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��Ladies' School, Christiania, Norway, 1S79; studied Norse law and history under (relie:rQratti vun Maurer, Miinchen, 1S84-S6, Ph.D.; Ziirich, 1890; fellow IQ history, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1S90-91; reader in hlstoi-y of art, Bryn Mawr, 1891-93. Decent in history, 1S96-1902; non-resident instruc- tor in University Extension, 1502-08, Univ. ol Chicago; prof, of history, French and Spanish, Univ. of Wyoming, 1902—. Interested in litera- ture, a book of poems tNorwegian) to be issued soon. Contributor of articles to The American Architect, The Dial, Journal of Political Economy, North American Review and numer- ous others; reviews and criticisms. Best known researc-h work: Slavery in Germanic Society Dur- ing the Middle Ages. Progressive voter. Was mem. Am. Historical Ass'n; mem. Pi Beta Phi. Recreations: Golf, walking, gardening, solitaire. Favors woman suSrage.

WERXEB, Fannie (Mrs. F. H. Werner), Hobart,

Ind.

Teacher; b. Hobart, Ind., Oct 12, 1869; dau. Joseph and Sophia (Wagner) Nash; ed. public schcM3ls of Hobart and Valparaiso Univ. ; m. Mar. 30, 1895, Dr. F. H. Werner; one daughter: Eunice Nash Werner, b. 1910. Taught for 22 years, mostly first primary grades. Director of choir, also sings in same; Sunday-school sup't; Cradle Roll sup't. Mem. Order of Eastern Star, Wo- man's Reading Club, Magazine Club. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

WEKNER, rmie (Mrs. W. E. Werner), 399 Ox- ford St., Rochester, N.T.

Born Buffalo, N.Y. ; dau. Charles and Caroline (Hofheinz) Boiler; ed. Buffalo High School; m. Buffalo, 1889, Judge W. E. Werner; children: Clara, Louise, Marie, Caroline. Mem. Rochester Hospital Board, of State Hospital Board, Tues- day Muslcale, Tuesday Reading Club. Presby- terian.

WEKNEB, Melle Stanleyetta Titus (Mrs. Edgar S. Werner), 43 East Nineteenth St., N.Y. City. Lawyer, writer, publisher; b. N.Y. City; dau. Joseph Richard and Ruth Amelia Titus; ed. N.Y. public schools; N.Y. Normal Coll.; special courses at Columbia Coll., N.Y. Univ., honor student of Woman's Law School, LL.B. (won scholarship In regular law school later); m. N.Y. City, June 3, 1896, Edgar S. Werner. First honor student in first woman's law class; first woman admitted to bar in N.Y. City; first woman lecturer in woman's law class of American birth; was ap- pointed receiver and referee in court; real estate lawyer. Interested in matters pertaining to temperance, purity, advancement of women, pri- vate charity associations and all new thoughts and ideas of the day. Writer (under nom de plume) of plays, pantomimes, drills, dances, monologues, recitations, verse, books for speak- ers. Mem. Women Lawyers' Club. Quaker. Favors woman suffrage.

WERNER, Nina Matthews (Mrs. Percy Wer- ner), 5505 Gates Av., St. Louis, Mo. Born St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 15, 1867; dau. Ed- ward and Mary (Nisbet) Matthews; m. St. Louis, Nov. 6, 1889, Percy Werner; children: Howard, Dorothy, Percy, Courtney, Matthews, Norvell, Virginia. Mem. St. Louis Equal Suffrage League. Mean. N«w Church (Swendenborgian). Mem. Artists' Guild, Wednesday Club.

WESSELHOEET, Mrs. Elizabeth Foster ("Lily Foster Wesselhoeft"), 661 Boylston St., Boston, Mass.

Author; b. Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 20, 1840; ed. in Boston schools; m. Dr. Conrad Wesselhoeft, distinguished homoeopathic physician and trans- lator of Hahnemarn's Organon (died 1904). Au- thor: Doris and Her Dcg Rodney; Fairy Folks of Blue Hill; Flipwing, the Spy; Frowzle, the Runaway: High School Days in Harbortown; Jerry the Blunderer; Madame Mary of the Zoo; Old Rough, the Miser; Old Sultan's Thanksgiv- ing; Sparrow, the Tramp; Torpeanuts, the Tom- boy; The Winds, the Woods and the Wanderer; Foxy, the Faithful; Ready, the Reliable; The Diamond King and the Little Man in Grey; Kover, the Farm Dog.

��WEST, Bina M., ' World's Maccabee Temple,

Port Huron, Mich.

Supreme Commander (pres.) Ladies of the Mac- cabees of the World; b. Columbus, St. Clair Co., Mich. ; dau. Alfred Jones and Elizabeth Jana (Conant) West; ed. public schools and normal course for teachers. Mem. County Board of School Examiners, St. Clair Co., Mich., 1S90-91; supreme record keeper Ladies of the Maccabees of the World, 1892-1911; supreme commander since 1911. Editor Ladies' Review, a monthly magazine, 1895 —. Organizer, public speaker and financial investments of L.CT.M. Interested In collection and investment of Hospital and Home Fund. Editor: Fraternal Ethics, National Fra- ternal Congress; numerous papers, reports and reference work on fraternal beneficiary societies, life insurance principles, ritualistic work. Mem. Presidente' Ass'n Nat. Fraternal Congress; past pres. Nat. Fraternal Press Ass'n (chairman Com. on Ethics, 1981-11). Clubs: Ladies' Tues- day, Port Huron Golf. Recreations: Walking, golf, out-door rambling. Congregationalist. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Republican.

WEST, Cora Smith (Mrs. Grant M. West), 344

Front St., Owego, N.Y.

Born Tioga, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1866; dau. G«orge and Sarah Hart (Perry) Smith; ed. in high school at Tioga, N.Y. ; private school at Northampton, Mass.; m. 'Hoga, N.Y., Oct. 19, 1887, Grant M. West. Engaged in religious work among chil- dren, in welfare wwk and in many branches of club work. Episcopalian.

WEST, Edith Brake (Mrs. George F. West),

Yerlngton, Nev.

Bom Fowler, Ind., June 18, 1884; dau. Edwin Brake and Mary A. (Graney) Brake; grad. Colo. Teachers Coll., B.Pd. ; m. Denver, Dec. 25, 1909, George F. West; one son; Franklin Edward West. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Inde- pendent voter. Mem. Rebecca, Woodmen of the World. Parliamentarian of Woman's Book Club, Yerington, Nev.; pres. Nevada State Fed. of Woman's Clubs. Was voter in Colo, and is mem. Nevada Equal Franchise Soc, engaged in work for a woman suffrage amendment to the State Constitution.

WEST, Helen Andrews Stevens (Mrs. Victor J.

West), Park Apartments, Evanston, III.

Bom St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 18, 1SS9; dau. John Walter and Julia Preston (Codding) Stevens; ed. Miss Loomis' private school for girls, St. Paul; m. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 6, 1911, Victor J. West. Interested in social settlement work, club work, music. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive Democrat Mem. Nathan Hale Chapter D.A.R., Evanston Woman's Club. Recreations: Tennis, sailing, motor-boating.

WEST, Jennie (Mrs. George Cornwallis-West, formerly Lady Randolph Churchill), Salisbury Hall, St Albans, Englajid, and 20 Great Cum- berland PI., London, W., England. Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1854; dau. Leonard and (5lara (Hall) Jerome; ed. Paris; m. (1st) Rt. Hon. Lord Randolph Henry Spencer Churchill, third son of the seventh Duke of Marl- borough (died 1895) ; i2d) July 25, 1900, George Cornwallis-West: has two sons by first marriage. Was proprietor and editor Anglo-Saxon Review; vice-pres. Grand Council Primrose League; dec- orated 1885 with Order of the Crown of India; Lady of Grace of St. John of Jerusalem, 1901; Royal Red Cross. 1902. Was chairman In charge of the hospital ship Maine, outfitted for the war In South Africa. Author: Reminiscences of Lady Randolph Churchill, 1908, and of a play: His Bor- rowed Plumes. Clubs: Ladies' Automobile, Ladies' Athenaeum. "WEST, Kenyon" — see Howland, Louise.

WEST, Lillian Clarkson (Mrs. Benjamin Doyle West), 1805 Olive St, St. Louis, Mo. Born Covington, Ky., Feb. IS. 1869; dau. AiisUu Elliott and Lydia (Young) Clarkson; ed. Cin- cinnati Art School and Thorndick Acad.; grad. Chautauqua, N.Y., 1830; m. Mar. 10, 1897, Ben- jamin Doyle West. Organized Gospel Rest Room League ol St Louis, 1905; active in phil- anthropic work since girlhood. Has given ad-

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��dresses in regard to child welfare work, conditions of glrl-3 at home and in factories, etc. Has vis- ited almost every Y.W.C.A. in U.S., also coopera- tive homes for girls. Interested in woman suf- frage through Susan B. Anthony when girl of 18. Author: Aunt Hope's Kitchen Stove and the Girls Around It; assoc. editor of several publi- cations for boys and girls; now corresponding editor of the Club Woman's Magaziue. Repre- sented Am. Press at Winnepeg during the visit of Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, now King and Queen of England. Has been a journalist for years. Baptist. Mem. King's Daughters, W.C.T.U., Y.W.C.A., Nat. Consumers' League, Gen. l''e<J. of Women's Clubs, Nat. Council of Women, Susan B. Anthony Club, Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial Education; mem. Chau- tauqua Woman's Club.

WEST, Mary Mills (Mrs. Max West), 1839 Sum- mit PI.. Washington, D.C.

Writer; b. Faribault. Minn., Feb, 5, 1868; dau. Edward Payson ajid Stata Mehitabel (Sanborn) Mills; ed. public schools, Elk River, Minn.; Univ. of Minn., B.A. '90 (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Elk River, Minn., Oct. 6, 1894-, Max West, Ph.D. (died Jan. 7, 1909); children: Dorothy, Edward Mills, Marjorie, Philip Sanborn, Frances Eleanor. Contributor of articles, stories, etc., to Ladies' Home Journal, Harper's Bazar, St. Nicholas, Philadelphia Press, etc. Since death of husband employed in public life in W^ashing- ton by U.S. Immigration Commission, the Tariff Board, and now the Children's Bureau. Interested in club and suffrage work in Wash- ington, D.C. Favors woman suffrage. Author of Bulletin on Pre-natal Care of Expectant Mothers.

WESTBERG, Mary Barbara Christine (Mrs.

John E. Westberg), Empire, Canal Zone,

I. de P.

Born Chicago, 111., Apr. 5, 1872; dau. Mathias Bretz (Civil War veteran) and Anna Mary (Berres) Bretz; attended St. Anthony's Parochial School, Chicago, three years; m. Joliet, III., July 12, 1898, John E. Westberg (mem. of old Swedish family); children: Dorothea Emma, Mary Frances, Dolores Esther, Guill Anna (the latter deceased). Active In philanthropic work. Ro- man Catholic. Sec. of Altar Guild of St. Ferdi- nand's Church, Empire; has held same office since organization three years ago at request of pastor. Mem. Ladies of Maccabees of the World, Chicago; Canal Zone Red Cross. Recreation: Reading. Trcas. Canal Zone Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Empire Women's Ciubs.

WESTCOTT, Ada L. (Mrs. Robert E. Westcott),

787 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, May 11, 1855; dau. Matthew B. and Thalia (Frazee) Peters; granddaughter of John Frazee, first sculptor of America, friend and teacher of Thomas Crawford and William W. Sto^y, and one of the founders of the Nat. Acad, of Design; ed. in private school in Bos- ton; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 8, 1876, Robert E. Westcott; one daughter: Thalia (m. Stephen C. Millett). Interested In arts and sciences, has traveled extensively. Mem. N.Y. State Ass'n Op- posed to Woman Suffrage, Am. Geographical Soc, N.Y. Botanical Soc, Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Nat. Arts Club and Nat. Historical Soc, and interested In many philanthropic works. Protestant Episcopal.

WESTINGHOCSE, Margruerite Ersklne Walker

(Mrs. George Westlnghouse), "Solitude," E. E.

) Ittsburgh, Pa.; summer — Ersklne Park,

Lenox, Mass.; winter — Blaine House, Dupont

Circle. Washington. D.C.

Born Roxbury. Delaware Co., N.Y. ; dau. Cap- tain Daniel Lynch Walker and Eliza Smart (Burhans) Walker; ed. by instructors at home and at Roxbury (N.Y) Acad, (grad.); m. Brook- lyn, N.Y., Aug. 8, 1867, George Westlnghouse. the distinguished inventor. Interested In phil- anthropies and mem. of various hospital boards in Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. Mem. Am. National Red Cross. Mem. Pittsburgh Chapter, D.A.R. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Forestry Ass'n., Mass Forestry Ass'n, Archaeological Inst, of America, Nat. Soc. of Fine Arts, Nat. Geo- graphic Soc, Am. Social Science Ass'n. Mem.

��Berkshire Hunt, Lenox (Mass.) Golf Club, Mah- keenac Boating Club of Lenox, Twentieth Cen- tury Club of Pittsburgh.

WESTLAND, Ella Lydia (Mrs. Walter C. West- land). 34; First Av., Upland, Gal.

Editor, publisher; b. Bellevue, Mich., June 21, 1867; dau. William and Mary E. (Lane) Cosgrove; ed. grammar grades Bellevue High, Battle Creek, Mich., and Olivet (Mich.) Coll., tv/o years; m. Bellevue. Mich.. Dec. 8, 1392, Walter 0. Wictland (died 1902); children: Mary Janette (died 1&07), Addle Louise (died In Ini'ancy). Eaga<;ed In newspaper work at time of husband's "death. Managed and edited papers 10 years in Cal. Prominent In church work; pres. loca.: cl-jb many years. Now pres. Southern DIat. Cal. Fed. of Women's Clabs (second term); held many offices in various organizations; active in social work and also in W.C.T.U. and Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage; took active part in recent Cal. campaign. Presbyterian. Republican voter. Mem. Upland Woman's Club, Ontario Current Events Club, Los Angeles Woman's City Club; was nominated for delegate at large on Taft Republi- can ticket in first election In Cal. following suf- frage.

WESTON, Grace, 276 Franklin St., Newton, Mass.

Bom Springfield, Mass., May 15, 1870; dau. Thomas and Ellen S. (Childs) Weston; ed. New- ton High School, Smith Coll., A.B. (mem. Alpha Soc); studied in Germany. Director Woman's Board of Missions, 1897-1905; trustee Am. Coll for Girls at Constantinople, 1897-1905; active In general church and social interests. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Social Science Club (Newton); College Club and Deutscher Gesellschaft (Boston). Against woman suffrage.

WESTON, Mary Josephine, 705 Fourth St., Boone, Iowa.

Teaching; b. Boone, Iowa, Sept. 21, 1878; dau. Jeremy and Lydia (Miller) Weston; ed. Boone (Iowa) public schools, Howard Sem. West Bridgewater, Miss.; Wellesley College, B.A., 1899. Taught in Minnesota 8 years; studied one year at Chicago University; taught in Iowa 3 years. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Mem. Outlook Club, Boone, Iowa. WESTON, May, 1008 Rialto BId'g, Kansas City, Mo.

Dentist; b. K&wanee, III., 1867; dau. George and Helen (Siark) Weston; ed. Kewanee (111.) High School, 1886; Univ. of Mich. DenUl Bep't, D.D.S. '92; mom. D.A.R. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregatlonahst. Republican (Progressive). Mem Kansas City Dental Soc, Mo. State Dental Soc, Intemat. Dental Soc (Chicago and St. Louis), Order of Rebekah. Recreations: Rowing, botan- izing, rambles in woods. Mem. Western Dlst Federation of Clubs, Woman's Dining Club WETHERAED, Agnes Ethelwyn, Chantler, Wel- land Co.. Ont.

Author; b. Rockwood, Ont., Apr. 26, 1S57; dau William and Jemima (Balls) Wetherald; ed. Oak- ^'ood Sem. and Pickerins Coll., 1S77-81. A'lthcr- The House of the Trees; Tangled in Stars- The Radiant Road; The i.,ast Robin. Quaker. Favors woman suffrage, and has wri;t?n many articles In Its behalf. Her book. The Last Robin, brought a complimentary letter from Earl Grey when Governor-General of Canada.

WETMORE, Elizabeth Blsland (Mrs. Charles W. Wetmore), n Franklin PI., Flushing, N.Y. Author; b. in Louisiana, 1861; dau. Thomas and Margaret (Bronson) Bisland; ed. at home- m. N.Y. City. 1891, Charles W. Wetmore Be- came a journalist in New Orleans, 1889; later an editor and writer on various magazines until 1891. Founded first woman's club in New Or- leans, first Neighborhood League on Long Island; lectured one winter at the League for Political Education, N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Author: A Flying Trip Around the World; A Candle of Understanding; The Secret Life; Life and Letters of Lafcadlo Hearn- Japanese Letters of Lafcadlo Hearn; At the Sign of the Hobby Horse; A Divorcee. Protestant Episcopal. Recreations: Gardening, painting swimming, riding, music. Mem. Wednesday Afternoon Club, Woman's Cosmopolitan Cluh.

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��WETMOBK, Louise Southworth, 416 W. 122d

St., N.T. City.

Kindergartner; b. Rochester, N.Y., Mar. 20, 1874; dau. Lansing G. and Amoret L. (South- worth) Wetmore; grad. Wellesley Coll., A.B. (mem. Zeta Alpha). Settlement worker. Resi- dent at People's Home Settlement. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. WETMORE, Mary Minerva, 511 West Church

St., Champaign, III.

Artist; b. Canfield, O. ; dau. John and Minerva (Wallace) Wetmore; studied art in Cleveland School, of Art, Philadelphia, School of Design, Art Students' Ijeague (N.Y. City), Julien Acad, and Colorossi Acad., Paris. Teacher of art in art dep't Univ. of 111. Exhibited in Paris Salon of 1900 and 1901, and hajs e.'chibited work in N.Y., Philadelphia and Chicago. Presbyterian. Mem. Paris Woman's Art Ass'n, Woman's Art Club of N.Y. City; lite mem. Art Students' League (N.Y. City), and the Am. Fed. of Arts Soc. WETMOBE, Sarah Adeline Pollard (Mrs.

Charles A. Wetmore), 89 Cayuga St., Seneca

Falls, N.Y.

Born Seneca Falls, N.Y., Nov. 11, 1842; dau. William Pettis and Mary (Foote) Pollard; ed. Seneca Falls Acad., Hudson River Inst, (grad.); m. Mar. 21, 1871, Charles A. Wetmore, (prin. of Acad, of Leicester, Mass.); children: Edith, May. Has contributed many articles to various journals, including Notes and Queries of London and Paris. Episcopalian. Mem. Village Im- provement Soc, Historical Soc; former pres. of Seneca Falls Art Club (fouaded, 1875) ; mem. Shakespeare Club; has been pres. of Fortnightly Club since its foundation in 1S87. Against woman suffrage. WEY, Frances Christina (Mrs. Henry B. Wey),

123 Elizabeth St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Urbana, Ohio; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '73; m. Dec 19, 1881, Henry B. Wey; two sons, one daughter. Interested In educational ques- tions and club work; chairman of the Student Aid Com. of the Georgia State Fed. of Women's Clubs. WHAETON, Anne HcUingsworth, 2220 Locust

St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Author; b. Southampton Furnace, Pa.; dau. Charles and Mary McLanahan (Boggs) Wharton; ed. school of Miss Gertrude Gary (grad. No. 1 in class). Interested in the New Century Guild for Working Women. Author: Through Colonial Doorways; Colonial Days and Dames; Heirlooms in Miniatures; Social Life in the Early Republic; Salons Colonial and Republican; A Last Century Maid; In Chateau Land; An English Honey- moon; Italian Days and Ways; Martha Washing- ton; also contributor to serial magazines. Mem., founder and vice-pres. of the Browning Soc. of Philadelphia. Founder of the Nat. Soc. of the Colonial Dames of America, and was its first historian. Club: Nr'W Century. Recreations: Gardening, photographing. Episcopalian. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Advisory Board of Pa. Limited Suffrage League. WHABTON, Mrs. Edith (Newbold Jones), care

of Charles Scribner's Sons, N.Y. City.

Author; b. N.Y. City, 1862; dau. George Fred- eric and Lucretia Stevens (Rhinelander) Jones; ed. at hom«; m. 1885, Edward Wharton. Author: Decoration of Houses (v/ith Ogden Codman), 1897; The Greater Inclination, 1899; The Touch- stone, 1900; Crucial Instances, 1901; The Valley of Decision, 1902; Sanctuary, 1903; The Descent of Man, and Other Stories, 1904; Italian Villas and Their Gardens, 1904; Italian Backgrounds, 1905; The House of Mirth, 1905; The Fruit of the Tree, 1907; Madame de Treymes, 1907; A Motor Flight Through France, 1908; Artemis to Actaeon, and Other Verse, 1909; Tales of Men and Ghosts, 1910; Ethan Frome, 1911; The Reef, 1912; The Custom of the Country, 1913; also various shorter stories and sketches in leading magazines. Edited, 1902, a translation of Suder- mann's Es lebe das Leben (Joy of Living). WHARTON, Rosa Neilson, 1616 Fine St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Principal of private school; b. Philadelphia,

��Pa., Nov. 26, 1876; dau. William Moore and Ellen (Clifton) Wharton; ed. Miss Ashbridge's School, Haverford, Pa., and Miss Agnes Irwin's School, Philadelphia, Pa. Started in 1904 the Wharton School, of which she has since been principal. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of Philadelphia. Episcopalian. Mem. Sedgeley Club.

WHEATLEY, Elizabeth Starr (Mrs. Edmund A.

Wheatley), 4215 Alabama Av., Chattanooga,

Tenn.

Born Richmond, Ind., Jan. 8, 1866; dau. Capt. Joseph West and Eliza Morgan (Burr) Starr; ed. Richmond Acad, of Friends and private tutors; m. Oct. 16, 1892, Edmund A. Wheatley. Inter- ested in child welfare and in improvement of factory conditions. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Rec- reations: Yachting, automobiling, American and European travel. Mem. Kosmos Club, Chat- tanooga Tuberculosis Ass'n, City Beautiful Club, Woman's Club, Pro Re Bona Club, Kosmos Cot- tage Ass'n, Chattanooga Golf and Country Club.

WHEATLEY, Ilorccce Bacon (Mrs. William H.

Wheatley), Whitehall, N.Y.

Born Canton, Pa., Oct. 24, 1882; daiT. Wilson Van Dyke and Josephine A. (Seymour) Bacon; ed. Bucknell Univ., Lewishurg, Pa., Ph.B. '06; mem. Pi Beta Phi; m. Canton, Pa., Ai;g. 24, 1910, Rev. William H. Wheatley; children: Florence J., Louise G. (twins), b. June 24, 1911. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Fortnightly Literary Club, Whitehall, N.Y. ; Beethoven Mu- sical Club, Canton, Pa.

WHEDON, Mary Allen, 1813 Laurel Av., St.

Paul, Minn.

Editorial work (assoc. editor of Farmer's Wife); b. West Pawlet, Vt., June 20, 1862; dau. Alleu Whedon and Ruth Vail (Staples) Whedon; grad. Glens Falls (N.Y.) Acad., '82. Teacher public schools in N.Y. and Wis., studied, practised and taught shorthand. Taught in State School for Deaf in N.Dak. (seven years of teaching altogether); later took up newspaper work and has followed it as reporter, editor and feature writer in N.Dak., Chicago and Minneao-ta tvT 15 years. Interested in Sunday-sctiool work and teaching, tom.perance, suffrage and club viork. Favors woman Siittrage. Was pres. and cor. sec. N.Dak. Equal Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pros. N.Dak. Fed. of Clubs. Baptist, liecreations: Walking, out-door sleeping, cold baths. Mem. Civic Club of St. Paul, Political Equality Club of St. Paul, Vv^.C.T.U. Club of St. Paul; mem. Rural Life Com., Minn. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; sec.-treas. The International Farm Women's Press Ass'n, an auxiliary of The International Forum Women's Congress. De- scendant of Ethan Allen on paternal side, John Rogers on maternal side.

WHEELAN, Albprtine Handall (Mrs. Fairfax H. Wheelan), 182 Claremont Av., N.Y. City. Artist; b. San Francisco, Cah, May 27, 1863; dau. Albert Gallatin and Augusta F. (Soule) Randall; ed. Denman School, San Francisco; Girls' High School and San Francisco School of Design, four years, under Virgil Williams; m. San Francisco, May 18, 1887, Fairfax H. Wheelan; children: Edgar Stow, Fairfax Randall. Has illustrated many years for St. Nicholas and other children's publications; dMigued stained glass windows, book plates, Christmas cards, illus- trated books, and since coming to New York has been Da^id Belasco's costume designer, begin- ning that T/ork v/ith The Rose of the Rancho; has painted cartoons Icr tapestry at the Herter looms. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. In- ternationally known for her bookplate designs.

WHEELER, Adele Maria Graves (Mrs. Leverett Case Wheeler), 59 Watson Av., Wauwatosa, Wis.

Born Appleton, Wis., Nov. 7, 1871; dau. Sylves- ter L. and Mary Rose (Barteau) Graves; grad. Univ. of Wis., bachelor of English, '94; m. Milwaukee, Oct. 10, 1894, Leverett Case Wheeler; children: Sylvester Lawrence, Catherine Eleanor. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Milwaukee Branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnaa. Recreation: Travel. Pres. Twentieth Century Topic Club of Wauwatosa.

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��WHEELER, Alice Clara (Mrs. Richmond

Wheeler), 160 Howard St., Salinas, Cal.

Born June 1, 1868; dau. Joseph Almon and Clara (Knapp) Moses; ed. high school, Portland, Me.; Boston School of Oratory, '87; Leland Stan- ford Jr. Univ., '02 (Phi Beta Kappa); in. Oak- land, Cal., Nov. 23, 1S98, Richmond Wheeler. Teacher of elocution, 18S7-98, in Maine, Oregon and California. Mem. Guild of St. Paul Episco- pal Church. Mem. The Wanderers, The Salinas Civic Club. Recreations: Reading, music. Pres- byterian. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive. WMEELER, Amey Webb (Mrs. Benjamin Ide

Wheeler), President's House, Berkeley, Cal.

Boru Providence, R.I. ; dau. Henry Aborn and Amey (Gorham) Webb; m. Providence, R.I., June 27, 18S1, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, pres. Univ. of Cal.; one son: Benjamin Webb Wheeler, b. Nov. 17, 1893. Exec. Com. Pacific Coast Branch Y.W.C.A. ; vice-pres. Woman's Welfare Dep't Nat. Civic L€ague. Baptist. Mem. Century Club, Town and Country Club (San Francisco), Town and Gown Club of Berkeley, Ebell Club of Oakland.

WHEELER, Candace (Mrs. Thomas M.

Wheeler), Wheeler Place, HoUis, Ij.I., N.Y.

Artist, author; D. Delhi, N.Y. ; dau. Abner S. and Lucy (Dunham) Wheeler; ed. at Di=lhi Acad.; m. Delhi, N.Y., June, 1844, Thomas M. Wheeler; children: Candace, James Cooper, Dora, Dun- ham. Founded first Soc. of Decorative Art; one of founders of first Woman's Exchange; one of founders of Associated Artists; director of Wo- man's Building, World's Columbian Bxi>cfiition. Founder of Onteora-in-Catskills. Favors -woraan suffrage. Author: Content in a Garden; Princi- ples of Decoration; Industrial Weaving; Double Darling and Other Fairy Tales; also magazine articles. Mem. Meridian, Wednesday and Cos- mopoUtan Clubs (N.Y.). WHEELER, Clara Marian, Kindergarten Tiain-

ing: School, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Kindergartner; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Apr. 25, 1S61; dau. Reuben and Phebe M.nrian (Cum- ings) Wheeler; ed. Grand Rapids public schools. Grand Rapids Kindergarten Training School (graduate and post-graduate course), Hersey Music School, Chicago, special course. Prin. Grand Rapids Kindergarten School since 1905. Rec. sec. Elementar.v Sunday-school Ass'n; vice- pres. Playground Ass'n, State W.C.T.U. Favors woman suffrage. Mom. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Grand Rapids Froebel Club for Child Study, Kindergartners' Club. Mothers' Club. WHEELER, Emily Frances, 624 Cedar Av.,

I,ong Beach, Cal.

Grad. Northwestern Univ., A.B. '75, A.M. 1800; scholar in Romance languages. Bryn Mawr Coll. 1887-88; acting prof., 1891-93; prof, of Romance languages, 1893-97, in Northwestern Univ.; prof, of French and Spanish in Lewis Inst., Chicago, 1898-1903; engaged as philanthropic worker since 1907. WHEELER, Emma Grlmwood (Mrs. W. A.

Wheeler, 311 Sixth Av., N.W., Mandan,

N.Dak.

Music teacher; b. Russville, la., Sept. 3, 1856; dau. Is'd.h.c Cooper and Ellsa (Moore) Gnmwood; cd. p-iblic and private schools, RussvlUe, and liberal homo education; piano teachers; Bee- thoven Conservatory, Dubuque, la., William V. Jones, W. S. B. Mathe.-ns, A. J. GcK>ci.rich, Rich- ard Burmcister; m. Boone, Neb., Apr. 13, 1892, W. A. Wheeler. Work with Towa Music Teach- ers' Ass'n, study with Richard Burmeister, in- terpretation of m\!sica! compositions and Les- chet'zky Icchnic with A. J. Gr«ocrich. Works on cr>mTjil'*.c?s of Ci\'ic .League Chautauqua As- sembly (MandanV Farors woman suffrage. Beloa^od to equal suffr.'ig? club at Jncippendence, la., IJvSO. Has developed t.n original sft of gymnastics for fingers, arm and hand and many piano technics. Progrerisive in politics. Charter mem. Iowa Music Teachers' State Ass'n, Nat. Music Teachers' Ass'n. Recreations: Driving, travel. Charter mem. of Independent Iowa La- dies' Musical Club, Mandan Musical Club and Mandan Civic League.

��WHEELER, Florence Evelyn (Mrs. James Augustus Wheeler), Merrynook, New Bruns- wick, N.J.

Born Oswego, N.Y., Dec. 10, 1851; dau. Sydney Merrill and Rebecca L. (Doane) Tucker: ed. Oswego High School, Oswego Normal School, Vassar Coll., M.A. '76; m. James Augustus Wheeler; children: Helene Louise, Mary Bra- man, Evelyn Rebecca, William Henry, Louise Macfarlaue, Irwiue. Has been very active in work of church and its societies, foreign and home, various college societies; former mom. of Oswego Orphan Asylum Board. Has written magazine articles and for various periodicals; writer of children's plays and operettas. Mem. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Con- gregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

WHEELER, Florence Lillie (Mrs. Frank Elisha Wheeler), 162 Fort Pleasant Av., Springfield, Mass.

Born Springfield, Mass.; grad. Smith Coll., '98; m. Aug. 31, 1907, Frank Elisha Wheeler. Editor for Webster's Dictionary (Merriam Co.), Spring- field, Mass., 1898-19C0 and 1902-03; teacher of Eng- lish, Ware (Mass.) High School, 1901; teacher of history, Springfield (Mass.) High School, 1903-06. Mem. Smith College Alumnae Ass'n.

WHEELER, Genevra Leslie (Mrs. Lester Wheeler), 623 Delaware Aw, Buffalo, N.Y. Born Framingham, Mass., June 1, 1849; dau. George and Olive (Plimpton) Newell; ed. Fram- ingham Acad. ; m. Framingham. May 29, 1873, Lester Wheeler; children: Ma.Kwell Stevenson, Clarence Newell, ■ Christine Main. Pres. Chil- dren's Hospital of Buffalo, N.Y.; mera. Saturday Class Literary Club, TroDnpe Club; director Twentieth Century Club. Against woman suf- frage. Episcopalian.

WHEELER, Grace Denison, Stonlngton, Conn. Born Stonington. Conn., July 8, l'',5S; dau. Richard A. and Lucy Ann (Noyes) Wheeler; ed. common district and high schools at Mystic (town of Stonington). Mem. First Congregational Church. Sup't of Sunday-school: was pres. Conn. Historical and Genealogical Soc. for three years. Author: Reverie of a Returned Missionary ("piny); Historic Ground Bet>?-eeu Oroton and Sto"ninsi:3n; Homes of Our Auceotors in Stonington, Conn., etc. Mem. Mayflower Soc, Anna Warner Baiiey Chapter D.A.R. of Groton and Stonington; mem. Stonington Historical Soe. Recreations: Books, driving.

WHEELER, Hallie Erminie Rives (Mrs. Post Wheeler), American Embassy, Rome, Italy. Novelist; 6. Christian Co., Ky., May 2, isTS; dau. Col. Stephen and Mary (Ragsdale) Rives; descended on paternal side from Sir John Rives of Damory Court, Dorsetshire, Entjland, and on mother's side from John Tilletrscn, Archbishop of Canterbury; ed. by gO'.'eineci-.es; m. Am. Em- bassy, Tokio, Japan, Dec. 29, 1907, Post Wheeler (sec. Am. Kt:>,bas3y there). Author: 'I'he Singing Wire; A Foal In Cpc-lc; Sroc-kins Flax, ISO'o; As the Hart Pant.oth, 1RV8; a Furnace of Earth, 1900: Hearts Courageous, 19C?,; The Castaway, 1S04: Tales from Pickens. nOQ; Satan Sander- son, 1907, €tc. Extensive traveler in Europe, in- cluding Greece and the Mediferr.■^.nf>.^n; the Orient, particularly Japan. In 1908 was one of the party accompanying Secretary of V/ar Taft across Siberia, through Russia, Germany, France, etc.

WHEELER, Hetly Shepard, 124 Linden St., New Haven, Conn., or Wellesley College, Wel-

lesley, Mass.

Instructor in musical theory, Wellesley Coll.; b. Bridgeport, Conn.; dau. Alexander and Mary Lorena (Marks) Wheeler; gr.nduate Wellesley Coll., B.A. '02, M.A. '05 H'nu Zeta Epsilon). In- terested in all social and philanthropic move- ments. Mem. Eastern Educational Music Con- ference, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumuse, Coiipge Settlements Ass'n, Nat. Child Labor .\si* u, Music Teachers" Nat. Ass'n, Consumers' League. Mem. Wellesley Club, New Haven and Boston, and Graduate Council of Wellesley C.nll. Pres- byterian. Favors woman suffr.igc; mem. E)quaJ Suffrage League, Wellesley and N.Y.

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��WHEELER, Janet, 1710 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa. ,,

Portrait painter; b. Detroit, Mich.; dau. Orlando B. and Amanda (Bennett) Wheeler; ed. Acad, of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; AcadSmie Julian and Carlo Rossi Studio, Paris. Awarded Mary Smith prize and first Tappan prize. Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts; Art Club gold medal, Phila- delphia; silver medal, Louisiana Purchase Exhi- bition, St. Louis. Exhibited in Salon, Paris. Mem. (2d vice-pres.) Plastic Club ol Philadel- phia, 1905-12; mem. Board of Managers of Fel- lowship of Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts.

WHEELER, Mrs. Jennie Pearl Mowbray, Mon-

sey, N.Y.

Author; b. Minneapolis; dau. Alfred George and Amelia (Carpenter) Mowbray; ed. in North- western Univ. ; m. N.Y. City, Andrew Carpenter Wheeler (pen-name "Nym Crinkle"), distin- guished author and critii (died Miarch 10, 1903); one son: Paul Mowbray Wheeler. AMthor (in collaboration with husband) of the "J. P. M." books — four titles: A Journey to Nature; The Making of a Country Home; Tangled Up In Beulah Land; The Conquering of Kate. Meth- odist. Against woman suffrage.

WHEELER, Jessie F., Troy Public Library,

Troy, N.Y.

Reference librarian; b. Saratoga, N.Y. ; dau. Charles and Agnes (Gould) Wheeler; ed. Vassar College, A.B., and N.Y. State Library School. Contributor to magazines and newspapers. Rec- reations: Tennis, boating, gardening. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate AlumasB, Associate AJumnse ol Vassar College. Favors woman suffrage.

WHEELER, Jofiepha Virsrinia (Mrs. Frank Wal- ter Wheeler), Box 102, MilllDocket, Me. Born Wakefield, Mass., May 6, 1868; dau. Emory Felton and Josepha (Restarrick) Sweetser; ed. Wakefield High School (salutatorian), Wel- lesley Coll., B.A. '90; New York City Mission Training School, 1890-91 (mem. Tau Zeta Alpha); m. Wakefield, Mass., Dec. 31, 1902, Rev. Frank Walter Wheeler; one son: John Felton Wheeler, b. May 22, 1904. Regularly trained city mission worker, especially in Italian work and work with boys and young men; employed by N.Y. City Mission and Tract Soc, 1891-94; Ruggles St. Church, Boston, 1902; special work in Wakefield, Mass., and N.Y. City. Editor of short stories and poems for religious periodicals and some secular papers. Baptist. Recreations: Re- ligious and evangelistic, organ music, training of young people. Special mem. of Boys' Club; specialty work with boys in their 'teens; re- ligious and social work with boys and young men.

WHEELER, Mabel Blanche (Mrs. David Ever- ett Wheeler), 519 Franklin St., Buffalo, N.Y. Born Boston, Mass.; dau. David Rice and Sophia Paine (Dunn) Whitney; ed. Boston, Mass.; m. Boston, June 10, 1898, David Everett Wheeler; one son: E)verett Pepperrell Jr. Mem. Garret Club of Buffalo. Against woman suf- frage; mem. Exec. Com. Buffalo Branch of the New York State Association Opposed to Woman Suffrage.

WHEELER, Mabel Gregg (Mrs. Lyman G.

Wheeler), 395 Wauwatosa Av., Wauwatosa,

Wis.

Born Brookfield, Wis., June 8, 1866; dau. Jef- fers'in and Rhoda (Jane) Parker Gregg; ed. Wauwatosa High School (valedictorian), and Univ. of Wisconsin for two years; m. Madison, Wis., June 26, 1890. Lyman G. Wheeler; children: Gladys Evelyn, V/arren Gregg, Lyman Edward, Jefferson Gregg. Teacher two years. Pres. Wauwatosa Woman's Club nearly four years; cor. sec. Wis. State Fed. of Women's Clubs (vlce-pres. Milwaukee dist.); sec. of literature for Wis. Woman's Home Missionary Union. Congregationaliist. Mem. Art Class, Wauwatosa Woman's Club.

WHEELER, Mary Sparkes, (Mrs. Henry Wheeler), 102 Mt. Herman Way, Ocean Grove, N.J. Born Tlntern Abbey, England, June 21, 1836:

dau. Samuel and Elizabeth (Tratt) Sparkes;

��came to America when six years old; ed. Bing- haanton, N.Y. ; was pres. largest school in that city at the time of marriage; m. Binghamton, Apr. 13, 1858, Rev. Henry Wheeler; children: Marj', Newberry, G«orge Post. Pres. Philadelphia branch Women's Foreign Missionary Soc., in- cluding all the M.E. Churches in Pa. and Dela- ware, 1883-98; many years a mem. of Nat. Lec- ture Bureau, Chicago, delivering lectures in all sections of the country; in 1899 appointed Nat. Evangelist of the W.C.T.U. ; in 1891 sup't World's W.C.T.U. ; in 1908 elected pres. of the Home for the Aged, of Ocean Grove, N.J. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman Suffrage Ass'n and has spoken much in its favor; mem. Woman's Christian Ass'n, Sunshine Soc, King's l>augh- ters. Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. Au- thor: Modern Cosmogony and the Bible, 1880; First Deoade of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, 1884; Poems for the Fireside, 1888; As It Is in Heaven, 19 )S (15,000 copies being cold the first year); has written much for periodicals. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Recreation: Painting (hajs all her life spent much time with pencil and brush).

WHEELER, Ruth, 305 Montgomery St., West

Pittston, Pa.

Teacher; b. Plains, Pa.; ed. in schools of West Pittston, Pa.; assar Coll., A.B. '99. Teacher in West Pittston (Pa.) High School, Saratoga (N.Y.) High School, 1901-04; Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 1904-10, and member of the Faculty of the Uni- versity of Illinois since 1912.

WHETSTONE, Mary Snoddy (Mrs. Allen S.

Whetstone), Minneapolis, Minn.

Physician; b. Dauphin Co., Pa.: dau. James and Elizabeth (Grove) Snoddy; ed. public schools; Granville Female Sem.; Univ. of Mich., regular medical dep't, M.D. ; attended clinics of London, Paris, Vienna, Boston and N.Y. ; m. Marshall- town, la. Allen S. Whetstone, M.D. (now deceased). Vice-pres. Minn. State Med. Soc. ; pres. Minn. Med. Woman's Club; mem. staff of North- western Hospital for Women and Children; mem. staff Asbury and City Hospitals and Crittenton Home, health lecturer Judson Inst, for Young Ladies, Minn. State Sup't Health, Heredity and Medical Temperance of W.C.T.U.; lecturer on health topics, eugenics; special agent for Bureau of Labor of Dep't of Commerce and Labor. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to Am. Journal of Clinical Medicine, Hygienic and Dietetic Gazette, Minneapolis dailies and other miscellaneous pub- lications. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Minn. Mycological Soc (ex-pres.), Minn. Horticultural Soc., Minn. W.C.T.U., Woman's Political Equality Club, Woman's Welfare League of Minn., Minn. Medical Woman's Club (ex- pres.). Am. Woman's League, Internat. Peace Soc.

WHLNNERY, Abble, 10 South 18th St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Singer, teacher of singing; b. Salem, Ohio; dau. Dr. John Carroll Whinnery (Quaker parent- age); ed. in Ohio schools; musical education be- gan In (jincinnatl with Henry G. Andres (piano) and Mme. Riv6 (singing) ; 14 months Tvith Eugene Vauthrot of the Grand Opera at Paris, studying operatic rSles, and student of voice culture and oratorio singing in London, with J. B. Welch, two years; also studied music of Bach with George Henschel, and studied the speaking voice with Oskar Guttman. First professional appearance at Walter Bache's concert in London. After her return to United States, sang for years with many of the leading musical organizations as oratorio and concert sporano, including the Harvard Musical Ass'n. Orchestra and the Handel and Hayden Society, Boston; the New York and Brooklyn Oratorio Societies, and others, Thomas Orchestra, Boston Symphony Orchestra, etc., and in the music festivals at Cincinnati, Worcester, Pittsburgh, Oberlin, etc. Voice teacher for two seasons in Lyceum Thea- ter School of Acting, N.Y. City; now teacher of singing in Philadelphia.

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��WHTPPLE, Florence Brandenburg: (Mrs. Clifford Whipple), 348 Lloyd Av., Providence, R.I. Born Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 25, 1877; dau. Charles A. and Carrie M. (Cochran) Branden- burg; ed. in Europe and Willard Hall School, Danvers, Mass.; Wellesley Coll.. Brown Univ., Ph.B. '02 (mem. Theta Lambda Tau); m, London, England, 19(W, Clifford Whipple. Mem. House- wives' League, Needlework Guild, Y.W.C.A., church societies, two musical clubs and College Equal Sufirage League. Unitarian.

WHIl'PLE, Gertrude Kimball (Mrs. Wayne Whipple), The Greystone, Germantown. Pa. Born Lakeport, N.H., Sept. 11, 1867; dau. Stephen Smith and Mary (Odell) Kimball; ed. McGill Normal, AFontreal, Can.; m. Maiden, Mass., Jan. 28, 1893, Wayne Whipple; one son: Paul Kimball Whipple, b. Dec. 4, 1893. Meth- odist. Pres. Literary Club of Germantown, Pa., 1910; corr. sec. New England Conference Wom- an's Home Missionary See. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1900-05. Opposed to woman suffrage.

WHITAKER, Alice E. (Mrs. George Mason Whitaker), 1404 Harvard St., Washington, D.C.

Newspaper writer; b. Southbridge, Mass., Nov. 17, 1851; dau. Charles Winthrop and Luciuda (Richardson) Weld; ed. Southbridge High School, Nichols Acad., Dudley, Mass.; m. Southbridge, Mass., 1871, George Mason Whitaker; children: Lillian, Ethel. Favors woman suffrage. Twelve years ass't editor of New England Farmer, Bos- ton; has written daily newspaper syndicated articles for past 11 years. Universalist. Ex- pres. New England Woman's Press Club; mem. Professional Woman's Club, Boston; Boston Business League; ex-pres. Winthrop (Mass.) Woman's Club; pres. Housekeepers' Alliance, D.C. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women, D.A.R., Mothers' Congress.

WHITCOMB, Ida Prentice, 103 Joralemon St.,

Brooklyn, N.T.

Author; b. Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Moses and Jemima Whitcomb; grad. Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn. Had her own school In Brooklyn 30 years. Vice-pres. Woman's Foreign Missionarj' Soc. Author: Topical History Chart; Summary of Modern History; Heroes of History; Young People's Story of Art; Young People's Story of Music; Young People's Story of American His- tory. Congregationalist. Recreation: Travel; has been abroad four times.

WHITCOMB, Jessie E. Wright (Mrs. George H. Whitcomb), 1921 West Sixth St. (office, Craw- ford Bld'g), Topeka, Kan.

Laiwyer, author; b. Princeton, N.J., Sept., 1864; dau. William J. Wright, Ph.D., LL.D., and Julia (MacNair) Wright (author); ed. Univ. of Vt.. A.B. '84, Phi Beta Kappa and A.M.; Boston Univ. Law School, LL.B. '87; admitted to Shawnee Co.- (Kan.) Bar, '88; m. Pulton, Mo., George H. Whit- comb; children: Philip Wright (Washburn Univ., A.B. '10, at age of 18, appointed Rhodes scholar for Kan., 1911; now at Wadham Coll., Oxford), Richard Seabury, Robert Fay, William Harvey, George Austin, Isabel MacNalr. Resident of To- peka since 1888; delivered lecture course on Sales before Washburn Law School, 1910 (first woman to lecture before men's law school). Author ju- venile bocks; Odd Little Lass; Freshman and Senior; Majoribanks; His Best Friend; Fen's Venture; Queer as She Could Be; Curly Head; Philip Leicester; also magazine contributor. Presbyterian (taught young men's Bible class thred years). Advocate of and occasional lec- turer lor woman suffrage. Independent Repub- lican. Mem. Kappa Alpha Theta Fraternity. Recreations: Horseback, tennis, mountain climb- ing.

WHITE, Amelia Elizabeth, 18 W. Sixty-ninth

St., N.T. City.

Born N.Y. City; ed. Brearley School, N.Y. City; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01 (George W. Childs prize essayist); special student Columbia Univ., 1901-02. Director of the Preparatory Trade School, N.Y. City, since 1908. Wood carver.

��WHITE, Anna Beatrice Goldstine (Mrs. Samuel White), 612 Washington Av., Cairo, 111. Born in Hungary; ed. In schools of Cairo, 111., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '85; m. Cairo, 111., June 24, 1891, Samuel White; one son. Teacher in Cairo 111., from 1886 until marriage. Has seri-ed as a member of the B'd of Education of Cairo, 111., 15 years (first woman elected In Cairo, 111.); sec. of the Cairo Public Library B'd for 21 years. First woman judge of election (1910); mem. Auxiliary Board of Visitors of the State Board of Charities for Alexander County. Former pres. of Cairo Woman's Club and the Schiller Club, besides holding many other offices in both; still critic of the Schiller Club, which reads that master's works in German. Has written many articles for local papers and original theses read before the clubs; now chairman of Teachers and Text-book Committees of the Board of Educa- tion.

WHITE, Carolyn Hall (Mrs. William Gardner White), 767 Goodrich Av., St. Paul, Minn. Born Hartford, Conn., Aug. 25, 1854; dau.

Bbenezer and Marie (Dart) Hall; ed. Hartford,

Chicopee and Springfield, Mass.; m. Chicopee,

Mass., May 22, 1878, William Gardner White;

children: Marion, Edwin, Preston, Elizabeth.

Mem. Nathan Hale Chapter D.A.R., Schubert

Club. Presbyterian.

WinXE, Carrie Harper (Mrs. John E. White),

Colorado Springs, Colo.

Born Detroit. Mich., 1875: dau. William Wallace and Mary Elsie (Ingersoil) Harper; ed. Cleveland public schools, School of Art, Art Students' League and School of Applied Design, N.Y. City; m. Cleveland, O., Nov. 14, 1900, John E. White, M.D.; children: Laura, Harper. Taught decora- tive design and lectured on Historic Ornament four years in Cleveland High School. Interested in educational work and has been chairman of Health Com. Gen. Ftd. Women's Clubs in Colo., lecturing especially on the subject of Tubercu- losis. Favors woman suffrage. Has lectured on practice of Equal Suffrage in States trying to secure the privilege. Author: Records of the Harper Family. Episcopalian. Republican- Progressive. Mem. D.A.R., Nat. and Intemat. Ass'ns for Prevention of Tuberculosis, Alumnae Ass'n of Cleveland School Art, Y.W.C.A. Rec- reations: Walking, dancing, riding, out-of-door sports. Mem Woman's Club (Colorado Springs), Boys' Club aad Civic League. Has actively as- sisted Dr. White in caring for over 2,000 tuber- cular patients at the Nordrach Ranch Sana- torium, Colorado Springs, and drew the plans of the Modern Woodmen of America for caring for 1,0(X) patients in the sanitarium of that organiza- tion at Colorado Springs, Colo.

WHITE, Eliza Orne, 222 High St., Brookline.

Mass.

Author; b. Keene, N.H., Aug. 2, 1856; dau. William Orne and Margaret Eliot (Harding) White; ed. public schools In Keeue, N.H., and a year at Miss Louisa Hall's School in Rox- bury, Mass. Spent a year with family, 1876-77, traveling in England, Scotland, France, lUly, Germany, Holland and Belgium. Author (adult books); Miss Brooks, ISSO; Winterborough, 1892; The Coming of Theodora, 1895; A Browning Courtship, 1897; A Lover of Truth, 1898; John Forsyth's Aunts, 1901; Lesley Chilton, 1903; The Wares of Edgefield, 1909; (ehilflren'.s books): When Molly Was Six, 1894; A Little Girl of Long Ago, 1896; Ednah and Her New Brothers, 1900; An Only Child, 1905; A Borrowed Sister, 1906; Broth- ers In Fur, 1910; The Enchanted Mountain, 1911. Unitarian. Mem. Woman's Alliance in Rev. Dr. Lyon's Unitarian Church in Brookline, Mass! Mem. Boston Authors' Club.

WHITE, Ellen Pawling: Corson — see Corson- White, Ellen Pawling.

WHITE, El.,ie lladley (Mrs. Frank White),

Valley City, N.Dak.

Born Clinton Co., Ohio, Sept. 13, 1864; dau. Artemus N. and Elizabeth Mather (Jones) Had- ley; ed. Indianapolis schools; Earlham Coll., B.S. '86: Univ. of Mich., M.S. '90; m. Frank White, B.S., LL.D.; children: Edwin Lee. Richard Sel-

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��don (adopted). Taught in Mich, high schools and In State Normal at Valley City; still teaches sometimes for pleasure of being ■with young peo- ple. Worker in civic improvement, helped or- ganize leagues on various civic topics. Pres. N.Dak. State Fed. of Clubs; director Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1910-12; auditor Gen. Fed. Clubs, 1911-12; active in Y.W.C.A. work. Favors wo- man suffrage. Republican. Mem. Friends Church; now working in Congregational Church and Sunday-school. Mem. Astronomical Soc. of Pacific, Am. Civic Ass'n Recreations: Camping, boating. Mem. Civic League and Literary Clubs. Her husband, Hon. Frank White, was Governor of N.Dak. (only Republican Governor of N.Dak. who ever had a reelection); during these terms had active social life at Bismarck.

WHITE, Emma Ruth, 616 E. 36th St., Kansas

City, Mo.

Public welfare worker; b. Youngsville, Pa., Oct. 30, 1884; dau. John Barber and Emma (Sig- gins) White; ed. Miss Bartow's Preparatory School in Kansas City, Mo.; grad. Wellesley Coll., post-grad, course in sociology at Univ. of Wis. (Phi Sigma). Spent a year working with Board of Public Welfare, 1910-11; spent time in laundry investigation; also led the investigation in factories and all places where women's help is employed in Kansas City with a view of raising the wages of working women. Spent months compiling notes gathered during period of in- vestigation into social conditions in Kansas City, now being published. Mem. Kansas City (Mo.) Chapter D.A.R., Consumers' League of Kansas City, Mo. Congregationalist.

WHITE, Emma Siggins (Mrs. John Barber White), 616 E. Thirty-sixth St., Kansas City, Mo.

Born Chariton, Lucas Co., Iowa; dau. Benjamin Baird and Elizabeth (Walker) Siggins; ed. Young Ladies' Sem., Meadville, Pa.; grad. Youngsville (Pa.) High School, grad. in pioneer class of Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; m. Youngsville, Pa., Dec. 6, 1882, John Barber Wtoite; children: Emma Ruth, Jay Barber Walker, Raymond Baird. Taught school for 10 years in Warren Co., Pa. Has served three years as chairman of Woman's Auxiliary of Juvenile Improvement Club of Kansas City and director of same; chairman of com. which fur- nished boys' hotel of Kansas City, Ways and Means Com. of Kansas City Hist. Soc., Pa- triotic Education Com. of the Kansas City Chapter D.A.R. (vice-regent of same). Deaconess in Westminster Congregational Church. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Genealogical History of the Descendants of John Walker of Wigton, Scotland, 1902; History of the Siggins and Kin- near Families in America, ready for publication; also numerous historical sketches. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Kansas City Art Inst., Y.W.C.A., W.C.T.U., Kansas City Hist. Soc, Kansas City Chapter D.A.R., Visiting Nurse Ass'n, Mission Peace Society, Moral Uplift Society, Chautauqua Alumni, Consumers' League of Kansas City. Served as historian of D.A.R. for eight years. Has completed placing framed copies of the Ten Commandments in the 80 public schools of Kan- sas City; also placed ten copies in the Mo. State Penitentiary, Kansas City Girls' Hotel, Boys' Hotel, Y.W.C.A., Y.M.C.A., and many other public buildings.

WHITE, Esther Griffin, Richmond, Ind.

Newspaper writer; b. Richmond, Ind.; dau. Oliver and Mary Caroline (Cottom) White; ed. Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind. Dramatic critic, formerly writer on art and music on the Rich- mond Palladium; now dramatic critic and feature writer for The Evening Item, Richmoad, Ind.; has written on various phases of art for various journals in this country and abroad, also written much on same subject for State papers; has re- cently arranged series of Sunday high-class con- certs for Richmond and will continue it next year. Was sec. of Robert Dale Owen Memorial which placed bust of Owen in State House Grounds, Indianapolis. Author: Indiana Book- plates; Things as They Sometimes Are; edited poems of Louise Vickroy Boyd. Mem. Am. Book-

��plate Soc, English Ex-Libris Soc, Indlang Woman's Press Club. Mem. Richmond Country Club. Recreations: Golf, walking. Birthright mem. Soc. of Friends. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Richmond Franchise League, Woman'a Franchise League of Ind.

WHITE, norence Smith (Mrs. Theodora

Schenck White), Cardington, O.

Physician; b. Westfield, 0., Nov., 1881; dau. Seneca and Nancy (West) Smith; ed. Cardington High School, Cleveland Homoeopathic Med. School; m. May, 1892, Theodore S. White, lawyer. Engaged in practice of medicine since graduation. Episcopalian. Democrat. Favors woman suf- frage.

WHITE, Fninces Hodges (Mrs. Charles E.

White), 26 King St., Lynn, Mass.

Author; b. Washington, Me., June 18, 1866; dau. William and Caroline (Merrill) Hodge; ed. public schools, private tutors, EJnierson Coll. ; m. 1885, Charles E. White, of Lynn, Mass.; children: Charles E. Jr. (well-known architectural writer), Elizabeth. Books: Sea Tales; Helena's Wonder- world; Helena's Treeworld; Aunt Nabby's Chil- dren; Captain Jinks; The Autobiography of a Shetland Pony; has contributed articles and poems to the Lewiston Journal, Boston Tran- script, Lynn Item, Suburban Life, Youth's Com- panion, House Beautiful. Mem. Professional Women's Club, Boston; North Shore Club, Lynn.

WHITE, Georgia Laura, Olivet College, Olivet,

Mich.

Teacher; b. Nashville, Tenn., Apr. 28, 1872; dau. George Leonard and Laura Amelia (Cra- vath) White; ed. Fredonia (N.Y.) State Normal School, Lake Erie Sem.. Painesville, O., 18S9-94; Cornell Univ., Ph.B. '96, Ph.D. '01; Halle-Wit- tenberg Univ., Germany, 1899-1900 (mem. Alpha Phi). Head teacher and teacher of history, Walnut Lane School, German town, Pa., 1901-03; instructor, 1903-05, and associate prof, in eco- nomics and sociology at Smith Coll., 1905-11; dean of women in Olivet College, Olivet, Mich., since 1911. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Am. Acad, of Politics and Social Science, Am. Sociological Ass'n, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Elector of College Settlements Ass'n. Mem. Am. Geographic Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

WHITE, Grace Peckliam Baldwin (Mrs. Israel L. White), 3 Dogwood Drive, Summit, N.J. Born Worcester, Mass., May 16, 1874; dau. Charles Clinton and Ella (Peckham) Baldwin; ed. Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa. ; Bryn Mawr Coll. and Drexel Inst. Library School; m. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 25, 1907, Israel L. White; children: Charles Baldwin, Esther Brockett. Has catalogued several libraries. Episcopalian.

WHITE, Helen Magill (Mrs. Andrew Dickson

White), 27 East Av., Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Providence, R.I.; dau. Prof. Edward Hicks MagiU, A.M., LL.D., and Sarah W. (Beans) Magill; grad. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '73; Boston Univ., Ph.D. '77; m. 1900, Andrew Dickson White, LL.D., L.H.D., Ph.D., D.C.L., then U.S. Ambassador to Germany (first pres. Cornell Univ.).

WHITE, Helene Maynard, 3402 Powelton Av.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Artist; b. Baltimore, Md. ; dau. Alexander Mc- Conneil and Marie Louisa (Packer) White; ed. Temple Coll.; Univ. of Pa. School of Deaign; Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts and abroad at art schools in Paris (mem. Harmonia Soc. and Univ. Alumnae). Awarded medal at St. Louis E.^positiou, 1904; medal Pa. Art Soc; has painted portraits of many prominent men and women; decorations in St. Andrew's Church (mural work, etc.). Inter- ested in the College Settlement and the better- ment of conditions of the children of the slums. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Harmonia Society, Fellowship of Acad, of Fine Arts, Am. Acad. Political and Social Science, Historical Soc, Lyceum Club of N.Y., Three Arts Club, College Club.

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White), 3 Federal Court, Salem, Mass.

Born Springfield, Mass, May 31, 1865; dan. Ho- ratio N. and Eliza A. (Grlswold) Carter; ed. Springfield High School; Smith Coll., B.A. (Alpha Soc); m. Springfield, Mass., 1896, Alden Perley White; children: Carter, Barbara, Nancy Perley, Emily Alden. Mem. Salem Musical Club, Salem Settlement Ass'n, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Salem Woman's Club, Salem Musical Club. WHITE, Laura Rogers, Manchester, Ky., and

Louisville, Ky.

Teacher; b. Manchester, Ky., Dec. 11, 1852; dau. Daugherty and Sarah (Watts) White; ed. Univ. of Mich., 1871-1874, B.S. (made especially brilliant record there in mathematics); studied architec- ture at Mass. Inst, of Technology one year; at I'Ecole Special d'Architecture, Paris, France, almost one year. Has designed several houses and a small church; has taught in Sunday-school and frequently had charge of the Christmas lit- erary entertamments. Has written articles for newspapers and an article on True Bl-metalism, which was published by the Sound Currency Magazine, N.Y. City; has ready for publication an article on Magnetic Declination. Director Humingtou branch of Ass'n of Collegiate Alum- nae. Was first chairman Civic Dep't of the Wom- an's Club, Ashland; mem. of the Out-door Art League of Louisville. Recreations: Daily culture of flowers, yearly attending the annual meeting of Nat. Suffrage Ass'n, or the Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnas, or a Peace Meeting. Favors woman suffrage (advocates it principally by subscription to The Woman's Journal, sent to those she wishes to convert, and by distribution of litera- ture) ; has been chairman of the Peace and Arbi- tration Com. of the Ky. Equal Rights Ass'n for several years; former pres. Ashland Equal Rights Ass'n. Life mem. Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n since 1902. WHITE, Louise Lyman Peck (Mrs. Albert

C. White), Palenville, N.Y.

Born Providence, R.I., Fefe. 26. 1881; dau. Walter A. and Louise Lyman (Aborn) Peck; ed. Lincoln School, Providence; Miss Baldwin's School of Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. ; m. Jan. 24, 1906, Dr. Albert C. White; children: Carolyn Lyman (deceased), Jean, Adri- enne. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Irrepressibles Soc, Providence. Recrea- tions: Travel, sports. Mem. Boston Bryn Mawr Club, Bryn Mawr Alumnse Ass'n. WHITE, Lucy Elizabeth, 26 Villa Dupont, 48

Rue Pergoldse, Paris.

School principal; b. N.Y. City, Sept. 26, 1871; dau. John Henry and Lucy Elizabeth (Barrett) White; ed. Jamestown City High School, Wel- ley). Taught in private schools in Denver and N.Y. City, until the fall of 1900, when went to Paris and established the Villa Dupont School for Girls, the first school in Europe organized according to Am. school policy, yet offering for- eign advantages. Favors woman suffrage. Pres- byterian. Mem. D.A.R. (charter mem. and first sec. of Fort Dearborn Chapter). Recreations: Travel, camping, horseback riding In mountains. Mem. Lyceum, Paris. WHITE, Mabel Reynolds (Mrs. Eliot White),

Mahwah, N.J.

Born Worcester, Mass., June 28, 1872; dau. Jesse and Frances P. (Melcher) Moore; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '94 (Phi Kappa Psl); m. Worcester, April 6, 1904, Rev. Eliot AVhite; children: Maurice Brewster, b. June 16, 1905; Shirley Prence, b. Apr. 28, 1908. Has conducted Bible classes for women and taken part In the work of the Prot- estant Episcopal Church, serving one year as sec. of the Junior Auxiliary to the Board of Missions in the Diocese of Western Mass.; has given lec- tures on Socialism. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Socialist Party. WHITE, Mabel Townley, 208 Comstock Av.,

Syracuse, N.Y.

Born Syracuse, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '76. Engaged as teacher, 1S79-81, and as charity worker, 1879-1900, in Syracuse. Treasurer Syra- cuse Shelter for Unprotected Girls, 1906-10. Mem. of various philanthropic societies in Syracuse.

��WHITE, Martha Evelyn Davis (Mrs. True Worthy White), 122 Appleton St., Arlington Heights, Mass.

Writer, lecturer; b. Hopkinton, N.Y., Mar. 13, 1863; dau. Phllo A. and Anna S. (Lobdell) Davis; ed. in public schools and by private tutors and Potsdam (N.Y.) Normal School; m. Fort Jackson, N.Y., Aug. 24, 1889, True Worthy White, of Methuen, Mass. Pres. Woman's Hospjital Art Ass'n; head of Dep't of Literature and Library Extension, Mass. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Author: The Work of Women's Clubs; The Care of the Woman's Club; New England in Contemporary Verse; The New England Heroine In Contemporary Fiction; The Education of Jane; Toward the Kitchen; The Five-Cent Fare. Lecturer on literary and sociological topics before women's clubs; writer of essays and contribu- tions in the Atlantic Monthly and other leading publications. Uiitarian. Mem. Arlington Wom- an's Club, New EJngland Woman's Club, Bos- ton Women's City Club.

WHITE, Martha Root, 18 W. Sixty-ninth St.,

N.Y.. City.

Teacher; b. N.Y. City; ed. Miss Spence's School, N.Y. City; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '03 (holder of the first Bryn Mawr Matriculation Scholarship for New York, New Jersey and Dela- ware, 1899-1900). Teacher of mathematics. Miss Spence's School, N.Y. City, 1904-05; teacher of mathematics In Miss LeBaron Drumm's School N.Y. City, 1907-08, and in the Gordon-Winston School, N.Y. City, since 1909.

WHITE, Mary Houghton (Mrs. Charles David White), 2812 Adams Mill Road, Washing- ton, D.C.

Born Worcester, Mass., Nov. 13, 1856; dau. Josiah Perry and Frances (Waite) Houghton; ed. Worcester High and Normal schools; one year at Cornell Univ.; m. Worcester, Mass., Feb. 2, 1888 Charles David White. Interested in work of Southern mountaineers through the Southern Industrial Educational Ass'n, of which is a trus- tee and rec. sec. Unitarian. Mem. Fine Arts Soc. of Washington, D.C, Pre Re Nata, College Women's Club, Twentieth Century Club, Wash- ington Soc. New England Women.

WTEIITE, Rassle Hosklns (Mrs. Alexander B.

White), Paris, Tenn.

President general United Daughters of the Confederacy; b. Lexington, Miss.; dau. Capt. E. Hosklns of the 38th Infantry Reg't, Mississippi Volunteers, C.S.A., and Lou (Pinkston) Hoskins; m. Alexander B. White, a banker of Paris Tenn • one daughter: Mildred. Has graduated twice with the degree of A.B. Has done literary work for newspapers and periodicals, principally on Southern and Confederate history. Speaker par- liamentarian and presiding officer. Pres.' and organizer of the Fortnightly Club, Pioneer Club of Paris, Woman's Club, Paris; sec. Sans SoucI Club (Paris), D.A.R. of Mississippi. Active since 1901, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Pres Fifth Tennessee Reg. Chapter, Paris, 1902-04- 2d vlce-pres. Tennessee Division, 1903-05; pres. Ten- nessee Division, 1905-07; mem. Com. on By-laws for San Francisco Convention, 1905; chairman Shiloh Monument Com., 1906; director general Shiloh Monument Com. since 1908; chairman com. on recommendations of president general, Atlanta Convention; acting chairman com. on revision of constitution and by-laws, Atlanta Convention, 1908; chairman finance com., Houston Convention, 1909; elected pres. general at TTTch- mond Convention, 1911, term expiring Nov., 1913.

WHITE, Rhoda M., Stevens Hall, State College

of Washington, I'uUman. Wash.

Dean of women and prof, of sociology. State Coll. of Wash.; b. Richmond, Va. ; dau. William Walter and Carrie (Holmes) White; ed. Univ. of Wis., B.A. '06, fellow in sociology, 19'\S-f9 (mem. Red Domino— dramatic). Dean of women M'd- dlebury Coll., Vt., 1909-11; ass't prof, of so.iolocv Middicbury Coll., Vt., 1909-11. Went abroad^in 1906, studying industrial and social conditions, especially in the British Isles, also public recrea- tion, social use of public property; In 1912 called first conference of Deans of Women of Pacific Northwest at Spokane; In 1913 first conference

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��on vocations other than teaching for college •women in Pacific Northwest at Pullman, Wash., the State Coll. Mem. Y.W.C.A., Nat. Child Labor Com., Nat. Women's Trade Union League, Nat. Consumers' League, Am. Acad, of Political and Social Science, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Nat. Conference of Charities and Correction, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnee. Recreations: Driving, rid- ing. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

WHITE, Rosalie Raymond (Mrs. Blake L. White), Raymond Apartments, 6 Water St., Charleston, S.C, and Hoboken, N.J. Born Charleston, S.C, Apr. 1, 1857; dau. Henry Hunter and Caroline Rosalie (Tavean) Raymond; ed. Miss Sarai Porter's School, Farm- ington, Conn., 1872; Les Ruches, Fontainebleau, France, 1874; private tutors, Paris, 1875-79; m. Charleston, S.C, Nov. 19, 1879, Blake L. White; children: Blake L. Jr., b. Sept. 14, 1880; Rosalie Raymond, b. Jan. 27, 1882 (died Sept. 5, 1882); Raymond, b. July 7, 1883 (died May 5, 1899); Stella, b. Aug. 22, 1885 (died June 5, 1886) ; Hope, b. Nov. 23, 1888 (died Nov. 17, 1889); Tavean, b. June 23, 1890; Rosalind, b. Sept. 1, 1892 (died same date); Rose R., b. Apr. 27, 1898. Active in man- aging her real estate holdings; travels for pleasure. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. St. Cecilia Soc, Daughters of the Con- federacy, etc. Recreations: Pianiste, vocaliste, linguist, traveler, student of history and geography.

WHITE, Theresa Bryant (Mrs. William H. White), Santa Fe, N.Mex.

State Director of Industrial Education; b. Cov- ington, Ind., Oct. 18, 1867; dau. Silas Bryant and Martha Ann (Strother) Bryant; ed. graded schools of Indianapolis and high school of Atlan- tic, la.; m. June 1, 1887, William H. White; chil- dren: Judith Belle, b. May 15, 1889; Martha Flor- ence, b. Apr. 19 ,1895; Douglas Bryant, b. Apr. 18, 1802. Interested in charity societies and hospitals. Contributor to newspapers of articles on Indus- trial Education. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Mem. Woman's Club of Silver City, N.Mex.; State Fed. Women's Clubs, Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs; was made State chairman of Household Economics and joined the Nat. Soc. of House- hold Economics and was elected a mem. of the Board of Household Economics of the Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; through her efforts an Indus- trial Education law was passed in New Mexico, and she was appointed State Director of Indus- trial Education.

WHITEHEAD, Laura Wadsworth (Mrs. Ben Goriion Whitehead), Bismarck, N. Dak. Editor; b. Laporte, Ind., Mar. 31, 1871; dau. Henry Ellhu and Sarah (Van Akin) Wadsworth; ed. public schools of Laporte, Ind.; grad. '88; m. Laporte, Mar. 1, 1897, Ben Gordon White- head; children: Dorothy Lucile. Henry Wads- worth (deceased), Charles Miller, Mary Eliza- beth, Louise Elinor. Mem. Guild of St. George's Episcopal Church of Bismarck. Favors woman suffrage and has contributed articles to club columns in husband's newspaper. The State, ad- vocating equal suffrage. Unitarian. Democrat. Sec. of Library Board at Williston, 1909-11; mem. 1909-12; supt. Woman's Dep't N.Dak. Industrial Exposition, 1912. Recreations: Reading, music, theater, social diversions. Life mem. Woman's Civic Fed., consisting of Civic League, Literary and Musical and Domestic Science Clubs of Wil- liston, N.Dak. (pres. 1908-09). After graduation from school began as reporter for her father's newspaper, and later assisted her husband in the editorial dep't. Has contributed to newspapers and magazines articles pertaining to woman's work at home. Now conducting a page called Woman's Club News of N.Dak., the leading articles of which are some suggestions for use in club development In special lines. Wrote a series of articles on food values.

WHITEHOUSE, Elorence Bfooks (Mrs. Robert Treat Whltehouse), 42 Deerlng St., Portland, Me.

Born Augusta, Me.; dau. Samuel Spencer and Mary (Wadsworth) Brooks; ed. public schools and St. Catherine's Hall, Augusta, Me.; studied mu- sic and the languages in Boston; m. 1894, Robert

��Treat Whltehouse; children: William Penn 23, Robert Treat Jr. and Brooks. Author: The Go<l of Tiings; The Effendi, a Romance of the Sou- dan. Congregatioualist. Clubs: Current Events, Rossini (music club). Civic.

WHITELOCK, Louise Clarkson (Mrs. George Whltelock), 29 E. Mt. Vernon Place, Balti- more, Md.

Author and Illustrator; b. in Baltimore, Mary- land; educated in Baltimore; m. Dec. 30, 1878, George Whitelock, lawyer (now sec. Am. Bar Ass'n). Writer, first under name of L. Clarkson and later under fua name, of books in verse and prose, many of them illustrated by herself. Au- thor (collected verse): Violet with Eyes of Blue; The Gathering of the Lilies; The Rag Fair; Heartsease and Happy Days. Children's books: Flyaway Fairies; Little Miss Stay-at-Home. Fic- tion: John Wallace (novel); a Mad Madonna and Other Stories; how Hindslte Met Provinciallsts, and other stories.

WHITFIELD, Amelia Atkins (Mrs. Nathaniel O. Whitfield), 1520 West Sixteenth St., Loa Angeles, Cal.

Physician; b. Bristol, Conn., 1857; dauT Roswell and Sarah A. (Barnum) Atkins; ed. public schools of Bristol, Conn.; medical dep't Univ. of Mich., M.D. '78; Hahnemann Coll., Chicago, M.D. '83; m. Bristol, Conn., Mar. 34, 1880, Dr. Nathaniel C. Whitfield. During her husband's absence of sev- eral months was physician in charge of the Sol- diers' Home, Hot Springs, S.Dak. (only woman to hold such a position, even temporarily). Has contributed msicellaneous articles on hygiene, care of children and questions of public interest to newsi>apers and various periodicals; has also written many short stories and articles on travel. Author: As It Might Be (dealing especially with the domestic servant and labor question). Bap- tist. Republican. Mem. Woman's Relief Corps (past department treas. for S.Dak.), Order of Eastern Star, Chautauqua Club. WHITFIELD, Emma Morehead, 1800 Grove Av., Richmond, Va.

Artist; b. Greensboro, N.C, Dec. 5, 1874; dau. Rev. Theodore Whitfield, D.D., and Annie Eliza (Morehead) Whitfield; ed. Woman's College of Richmond, B.A. '93; student at Art Students' League of N.Y. City, Maryland Inst., School of Art and Design, Baltimore, and at Paris and Munich (mem. Delta Alpha local). Director dep't of fine arts at John B. Stetson Univ. of" De Land, Fla. ; director and instructor of art dep't of Woman's Coll. of Richmond. Baptist. Mem. Colonial Dames of America in the State of Va., United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mem. Woman's Club. Lectures on art subjects before women's clubs, art clubs and societies. WHITFIELD, Inez Harrington, care of De Soto Spring Co., Hot Springs, Ark, Bom Illon, N.Y., 1867; dau. James Alfred and Ida (Doty) Whitfield; ed. Illon High School and Acad., '85 (poetess of the class); Stnjth Coll., L.B. '89. Was teacher at the Gardner School, N.Y. City; principal (with Miss Bliss) of Whlt- fleld-Bliss School, N.Y. City, 1895-1900. Ofllce manager of Ozark Sanatorium, Hot Springs, Ark. Against woman suffrage. Author of short stories. Episcopalian. Former mem. of several N.Y. City clubs. Women's University Club. WHITFORD, Gertrude Edith Leonard (Mrs. Wilbur W, Whltford), 32 Hatfield PI., Port Richmond, Staten Island, N.Y. Born Erie, Pa., Apr. 29, 1876; dau. Rev. Theo- dore Stuart and Eugenie (Thyng) Leonard; ed. Beatrice High School and Friendship Acad. ; m. June 23, 1897, Wilbur W. Whitford; one daugh- ter, Mabel Eugenie, b. June 2, 1902. Director Richmond Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children; director Richmond Problem Ass'n; director of Playground Ass'n of Staten Island; pres. Woman's Club of Port Richmond, 1910-11; Mothers' Club of Port Richmond, 1907-09. Suf- fragist. Mem. Woman Suffrage Party of Rich- mond County. Episcopalian. Mem. Jane McCrea Chapter D.A.R., Staten Island Ass'n of Arts and Sciences, Woman's Club of Port Richmond, Friday Afternoon Club of Port Richmond. Estab- lished and opened first playground on Staten

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��Island, June, 1908. Has lectured or given talks to many clubs on child welfare non-profession- ally. Was chairman Hudson-Fulton Com. for Port Richmond, which led to organization of Girls' Athletic League branch there.

WinTING, Katharine A., 11 Grosvenor Road, Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Born Boston, Jan. 28, 1877; ed. Ohauncy Hall School; Boston Univ. A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '99. Teacher since graduation. First woman to read a Phi Beta Kappa ixiem, having read The Elect, by invitation, before Tufts Chapter, 1901, and in June, 1906, read a second Phi Beta Kappa poem, Cross-Roads, before her own Boston Univ. Chap- ter. Occasional contributor of prose and verse to various periodicals, first of importance being Damarel Dances for the King (Atlantic, May, 1890).

WHITING, Ionian, Hotel Bnimjwlck, Boston, Mass.

Author; b. Niagara Falls, N.Y., Oct. 3, 1859; dau. Lorenzo I>ow and Lucia (Cleaaaent) Whiting; ed. private tutors at home and abroad. Author: The World Beautiful (three vols.); After Her Death; From Dreamland Sent; The Spiritual Sig- nificance; Kate Field; A Study of Elizabeth Bar- rett Browning; The World Beautiful in Books; Boston Days; Louise Chandler Moultcm, Poet and Friend; The Life Radiant; The Outlook Beauti- ful; The Joy That No Man Taketh From You; From Dream to Vision of Life; Life Transfig- ured; The Florence of Landor; The Land of Enchantment; Italy, the Magic Land; Paris, the Beautiful; Lilies of Eternal Peace; The Brown- ings, Their Life and Art. Favors woman suf- frage. Gives occasional talks -before literary and ethical societies. Episcopalian. Recreations: Travel (foreign life largely), society, reading, study, lover of music. Special student of art (painting and sculpture). Since 1896 part of every year has been passed in Italy, Paris and London. Contributor of miscellaneous articles to maga- zines and newspapers; living much of time in Florence, Italy. Mem. Boston Authors' Club; hon. mem. N.Y. BroT^ning Club. WHITING, Mary A. Cosad (Mrs. Charles E. Whiting), Phelps, N.Y.

Born Junius, Seneca Co., N.Y., 1869; dau. Charles Whiting and Anor A. (Collamer) Cosad; ed. district school, Junius; Waterloo Academy, Cornell Univ., B.L. '91 (Delta Gamma); m. Junius, N.Y., 1902, Charles B. WhIUng; children: Charles, Auor. Taught school In Athens, Pa., and Scranton, Pa.

WHITING, Sarah Frances, Whltln Observatory, Wellesley, Mass.

Professor astronomy, Wellesley Coll.; b. Wyoming, N.Y., Aug. 23, 1847; dau. Joel and Elizabeth Lee (Comstock) Whiting; ed. Ingham Coll., Le Roy, N.Y., A.B. '&5; studied physics, Mass. Inst. Technology, 1876-79, being the first woman student of physics In that institution; studied In Univ. of Berlin, 1889; Edinburgh, 1896-97; hon. Sc.D. from Tufts Coll., 1905. Prof. physics and physical astronomy, Wellesley Coll., 1879-1912; retired from dep't of physics, Sept., 1912; prof, astronomy and director of Whitln Observatory, 1912 —. First woman to occupy the chair of physics In a college of first rank. E<5uipped the laboratories and libraries of the dep't of physics and astronomy and supervised the building and equipment of the students' ob- servatory. Congregationallst. Mem. Am. Physi- cal Soc, Fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Astronomical and Astrophysical Soc. Favors woman suffrage.

WHITI.EY, Ermlnla Minerva, 8 Stetson Av.,

Plattsburg, N.Y.

Born Black Brook, Clinton Co., N.Y. ; dau. Samuel James and Jeanie Stowe (Hall) Whitley; ed. private school of Black Brook, high and normal schools of Plattsburg, Wellesley Coll., A.B. '01; Dr. White's Bn>\e Training School, N.Y. City. Mem. religious societies and Nat. Geog. Soc. Was a mem. of the faculty of North- field Sem., Mass., 1901-05; mem. faculty Forest Park Univ., St. Louis, 1908-10; occupied chair of Bible In Albert Lea Coll., Albert Lea, Minn., 1910-14. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Democrat.

��WHITMAN, Edith Moore (Mrs. Frank Emerson Whitman), 947 Portland Av., St. Paul, Minn. Bom St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 22, 1883; dau. James Elbert and Eliza A. (Moore) Moore; ed. Vassar College., A.B. '04; University of Minn., M.A. '06 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. St. Paul, Minn., June 22, 1909, Frank Emerson Whitman; one son: Albert Randell Whitman, b. Oct. 28, 1911. Mem. Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman's Welfare League. Prot- estant Episcopal. Mem. College Woman's Club and St. Paul branch of Ass'n Collegiate Alum- nje (pres. 1912-13).

WHITMAN, Florence Lee (Mrs. Edmund Allen Whitman), 23 Everett St., Cambridge, Mass. Formerly teacher of singing; b. Canton, N.Y., Sept. 4, 1862; dau. John Stebbins Lee, D.D.. and Elmlna (Bennett) Lee; ed. Canton Union School, St. Lawrence Univ., 1882, A.B., A.M.; Leipzig (Germany) Conservatory of Music, Rad- cliffe Coll. (special); m. Canton, N.Y., June 27, 1895, Edmund Allen Whitman; children: Allen Lee, Frederic Bennett, Eleanor Lee. Teacher of science, Clinton Liberal Inst., 1882-84; head of vocal miMlc d^'t Knox Coll., Galesburg, 111., 1890-95; conductor of Cantabrigia G-lee Club 11 years. Mem. School (3om. of Cambridge, Mass. First elected 1909, reelected 1910, 1913. One of directors of Neighborhood House. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist. Non-partisan In politics. Mem. Radcliffe Union, Cambridge Political Equal- ity Ass'n, Radcliffe Musical Ass'n, Woman's AuxlHary of Mass. Civil Service Reform Ass'n. Recreations: Walking, mountain climbing. Mem. Appalachian Club, College Club. WHITMAN, Mabel, Amherst, Mass.

Bom Bay City, Mich., Mar. 24, 1871; dau. George Barrett and Isabella (Wheaton) Whit- man; ed. Chicago grammar and high schools. Smith Coll., B.L. '93. Spent years 1893-1903 In teaching English literature and the history of art In girls' schools, and in travel; associate principal of Girton School for Girls, 1903-07. In- terested In church, philanthropic and civic work, as Chicago Commons, Civic League, School Al- liance and Mutual Aid work. In Oct., 1912, opened a tearoom in Amherst. Congregationallst. Mem. Amherst Civic League, Amherst School Alliance; vlce-pres. Amherst Woman's Club; mem. Travelers' Club (Amherst). Against woman suffrage.

WHITMAN, Olive Hitchcock (Mrs. Charles Sey- mour Whitman), 37 Madison Av., N.Y. City. Born N.Y. City, Jan. 1, 1880; dau. Oliver N. and Josephine (Lloyd) Hitchcock; ed. N.Y. Collegiate Inst; m. N.Y. City, Dec. 22, 1908, Charles Sey- mour Whitman; one daughter, Olive, b. 1910. Mem. Woman's Municipal League, Nat. Civic Fed. (N.Y. branch). Woman's Political Union, Equal Franchise Soc, Political Equality League, Sleepy Hollow Country Club. Presbyterian. Re- publican. Recreations: Golf, tennis. WHITMAN, Ruth Loring (Mrs. William Whit- man Jr.), Simsbury, Conn.

Bom Pride's Crossing, Mass., June 9, 1877; dau. Charles Greeley and Mary Josephine (Hopkins) Loring; ed. Miss Folsom's School, Boeton. Mass.; m. June 1, 1898, William Whitman Jr.; one daughter: Ruth, William, Loring. Unitarian. WHITMAN, Sallie Shaw Bishop (Mrs. Jamei' Spurr Whitman), 125 E. Fifty-seventh St.. N.Y. City.

Pianist; b. Worcester, Mass., Sept. 15, 1861; dau. Henry F. and Charlotte (Shaw) Bishop; ed. Worcester High School, Keble School, Syracuse; studied music at Hanover, Weimar and Berlin Germany, 1880-84; m. N.Y. City, Apr. 25, 1889, James Spurr Whitman; one daughter: Marian Floyd. Granddaughter of Oliver Shaw, composer and first Important teacher of music in America. Taught piano in New York, 1884-90. Chairman music com., MacDowell Club, 1910-12; one of the founders of the MScDowell Chorus, Schola Can- torum. Episcopalian. Mem. Thursday Musical Club.

WHITMORE, Adah, Littleton College, Littleton N.C.

Teacher; b. Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 2, 1886; dau. G. G. and Anna (PuUlam) Whitmore; ed. Gallo-

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��way Coll., Searcy, Ark,, M.E.L. (mem. literary society, Ijuiier). For the past two years has taught In Mexico City, D.F., Mesico. B*avors wrmmn gafirage. Methodist Mem. Y.W.C.A., Merry Maldenjs (Searcy, Ark.).

WHTTMOBE, Annie Goodell (Mrs. James Day Wliltmore), 730 Waahlngton St., Denver, Colo. Born Joliet, lU., July K, 1^5; dau. Eoswell Baton and Mary J. (Matteson) Goodell; ed. France, Germany and Acad, of the Visitation, Georgetown, D.C. ; m. Chicago, June 12, 1878, James Bay Whitmore; children: James Day Jr., Annio Grace, Van Wagner. Interested in day nursery and many other philanthropic activities in Denver. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Colo. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Soc. of Descendants of (he Mayflower, Soc. Colonial Governors and many local organizations. Mem. Woman's Club of Denver and others. Vice- chairman Republican State Central Com., ap- pointed to organize women's RepuJjllcan clubs In the four suffrage States by Republican Nat. Com., 1312.

Wra-mOBE, Clar» Helen, TompklnsTllle, S.I.,

N.r.

Bom Charleston, Me., Aug. 4, 1865; dau. Major Jamee H. and Helen M. (Thomas) Whitmore; ed. public schools, Lynn, Mass.; Boston Univ., A.B., A.M.; London Univ.; special lectures, Yale Univ.; trwo courses of lecturas at N.Y. Univ. Law School (mem. Gamma Phi Beta). Author: Wo- man's Work in English Fiction; edited Milton's Minor Poems, writing introduction and notes; occasional short storiee, plays and poems. Uni- tarian. One of founders Students' Aid Soc. of Staten Island; four years pres. Staten Island Women Teachers' Club; N.Y. Alumni Ass'n of Boston Univ. Recreation: Walking (has made walking trips in U.S. and Europe. Mem. Staten Island Woman's Club, Mary Washington Col- onial Chapter D.A.R., Nat. Soc. Patriotic Women of Amurioa; formerly mem. Boston College Club, 1884 Club, Lynn, Mass. Favors woman suffrage.

VFHITMORK, Ida Jane Knowlton (Mns. William

G. Whltmore), Valley, Neb.

Public school teacher; b. Elsie, Clinton Co., Mich., June 14, 1858; dau. Daniel Horace and Aurella Susana (Ptokham) Knowlton; ed. Garden Plain, 111., until 18 years old; Clinton (la.) High School three years; ro. G-arden Plain, 111., May 14, 1880, William G. Whitmore; children: Kate, Pannie (died), Jesse, Jennie, Charles (died), Ruth, Burton, Frances. Active in Woman's Christian Union, clubs and church. Favors woman suf- frage. Has written mragazine articles and essays for clubs and public meetings. Unitarian. Mem. D.A.R., W.O.T.U., State Historical Soc, Church Aid Soc., Good Health Clinic Cnio (Nat.), State Oonservatlon Soc. Recreations: Garden work and driving. Mem. Woman's Clubs, State Home Economics Club (ex-pres.); sup't of Health and Heredity of the State W.C.T.U. ; district rice- pree. of the State Federation of Clubs. WHITNEY, Amy Isabel, Enfield, Conn.

Assistant treas. and business manager; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 28, 1878; dau. William H. and Roslna (Bostock) Whitney; ed. public schools, Enfield, Conn.; Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y.; Hayden Hall, V/indsor, Conn.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '01 (Shakespeare Soc). In charge of a white lead and paint manufacturing company at Hagardsville, Conn.; gives especial attention to its promotion by advertising. Mem. Nat. Consumers' League, Coll. Settlements Ass'n, Hartford Wellesley Club, Bnfleld Country Club. Favors woman suffrage.

WHITNEY, Belle Arnwtrong ("Dinah Sturgls"), 14 Faubourg PolssonlSre, Paris, France. Elditor, writer, lecturer; b. Boston; dau. Thomas Alnsley and Sarah Sophia Armstrong; m. Charles Alvano Whitney, M.D., of N.Y. City. Head of Whitney Fashion Bureau for foreign and Am. manufacturers and importers of textiles Paris, France. Mem. Am. Acad, of Political and Social Science, Socl6t6 de I'Hlstorle du Costume, France. Mem. Nat. Arts Club, N.Y. Caty; Ly- ceum Club, London and Paris.

��WHITNEY, Carrie Westlake (Mrs. James Steele Whitney), Public Library, Kansas City, Mo. Librarian; b. in Virginia; dau. Wellington Bracee and Helen (van Waters) Westlake- ed privately; m. Dec. 1, 1S85, James Steele Whitney (died 1890). Librarian of Kansas City Public Library, 1882-1910. Contributor of verse to magazines and newspapers. Author: Kansas ic^' Missouri— Its History and Its People, ISOO- 1908. Mem. and cor. sec. Kansas City Historical boc; associate mem. Missouri Historical Ass'n (St. Louis); mem. Missouri Branch Am. Folk- lore Soc.

WHITNEY, Charlotte Anita, 2121 Webster St Oakland, Cal. ''

Born Saji Francisco, July 7, 1857; dau. George E and Mary L.(Sw6aringen) Whitney; grad. Wei esley, RS. '89. Sec. Associated Charitils of Oakland, 1901-08. Pres. California Civic League- pres College Equal Suffrage League of Northern California, 1911-12; sec. Nat. College Equal Suf- frage League, 1912-13; second vice-pres. Nat Am Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1912—. Episcopalian! Progressive Republican. Mem. Ass'n of Colle- giate Alumnte.

WHITNEY, Emily Henrietta, 227 Church St

New Haven, Conn.

Bora New Haven, 1S64; dau. William Dwight and Elizabeth W. (Baldwin) Whitney; ed private schools In U.S. and Europe. Mem. Free Kinder- garten Ass'n (exec. com.). Mem. Exec. Com of Now Haven Equal Franchise League Equal Franchise League of Cornwall, Conn. Author of l^,^^^S,^^ .^^^^^1^^^°^^' Duruy's History of the Middle Ages; The Victory of the Will Congre- gationalist. Mem. Colonial Dames of Conn Saturday Morning Club. Recreations: Golf' tennis, music. Cluibs: New Haven Lawn New Haven Country.

WHITNEY, Erral Mcllvaine (Mrs. Fred N Whitney), Northfield, Vt.

Editor; b. White Cloud, Kan., 1870; dau Alex- ander and Harriet (Nott) Mcllvaine; ed Miss Dunlay a private school and afterward four years at Nebraska Wesleyan Univ., Lincoln Neb (mem. Philophrenian) ; m. 1892, Fred N Whitney (died 1912); children: Harriet, Philip, 'upon the death of her husband, last year, she took up his work and has since carried it on, puiblishing editing and managing three weekly newspapers! Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Art Club Woman's Union Club.

WHITNEY, Gertrude Capen (Mrs. George Eras- tus Whitney), 945 Greene St., Augusta Ga Author; b. Canton, Mass., 4861; dau. Ezak'iel and Emma (van Poelien-Knaggsl Capen- ed Mass. schools, Gannett's Inst., Boston and by private instructors; m. 1S99, George' Erastus Whitney of Augusta, Ga. From early childhood has written tales, poems, essays and lectures Author: I Choose; Yet Speaketh He; Roses From My Garden; The Practice of the Presence. WHITNEY, Gertrude Holbrook Churchill (Mrs Alonzo Whitney), 96 Orchard St., Methuen Mass. '

Grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '99; m. Dec. 22 1909 William Alonzo Whitney. Ass't in botanical laboratory. Smith Coll., 1898-99; teacher of science in New Britain, Conn., 1899-1900; in charge primary dep't, Fauntleroy Hall School, Roxbury Mass., Feb. -June, 1900, and instructor in nature study, Newton Center Vacation School July- Aug., 1900; substitute librarian, Boston Public Library, 1900-01; librarian and sec. 1901-08 and sec, 1908-09, In Evening Inst, of Y.M C A Mem Smith College Alumnae Ass'n.

WHITNEY, Helen Hay (Mrs. Payne Whitney)

Manhasset, L.I., N.Y.

Bom N.Y. City; dau. John Hay (Secretary ol State of U.S.) and Clara (Stcne) Hay; ed. Miss Masters' School, Dobbs ?"erry, N.Y. ; m. N Y City, 3902, Payne Whitney. Author: Some Verses 1898; Beasts and Birds, 1899; The Little Boy Book, 1900; The Rose of Dav/n (poem), 1901- Sonnets and Songs, 1905; Verses for Jock and Joan, 1905; The Punch and Judy Book 1906- Gipsy Verses, 1907; The Bed-time Book', 1.907j Herbs and Apples, IfllO. Mem. Colony Club N Y. City.

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��WHITNEY, Jessamine 8., State Training

School, Hudson, N.Y.

Social worker; b. Norwich, N.Y., 1880; dau. W. W. Whitney, M.D., and Hattlc (Willcox) Whitney; grad. Binghamton (N.Y.) High School; Oneonta Normal, '99; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. '05. Engaged two years in teaching In Bing- hamton, N.Y.; three years In Porto Rico in •educational work; spejoial agent Bureau of La- bor in Woman and Child Labor Investigation In U.S. Bureau of Census; now ass't sup't of N.Y. State Training School for Girls. Favors woman suffrage. AVHITNEY, Joseplia (Mrs. Edward Baldwin

Whitney), 1S8 Bishop St., New Haven, Conn.

Born Washington, D.C., Sept. 27, 1871; dau. Simon Newcomb (distinguished astronomer) and Mary C. (Has.sler) Newoomlb; ed. one winter in Geneva, Switzerland; one winter In Berlin, Qer- raany; private schools of Washington, D.C.; five years at Washington Art League, for water colors; m. Washington, D.C., April 11, 18%, Ho- ward Baldwin Whitney (then Assistant Attorney- General of the U.S.; later Justice of Supreme Court of N.Y. (died Jan. 5, 1911); children: Sylvia (deceased), William Dwight, Caroline, Simon Newcomb, Roger Sherman, Hassler, Eliza- beth Baldwin. Exhibited water colors in Wash- ington, N.Y. City, New Haven. Mem. several anti-tuberculosis societies, IDist. Nurse Ass'n of New Haven, Free Kindergarten Ass'n of New Haven and other local charities. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise League of New Haven, one of the speakers for the Conn. Woman Suffrage Ass'n before Legislative Com. at Hartford, March, 1913, and at private meetings.

WHITNEY, Marian Parker, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Profes.sor of German; b. New Haven, Conn.; dau. Prof. WilKam D. ¥/hitney (Yale) and Eliza- beth (Baldwin) Whitney; ed. private schools of New Haven, Brr'in, Leipzig, and Fontainebleau; universities of Yale, Paris and Zurich; Ph.D. Yale '01. Taught n'odern languages New Haven High School, 1892-1505; head of German dep't, prof, of German, Vassar, 1905 —. Director of the Nev,' England Modern Language Ass'n; vice- pres. N.Y. Modern Language Ass'n (chairman Hudson Valley branch) ; vicn-pres. Poughkeepaie Equal Suffrage League; nicm. New Haven Equal Franchise League, N.Y. College Equal Suffrage League, N.Y. Equal Franchise League. Author of many German and Frpnch texts and gram- mars; also of Whitney-Stroebe Advanced German Composition, Easy German Composition. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Drama League of America. Recreations: Bicycle, golf. Mem. Woman's Univeisity Club and Woman's Cosmopolitan Club, N.Y. City.

WHITNEY, Mary Watson, 2 38 Bacon St., Waltham, Mass.

Astronomer; b. Waltham, Mass., Sept. 11, 1847; da\i. Samuel B. and Mary W. (Oehore) Whltnev; ed. Waltham High School, V:f?sar, A.B. '68; A.M. '72; Zurich Univ., two vears, 1874- 75. Teacher Waltham High School, Chelsea High School and Vassar; prof, astronomy, Vasoar, 1889-1912, and director of obserTatory. Writer of various publications in Aetronomlcal Journal of America and Astronomische Nachiichten of Germauy; also monograph: Longitude of Smith College Observatory (in Harvard Annals). Fel- low A.A.A.S. ; charter mem. Astronomical and Astrophysical Soc. of America. Favors woman suffrage. WHITON, Ella C. R. (Mrs. Royal Whlton), 36

Melville Av., Dorchester, Mass.

Born Brookline, Mass.; dau. Alvln A. and Eleanor Jane (Woodbury) Rice; ed. Boston public schools; m. Dorchester, Mass., Mar. 9, 1887, Royal Whlton. Director Mt. Pleasant Home; pres. Dorchester Woman's Club; pres. Dorchester Woman's Club House Ass'n; fourth vlre-pres. Mass. State Federation. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. New England Woman's Club. WHITON, Helen Isabel, 65 West 127th St.,

N.Y. City.

TaaCber; b. Lynn, Maaa., Jan. 6, 1874; dau. James M. and Mary E. (Baxtlett) WWton; ed.

��Brearley School, N.Y. City, 1885-90; Smith Coll., Mass., A.B. '94; Columbia Univ., 1895-98; A.M. '97; Ph.D. '98. Ass't in English literature. Smith Coll., 1898-1902; teacher Mrs. Helen M. Scovllle's Classical School for Girls, 1904—. Lecturer on the Arthurian Legend and Wagnerian opera. Biblical literature, and current magazine litera- ture. Mem. College Settlements Ass'n, vice- elector for 1894 (Smith). Author: Parsifal and Galahad: The Quest of the Ideal: revision of Six Weeks' Preparation for Reading Caesar. Episco- palian. Life m,em. Smith College Alumnaa Ass'n; mem. Girls' Friendly Soc, Woman's University Club of N.Y. WHITON, Mary Bartlett, Rlverdale Av. and

W. 252d St., N.Y. City.

Principal private school; grad. with the first class of Smith Coll., B.A. '79. Teacher Newark (N.J.) High School. 1881-93; Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, 1883-90; associate principal, Nat. Cathedral School, Washington, D.C., 1900-06; principal Miss Banc's and Miss Whiton's School, N.Y. City, 1890-1900, and again since 1906. Mem. Smith College Alumnae Ass'n. WHITTAKEB, Elizabeth Leigh, Elmlra College,

Elmlra, N.Y.

Professor of biology; b. near Manchester, Eng- land; dau. Richard Kay and Ellen (Higson) Whit- taker; ed. in Ithaca (N.Y.) High School and in Cornell Univ., A.B. '05. Writer of nature study stories, children's stories and short stories. Prof, biology in Elmira Coll. since 1905. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Science Teachers' Ass'n, Field Naturalists, Am. Geographical Soc., College Woman's Club, Wednesday Morning Club of Elmira. WHITTELSEY, Delia Maria Taylor (Mrs. Lewis

Gates Whlttelsey), 1951 Fourteenth Av., North,

Seattle. Wash.

Born Newcastle, Me., May 8, 1861; dau. Eph- raim and Cordelia (Clark) Taylor; ed. Lincoln Acad., Newcastle, Me.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '82, M.A. '87; m. SeatUe, Wash., Mar. 26, 1902, Lewis Gates Whlttelsey. Taught in Marlboro (Mass.) High School, Metzger Inst., Carlisle, Pa., and Maiden (Mass.) High School; was on preferred list of applicants to teach in Seattle in 1902. Interested in church work. Independent voter. Writer of occasional papers and reports In con- nection with local interests. Congregationalist. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Reading, travel, music, drama. Mem. Western Washing- ton Wellesley Club since its formation in 1903, local branch Associated Collegiate Alumnss. WHIl'TEMOBE, Almeda G. (Mrs. James Owen

Whittemore), 70 Kenduskeag Av., Bangor, Me.

Born Stockton Springs, Me., Aug. 3, 1867; dau. Alfred F. and Emily J. (Park) Gilmore; ed. In schools of Stockton Springs and Freeport, Me.; m. Waterrllle, Me., Oct. 9, 1889, James Owen Whittemore; children: J. Arthur, Russell Adams. Interested In church, charitable and philanthropic work. Congregationalist. Pres. Charity Circle of King's Daughters; second vice-pres. of Ban- gor Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Conservation Com. of Maine Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Nineteenth Century Club (Bangor); hon. mem. October Club (Bucksport, Me.). WHITTEMORE, Mary B. Eastman fMrs. Harry

W. Whittemore), Tufts College, Mass.

Teacher until 1900; b. Amherst. Mass., Oct. 2, 1872; dau. Edward B. and Esther A. (AVvatt) Eastman; ed. Amherst High School, 1886-90; Smith Coll.. 1890-94, A.B.; m. Amherst. Mass., July 11, 1900, Harry W. Whittemore; children: Rodney Eastman, Roger Downing Whittemore. First ass't Berlin (N.H.) High School, 1894-96; tlrst ass't Mlllbury (Mass.) High School, 1896- 1900. Congregationalist. WHITTEN, Mary Scys (Mrs. Harry H. Whlt-

ten), Peoria, 111.

Born Nokomis, 111., Oct. 24, 1867; dau. Cornelius DeWlnt and Sarah Elizabeth (Reed) Seys (grand- daughter to Rev. John Seys, Methodist mission- ary to Africa, who was prominent in colonization of negroes in Colony of Liberia, Africa, and was Minister to Liberia under President Grant); ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., B.A. '88 (mem. Athenseum Literary Soc; m. Sept. 23, 18»6, Dr. Harry H-

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