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��MAKTY, Aletta Elise, Collegiate Inst., Ottawa,

Canada.

Teacher; b. Mitehell, Ont., Can.; dau. Fred- erick and Magdalene (Joss) Marty; ed. Mitchell High School, Hamilton Collegiate Inst., Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont., M.A., first honors in mod- ern languages with university medal. Head of modern language dep't of the Ottawa Collegiate Inst, since 1903 and before that taught in the public and high schools of Otta-wa. Visited some of the leading secondary schools of Europe, 1902, to inquire into their methods of teaching modern languages. Second woman to be elected to the Council of Queen's Univ.; has always taken an active interest in the university and president of the Alumnffi Association, 1912-13. Memiber Executive of Women's Canadian Club of Ottawa, 1913. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Principles and Practice of Reading (text book on reading in the high schools of Ontario). Mem. Board of Translators of German Classics. Pres- byterian. Mem. Women's Univ. Club of Ottawa, Women's Canadian Club of Ottawa. MAKTYN, Anna Thompson (Mrs. Chauncey W.

Martyn), 1343 Madison Park, Chicago, 111.

Born Ripley, Miss., March 17, 1873; dau. Joseph Sidney and Jane (Cole) Thompson; ed. Colorado, student in Teachers' Certificate and Graduating Class of Chicago Musical Coll., medals for piano in both classes; m. Pueblo, Colo., Oct. 24, 1894. C-^auncey W. Martyn; one son: Chauncey W. Martyn Jr., b. Feb. 6, 1305. Clubs: Horn ©wood Country, Kenwood, University. Recreations: Golf, bridge, music. Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church. Against woman suffrage.

iVIAKVEl., Mary Jackson (Mrs. Josiah Marvel),

1207 Van Buren St., Wilmington, De'..

Born Salisbury, Md., Oct. 16, 1875; dau. Hon. William H. (several terms Congressman from 1st Dist. of Md.) and Jane (Humphreys^ Jackson; is a sister of U.S. Senator "W. P. Jackson; ed. privately; m. Salisbury, Md., April 20, 1898, Jo- siah Marvel; children: Jackson, b. 18&9; Jane, b. 1900; Mary, b. 1902; Josiah, b. 1904; Ann, b. 1907; V/illlam, b. 1905; Robert, b. 1911. Supports as mem. or contributor all the important musical, literary and charitable societies of Wilmington. Clubs: Wilmington Country, New Century. Rec- reations: Music, drama. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage. MARVELL, Mary Brayton (Mrs. Edward Ira

Marvell), 33S Locust St., Fall River, Mass.

Born Fall River, May 20, 1880; dau Thomas Edward and Martha (Ireson) Brayton; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; m. Fall River, Feb. 20, 1912, Edward Ira Marvell. Mem. Ass'n Coll. Alumns, Departmental Com. of Appointment Bureau of Women's Educational and Industrial Union of Boston; treas. Fall River Working Girls' Club; sec. Southeastern Mass. Junior Auxiliary of Domestic and Foreign Missionary Soc. of Protestant Episcopal Church; assoc. Girls' Friendly Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Bryn Mawr Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n Coll. Alumnse, Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Traveling, mostly abroad; climbing in Switzerland, motoring trips through England and France. Mem. College Club of Boston; founder Fall River Dramatic Club; mem. Women's Club of Fall River, Fall River Golf Club. Has conducted mission study classes in Fall River and nearby cities; has ad- dressed various societies on ethical subjects; has given talks on travels (has been abroad five times).

MABVIK, Adelaide Hoffman '(Mrs. Wa.lter Tay- lor Mai-vln), *6 Senior St., New Brunswick,

N.J.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept. 26, 1877; dau. Luther and Margie (McRobbie) Hoffman; ed. Barnard Coll., A.B. '99 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Brooklyn, April 14, 1S03, Walter Tay- lor Marvin; children: Dorothy Hope, Hoffman. Congregationalist. Mem. Present Day Ciub of Princeton, N.J., and City Improvement Soc. of New Brunswick, N.J. MASCHMEDT, Flora Huntley (Mrs. Heinrich

Maschmedt), 1912 Fourteenth Av., North,

Seattle, Wash.

Bom Appleton, Wis.; dau. Daniel and Helen

��(Britell) Huntley; ed. Lawrence Univ., B.L. (sec- ond honor prize in English composition) ; m. Seattle, Wash., 1909, Heinrich Maschmedt; one son: Herbert Heinrich. Taught English in high schools of Wis.; Seattle High School since 1899. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Altar Cloth, and other short stories; articles in Youth's Companion, Woman's Home Companion, Mothers' Magazine, Designer, Scrap Book, Munsey's; also religious, household and farm publications. Uni- tarian. Progressive in politics. Mem. D.A.R., Order Eastern Star. Pres. Seattle Writers' Club for four years; mem. The Scribes.

MASLAND, Mary Elizabeth, 607 Fifth Av., N.Y.

City.

School principal; b. Philadelphia, 1878; dau. Joseph H. and Mary (Dalzell) Masland; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; special student Columbia Univ., 1994-05. Assoc, principal, Gardner School, N.Y. City, 1907-10. Favors woman suffrage.

MASON, Alby AValker (Mrs. William Harrison Mason), 47 49 Westminster PL, St. Louis, Mo. Born St. Louis, Mo. ; dau. Willis C. and Rus- seila Easton i Watson) Walker; ed. Mary Inst.; m. St. Louis, Feb. 28, 1888, William Harrison Mason; children: Alby Walker, Walker. Episco- palian. Against woman suffrage. MASON, Amelia Kuth Gere (Mrs. Alverln Ar- mington Mason), 645 Cass St., Chicago, 111. Born Northampton, Mass. ; dau. Frederick and Ruth Sheldon (Warner) Gere; grad. of Mt. Hol- yoke Coil. ; m. Chicago, Dec. 18, 1872, Alverin Armington Mason. Author: Women of the French Salons; V/oman in the Golden Ages; also various magazine articles in the Atlantic, Cen- tury and other publications. Presbyterian. Mem. ■The Fortnightly of Chicago, Antiquarian Soc. of Chicago Art Inst. Recreations: Literature, music, travel. Clubs: Woman's City, The Little Room, Lovers of Italy (Chicago), Drama League of America. Favprs woman suffrage (not militant). MASON, Cara Pratt (Mrs. Alexander Osborne Mason), "Comely Bank," Highland Park, 111. Born Kewanee, 111., Sept. 12, 1855; dau. Norman Hyde and Louisa A. (Sloan) Pratt; ed. in Chi- cago and Europe; grad. Conservatory of Music, Stuttgart, '79; Neue Academie der Tonkunst, Berlin, '80; pupil of Dr. Lebert and Dionyse Pruckner (court pianist of Wiirtenburg) and of Theodore Kullak (court pianist of Prussia); mem. class of Franz Liszt, Weimar, '80; m. Kewanee, 111., Sept. 3, 1882, Alexander Osborne Mason; children: James Alexander, Norman Clifford, Marion Louise, Archibald Osborne, Blanche Adalina Van Dyke. Baptized and educated in the Protestant Episcopal Church; became a mem- ber of the Unitarian Church of Jenkin Lloyd Jones of Chicago, 1886. Favors woman suffrage. Composer (songs): Awakening; The Year's at the Spring; A Song of Life; Flower in the Cran- nied Wall; Seven Songs from "The Silence of Love"; Short Songs from Many Lands; Three Serious Songs. Instrumental: Minuet, Sara- bande, Nocturne (piano) ; Fantasie, Capricclo (violin), and others. Writer of poems. Recrea- tions: Flowers, garden, music, poetry, travel. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Chicago Amateur Musical Club (pres. 1911, 1912); honorary mem. Nat. Federation of Musical Clubs. MASON, Caroline Atwater (Mrs. John H. Ma- son), 2133 Culver Rd., Rochester, N.Y. Author; b. Providence, R.I., July 10, 1853; dau. Stephen and Mary (Weaver) Atwater; ed. Friends Boarding School, Providence and N.Y., with a year's study in Germany; m. Rochester, N.Y., May 29, 1877, Rev. John H. Mason (prof. English Bible in Rochester Theological Sem.); children: Mary Atwater (Mrs. Henry W. Taylor), Ruth Little (Mrs. Willis B. Rice), Helen Carol (died in infancy). Had several years of hard study in the British Museum reading room, the Royal Library at The Hague, and study travel in the Roman Campagna. Was active in church and missionary work during 25 years of her husband's ministry. Interested in the work for working girls and in uplift social measures; strongly sympathetic with the peace movement, with all efforts for socialization of industry and tha progress of true democracy. Mem. of Soc. Op-

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��posed to Woman Suffrage. Author: A Titled Maiden; A Wind Flower; The Little Green God; Lux Christi, A Study of India; A Woman of Yes- terday; The Binding of the Strong; The Spell of Italy; The Spell of France; A Minister of the World; The Quiet King; A Lily of France. Birthright a mem. Soc. of Friends; before mar- riage became a Baptist. Mem. Am. Peace Soc. Recreations: European travel, has familiarized herself with England, Germany, Holland and Latin countries. Mem. of various local literary clubs. Leisure given largely to study, especially history and sociology.

MASON, Conie Bear (Mrs. Charles Edgar Ma- son), 805 N. Richardson Av., Roswell, N.Mex.

Born Paola, Kan., Jan. 13, 1875; dau. J. A. B. and Clara (Munkres) Bear; ed. Paola High School and Kansas State Univ. (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Roswell, N.Mex., June 11, 1901, Charles Edgar Mason; children: Barrett Bear, b. Dec. 19, 1902 (died May 13. 1905); Clara, b. Nov. 10, 1908. Pres. Board of Directors of Carnegie Library of Roswell. Cor sec. of State Fed. of Women's Clubs of N.Mex.: mem. Council of Civic League of Roswell. Favors woman suffrage. Has been active in newspaper work in all departments, editorial, news and special arti- cles. Three years pres. Woman's Club, also pres. Shakespeare Club (Roswell). Actively interested in educational and philanthropic work. MASON, Elizabeth Spaulding, 5 3 Crescent St.,

Northampton, Mass.

College professor; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '67; student of chemistry, Mass. Inst, of Technology, 1889-90, 1891-93. Teacher, Hingham, Mass., 1888; Yonkers, N.Y., 1890-91; private ass't of Mrs. R. H. Richards at Mass. Inst, of Technology, 1893-96; associate prof, chemistry. Smith Coll., since 1896. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. MASON, Era Cordelia Child (Mrs. James R.

Mason), 62 Atwater Av., Derby, Conn.

Born Henrietta, Lorain Co., Ohio, July 16, 1859; dau. Abijah and Cordelia (Ennis) Child; ed. Oberlin Coll., Ohio, and Chicago Conserva- tory (hon. mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. James R. Mason; children: James R. Jr., Evelyn Child. Dramatic reader and monologist, 1877-88. Identified with various social, religious and phil- anthropic activities. Favors woman suffrage. Has copyright for a play, Edelweisse: has con- tributed poems and other articles to various mag- azines. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. D.A.R. (regent and vice-pres. Sarah Riggs Humphreys Chapter, Derby, Conn., at various times); sec. tour years and vice-pres. four years, also di- rector Conn. Fed. Women's Clubs. Pres. two terms, vice-pres. t'wo terms and director many years of The Ansonia, Derby and Shelton Woman's Club of Conn.; mem. Civic Club -of Derby, Conn. Favors woman suffrage. MASON, riora L., 9 9 W. Britannia St., Taunton,

Mass.

Born LakeviUe, Mass., Jan. 6, 1871; dau. Ly- man and Louise (Montgomery) Mason; ed. Taun- ton public schools: Abbot Acad., Andover, Mass. (special), '89; Berlitz School of Languages, Bos- ton, '92; Radcliffe Coll. (special), '07. Pres. Taunton Hampton Ass'n, which provides a schol- arship at Hampton Inst.; chairman botanical division of Bristol Co. Acad, of Sciences. Active in social work of church, Mass. Audubon Soc. (local sec.), local hospital, Taunton Girls' Club, Ingleside Home for Girls, Taunton Boys' Club. Against woman suffrage. Contributor of poems to several papers and magazines; also a small col- lection privately printed. Congregationalist. Mem. Old Colony Historical Soc, Mass. Ass'n Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women. Recreations: Golf, canoeing, walking, nature study. Pres. Taunton Woman's Club. MASON, FranceH Bell, Boone, Iowa.

Teacher of art; b. Boone, Iowa, June 26, 1877; dau. Clinton S. and' Annette (Curry) .Mason; ed. Boone public schools, Boone. Iowa; Tilton Sem., Tllton, N.H., '95; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '99; Pratt Inst, Brooklyn, 19*11-03; Phi Sigma Soc. Taught for two years in Fairhaven, Mass.; ten years St. Louis, Mo. ; five years in supervision and five

��years in high school work. Mem. Wednesday Club, St. Louis; College Club, Wellesley Club, Monday Evening Club. Interested in the Ethical Culture Movement. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Soc. of Western Arts and Manual Training Teachers, Soc. of Intercollegiate Alumna. Rec- reations: Out-door sports. 5I.\SON, Frances Fay Calhoun (Mrs. Henry Biir-

rell Mason), 150 E. Superior St., Chicago, III.

Born Bridgeport, Conn.; dau. John B. and Frances (Thompson) Calhoun; ed. Farmington School, Conn., and abroad; m. June 12, 1880, Henry Burrell Mason; children: Calhoun (de- ceased), Eleanor (Mrs. Arthur Manierre), Rosa- lind. Active on philanthropic boards of the city. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Fortnightly Soc. of Chicago; pres. Illinois Soc. Colonial Dames of America; ex-pres. Farmington Soc. of Chicago; mem. Soc. of Colonial Governors (ex-chairman for 111.). M.4SON, Grace Sartwell (Mrs. James Redfern

Mason), Carmel-by-the-Sea, Cal.

Writer; b. Port Allegheny, Pa., Oct. 27, 1877; dau. Stephen C. and Rosina (Thompson) Sartwell; ed. public and private schools; m. July, 1902, James Redfern Mason. Writer of numerous short stories publis'hed in the leading magazines. Au- thor: The Car and the Lady, 1909; The God- parents, 1910; Licky and His Gang, 1912; The Bear's Claws, 1913. MASON, Harriet Lawrence, Drexel Institute,

West Philadelphia, Pa.

Educator; b. Keene, N.H. ; dau. Andrew R. and Lucy (Lawrence) Mason; ed. N.H. Normal School, Plymouth; Radcliffe Coll., B.S.; Univ. of Pa., M.A. Formerly instructor (now prof.) En- glish language and literature, Drexel Inst. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Author: Readings and Questions in English Literature; American Lit- erature — A Laboratory Method. Unitarian. Mem. College Club, Philadelphia. MASON, Helen Jackson (Mrs. John Thompson

Mason). 114 Baldwin Av., Detroit, Mich.

Born Washington, D.C., 1851; dau. Alonzo C. Jackson, U.S.N., and Dora Astor (Mumford) Jackson-; ed. St. Mary's Diocesan School, Raleigh, N.C. ; m. Schenectady, N.Y., 1875, John Thomson Mason, C.S.N. ; children: Dora Mumford, Stevens Thomson, Gertrude Franchot, Armistead Thom- son, Alonzo C. Jackson. Mem. King's Daugh- ters, Woman's Auxiliary Protestant Episcopal Church, Associated Charities (Baltimore and De- troit), Colonial Dames of America (Baltimore and Detroit), D.A.R. (Baltimore and Detroit). Against woman suffrage. Has taught Latin, Greek, German and French.'

M.^SON, Marion Houghton (Mrs. Stevens Thom- son Mason), 965 Jefferson Av., Detroit, Mich.

Born Buffalo, N.Y. ; daughter of Alfred Hough- ton and Caroline (Garlinghouse) Houghton; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '06: Columbia Univ., M.A. '11; School of Philanthropy, '11; m. Hartford, Conn., Aug. 8, 1911. Stevens Thomson Mason. Head worker in Guild of St. George. Baltimore, Md.; volunte-?r worker in Ass'n of Charities, De- troit, Mich. Interested in the National Flower and Fruit Guild, Christ Church Guild: mem. Ad- visory Board of District (S.E. and E.) of Ass'n of Charities; mem. Com. on Vocational Oppor- tunities for Women. Clubs: Country, College, Collegiate Alumnae, Bryn Mawr. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage: mem. Just Government League of Md., N.Y. Woman Suffrage Party, Mich. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Detroit Equal Suf- frage League, Coll. Equal Suffrage League (com- mittee service in each of these).
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Mason), 4 0a N. Seventh St., Newark, N.J.

Born N.Y. City, Feb. 3, 1S64; dau. Daniel T. ajid Jane W. (Sherman) Samson; ed. N.Y. City Normal Coll.; m. Oct. 12, 1887. Edward Thorne Mason; children: Edna Thorne, Horace Samson. Interested In Home and Foreign Missionary So- cieties. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mrm. D.A.R.; rec. sec. Woman's Health Protective .\ss'n of Brooklyn, Nat. Soc. Daughters Empire State, New Yorkers (N.Y. City), Travelers (Rose- vllle, N.J.), Nova Caeserea Chapter D.A.R., Con- ttmporary Club (Newark).

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��MASON, Mary L,yman, The Normandle, Colum- bus, Ohio.

Teacher: grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '84; graduate student in Greek and comparative philology, Cornell Univ., M.A. '92. Teacher In Mrs. May Wright Sewali's School for Girls, Indianapolis, 1886; Boston, private school, 1889; Central High School, Columbus, Ohio, 1892-1901, and again since 1902. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n (vlce- pres. 1886-88).

MASON, Mary Quaife Smith (Mrs. Charles Tru- man Mason), 317 Henry Av., Grand Rapids. Mich.

Born Elkhart, Ind., Nov. 29, 1872; dau. Ed- ward C. and Susan Jane (Bushnell) Smith; ed. Brainerd, Minn.; m. Oct. 14, 1902, Charles Tru- man Mason; children: Jerome H., Evelyn Al- berta, both married. After leaving high school was a stenographer and for three years head stenographer for Nelson Morris & Co. Interested in all public welfare movements. Favors v/oman suffrage. Congregationalist. Officer in Daugh- ters of Veterans; active worker in A. B. Watson Woman's Relief Corps. Mem. Igarasil Club (three times elected) ; pres. Grand Rapids Fed. of Women's Clubs (representing over 2,000 club women).

MASON, Maud M., 218 W. Fifty-ninth St., N.T. City.

Artist, teacher of art; b. Russelleville, Ky., 1870; dau. Damascus K. and Sarah (Ryan) Ma- son; ed. Louisville High School, Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Pratt Inst., Brooklyn; Lon- don School of Art, pupil of Arthur W. Dww, William M. Chase, Frank Brangwyn, Henry B. Snell. Vice-pres. National Soc. of Craftsmen of N.Y. ; mem. Boston Arts and Crafts Soc, Municipal Art Soc, National Arts Club, Pen and Brush Club; pres. Ass'n of Women Painters and Sculptors (formerly The Woman's Art Club of N.Y.).

MASON, Rebecca P. Stevenson (Mrs. Frederick Thurston Mason), 2118 Walnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia; dau. A. May and Anna (Phillips) Stevenson; ed. Philadelphia; m. Phila- delphia, Frederick Thurston Mason. Episcopal- Ian. Mem. Acorn Club.

MASON, Susan Hinke (Mrs. Calvin Day Mason), 527 W. Pleasr.nt St., Ashland, Ohio. Born Indianapolis, Dec. 1, 1861; dau. Josiah Locke (formerly editor Indianapolis Journal and manager Chicago Advance) and Frances (Spren- gle) Locke; ed. public schools, private school in N.Y. City, and Pa. Coll. for V/omen, Pittsburgh, A.B. '77 (class poet); m. Ashland, Ohio, May 7, 1891, Calvin Day Mason; children: Josiah Locke, James Day, Frances Elizabeth. Formerly mem. Indianapolis Women's Club and Ashland Lotus Club (both literary); charter mem. Ashland Music Club; vice-pres. Women's Missionary Soc. of First Presbyterian Church; mem. Mothers' Club. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Aohland Public Library Ass'n, Alumnse Ass'n of Pa., uollege for Women, Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. of Presbyterian Church; in choir work 20 years. Mem. Indianapolis Woman's Club, Ashland Lotus Club, Ashland Bible Study Club, Ashland Music Club, Ashland Mothers' Club.

MASON, Virginia Murdoch Wilson (Mrs. John Quincy Mason), 2501 Washington Av., North, Tacoma, Wash.

Born Oanonsburg, Pa.; dau. Thomas McKean and Elizabeth H. (Murdoch) Wilson; ed. put>lic schools, later by tutors at heme; m. Moberly, Mo., June 8, 1875, John Quincy Mason of Chi- sago, 111.; children: Edward Wilson, Charles Wilson, Thomas Wilson Mason. Mem. various philanthropic and charitable organizations, and active in all altruistic affairs for the betterment of conditions and the uplift of humanity regard- less of credal or social distinctions. Suffragist; vice-pres. Washington Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Campaign manager during "Votes for Women" campaign; vice-pres. Nat. Council of Women Voters; State pres. Council of Women Voters; Berved twice as foreman of the jury in police

��court, and also served 30 days as juror in th« Superior Court. Non-sectarian in religion. Mem. D.A.R., P.E.O. Sisterhood, Municipal Ss<:ial Service Board (appointed for one year, and at expiration of term reappointed by mayor for fiva years) ; mem. Presidents' Council of Women's Organizations; charter mem. Woman's Club; founder of Nesika Club; originated, planned and founded the Query Club. Her home is a center of social life and many distinguished guests are met at her social functions. MASSE, Mathilde Marie von Eschenbach, Hotel

(.'xford, Copley Sq., Boston, Mass.

Physician; b. in Canada, July 7, 1880; dau. Odilon von Eschenbach and Virginia (Plourde) Masse; ed. public schools. Convent of Notra Dame, Diplome SupSrieur, Paris, France, M.D.; Tufts Medical School, Boston. Engaged in prac- tice of medicine. Also Stock Exchange operator, though never on margin. Mem. Tufts Med. Alumni Ass'n, Women's Municipal League, League for the Relief of Tuberculosis, Taber- nacle Soc (sewing for poor churches). Favors woman suffrage. Author of articles on soci- ology. Roman Catholic Fellow Boston Med. Library; mem. Alliance Frangaise. Recreations: Music, piano and German language. Mem. Salon Frangaise Club. MASSINGHAM, Agnes Boyce (Mrs. Sherman

Massingham), Crafton, Pa.

Born Midway, Pa., Apr. 23, 1873; dau. Richard and Sarah (Lindsey) Boyce; efl. Pittsburgh Acad.; Slippery Rock (Pa.) State Normal Scfiool, B.A., M.A.; m. Pittsburgh, June 28, 1898, Sher- man Massingham; children: Sherman, Richard, Ruth, Elizabeth, Esther. School teacher. Epis- copalian. Recreations: Tennis, walking. Mem. Woman's Club of Crafton. MASTERS, Edna Crocker (Mrs. F. N. Masters),

Oneida, 111.

Born Clay Centre, Neb., Apr. 13, 1888; dau. Ed- gar P. and Mary (Kennedy) Crocker; ed. Lombard Coll., Galesburg, 111.; m. Knoxville, 111., Jan. 22, 1907, Fred Nation Masters; one daughter: Verna Beunier. Musician, singer and piano player. In- terested in church work and charities. Mem. Disciples of Christ Church. Mem. New Century Club of Oneida. Interested in Dis't and State Federation work, and has held office in Fifteenth Dis't Fed. of Women's Clubs of 111. since ' its orKanization; director Chicago College Club, 1913-15. MASTERS, Helen Jenkins (Mrs. Edgar Lee

Masters). 4S53 Kenwood Av., Chicago, III.

Born Chicago; dau. Robert E. and Marcia (Raymond) Jenkins; ed. Rockford (lil.) Coll.; grad. Rockford Coll. Conservatory of Music, 1893; m. June 21, 1898, Edgar Lee M'^.sters, lawyer and author; children: Hardin, Maneline, Marcia Lee. In 190-> was a delegate to tD« Ountinental Congress, D.A.R.; served as an cflBcer of Chi- cago Chapter D.A.R., and of Rockford Coll. Ass'n; mem. Council of Actors' Church Alliance (Chicago Chapter, 1908-1910). Charter mem. Chi- cago College Club (the Woman's University Club), chairman Social Com. and in charge of all social work of Chicago College Club, 1910-13. Favors woman suffrage.

MASTERSON, Mrs. Kate, The Criterion, 6 W.

Tenth St., N.Y. City.

Author, journalist, playwright; b. Newburgh, N.Y., 1870; ed. in convent school. On leaving school engaged in newspaper work, first on Dramatic Mirror, afterward ed'Ltorial work on N.Y. Herald, and later correspondent in the field for N.Y. Americah during the Cuban in- surrection in 1896, and other work for that and other newspapers in N.Y. City, including Loudon and Paris correspondence. Won the prize of- fered by N.Y. Sun for answer to Edward Mark- ham's Man With a Hoe, 1900, and contributed numerous sketches to the Sun afterward. Author: The Dobleys, 1901; won Munsey prize for topical poems, 1904; special writer Philadelphia Press Syndicate, 1905-7; contributor to many magazines and weeklies. Author: The Thirteenth Apostle, 1904; A Yellow Primrose (three-act comedy), 1906.

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��MASTICK, Josephine Hlnchman (Mrs. Reuben Wood Mastlck), Hayward, Cal., Route No. 1, Box A.

Born San Francisco; dau. Thomas Walworth and Josephine H. (Squire) Hlnchman; ed. Clark's Inst.; Misses Metcalf School; Advanced School, Utlca, N.Y. ; m. Alameda, Cal., 18S4, Reuben Wood Mastlck; children: Reuben Wood, Mrs. Henry W. Blagen, Margery. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Ellen Sargent Club, San Fran- cisco; former pres. Franchise League, Hayward; now pres. Union Civic Centre of Hayward. Pres. Alameda Club; mem. California Club; mem. Hill and Valley Club, Hayward.

MASTIN, Flora WiUiams (Mrs. W. H. Mastin), Frankfort, Ky.

Physician; b. FYankfort, Ky., July, 1864; dau. Henry R. and Sara (Gayle) Williams; ed. Univ. of Mich., '86; m. Louisville, Ky., 1889, W. H. Mastin; children: Stewart, Sherley. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. Franklin Co. Med. Soc, Ky. Midland Med. Soc., Ky. State Med. Soc.

MATHEWS, Blanche Dingley (Mrs. W. S. B. Mathews), 25 W. Eighteenth Av., Denver, Colo.

Composer and teacher; b. Auburn, Me., May 27, 1873; dau. Frank L. and Lucinda Mary (Greeley) Dingley; ed. Auburn, Me.; Boston, Berlin, Chi- cago; m. W. S. B. Mathews. Special attention given to the placing of music upon a graded basis, that teachers of music may pass examina- tions, same as teachers in other branches. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Author: Class Book in Music; Musicians' Music Sheet; Graded Course of Study. Founder of Piano School in Chicago. Teacher in special normal and in large convent communities and works in different centres of United States.

MATHEWS, Frances Aymar, care Bobbs-Merrlll Co., Indianapolis, Ind.

Writer; b. N.Y. City; dau. Daniel A. and Sara Eayres (Webb) Mathews. Interested In the stage and foreign politics. Against woman suffrage. Author: Little Tragedy at Tietsin; My Lady Peggy Goes to Town, 1901; Pretty Peggy (play); Christmas Honeymoon (novel); Joan D'Arc (play); If David Knew; The Red Swan; Mam- zelle; My Lady Peggy Leaves Town; Stranger Passing By (play); Up to Him (novel and play). Episcopalian. Recreations: Horses, dancing, travel, orchestral music.

MATHEWS, Helen Whitman (Mrs. Edward Bennett Mathews), 1410 Linden Av., Balti- more, Md.

Born Troy, N.Y., April 17, 1876; dau. William Warren and Nancy (3rane Whitman; ed. Troy Female Sem.. The Elms, Springfield; grad. Vas- sar Coll., A.B. '98; m. Troy, N.Y., Sept. 12, 1900, Edward Bennett Mathews (prof, of mineralogy in Johns Hopkins Univ.); one daughter: Mar- garet, b. Aug. 2, 1903. Corresponding sec. Board of Managers Light St. Free Kindergarten, Balti- more; chairman local Executive Com. Woman's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to Southern Baptist Convention. Baptist. Mem. College Club of Baltimore.

MATHEWS, Rachel ElUcott (Mrs. Edward L. Mathews), 901 Ditmas Av., Flatbush, Brook- lyn, N.Y.

Bom Baltimore Co., Md., Feb. 23, 1870; dau. Thomas P. and Caroline M. (Allen) Ellicott; ed. Baltimore, Md. Edgeworth School, Bryn Mawr School; m. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 27, 1894, Ed- ward L. Mathews; children: Edward L., Sarah White, Thomas Poultney Ellicott. Mem. Soc. of Orthodox Friends. Favors woman suffrage. MATHOT, Alice Croly (Mrs. William L. Mathot), Groton, N.Y., Box 208. Bom N.Y. City; dau. David G. and Jane (Vaughn) Croly; ed. N.Y. City and abroad; m. William R. Mathot; one daughter: Josephine Alice. Against woman suffrage. Congregatlon- ftllst. Sec. Woman's Missionary Society, Groton, N.Y.; mem. Sorosla Club, N.Y. City. MATLACK, Mrs. George S., 106 S. Second St., Lewlsburg, Pa,

Bom Milton, Pa.; dau. Philip and Susan (Foll- mer) BUlmeyer; ed. Bucknell Sem., Lewlsburg,

��Pa.; m. Nov. 28, 1877, George S. Matlack; ona daughter: Mary Matlack Raignel. Pros. Univer- sity Club of Lewisiburg. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Bucknell Alumnae Club (Lewlsburg).

MAT80N, Anna Glover (Mrs. Nathaniel Mat- son), 1249 Pacific St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Born Brooklyn, N.Y., April 18, 1851; dau. John I. and Rhoda A. (Hallock) Glover; m. Brooklyn, June 14, 1871, Dr. Nathaniel Matson; children: Esther, Clarine Van Bergen, Anna Nathalie. Interested in free kindergarten and library movements, Y.W.C.A. Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendents, State of N.Y. ; Long Island Soc, D.A.R., N.Y. Peace Soc, Brooklyn Woman'a Club, Brooklyn Heights Seminary Club, Fire- place Library Club of Brook Haven, L.I. Rec- reation: Gardening. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Ass'n. MATSON, Kathleen Connor (Mrs. Joseph Mat- son), Fort Washington, Md. Born Burlington, la., June 10, 1877; dau. Ed- ward W. and Kate (Darrow) Connor; ed. Bur- lington High School; Iowa State Univ.; Cornell Univ., A.B. '98 (Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Ithaca, N.Y., Apr. 26, 1904, Capt. Joseph Matson, U.S.A.; children: Joseph, Francis Connor, Edward. So- cial duties largely confined to army post where stationed. Oongregationalist.

MATTERN, Gertrude Lewis (Mrs. Edwin L.

Mattern), 1008 Farragut St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., Oct. 29, 1873; dau. John L. and Annie (Glosser) Lewis; ed. Stevens' School for Girls, Philadelphia; Bryn Mawr Preparatory School. Pa. Coll. for Women; m. Pittsburgh, Pa.. 1901, Edward L. Mattern. Cor. sec. of Board of Directors Juvenile Court Ass'n of Allegheny Co., Pa. ; chairman Social Service Group of Women of First Baptist Church. Favors woman suffrag*. Mem. Equal Franchise Ass'n, Western Pa. (membership com.). Baptist. Mem. Soho Baths Settlement, Civic Club of Allegheny Co., Pa.; Consumers' League of Allegheny Co., Art Soc, Associated Charities. Mem. Tuesday Musical Club, Twentieth Century Club, Pittsburgh, Pa.

MATTHEWS, Agrnes Rounds (Mrs. Edwin Scott Matthews), 117 W. Fifty-eighth St., N.Y. City. Author and lecturer; b. Cleveland, O. ; dau. Dr. Charles C. and Kate Nixon (Stowell) Rounds; ed. at home. Miss Wesselhoeft's School, Boston; State Normal School, Wellesley Coll., and Cour Desir, Paris, France; m. Plymouth, N.H., July 10, 1888, Edwin Scott Matthews, engineer, inventor and patent expert; one son: Harold Nixon. Lecturer and director of Training School for Teachers, Cambridge, Mass., before marriage. Author of special articles and stories; Training of Teachers (education); Composition (serial in New England Journal of Education); The Seven Champions of Christendom, 1911. Addressed the National Educational Ass'n and other educational bodies; lectured for the N.Y. Board of Education and for the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of N.Y. City; for- mer mem. New England Woman's Club of Bos- ton; mem. D.A.R.

MATTHEWS, Florence B. (Mrs. Joseph H. Mat- thews), 731 S. Fifth St.. Arkansas City, Kan. Physician; b. Greenville, 111., Feb. 6, 1857; dau. Clifford Ward and Malvina (Richardson) Hol- den; grad. Greenville High School, '73; Almlra Coll., Greenville, 111., '76; Univ. of Mich. Homoeo- pathic Dep't, M.D. '81; m. Gainesville, Tex., 1888, Joseph H Matthews; children: Daniel A. (died), Arthur M., Robert L.. William U. (died), Bar- bara (died). Prof, of anatomy, Women's Med. Coll., St. Louis, 1883; prof, of anatomy to women, Homoeopethic Coll. of Mo., 1SS4. Interested in Sunday-school work; was sec. of Bond Co. Sun- day-school Ass'n for several years; worker In Adult and Home Dep'ts. Recreations: Reading, gardening. Presbyterian. Favors woman suf- frage. Republican.

MATTHEWS, Tmia Blanchard (Mrs, Frank E.

Matthews), 300 N. Vernon Av., Pasadena, Cal.

Author; b. Barry Co., Mich., Sept. 16, 1872; dau. James A. and Alice (Baldwin) Blanchard; ed. Barry Co. graimnar and high schools; m.

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Nov. 25, 1891, Frank E. Matthews; one daughter: Esther Alfreda, b. March 25, 1897 (died Nov. 12, 1910). Author: Under a Circus Tent; Once a Merman, and articles in several periodicals. Mem. United Brethren Church. Democrat. Mem. Rebecca Lodge. Recreations: Raising of flowers, experiments with camera, and psychological study.

MATTHEWS, Jane Skinker (Mrs. Claude Lev. ering Matthews), 4261 McPherson Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, April 9, 1886; dau. T. K. and A. Bertha (Rives) Skinker; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis (cum laude), 1897-1903; St. Margaret's, Waterbury, Conn., summa cum laude, 1904; m. 1906, Claude Levering Matthews; children: Rives Skinker, Jane Skinker, Claudia Levering. Vicepres. Maternity Hospital Board. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Rowing, swimming, motoring, tennis, skating, riding, dancing, bridge, reading, plays. Clubs: Imperial, Country.

MATTIS, Elsie Curtis (Mrs. George McKinley Mattis\ 203 N. Prospect St., Champaign, 111. Born Chicago, 111., July 5, 1881; dau. William Eleroy and Cora (Kepler) Curtis; ed. private schools in Washington and Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; m. Washington, D.C., Oct. 16, 1909, George McKinley Mattis; one daugnter: Molly, b. Oct. 1, 1910. Traveled almost continuously in all parts of the world with her father; when traveling acted as his secretary in his newspaper work until 1909. Presbyterian. Republican.

MAULE, Mary Katherine (Mrs. John P. Maule), Rye, N.T.

Writer; b. Pekin, 111., Apr. 9, 1861; dau. Hehry P.^and Margaret (F^nnelley) Finigan; ed. Univ. of 'Neb.; m. Lincoln, Neb., 1878, John P. Maule; children: Frances, Florence, Harry E. Began writing as a profession in 1898; in 1900 went on Denver (Colo.) Times, editor woman't dep't, 190005; special correspondent N.Y. papers, 1905. Mem. Denver Woman's Club; officer Denver Press Club; mem. Sorosis, Cliff Dwellers' Ass'n, and social clubs. Author: Molly Bawn; The Little Knight of the X Bar B; serial story. The House of the Purple Windows; short stories. The Verdict, Branded, Bill Crowther's Last Stand, Petro, The Great Transformer, Along the Red Trail, and many others. Recreations: Swimming, tramping, bird and nature study. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Nat. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n, Woman's Suffrage Party, N.Y. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n.

MAULL, Millicent Howell (Mrs. James Lehman Maull), W. Whiteland P.O., Pa. Born Philadelphia, May 8, 1868; dau. William Rumford and Millicent Ann (Gottier) Howell; ed. St. Agnes School, Philadelphia; m. Philadelphia, Jan. 2, 1889, James Lehman Maull; children: William Raymond, Margaret Howell, Millicent Luisa. Mem. Sedgeley Club, Philadelphia. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

MAURY, Antonia Coetana, Hastlngs-on-Hudson, N.Y. Astronomer and teacher; b. Cold-Spring-on Hudson, N.Y., Mar. 21, 1866; dau. Rev. Mytton Maury, D.D., and Virginia (Draper) Maury; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '87. Engaged in Harvard Coll. Observatory,1889-95; teacher of physical science in the Oilman School, Cambridge, Mass., 1891-94; Miss Mason's School, Tarrytown, N.Y., since 1909. Specializes in astronomical research. Author: Classification of the Spectra of Bright Stars (Harvard Annals, 1897). Mem. Brooklyn Inst, of Arts and Sciences.

MAURY, Carlotta Joaqulna, Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y. Geologist; b. Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.; dau. Rev. Mytton and Virginia (Draper) Maury; ed. Cornell Univ., Ph.D. '96; Univ. of Paris, 1898-99; Cornell, Ph.D. '02; Schuyler fellow in geology, 1897-98, Sigma Xi '98 (Delta Gamma). Ass't Columbia Univ., dep't of palaeontology; lecturer palaeontology, Barnard Coll.; ass't Louisiana State Geological Survey; lecturer Huguenot Coll., Univ. of the Cape of Good Hope. Author: Comparison of the Oligocene of Western Europe and the Southern United States; New Oligocene Shells from Florida; Deep Well Fossils from Terrebonne Parish; Rock Salts (with others); Quaternary and Recent Mollusca of the Gulf Coast; contributor to t^e Palaeontology of Trinidad Island. Fellow A.A.A.S.; cor. mem. Philadelphia Acad. Science. Recreation: Traveling. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

MAUS, Mattie Lindsay Poor (Mrs. Marion P.

Maus), care War Departm-ent, Washington,

D.C.

Born Skaneateles, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1875; dau. Charles H. and Cornelia (Longstreet) Poor; ed. private schools, Washington, D.C; Mrs. Collier's School, Mrs. Piatt's School, Utica; Milles, Thavonet and Taylor, Neuilly sur-Seine, France; m. Skaneateles, N.Y.. June 2S, 1899, Gen. Marion P. Maus, U.S.A. E>piscopalian. Mem. Nat. Soc, Colonial Dames of America, Army and Navy League, Army Relief. MAUZT, Anna J. Koss (Mrs. Hugh Elliott

Mauzy), 5th and Morgan Sts., Rushville, Ind.

Musician; b. Rushville, Ind., Jan. 25, 1885; dau. Emerson and Judith (Theis) Ross; ed. Richmond (Ind.) schools; Cincinnati Coll. of Music, Fairmont Coll., Washington D.C; m. Richmond, Ind., Sept. 8, 1909, Hugh Elliott Mauzy; one daughter: Judith Mauzy, b. 1911. Accompanist at May Festival in 1907, Richmond; pianist in orchestra during high school years; organist at Grace M.E. Church, 1906-09. Prss. of Rushville Music Club and Eutopia Club. Mem. Christian Church.

MAXIM, Florence, 40 Maple St., Hyde Park,

Mass.

Writer, composer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., June 4, 1S73; dau. Hiram S. and Jane (Budden) Maxim; ed. grammar and high schools of Hyde Park, Mass.; grad. New England Conservatory of Music. Club: Hyde Park Current Events. Favors woman suffrage.

MAXWELL, Anna Caroline, 41 East Seventieth

St.. N.Y. City.

Sup't School of Nursing, the Presbyterian Hospital, N.Y. City; b. Bristol, N.Y., 1851; dau. Eglinton and Diantha (Brown) Maxwell; home education in Western N.Y.; grad. Training School for Nurses, the Boston (Mass.) City Hospital. Sup't Training School for Nurses, Mass. General Hospital, Boston, Mass.; sup't Training School for Nurses. St. Luke's Hospital, N.Y. City. Author: Practical Nursing (Maxwell and Pope). Mem. Boston City Hospital Alumnae, Am. Nurses' Ass'n, the Women's Cosmopolitan Club, Caroline County Club. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage; mem. N.Y. State Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage.

MAXWELL, Carrie Est*lle, 67 West St., Portland, Me.

Teacher of china painting, oil and water colors; b. Cape Elizabeth, Me., Dec. 29, 1863; dau. Eben and Mary C (Jordan) Maxwell; ed. Portland (Me.) public schools; studied drawing and oil painting with Miss Henrietta Quincy and Harrison B. Brown at Portland; china painting with S. T. Callowhill and Gertrude Cherney Davis at Boston. Teacher of china painting since 1900, doing her own firing and that of pupils, using original designs and studies made in water colors from nature. Many original paintings, both in oil and water colors, have been accepted and hung by the Portland Soc. of Art at the annual exhibitions. Mem. Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter D.A.R. Clubs: Brush and Thimble, Nature Study, Woman's Literary Union. Methodist. MAXWELL, Clara M. Barry (Mrs. Lawrence Maxwell), Edgecliffe Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio. Born Ann Arbor, Mich.; dau. Robert John and Sarah Amelia (Moseley) Barry; ed. Ann Arbor, Mich.; m. Ann Arbor, Lawrence Maxwell, of Cincinnati, Ohio (Solicitor-General in second Cleveland administration); children: Eleazer Darrow, Marjorie Graydon, Jean Schmidlapp. Pres. Widows' and Old Men's Home; pres. Cincinnati Woman's Club; chairman Cincinnati Biennial Board of 1910; chairman of Dep't of Music of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Against woman suffrage.


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MAXWELL, Emma Eliza, North Side High

School, Denver, Colo.

Teacher; b. Clymer, N.Y. ; dau. C. M. and E. A. (Brown) Maxwell; ed. Cornell Univ., B.S.; Chi- cago Univ., Univ. of Cal. Favors woman suf- frage. Independent in politics. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Denver Teachers' Club, Woman's Educational Club.

MAXWELL, Ernestine McDaniel (Mrs. J. A.

Maxwell), Ft. ilorgan, Colo.

Born Beech Grove, Ky. ; dau. A. X. and Frances (Brown) McDaniel; ed. in Ky. and Ark., in pub- lic schools and by private teachers; m. Greenville, Miss., 1900, J. A. Maxwell. Taught in public schools in Ark. before marriage. Mem. State Central Com. of Citizens' Party; mem. dist. com. of women for Progressive Parly. Writes for magazines and local papers under a nom-de- plume. Author: Memories of the Old South; Colorado in the Making; Pioneer Days as Told by the Old Timers. Eligible to D.A.R. ; worker in Episcopal Guild. Club: Shakespeare (organ- ized in 1910, federated 1911). Recreations: Boat- ing, riding in Western style (astride), croquet, walking. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive Party.

MAXWELL, Gertrude .\ppleget Wyckoflf (Mrs.

James M. Maxwell), Hightstown, X.J.

Born Wyckofl's Mills, X.J., May 7, 1S40; dau. Peter and Elizabeth (Baird) Wyckoff; grad. Free- hold Y&ung Ladies' Sem., '59; m. Highstown, N.J., Oct. 26, 1S65, Rev. James M. Maxwell. Pres. Hightstown Improvement Ass'n; registrar Mon- mouth Chapter D.A.R. ; sec. Monmouth Presby- terian Home Missionary Soc. ; pres. local church soc. ; interested in W.C.T.U. Writer of various newspaper articles and reports of societies, clubs and associations. Favors woman suffrage.

MAXWELL, Laura, Easton. Pa.

Born Easton, Pa., Feb. 5, ISoS; dau. Henry D. Maxwell (Judge of Northampton County) and Maria Louise (Honeyman) Maxwell (dau. of Dr. John Honeyman, M.D., of Hunterdon Co., N.J.); ed. Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn., 1874-75, and Miss McCarrell's School, Easton, Pa. Mem. Executive Board of Y.W.C.A. ; mem. Charity Organization Soc, Woman's Club, Fort- nightly Literary Club, MoAU Mission Auxiliary, Bible-class teacher. Favors woman suffrage. Author: In Suabia Land. Presbyterian. Recrea- tions: Nature study, botany.

MAY, Winifred Martin (Mrs. Glenn F. May), 441 Columbia PI., East St. Louis, 111. Born Salem, 111., Feb. 4, 1869; dau. Thompson S. and Jennie (Wren) Martin; ed. Salem (111.) public school; m. Vincennes, 111., 1889, Glenn F. May; children: Maybelle Lawrence, Helen, Doro- thy. Interested in East St. Louis Y.W.C.A. (board of directors); Ladies' Auxiliary of Hen- rietta Hospital; Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc; Ladies' Aid of M.E. Church. Gluts: Wednesday (pres.). Ladies' Literary, Schubert Musical. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

MAYER, Belle Faick (Mrs. Joseph B. Mayer),

14 E. Sixtieth St., N.Y. City.

Born Palmyra, N.Y. ; dau. Abram and Kathryn (Adler) Falck; ed. Buffalo private schools and in England; m. Buffalo, N.Y., 1874, Joseph B. Mayer; children: Eugenie Marion Grimes, Jack Arthur, Lawrence Julian. Interested in various social and philanthropic organizations; charter mem. Twentieth Century Club, Buffalo; former vloe-pres. Woman's Educational and Industrial Union (Buffalo); former mem. Board of Trus- tees (Auxiliary) Gen. Hospital, Children's Aid Soc. Favors woman suffrage; captain 29th As- sembly District Women's Political Union, Wo- men's Suffrage Party. Episcopalian (mem. St. Thomas Church) Mem. Post Parliament, Auxil- iary No. 1 of Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, Women's College Club. Appointed by Gov. Odell one of the managers for the Blind Inst, at Batavia, N.Y., sorved 1901-05. Chairman Exec Com. for an organization formed to ass't volunteers on their return from the Cuban War.

��M.4lYER, Mary Hicks (Mrs. George H. Mayer), Kinmundy, 111.

Born Covington, Ind., Jan. 1, 1876; dau. Fran- cis Marion and Mary Elmira (Sloan) Hicks; ed. Indianapolis High School and Girls' Classical School; m. Champaign, 111., Nov. 2S, 1904, George H. Mayer. Mem. DuQuion (111.) Woman's Club, Kinmundy (111.) Woman's Club. Recrea'ions: Hunting, riding, driving, out-of-door sports. MAYER, Mrs. Max, 714 College St., Iowa City, Iowa.

Bom Iowa City, Iowa, 1872; dau. Moses and Sarah (Wise) Bloom; ed. St. Mary's Acad., South Bend, Ind.; State Univ. of Iowa, St. Katherine'a Hall, Davenport, Iowa; m. Iowa City, March 20, 1894, Max Mayer; one son, Edward B. Mayer, b. July 4, 1895; step children: Florence, b. Jan. 27, 18S8; Lawrence, b. Oct. 16, 1889. Helped establish free garbage system in Iowa City and several other towns; also public playgrounds, visiting nurses. Home for Aged Women and White Cross Home. Favors woman suffrage. Author of two Year Books for Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs. Jewess. Mem. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, Art Circle, W. W. Club, SUte Historical Soc, Drama League, Associated Char- ities, Hebrew Inst, of Chicago, Elk's Ladies. Recreations: Golf, bridge, playgrounds, writing, sewing. Mem. Reading Circle, two evening bridge clubs, Country Club. Cor. sec. Iowa Fed. of Women's Club; pres. Iowa City Improvement League; chairman of Visiting Nurses' Ass'n; treas. Home for Aged Women; chairman of Play- grounds Ass'n.

M.\ YNARD, Lucy Julia Warner (Mrs. George Colton Maynard), The Woodley, Washington, D.C.

Born Halstead, Pa., Feb. 18, 1852; dau. Henry and Julia (Truesdell) Warner; ed. Millersville, Pa.; studied piano with William Mason; m. Hal- stead, April 10, 1879, George Colton Maynard, curator U.S. National Museum; children: (iolton, Henry Warner, Chandler, George Maudsley. Au- thor: Birds of Washington and Vicinity; Letters and Journals of Colton Maynard, Warner Genealogy; essays on various subjects. Presby- terian. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames of America, Audubon Soc; pres. Eistophos Science Club, 1899-1901; mem. Twentieth Century Club, Washington, D.C. Recreations: Music and gar- dening.

>L\.YXAKD, Slargaret Ryerson, 84 S. Broadway, Xyack, N.Y.

Tutor; b. Nyack, N.Y., Feb. 9, 1885; dau. Ed- ward H. and Elsie (De R. Morford) Maynard; ed. Nyack High School; the Baldwin School; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. Assoc, mem. Women's Board of Domestic Missions of Reformed Church in America; interested in Sunday-schools. Mem. Women's University Club (N.Y. City), Nyack Country Club, Bridge Club. Recreations: Tennis, walking, driving, boating, music, piano, travel- ing. Mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Favors woman suffrage.

M.\YXARD, Mila Tnpper (Mrs. R. A. Maynard), 1634 W. Thirty-ninth St., Los Angeles, Cal. Lecturer, writer; b. Brighton, la.; dau. Allen and Ellen (Smith) Tupper; grad. Cornell Univ., B.L. '89 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Chi- cago, 1893, R. A. Maynard; one daughter: Kath- erine, b. 1900. Ordained to ministry (Unitarian), 1889. at La Porte, Ind. ; pastor Unitarian Church, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1891-93; Reno, Nev., 1893-95; Santa Monica, Cal.. 1895-97; Salt Lake City, 1897- 99; Broadway Temple, Denver, 1899-1900. Edi- torial writer. Rocky Mountain News, 1903-07. L6H;turer on modern drama, Cumnock School of Expression, Los Angeles. Lecturer in social and literary lines, 1907—. Has done much writing for Socialist press. In charge of drama dep't in Eball Club, 1911-12, and 1912-13. In campaigns for suffrage amendment in Cal., 1896-11; pros. Los Angeles Suffrage Ass'n, 1896. Lectured through- out the campaigns; helped in campaign of 1911. A voter of Utah and Colorado for years. .Author: Walt Whitman. Poet of Wider Selfhood; Brown- ing's Saul (a monograph). Unitarian. Socialist. Mem. Intercollegiate Socialist Soc, Press Club. Mem. Ebell Club, Los Angeles; Woman's City Club, Gelpin Shakespeare Club. Was in the min-

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��Istry till 1900, since then a newspaper woman and lecturer, forming classes for the minute study of Ibsen and modern drama a specialty.

MAYO-82VIITH, Mabel (Mrs. Richmond Mayo- Smith), 305 W. Seventy-seventh St., N.Y. City. Born Brooklyn, N.T., Aug. 1, 1863; dau. Gordon Lester and Emily Ellswort (Fowler) Ford; ed. Brooklyn, N.Y. ; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., June 4, 1884, Richmond Mayo-Smith; children: Lucia, Anabel, Richmond. Mem. Colonial Dames of the State of N.Y., Barnard Club. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

MEAI), Ada Wing (Mrs. Albert Davis Mead), 28 3 Wayland Av., Providence, R.I. Born N. Charleston, N.H. ; dau. Albert Thomas and Emma (Atwell) Wing; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '87; Brown Univ., A.M. '98; m. July 2, 1902, Albert Davis Mead, prof, biology Brown Univ. Head Dep't of Biology, Western Coll., Oxford, Ohio, 1890-92; teacher history and mathematics, Monson Acad., 1892-95; instructor in hygiene and sanitary science. Women's Coll., in Brown Univ., 1896-1900; ass't professor of physiology and sani- tation in same, 1900-01. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, The Naples Table Ass'n, Sigma Xi, R.L Women's Club.

MEAD, Elizabeth Storrs (Mrs. Hiram Mead), Oberlln, Ohio.

Former college president; b. Conway, Mass., May 21, 1832; dau. Charles Eugene and Sarah Williston (Storrs) Billings; ed. in seminary, Ipsrwich, Mass. ; received honorary degrees of A.M., Oberlin, 1890; Smith Coll., L.H.D. 1900; m. South Hadley, Mass., Aug. 5, 1858, Rev. Hiram Mead (died 1881). In conjunction with sister conducted a small private school at Andover, Mass., 1842-58; Instructor in English composition, Oberlin Coll., 1881-83; teacher, Abbott Acad., Andover, Mass., 1883-89; pres. Mt. Holyoke Acad, from 1890 to 1900, when resigned and retired. MEAD, Emily Fogg: (Mrs. Edward Sherwood Mead), Longlands, Holicong-, Pa. Born Chicago, lU., Aug. 28, 1871; dau. James Leland and Elizabeth Bogart (Lockwood) Fogg; ed. public schools and Lake View High School, Chicago; Wellesley Coll., 1889-91; Univ. of Chicago, 1895-97, A.B. '97; fellow in political science, Bryn Mawr ColJ., 1897-98; fellow by courtesy and grad. scholar, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898-99; fellow In sociology, Univ, of Pa., 1899- 1900 (mem. Shakespeare Soc., Wellesley); m. Philadelpnia, June 1, 1900, Edward Sherwood Mead; children: Margaret, Richard, Katharine (died 1901), Elizabeth, Priscilla. Interested in public schools, vocational education and country life movement. Writer of The Place of Advertis- ing in Modern Business, 1901; The Italian on the Land, 1907: articles in New International Ency- cloi>£edia, few articles and book reviews; won Hart, ShaSner & Marx prize on subject of Agri- cultural Possibilities of the United States. Mem. College Club of Philadelphia, Ass'n of College Alumnje. Recreation: Walking. Agnostic; in- terested in New Thought. Favors woman suf- frage. Progressive Republican. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League.

MEAD, Kate Campbell Hnrd (Mrs. William Ed- ward Mead), 165 Broad St., Middletown, Conn. Physician; b. Danville, Quebec, Can., April 6, 1867; dau. Edward Payson and Sarah Elizabeth (Campbell) Hurd; grad. Newburyport (Mass.) High School, '83; studied with tutors in Can. and Newburyport for two years; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '88; spent one year as interne in New England Hosp. for Women and Children, Boston; one year's study in Paris, Stockholm and London, followed by three years at Johns Hopkins Hospital in graduate study; m. New- buryport, Mass., June 21, 1893, William Edward Mead. Medical director of Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, 1890-93; consulting gynecologist to Middlesex Co. Hosp., Middletown, Conn.; State sec. of Conn, for Health Education Dep't of Am. Med. Ass'n. Vice-pres. District Nurse Ass'n; mem. of boards of several philanthropic societies; lecturer to nurses of Middlesex Hosp.; also lec- tures on health topics or on travel; school phy- lician; active in milk station work. Author: Im- pressions of Nauheim: also articles in newsnaners

��and many medical articles, including The Medi- cal Inspection of Schools, and articles on feeding of infants, reports of milk stations, and hygiene for women, published in medical journals. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Connecticut Med. Soc. (elected 2d vice-pres. 1913) and county medical socie- ties. State Social Hygiene Soc, Soc. for Preven- tion of Infant Mortality, Middlesex Co. Anti- Tuberculosis Soc., City Leagues for various phil- anthropies. Mem. Monday Club, University Club, Thursday Club. Recreations: Traveling in Eu- rope, music, art, literature. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

MEAD, I.ncia Ames (Mrs. Edwin D. Mead), 39

Newburg St., Boston, Mass.

Lecturer, writer; b. May 5, 1856; dau. Col. Na- than P. and Elvira (Coffin) Ames; ed. in Chicago schools, Salem (Mass.) schools anl private in- structors; m. Sept. 29, 1898, Edwin D. Mead. Several times a delegate to Internal. Peace Con- gress; lectured in various European capitals and colleges and universities. Interested in education of negroes and immigrants; trustee of a school in Ala. for colored children; student of economics and social questions; for many years a visitor in Associated Charities; interested in promoting friendly relations with China and Japan; a stu- dent of Emerson and the idealistic school of phil- osophy. Author: Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers, Memoirs of a Millionaire; Milton's England; To Whom Much is Given; Patriotism and the New Internationalism; Swords and Plow Shares. Mem. Am. Peace Soc, Mass. Forestry Ass'n, Consumers' League, Boston Equal Suf- frage Ass'n for Good Government, Woman's Mu- nicipal League, Woman's Educational and Indus- trial Union, Soc. for Advancement of Colored People, Trade Union League, Am. School Peace League. Clubs: 20th Century (Boston), Rox- burghe (Roxbury, Mass.). Recreation: Travel- ing (13 trips to Europe). Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage (for 10 years pres. Mass. Suf- frage Ass'n); chairman of peaee and arbitration dep't of Nat. Ass'n Woman's Suffrage Ass'n; di- rector of Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government; originated the annual New Voters' Rally. jrEADEB Lucie Claflin (Mrs. Charles A.

Header), 66 Benefit St., Providence, R.I.

Born Pawtucket, R.I., May 12, 1876; dau. Os- mond H. and Lavinia B. (Robley) Briggs; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '99; m. Pawtucket, R.I., May 21, 1901, Rev. Charles A. Meader; children: Robert Osmond, b. Sept. 25, 1902; Lucie Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1912. Episcooalian. Mem. Girls' Friend- ly Soc. of America, D.A.R., R.I. Wellesley Club, Intercollegiate Alumnse Ass'n, Pawtucket Wom- an's Club.

MEAGHER, Jennie Elizabeth (Mrs. Mark

Charles Meagher), 445 Riverside Drive, N.Y.

City; summer. East Williston, L.I., N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Henry and Eliza- beth (Van de Water) Webb; ed. in Chicago; m. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 28, 1886, Mark Charles Meagher; one son: Mark Charles Meagher, b. April 22, 1888. Mem. of Dr. Thomas Slicer's (Unitarian) church. Interested in literature, art and the woman question, larger opportunities and greater liberty for women. Mem. N.Y. Browning Soc. Favors woman suffrage. MEAKER, Isabelle Jackson (Mrs. John W.

Meaker, Jr.), 2431 Pioneer Rd., Evanston. 111.

Bom Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1874; dau. James and Mary Frances (Lowrey) Jackson; grad. Woodward High School, Cincinnati, '92; special work in history and economics with P. V. N. Myers, Univ. of Cincinnati, 1893-94; m. Evanston, 111., OcL 29, 1903, John W. Meaker, Jr.; chil- dren: Martha, Barbara. For three years taught defective children in private homes. Assisted Dr. Oscar King, Chicago alienist, in cases of hys- terical girls, curing them by a system of educa- tion. Originated idea of the Drama League of America, and was one of its founders; served as first chairman of its educational committee for one year; vice-pres. Drama Club of Evanston (parent organization of the League). Favors woman suffrage. Author of short stories and ed- ucational articles. Interested in mental science.

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��MEANES, Lenna Leota, 302 Securities Building,

Des Moines, Iowa.

Physician and surgeon; b. Prairie City, Jasper Co., Iowa; dau. Thomas Lossen and Louisa Cor- delia (Creighton) Meanes; ed. Drake Univ., Des Moines, Iowa., M.D. ; State Univ., Iowa City, Iowa. Mem. Polk County Medical Soc, Iowa State Med. Soc, Am. Medical Ass'n, Iowa Soc. of Medical Women; Nat. chairman Com. on Pub- lic Health Education Among Women of Am. Med. Ass'n; mod. director ' Iowa Baby Health Contest Ass'n. Mem. Professional Women's League, Unity Circle. Physician In charge Salva- tion Army Maternity Home; mem. staff of Meth- odist Hospital; mem. staff of Mercy Hospital; mem. faculty of Drake Univ. Medical Coll. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality Club, Votes for Women League and College Women's Suffrage Organization, all of Des Moines, Iowa. Unitarian. Mem. Woman's Club.

MEARS, Helen Famsworth, The Clinton, 253

W. Forty-second St., N.Y. City.

Sculptor; b. Oshkosh, Wis., 1878; dau. John Hall and Mary Elizabeth (Farnsworth) Mears; ed. in Wis. State Normal School, Oshkosh; studied art in N.Y. City and in Paris under St. Gaudens and in other ateliers. Among her prominent works are: Genius of Wisconsin, made while she was at school and exhibited in Chicago World's Fair, 1S93, which was her first success; Fountain of Life, for which she was awarded a medal by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904; marble statue of Frances E. Willard, 1905 (in U.S. Capi- tol at Washington) ; portrait bust of George Rogers Clark, the explorer; portrait reliefs of Edward A. MacDowell, Augustus St. Gaudens, and others.

MEAKS, Mary, The Clinton, 253 W. Forty-sec- ond St., N.Y. City.

Author; b. Oshkosh, Wis., Jan. 2, 1876; dau. John Hall and Mary Elizabeth (Farnsworth) Mears; ed. Oshkosh State Normal Coll., and through travel abroad in years 1908-09. Author: Emma Lou, Her Book, 1896; The Breath of the Runners (art novel), 1905; The Bird in the Box, 1910; Rosamond— The Second, 1910; also short stories in Harper's Magazine, McClure's, etc. Mem- the MacDowell Club of N.Y. City. Chris- tian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage. Durinfe stay in Europe lived for some time in different artists' centres. Her mother was extensively known (under pen-name of "Nellie Wildwood") through the Middle West for her plays and stories, especially the play Black Hawk, written for the John Dillon company. Sister of Helen Famsworth Mears, sculptor.

MECHLIN, Leila, 1741 New York Av., Washing- ton, D.C.

Writer, art critic; b. Washington, D.C, May 29, 1874; dau. Frederick S. and Cornelia (Hyatt) Mechlin; ed. public schools and Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. Contributor to maga- zines since 1891; art critic of the Evening Star (Washington), since 1900; editor Art and Progress, since Nov., 1909. Sec. Am. Federation of Arts; sec. Washington Soc. of the Fine Arts; vice-pres. League for the Decoration of the Public Schools (Washington). Criticisms weekly In the Evening Star (Washington), and articles, chiefly on art, which have been published in the Century, North American Review, Cosmopolitan, Outlook, Inter- national Studio, Architectural Record, Art and Progress and other magazines. Mem. the Archaso- loglcal Inst, of America, The Literary Soc. (Washington). Episcopalian.

MEDER, Florence Fashauer, Lakeland, Ky.

Physician; b. Louisville, Ky., Mar. 6, 1879; dau. Joseph and Margaret (Fashauer) Meder; grad. Louisville Girls' High School; Southwestern Med. ColL, LoulsTilie, Ky. ; anatomy and phyBlology prizes in class of men and women. Appointed ass't physician at Western Ky. Hospital for Insane by Gov. Becham, 1900-06; appointed ass't physician Eastern Ky. Asylum for Insane, 1906-08, at Lexington, Ky. ; appointed second ass't physi- cian at Central State Hospital, at Lakeland, Ky., 1908-12; again appointed Jan. 1, 1913, for an- other four years' term. Mem. Civic League of Woman's Club, Louisville; Alumnsp Club of

��Louisville Girls' High School; formerly mem. of Associated Charities of Lexington, Ky. Roman Catholic. Favors woman suffrage.-

.AIEDILL, Monica Morgan (Mrs. Sherman Me- dill). 623 Seneca St., Leavenworth, Kan. Born Leavenworth, Kan., Oct. 1, 1866; dau. James William and Kate (Keogh) Morgan; ed. Leavenworth City public schools, high school, 18S6; m. Leavenworth, Kan., June 4. 1890, Sher- man Medill; children: James Sherman, William Harold, George Tabor, Thomas Laurayno. Taught school for four years. Has been chairman of Playground for four years; has been appointed a mean, of the Com. on Civics for the State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Wrote article published in the Woman's Athenian of St. Louis in regard to playgrounds. Served as pres. of Leavenworth Art League; pres. of Catholic Literary Club; pres. of the Civic League. Catholic. Pres. of the Leavenworth C». Suffrage Ass'n.

MEDLAR, Adele Bishop, State College, New

Mexico.

Professor of voice; b. Woodstock, 111., Not. 10, 1880; dau. John S. and Marie Louise (Dake) Medlar; ed. Woodstock High School, '97; Chicago Auditorium Conservatory, '02; private lessons with Karleton Hackett, 1904-05; with William Nelson Barritt, 1906-07; Mary Peck Thompson, 1908-09: Thomas MacBurney, 1910-12. Ass't voice teacher, Chicago Conservatory, 1902; voice teacher. School for Blind, Janesville, Wis., 1905- 08; prof, of voice, Ripon (V»^is.) Coll., 1908-09; prof, of voice, Leander Clark Coll., Toledo, Iowa, 1909-10; director of music in School of Fine Arts, Marshalltown, Iowa, 1910-12, and in State Coll., N.Mex., 1912-13; soloist of the Tomple Baptist Church at Los Angeles, Cal., during the summer of 1913. Congregationalist. Recreations: Walk- ing, swimming, mountain climbing, golf, tennis. Mem. Country Club and Women's Club, Marshall- town, Iowa; Las Cruces (N.Mex.) Music Club. Was given opportunity to go with the Savage Parsifal Opera Co. as understudy to Mme. Kirkby-Lunn. Compiled an operetta: Fete Fan- tistique of Gypsy Life.

MEDLJCOTT, Mary, Long-meadow, Mass.

Librarian; b. N.Y. City, May 10, 1845; dau. William Gibbons and Marianne (Dean) Mediicott; ed. at home under daily governess and in private schools; grad. Library School of Columbia Coll., '89. Librarian N.Y. Teachers Coll., Dec, 1888- Apr., 1890; reference librarian. City Library, Springfield, Mass., Apr., 1890—. Instructor In reference work and English literature. Library Training Class, 1S9S—. Interested In historical societies and Girls' Friendly Soc. of America, of which, since 1902, is elected mem. Council of Western Mass. diocesan organization. Has writ- ten bibliographical work, published in library journals or periodicals, notably bibliographies of Oliver Cromwell and Alfred the Great; a list of abbreviations used in book catalogues, etc.; other contributions from time to time to various papers. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, 1890—; Mass. Library Club, Western Mass. Library Club, N.Y. Library School Ass'n, Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Reading, out-door life.

MEE, Emma L. Oilmore (Mrs. Robert Mee)

Faribault, Minn.

Born Chicago, 111., June, 1869; dau. Albert W. and Louise (Way) Gllmore; ed. Park Inst, Chi- cago, and Alien School, West Newton, Mass. ; m. Faribault, Minn., Oct. 8, 1902, Robert Mee. In- terested in all social, religio'.:s and philanthropic activities. Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, dupMrute whist, lectures, music, plays. Mem. Monday Club of Faribault, State Art Soc. Favors woman suffrage.

MEEK, Annie Winfrey (Mrs. J. W. Meek),

Camden, Ark. .

Born Camden, Ark., Aug. 28, 1862; dau. John Wright and HaUie C. (Ires) Winfrey; ed. Camden schools; m. Dec. 25, 1883, Dr. J. W. Meek; cnii- dren: Albert Nathaniel, Harry Edward. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Interested In church work, school Improvement and charitable organizations. Pres. New Century Club, 1911-12; mem. United Daughters of Confederacy.

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��MEEKER, Clara Ella (Mrs. Henry N. Meeker), 101 Hancock St., Brooklyn, N. T. Born Melrose, Mass. ; dau. J. W. and Clara (Jackson) Jones; ed. Northwestern Female Coll., Evanston, 111.; m. Henry N. Meeker; children: Luella, Harold, Edward, Hazel. Favors woman suSrage. Methodist. Mem. Pepperell Ass'n, Kit- tery. Me.; Brooklyn Woman's Club, Chiropean Club (pres. three years), Photerene Club, Soc. of New England Women.

MEEKryS, Katherjce Webster (Mrs. Lynn Roby Meekins), 241S N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md. Born Baltimore, Md., Nov. 22, 1862; dau. Rev. Dr. Augustus and Mary Jane (Hines) Yv'ebster; ed. privately; studied voice culture under lead- ing teachers; sang in chorus and concerts, Bal- timore and Washington; m. Nov. 5, 1891, L.ynn Roby Meekins; one son, Lynn Webster Meekins, of Johns Hopkins Univ. Interested in church work and charities. Mem. ofBcial boards of Home for Incurables, Aged People's Home (both of Baltimore), and Home for the Aged at West- minster, Md. ; mem. auxiliary board Maryland Gen. Hospital. Has contributed articles anony- mously to various publications. Mem. St. John's Independent Church, Baltimore, of which her father was pastor for over 50 years. Against suffrage for women.

MEEKS, Frances Rebecca Pearson (Mrs. James A. Meeks), Spring Glen, Danville, III. Teacher; b. South Vallejo, Cal., Jan. 15, 1870; dau. Gustavus Clark and Hattie (Brown) Pear- son; grad. Danville High School (first honors), '88; Mich. State Normal Coll., '90; Pd.B. '98; Pd.M. '99; Cornell Univ., Ex-'97; 111. Wesleyan (in absentia), Ph.B. '04, M.A. '08; 111. Univ. (sum- mers and correspondence) ; Chicago Univ. (Kappa Kappa Gamma, Cornell); m. Danville, Aug. 27, 1S98, James A. Meeks, lawyer. Taught science at age of 21 in home high school; English, 1901; English and history, 1902 —. ' Organized Phi Kappa Gamma (known later as Girls' Club of High School) and conducted it. Interested as counselor in advising about colleges and courses for young people, the promotion of good citizen- ship and 'Tolstoism applied, eugenics and ora- tory. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n., Nat. Geog. Soc, D.A.R., Y.W.C.A. Recreations: Gardening, ath- letics, out-door sports, sunshine work, motoring, traveling, kodaking. Pres. and charter mem. Woman's Club of Danville; traveled in Canada and British Isles, 1900; has given talks on Shakespeare's Country, etc.; has given addresses on Rational Amusements at State Y.W.C.A., and on work of Woman's Club.

5IEETEER, Henrietta Josephine, Swarthmore

College, Swarthmore, Pa.

Teacher; b. Laporte, Ind., June 1, 1857; dau. Joseph Chamberlain and Henrietta (Churchman) Meeteer; ed. Indiana Univ., A.B. '01; Univ. of Pa., Ph.D. '04; Frances Sergeant Pepper fellow in classical languages, Univ. of Pa., 1901-04 (Phi Beta Kappa, Ind. Univ.). Dean of women, Univ. of Colo., 1904-06; dean of Swarthmore Coll., 1906—; ass't prof, of Greek, 1909—, Swarthmore Coll. Mem. Classical Ass'n of Atlantic States, Archaeological Inst, of America, Woman's Club (Swarthmore), College Club (Philadelphia).

MEIER, Gertrude GIbbs (Mrs. Ferdinand

Meier), Woodland, Cal.

Bom Geneva, Minn., Nov. 26, 1870; dau. Elam S. (M.D.) and Martha Jane (Brown) Gibbs; ed. Univ. of Minn., B.S. '93; Cornell Univ., M.S. '96 (Kappa Alpha Theta) ; m. Monticello, Ferdinand Meier; one daughter: Gretchen. Episcopalian. Recreation: Hunting charming mountain spots In California. Favors woman suffrage.

MEIGS, Grace Lynde, 1259 -North State St..

Chicago, 111.

Phvsician; b. Keokuk, loTva; ed. Keokuk High School. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '03; Keokuk Med. Coll., 1904-05; Rush Med. Coll. of Univ. of Chi- cago, 1905-08, M.D. '08. Ass't teacher of English and Latin in Keokuk High School. Interne Cook County Hospital, Chicago, 1908-09. Practising physician in Chicago since 1909.

��MEIGS, Katliarine H., IDS Leffierts PI., Brook- lyn, N.Y. Teacher; b. N.Y. City; dau. Charles A. and

Katharine A. (Bryan) Meigs; grad. Smith Coll..

A.B.; Columbia Univ., A.M. Congregationalist.

Mem. Humane Soc, A.A.A.S., Nat. Geog. Soc.

and various teachers' ass'ns. Mem. Smith Coll.

Club (N.Y. City), Women's Univ. Club (N.Y.

City).

MEIGS, Louise Lawrence (Mrs. F. J. Meigs),

Lawrence Park, Bronxville, N.Y.

Born Montreal, Can., 1871; dau. William Van Duzer and Sarah E. (Bates) Lawrence; ed. Ama- ron-Clements School, Berthier, Can.; Vassar, A.B. ; m. N.Y. City, 1897, Ferris J. Meigs; chil- dren: Lucia Lawrence, Margery Lawrence, Hes- ter Oakley. Recreations: Camping, walking, ca- noeing, motoring. Mem. Women's University Club.

MELCHEB, Bertha L. Corbett (Mrs. George

Henry Melcher), Topanga, Cal.

Miniature painter, illustrator; b. Denver, Colo., Feb. 3, 1872; dau. Waldo Flint and Lottie E. (Robinson) Corbett; ed. Minneapolis School of Fine Arts, Drexel Acad, (under Howard Pyle), Philadelphia; m. Los Angeles, Cal., Aug. 5, 1910, George Henry Melcher; one daughter: Charlotte Roseneath, b. May 3, 1911. Originator of "The Sunbonnet Babies." Has given Chalk Talks for many women's clubs, a humorous collection of short stories, illustrated by chalk sketches drawn before the audience, two minutes each. Inter- ested in all lines pertaining to the betterment of children in homes, or homeless; has given many entertainments for the enjoyment of teach- ers and pupils. Has illustrated children's books. Author: A Sunbonnet Record— a Baby's Birth- book, written and illustrated by the author. Illustrated: The Sunbonnet Babies' Primer; The Overall Boys' First Reader. Mem. Chicago Wom- an's Press Club, 1907-09; mem. Cal. Woman's Press Club since 1909. Recreation: Horseback riding. Favors woman suffrage.

MELENEY, Carolyn Cort (Mrs. Clarence Ed- mund Meleney), 15 Wellington Court, Brook- lyn, N.Y.

Born Everettstown, N.J., Aug. 12, 1858; dau. Rev. John Summerfield and Ellen (Neafie) Cort; ed. Newark High School, Newark Normal School, Kraus Sem. (for kindergartners); m. Newark, N.J., May 20, 18S5, Clarence Edmund Meleney, associate sup't of schools, N.Y. City; children: Robert Cort, b. 1886; Henry Edmund, b. 1887; Frank Lamont, b. 1889; Clarence Cort, b. 1892; Graee, b. 1896; George Letoer, b. 1901. Lectured to kindergarten teachers, 1885-86; Martha's Vine- yard Summer Institute, 1898-1900; talks to moth- ers, Brooklyn, N.Y., since 1896. Mem. Exec. Board of N.Y. Branch of Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Soc, 1910 —. Mem. Brooklyn Free Kin- dergarten Soc, Board of Managers of Brooklyn Orphan Asylum; mem. Exec. Com. Bedford Branch Brooklyn Bureau of Charities, Adelphi College Auxiliary. Favors woman suffrage. Has written numerous magazine articles on child training. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. One of the founders of the Kraus Alumnae Ass'n. Mem. Brooklyn Woman's Club, Fortnightly of Flatbush.

MELLEN. Ellen Johnson (Mrs. William Mel-

len), 214 Spicer Av., Victor, Colo.

Born Romney, W.Va., Nov. 5, 1863; dau. Z. and Rebecca (Stickley) Johnson; ed. private school; Berkley Sem., Martinsburg, W.Va.; State Nor- mal School, Fairmont, W.Va. ; m. Romney. W.Va., 1887, William Mellen; children, George, Romney. Teacher. Mem. Order Eastern Star, Ladies' Aid Welfare Club; Sunday-school teacher; chairman United Charities of Cripple Creek Dis- trict. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recreation: Traveling. Pres. Chicago Douglas Park Woman's Club, 1908-09; pres. Woman's Club of Victor, 1910-12; vice-pres. Shakespeare Club of Chicago, 1907-08; mem. History Club, Monday Club; former mem. of Chautauqua Lit- erary and Scientific Circle, and of Bay View Club.

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, never remedies a wrong act. It only complicates it. For though the wrong may cease, temporarily or permanently, the act continues—becomes a part of the unwritten social law. Likewise, a definite consciousness, blossoming in one individual, may have its roots in a generation that is already extinct, and may waft its seeds to generations unborn. It is because we live mostly in the present, however, that we only see the link in the chain of circumstances, and we often mistake effects for causes. Nevertheless, we pretend to be able to define the confusion within us.

Psychology, we call to our aid. But civilized man has but recently began to study the underlying strata of his intellectual and spiritual make-up. We are still lisping in the hornbook of psychology. Why then put on dionysian airs and bamboozle ourselves and the world with introspective profundities? Or with candor, measured and designed? Or with loud, unreserved avowals of seeking and understanding the re-actions of life upon the Ego?


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��MEIXON, Jennie King (Mrs. Richard Beatty

Mellon). 6500 Fifth Av., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. Alexander and Sarah Cordelia (Smith) K.ng; ed. Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Richard Beatty Mellon; children: Richard King, Sarah Cordelia. Mem. Twentieth Century Club, Pittsburgh Golf Club, Allegheny Country Club. Presbyterian. MELLOR, Laura Keinhart (Mrs. Charles Chaun-

cey Mellor), 415 Maple Av., Edgewood Park,

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. Aaron Grantly and Katharine Hay (McHenry) Reinhart; ed. Pitts- burgh Female Coll. and School of Design, Pitts- burgh; m. Pittsburgh, June 20, 1867, Charles Chauncey Mellor; children: Walter Chauucey, b. Mar. 6, 1870; Charles Stanley, b. May -31, 1872 (died); Gertrude, b. Feb. 12, 1876 (died); CJeorge Edward, b. Mar. 3, 18S0; Harry, b. July 1?., 1382 (died); Arthur Dudley, b. Nov. 7, 1887. Inter- ested in home and foreign mission work. Home for Aged Protestant Couples (Wilkinsburg), Day- tonia Industrial School for Negro Girls (Florida). Clubs: Twentieth Century, Tuesday Musical, EMgewood Woman's. Recreation: Singing. Pres- byterian. Favors suffrage for property owners. MELONEY, Agatha P. (Mrs. Henry T. Meloney),

summer address. Owl's Rest, Ledger, N.C. ;

winter address, 1617 Grove Av.. Richmond, Va.

Born Baltimore, Md., Jan. 3, 1863; dau. Benja- min Francis and Isabella Cole (Ashton) Parlett; ed. Roland Acad., Baltimore, Md. ; musical in- struction in Baltimore, Peabody Inst., and in Berlin, Germany; m. Baltimore, Md., July 31, 1889, Henry T. Meloney. Founder of the Oratorio Soc., known as the Wednesday Club for twenty years in the city of Richmond, Va. ; devoted in a non-professional way to teaching singing, and philanthropic work among needy students of tal- ent, restoring voices and healing throats by proper tone productions. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Suffrage League of Va. MELOY, Luella Price, Pennsylvania College for

Women, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Professor of sociology; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. Rev. John C. and Louise Price; grad. Pa. Coll. for Women, A.B. ; graduate student in American universities. College preparatory teacher, 1888-1900; social worker, N.Y. City, 1901- 1908; Pittsburgh, 1909; teacher, Social Service, 1909; sociology since 1910, Pa. Coll. for Women. Interested in settlement v/ork and social legisla- tion. Lectures on child welfare before clubs, church societies, etc. ; active in other non-pro- fessional interests growing out of work of pre- paring young women for social work. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Has been em- ployed by Charity Organization of N.Y. City, State Charities Aid Ass'n, N.Y., five years; Asso- ciated Charities of Pittsburgh. V/as called to Pa. College for Women to develop a dep't of social service.

MELVAIN, Janet Frederica, 11 Park PI., Bloom- field, N.J.

Librarian; b. East Orange, N.J., May 24, 1883; dau. Robert Curry and Sophia Darling (Burger) Melvain; grad. South Orange (N.J.) High School, ■99; Vassar Coll., A.B. '03; N.Y. Public Library School, 1913. Interested in church work, particu- larly Sunday-school and young people's work. Against woman suffrage. Presibyterian. Recrea- tion: Walking. Taught for several years before taking up library work. MENDEI.SON, Ethel Morrison (Mrs. Hans

Mendelson), Edgar, Mont.

Daughter James C. and Elizabeth Milton (Mc- Gehee) Morrison; ed. Omaha, Neb.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '03; m. June 16, 1909, Hans Mendelson. Taught in high school (physics and chemistry) tor six years prior to marriage. Has been called to Billings to teach two terms in high school since marriage. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. MENDENHALL, Alice Ann, R.F.D. 4, Richland

Center, Pa.

College professor; b. Indiana; grad. Earlham Coll., A.B. 1900; graduate student in Semitic languages and New Testament Greek, Univ. of Chicago, 1894-95; foundation scholar in Semitic

��languages and Biblical literature, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1895-96. Teacher of Latin and mathe- matics, Bloomingdale (Ind.) Acad., 1890-94; prof, of Hebrew and the English Bible, Earlham Coll., 1896-98; pastor Friends Church, Bloomingdale, Ind., 1898-90, 1903-05; teacher of Biblical litera- ture ana preceptress of girls, Oakwood Sem., Union Springs, N.Y., 1899-1902; instructor In mathematics in the seminary at Holidaysburg, Pa., 1906-07; prof, of Latin, Keuka Coll., Keuka Park, N.Y., 1907-12; literary editor, 1913, Allen- town, Pa. MENDENHALL, Dcrctliy Reed (Mrs. Charles

Elwood Mendenhall), 510 N. Carroll St., Madi- son, Wis.

Physician; b. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 22, 1874; dau. William Pratt and Grace (Kimball) Reed; ed. by governesses in U.S. and Germany; Smith Coll., B.L. '95; graduate student Mass. Inst, of Technology, Boston, 1895-96; Johns Hopkins Med. School, M.D. 1900; m. Madison, Wis., 1906, Prof. Charles Elwood Mendenhall; one son: Thomas Corwin, 1911. Resident house officer, Johns Hop- kins Hospital, Baltimore, 1900-01; fellow in path- ology, Johns Hopkins Univ., 1901-02; resident phy- sician, N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, 1902; resident physician. Babies' Hospital of City of N.Y., 1903-06. Author: B. Pseudo-tuberculosis Murium (its streptothrix form and pathogenic action), Hodgkins disease (the Johns Hopkins Reports) ; Ac. Leukaemia (Am. Journal of the Medical Sciences). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of Political Equality League, Woman Suffrage Ass'n of Wis. ; officer of Dane Co. Equal Suffrage League, Wis. MENDES, Grace P. (Mrs. Isaac P. Mendes),

210 Gwinnett St., Savannah, Ga.

Born St. Croix, Danish West Indies, Dec. 7, 1854; dau. Jacob Osorio and Hannah (De Sola) De Castro; grad. public schools of New Orleans, '72 (rank No. 1) ; m. New Orleans, 1877, Dr. Isaac P. Mendes; children: Alma, Dora, Joseph, Ziphrah, Joy. Jewess. Active in work of Temple Guild Mickva Israel League, Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Soc, Savannah Ass'n of Jewish Women, Orphan Aid Soc, Savannah Branch Needlework Guild. Mem. at large of the Georgia Joint Com. of Nat. Educational Ass'n, Savannah Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, Savannah Educational Ass'n for Georgia Moun- taineers. MERCER, Mary Elizabeth, 35 Benevolent St.,

Providence, R.I.

Born Johnston, R.I., 1880; dau. Joseph and Mary E. (Cullen) Mercer; ed. Windham High School, Willimantic, Conn.;. Women's Coll. in Brown Univ., Ph.B. (mem. Alpha Beta). Inter- ested in child welfare work and scientific house- keeping. Mem. R.I. Housewives' League: was corr. sec. Willimantic Women's Club, 1905. MEREDITH, Elisabeth Gra.v (Mrs. Albert A. H.

Meredith), 136 Reedsdale Rd., Milton, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., Jan. 17, 1858; dau, George Theodore and Sally (Otis) Lyman; ed. home and at Miss A. B. Lane's boarding school, N.Y. City; m. "Woodacres," Bellport, L.I., N.Y., Sept. 5, 1895, Albert A. H. Meredith. Against woman suffrage; chairman for six years of Milton Branch of Mass. Ass'n Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women. Unitarian. Mem. Con- sumers' League of Mass., Women's Auxiliarj Civic Service Reform, Mass. MEREDITH, Ellis, 3325 Decatur St., Denver,

Colo.

Writer; b. Bozeman, Mont.; dau. Frederick A. and Emily R. (Sorin) Meredith; public school education; m. Sept. 2, 1899, Howard S. Stansbury (divorced 1901). Elected to First Charter Con- vention of Denver, 1903; elected to Election Com- mission of Denver, May, 1910. Author: The Master Knot, 1901; Heart of My Heart, 1904 (fourth edition, 1913); Under the Harrow, 1908; Sharp Arrows, 1913; Waters of Strife. 1914. Life mem. Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; hon. mem. Y.W.C.A. Clubs: Charter mem. Woman's Club of Denver, Woman's Public Service League. Recreations: Reading, walking, horseback riding; fond of animals. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; active in Colo, campaign in 1893, and in politics since. Twice vice-chairman Demo-

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��cratic State Central Com. ; mem. Election Com- mission of City and County of Denver for term expiring 1915. MEREDITH, Virginia Claypool (Mrs. Henry

Clay Meredith), Cambridge City-, Ind.

Live stocli breeder, lecturer; b. in Fayette Co., Ind., Nov. 5, 1848; dau. Austin B. and Hannah (Petty) Claypool; ^ad. Glendale (Ohio) Coll., A.B. '66: m. 1870, Henry Clay Meredith (died 1882). On death of husband took charge and per- sonally managed the stock farm in Wayne Co., Ind., making a specialty of thfe breeding of Shorthorn cattle and Southdown sheep. In which was very successful. Prof, home economics, Univ. of Minn., 1897-1902. Engaged for some years as lecturer at State Farmers' Institutes, etc., on farm and home topics, and contributor to agricultural journals. Mem. of Board of Lady Managers of World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893, and was chairman of its Committee of Awards. Pres. Ind. Union of Literary Clubs, 1893; pres. Indiana Home Economics Ass'n, 1913—. MERIWETHER, Elizabeth Avery (Mrs. Minor

Meriwether), 3716 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis,

Mo.

Author; b. Bolivar, Tenn., Jan. 19, 1824; dau. Nathan and Rebecca (Rivers) Avery; attended school until age of 12 in Memphis, Tenn., later education acquired by reading with her father's assistance; m. Minor Meriwether, a lawyer; three sons: Avery, Rivers, Lee. After rearing her boys to manhood began to write for news- papers, and later becajne a lecturer, first for temperance and later for Equal Rights. One of the pioneer woman suffragists; first woman who ever spoke for the cause in Tennessee (1882). Traveled with Miss Susan B. Anthony, lecturing on Equal Rights in New England. Author: The Master of Red Leaf; Black and White; The Ku Klux Klan; My First and Last Love. Methodist. Democrat. MERIWETHER, Lucy Underwood Western

(Mrs. Hunter McKeand Meriwether), 3616

Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, Mo.

Born Bowling Green, Ky., Nov. 12, 1868; dau. William Wallace and Juliette (Underwood) West- em ; grad. Ward's Sem., Nashville, Tenn. (with honors of class); m. San Francisco, Cal., Sept. 28, 1887, Hunter McKeand Meriwether; children: William Western, b. July 18, 1888; Juliet Elgin, b. Mar. 20, 1893. Was four years regent Elizabeth Benton Chapter D.A.R. (now its historian); State vice-regent two years, D.A.R. ; vice-pres. State Soc. of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, State D.A.R. ; pres. of Girls' Home Makers of America, and mem. Nat. Conservation Com. of Advisory Board; mem. Colonial Dames of America, United States Daughters of 1812, Huguenots of America, Americans of Armorial Ancestry, Colonial Daughters of 17th Century. Recreations: Horseback riding, walking, physi- caJ culture, swimming, golf, tennis, lecturing, art, farming. Instigated the building of a memorial to Thomas Hart Benton. Established a scholarship in the Ozark School. Organized and named the George Edward Pickett Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy (ex-pres.). Writer of occasional poems. Episcopalian. Against universal suffrage for men or women; believes property-holding, wage-earning and in- telligence should regulate franchise, not sex. MERRIAM, Elizabeth, Framingham, Mass.

Born Framingham. Jan. 8, 1SC5; dau. Adolphu.^ and Caroline (McKinstry) Merriam; ed. Fram- ingham High School; Lasell Sem., Auburudale, Mass. Mem. .'ilxec. Com. Woman's Board of Missions. Spent winters of IPOO and 1901 in resi- dence at South End (settlement) House, Boston; later conducted, with assistance of Miss Edythe F. Hurd. a Rest House for Tired Women in Framingham for eight summers, 1903-11; trustee Framingham Hospital. Favors woman suffrage. Cong'.egationalist. Republican in political views. Mem. Framingham Woman's Club. Began iu 1908 a systematic distribution o£ the Bible, pub- lished iu thirty-one little three-cent books; this work is known as Gospel Extension; a thousand hooks a day aie now being sent out all over the world.

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riani), Box 344, Long Beach, Cal.

Bom Camden, N.Y. ; dau; Clark Minor and Abby Ann (Cornish) Bronson; m. Chicago, Dec. 1901, Frank F. Merriam (auditor of State of Iowa, 1899-1903). Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Republican. Supreme pres., 1908-10, Pythian Sis- ters, an independent auxiliary organization of the Knights of Pythias, having 150,000 members. During her administration the altruistic work of the order was inaugurated, being charitable and philanthropic 1 in scope; mem. of P.E.O. Soc. (originally a college sorority, organized at Iowa Wesleyan Univ., Mt. Pleasant, la., in 1864, but now a woman's secret organization with chap- ters in nearly every State in the Union; main- tains educational fund tor loaning to deserving girl students, and supports works of charity and philanthropy). Was prominent in Federated Club circles in Iowa and Oklahoma. MERRICK, Eliza Johnson (Mrs. Richard L.

Merrick), 726 Rose Bldg., Cleveland. Ohio.

Physician; b. Hartland, Ohio, June 26, 1857; dau. Ralph C. and Eliza (Townsend) Johnson; ed. Oberlin Coll., A.B. '79, M.A. '96; Cleveland Homoeopathic Hospital Coll., M.D.; post-grad, at N.Y. Polyclinic, 1900; Vienna and Zurich, 1907; m. Fitchville, Ohio, Nov. 27, 1884, Richard L. Mer- rick; one daughter, Irene Townsend Merrick. Mem. staff of Women's Dispensary; prof, dis- eases of children for ten years in Cleveland Med. Coll. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. of all local medical societies. SIERRICK, Mary George Seavey (Mrs. Charles

S. Merrick), Wilbraham, Mass.

Tea.cher; b. Conway, N.H., Mar. 17, 1867; dau. Richard Odell and Elizabeth (Charles) Seavey; prepared for college at Fryeburg (Me.) Acad., '86; Boston Univ., Ph.B. '92; m. Milton, Mass., 1897, Charles S. Merrick, Ph.D.; children: Ruth Emma, James Harold, Stuart Hallowall, Charles Llewellyn, Richard Odell, Theodore. After grad- uation from college taught four years in the Milton (Mass.) High School, one year in Girls' Latin School, Boston. Congregationalist. Rec- reation: Study of botany and geology. Mem. Study Club and Neighborhood Club (Wilbraham, Mass.). MERREFIELD, Izola L. Forrester (Mrs. Reuben

Robert Merrifleld), "Merrymount," South Can- terbury, Conn.

Author; b. Pascoag, R.I., Nov. 15, 1878; dau. George Wallingford and Ogarita Rosalie (Booth) Hills; adopted at age of 14 by George and Harriet N. Forrester, whose name she took; ed. in pri- vate schools; m. Chicago, 111., Oct. 29, 1899, Reu- ben Robert Merrifleld, artist; four children. Engaged in newspaper work as special writer for the daily papers of Chicago until her marriage; since then special writer on New York World, and contributor of short stories and special articles to the leading magazines. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Conn. Equal Suffrage League. Author of books for girls (pen-name "Izola L. Forrester"): The Girls of Bonnie Castle, 1900; The Rook's Nest, 1901; Us Fellers, 1907; Those Preston Twins, 1910; The Polly Page Ranch Club, 1910; The Polly Page Yacht Club, 1911; The Polly Page Motor Club, 1913. Mem. Sea Cliff Study Club, Pen-and Brush Club, N.Y. City. MERRILL, Dora Ellen, 147 Montowese St.,

Bi-i-uford, Conn.

Born La Grange, 111., Nov. 25, 1877; dau. Alba WeekH and Ida Frances (Mann) Merrill; ed. Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis.; Vassar (IIoll., A.B. '02; Paris, France; Heffley Business Coll.; Har- vard Summer School of Physical Training. Mem. Board of Managers of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions. Head of the Junior Civic League of Branford, Conn., also of the Junior Auxiliary Protestant Episcopalian. MERRILL, Dora Estella, Lock Haven, Pa., and

Idaho Bldg., Boise, Idaho.

Orchardist; b. Shirley, Me.; dau. Paul Stevens and Caroline (Blanchard) Merrill; grad. Lock Haven High School (with honors); Millersville State Normal School (second honor) ; Wellesley (r;oll., elective course, 18S2-84. Prof, history, Butchel Coll., Akron, 0., 1885-90; principal, Mer-
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��rector, sec. and general manager Idaho Orchards Co., 1911-12; pres. Lock Haven Civic Club. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Nat. Suffrage Ass'n; mem. Pa. Limited Suffrage -League. Episco- palian. Mem. Am. Civic Ass'n, Drama League of America.

MERRrLL, Ellen Byrne (Mrs. George Fisk Mer- rill), 219 St. Clair St.. Ashland, Wis.

Born Otsego, Wis., Aug, 11, 1849; dau. John Anthony and Marie (McKinnon) Byrne; ed. Madi- Bon (Wis.) public schools and Univ. of Wisconsin; m. Madison, Oct. 13, 1875, George Fisk Merrill; children: Grace, Agnes, Elinor, Winifred. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Charter mem. Outdoor Art League (pres. 1907-09); charter mem. Monday Women's Club (pres. 1893-94 and 1896-97). MERRILL, Helen Abbot, Wellesley College, Wel-

lesley, Mass.

Associate prof, of mathematics; b. Orange, N.J., Mar. 30, 1864; dau. George and Emily Dodge (Abbot) Merrill; ed. high school, Newburyport, Mass.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '86; Unlv of Chi- cago, 1896-97; Univ. of Gdttingen, 1901-02; Yale Univ., 1902-03, Ph.D. '03. Taught in private schools, 1886-89, 1891-93; Instructor in mathe- matics, 1893-1901; associate prof, mathematics since 1901, Wellesley Coll. Mem. College Settle- ments Ass'n, Consumers' League, Religious Edu- cation Ass'n, Mass. Civic League, National Child Labor Ass'n, Am. Soc. for Judicial Settle- ment of International Disputes, Am. Mathemati- cal Soc, Deutsche Mathematiker Vereinigung, felloTV A.A.A.S.; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. MERRILL, Helen M., 4 Prince Arthur Av.,

Toronto, Can.

Poet; b. Napanee, Ont. ; dau. late Judge Ed- wards and Caroline (Wright) Merrill (of French Huguenot extraction); ed. Picton, Ottawa and Toronto. Has contributed verse and prose to Canadian and American magazines and periodi- cals; has made a special study of Northern On- tario, and has written several series of articles on that part of the province of Ontario, topo- graphical and relating to conditions, colonization, etc. Adopted Into the Oneida Band of the Six Nations Indians at the Sir Isaac Brock Centen- ary Commemoration at Queenston Heights, of which meeting she was honorary sec; received the tribal totem, and an Indian name: "Ka-ya- tonhas," "a keeper of records." Mem. United Empire Loyalists Ass'n of Canada (hon. ass't sec), Canadian Defence League, Canadian Soc. of Authors, Ontario Hist. Soc, Woman's Hist. Soc, Woman's Art Ass'n, Canadian Folk-Lore Soc. (gen. sec). Daughters of the Empire. Rec- reations: Canoeing, entomology, botany, Indian curios. Mem. Canadian Woman's Press Club. MERRILL, Jane Sunrmerside (Mrs. Alfred E.

Merrill), 1516 Harmon PI., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Pisa, Italy, Feb. 2, 1849; dau. George and Mary (Cant) Summerside; ed. Milton Acad., Wis.; m. Necedah, Wis., June 30, 1869, Alfred E. Mer- rill; children: Nellie Louise, Hoy WlUard, Guy Summerside. Favors woman suffrage. Metho- dist. Mem. Minikaiida Club; charter mem. Wom- an's Club; also of Minneapolis Branch of the Needlework Guild of America. MERRILL, Jenny Biggs, 112 E. Eighty-first St.,

N. y. City.

Teacher; b. N.Y. City; dau. Benjamin B. and Jane A. (MacBride) Merrill; ed. public schools of N.Y. City; grad. Normal Coll., '71; N.Y. Univ., Pd.D. '92; grad. Kraus Sem. tor Training Kin- dergarteners (mem. Alpha Beta Gamma). Tutor In Normal Coll., 1878-95; supervisor of public kindergartens, 1895-1911; pres. Kindergarten Dep't of the Nat. Educational Ass'n, 1904; vice-pres. Internat. Kindergarten Union, 1903; hon. pres. N.Y. Public School Kindergarten Ass'n, 1913. In- terested in Lenox Hill Settlement and in recrea- tion centres for the people; in the extension of the kindergarten and Montessori principles in school and family lite; Fresh Air schools, garden work for children. Author of revised edition of Paradise of Childhood, 1910; Outlines for Vaca- tion Kindergartens; Bible Stories (Cassell); writ- er of educational articles In Mother's Magazine, Am. Motherhood, Kindergarten Magazine and

��religious periodicals. Baptist. Mem. Associate Alumnae of Normal Coll., Nat. Educational Ass'n, Internat. Kindergarten Union. Recreation: Walk- ing. Favors woman suffrage.

MERRILL, Kate Pomeroy (Mrs. Anthony French Merrill), 5102 Hlbbard Av., Chicago, III.

Lecturer; b. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 26, 1855; dau. Fenimore Cooper and Mary Stella (Woolson) Pomeroy; ed. -in schools of Wis., State Normal School; m. Milwaukee, Wis., May 25, 1875, Anthony French Merrill; children: Katharine, b. Oct. 20, 1876 (artist); Edith Mary, b. Dec. 24, 1878 (died July 8, 1889); Alice French, b. Jan. 12, 1881 (musician); Pomeroy Cooper, b. April 14, 1888 (mining engineer); William Fennimore, b. Nov. 4, 1890 (dramatist). Mem. and active in literary work of Chicago Woman's Club, Fort- nightly of Chicago, 111., and Society of Colonial Dames of America. Has given courses of lec- tures in parlors, before schools and clubs, also for church societies— all denominations. Lec- tures upon literary subjects. Has contributed stories and essays to magazines and newspapers. Roman Catholic. Recreations: Gardening, walk- ing.

MERRILL, Katherine L. Yancey (Mrs. George P. Merrill), 1422 Belmont St., Washington, D.C.

Teacher; b. South Boston, Va. ; dau. Edward B. and Susan A. (Jeffress) Yancey; ed. Scottsburg Normal Coll., B.A. '97; George Washington Univ., B.S. '99; m. Washington, D.C, Feb. 13, 1900, George P. Merrill; one daughter: Katherine Dorothy Merrill; also mother by marriage to Joseph P., A. Margaret, Mildred H. and Ruth Merrill. Ass't in sciences and English, Scotts- burg Normal Coll.; ass't in science in charge of laboratory, Nat. Park Sem., 1899. Interested In educational problems, child welfare, household economics. Baptist. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy (charter mem. South Boston Chap- ter), Washington Soc. of Fine Arts. Recreations; Fishing, study of birds and plants (made collec- tion of seaweeds of the region of the Isle of Springs, Me., 1903). Mem. College Women's Club, Eistophas Science Club (pres. 1910-12), Soc. of Columbian Women, Housekeepers' Alliance. MERRILL, Lillie McDonald (Mrs. Charles Hertry Merrill), 3036 Evanston Av., Chicago, 111. Pastor's assistant; b. Rochester, Wis., Oct 28 1868; dau. George and Elizabeth (Blake) McDon- ald; ed. district school, Rochester, Wis.; Roches- ter Sem., '83-'87; Univ. of Wis., B.L. '02 (English courses); m. Rochester, Wis., Jan. 4, 1894, Charles Henry Merrill (died 1896). Public school teacher, 1887-93; teacher in Chicago training School for city, home and foreign missions, 1903-05; pastor's assistant, 1906. Interested in Woman's Trade Union League, Lake View Juvenile Protective League, Advisory Board of United Charities. Mem. Congregational Woman's League of Pas- tor's Assistants (pres. 1912), ally Woman's Trade Union League. Mem. Lake View Juvenile Pro- tective League, Lake View Woman's Club (Chi- cago), Friends in Council, Social Service Club (social workers). Congregationallst. Favors woman suffrage.

RfERRILL, Mary Sroufe (Mrs. John F. Merrill), Menio Park. San Mateo Co., Cal. Bom Eldorado Co., Cal.; dau. John and Zelda A. (Coberly) Sroufe; ed. public schools of Cal. and Mills Sem., Benicia, Cal.; m. San Francisco, 1874, John Francis Merrill; children: Henrr C. (died), John S. (died), Ralph Dodge, Mary Gladys (Mrs. Harry Sears Bates), Charles Holbrook, Ruth Frances, (Mrs. Leonard C. Hammond). Mem. Council of Women, Women's Board Panama Ex- position Com.; pres. Hospital Aid Ass'n of San Francisco; first vice-pres. San Francisco Chapter American National Red Cross, Century Club of Cal. ; hon. mem. Sorosis Club of San Francisco. Congregationallst. Favors woman suffrage. Re- publican.

MERRILL, Sara Ann Louise Taylor (Mrs. Will- iam Bradford Merrill), Great Neck, L.I., N.Y. Born Georgetown, D.C, 1850; dau. Vincent J. and Ann Elizabeth (Massey) Taylor; ed. Chi- garry Inst., Philadelphia; m. Philadelphia, Sept 12, 1882, William Bradford Merrill; children:

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