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��UPTON, Marian Barton (Mrs. Edward Lytton

Upton), Larchmere, Waukegan, 111.

Born Nunda, 111., Mar. 18, 1850; dau. Horace and Alice Erwin (Grlswold) Burton; ed. private schools, Waukegan, 111., and Emma Willard Sem., Troy, N.Y.; m. Waukegan, III., Oct. 27, 1875, Edward L. Upton (son of Clark W. Upton, judge Appellate Court of III.); children: Edward Clark, b. Sept. 10, 1876 (Yale, '99; died Oct. 30, 1909). One of the pioneers in promoting the phil- anthropic and civic work of the Chicago Women's Club, 111. Industrial School for Girls, small park system, social center public schools, art in public schools, education toward peace. Gad's Hill Set- tlement, Arden Shore, and others. Favors muni- cipal suffrage for women. Has contributed articles to various publications on forestry, con- servation, school gardens, landscape gardening, hedges, women in civic life, what women are doing for civic improvement in America, and others along the line of leaving the world more beautiful than it was found. Protestant Episco- pal. Republican. Mem. Conn. Soc. of Colonial Dames, Chicago Colonial Dames in the State of 111., Drama League of America. Mem. Chicago Friday Club, Chicago Woman's Club, Fed. Clubs of Waukegan (111), Gad's Hill Settlement Club (Chicago), Ravlnia Club; was pres. Chicago Woman's Club, 1908-10; first vice-pres., 1907-08; pres. Woman's Out-door Art Lieague Nat. Ass'n, 19C6-06; first vice-pres. League of Cook Co. Clxtbs, 1906-07; assisted in forming Drama League of America (chairman of Constitutional Com.), 1910; mem. Chicago Chapter, D.A.R. ; mem. Ass'n "Friends of Our Native Landscape"; has made many addresses before clubs and federations, including Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, Wis. State Fed., Am. Civic Ass'n, and others. UBNEB, Mabel Herbert (Mrs. Lathrop Colgate

Harper), 36 Gramercy Park, N.Y. City.

Author; b. Cincinnati, June 28, 1881; dau. Will- lam Henry and Clarissa M. (Burton) Herbert; ed. at home; m. Boston, Mass., Mar. 12, 1912, Lathrop Colgate Harper. Mem. of and interested in Horse Rest Farm, Bide-a-Wee Home, Hu- mane Soc, and other organizations for the pro- tection and care of animals. Author: The Journal of the Neglected Wife, 1909; The Price Inevitable, 1912; Recreation: Horseback riding. Wrote story, The Dissembler, which won prize In the first Collier contest. Contributor to Every- body's, Cosmopolitan, Munsey's, Smart Set, The London, Strand, Pall Mall, and other American end E)nglish magazines. Joined N.Y. Journal and Chicago American staff 1910, contributing the Helen and Warren series in "Married Life" in the "First," "Second" and "Third Year." CRQUHAKT, Dr. Georgina Lily — see Crawford,

Georgina Lily Urquhart (In Addenda).

CSHEB, riorene© Wyman Bichardson (Mrs.

Roland Greene Usher), 57 37 Cates Av., St.

Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Mo., Mar. 14, 1889; dau. James and Florence (Wyman) Richardson; ed. Mary Inst., Washington Univ.; m. St. Louis, June 9, 1910. Roland Greene Usher, head of dep't of his- tory, Washington Univ.; one daughter: Flwence, b. Apr. 14, 1911. Paid social worker at Self-Cul- ture Hall Ass'n, district visitor, 1909. Mem. Washington Univ. Student at Washington Uni- versity. Recreation: Music. Favors woman suffrage; planned suffrage organization In Mo.; located (spring of 1910) by private postcard campaign and personal house-to-'nouse canvas, those interested; formed first com. which issued call for organization of first permanent society in St. Louis; one of those responsible for the organization of the Mo. State Suffrage Soc; chairman of the Lecture Com. of Equal Suffrage League of St. Louis, 1911; mem. of Board of Governors, 1912. Progressive in politics.

USHER, Leila, 55 E. Fifty-ninth St., N.Y. City. Sculptor; b. Onalaski, Wis.; dau. Isaac L. and Susannah Coffin (Woodman) Usher; ed. La. Crosse, Wis., and Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ., N.Y. City; art, Boston, N.Y., Paris and Italy. Among her portraits of noted people for public institutions are: Medallion of Prof. Fran- cis James Child of Harvard Coll.; bronze casts.

��Child Memorial Library, Cambridge; faculty rooms, Harvard Ck>ll. and Johns Hopkins Univ. ; plaster casts at Bowdoin Coll. and Radcliffe Coll. ; bas-relief portrait of Dr. Horatio Stebbins at the Unitarian Building, Boston; bronze medal- lion of Susan B. Anthony, Bryn Mawr Coll. and Rochester Univ. ; bronze bust of Dr. Booker T. Washington at Hampton Univ. ; bas-relief por- trait of F>rof. Nathaniel Southgate Shaler, Har- vard Univ. UZZELL, Mary Blaine (Mrs. Rudyard S. TJz-

zell), 53 Pineapple St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 3, 1877; dau. Allen Trimble and Laura (Cowan) Blaine; ed. Drury Acad, and public schools of Springfield, Mo.; Drury Coll., B.S. '98 with scientific honor; grad. student, Drury, 1898-99, scholarship in mathematics; Univ. of Pa., 1899-1900, A.M. 1900; m. Springfield, Mo., Feb. 14, 1906, Rudyard S. Uzzell (manufacturer and expert in park amuse- ment devices of N.Y. City); children: William Cowan, Rudyard Stephen. Teacher of mathe- matics in Springfield High School and Drury SuTrwner School until marriage. Interested in many educational, social and i)atriotlc activities. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Camping, travel. Against woman suffrage.

��VATL, Mary Beals, Mills College, Cal.

Teacher; b. Port Washington, Wis., Oct. 2, 1860; dau. James W. and Celestia M. (Beals) Vail; ed. Milwaukee (Wis.) Coll., 1873-76; Hall- mouth Coll., London, Ont, 1877-79; Pratt Inst, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1893-95; Teachers Coll., Colum- bia Univ., 1899-1900, and summers of 1907-08; Univ. of California, 1911-12; diploma in domes- tic science normal course, Pratt Inst., 1895; Columbia Univ., B.S. '12. Teacher of home economics. Manual Training High School, In- dianapolis, 1895-99; Tome Inst., Port Deposit, Md., 1900-02; Instructor Teachers Coll., Colum- bia Univ., 1902-07; in charge of domestic science. Coll. of Industrial Arts, Denton, Tex., 1907-11; director of domestic science, Summer School, Univ. of Cal., 1912; head of home economics dep't. Mills Coll., Cal., since 1912. Author: Home Laundering. Republican. Recreation: Summer camp in the Sierras. Mem. Laurel Hall, San Francisco; chairman of home eco- nomics on San Francisco Dist. Board, 1912-14. Favors woman suffrage. VAIL, May Belle Sherriff (Mrs. John D. Vail),

411 South Third St., Marshalltown, Iowa.

Born Whitewater, Wis., Mar. 15. ISfil- dau. Charles and Elizabeth (Loxley) Sherriff; ed. Whitewater; Wis. State Normal School, 1876-79; Chautauqua course, 1888-91; m. Whitewater, Wis., Sept. 27, 1881, John D. Vail; children: EJtbel E., ValrosA Vivian. Active worker in civic improvement work In city, also public playgrounds movement. Was pres. Woman's Club, 1911-12. Organized two large mothers' clubs in ward schools. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Marshall County Historical Soc; mem. Marshalltown Woman's Club, Witenagemote Club, City Fed. of Women's Clubs (pres.). Education Com. of State Fed. of Women's Clubs. VAUXANT, Abby Angusta, 1 W. Sixty-fourth

St., N.Y. City, and Washington, Conn.

Bom Cleveland, O., 1872; dau. George H. and Maria (Wightman) Vaillant; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '94. Mem. Associate Alumnse of Vassar Coll., Collegiate Alumnge Ass'n, Women's Uni- versity Club. VALENTINE, Albertine Whitney Flershem

(Mrs. Joseph Loring Valentine), 1435 Dear- born Av., Chicago.

Writer; b. Chicago; dau. Lem Whitney and Mary Sophie (Greiner) Flershem; ed. Kirkland School, Chicago, '93; Smith Coll., A.B. '97; m. Chicago, Apr. 29, 1905, Joseph Loring Valentine; one son: John Wadsworth. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Chicago Political Equality League, North Side Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Author (maga-

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��zine articles) : The American College Woman and Her Home (Outlook), 1910; The American College Woman and Divorce (Ladies' Home Journal), 1911; The Domestic Instinct and the Man of the Future (New England Maga/.inei, 19U; How About the Irresponsible Man? (American Maga- zine), 1912. Unitarian. Mem. Chicago College Club, Chicago Smith College Club, Women's Trade Union League. VALENTINE, Caro Syron (Mrs. Frank Hadley

Valentine), Ridgewood. X.J.

Writer; b. Clyde, N.Y., Jan. 24, 1855; dau. Abraham Bockhoven and Charity White (Tripp) Syron; ed. public schools and State Normal School, Albany, N.Y. ; became teacher for four years; m. Clyde, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1882, Frank Hadley Valentine. Became interested in gar- dening and poultry raising and a writer on these subjects; editor of the Woman's Dep't of The Rural New Yorker, 1891-94, and afterward of a department in the American Gardening and Poultry Journals. Lecturer at farmers' insti- tutes; delivered educational addresses at Cornell Univ., 1909, and by special invitation at Jubilee of Opening and Dedication in 1913, representing the women of America; lecturer for A.P.A. Bureau. Author: The Flag That Won (poems); also. Pocket Money Poultry, 1894; Easy Poultry Keeping for Invalids, 1898; How to Keep Hens for Profit, 1900; The Indian Runner Duck Book, 1911: The Beginner in Poultry— The Zest and Profit in Poultry Growing, 1912; Husbands for Our Girls. Makes all photographic illustrations for her books, etc. Contributor to newspapers and magazines in prose and verse, including serial: Mr. and Mrs. Cliver; A Club Woman's Ventures in Poultry; Hard Luck Stories; In- telligent Use of Food Products; Fashion and Popularity; Cooperative Work; Cold Storage as It Relates to the Producer; Science, Common Sense and Circumstances; Some Women and Some Plans; Bein' Different, and many hundreds of other articles in first-class publications. In- terested in civics, eugenics and all sane feminist movements. Mem. N.J. Federation Civics Com., 1911-12 — . Favors woman suffrage; mem. and press agent Woman's Political Union of N.J. Deeply interested in Indian Runner ducks as a Bource of unexampled income for farmers and an unequaled source of food supply, especially for invalids. State sec. Nat. White Runner Club; pres. Indian Runner Duck Club of America; mem. Esperanto Ass'n of North America, Woman's Press Club of N.Y. City; Am. Bee. English Indian Runner Duck Club; mem. Woman's Club of Ridgewood, N.J. Presbyterian. VALENTINE, Jane Burnette (Mrs. Harold

Meserole Valentine), 610 Mansfleid PI., Brook- lyn, N.Y.

Born Clyde, N.Y., 1879; dau. Anson and Alice (Van De Mark) Burnette; grad. Vassar (3oll., A.B. '99; m. 1900, Harold Meserole Valentine; children: Burnette, b. 1901; Rosemary, b. 1902. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League. VALENTINE, Lila Meade (Mrs. Benjamin B.

Valentine), 2338 Monument Av., Richmond,

Va.

Bom Richmond, Va,, Feb. 4, 1865; dau. Richard H. and Kate (Fontaine) Meade; ed. private schools in Richmond; m. Richmond, Va., Oct. 28, 1886, Benjamin B. Valentine. Officer in Daugh- ters of the King and Woman's Auxiliary to Board of Missions; director in boards of the Nurses' Settlement and of Richmond Training School for Kindergartners, also of Sheltering Arms Free Hospital and Social Service Fed., Richmond. Mem. Va. Historical Soc, Ass'n for Preservation of Va, Antiquities, Richmond Art Club, Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Equal Suffrage League and of Richmond JBranch of Equal Suffrage League of Va. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Municipal League, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Nat. Child Labor Com., Arohasologir-al Inst, of America, Richmond Edu- cation Ass'n, Audubon Soc, Huguenot Soc. Recreation: Gardening. Mem. Country Club of Va., Hermitage Club, Richmond, Va. ; ex-pres. of Richmond Education Ass'n; organized Visit- ing Nurse Ass'n, Equal Suffrage League of Va. ; chiTter mem. of Nurses' Settlement.

��VALE.SH, Mrs. Eva MacDonald, 42 W. Thirty.

ninth St., N.Y. City.

Editor and lecturer; b. Orono, Me., Sept. 9, 1871; dau. John Louis and Elinor (Lane) Mac- Donald; grad. high school, Minneapolis, Minn.; Teachers' Training School, Minneapolis; special courses in law and economics, Univ. of Minn.; m. Minneapolis, Minn., June 2, 1891, Frank F. Valesh; one son: Frank Morgan Valesh, journal- ist, interviewed Pres. McKinley twice for publi- cation (only interviews he ever gave) ; accom- panied (Congressional Investigating Com. to Cuba just before the Spanish War. Mem. Press Gal- lery at Capitol, Washington, D/C. Nat. vice- pres. Woman's Welfare Dep't, Nat. Civic Fed.; pres. Women's Nat. Fire Prevention Ass'n; pres. Women's Com. on Nat. Industrial Problems; charter mem. Nat. Com. on Prison Labor. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. Recreation: Travel. Mem. Fed., Typographical Union, Forum (N.Y. City), N.Y. City Fed. of Clubs, Women's Nat. Democratic Club. For 10 years was man- aging editor of the Am. Federatiouist, official publication of Am. Fed. of Labor; now owner, publisher and editor of the American Club Woman Magazine, a national publication devoted to civic and economic interests of women. VAN ALSTYNE, Mrs. Frances Jane Crosby- see Crosby, Fanny. VAN BENSCHOTEN, Anna LaTinia, Wells Col- lege, Aurora, N.Y.

College professor; b. Elmira, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1866; dau. Moses M. and Mary J. (Pugsley> Van Benschoten; ed. high school, Binghamton, N.Y. ; Cornell Univ., B.S. '94; Ph D. '08; Univ. of Chi- cago, M.S. 1900; Gottlngen Univ., 1900-01 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma). Taught mathematics in high school, Binghamton. N.Y., 1894-98; prof, mathematics in Wells Coll., 1901—. V.4.N BUREN, Maud, 1125 S. Cedar St., Owa- tonna, Minn.

Civic organizer; b. Montfort, Wis., Dec. 9, 1869; dau. Martin and Rosina (Buhlman) Van Buren; ed. Mazomanie (Wis.) High School, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., Library School; private instructors. Teacher, Chicago public schools, 7 years; librarian, Mankato, Minn., 5 years; library school instructor, Wisconsin Library School and visitor for the Wisconsin Library Com'n, 1911-13. Contributor to various library publications and a civic publication. Congre- gationalist. Mem. American Civic Ass'n, Soc. for the Protection of Native Plants, American Library Ass'n; pres. Minn. Library Ass'n, 1905; chairman Dep't of Junior Civic Leagues of the American Civic Ass'n. Instructor in the summer library schools of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri. Recreations: Walking, bird and nature study.

VAN CAMPEN, Helen Green (Mrs. Frank Rum- sey Van Campen), La Touche, Alaska. Writer; b. In Louisiana, Feb. 19, 1883; ed. pri- vately and in various schools; lived in South America and England until 14; then began to race horses in U.S.; m. Frank Rumsey Van Campen, manager of the Beatson Copper Mines at La Touche, Alaska. In 1905 began to write Action for N.Y. Morning Telegraph; later for N.Y. Herald; still continues to write for the magazines. Favors woman suffrage. Author: At the Actor's Boarding House; The Maison de Shine; Mr. Jackson; all under her maiden name of Helen Green.

VAN CLEAVE, Alice M. (Mrs. Lee W. Van Cleaved 4732 Westminster PI., St. Louis, Mo. Born Carrswold, Mo., Oct. 2, 1882: dau. Otto W. and Delia (Carr) Meysenburg; ed. Mary Inst., Smith Coll.; m. St. Louis, May 21, 1902, Lee W. Van Cleave; one son: Eugene W. (Christian. Recreations: Walking, automoblling. "VANDEGKIFT, Margaret" (pen name) — see

Janvier. Margaret Thomson. V.\N DESIAKK, Florence Curtiss (Mrs. Willis Ranney Van Demark), 467 Park Av., Roches- ter, N.Y.

Born Waterport, N.Y., Mar. 28, 1878; dau. Charles Finney and Mary (Prudden) Curtiss; ed. Rochester High School, Vassar Coll., A,B. '02; m. Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 13, 1904, Willis Ranney Van Demark. Instructor in high school at Sala-

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��manca, N.Y., 1902-03; high school at Rochester, N.Y., 1904. Interested in social service work, as Friendly Visitor and mem. of Social Service Com. ; Interested in all city welfare work, child welfare, recreation, etc. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. and active worker in Political Equality Club (Legislative Com.). Presbyterian. Progressive. Recreations: Canoeing, camping, golf, tennis, swimming, autoing. Mem. Vassar Club, College Women's Club, Women's Educa- tional and Industrial Union, Consumers' League. Pres. Vassar Club of Rochester, 1913-14. VANDEBBFLT, Mabel Tilton, 36 University

Place, Princeton, N.J.

School principal; b. Princeton, N.J. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '01. Teacher Princeton, N.J., 1901-04; Trenton, N.J., 1904-06; since 1906 prin- cipal Princeton Borough School. Mem. Present Day Club. VA^iDEBBrLT, Sarah Watson Sanderson (Mrs.

William D. Vanderbilt), The Saville, 420 W

118th St., N.T. City.

Bom Greenfield, Mass., July 31, 1878; dau. C. H. K. and Elizabeth (Watson) Sanderson; ed. Greenfield High School, Smith Coll., B.L. 1900; m. Greenfield, Mass., Oct. 8, 1907, William D. Vanderbilt; children: Sanderson, William Dun- ham Jr. Assistant in dep't of languages, 1900- 03, State Coll. of R.I.; private sec. to Mrs. Levi P. Morton, 1903-06. Occasional contributor to periodicals. Mem. Smith Coll. Club, Housewives' League. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage. VANDEE HOBCK, Emma Bobb (Mrs. Max P.

Vander Horck), 1600 Chicago Av., Minneapo- lis, Minn.

Musician, pianlste, teaching and tourist; b. Prairie du Chien, Wis., May 6, 1870; dau. John George and Harriet Anne (Gay) Robb; ed. Prairie du Chien public schools, Minneapolis public schools, Carleton Coll., Univ. of Minn.; musical instruction under Mme. Constance Heine Mozzara, Hermann Emil Zoch and Leopold Go- dowsky; m. Minneapolis, Jan. 1, 1890, Dr. Max P. Vander Horck (died Dec. 5, 1911); children: Viola, Karl, Max P. Since husband's deaf maintains studio, teaching half the year. Inter- ested in music; has played for churches, chari- ties, settlement houses, prisons, public work in solo, ensemble and accompanying. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Thursday Musical (served on board 13 years, twice offered presidency, cor. sec. three years). Recreations: Travel, with object of studying history, art and sociology; walking, dancing, skating, horseback riding. Mem. Minikahda Club. VAN DEB LIETH, Emma Gasche, 508 N. Ne- vada Av., Carson City, Nev.

Born Nevada Co., Cal. ; dau. Jacob and Meta E. (Sommer) Van der Lieth; ed. Bishop Whittaker's School for Girls, Reno, Nev. Mem. of Altar Guild in church work; chairman of Students' Loan Fund, Nevada Fed. Women's Clubs; organ- ized Sams' in Nevada to assist deserving poor students to a higher education. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Leisure Hour Club (Carson), Parents' and Teachers' Club (Carson). VANDEBIJP, Narcissa Cox (Mrs. Frank A.

Vanderlip), "Beechwood," Scarborough, N.Y. ;

winter, 'Bluewater Cottage," Bellalre HeightB,

Florida.

Born Quincy, 111. ; dau. Charles Epperson and Narcissa (Woods) Cox; ed. Miss Rice's Collegiate School, Hyde Park High School, Univ. of Chi- cago, '03 (mem. Estoeric Club); m. Chicago, 111., May 19, 1903, Frank A. Vanderlip, now pres. Nat. City Bank, N.Y. City; children: Narcissa Cbar- lotte Delight, Frank A.- Jr., Virginia Jocelyn, Kelvin Cox. Treas. Kennedy House; pres. Woman's Civic Study Club, Osslning, N.Y.; mem. Board of Fresto Air Ass'n of St. Jobn the Divine, and mem. various other social and phil- anthropic organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Westchester Co. Equal Franchise League, Hudson River Equal Franchise Soc, Woman Suffrage Party of the City of New York. Swedenborglan. Recreations: Singin?, golf, riding, fishing. Mem. Women's Cosmopolitan Club, Sleepy Hollow Country Club.

��T.4JVOEBPOEI,, Emily C. Noyes (Mrs. John A.

Vanderpoel), 22 Gramercy Park, N.Y. City.

Artist, writer; b. N.Y. City; dau. William Cur- tis and Julia F. (Tallmadge) Noyes; ed. private schools in N.Y, City; studied art under R. Swain Gifford and William Sartain; m. N.Y. City, John A. Vanderpoel. Painter in oils and water colors. Writer on art subjocta. Author: Ci^or Problems, a Practical Manual for the Lay Stu- dent of Color, 1902; Chronicles of a Pioneer School from 1792 to 1S33, being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and Her Litchfield School, 1903. Mem. Ass'n of Women Painters and Sculptors, N.Y. Water Color Club, Municipal Art Soc, Nat. Arts Club.

VAN DEB VEEB, Mary, 1 Arnold Av., Am- sterdam, N.Y.

Artist; b. Amsterdam, N.Y. ; dau. John J. and Jennie A. (Van Bvera) Van der Veer; ed. Nat. Acad, of Deislgn, N.Y. City; Pa. Acad, of Fma Arts, Philadelphia; Whistler Acad, and I>elaclusa Acad., Paris. Awarded bronze medal, St. Louia Exposition, 1904; Julia A. Shaw memorial prize, Nat. Acad, of Design, 1911. Mem. N.Y. Water- color Club, Woman's Art Club of N.Y., fellow- ship of Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, etc. VAN DEBZEE, Anna Wood Blackmer (Mrs.

Newton Briggs Van Derzee), Selkirk, N.Y.

Bom Genoa, N.Y., Sept. 1, 1872; dau. Ephraim N. and Roxana (Edmonds) Blackmer; grad. State Normal School, Cortland, N.Y., 1893; Wel- lesley Coll., A.B. '01; m. Cortland, N.Y., May 5, 1909, Hon. Newton Briggs Van Derzee, surrogate judge of Albany Co.; one son: Newton Briggs Jr. Mem. Dutch Reformed Church. Mem. Ass'n Col- legiate Alumnas, Shakespeare Soc, Wellesley Coll., Women's Club of Albany, N.Y. VAN DE WATEE, Virginia Terhune (Mgs. F. F.

Van de Water), 403 W. 115th St., N.Y. City;

summer, Kanesuta, Pompton Lakes, N.J.

Author; b. Newark, N.J. ; dau. Rev. Edward Payson and Mary Virginia (Hawes) Terhune ("Marion Harland"); ed. by governesses and private sciiools in AJnerica, Italy and Switzer- land; m. Mar. 5, 1889, F. F. Van de Water, ol N.Y. City; children: Frederic Franklyn Jr., Ed- ward Terhune, Sterling Hawes. (Collaborated with her mother in Everyday Etiquette, 1906. Author: From Kltohen to Garret, 1910; Little Talks with Mothers of Little People, 1911; Why I Left My Husband, 1912; writer of short stories and essays to Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and many other magazines; editorial writer on New York American. Recreation : Driving motor- car. M'Wn. Barnard and Meridian Clubs. Against woman suffrage.

VANDTVEE, Hafie Lonlse Ayer (Mrs. James R.

Vandlver), 307 S. McDuffie St., Anderson, S.C.

Bom Union, S.C; dau. Gen. Lewis M. and Lillle (Moore) Ayer; ed. Marrion Sem. for Girls; m. Anderson, S.C, Jan. 17, 1888, James R. Van- diver; children: Basil Ayer Vandlver, b. Dec. 17, 1891; Rhoda Ayer Vandlver b. Apr. 5, 1894. Interested in Sunday-school, choir, guild, mis- sionary and general church work of Protestant Episcopal Church. Organized, was first and sev- eral other terms pres. and always chief worker Robert B. Lee Chapter United Daughters of Con- federacy; also for years State vice-pres. Organ- ized and several terms regent Cateeehee Chapter D.A.R. ; permanent pres. of Runymede Literary Club; also in educational work, charitable mill village wort, hospital work, civic improvement, etc. Mem. Hospital Ass'n, Literary Ass'n, WcHnan's Auxiliary to Anderson Cill. Ass'n. Recreations: Reading, opera, theater, travel. Mem. Artistic and Musical Club, Benevolent and Charitable Ass'n. Has written chiefly for publi- cations that are organs for some organization, historical sketches, poems, essays and articles for children. VAN DOBEN, Mary A. (Mrs. F. Van Doren),

317 Groveland Av., Minneapolis, Minn.

Bom Minneapolis, Nov. 29, 1869; dau. Thomaa M. and Mary (Bean) Linton; ed. Burnham School, Northampton, Mass. ; m. July 5, 1S92, Frederick Van Doren; children: Linton, Elsa, Pierce. Episcopalian. Recreations: Riding, swimminfi. motorinjsL out-door snorts.

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��VAN DCZEB, Edna Slocum (Mr». Charles Van

Duzer), 18 Jackson St., Weedsport, N.Y.

Born Ira, N.Y., Nov. 24, 1859; dau. James W. and Maria (Wilson) Slocum; ed. Palley Sem., Fulton, N.Y. ; coll. prep, with honore; m. Apr. 14, 1880, Charles Van Duzer; children: J. Verner, Leta Maria, Grace Slocum, Paul Slocum. Has the care, owns and controls large interest In real 3state. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church; past matron in Order of Eastern Star; pres. Ladies' Fortnightly • Club of Weedsport; past pres. W.C.T.U.; school trustee. Favors ■woman suf- frage. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Card Club. VAN EVEKKN, Alice B. (Mrs. H. Van Everen),

13 Klrkland Place, Cambridge, Mass.

Bom Brooklyn, 1869; dau. Adolph and Rosalie 0. (Hille) Berkefeld; grad. Packer Inst, '88; special student at Cornell Univ., 1890-91 (mem. Alpha Phi); m. Sept. 18, 1893, Horan Van E^veren; one son: Horan B. Mem. Woman's Aid Ass'n of Cambridge, Cambridge Hospital League, Cornell Women's Club of Boston. Episcopalian. VAN KLEECK, Marie Tallmadge, 69 Market

St., Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '99. Teacher Ashland Sera., Ver- sailles, Ky., 1900-01; tutor Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1904-06; teacher Metzger School, Carlisle, Pa.. 1906-07; Penn Hall, Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa., since 1909. VAN NESS, Sarah Bowman, Lexington. Mass.

Born Macon, Ga., Nov. 4, 1859; dau. John and Eliza Powel (Qettings) Bowman; descendant in ninth generation from Captain William Powel of JamestowB, Va. ; mem. first House of Burgesses, 1619, the first Legislative Assembly In America, and Tvas chairman of com. appointed to select Buch laws (sent over by Parliament) as they considered desirable for government of America; also descended from the earliest Pilgrims and Puritans of Mass.; ed. by governess in Georgia, Winthrop School, Boston; Lassell Sem., Auburn- dale, Mass.; m. Boston, Oct. 4, 1892, Joseph Van Ness, publisher. For five years after his death directed and managed his publishing business of Shoe and Leather Trade Journal. Connected with many philanthropic, social, religious and histori- cal interests in Boston, Lexington and the South. Mem. Jamestown (Va.) Soc; one of first Daugh- ters of Founders and Patriots of America, Pounders' Club, D.A.R. (of Boston), Winthrop School Alumni Ass'n; first patroness of Southern Club of Boston and Lexington Outlook Club. Founder, and active regent for eight years, now hon. regent of Lexington (Mass.) D.A,R. Be- lieves women who pay taxes should have vote. VAN NORDEN, Cora Langdon, 8 E. Sixty- second St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; dau. Warner and Martha (Philips) Van Norden; ed. Brearley School, N.Y. City. Active in social work for women and chil- dren. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Women's Political Union, Woman Suffrage Party, E}qual Franchise Soc. Mem. Women's Board of Direc- tors of Manhattan Working Girls' Club: menu Grenfell Ass'n, Consumers' League, Red Cross, Fencers' Club. VAN NOBDEN, Grace Talcott (Mrs. Warner M.

Van Norden), 7 W. Fifty-seventh St., N.Y.

City.

Born N.Y. City; dau. James and Henrietta E. .Francis) Talcott; ed. Ogontz, Pa.; m. New York, Apr. 16, 1898, Warner M. Van Norden; one son: John. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. VAN NORMAN, Ani^Iie Velller (Mrs. Daniel Cummlngs Van Norman), 325 Highland Av.,

Mount Vernon, N.Y.

Educator; b. Paris, France; dau. Jacques and Caroline (Bloc) Velller; ed. Paris, France, N.Y. City and Philadelphia, privately by Mesdames Mary-Savary de Passy; m. N.Y. City, 1875, Rev. Daniel Cummings Van Norman, LL.D. (foundfr of Van Norman Inst. In 1857); one son: Louis ld9ceased). Many years associate principal and proprietor of Van Norman Inst., and after her husband's death principal and proprietor until 1905, now engaged In teaching and drawing-room talks. Sec. Le Lyceum Soci6t6 des Femmes de Prance i New York: vice-pres. Betterment

��League. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres (past pres.) Joan of Arc Suffrage League; vice- pres. N.Y. County Suffrage League; mem. Suf- frage Party, N.Y. City. Authv of occasionaJ newspaper articles. Protestant Episcopal. Hon. pres. of Van Norman Alumnse Ass'n. Waf awarded gold and bronze medals at the Paris ESxposition of 1889, also diploma for her educa- tional work and success in N.Y. VAN ORSDALL, Carrie (MrB. J. T. Van OrBdall),

394 Taylor St., Portland, Ore.

Born In Iowa, July 8, 1864; dau. Charles J. and Minerva (English) Crowner; ed. High School, Co- lumbus, Kan., 1879; m. in Orepon, 1886, J. T. Van Orsdall; one daughter, Carol. Author: The Story of Woodcraft; also editorial work, short stories and sketches. Democrat Mem. Order Eastern Star. Organized and holds executive office in the Women of Woodcraft, a fraternal benefit order operating in the Pacific Coast States. VAN PELT, Betsey South worth (Mrs. John V.

Van Pelt). 126 E. Eightieth St., N.Y. City.

Born Dryden, Tompkins Co., N.Y., July 22, 1873; dau. William H. H. and Ella (Ward) South- worth; grad. Ithaqa High Sciiool, Annie Brown'a School for Girls, N.Y. City; N.Y. Training School for Deaconesses; m. N.Y. City, Mar. 20, 1902, John V. Van Pelt; children: Betsey S., Margaret Vredenburgh, John Vredenburgh, Diana Amelia. Mem. Benevolent Ass'n, Madison Av. Presby- terian Church; before marriage conducted classes in connection with the settlement work of Grace Church. Episcopalian. Recreation: Walking. Mem. Reading Club. VAN PEL,T, Gertrude Wyckoflf, Point Loma,

California.

Physician; b. Elizabeth, N.J., Apr. 16, 1856; dau. Reuben and Katherine (Vredenburgh) Van Pelt; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S. '81; Woman's Med. Coll., Philadelphia, '86; studied for three winters in Paris hospitals after being interne one year in America. Practised medicine five years in Boston, Mass.; joined Mass. Med. Soc, '91. Actively connected with Universal Brotherhood Organization since 1900; directress of the Raja Yoga Acad, at Point Loma, Cal. Against woman suffrage. Theosophlst. VAN RENSSELAER, Caroline Elizabeth (Mrs.

Charlea Augustus Van Rensselaer), 130 E.

Fifty-sixth St., N.Y. City.

Born Brookline, Mass. ; dau. Desmond and Elizabeth P. (Salisbury) Fitz Gerald; ed. private school organized by Mrs. Irving A. Shaw of Brookline, Mass. ; m. Charles Augustus Van Rensselaer; children: Charles A. Jr., Stephen. Mem. Ladies' Auxiliary Board of Vanderbilt CHnic; Woman's Dep't Nat. Civic Fed., Board of Hudson Guild, N.Y. City. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Woman's Political Union and Equal Franchise Soc, N.Y. City. Presbyterian. VAN RENSSELAER, Louisa (Mrs. William

Bayard Van Rensselaer), 385 State St., Al- bany, N.Y.

Born Cambridge, Mass. ; dau. George Martin Lane (of Harvard Univ.) and Frances Eliza (Gardiner) Lane; ed. private schools In Boston, Mass.; m. Cambridge, Mass., Nov. 3, 1880, Wil- liam Bayard Van Rensselaer of Albany, N.Y. I*res. Albany Diocesan Branch Woman's Auxili- ary to Board of Missions, Albany Branch of Plant, Fruit and Flower Guild; vice-pres. Soc. for Cooperation of Charities and of I'Allianca FranQa'ie; mem. Exec. Com. Colonial Damea of State of N.Y. ; mem. Albany Diocesan Com. of Central Com. of Woman's Church Work (In- ternal.). Mem. of Schuyler Commission ap- pointed by Governor Dlx, Board of Directors of Albany Child's Hospital, Albany Boys' Club, and other organizations. Has written many articles on various subjects which have been published In various magazines, but has never signed her name to them. Protestant Episcopalian. VAN BKN8SELAEB, M. King: (Mrs. John

Alsop King Van Rensselaer), 45 W. Thirty- fifth St., N.Y. City.

Author; b. N.Y. City, May 26, 1848; dau. Archi- bald Gracie and Elizabeth D. (Duer) King; ed. by governesses; m. N.Y. City, 1871, John Aleop Kins Van Re a ss e la e r. Author: Crochat Im£a:

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��Girls' Life Eighty Years Ago; New Yorkers ot the Nineteenth Century; Good Vrouw of Mana- ha-ta; Devil's Picture Books; Nonsuch Euchre; History of Nerwport; Prophetical Educational and Playing Cards. Mem. N.Y. Hist. Soc, Pa. Hist Soc., Arts and Crafts Club (N.Y. City), Con- temporary, Causeries du Lundi Political and So- cial Science Club. Favors woman sufirage. VAJ< RENSSELAER, Mariana Griswold (Mrs.

Schuyler Vaji Rensselaer), & W. Tenth St.,

N.Y. City.

Author; b, N.Y. City; dau. George aad I^ydia (Alley) Griswold; privately educated (honorary L.itt.D., Columbia Univ., ISiO) ; m. Schuyler Van Rensselaer. Author: History of the City of New York in the Seventeenth Century: English Ca- thedrals; Art Out-of-Doors; Henry Hobson Rich- ardson and His Works; Six Portraits (essays); The Man Who Was Content; Poems. Opposed to woman suffrage and published essay: Should We Ask for Suffrage? Contributor of articles and poems to several periodicals. Former pres. Public Education Ass'n of N.Y.

VAN RENSSELAER, Martha, N. Y. State Col- lege of Agriculture, Cornell University, Ithaca,

N.Y.

Educator; b. June 21, 1864; dau. Henry Killian and Ari'illa A. (Owen) Van Rensselaer; ed. Chamberlain Inst., Randolph, N.Y., and various summer schools and Cornell Univ. Was teacher In public schools. Instructor in teachers' insti- tutes; school commissioner of Cattaraugus Co., N.Y., six years; supervisor of extension home economics in Cornell Univ. ; now prof, and head of dep't of home economics, Cornell Univ. Active in committee work in home economics in various State and Nat. organizations. Editor of Reading Course for the Farm Home, Cornell Univ. Author of several bulletins in the course apd of magazine and other articles. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Favors woman suffrage. VAN SEINGERLAND, Mrs. Nellie Bingham,

Betterment Club House, 132 W. 131st St.,

N.Y. City.

Reformer; b. Ortonville, Oakland Co., Mich., Nov. 6, 1850; dau. Storm and Charlotta (Bing- ham) Van Slingerland; descendant from Queen Catherine Parr of England and King Henry I. of France, on her mother's side, and ancestry equally as prominent on her father's; ed. Clark- Eton Acad., Clarkston, Mich.; Van Norman Inst, for Young Ladies in N.Y. City, and private tutors; married three times: (1st) John J. CJrcvw- ley, Clarkston, Mich.; (2nd) William B. Meade, Boston, Mass.; (3rd) William H. Lynn, of Min- nesota; one son, John J. Crowley, Jr. (died Boon after birth). An artist in oUs and water colors; taught school in youth. Was at one time phenomenally successful in real estate spec- ulation, building houses and apartments for her- self. Was the first woman publisher in the United States, under the name of the Guaran- tee Publishing Co., N.Y. City, which published novels and other books. Was editor and pub- lisher also of Joan of Arc Magazine, and the Betterment League Magazine. Has been active in church philanthropies; director Woman's Ex- change and Rescue League work. Founder and pres. Joan of Arc Woman Suffrage League, Daughters of Michigan; founder Betterment League, Rising Sun Woman Suffrage League, Our Star League, Invincible League, Empire State League. Co-founder of League for the Civic Service of Women, Lower Rent and Taxes Ass'n, Congress of States Ass'n; mem. D.A.R., Woman's National Theater Ass'n, N.Y. Theater Club; organizer for N.Y. County Woman Suf- frage Ass'n, and Rising Sun League; also lor Betterment League; mem. N.Y. City Federation of Woman's Clubs, N.Y. State Federation of Woman's Clubs. Captain Woman Suffrage Party; mem. Cameo Club, Salon. Author: Cupid; The Devil's Stoker, a Romance of Heredity; Pa- triotic Poesy; Love and Politics; A Social Ro- mance; Passion and Pique Poesy; A Fight for a Title; Toshimytsu Mayeda. Songs: Eyes, Eyes, Eloquent Eves; On-^ Heart for You. Dramatiza- tions: Cupid, The Devil's Stoker, and others. Religion: High Thought and Spiritism. Recre- ations: Horseback riding, lectures, theaters, etc.

��VAN SEYKE, Elizabeth Johnson (Mrs. Evert

Van Slyke), W. 253d St., Kingsbridge, N.Y.

City.

Physician; b. Montreal, Canada; dau. William and Margaret (Tait) Johnson; ed. in schools of Montreal; grad. N.Y. Hospital Training School for Nurses, '83; Buffalo Univ., M.D. '87, with honors for thesis on The Comparative Test of Pepsin Preparations; m. April, 1902, Rev. Evert Van Slyke, D.D., late moderator of Central Synod of the Reformed Church in the U.S. (died March, 1909). Sup't of Training School for Nurses of High St. General Hospital, Buffalo, 1884-87; from 1887 engaged in practice of medicine among women and children in N.Y. City. Was for ten years in charge of a gynecological clinic in the dispensary of the N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, doing minor surgery work herself. Has served as medical editor of the Scientific American. Has been mem. of Advisory Board of N.Y. School of Applied Design for Women. VAN TASSEL, Anna Belle Aldridge (Mrs. R. D.

Van Tassel), Sioux City, Iowa.

Minister; b. Elwood, Ind., July 19, 1873; dau. John M. and Catharine (Copher; Aldridge; grad. St. Lawrence Univ., '97; B.D. '99; completed teachers' course in the Am. Univ. at Harriman, Tenn.; m. North Montpeller, Vt., Oct. 16, 1902, Rev. R. D. Van Tassel; children: Raymond De Etetein, Wenona Belle. Took divinity course at Canton Theological School; ordained 1897; re- ceived call to pastorate of Universalist Church at Natural Bridge, N.Y. ; remained there two years; accepted the pastorate at East and North Montpelier, Vt., for three years. Since mar- riage has done supply work at Mukwonago and Augusta, Wis., and lectured occasionally; sub- jects: Industrial Training; Home Economics; The Public Schools of To-^3ay; The ElScient Education of Women. Chairman School Com., Civic League of Rochester, Minn.; with com., established free med. inspection in the public schools of Rochester, Minn. ; also an ungraded dep't, where the backward and sub-normal chil- dren ^e<^eive special instruction. Had charge of anti-tul>erculosis campaign, 1911. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist. Progressive. Mem. W.C.T.U., Independent Order of Good Shepherd, Civic League, Child Rescue League. Recrea- tions: Camping, boating, fishing. VAX TASSELL, Mary Ann Deach (Mrs Robert

W. Van Tassell), 217 Glen Oak Av., Peoria,

111.

Bom Groveland, 111. ; grad. Vassar, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '98; m. Peoria, 111., June 16, 1904, Robert W. Van Tassell. Teacher in schools of Peoria, 111., 1898-99; Howard Payne Coll., Fav- ette. Mo., 1899-1900; Bradley Polytechnic Inst, Peoria, 1900-04. VAN VAXZAH, Eudora Blair (Mrs. Johnson

Walls Van Valzah), Lewisburgh, Pa.

Born Lewisburgh, Pa., Dec. 29, 1862; dau. Samuel Blair, M.D., and Catharine (Hancock) Blair; grad. Bucknell Inst, Lewisburgh, Pa., class of '80; m. Lewisburgh, Pa., Oct. 11, 1888, Johnson Walls Van Valzah; one daughter: Miriam, b. May 12, 1903. Methodist. Prohibi- tionist. Mem. of church societies. Recreations: Reading, fancy work, games. Mem. Bucknell Alumnse Club, Lewisburgh Civic Club. VAN VOAST, Phoebe M. (Mrs. Rufus A. Van

VoastK 352 E. 200th St., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. N.Y. City, 1879; dau. William H. and Mary E. (Ellis) Bogart; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A. ; Johns Hopkins Med. School, M.D. (mpm. Agora-Wollesley and Zeta Phi, medical fra- ternity); m. N.Y. City, Jan. 27, 1908, Rufus A. Van Voast; one daughter: Helen Taylor. Physi- cian to N.Y. Diet Kitchen Ass'n Milk Station; now ass't In Presbyterian Hospitil Dispensary. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Woman's Med. Soc. of N.Y. City. Soc. ot Sanitary and Social Prophy- laxis; N.Y. City sec. of Com. for Public Health Education Among Women of Am. Med. Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. VAN VOKST, Bessie (Mrs. John Van Vorst)>

23 bis. Rue de Constantine, Paris, France.

Writer; b. N.Y. City, 1872; dau. John McGin- nls Jr., and Lydia (Matteson) McGlnnis; ed. Mi.<«

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��Brackett's School, N.Y. City; The Brearley School, N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, 1899, John Van Vorst. Began literary work as correspondent for the N.Y. Evening Post in 1S9S; has since con- tributed to the leading American magazines and the Revue des Deux Mondes, Paris, and engaged as novelist, her first novel, "Bagsby's Daughter," being written in collaboration with Miss Marie Van Vorst, and published in 1901, as also was her second, "The Woman Who Toils," 1903. Author: Issues of Life— a Novel of the American Woman ol To-day, 1903; Letters to Women In Love, 1906; The Cry of the Chil- dren, 1908. Translator, from the French of Robert Charles Henri Le Roux, of "Magda, Queen of Sheba," from the Ancient Royal Abyssinian Manuscript, 1907. Episcopalian. VAN VORST, Marie, 4 Place du Palais Bour- bon, Paris, France.

Author; b. N.Y. City; dau. Hon. Hooper C. Van Vorst, Judge of Supreme Court of State of N.Y., and Josephine (Treat) Van Vorst; pri- vately educated by tutors at home. Contribu- tor of stories and verse to the magazines, and of correspondence to N.Y. Evening Post and other high-class publications. Sent to Europe by Harper & Bros, to write series upon Rivers of the Old World, including Tiber, 1907; Nile, 1908; Danube, 1909; Seine, 1909. Author: Bags- by's Daughter (with Mrs. Bessie Van Vorst), 1901; Philip Longstreth, 1902; The Woman Who Toils (being the Experience of Two Ladies as Factory Girls), with Mrs. Bessie Van Vorst, 1903; Poems, 1903; Modern French Masters (ar- ticles on De Chavannes, Cazin, Rodin, Besnard, and Steinlen, 1904; Amand of the Mill, 1905; Miss Desmond— An Impression, 1905; The Sin of George Warrener, 1906; The Sentimental Ad- ventures of Ji mm y Bulstrode, 1908; In Ambush, 1909; First Love, 1910; The Girl from His Town, 1910; The Broken Bell, 1912.

VAN WAGENEN, Anna Komeyn (Mrs. Theo- dore F. Van Wagenen), 1221 Sherman St.. Denver, Colo.

Born Albany, N.Y., Aug., 1849; dau. Stephen B. and Harriet (Stafford) Gregory; ed. Brooklyn (N.Y.) private schools. Packer Inst., Vassar Coll. one year special course; m. Oct., 1874, Theodore F. Van Wagenen; children: Ethel Phillipa, Richard Gregory, Hugh, Romeyn, Kenneth Dur- yea. Charter mem. Woman's Club of Denver, Colo, (chairman social science dep't, 1901); organizer of Consumers' League of Colo. ; pres. Colo. Branch Nat. Congress of Mothers, 1910-11 ; mem. Equal Sufifrage Ass'n of Colo., Public Service League. Democrat.

VAN WAGENIN, Kathrina Holland, Alstead Centre, N.H.

Social worker; ed. Miss Florence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '04; student in Winona Bible School, N.Y. City, 1906-07. Mem. exec. com. of Y.W.C.A. of the States of New York and New Jersey, 1904-07; B6C. of literature and manager of Woman's B'd of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, N.Y. City, 1907-09.

Wti WERDEN, Helen B. DcKalb (Mrs. Louis P. Van Werden), Leon, la.

Business woman, b. DcKalb, la., June 29, 1869; dau. Benjamin Drew and Margaret A. (Smith) DeKalb; ed. Keokuk (la.) High School, Humes- ton (la.) Normal Cksll. (valedictorian of class); m. DeKalb, la., June 29, 1S98, Louis P. Van Werden; children: Charles DeKalb, Benjamin Drew DeKalb, Helen DeKalb. Cashier Bank of Weldon, Weldon, la., for nine years; has done a loan business for past 25 years. Much interested In schools and measures for their improvement. Methodist. Pres. Cemetery Ass'n. Leon, la.; mem. New Century Club; sec. Civics Ass'n. V.\N WERT, Su.san Evens, 3ie W. 112th St., N.Y. City.

Teacher; b. Jamestown, N.Y., Nov. 18, 1875; dau. Moses Elan and Eunice (Hastings) Van Wert; ed. Cornell Univ., A.B. '98 (mem. Alpha Phi). Preceptress Cooperstown (N.Y.) High School, lSCS-1902; East Orange (N.J.) High School, tcarher of Latin, 1902-0.'?; head of Greek dep't, 1903-04; Normal Coll. High School, N.Y. City, tutor in Latin, 1904-12; acting head In

��Latin Dep't, 1912-13. Favors woman suffrage. Clubs: Avon (Jamestown, N.Y.), Sennightly (Cornell). Cornell Women's (N.Y. City). VAN WINKLE, Mrs. Charles u., 272 McDonough

St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born New Liondon, Conn., Sept. 12, 18CG; dau. Jonathan S. and Martha T. (Benham) Bishop; ed. public schools of New London, Conn.; m. New London, June 20, 1S89, Charles D. Van Winkle; children: Edgar Bishop, Allan Foster. Interested in Brooklyn Home for Consumptives. Fa\ors woman suffrage; mem. Woman Suffrage Party. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. Mayflower De- scendants, Soc. Colonial Daughters of the Sev- enteenth Century, D.A.R., Soo. of New England Women. Heoreations: Opera, theatre, lectures, bridge. Mem. Clvltas Club. VAN WTCK, SaUi« Floyd (Mrs. Stephen Van

Wyck), 346 W. Seventy-second St., N.Y. City.

Bom Norfolk, Va, ; dau. Thomas and Elizabeth E. B. (Floyd) Bottimore; ed. Augusta Female Sem., Staunton, Va. ; m. (1st) Charles F. Taylor; (2d) Stephen Vac Wyck; children: Charles Botti- more Taylor, Floyd Thomas Taylor. Interested in New Thought. Mem. D.A.R. VAN ZIT.E, Marj- Bulkeley (Mrs. Edward S.

Van Zile), 404 W. Twentieth St., Chelsea

Square, N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; dau. William H. and Emma (Gurney) Bulkeley; ed. private schools and gram- mar and high schools, Hartford, Conn., m. Hart- ford, Conn., Deu 8, 1886, Edward S. Van Zile, author; children: Mary (Mrs. Gerald A. Cun- ningham), b. Oct. 2, 1887; Edward Bulkeley, b. Dec. 22, 188«; Sally, b. June 9, 1890; Harriet, b. Sept. 18, 1892; Winifred, b. Feb. 19, 1902 (died Apr. 29, 1902). Active in many educational and civic movements; mem. Woman's Municipal League, and chairman of Chelsea branch of League since 1911, mem. Woman's Auxiliary to New York Dep't of Health Tuberculosis Clinics, Com. on Education and Publicity of the N.Y. County Com. of the Progressive Party, Exec. Com. of Chelsea Neighborhood Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman Suffrage Party. Mem. Connecticut Soc. Colonial Dames of Am., Woman's Cosmopolitan Club (N.Y. City). VAKNEY, Alice Lucy (Mrs. Sidney J. Varney),

La Salle, Colo.

Born Hudson, C>., July 4, 1836; dau. Salmon and Abiah (Cook) 'Thompson; ed. Hudson Sem.; Oxford Coll., Ohio; Rockford Coll., 111., grad. 1SC2; m. Hudson, O., Mar. 21, 1864, Sidney J. Varney; children: Helen A., Sidney R., Salmon J., Julia A., Samuel J. Interested in Presby- terian Church work, Sunday-school, missionary and aid societies; active worker in W.C.T.U. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Prohibi- tionist and Democrat. Recreations: Letter writ- ing, reading, travel. Mem. Social Ethics Club, Idaho Springs, Colo. In June, 1912, attended fiftieth anniversary of her graduation at Rock- ford College. VAUDRY, Mary Olive, Lennoxvllle, Quebec,

Can.

Educationist; b. Shefford. Quebec; dau. Hypo- lite and Martha Olive (Craig) Vaudry (father's family from Dieppe, Normandy; mother's family United Empire Loyalists); ed. Waterloo Acad.; St. Francis Coll., Richmond; McGill Univ., Mon- treal, B.A. '96, .M.A. 1900 (pres. McGill Univ. Y.W.C.A., 1895-96); M.A. ad eundem. Lennox- vllle Coll., 1905. Began teachingjn 1S96; taught two years In Chicago; principal Lennoxville Acad., seven years; principal Knowlton Acad., two years. Interested In church union and tem- perance reform. Favors woman suffrage. Au- thor: Jerusalem, the Golden; The United Empire Loyalists in Shefford Co., Quebec. Protestant. Pres. Lennoxvllle W.C.T.U. VAUGHAN, Hattle Buckley (Mrs. Thomas

VauBhan), 317 W. 119th St., N.Y. City.

Born Spencer, N.Y., Mar. 14, 1853; dau. Miles and Caroline E. (Bierce) Buckley; ed. Spencer Acad.; m. Ithaca, N.Y., 1873, Thomas Vaughan. Interested In church work and missions, city, foreign and doroestic. Mem. Women's Missionary Societies, foreign and domestic, Clio Club. Rec- reations: Music, literature. Mem. Dutch Re- formed Church. Favors woman suffrage.

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��VACGHAN, Mary Drew, 150 Pitman St., Providence, R.I.

Teacher; b. Providence, R.I., Mar. 2, 1872; dau. Christopfier and Ellzabetti (Pooke) Vaughan; grad. Brown Univ., Ph.B. '97. Librarian Fogg Lfbrary, South Weymouth, Mass., 1S9S-1901; keeper of graduate records, Brown Univ., 1902-09; associate editor and business manager. Brown Alumni Monthly, 19}5-09; teacher Technical High School, Providence, 1909—. Corr. sec. Alumnse- Ass'n cf Brown Univ. Favors woman suffrage. Editor Historical Catalogue of Brown Univ., 1764-1904, published 1905. Free BapUst. Recrea- tion: Gardening.

VACGHAX, Mrs. Myra McAlmont, 2201 Broad- way, Little Rock, Ark.

Born Weymouth, 0.; dau. Dr. John J. and Martha J. (Gregg) Mc-Almont; ed. Little Rock, Ark. ; two years in private school for young ladies in Philadelphia; moved to Arkansas when three years old; m. Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 14, 1S66, Francis Terry Vaughan; one son: Dr. Milton Vaughan, physician. Interested in good, gov- ernment and philanthropy. Has written many articles on education, woman's rights, temper- ance and historical subjects, and for the Ark. State Historical Commission on The E^arly Habits of the Quapaw Indians, Early Historical Soc. of Ark., Revolutionary Soldiers Buried in Ark.; now engaged on a history of the State. Mem. W.C.T.U., D.A.R., Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Aux- iliary of State Historical Cammtesion, Ark. His- torical Soc, Ark. Pioneer Soc., Ark. Museum Ass'n. Recreations: Music, flowers. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Favors woman suffrage; m«m. Political Equality Club. Democrat.

"VAUGHN, Mrs. Marion," pen name — see Gil- man, Stella Scott.

VAUTHIER, Lacy Mary Woodward (Mrs. Leon P. F. Vauthier), Watertown, Conn., and Beau- court, France.

Lecturer, writer; b. Watertown, Conn., Mar. 26, 1877; dau. George Plerpont and Mary Elizabeth (Titus) Woodward; ed. St. Margaret's Diocesan School, Waterbury, Conn.; the Misses Orton and Nicholas School, New Haven, Conn.; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '02; m. Watertown, Conn., Aug. 18, 1909, Leon P. F. Vauthier of Beaucourt, France; one son: David Titus Woodward Vauthier, b. 1911. Lectures before college clubs and D.A.R. chapters in Conn, and in Mass.; subjects: Per- sian Life, Social Customs, Arts, 1908. Interested in eugenics, in improved laws relating to pure food, child labor and other socio-economic re- forms, church reunion, etc. Articles in various newspapers: A Visit to Isha Dara, a leper colony in Persia, 1908. Mem. local social and literary societies, Martha's Vinevard Chapter D.A.R., College Club (Boston), Woman's Club (literary dep't, domestic science dep't, tourist dep't). Recreations: Riding, cards, chess, danc- ing, skating, reading, walking, botany and birds. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Conserva- tive Republican.

VAUX-KOYEB, Rose M. de (Mrs. Clarence de Vaux-Royer), Waldorf-Astoria, care of the Cameo Club, (summer) Oscawana-on-Hudson. Writer, po«t; b. East Lyme, Conn., May 2, 1861; dau. Cksrnelius and Lucy A. (Thomas) Maynard; ed.' Providence, R.I.; Univ. of CaJ.; Mt. Allison Univ., New Brunswick; Paris, France, psychologv, special mention In poetics; m. N.Y. City, 1898, Clarence de Vaux-Royer. Practice In therapeutic psychology confined to personal desire to aid the unfortunate and inti- mate friends and family, also free clinic work, Paris. Associated with Congress of Religions, conferences; founder and pres. of Cameo Club Salon, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, N.Y. City, 1909 (a salon of philosophy, music, art, psycho- therapy and modern thought); also summer con- ferences at various centers for general uplift and individual advancement; active worker for peace and promoter of women's work and intel- lectual life. Favors woman suffrage; mem. William Lloyd Garrison movement and Political Equality Club. Author: Peace and Other

��Poems; Telepathy; Soul Shadows, Songs and Sonnets, 1912; also magazine articles and poetry; contributor to publications in various cities in United States and Canada and Paris. Mem. Medico Legal Soc, Psychological Soc. of Paris, Soc. of Psychical Research, New Age Ass'n of N.Y., Metaphysical Ass'n of N.Y., Metaphysical Ass'n cf N.Y. City, Societe de France, Internal. Arts Society. Recreations: Motoring, driving, walking, nature study, European travel. Mem. Hundred Year Club, Health and Longevity Club, Cameo Club (pres.), Betterment League (vice-pres.), Harmon Country Club, Fine Artg Club, Public Good Club, Fed. of Women's Clubs, Am. Playgoers' Club. VATHrVGER, Culla Johnson (Mrs. Monroe

Vayhingerj, Upland, Ind.

Born Bennington, Ind., Sept. 25, 1867; dau. Charles and Matilda (Wainscott) Johnson; grad. Moores Hill Coll., B.S. 'SS; m. Moores Hill, Ind., Mar. 28, 1889, Rev. Monroe Vayhinger; children: Harold Dale, Paul Johnson, Lois Miriam. Fa- vors w^oman suffrage. State pres. W.C.T.U. of Ind., which has worked for the ballot in tba hands of women for 40 years; has been State pres. of Ind. for 10 years. Methodist. Has been on the platform for W.C.T.U. for 12 years.

VELTIN, Louise de Launay, 160 W. Seventy- fourth St., N.Y. City.

Principal the Veltin School; b. Paris, France; dau. Capt. Christian Veltin, U.S.A., and Hen- riette (de Launay) Veltin; came to U.S. in early childhood; ed. Sacred Heart Acad, at Fort Wayne, Ind., and later by private tutors in N.Y. City and in Paris. BsUblished in 1886 the Veltin School, N.Y. City, which she has since conducted. Received from French Government, 1902, decora- tion as Officier d'Academie de I'lnstruction Pub- lique. Mem. MacDowell Club, Barnard Club. VF:NTR£S, Adelaide Bralnerd, 424 W. 119th St., N.Y. City.

Teacher; b. Bloomfield, N.J. ; daughter of Henry Austin and Mary Brainerd (Smith) Ven- tres; ed. Bloomfield High School, 1879-83; Smith Coll., A.B. '88; Columbia Univ., A.M. '11 (mem. Alpha Soc, Smith). Mem. N.Y. branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumms, Alumna Ass'n cf Smith Coll., Smith Students' Aid Soc, Pundita Ramabai Ass'n, King's Daughters clubs and Woman's Missionary Soc. of First Presbyterian Church. Presbyterian. Recreation: Walking. Mem. Clas- sical Club (Normal Coll. of N.Y.), Smith College Club of N.Y. City.

VER5JXLTE, Elizabeth B., 22 Prospect Ter- race. Montclalr. X.J.

Born Newburyport, Mass., 1858; dau. Ashbel G. Vermilye (D.D.) and Helen Lansing (DeWitt) ; ed. private schools in Utica, N.Y., and Prepara- tory Inst., Schenectady, N.Y. Sec. of the Coun- cil of Women for Home Missions. Editorial sec. Woman's Board of Domestic Missions (Reformed Church in America) ; vice-pres. of Internat. Council for Patriotic Service; vice-prts. Mary Fisher Home Ass'n. Author: Life of Alexander Duff: chapter on Non-Christian Faiths in America, in conservation of National Ideals Lectures; essays, poems and articles on various subjects. Mem. Reformed (Dutch; Church. Mem. Council of Philanthropy, Montclair, N.J.; Interdenominational Com. Conferences for the East, Montclair Colony of New England Women (president). Woman's Club, Upper Montclair; Montclair Fed. of V/omen's Clubs organizations (pres.), N.J. State Fed. Women's Clubs (di- rector), Women's Club of Eiigiewood (honorary). Gives lectures on various topics, chiefly art, phil- anthropy, comparative religions and missionary matters.

VERMILYE, Mrs. Kate Jordan, 16B W. Eighty- second St., N.Y. City.

Born Dublin, Ireland, of Irish parents; came to N.Y. City when a small child; ed. privately and schools of N.Y. City; m. F. M. Vermilye. Began writing short stories, rhymes, etc, when 12 years of age; first noticeable work a novelette. The Kiss of Gold, and short story, A Rose of the Mire, which won a prize; has since written stories continuously, which have been published in various Am. and English magazines. Author:

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��A Circle in the Sand; Time, the Comedian; The Creeping Tides; also plays that have been pro- duced, Mrs. Dakon (four acts), and one-act plays: A Luncheon at Nick's; The Right Road; The House of Pierre; The Pompadour's Protfege; also in preoaration three-act farce: The Public Eye. Mem. Pen and Brush Club, Writers' Club, Am. Dramatists' Club. VERNAM, Alnieda (Mrs. Frank B. Vernam),

1334 Second St., Lorain, O.

Born Garland, Pa.; dau. Peter and Sarah A. (White) McKinney; ed. public school; m. July 23, 1872, Frank V. Vernam; children: Lou, Peter, Leo F. Social settlement worker. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. W.C.T.U., Order Eastern Star, Palestine Shrine, Lorain Sorosls Club. VERNON, S. Geraldine, Madison, Wis,

Physician; b. East Middleton, Wis.; dau. Daniel and Mary (.Martin) Vernon; ed. Univ. of Wis.; Northwestern Univ., med. dep't., M.D. '97. In hospital service at Wesley Hospital and at By- ford Hospital, Chicago. Methodist. Mem. For- eign Missionary Soc, Woman's Club. Against woman suffrage. VEKPLANCK, Katharine Rankin Wolcott (Mrs.

Samuel Verplanck), Roseneath, FishkiU-on-

Hudson, N.Y.

Born Roseneath, Pishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y., April 29, ]855; dau. Charles M. and Catharine A. (Rankin) Wolcott; ed. by tutors and governesses at home; Miss Green's School, N.Y. City; m. Roseneath, Fishkill-on-Hudson, N.Y., April 8, 1896, Samuel Verplanck. First pres. Dutchess Co. Com. for the Care of Dependent Children of the State Charities Aid Ass'n; sec. Board of Trustees of Highland Hospital for many years; interested in local churcii work; trustee Highland Library. Mem. Reformed Dutch Church. Indei>endent in politics. Mem. Soc. Colonial Dames State of N.Y. (pres. three years), Nat. Soc. D.A.R., two years (N.Y. State regent two years, chapter re- gent numerous times), Mayflower Soc, Soc. Col- onial Governors, Mary Washington Memorial Ass'n. Fortnightly Club. Descendant on her father's side from Henry Wolcott of Coon. In the line of Roger Wolcott, (Governor, and Oliver Wol- cott, signer of the Declaration of Independence. VESTAL, Jlrs. P. E., 1429 Bank St., South

Pasadena, Cal.

Born Gardner, Kan. ; dau. Fred and Rachel (Sutton) Ridlon. Sec. Nat. Women's Auxiliary to Railway Mail Ass'n. Mental Scientist. Favors woman suffrage.

VICKREV, Tanny Randolph (Mrs. Horace Na- tion Vlckrey), Riverside, Emporia, Kan.

County superintendent of schools; b. Emporia, Kan., Mar. 4, 1865; dau. Joseph V. and Anna M. (Watson) Randolph; grad. Emporia High School, '83; Kansas State Normal, 1900; m. Emporia, Kan., June 25, 1S85, Horace Nation Vickrey; one daughter: Helen, b. May 3D, 1887. Teacher in Emporia public schools for 12 years; sup't of schools of Lyon Co., Kan., 1813-1:^.; reelected In 1912; was nominated by Union Labor Party and by Prohibition Party in 1884 for sup't of public Instruction of Kansas; vice-pres. Kansas Farm- ers' Alliance, 1S8S-91. Active mem. of Kansas Good Roads Ass'n; mem. Exec. Board of Lyon Co. Farmers' Inst.; active mem. of Auxiliary to Farmers' Inst.; active in Populist movement in Kansas. Lectures on economic and social ques- tions. Mem. Royal Neighbors of America, (Drder Eastern Star (past matron), Emporia Federated Clubs. Recroation: Painting. (k)ngregationaliBt. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Exec. Com. of Lyon Co. Suffrage Ass'n, acting as chairman of Educational Dep't. VIELE, Kathlyne Knickerbacker, 357 Park Av.,

Yonkers, N.Y.

Born New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y., Jan. 12, ViUZ; dau. Gen. Egbert Ludovicus and "Teresa (Griffin) Vlele; ed. Mrs. Ogden Hoffman's School, N.Y. City, completed in Dresden, Saxony, 1868- 70; post-graduate course, 1878, at St. Agnes' School, Albany, N.Y.; grad. Woman's Law Class of New York Univ. Established at Ashtord Hill, Westchester Co., N.Y., in 1881, one of the first fresh air homes for the Door. Has worked

��20 years in philanthroplcal undertakings In con- nection with the Corning Foundation in Albany and the Church of the Holy Communion in N.Y. City. "Ashford Hill," a domain of 75 acres (which was Gen. Viele's country place), waa given to the Church of the Holy Communion by Miss Viele's grandmother, Mrs. Mary Griffin. Author: Two Hundred and Fifty Years with a Dutch Family of New York, 1909; Vlele Records, 1913. Meiu. Colonial Dames of America, Hugue- not Soc, Daughters of Holland Dames, Daugh- ters of Founders and Patriots, Mary Washington Colonial Chapter D.A.R., N.Y. Genealogical and Biographical Soc.

VIETOR, Agnes C, Trinity Court, Boston, Mass. Physician; specialty, surgery; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; ed. in public schools and privately; M.D., Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, 1£92; married, one son. Instructor in physical diag- nosis, 1S92-95, and instructor in surgery and attending dispensary surgeon, 1894-95, in Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary; clinical ass't Dep't of Gynecology, N.Y. Post-Graduata School and Hospital, 18&3-95; studied in Europe, 1895; clinical ass't Dep't of Surgery, N.Y. Poly- clinic Med. School and Hosp., 1895-96; removed to Boston, 1896; acting house surgeon. New Eng- land Hospital, 1895; attending physician, Pope Dispensary, Boston, 1897-1904; ass't surgeon. New England Hospital, 1S99-1904; mem. Com. of Ways and Means for Control of Tuberculosis in Boston, 1900-01; engaged in research in Europe, 1901-02; holder of research scholarship. Society of the Lying-in Hospital, New York, 1903-04; Invited to assist in organizing Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, March, 1904; resigned hospital appointments to devote time to research, 1904. Mem. and con- tributor 15th Internat. Med. Congress, Lisbon, 1908; fellow N.Y. Acad, of Medicine, Mass. Med. Soc, Boston Med. Library ; mem. Mass. Ass'n of B'ds of Health, New England Hospital Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, A.A.A.S., Am. Acad. Political and Social Science, Am. Economia Ass'n, Am. Soc. for Judicial Settlement of Inter- national Disputes; Mass. Civic League, Mass. State Child Labor Com., Mass. Political Equality Union, Mass. Woman Suffrage Party, Boston Drama League, Boston Municipal Athletic Ass'n, Boston Women's Municipal League, Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government, Boston School Voters' League, Ward 10 Pro- gressive Ward Com., Ward 10 Progressive Cluh (mem. B'd of Governors); Ward 10 Womau Suffrage Party (sec); Ward 10 Good Govern- ment Ass'n. Frequent contributor to medical journals on surgical, gynecological and general medical subjects; frequent lecturer on medical topics before Training School for Nurses, women's clubs, women's trade unions and similar bodies. Recreations: Walking, swim- ming, sailing, golf, dancing. Mem. Appalachian Mountain Club, Edgartown Yacht Club (ass't sec). Professional Women's Club, Pentagon Club.

VIGN08, Blanche, 1023 W. Tuscarawas St.,

Canton, O.

Musician; It. Canton, Nov. 8, 1870; dau. Augus- tus and Phoebe (Devlnny) Vlgnos; ed. Canton High School and Leipzig, Germany. Pres. SLata Board of Women Visitors for Benevolent and Correctional Institutions; vice-pres. Canton Playground Ass'n; mem. Board of Directors (Canton branch) Consumers' League; mem. Needlework Guild. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Stark Co. Suffrage Ass'n. Roman Catholic. Mem. Nat. Child 'Labor Ass'n; Canton Soroeia Club; treas. Pioneer Club of Ohio Fed. of Women's Clubs, Catholic Woman's Club. ■VTNCKNT, M. Ella (Mrs. Bethuel Thomas

Vincent), 9»3 E. Fourteenth At., Denver,

Colo.

Bom near Jacksonville, 111., Dec 20. 1835; dau. S. D. and Lucinda (Young) Masters; ed. HI. Woman's Coll., B.A. '65 (mem. Belles Lettres); m. Petersburg, 111., 1867, Rev. Bethuel Thomas Vincent; one son: Henry Bethuel Vincent, b. Dec. 28, 1872. Teacher In public schools and later in Qulncy (III.) Coll. and 111. Women's Coll., Jacksonville. 111., previous to marriaee: alncA

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��that time interested in religious and social phil- anthropies. Was a mem. Nat. Board of the Y.W.C.A., now vice-chairman of West Central Territorial Com. of Y.W.C.A. Has been for 17 seasons pres; of the Chautauqua Woman's Club, Chautauqua, N.Y. Methodist. Recreations: Health exercise. Mem. Denver Fortnightly Club, also P. E.G. Sisterhood. VINTON, Ellen Amelia, 2508 Cllffbourne PI.,

Washington, D.C.

Teacher; b. Southbridge, Mass., 1857; dau. Francis M. and S. (Lucretia) Vinton; grad. Wel- lesley Coll., B.S. '84, M.A, '97. Taught 12 years; was instructor in English literature at Norfolk Coll. for Young Ladies, 1891-95. Interested in church work, missions of all kinds and settlement work; actively interested in industrial work among colored people in Washington and In civic questions. Was one of founders of the Housekeepers' Alliance of Washington, D.C. Favors woman suffrage. Has written book re- views for Modern Culture and other magazines, and edited a school volume of LoTvell's poems. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnffi, Housekeepers' Alliance, missionary societies, etc., College Woman's Club, Monday Evening Club. VEVTON, Maria 'ftlitcheU, 15 Halstead Place,

East Orange, N.J. (summer, Brightwaters,

L.I.).

Physician; b. Boston, 1S62; dau. Frederic and Mary (Curry) Vinton; ed. Smith 0)11., A.B., A.M. '82; Cornell Univ., post-grad., 1883. Interne of Post Graduate Hospital, N.Y. City, 1886-87; dispensary physician Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, Manhattan Eye and Ear In- firmary; med. inspector N.Y. City Health Dep't, 13 years. Chairman for N.J. of Public Health Education Com. On editorial staff of Medical Record for many years. Medical exaitiiner L.C.B.A., Soc. Vincent de Paul, Tribune Fresh Air Fund. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Es- sex Co. Suffrage Soc. Contributor to Medical Record, International Clinics, Woman's Medical Journal, Babyhood (a series). "Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Am. Medical Ass'n, State Medical Soc. of N.J., Acad, of Medicine, N.Y. ; Essex Co. Medical Soc, Smith College Alumna. Mem. Woman's Club of Orange. VIRGIL, Antha Minerva (Mrs. Almon Kincaid

Virgil), 42 W. 76th St., N.Y. City.

Director of piano school; b. Elmira, N.Y. ; dau. Uric and Minerva Ruth (Cole) Patchen; grad. from the Burlington (Iowa) High School; m. Bur- lington, Iowa, 1878, Almon Kincaid Virgil. Es- tablished in 1891 the Virgil Piano School in N.Y. City (of which she is still the director), in which she introduced the Metronome for all technical practice; patentee and manufacturer of the Tekniklavier; originator of the use of practice instruments by piano students in the United States. Patentee of several instruments used in connection with piano practice. Contributor to the leading musical publications. Author of nu- merous instruction books for the piano, notably The Virgil Method of Piano Instruction; Practi- cal Exercises in Harmony Playing; Four Books of Melodious Studies and Short Pieces; Irregular Arpeggios; and other publications. VISANSKA, Sarah Bentsehner (Mrs. Julius M.

Visanska), Charleston, S.C.

Born July 16, 1870, Charleston, S.C; dau. David and Hannah (Jacob) Bentsehner; ed. Charleston (S.C.) Female Sem., class of '89 (Latin saluta- torian, first honor); m. Charleston, S.C, Mar. 12, 1895, Julius M. Visanska. iVIem. Kelly Kin- dergarten Ass'n (past pres.), S.C. Kindergarten Ass'n, Civic Club (was pres. six years); mem. Council of Jewish Women; mem. Charleston Soc. Arts and Crafts, Carolina Art Ass'n and various benevolent societies. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor of various articles which have appeared in club organs and local press, mainly devoted to civic questions and literary criticism. Israelite. Recreations: Travel, mo- toring, music, drama. Mem. City Fed. of Wo- men's Clubs, Charleston, S.C. (pres. 1908-11); pres. S.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1910-12; now chairman dep't of civics. Believes in restricted suffrage for both sexes.

��VIVIAN, Boxana Hayward, Wellesley College,

Wellesley, Mass.

Associate professor mathematics of Wellesley Coll.; b. Hyde Park, Mass., Dec. 9, 1871; dau Robert Hayward and Roxana (Nott) Vivian; ed Hyde Park High School, Wellesley Coll., A.B •94; alumn* fellow Univ. of Pa., 1898-1901, Ph.D. Univ. of Pa., '01 (mathematics and astronomy) Teacher Stoughton (Mass.) High School, 1894-95 Walnut Hill School, Natick, Mass., 1895-98; in- structor in mathematics, Wellesley Coll., 1901 associate prof, mathematics, Wellesley Coll., since 1908. Acting pres. Am. College for Girls at Constantinople, 1907-09; prof, mathematics in same, 1906-07. Interested in philanthropic ef- forts in this country and abroad, in particular the American College for Girls at Constantinople, and education for women and girls in Near East; lecturer on life in Constantinople and Turkish problems. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Am. Mathematical Soc, College Club. Protestant B>piscopal.

VOLDENG, Sadie Kosemond (Mrs. M. Nelson

Voldeng), Cherokee, la.

Born Taylorville, 111., Sept. 30, 1874; dau. Capt. W. E. and Caroline (Bumgardner) Rosemond; ed. Independence (la.) High School; Berlin, Ger- many, and Paris, France; m. Independence, la., Sept. 19, 1895, M. Nelson Voldeng, M.D. (sup't of the State Hospital), Cherokee, la.; children: Weir Nelson, b. Jan. 2, 1900; Karl Edward, b. Dec. 19, 1904. Identified with various religious, social and philanthropic activities; auditor of Iowa Baby Health Contest Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; ex.-sec. Woman Suffrage League, Cherokee, la. Presbyterian. Recreations: Tennis, horseback riding. Mem. Woman's Club of Cherokee.

VOLK, Harriet E. Town (Mrs. John H. Volk), 2228 N. Seventy-first Court (Mont Clare), Chicago, 111.

Born Elgin, 111.; dau. Morris Clinton and Maria (Selkregg) Town; ed. Ingham Univ., La Roy, N.Y.; m. Elgin, 111., Jan. 7, 1874, John H. Volk; children: Edith, Paul, Herbert Plenry, Robert, Carl Brewster. Club and church woman. Former pres. of five Chicago clubs; State Com., seven years. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. Chicago Political Equality League. Con- tributor to magazines. Writer of poems and travelogues. Congregationalist. Recreation: Traveling. Pres. Klio Ass'n ; mem. Chicago Woman's Club and Mont Clare Musical and Literary (all in Chicago).

VOLKMANN, Louise C. A. (Mrs. Max C. A.

Volkmann), Beacon St., Newport, R.I., care

L. Leuka (city business, 256 Broadway, N.Y.

City, care of Herman Roth").

Real estate; b. Kiel, Germany, Dec. 15, 1845; dau. Johan G. C and Maria D. M. (Toll) Cars- tensen; ed. private school and sexn. at Kiel and Rendsburg; grad. of Conservatory of Music, Kiel, Germany (honorable mention) ; m. in Germany, 1864, Carl A. Marckenthuen, first oflBcer in En- glish merchant marine (died 1871); m. (2d) 1874, Rev. Amandus C. T. S. Volquarts (died 1SS2); m. (3d) N.Y. City, 1888, Max C A. Volkmann, landscape gardener; children: Martha Volquarts Leuka, William H. Volquarts, Frida Volquarts Louis, Ernest H. Volkmann (all married). Mis- sioner of prison; mem. East Side Clinic, Ladies' Auxiliary of Ben Davis Hospital; interested In the labor movement. Pres. Independent Woman Suffrage League, N.Y. City. Came to America 1872; kept private school; taught music until 1889; founder of the first vegetarian restaurant on West Twenty-third St., 1895; organizer for Nat. Provident Union. In real estate bnsinesa since 1900. Evangelical Lutheran. Democrat. Mom. Order of Eastern Star; chairman of trus- tees the N.Y. Peace Soc, the Sunshine Soc, No. 1. Recreations: Art work in embroidery and tapestry, reading, driving, dancing, music. Mem. Rainy Day Club, Political Study Club, Woman's Democratic Club, Patriotic Women of America, City Fed. of Women's Clubs, State Fed. of Wo- men's Clubs, Equal Suffrage League. Was Sister of Charity in the Franco-Prussian War at the barracks at Altoona.

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��VOLLINTINE, Minnie E. G. (Mrs. A. Hale Vol-

lintine), 1337 Granville Av., Chicago, 111.

Born Chatham, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1865; dau. Will- iam B. and Julia F. (Bristol) Goodenough; ed. Chicago public schools; m. Chicago, Ont. 24, 1893, A. Hale Vollintine; one daughter: Martha Elizabeth. Taught in Chicago public schools, 1887-93. Pres. Chicago Northern Dist. for Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of M.E. Church. Mem. Board of Managers for the Chi- cago Home for the Friendless. Active in local church work and on several boards for denomi- national institutions; now engaged in worlt for The World in Chicago. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Recreations: Driving, tennis, music. Mem. and has held office in I^ake View Woman's Club; mem. Lake View Musical Soc, Ravens- wood Musical Club. VOIIJrtJKE, Susan Homans (Mrs. Henry Voll-

mer). Box 8, Huntington, L.T.

Farmer; b. Tenafly, N.J., 1869; dau. Isaac Smith and Martha (Simmons) Homans; grad. Smith Coll.. '90 (Alpha Soc.); m. 1896, Henry Vollmer (died 1898). Teacher from 1893; ten years of teach- ing in Dr. Sachs' School for Girls, N.Y. City; in 1907 purchased a small farm at Huntington, Ij.I., where she Is now engaged In raising vegetables, fruit and chickens for market. Training for this business came through home correspondence courses and from advlaory visits from r«Uable coiLsulting agricultural experts. TresiB. the Huntington Political Equality I^ea/^ue; mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Women's Univer- sity, Women's Cosmopolitan and Smith College clubs, N.Y. City. VON KLENZE, Henrietta (Mrs. Camlllo von

Klenze), 125 Lloyd Av., Providence, R.I.

Teacher; b. Germany, May 30, 1871; dau. Gus- tav and F4'ances L. (Miilch) Becker; grad. Univ. of Chicago, A.B. 1900, Ph.D. 1903; m. Chicago, June 18, 1906, Prof. Camlllo von Klenze. Assist- ant, then associate in German dep't, Univ. of Chicago. AutJior: The Novels of Kleist and Hebbel (doctor's thesis), 1903; (Jerman Grammar — Elements of German, 1903. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Coll. Equal Suffrage League, Providence, R.I., 19U-12; in summer of 1912 sent as speaker by Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n to speak in Ohio campaign. VONNOH, Bessie Potter (Mrs. Robert W. Von-

noh), 33 W. Sixty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Sculptor; b. St. Louis, 1872; dau. Alexander C. and Mary (McKenney) Potter; ed. Art Inst., Chicago, under Lorado Taft; m. September, 1899, Robert W. Vonnoh (artist). Notable works: Chrysanthemum Girl; (jirl Reading; The Dancing Girl; Portrait of a Lady; An American Girl; Girl Standing (Art Inst, of Chicago); The Young Mother (Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. City). Mem. Nat. Sculpture Soc, Nat. Acad, of Design (associate) ; represented in Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. ; Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.(^.; Art Inst., Chicago; bronze medal, Paris EJxposition, 1900; gold medal St. Louis World's Fair, 1904. VON SCIITLLEB, Norma, 790 Riverside Drive,

N.Y. City.

Born Baltimore, Md., 1889; dau. Hart von Schiller and wife (n6e Moore); ed. Western High School, Baltimore, Md. Mem. Harmony Fellow- ship Club, Woman's Democratic Club, Gridiron Club, Gotham Club and the Pro Artl. ■ Is a de- scendant of the great German poet, Frederick Schiller. Favors woman suffrage. VON SCHBADEK, Irene Bond (Mrs. Alleyne

von Schrader), Fort LIscum, Alaska.

Boru St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 5, 1886; dau. Henry Whitelaw and Mary (Miller) Bond; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo.; Miss Dana's School, Mor- ristown, N.J.; m. St. Louis, Mo., Fob. 8, 1910, Dr. Alleyne von Schrader. Mem. Tillicum Club (Valdez, Alaska), Wednesday Royal Auction Clu'b. Recreations: Tennis, golf, hunting. Epis- copalian. Favors woman suffrage. VON UNSCnULI), Mme. Marie (Mrs. Henry

Lazard), :i471 Eighteenth St., N.W., Washing- ton, D.C. ; ofBce, 1320 F St., N.W.

Concert pianist; prea. Von Unschuld Univ. of Music; b. Olmutz, Austria, May 17, 1881; dau.

��Wentzel Unschuld Ritter von Melasfeld and Marie Szabo (de Maxa) von Unschuld; ed. Vienna Conservatx)ry (lat priie and grand ^oid medal; ; diploma from the Austrian O^vomaatnr. of pro- fessor of Music in the high and normaJ scho<M?.; m. Newport, R.I., Aug. 31, 1907, Prof, iienry Lazard; one daug-hter, Madeline voo UnacJiuld Lazard. Court pianist to H.M. the Queen of Roumanla; has played at the Austrian, Earflsh, German, Saxony and Turkish courts. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Pianist Hand; The Supplement of the Pianist Hand; Scales Studies; The Von Unschuld Method of Piano Playing, illustrated with animated photographs; The Normal Course. Roman Catholic. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women. VON WTNDEGGEB, Marie Therese Feugnet

(Mrs. Frederick R. von Windegger), Briar-

mont, R.F.D. No. 1, Clayton, Mo.

Born St Louis; dau. Ernest and Ella Louise (Thompson) Peugnet; ed. Sacred Heart Convent; m. Frederick R. von Windegger. Worker at St. Stephen's House; recording sec Free Kin- dergarten Ass'n; State treas. Junior Auxiliary Ass'n; mem. Church Woman's Club, Consumers' League, (Contemporary Club, Social Service Con- ference, Momine Choral Club. Episcopalian. VOOBHEES, Cornelia Estelle, 91 Quitman St.,

Newark, N.J.

Born New Brunswick, N.J., Aug. 28, 1877; dau. Henry S. and Hannah A. (Steele) Voorhees; ed. New Brunswick High School, the Misses Anable's School, New Brunswick; Wellesley Coll., B.A. 1900. Interested in Sunday-school work. Writer of song-poems and other verse. Reformed Church. Mem. N.Y. Wellesley College Club. Teacher of German and grade work, 1900-04. Against Tfoman suffrage. VOOBHIES, Annie Bailey (Mrs. Alfred Hunter

Voorhies), Voorhies Building, Van Ness Av.,

San Francisco, Cal.

Born Milledgeville, Ga.., Mar. 16, 1845; dau. David Jackson Bailey (captain in Seminole Indian War; mem. Ga. Senate; U.S. Congre*; signed ordinance of secession. Col. 30th Ga. Regiment, C.S.A.; philanthropist) and Susan Mary (Grant- land) Bailey (granddaughter of Seaton Grant- land, editor. Congressman and distinguished in many ways); ed. by tutors, Griffin Coll., Pa- tapsco Inst.; m. Dec. 5, 1865, Dr. Alfred .Hunter Voorhies (officer on Gen. Leonidas Polk's staff, C.S.A.); children: Marie Robina (Mrs. H. P. Young), Alfred Hunter (deceased), Kate (Mrs. Henry), Bailey (deceased), Anna (Mrs. Thomas P. Bishop), Leila (Mrs. Guy T. Scott), Grantland B. During the war between the States her par- ents' home was a retreat for sick and wounded from adjacent battlefields. Bx-pres. Southern Industrial Educational Ass'n; former first vice- pres.-general United Daughters of Confederacy; charter mem. Francisco Club. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. VOESE, Mary licaton (Mrs. Albert White

Vorse), Provlncetown, Mass.

Author; b. NY. City; dau. Hiram and Ellen (Blackman) Heaton; ed. by private teachers; studied painting in schools of D^16cluse and Colorossi, Paris; Art Students' League, N.Y. City; m. Amherst, Mass., Oct. 26, 1898, Albert White Vorse (editor and author; died June 14 1910); children: Heaton WhKe, Mary Ellen. Au- thor: The Breaking In of a Yachtman's Wife; The Heart of the House;' The Very Little Per- son; contributed .stories and articles to the At- lantic Monthly, Scribner's, Harper's, McClure's, Appleton's, Everybody's, AInslee's, Harper's Ba- zar, The Delineator, The Bookman, The Critic, etc. Mem. D.A.R. (Mary Matton Chapter) Pen and Brush Club (N.Y. City), Lyceum Club (London, England). VOSBUBGH, Emma, Palatine Bridge, N.Y.

Born Fore Plain, N.Y., Mar. 21, 1866; dau. Jeremiah and Mary (Chrlstman) Vosburgh; grad. Palatine Bridge High School, 1882. Mem. Young Ladies' Soc. of St. Mark's Lutheran Church of Canajoharie, Missionary Soc, Luther League, Benevolent Soc; lady sup't of St. Mark's Sunday-school. Lutheran. Mem. Mon- day Evening Club of Canajoharie, Port Rens- selaer Chapter D.A.R.

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��V08BHPIIGH, Msade BateheW«r (Mrs. Charles Peter Voebur^h), 620 W. IMd St., N.T. City. Daughter of Ehigene and Caroline (I>eshon) BatcheMer; ed. Boston schools; Mt. Vernon Seminary, Washington, D.C. ; RadclifEe Coll.; m. Caittbridffe, Mass., Apr. 14, 1909, Charles Ptler Vosbnrgh; one son: Peter Vosburgii. One of the founders of Cambridge Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n. Congregation allst. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Mu- nicipal League, MacDoTfell Club, Patria Club, RadcllSe Club.

VOSE, Alic« Owsl^ (Mrs. Wjiltar S. V«s«), 6M Jodison Av., Kvan«ton, III. Bom Ckicago, A*r. 21, ISSS; dau. Jo&n Gny and Alice Evelyn (Pullnum) Owwley; ed. Nartli- western Univ. and Cornell, A. B, (Delta Gamma); m. Skaneateles, N.T., Sept.. 1906, Walter S. Vose; children: Owsley, ETlizabcth Heaton. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Political Equality Ass'n of Eranston, III. VOSS, Tarqiiinia Tioetk, IJOl Broadway, Indian- apolis, Ind.

Born Noblesvllle, Ind., 1868; dau. GuBt&vua H. and Sarah A. (Evans) Vose; ed. by private gov- erness and in Baptist Imjt., Indianapolis; De- Pauw; College de Prance (Sorbonne), Paris. Mem. and worker in several religious, social and philanthropic organizations; mem. Civic League Ase'n of Women; worker in church and Sunday-school interests. Writer of short stories in magazines. State regent Indiana Daughters of the Revolution; mem. Nat Soc. Daughters of 1812, Martha Washington Memcrial Ass'n; hon. mem. Huguenot Soc. of America, Ladies' Nat. Musical Soc. Represented State of Indiana and GeneraJ Soc. of Daughters of Revolution at Paris Exposition, 1900; has served on many committees since then where women could serve in State or civil affairs. Presbyterian. Mem. Board of Management Franchise League of Indiana; mem. Equal Suffrage Ass'n of Indiana. Collector of works of art and rare books. Recreation: Tour- ing car (enthusiastic motorist).

VOTAW, Lillian Ford (Mrs. Robert Aloozo

Votaw), 668 Mason St., San Antonio, Tex.

Born Austin, Texas, June 21, 1878; dau. Col. John SalmcHi (Rip) Ford (noted Confederate sol- dier and Indian fighter) and Addie Norton (Smith) Ford; grad. San An.tonio High School (salutatorian of class), 1897; m. Austin, Tex., Aug. 28, laOl, Robert Alonio Votaw; one child: Robert Alonzo Votaw Jr., b. Aug. 16, 1902. In- terested in the betterment of conditions of work- ing girls and children, also for several years has been interested in changing the Texas law« per- taining to the legal status of married women; an article she published in The Delineator, Septem- t>er, 1911, was the cause of that magazine starting a campaign to change these married women laws, not only in Texas but in other States in the Union, under the leadership of William Hard, associate editor of Everybody's. Favors woman suffrage; charter mem. San Antonio Equal Fran- chise Soc.; chairman of the Business Wcwnen's Com. and a sub-ohalrman of the Elxtension Com. Has had letters and short articles appear In The Delineator and Texas newspapers and magazines. Episcc^allaa. M.egn. and former treas. of the United Daughters of the Confed- eracy, Barnard E. Bee Chapter; charter mem. of the San Antcmio Y.W.C.A. Recreations: Rid- ing, shooting, tennis. Charter mem. San An- tonio Congress of Mothers; first pres. San An- tonia Business Women's Club; former sec. Milam School Mothers' Club; mem. San Antonio Pen Women's Club. VOUGHT, Sabra Wilbor, 810 W. iPoorth St.,

Jamestown, N.T.

Librarian; b. Towanda, Pa., May 23, 1877; dau. Frank and Adella M. (Wilbur) Vought; ed. Alle- gheny Coll., A.B. '99; N.Y. State Library School, B.L.S. '01 (Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Beta Kappa). Librarian Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville, 1901-10; assistant library organizer of Ohio, 1910-12; in- structor Summer School for Librarians, Winona Lake, Ind., 1904-05: head instructor Summer Li- brary School, Chautauqua, N.Y., since 1906. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n. Recreation: Reading. Eniscopalian.

��VKOOM, Mary, Greenwich, Conn.

Hospital superintendent; b. Somerville, N.J., Oct., 1865; dau. Peter and Margaret (Cole) Vroom; ed. Somerville public and high school, Graduate of N.Y. Hospital, '96. Engaged in pri- vate nursing; later ass't sup't ot Brooklyn Hos- pital; now sup't of Greenwich Hospital Ass'n, Conn. Active in social service work. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal PYanchlse Soc. ol N.Y. City. Mem. Dutch Refonsed CSiurcb.

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WAAOEX, Mnr KUxaheth Hickaoa (Mrs.

Car»ten B. N. Waagen), 41»4 Corchester St.,

West, Moatroal.

Author; b. Montreal, Oct 12, 1884; dau. lata Sir Joe^>h and Catherine (Dow) Hickson; ed. Montreal (private school) ; Eastbourne, England (prtrat* seixwl); m. Montreal, June 1, 1^12, Caxsten B, N. WaagMi. Interested in social work, e»tablishznent oi e»ttage industrial schools for girls, Juvenile court work. Favors woman suitrace. Author: Mfiulaiaa Janvier's Church; The Call of God; The Return of Frances. Pret^ytOTian. Mem.. Canadian Handicraft Guild, Antiquariaji aiid Nunrismsaic Soc, Board of Di- rectors of Girls' G»ttage Indu»triaJ School. Rec- reations; Riding, goU, fishing, mountaineering, skiing. Mem. University Book Clab.

WADDKUC., Jessie V. Mann (Mrs. James Vance Waddell), 230 S. Seventh St., Vandalia, 111.

Bom Nora brings, la. Feb. 14, 1887; dau. O. C and Etoima I. (Knapp) Mann; ed. Oak Park (lU.) IIWi Sobool, lSOl-06; Univ. of 111.. 1905-09, A.B. (class vice-pres. and sec.) '09 (Alpha Chi Omega); m. Oak I-ark, III., June 22, 190S, James Vance Waddell; children: Ruth Eonma, Jessie Frances. Favors woman sufirage. Baptist. Meioi. Ord^ of Eaat^-n Star, Home Study Circle (^ Vand&lia.

WADDELI., jrina T., La Jolla, Cal.

Librarian: b. Port Hope, Ont., Nov., 1855; dau. R. N. and Angeline E. (Jones) Waddell; ed. Cobourg, Ontario; Frankfort-on-Main, Germany; Paris, France; Lausanne, Switzerland, and Armour Inst, CSiicago; course In library science. Since 1905 mem. Board of Trustees of La Jolla Library Ass'n; sec. board and librarian of Ija Jolla Public Library. Favors woman suffrage. Newspaper c^HTespoodent Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Ivibrary A«e'n, Cal. Library Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Guild of St. James-by-the-Sea, La Jolla. Pres. two years, sec. four years La Jolla Woman's Club.

WADDENOTON, Jennie Fonda, R.D. 3, Salem,

Salem Co.., N.J.

Biologist; b. near Salem, N.J., July 6, 1865; dau. Joshua and Ann (Vanneman) Waddington; ed. Salem Friends' School; Swarthmore Coll., B.S. (with honors) '89, M.S. '92; Univ. of Pa., School of Philosophy, 1897-99; Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., summers of 1897 and 1900. Ass't in Biological Laboratory, &wart5imore Coll., 1890-91; teacher Friends' schools, 1899-1902; now engaged in agriculture. Mem. Y.W.C.T.U.; founder and first pres. of Salem Naturalists' Field Club. Favors woman suffrage; county chairman of Legislative Com. for Woman Suffrage. Mem. Friends' Meeting. Life mem. Somerville Literary Soc.; mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Swarthmore Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n of Alumnae of Univ. of Pa. Rec- reations: Tennis, walking. Mem. Woman's Club, Salem, N.J.; Salem Naturalists' Field Club, Country Club of Salem.

WADE, Blanche Elizabeth, 349 Summer St., Paterson, N.J. (summer, West Fall's, N.T.). Author, organist; b. Buffalo, N.Y. ; dau. Frank- lin Abemethy and Elizabeth (Flint) Wade; ed. Buffalo Sem. Author: A Garden in Pink, 1905; The Stained Glass Lady, 1906. Episcopalian. Mem. The Consolation Club (literary), Buffalo. Writer of short stories, children's stories, ar- ticles, poems and nonsense rhymes for Tha Century, Munsey's Magazine. Smart Set Har-

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��pel's pabllcations. Life, N.Y. Sun, N.Y. Times, LJpplncott's Magazine, St. Nicholas, The yout.h's Companion, The Churchman. WADE, Ethel Marion, 29 St. James Av., Boston,

Mass.

Chemist, bacteriologist; b. Bristol, England, May 22, 1883; dau. Rev. Canon Wade, rector of Church of the Ascension, Hamilton, Ont.; brought to Canada 1885; grad. Trinity Univ., Toronto, B.A., with honors in physics and nat- ural science; special courses in air, water and food analysis at Mass. Inst, of Technology, Bos- ton, and summer courses in bacteriology in Har- vard Med. School. Became ass't instructor In sanitary Chemistry, Mass. Inst, of Technology; later analytical chemist in research laboratory of the General Electric Co., Schenectady, N.Y. ; since 1908, bacteriologist and chemist in Boston Board of Health Bacteriological Laboratory. WADE, MargtkTtit, ISOS Connecticut Av., Wa»h

lagton, D.C.

Editorial and social writer; b. EUisabet^town, Pa.; dau. Henry A. Wade; ed. in private schools of Lancaster, Pa. Seven years in contlauoiia Eerrice as society editor of the Washington Post, resigned to act as social sec. to Mrs. Charlea W. Fairbanks during Mr. Fairbanks' term as Vice- President of the United States. Mem. Washing- ton staff of the New York Times; served on Jury of ATWirds at the St. Louis Exposition on wom- an's work in educational dep't. Mem. District of Columbia Soc. Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Author of short magazine stories; specials: Mainly About People (Los AngeleS Times and Mobile Register); Fashions at the Capitol (in Washington Sunday Post). Roman Catholic. Social sec. to Mexican Embassy during tie term of Hon, H. C. Creel as Ambassador, also to Mrs. Stephea B. Elkins and other prominent women of official and resident Washington. WADE, Margrsret Burnet Silsbee (Mrs. Frank

Edward WadeJ, 313 Highland Av., Syracuse,

N.Y.

Born Syracuse, N.Y., 1877; dau. Joseph Lyman and Anna Baldv.in (Sedgnvlck) Silsbee; grad. Bmith Coll., B.S. '99; m. Chicago, 111., Jun«, 1904, Frank Edward Wade; children: Anna Sils- bee, b. Oct. 2, 1907; William, b. Oct. 13, 1908. Instructor in science and mathematics at Klrk- land School, Chicago, 1899-1903; at MacDuffle School, Spring^eld, Mass., 1903-04. Mem. Syra- cuse Smith College Club, Onondaga Golf and Country Club. Favors woman suffrage. WADE, Mary Ha-zelton (Mrs. Louis F. Wade),

130 Sargeant St., Hartford. Conn.

Writer and former teacher; b. Boaton, Mar. 23. 1860; dau. Charles H an<; Caroline C. (Yale) Blanchard; ed. Boston and Maiden, Mass.; m. Boston, 1882, Louis F. V/ade (LL.BJ, one son: David. Mem. School Board of Maiden, Mass.; lectured often in past ytans on ethical qutstions. Deeply interested In settlement work. Author: Little Cousin Series; Ten Little Indians and three otljer books in Indian Series; New LitUe Americans; Little Folks of North Amerie», A History Series for Children; The Wonder Work- ers; White Bird, the Little Indian. Mem. Con- gregational Church. Mem. Cremation Soc. Rec- reations: Walking, reading. Mem. Durante Club of Maiden. WADE, NelUe (Mrs. T. H. Wade), Aneta, N.

Dak.

Born Katonah, N.Y., Aug. 5, 1867; dau. P. and Anna ((Joatello) Flannery; ed. Notre Dame Grade School; grad. Winona (Minn.) Normal, '88; m. Winona, Minn., July 17, 1895, T. H. Wade; chil- dren: (jenevleve, Paul, &\'angeline, Katherine, Nona. Taught school nearly seven years. Inter- ested in church work. Favors woman suftrage. Catholic. Independent. Mem. Federated Clmbs; has been for two years pres. Aneta CiTic Club. WADSWORTH, Alice Hay (Mrs. James Wol-

cott Wadsworth, Jr.), Mt. Morris, N.Y. City.

Born Cleveland, 0., Jan. 6, 18S0; dau. John and Clara Louise (Stone) Hay; ed. the Misses Mas- ters' School, lSM-38; m. Newbury, N.H., Sept. 28, 1902, Jajnee Wolcott Wadswortii Jr. ; children : Evelyn, James Jeremiah. Mem. Vlsltlne Board Cralx C«loa7 for EiDUeotlca. appointed by Stat*

��Charities Aid Ass'n. Presbytorfaui. Mem. New York Women's Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suf- frage. Mem. Colony Club. WADSWOKTU. EmUy Otis MarshaU (Mrs,

George Wadsworth), 370 Franklin St., Birttalo,

N.Y.

Born MorristoTTn, N.Y., Aug. 7, 1836; dau. Joslah T. and Mary Sheldon (Stretsing) Mar^all; ed. Utica Sem.; Buffalo Sem. ; m. Utica, N.Y., June 6, 185&, George Wadsworth (died Mar. 19, 1907); children: EUizabeth WbRe Wadsworth, b. Mar. 30. 1860; Henry Cowles Wadsworth, b. Aug. 31, 1861. Fifty years a leader In social Ufa In Buffalo. Occasional contributor to magazines and local papers. Presbyterian. Mem. of al- most every Protestant charitable ass'n In Buf- falo; many years director and officer of the Y.W.C.A.; officer and director many years of Graduates' Ass'n of Buffalo Sem., Soc. of May- florwer Descendants. Former mem. of Twentieth Century Cinb and other local clubs; mem- D.A.R. Against woman suffrage. WADSWOBXn, Lne Staart (Mra. Bid ward B.

Wadswortli), Hotel .Uelbourae, tti M&jtsa-

cfausetts Av., Boston, Mass.

Bore Sprlncfieid, C^. ; dau. Samuel H. and Margaret P. (Turner) Stuart; ed. San Francisco, Cal. ; Boston, Maae. ; m. ProTld«Dce, R-1., Apr. 30, 1881, Edward B. Wadsworth. Interested In patriotic education for children. Has v.Titten poems. State officer Pythian Sisters; Nat. Pa- triotic Instructor of Woman's Belief Corps of G.A.R. ; mem. Independent Order of Odd Ladies, John Paul Jones Chapter D.A.R., Woman's Charity C^ub (Boston), Mathannock Wa/nan's Club; pres. Ladles' Aid Ass'n of Sold'.f^rs' Home, Waterman Club, Metaphysical Club, Dorcas H. Lyman Soc., Floral Emblem Soc. WAGNAJLLS, MjUkA, 44 E. Tw«aty-tlilrd St.,

N.Y. City.

Pianist, author; t. Kansas City, 1871; dau. Adam WagnaUs (of Funk & Wagnalls, pub- lishers) and Anna (WiUls) Wagnalls; ed. at home. Debut as piano soloist in Berlin Sing- Akademie, 18©; Am. debut as soloist with Theo- dore Thomas Orchestra, 18S1; appeared later with Anton Seidl's Orchestra and in other hxjfh- clasa concerts. Favors woman suffrage. Au- thor: Miserere, translated in (xermany and Po- land; Palace of Danger, translated In Germany and Sweden ; Stars of the Opera. Mem. Nat. Arts Club. Editor of music terms for the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary; also author of numerous short stories and music articles. WAGNEB, Ethel Putnam (Mrs. Franklin A.

Wagner), Dobbs Fe.Ty, N.Y.

Born ia Michigan,- Dec. 4, 1876, dau. Dyer Conger and Catherine J. (Euoah) Putnam; ed. Lake Forest Univ. and Rockford Coll ; m. June 7, 1306, Fraaldm A, Wagner; children. Helen Catherine. Ruth Elizabeth, Franklin Allan Jr. Interested In People's Forum, Mothers' Club, child welfare. Favors woman suffrage: active in Hudson River Equal Franchise Soc. Presby- terian. Republican. Recreatior4a : Tennis, fish- ing, walking. Mem. Mary Washington Chapter D.A.R. WAGNEE, Hattie B. (Mxa W. J. Wagner),

NapervUle, 111.

Newspaper reporter; b. Mt. Sterling, 111., April 9, 1S70; dau. A. R. and Nancy J. (Mallonel) Brown ; ed. In graded and high schools In Louis- iana, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana; partly com- pleted theological course at Earlham Coll., Rich- mond, Ind. ; m. Richmond, Ind., Mar. 6, 1894, W. J. Wa?;ner. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. United Evangelical Church. Progressive in politics. Mem. Order of Eastern Star (i>ast matron), NapervUle Woman's Club (ex-pres.). WAGNEB, Helena CoiioBe, Water Valley, Miss.

Born Water Valley, MUs., Nov. 15, 1875; dau. D. R. and Maria (Young) Wagner; ed. Belle- wood Sem., Anchorage, Ky. ; Wellesley (3oll., B.A. '99; N.Y. State Agricultural Coll., Cornell Univ., 1912-13; mem. Shakespeare Soc. (Welles- ley). Taught Ave years, 1899-1904. Presbj-terian. Mem. N.Y. Soc. for Sanitary and Moral Prophy- laxis, Nat. Ass'n for the Study of Prerentlon ol Tuberculosis, Ass'n of CoQec:late Alonuus. Rec-

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