of Neb.; resigned that position to become prof. home economies and head of the dep't of home economics, which she built up to a regular four years' college course dep't, leading to B.Sc. degree; resigned 1912. Has lectured on home economics before farmers' and teachers' institutes and women's clubs; mem. National Home Economics Ass'n; was mem. of the Advisory Board of Y.W.C.A., Univ. of Neb. Contributor to agricultural and educational journals, chiefly on subjects related to home economics. Author (Home Study Series): No. 1, Convenient Kitchens. No. 2, Food a Factor in the Home; Cereals and How to Cook Them.

BOUTWELL, Georgiana A., Groton. Mass.

Born Groton, Mass., May 18, 1843; dau. Hon. George Sewall and Sarah Adelia (Thayer) Boutwell; ed. in public school and Lawrence Acad., Groton, and work under private teachers and Normal School, Salem, Mass. Taught school one term in Lunenburg, Mass., and was a substitute teacher one term in preparatory class of Roxbury Latin School. In Dec, 1862, went with parents to Washington (where her father served as Congressman, Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator) and for 30 winters spent the whole or part of the winter there. While there was several years mem. of the Miner Fund for the Education of Colored Youth In the Dist. of Columbia, and one of the Building Com. of Miner Normal School Building. Appointed by Gov. of Mass., 1877, one of three women on the Advisory Board of Women for Inspection of the Institutions of Tewksbury, Monson and Westboro (the first board of women appointed by the State), and following the success of this board a law was passed making women eligible as members of managing boards of State institutions and she was appointed a trustee for the institutions of Tewksbury and Bridgewater, resigning after two years' service. Favors woman suffrage; during residence in Washington used her influence for employment of women in the departments, especially the Treasury Department. Author of magazine and newspaper articles. Unitarian. Mem. Colonial Dames; regent Groton Chapter Daughters of the Revolution; mem. Historical Soc. of Groton; first pres. Groton Improvement Soc; mem. of School Committee of Groton for several years; first pres. Groton Woman's Club, organized March, 1813.

BOUVÉ, Pauline Carrington (Mrs. Thomas T. Bouvé), Boston Globe Office, Boston, Mass.

Journalist, author; b. Little Rock, Ark.; dau. Gen. Albert Rust (civil engineer and surveyor on Government survey of Indian Territory and Ark.; mem. U.S. Congress and brig.-gen. C.S.A.) and Anne Bouldin (Cabell) Rust; ed. by private tutors and governesses in Virginia; m. July 14, 1898, Thomas T. Bouvé; one daughter: Anne Winston Cabell Bouvé, b. May 19, 1900. For years engaged in journalism and literature; now mem. of the staff of the Boston Sunday Globe. Author: Their Shadows Before (short novel); Pilate's Wife (serial in The Congregationalist); A Little Northern Light (Eskimo play, produced in Boston, April, 1910); won Black Cat prize for story An Unrepealed Law, 1904; first prize for child's poem in Vick's Family Magazine, 1905: Legends of the Pole People (The Circle); Brave Moustache, ballad (Youth's Companion); Miracle Stories of Science (Young People's Weekly); the Golden Fleece (translation from the French of Amedeé Achard), also poems, serials, stories, etc., in many periodicals. Lectures: Dickens' Little Folks and Grown-Ups; Southern Silhouettes; The Shakers and Their Passing; Boston, Old England, and others. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

BOUVET, Jeanne Marie, 3743 Ellis Av., Chicago, Ill.

Teacher; b. Belley, near Lyons, France, May 2, 1864; dau. Joannès Masino and Adelphine (Bertrand) Bouvet; English education at St. Mary's School (Episcopal), Knoxville, Ill., grad. 1881; French studies at the Sorbonne, Paris. Began professional career as teacher of French, English and history at St. Mary's School; went to Chicago in 1890 and taught In high school until 1907. Traveled abroad and in America; student of literature and art. During residence in Paris as student at the Sorbonne, made special study of Government school methods in France and visited training schools for women teachers at Fontenay-sous-Roses and Sèvres: makes translations. Author: Exercises in French Syntax and Composition, Fleurs des Poêtes et des Prosateurs Français; Outlines for Class or Individual Study in French History, Art and Literature Since the Renaissance. Favors woman suffrage.

BOUVET, Marie Marguerite, Reading, Pa,

Author, teacher; b. New Orleans, La., Feb. 14, 1865; dau. Jean Francis and Adelphine (Bertrand) Bouvet; ed. Loquet-Leroy Female Inst., New Orleans; St. Mary's Coll., Knoxville, Ill. Engaged as a teacher of French and literature. Author: Sweet William; Prince Tip Top; Little Marjorie's Love Story; A Little House in Pimlico; A Child of Tuscany; My Lady; Tales of an Old Chateau; Bernado and Laurette; Clotilde; The Smile of the Sphinx. Honorary mem. Women's Club (federated), Reading. Pa.

BOVAIRD, Emma Griffith (Mrs. Joseph H. Bovaird), 198 South Av., Bradford, Pa.

Born Petroleum Center, Pa.; dau. Theodore M. and Alfretta (Smawley) Griffith; ed. Bradford (Pa.) public schools. Cornell Univ. (Alpha Phi); m. Bradford, Pa., Feb. 27, 1900, Joseph H. Bovaird. Interested in civic work, philanthropy, in work with attendance officer of the public schools; directly responsible for the success of two constructive "safe and sane" Fourth of July celebrations. Works in Junior Cooperative League, corresponding to League of Good Citizenship elsewhere. Mem. Children's Aid of Pa., Northwestern Tuberculosis League; cor. sec. Woman's Literary Club; pres. City Improvement Ass'n; chairman Juvenile Court Com. of Pa. State Federation. Recreations: Country club, golf, bowling. Presbyterian.

BOWDEN, Angie Burt (Mrs. Edmund Bowden), 1534 Eighteenth Av., Seattle, Wash.

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118 William Henry and Anne E. (Newton) Burt; ed. Whitman Sem., St Paul's School, Walla Walla, Wash.; m. Walla Walla, Dec. 6, 1882, Edmund Bowden; children: Edmund Robert, William Burt Ex-regent Rainier Chapter D.A.R.; mem. Ladies' Relief Soc., which maintains the Seattle Children's Home; mem. Children's Orthopedic Hospital Ass'n, Seattle Fruit and Flower Mission, Day Nursery Ass'n, Girls' Training School Ass'n. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Washington State Pioneer Ass'n, Nat. Soc. of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Ladies' Branch Seattle Tennis Club. Appointed hostess for Seattle Week at the Lewis and Clark Exposition held in Portland, Ore., in 1905, by the Hon. Richard A. Ballinger, then mayor of Seattle, Descendant of seven of the "Original Proprietors" of Taunton, Mass., South Purchase, 1672.

BOWDITCH, Sylvia Church Scudder (Mrs. Ingersoll Bowditch), 19 Buckingham St., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Cambridge, Mass.; dau. Horace E. and Grace (Owen) Scudder; ed. Cambridge (Mass.) School for Girls and private tutors; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; grad. student Radcliffe Coll., 1901-02; m. 1904, Ingersoll Bowditch; children: Samuel Ingersoll, b. Mar. 4, 1906; Sylvia Church Jr., b. Aug. 19, 1910; Charles Pickering, b. Nov. 17, 1912. Teacher of Greek and English in the Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, 1902-04. Honorary corresponding sec. Bryn Mawr Coll. for Boston, Mass.

BOWEN, Anna Cara Cornelia, 210 East Main St., Batavia, N.Y.

Formerly a teacher, investigator; b. Batavia, N.Y.; daughter of George and Emerette Amelie Hewlett (Walker) Bowen; ed. Batavia, Farmington, Conn., Cornell Univ. A.B., Radcliffe Coll. (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). Teacher in Washington Coll., Atlanta, Ga., N.Y. City, Rockford Coll., Rockford, Ill. Interested in psychology, psychic research, astronomy, bacteriology, immigration and suffrage reforms and in the prevention of cruelty to animals. Mem. English, French and Am. Socs. for Psychic Research Theosophical Soc, Nat. Geographic Soc, Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Cornell Alumnae Ass'n, Coll. Alumnae Ass'n (Boston). Recreations: Long walks, interesting reading, superintending and working in a flower garden, travel in interesting countries, mountain climbing. Has written for newspapers and occasionally for the magazines. Believes in suffrage with educational and property qualifications, restricted to American-born men and women.

BOWEN, Annie Beauregard, 1835 De Lancey Place, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born St. Louis, Mo.; dau. Major General John S. Bowen, C.S.A., and Mary Preston (Kennerly) Bowen; grad. Visitation Convent, St Louis, Mo., 1878. Elected pres. Visitation Convent (St. Louis) Alumnae, 1910; reelected 1912; sec Tabernacle Soc Notre Dame, Philadelphia, for many years. Catholic

BOWEN, Louise de Koven (Mrs. Joseph Tilton Bowen), 1430 Astor St., Chicago, Ill.

Born Chicago, Feb. 26, 1859; dau. John and Helen (Haddock) de Koven; ed Dearborn Seminary, Chicago; m. Chicago, June 1, 1886, Joseph Tilton Bowen; children: John de Koven, Joseph Tilton, Jr., Helen Haddock, Louise de Koven. Pres. Juvenile Protective Ass'n of Chicago. Trustee and treasurer of Hull House, vice-pres. United Charities, pres. Hull House Woman's Club, mem. Chicago Visiting Nurse Asso., Playground Ass'n. Vice-pres. Illinois Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Cook Co. Ass'n, etc. Episcopalian. Mem. Hull House Woman's Club, Chicago Woman's Club, Woman's City Club, Friday Club. Sadden and Cycle Club.

BOWEN, Margaret Barber (Mrs. Clayton Raymond Bowen), Meadville, Pa

Born Somerville, Mass., Oct. 30, 1874; dau. Henry Harvey Barber (Unitarian clergyman and educator) and Eliza Hapgood (Pratt) Barber; ed. Allegheny Coll. and Cornell Univ., Ph.B. '96 (mem. Alpha Chi Omega); m. Charlestown, N.H., Sept 12, 1905, Prof. Clayton Raymond Bowen, Unitarian theologian. After graduating from college was connected with Boston publishing houses; on staff of Atlantic Monthly, 1899-1900. Mem. Consumers' League, Esperanto Ass'n of North America, etc Favors equal suffrage. Contributor to various periodicals. Unitarian.

BOWEN, Mrs. Mary M., Independent Japanese Mission, 1315 Fifth St., Sacramento, Cal.

Writer, philanthropist; b. Morgantown, W.Va., 1849; dau. Hon. Lot Garrison Bowen (military officer and statesman) and Casandra Vance (Wright) Bowen; ed. Morgantown Coll., Mt. Carroll, Ill. (music); Baltimore (art diploma); tutors and governesses; widowed before nineteen; one daughter: Maude Genevieve Feore, lost later; resumed maiden name for literary reasons. At age of 23, through Dr. George W. Wilding, successfully presented anti-divorce theme before Gen. Conference M.E. Church in N.Y. City (see chapter in Disciple). Home missionary under M.E. Church in Savannah and Cincinnati, 1890-92. Organizer; only woman to establish independent work for Japanese; first missions in Southern California, Los Angeles, Riverside, Sacramento; mission for Koreans. Edits Megupmi No Hikari. Name presented at Emperor's Court 1903, for services rendered to young students on Pacific Coast. Devoted to children, aged and alms hospitals. Favors woman suffrage. Active in civics. Votes. Began literary career at 14, has written under nom-de-plume in Scribner's, St Nicholas', Arthur's, Demorest's and Youth's Companion. Protége of Whittier and John G. Holland; has several unpublished volumes to appear. Methodist, but ordained in United Brethren Church. Mem. State Board of W.C.T.U., Sacramento Saturday Club (second largest music club in U.S.). Recreations: Riding, nature studies, music, art. Known as an authority on Japanese topics.

BOWER, Dr. Emma E., Port Huron, Mich.

Physician, secretary; b. Ann Arbor, Mich.; dau. Henry and Margaret Gertrude (Chase) Bower; grad. Univ. of Mich., grad. M.D. Gave up practice of medicine to act as secretary for a fraternal beneficiary order composed exclusively of women, the oldest woman's fraternal order; vice-pres. at large of the Nat. Council of Women of the U.S.; sec. Ladies of the Modern Maccabees; treas. Michigan Woman's Press Ass'n (was pres. 2 years). Edited for 8 years a county Democratic newspaper, selling it when taking up present business. Was mem. Ann Arbor School Board 9 years, serving as pres. and also treas. during that time. Has been pres. of Ass'n of Secretaries of the Nat. Fraternal Congress, also pres. Nat. Press Ass'n of the Nat. Fraternal Congress. Episcopalian. Democrat. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Relief Corps, Rebekahs, Order of Eastern Star. Favors woman suffrage.

BOWER, Olive Stanley (Mrs. George Bower), Albion, Ill.

Born Edgewood, Ill., Oct. 17, 1871; dau. Peaker and Margaret (Edmiston) Stanley; grad. Coll. of Liberal Arts, De Pauw Univ., '93; Music School, 3894; studied with Godowsky in Chicago, 1897-98; m. Albion, Ill., Jan. 25, 1899, George Bower. Treas. of Woman's Home Missionary Soc of Southern Ill. Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Albion Shakespeare Club. Taught music in Union Christian Coll., Merom, Ind., 1894-95, and 1895-96.

BOWERMAN, Helen Cox, Point Pleasant, N.J.

Teacher; b. Rochester, N.Y., July 27, 1878; dau Daniel and Mary (Weeks) Bowerman; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '01; Univ. of Rochester, A.M. '03; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1908-10, 19U-12, Ph.D. '12; Univ. of Bonn, Am. School of Classical Studies, Rome, 1910-H. Instructor in Latin Western Coll., 1905-08; Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa., since 1912. Author: Roman Sacrificial Altars, 1913. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Archaeological Inst, of America. Recreations: Walking, canoeing, swimming.

BOWERS, Lillian Estella Shepard (Mrs. Herbert O. Bowers), 54 North Elm St., Manchester, Conn.

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BOWERS, Rose Alexander (Mrs. Paul E. Bowers), 222½ W. Ninth St., Michigan City, Ind.

Physician; b. Denver, Colo.; dau. O. A. and Rose (Kelsey) Alexander; grad. Philadelphia High School for Girls, 1905; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '09; m. Chicago, Ill., July 18, 1911, Paul B. Bowers, M.D. Appointed physician to Government Hospital, Washington, D.C.; resigned July, 1911. Mem. Social Service Commission of Protestant Episcopal Church. Active suffragist. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. (Eugenia Washington Chapter, Washington, D.C.). Practicing physician at Michigan City, Ind.

BOWIE, Virginia Berkley, 811 Hamilton Terrace, Baltimore, Md.

Magazine writer; b. Catonsville, Md., July 8, 1880; dau. Dr. Howard Strafford and Laura (Berkley) Bowie; ed. at home and at Southern Home School, Baltimore, Md. Author: Short stories for Cosmopolitan, Smart Set, etc. Mem. Colonial Dames, Nat. Soc. D.A.R. (Washington-Custis Chapter), Navy League of U.S., Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. Emphatically for suffrage.

BOWKER, Marion Esther, 573 Main St., Athol, Mass.

Physician; b. Montague, Mass., Nov. 21, 1885; dau. Alphonso V. and E. Louise (Amidon) Bowker; ed. Athol High School (second honor), Tufts Med. Coll., M.D. '07 (youngest member of class, twenty-one and one-half years). Passed Mass. State Board in 1907, Maine Board in 1907; office in Leominster, Mass.; Mar.-Sept., 1900, interne Mass. Homeopathic Hospital, Boston 1907-08; office in Athol since Sept. 1910. Vice-pres. Junior Alliance of Unitarian Church; active in Social Service Dep't of Woman's Club; played flute and piccolo in Navassar Ladies' Band during the summer of 1906 and 1909 in all parts of the U.S. and Canada. Mem. Orpheus Club, Athol Woman's Club, Eastern Star. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

BOWLBY, Helene Boileau (Mrs. John H. Bowlby), 131 E. William St., Bath, N.Y.

Born Savona, N.Y., 1866; dau. Thomas and Adelia (Simmins) Boileau; ed. Cornell Univ., B.S. '99 (special mention in chemistry); mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma; m. Bath, N.Y., 1893, John H. Bowlby; children: Thomas, Margaret. Protestant Episcopal.

BOWLES, Ada C. (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Bowles), Greyledge, Stage Fort Heights, Gloucester, Mass.

Minister; b. Gloucester, Aug. 2, 1836; dau. David and Eliza (Steele) Burpee; ed. in Gloucester schools and by private study; licensed to preach, Boston, '69; ordained in Pa., 1876, while pastor of the Universalist Church of Easton, Pa.; m. Gloucester, Nov. 5, 1858, Rev. Benjamin Franklin Bowles; children: Louise Isburgh, Frances Ada, Donald; three step children: Charles, Margaret, Etta. Resident pastorates: Marlboro, Mass.; Easton, Pa.; Kingston, N.H.; East Gloucester, Mass.; assistant to husband, San Francisco and Abington, Mass.; after his death, pastor Universalist Church in Pomona, Cal. Treas. Associated Charities; mem. Woman's Relief Corps; agent of Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; served on school board of Abington, Mass.; chairman Com. on Church Suffrage Work, Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; active in suffrage work since 1869; pres. first Cambridge Suffrage Ass'n, also of Middlesex Co., ex-committee of Mass. and New England Suffrage societies, Philadelphia Suffrage Soc. and was pres. Cal. State Suffrage Ass'n; national lecturer. Contributor of prose and verse to various periodicals, local and general, since 15 years of age; has written some booklets. Universalist Progressive in politics. Mem. Am. Peace Soc., Soc. for Russian Freedom, Anti-Slavery Soc, Moral Reform Soc, Educational and Industrial Union, W.C.T.U. (having held several State superintendences); sec. Woman's Ministerial Union. Recreations: Housekeeping, music drama. Clubs: Professional Women's, Winter green and Pentagon (all of Boston).

BOWMAN, Betty Hill, Bonne Terre, Mo.

Former educator, club worker; b. Freeburg, Ill., June 16, 1876; dau. George W. and Helen (Turner) Hill; ed. St. Louis public schools, Washington Univ., St. Louis, A.B. '97; m. St. Louis, Oct. 4, 1905, J. J. Bowman. Teacher of languages in Liberty Ladies' Coll., Liberty, Mo., 1899-05. Pres. Ninth District (Mo.) Federation of Women's Clubs. Baptist. Mem. Congregational Missionary Soc. Opposed to woman suffrage. Treas. Home Culture Club of Bonne Terre.

BOWMAN, Eda C, Cormvells, Maud P.O., Bucks Co., Penn.

Social worker; b. Lebanon, Pa., Dec. 25, 1877; dau. John P. and Ellen T. (Wylie) Bowman; grad. Vassar, A.B. with honors (Phi Beta Kappa) '99, A.M. (mathematics and astronomy) 1900. Instructor in mathematics, Vassar Coll., 1905, Mt. Wilson Solar Observatory, Pasadena, Cal., 1912. Identified with social work in connection with Soc. for Organization of Charity, Philadelphia. Pastor's assistant, Central Congregational Church, Philadelphia, 1907-08-09. Mem. Browning Soc, Philadelphia. Associate of Coll. Alumnae, Maria Mitchell Memorial Ass'n. Recreation: Flower gardening. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

BOWMAN, Elsa, 49 E. Eighty-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; ed. Brearley School, N.Y. City; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '96. Teacher of science and mathematics, St. Timothy's School, Catonsville, Md., 1896-98; Brearley School, N.Y. City, since 1898. Reader in mathematics, College Entrance Examination Board, 1902-04.

BOWMAN, Ida Wright (Mrs. F. Lancelot Bowman), Larch Av., Bogota, N.J.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., July 9, 1880; dau. Henry Richardson and Ida (Kohl) Wright; ed. Swarthmore Coll., B.L. '02; Oxford Univ., England; (mem. Pi Beta Phi); m. Bogota, N.J., June 30, 1909, F. Lancelot Bowman; one daughter: Edith. Teacher; lecturer on current events; instructor Browning Study Club; mem. Bogota Board of Education. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal.

BOWMAN, Jennie, 401 W. Lima St., Ada, O.

Public reader; b. Leipsic, O., Mar. 27, 1877; dau. Martin and Ann (Hull) Bowman; ed. Ohio Northern Univ.; Newcomer's School of Expression (degree of Master of Oratory). Instructor in Lima Coll., 1904-07; Ohio Northern Univ., 1907-12. Has given over three hundred public entertainments as a public reader. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Christian Church (Disciples). Democrat.

BOWMAN, Luella Wait (Mrs. William Law Bowman), 1522 Jessup Av., N.Y. City.

Musician; b. Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 17, 1888; dau. John Cassan and Ginevra C. (Westlake) Wait; piano pupil of Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. David Mannes; violin pupil of Prof. Buitrago and David Mannes of N.Y. City, and Prof. O. Sevcik of Prag, Bohemia; m. N.Y. City, Nov. 25, 1908, William Law Bowman; one daughter: Elizabeth. Concert master of N.Y. Symphony Club; accompanist and ass't to Oscar Saenger. Presbyterian. Recreations: Sailing, swimming, dancing, tennis. Mem. Symphony Club of N.Y. Favors woman suffrage.

BOWMAN, Mabel E., Wykeham Rise School, Washington, Conn.

Principal private school; b. Somerville, Mass., Dec. 23, 1872; dau. Selwyn and Martha E. (Tufts) Bowman; ed. Somerville School; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '87; Radcliffe Coll., post-graduate work, 1898. Taught at Walnut Hill, Natick, Mass.; Lexington, Mass.; Dr. Bellow's School, Boston. Mass.; vice-principal Wykeham Rise School. Washington, Conn. Mem. Boston College Club. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

BOYCE, Addisone Schipper, 934 Ogden Av., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Middletown, N.Y., Oct 6, 1881; dau. William and Elsie (Schipper) Boyce; ed. high school, private schools; grad. N.Y. Medical Coll. and Hospital for Women, 1906. Sec. N.Y.


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120 Medical Coll. and Hospital for Women; ass't surgeon, adjunct prof. of gynaecology, staff dispensary physician, pres. Woman's Medical Club. Mem. Medical Soc. of County of N.Y., Alumnae of N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

BOYD, Cora Dunham (Mrs. W. W. Boyd), The Kingsbury, St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Nov. 22, 1860; dau. John Samuel and Emily (Peckham) Dunham; grad. Mary Inst., St. Louis, '79; m. St. Louis, June 2. 1880, Dr. W. W. Boyd; children: Willard W. Jr., Frank Dunham. Favors woman suffrage; cor. sec., 1912, of Mo. Equal Suffrage Ass'n; mem. St. Louis Equal Suffrage League, Mary Inst. Alumnae Ass'n, Wednesday Club. In 1898 was State chairman of correspondence of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, and director of Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1902-04.

BOYD, Elizabeth Clarke (Mrs. Gaston Boyd), Newton, Kans.

Professor of voice and physical culture; b. London, England; dau. Robert and Mary (Rowbottom) Clarke; grad. New England Conservatory; Frances Shimes School of Chicago Univ.; Am. Inst, of Normal Methods, and pupil of Bassini, of Randegger, of Madame Hall, of Charles R. Adams, of Lyman Wheeler and others; m. June 1, 1887, Gaston Boyd. Pres. of Kansas World's Fair Music Board; made mem. of World's Musical Council; director of large choruses; head of voice dep't Bethany Coll.; State director of music for W.C.T.U.; educational sec. of Woman's Auxiliary for Diocese of Kansas; mem. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Woman's Auxiliary of St. Mathew's parish; mem. board of directors of Newton Free Library; mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n (former vice-pres.). Has written for the press, notably a series of articles upon music in the public schools in Western School Journal. Has traveled in U.S. and abroad; only woman delegate from Kansas who attended World's W.C.T.U. Convention in Glasgow, Scotland. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Has written several suffrage songs, which have been adopted by the W.C.T.U.; has written words and music for several songs and hymns, and has assisted in the compilation of standard musical works. Mem. Kansas Authors' Club.

BOYD, Emma Louise Garrett (Mrs. Warren N. Boyd), 194 Washington St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 29, 1876; dau. William J. and Mary (Wallace) Garrett; grad. Vassar, A.B., with honors (Phi Beta Kappa) '99 (pres. Southern Club, '98; pres. Students' Ass'n, '99) ; appointed commencement speaker (resigned because of ill-health), student of Greek tragedy at Oxford, 1902-03; m. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 3, 1903, Warren Newcomb Boyd (died May 11, 1905); one son: Spencer Wallace. Pres. Southern Ass'n of College Women, 1908-10; formerly first vice-pres. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae; mem. Board of Directors Am. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality; mem. Advisory Com. on Education Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; worker and writer for the abolition of child labor and for the adoption of compulsory education laws. Has published articles in newspapers and magazines, principally on educational and social reforms; mem. Women's University Club, N.Y. City, Atlanta Woman's Club, History Class of Atlanta and others.

BOYER, Ida Porter (Mrs. Alvah H. Boyer), Centralia, Pa.

Artist, lecturer; b. Middleport, Pa., 1859; dau. Capt. John R. and Elizabeth (Kleckner) Porter; ed. chiefly by private tutors; m. Alvah H. Boyer; one son: Richard Porter-Boyer, b. 1885. Unitarian. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women, Pa. Conservation Ass'n, Order of Eastern Star, Women's Relief Corps; pres. Collective Club of Centralia, Pa.; mem. Oklahoma Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Columbia (Pa.) Woman's Club. Field sec. Pa. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; active in woman suffrage campaigns as campaign manager for Oklahoma, in press work in Oregon campaign; engaged at headquarters and as lecturer in Ohio campaign; organizer for Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n.

BOYER, Winifred B. (Mrs. Edward A. Boyer), 1428 Twenty-third St., South Omaha, Neb.

Born Worden, Ill., 1883; dau. Firman N. and Mary (Baumgartner) Coar; ed. Ill. State Normal School; m. East St. Louis, Ill., 1909, Edward A. Boyer. Principal of East St. Louis public schools, 1906-09. Active in club work. Pres. South Omaha (Neb.) Century Literary Club, 1911-12. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

BOYKTN, Caroline Morris (Mrs. Richard Manning Boykin), 685 Irving St., Portland, Ore.

Born "Fernbank," West Chester, Chester Co., Pa.; dau. J. Cheston Morris, M.D., and Mary E. (Johnson) Morris; ed. by governess and Misses Hayward's School, Philadelphia, Pa.; m. Philadelphia, Jan. 26, 1909, Richard Manning Boykin, of Boykin, S.C.; one daughter: Mary Morris. Against woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Acorn Club of Philadelphia.

BOYLAN, Grace Duffie (Mrs.), 509 E. Seventy-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Born Kalamazoo, Mich.; dau. Captain Phelix and Juliette (Smith) Duffie (father was one of the Irish officers distinguished for bravery in the Civil War); ed. in schools of Kalamazoo, and took special course of study in Radcliffe Coll., and oratory in the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass. Has spent many years as a journalist and a traveler. Author: The Kiss of Glory; Yama Yama Land; Kids of Many Colors; The Steps to Nowhere (the latter a juvenile with the Panama Canal as its subject).

BOYLAN, Rose Marion (Mrs. Robert Jerome Boylan), 717 N. Twenty-fifth St., East St. Louis, Ill.

Journalist; b. Pittsburg Hill, Ill., Aug. 13, 1872; dau. M. R. G. and Marie Ellen (Brushier) Marion; grad. East St. Louis High School, '90 (valedictorian); special student Univ. of Ill., 1889-1900; Cook Co. Normal, 1896; m. East St. Louis, Ill., April 18, 1906, Robert Jerome Boylan; children: Josephine, Robert Jerome. Began writing for papers at twelve years; special writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, 1901-08; pen-name "Rose Marion." Has been sec. Ill. Free Employment Office at East St. Louis since 1907. Favors woman suffrage. Roman Catholic. Votes in school elections. Mem. Ill. Historical Soc., Queen's Daughters, Y.W.C.A., East St. Louis High School Ass'n, Univ. of Ill.; Soc. of St. Louis, Altar Soc. St. Elizabeth's Church. Recreations: Walking, children's games, French. Pres. East St. Louis Woman's Club, 1911-12; vice-pres. 22d Dist. Ill. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1912-13. Taught school 1890-1902; began in the Pocket School; resigned from East St. Louis High in 1902 as teacher of English; was first woman pres. of St. Clair Co. Teachers' Ass'n; held offices in State and Southern Ill. teachers' organizations; was stationed at the St. Louis World's Fair for the Post-Dispatch throughout the Exposition, 1904.

BOYLE, Margaret E. Cottman (Mrs. James W. Boyle), 218 E. Eager St., Baltimore, Md.

Born Baltimore, Md.; dau. James Stuart and Elizabeth McE. (Boogs) Cottman; ed. N. H. Morison's Acad., Baltimore, Md.; m. Mar. 17, 1870, James W. Boyle. Spent 20 years as private sec. to a university professor, and translated many foreign languages; has taught whist (bridge and auction) for many years; does foreign translations for business offices. Interested in civic matters; mem. of the Women's Wilson League of Md. Mem. D.A.R., United Daughters of the Confederacy. Club: Country, Arundel Whist. Recreations: Walking, traveling. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

BOYLE, Virginia Frazer (Mrs. Thomas R. Boyle), 1045 Union Av., Memphis, Tenn.

Poet, novelist and short story writer; b. near Chattanooga, Tenn.; dau. Charles Wesley and Letitia S. (Austin) Frazer; ed. Higbee School, Memphis, Tenn.; studied literature and law with father, who was a prominent lawyer of Memphis; m. Thomas R. Boyle, a young lawyer of Memphis. Organized Junior Confederate Memorial Ass'n, 1904; also J.C.M. Drum and Fife Corps same year, of small boys in ass'n, now the leading drum and


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Rh fife corps of the South. Was made poet laureate of the United Confederate Veterans' Ass'n by a change in their constitution to create the office at Mobile, 1910; was made poet laureate for life by the Confederated Southern Memorial Ass'n (women), 1910. Books: The Other Side; Brokenburne; Devil Tales; Serina; Love Songs and Bugle Calls. Wrote official poems for Tenn. Centennial; Jefferson Davis Centennial; Abraham Lincoln Centennial; Admiral Semmes and Gen. Lee Centennials. Contributor to Century, Harper's Mag., Harper's Weekly and Bazar, Delineator and other magazines. Baptist. Mem. Poetry Soc. of America; Ladies' Confederate Memorial Ass'n; Junior C.M.A. Daughters of the Confederacy; mem. Daughters of the Revolution, Colonial Dames, Miss. Historical Soc, Va. Historical Soc. Recreations: Playing with other people's children, walking, boating and photography. Clubs: Woman's Nineteenth Century, Tenn. Press and Authors'.

BOYNTON, Frances Nichols, 46 York Square, New Haven, Conn.

Physician, teacher; b. Lockport, N.Y., April 13, 1868; dau. Thomas Cabot and Martha Whipple (Harwood) Boynton; ed. Lockport (N.Y.) public schools, 1876-87; New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics, 1895-96; Harvard Summer School of Gymnastics, 1889-90; Chautauqua Summer School of Gymnastics, 1891-92; Univ. of Mich., dep't of medicine and surgery, M.D. 1899-1903; mem. Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Epsilon Iota (medical) societies. Teacher of physical training, Buffalo Sem., 1891-92; Ogontz School for Girls, 1892-95, 1896-99; in New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics as instructor in physics, histology and the theory and practice of Swedish gymnastics, 1903-. Associate of Girl's Friendly Soc. Author: A Primer of Histology; also contributions to medical journals. Managing editor of the Alumni News of the New Haven Normal School of Gymnastics. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Am. Physical Education Soc, also New Haven County and Conn. State Med. societies.

BRACKEN, Clio Hinton (Mrs. William Barrie Bracken), 40 Nottingham Road, Brighton, Boston, Mass.

Sculptor; b. Rhinebeck, N.Y.; dau. Howard and Lucy (Brownson) Hinton; ed. Art Students' League, N.Y. City; studied with St. Gaudens and Macmonnies in Paris; m. (1st) N.Y. City, Jan. 20, 1892, James Huneker; (2d) N.Y. City, May 16, 1900, William Barrie Bracken; children: Erik Huneker, b. 1894; Barrie Bracken, b. 1903; Mona Bracken, b. 1907. Favors woman suffrage. First sec. Greenwich Equal Suffrage League; mem. Woman's Political Union, Brookline Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Massachusetts Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government, Am. Drama Society, Pen and Brush Club of N.Y. City.

BRACKEN, Opal, Corry, Pa.

Born Corry, Pa.; dau. De Witt Lloyd and Ella (Page) Bracken; ed. Corry High School, three years; Rogers Hall School, Lowell, Mass., two years; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '10. Since graduation bookkeeper for Bracken Bros. Assists in work of struggling Humane Soc., with many homeless children, drunken fathers, beaten and decrepit horses to look after. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Coached basketball in high school for two years. Recreations: Tennis, riding horseback, swimming.

BRACKENRIDGE, Eleanor, R.F.D. 3, San Antonio, Tex.

Director; b. Warwick Co., Ind.; dau. John Adams and Isabella Helena (McCullough) Brackenridge; grad. Anderson Female Sem., New Albany, Ind., '55. Presbyterian. Mem. Philanthropic societies, Y.W.C.A., Social Hygiene. Educational work has been her chief interest; vice-pres. Board of Regents of the State Coll. of Industrial Arts for Girls; supports a colored kindergarten; has held positions on the State and Nat. Educational Com. of the Fed. of Women's Clubs; chairman Patriotic Educational Com. D.A.R., also of the Com. of Laws affecting women and children; chairman the Legislative Com. of the Congress of Mothers; pres. Texas Woman's Suffrage Ass'n; pres. Equal Franchise Soc of San Antonio; has spent money generously to promote the work. Organizer and pres. for seven years of the Woman's Club of San Antonio (the first dep't club in Texas). Mem. Texas State Historical Soc, Am. Acad. of Social Science, Nat. Geog. Soc, Country Club; director of San Antonio Nat. Bank and the San Antonio Loan and Trust Company. Extensive traveler.

BRACKETT, Antoinette Newell (Mrs. Arthur Stone Brackett), 9 Broad View, Bristol, Conn.

Born Bristol, Conn., July 27, 1875; dau. Edward Everett and Piera Henderson (Root) Newell; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '97; m. Bristol, Nov. 20, 1901, Dr. Arthur Stone Brackett; children: Naomi, Mary, Constance. Favors woman suffrage.

BRACKETT, Lavinia Maxwell Prescott (Mrs. I. Lewis Brackett), 50 Pleasant St., Brookline, Mass.

Born Louisville, Ky., July 19, 1844; dau. Frederick William and Emily (Maxwell) Prescott (great-granddaughter of Hon. Oliver Prescott, M.D., of Groton, Mass.; grad. Harvard 1750; maj.-gen. in War of Independence, and a judge of probate in Middlesex Co.); grad. Brookline (Mass.) High School No. 1, in class for final year; later at Miss Tilden's School; had French lessons from Prof. Bôcher, German from Mme. Johanne Wendte; Italian from Prof. Torricelli, and music from Messrs. Tufts, J. C. Parker and B. J. Lang; m. Brookline, Jan. 29, 1880, I. Lewis Brackett. Interested in the protection of birds and animals and Dr. Grenfell's work in Labrador. Mem. Church of the New Jerusalem. Mem. Alliance Française of Cambridge, Salon Français, New England branch of Audubon Soc, Am. Bison Soc, Wilfred T. Grenfell Ass'n, Soc. for Prevention and Cure of Tuberculosis, and Mass. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Recreations: Music, symphony concerts, reading, etc.

BRADBURY, Margaret Jones (Mrs. William Frothingham Bradbury), 369 Harvard St., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Templeton, Mass., Jan. 25, 1835; dau. Abijah and Phebe (Cutting) Jones; ed. Westminster (Mass.) Acad., Mt. Holyoke Sem. (now college); grad. 1856; m. Templeton, Mass., Aug. 27, 1857, William Frothingham Bradbury of Cambridge, Mass.; children: William Howard Bradbury, Marion Bradbury (Hovey), Margaret Seymour Bradbury. Interested in patriotic work in connection with the societies to which she belongs, also in Hospital League, Associated Charities of Cambridge and East End Mission. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. D.A.R., Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Cambridge Historical Soc, Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Ass'n, Woman's Branch Civil Service Ass'n, Daughters of the Founders of D.A.R. Recreations: Lectures, concerts, theatres, etc

BRADFORD, Mary Davison (Mrs. William Rolvin Bradford), 426 Park Av., Kenosha, Wis.

Superintendent of schools; b. Paris, Kenosha Co., Wis.; dau. Andrew Jackson and Caroline G. (Wagner) Davison; ed. Kenosha High School; Oshkosh State Normal School; summer study at Univ. of Wis., Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Nebraska, Clark Univ.; m. Kenosha, Wis., Dec. 2, 1878, William Rolvin Bradford; one son: William Bradford, b. June 24, 1880. Teacher of common schools, city grades and high school; principal training dep't State Normal schools; director primary work, Stout Inst., Menomonie, Wis.; sup't of schools, Kenosha, Wis. Pres. Wis. State Teachers Ass'n, 1911-12. Mem. Kenosha Playground Ass'n, Kenosha Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n, and of Wis. Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. Organizer and director of first open-air school in Wis. (Kenosha). Favors woman suffrage. Pres. Political Equality League of Kenosha Co.; mem. Advisory Board Wis. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; speaker in Wis. suffrage campaign. Contributor to educational papers and magazines. Author of several pamphlets on educational subjects. Author of section On


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122 Teaching of Reading in Wis. State Manual of Course of Study for Common Schools. Unitarian. Mem. Dep't of Education, Nat. Congress of Mothers; vice-pres. Wis. Peace Soc; mem. Nat. Soc. for Scientific Study of Education. Active mem. Nat., Educational Ass'n; mem. Kenosha Woman's' Club, Kenosha Woman's Alliance; chairman Com. on Education of Wis. Fed. of Women's Clubs for two terms; mem. Co. Com. on Exhibits, Chicago World's Fair; mem. State Com. on Educational Exhibits, St. Louis Worlds Fair.

BRADFORD, Stella Stevens, 11 Plymouth St., Montclair, N.J.

Physician; b. in N.J.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '93; student of sociology, N.Y. Univ., 1893-94; literature, Univ. of Göttingen, 1895; Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, 1898-99; Cornell Univ., 1899-1902, M.D. '02. Teacher, Montclair, N.J., 1893-94; Elizabeth, N.J., 1895-96; ass't in English literature, Smith Coll., 1896-98. Interne Worcester (Mass.) Memorial Hospital, 1902-03; clinical ass't Gouverneur Dispensary, N.Y. City, 1903-06 and 1909-10; examining physician Smith Coll, 1906-09; physician Mountainside Hospital since 1904 and of Ramapo (N.J.) Sanatorium since 1909. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n and Acad. of Medicine of N.Y.

BRADLEE, Edith Gerry Keene (Mrs. Edward Chamberlin Bradlee), 179 School St., Milton, Mass.

Born Lynn, Mass., Aug. 9, 1874; dau. William G. S. and Frances Blackler (Gerry) Keene; ed. at a Boston private school; Miss Capen's School, Northampton, and one year at Smith Coll.; m. Swampscott, Mass., Dec. 1, 1906, Edward Chamberlin Bradllee; children: Susan Bartlett Bradlee, b. Jan. 7, 1908; Sarah Goddard Bradlee, b. Feb. 6, 1909. Episcopalian, formerly Unitarian. Mem. Woman's Guild of Episcopal Church. Mem. Lend-a-Hand Club.

BRADLEY, Alice Deering (Mrs. Arthur Bradley), 2081 E. Thirty-sixth St., Cleveland, O.

Born Chicago, Jan. 18, 1856; dau. John Parker and Susan (Porter) Ilsley; ed. Philadelphia private schools; m. Germantown, 1891, Arthur Bradley; one son: Arthur Ilsley Bradley. Musical editor Cleveland papers and cor. Musical America of N.Y. City. Vice-pres. of Middle Section Nat. Fed. of Musical Clubs; chairman Extension Com. of Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland, having charge of concerts given in schools, libraries, etc. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian.

BRADLEY, Dolly Holland Sipe (Mrs. James Clifford Bradley), 922 Frick Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Educated high school, Washington, D.C.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '99; Columbia (now George Washington) Univ., A.M. '02; graduate student 1901-03; m. 1904, James Clifford Bradley. Teacher of English, German and Latin in York (Pa.) Collegiate Inst., 1890-1900; Latin and English in Miss Flint's School, Washington, D.C., 1901-04. instructor in Latin, Trinity Coll., Washington, D.C, 1903-04.

BRADLEY, Emma Louise, 485 Westford St., Lowell, Mass.

Teacher; b. Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '86; student of French, English and German, Amherst Summer School, 1894; Alliance Française, Paris, summers of 1896, 1909; Alliance Française, St. Malo, France, summer of 1909. Teacher in Lowell (Mass.) High School since 1889. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n of America, Alliance Française.

BRADLEY, Jennie E. (Mrs. James Bradley), Twin Falls, Idaho.

Born Clinton Co., Ohio, April 3, 1848; dau. Thomas and Caroline (Weir) Mills; ed. Cornell Coll., Ia., and Adrian Coll., Mich.; m. Jan. 7, 1875, James Bradley; children: Clyde M., James Guy, Marian Edith. Mem. Order of Eastern Star; was grand matron Order of Eastern Star of S.Dak., 1898. Clubs: Shakespeare, Twentieth Century, Emerson. Presbyterian.

BRADLEY, Liela Griswold (Mrs. Clarence E. Bradley), Geary, Okla.

Born Sandwich Island, Feb. 16, 1862; dau. James and Ann M. (Slye) Griswold; ed. Sandwich High School; grad. Northwestern Coll., Naperville, Ill., '84, degree L.E.L.; m. Yorkville, Ill., Sept. 15, 1887, Clarence E. Bradley; children: Clarence Griswold, b. 1889 (died 1890); Lyle Alwin, b. 1890; Harold Clayton, b. 1892. Teacher before marriage. Active in Sunday-school work; interested in all movements for betterment of mankind. Mem. P.E.O. Sisterhood, Chapter F. (Geary, Okla.); Missionary and Aid Societies of the Presbyterian Church. Mem. Woman's Literary and Study Club of Geary (was the organizer); vice-pres, of the Second Dist. of Federated Clubs of Oklahoma, 1912-14. Presbyterian.

BRADLEY, Marian Hawley, Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Danbury, Conn.; ed. schools of Danbury, Conn, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '87. Teacher Danbury (Conn.) High School, 1887-92; Alinda Preparatory School, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1892-93; Girls' High School, Brooklyn, since 1893.

BRADNER, Edith Mitchel (Mrs. Lester Bradner), 144 Benefit St., Providence, R.I.

Born Flushing, N.Y., 1870; dau. William King and Annie C. (Mitchell) Murray; m. Flushing, N.Y., 1885, Rev. Lester Bradner; children: William, John, Edith. Interested in education, teacher training for Sunday-schools, child welfare, ornithology. Episcopalian. Mem. Audobon Soc, R.I. Sunday-school Alumnae Ass'n, R.I. Clerica, Girls' Friendly Soc, Shakespearian Soc., Providence Mothers' Club. Against woman suffrage.

BRADSHAW, Elizabeth Mahan (Mrs. Harmon Bradshaw), Lebanon, Ind.

Born Thornton, Ind., Dec. 25, 1874; dau. Oliver Perry and Mary M. (Hoover) Mahan; ed. Lebanon public schools (grad. May, 1894); the Western Coll., Oxford, O.; De Pauw Univ., '97 Ph.D. (Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Lebanon, Ind., Jan. 3. 1901; one daughter: Mary Frances. Mem. Industrial Union of Presbyterian Church, the Missionary Soc; during season of 1912-13 managed an artist's course, giving three concerts during the winter in Lebanon. Lives on farm and is specially interested in raising chickens and ducks and raising hogs for the market. Clubs: Bay View Reading, Ladies' Afternoon, Thimble, Good Will. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BRADY, Susie Frances Brown (Mrs. Adhemar Brady), Titusville, Fla.

Born Hamilton, N.Y., Jan. 16, 1856; dau. Philip Perry and Sarah (Jackson) Brown; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo.; Shurtleff Coll., Alton, Ill. (Sigma Phi); m. City Point, Fla., May 25, 1898, Adhemar Brady. Taught for 17 years in Brevard and Dade counties, Florida. Interested in civic, village improvement, cemetery improvement and library work. Pres. Progressive Culture Club for eight years; started Fortnightly Club for young women, a civic improvement club. Mem. Episcopal Guild of St. Gabriel's Church.

BRAGDON, Oliver Hurd (Mrs. Frank Adelbert Bragdon), 19 Upton St., Boston, Mass.

Writer; b. Limington, Me., July 13, 1858; dau. Andrew Jackson and Hannah Catherine (Bangs) Hurd; ed. Westbrook (Me.) Sem.; m. Limington, Me., June 14, 1879, Frank Adelbert Bragdon. Was teacher for three years preceding marriage. Contributor of juvenile stories to magazines. Author: The Moon Party; Pup, An Autobiography of a Greyhound.

BRAIN, Belle Marvel, College Hill, Schenectady, N.Y.

Author; b. Springfield, O., Aug. 4, 1859; dau. William Grey and Mary (Dyer) Brain; ed. public schools, Cincinnati and Springfield; grad. high school, '76. Served as supervisor of drawing in public schools in Springfield, 1878-96; then turned to literary work. Author: Fuel for Missionary Fires; Weapons for Temperance Warfare; Quaint Thoughts of an Old-Time Army Chaplain; The Morning Watch; The Transformation of Hawaii; Fifty Missionary Programs; Fifty Missionary Stories; Missionary Reading for Missionary Programs; Holding the Ropes;


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Rh of the Red Man; All About Japan; Adventures with Four-Footed Folk; also contributor to magazines and newspapers, principally religious. Presbyterian.

BRAINE, Elizabeth Musgrove, 942 St. Marks Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Assistant principal of schools; b. Piermont, N.J., Dec. 10, 1868; dau. Charles Rowland and Felicie (McCobb) Braine; grad. Girls' High School, Brooklyn, '89; won State scholarship for Cornell, 1889; entered with class of 1883, left at close of junior year to begin teaching, 1892, completed course B.A. 1906. Passed examination for principal of elementary schools, 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman's Political Union. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Interborough Ass'n of Women Teachers, Women Principals' Eligible List, Ass'n of Ass't Principals of N.Y. City, College of Settlements Ass'n, Cornell Women's Club of N.Y.

BRAINERD, Eleanor Hoyt, East Hampton, Conn.

Writer; b. Iowa City, Iowa, 1869; dau. Walter and Louise (Smith) Hoyt; grad. Wesleyan Coll., Cincinnati, A.B., A.M.; m. Des Moines, Iowa, 1903, Charles Chisholm Brainerd. Taught in Alma Mater and in N.Y. City private school; reporter on N.Y. Sun for seven years; magazine and book writer since. Author: Misdemeanors of Nancy; Concerning Belinda; Bettina; In Vanity Fair; The Personal Conduct of Belinda. Favors woman suffrage.

BRAISLIN, Mary Raymond, Crosswicks, N.J.

Born Burlington, N.J., Jan. 2, 1860; dau. John and Elizabeth (Weber) Braislin; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. Principal of the Priscilla Braislin School, Bordentown, N.J., 1889-99; dean of Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., 1900-09. Mem. Board of Education of Chesterfield Township, Burlington Co., N.J., 1906; dist. clerk, 1908. Mem. Vassar Alumnae Ass'n, Vassar Students' Aid Soc, Maria Mitchell Nantucket Ass'n, Priscilla Braislin Memorial Ass'n. Mem. Contemporary Club, Trenton, N.J. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

BRALEY, Love A. Webb (Mrs. Alden Braley), Fournet Block, Crookston, Minn.

Worthy grand matron Order Eastern Star; b. Otis, Mass., July 29, 1850; dau. Lucius and Sophia (Dunham) Webb; ed. Otis, Mass., finished school at Granville, Vt.; m. Alden Braley; one daughter: Love Beatrice, b. 1886 (Mrs. P. H. Wood). Mem. Order of Eastern Star, having filled various offices until reached the highest office, worthy grand matron of Minn., 1910, and re-elected 1911; represented Minn, at General Grand Chapter of the World, held in Jacksonville, Fla., 1910; has been pres. of the Library Auxiliary and Town Improvement League; has been sec. of the Old Settlers' Ass'n since organization, 1903. Mem. the Woman's Club, Study Club, Bay View and various others. Mem. People's Church.

BRAMBLE, Anna Dripps, W. Monastery Av., Roxborough, Philadelphia, Pa.

Teacher; b. Roxborough, Aug. 20, 1885; dau. James and Clara E. Knowlton Bramble; ed. Philadelphia High School for Girls, '02, Swarthmore Coll., B.A. '06; graduate student Univ. of Pa. Engaged as teacher in Philadelphia High School for Girls. Mem. Swarthmore Alumnae; elector on the Electoral Board of College Settlement Ass'n, Kappa Kappa Gamma. Favors woman suffrage.

BRAMHALL, Edith Clementine, Rockford College. Rockford, Ill.

College professor; b. Indiana; grad. Univ. of Ind., A.B. '95; Univ. of Pa., A.M. '96, Ph.D. '98; fellow in history, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898-99. Teacher of history in Manual Training School, Indianapolis, Ind., 1899-1900; instructor, 1900-02; professor of history and economics since 1902, Rockford (Ill.) Coll.

BRAMHALL, Florence Adelaide (Mrs. William Ely Bramhall), Hotel Aberdeen, St. Paul, Minn.

Born St. Paul, April, 1864; dau. Abram S. and Sue Carroll (Fryer) Elfelt; ed. St. Paul High School; Prof. Fogg's Acad.; m. St. Paul, 1888, William Ely Bramhall. In charge of the forestry interests for club women of State seven years: took the initiative in establishing the Nat. Forest Reserve in Northern Minn.; pres. St. Paul Women's Civic League; took the responsibility in connection with the Commercial Club in establishing city playgrounds and amending the city charter to provide for their continued maintenance. Favors woman suffrage. Has written a great deal in connection with civic and educational matters for newspapers and Western magazines. Unitarian. Mem. New Century Club, Women's Civic League, Women's Welfare League.

BRANCH, Anna Hempstead, Hempstead House, New London, Conn.

Writer; b. New London, Conn.; dau. John Locke Branch (lawyer) and Mary Lydia (Bolles) Branch (author); grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '97; Am. Acad, of Dramatic Art, N.Y. City. Contributor to magazines, author and playwright. Author: The Heart of the Road; The Shoes that Danced; Nimrod and Other Poems; and the play Rose of the Wind (produced at Empire Theatre, N.Y. City, 1908). Director New London Playgrounds Ass'n, 1900-10.

BRANCH, Mary Lydia Bolles (Mrs. John Locke Branch), Hempstead House, New London, Conn.

Author; b. New London, Conn., June 15, 1840; dau. John Rogers and Mary (Hempstead) Bolles; ed. New London, and Lincoln F. Emerson's School, Boston, Mass.; m. New London, Conn., April 20, 1870, Jonn Locke Branch; children: John Bolles (deceased), Anna Hempstead. Author: The Kanter Girls; Aunt Patty's Schoolroom; The Manner of Life of Nancy Hempstead; A Visit to Newfoundland; also several pamphlets. Mem. Lucretia Shaw Chapter D.A.R., Soc. of Mayflower Descendants in Conn., New London County Historical Soc, Froebel Soc. of Brooklyn, Hempstead Family Ass'n, Saturday Club of New London, Conn.

BRANNAN, Sophie Marston, 939 Eighth Av., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. Mountain View, Cal.; dau. John E. and Carrie Augusta Sheldon Brannan; ed. Mark Hopkins Inst. of Art, for black and white, under Arthur F. Mathews, San Francisco, Cal.; also studied in Paris. Concour for life class and portrait at Mark Hopkins Inst, of Art, San Francisco, Emerson McMillan Landscape Prize of $100, Women's Art Club of N.Y. City. Has studios in N.Y. City and San Francisco; has exhibited in Nat. Academy of Design, N.Y., also many other places. Clubs: Sequoia (San Francisco), Women's Art, Women Painters (N.Y. City). Unitarian.

BRANNER, Susan Dow Kennedy (Mrs. John Casper Branner), Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal.

Born Oneida, N.Y.; ed. in Oneida (N.Y.) schools; Vassar Coll., A.B. '79; m. Oneida, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1883, John Casper Branner, Ph.D., LL.D. (geologist; vice-pres. Leland Stanford Jr. Univ.); two sons, one daughter. Was teacher in Germantown, Pa., 1879-80; in Utica, N.Y., 1880-83.

BRANSON, Anna Mary, Alpine, Texas.

Writer; b. Coatesville, Pa., Nov. 8, 1883; dau. Henry James and Mary Frances (Parke) Bransom; grad. Coatesville (Pa.) High School, '98; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '03, A.M. '04; graduate scholar in Latin, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1903-05. Teacher of French in the Misses Shipley's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1904-05; teacher of Latin, Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y., 1905-08. Newspaper correspondent and writer of occasional stories and articles in magazines and newspapers. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BRANSTETTER, Winnie E. (Mrs. Otto F. Branstetter), 205 W. Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

Born in Missouri, 1879; dau. Ambrose and Gertrude (Prather) Shirley; ed. Okla. Univ., Kansas City schools; m. Liberty, Mo., 1899, Otto F. Branstetter; children: Gertrude Lizzetta, Theresa Shirley. Lecturer and writer of articles for Socialist and labor press. Socially and politically active; mem. Nat. Woman's Com., Socialist Party, since 1908; general correspondent of com.


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124 since August, 1912. Delegate to Socialist conventions, 1910, 1912, representing Oklahoma. Active mem. since 1904; v.-p. of Oklahoma Suffrage Ass'n for three years; delegate to Nat. Suffrage Convention in Philadelphia, 1912. Socialist.

BRANT, Minnie Clothier (Mrs. J. A. Brant), 25 S. Thirteenth St., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Canada; dau. Asa and Catharine (Adams) Clothier; ed. Mexico (N.Y.) Sem.; m. J. A. Brant. Formerly teacher of art, including portrait painting, in various seminaries. Since marriage resident of Minneapolis, Minn. Organized Reciprocity Day among the clubs of Minneapolis, and in philanthropic work organized the Minn. State Sunshine Soc. (has been pres.) and has also been pres. of the Clothier Circle. Identified with the National Guild and has organized many circles for Guild work in Minneapolis. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Westminster Presbyterian Church. Mem. Woman's Club, Thursday Musical, D.A.R., Puritan Colony of New England Women. Organized the Authors' Study Club of Minneapolis and for 12 years was its president.

BRAY, Ella Williams, Yarmouthport, Mass.

Teacher; b. Cambridge, Mass., 1866; dau. Thomas C. and Mary (Mathews) Bray; prepared for college at Abbot Acad., Andover, Mass.; grad. Wellesley Coll., '90; summer courses at Harvard; mem. Tau Zeta Epsilon. Taught in public and private schools, in Maryland Coll., Lutherville, Md.; private school for girls, Worcester, Mass.; in Leachwood Sem., Norfolk, Va., and in St. Mary's School at Knoxville, Ill. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalism Mem. Animal Rescue League, Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Worcester College Club, Worcester Wellesley Club, Norfolk Woman's Club. Traveled a year in Europe and studied French in Paris.

BRAYTON, Sarah H., 1637 Chicago Av., Evanston, Ill.

Physician; b. Sebergham, Carlisle, England; dau. John and Mary (Fleming) Brayton; ed. in England and Medical Coll. for Women, N.Y. City, M.D. (mem. Beta Chapter A.E.I.). Elected to professorship of materia medica, N.Y. Med. Coll. for Women. Has served on medical staff Evanston (Ill.) Hospital; director and physician of Ill. Industrial School for Girls; director Grove Home for Convalescents, Evanston, Ill. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Med. Soc., Ill. Med. Soc, Chicago Med. Soc, Evanston Med. Soc, A.A.A.S., Lyceum Club (London), the Fortnightly (Chicago).

BRAZEE, Carolina A. Potter (Mrs. C. M. Brazee), 314 S. Second St., Rockford, Ill.

Born in Illinois; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now Coll.), 1855, later received degree of M.A.; m. Rockford, Ill., 1884, Col. C. M. Brazee, prominent lawyer (now deceased). Teacher in dep't of history of Rockford Coll., 1872-82. After husband's death became active as leader of literary clubs and in preparing programs for literary organizations. Has traveled extensively in U.S. and Europe. Congregationalist. Mem. Alumnae Ass'n of Rockford Coll. Has been chairman of the art and literary departments of Illinois Fed. of Women's Clubs and Rockford City Fed. of Women's Clubs.

BRAZIER, Marion Howard, Trinity Court, Dartmouth St., Boston, Mass.

Editor; b. Boston, Sept. 6, 1850; dau. William Henry and Sarah Jane (Sargent) Brazier; ed. public schools of Boston. Society editor of the Boston Post, 1890-98; edited and published the Patriotic Review, 1898-1900; society editor Boston Journal, 1903-11, now conducting a clipping bureau with a specialty in personal clippings about persons prominent in society and in notes and reports relating to women's clubs and patriotic sooieties. Lecturer. Mem. 16 organizations and founder of six, including the Professional Women's Club and the Bunker Hill and Paul Jones Chapters D.A.R., Ex-Regents (D A.R.) and Boston Parliamentary Law Clubs; mem. of Authors' Soc, Drama League, Charity Club, Cremation Soc, Boston Common Soc; honorary mem. of various organizations. Author: Perpetrations, a Book of Humor, Cheer, Philosophy and Comfort. Mem. Boston Political Club, Woman's Charity Club.

BRECKENS, Josephine White (Mrs. Joseph Allison Breckens), 1814 G St., Washington, D.C.

Newspaper correspondent; grad. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '79; m. Joseph Allison Breckens. After graduation engaged in teaching in West; was sup't of schools of Laramie County, Wyoming, 1888-90; now engaged as Washington correspondent for newspapers. Favors woman suffrage.

BRECKINRIDGE, Mary Grace, 717 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Teacher; b. Binghamton, N.Y., June 4, 1867; dau. H. S. and Lucy Ann (Gates) Breckinridge; grad. high school, Binghamton, N.Y., '85; Cornell Univ., Ph.B. '92; Albany State Normal Coll., Ph.D. '94; Columbia Univ., A.M. '08. Taught in high schools, Binghamton, N.Y.; Pittsford, Vt.; Shelton, Conn.; Summit, N.J.; Southern Sem., Buena Vista, Va.; Occidental Acad, and Coll., Los Angeles, Cal. Studied a year in France and Germany. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive in politics.

BRECKINRIDGE, Sophonisba Preston, Green Hall, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

Ass't dean of women, Univ. of Chicago; b. Apr. 1, 1866; dau. William Campbell Preston and Issa (Desha) Breckinridge; grad. Weilesley, B.S. '88, Univ. of Chicago, Ph.M. '97, Ph.D. '01. Mem. teaching staff of Univ. of Chicago since 1901, as docent in political science and assistant dean of women. Mem. Ass'n Coll. Alumnae, Nat. Conference of Charities, Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pres. Coll. Equal Suffrage League. Author: Legal Tender; A Short Story in Monetary History; The Delinquent Child and The Home (with Edith Abbot H., Ph.D.); The Modern Household (with Marion Tabbot, LL.D.).

BREED, Frances de Forest Martin (Mrs. Charles Henry Breed), Woodhull House, Lawrenceville, N.J.

Born Fairchance, Pa., Jan. 19, 1882; dau. Robert L. and Anne Leiper (Smith) Martin; ed. Alinda Prep. School, Pennsylvania Coll. for Women, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1899-1901; m. Pittsburgh, June 10, 1903, Charles Henry Breed; children: Anne Martin, Elizabeth Leiper, Henry Atwood. Interested in education of boys. Mem. N.J. Soc of Colonial Dames of America, Trent Chapter D.A.R. Clubs: Women's (Lawrenceville), Present Day (Princeton). Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage.

BREED, Mary Bidwell, St. Timothy's School, Catonsville, Md.

Educator; b. Pittsburg, Pa., 1870; dau. Henry Atwood and Cornelia (Bidwell) Breed; ed. Bryn Mawr, A.B. '94, A.M. '95, Ph.D. '01; holder of the Bryn Mawr European Fellowship, 1894-95. Dean of women, Indiana Univ., 1901-06; adviser of women, Univ. of Mo., 1906-12; associate head of St. Timothy's School, Catonsville, Md., 1912. Initiator of the Conference of Deans of Women in State Universities, which meets every two years in Chicago. Has published magazine articles on various educational topics. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae. Favors woman suffrage.

BREED, Persia Mary, 1117 First St., Louisville, Ky.

Teacher; b. Louisville, Ky.; ed. in schools of Louisville and Vassar Coll., A.B. '99. Teacher, St. John the Baptist School, N.Y. City, 1903-05; Port Jervis (N.Y.) High School, 1905-07; ssociate principal Hamilton Coll., Lexington, Ky., since 1909.

BRÉGY, Katherine Marie Cornelia, 2033 N. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Author; b. Philadelphia; dau. Judge F. Amédeé and Katherine (Maurice) Brégy; ed. private academies; literary and post-grad, courses at Univ. of Pa. Mem. Playgoing Com., Drama League, Women's Press Ass'n, Catholic Guild (a social settlement for the care of working girls). Contributor to Lippincott's, Forum, Catholic World, etc., of verse and critique. Author: The