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208 Denver Graded Union of Sunday-school Teachers; third vice-pres. of the Jane Addams Progressive Club of Denver. Mem. Nat. Child Labor Soc, Children's Hospital Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Woman's Club of Denver, Women's Educational Club. Recreation: Story-telling. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive in politics.

COTHREN, Marion Benedict (Mrs. Frank Howard Cothren), 173 S. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900; Columbia Univ., A.M. 1901; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., June 29, 1904, Frank Howard Cothren. Teacher in N.Y. City and Topeka, Kan., 1901-03; admitted to N.Y. Bar 1909. Mem. Teachers' Salary Com'n of Board of Estimate and Apportionment, N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League, Equal Franchise Soc. of N.Y. ; vice-chairman Brooklyn Woman Suffrage Party. Mem. Women's Trade Union League; chairman Brooklyn Juvenile Court Com. Pres. the Civitas Club; vice-pres. Liberal Club; mem. Women's University Club (N.Y. City), Portia, Daughters of the Seventeenth Century.

COTTEN, Edythe Johns (Mrs. Bruce Cotten), Cylburn, Station L, Baltimore Co., Md.

Born Baltimore, Md.; dau. Henry Van Dyke and Annie (Davis) Johns; m. (1st) John Tyson of Baltimore; (2d) Bruce Cotten of N.C. Episcopalian Mem. Colony Club of N.Y. City, Baltimore Country Club.

COTTEN, Sallie Southall (Mrs. Robert R. Cotten), Bruce, N.C.

President North Carolina Federation of Women's Clubs; b. Lawrenceville, Va.; dau. Thomas James and Susanna (Sims) Southall; grad. Greensboro (N.C.) Female Coll., 1864 (chartered 1844); m. Murfreesboro, N.C, 1866, Robert R. Cotten; children: Agnes Le Roy, Bruce, Lyman Atkinson, Sallie Dromgoole, Preston Sims, Elba Brown. Was lady manager for N.C. at Chicago World's Fair, on both National and State boards, also for Atlanta and Charleston Expositions. Believer in organized womanhood; served many years in Nat. Congress of Mothers (hon. vice-pres. of that organization). Author: The White Doe, a poem relating the legend in regard to Virginia Dare, first white child of English parents born in America, and has written many other minor things, short stories, essays, etc. Episcopalian. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy, King's Daughters, Nat. Congress of Mothers, N.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs (pres. 1911-13), and many local ass'ns and societies. Recreation: Reading. For 12 years was pres. End-of-Century Club in Greenville, N.C; honorary mem. N.C. Sorosis of Wilmington, N.C, also of Woman's Club of Raleigh, N.C; Woman's Club of Goldsboro, N.C, and Woman's Club of Atlanta, Ga.

COTTLE, Marion Weston, 220 Broadway, N.Y. City.

Lawyer; b. Buffalo, N.Y.; dau. Octavius O. and Fannie (Petrie) Cottle; grad. St. Margaret's School, Buffalo, N.Y.; special student Wellesley Coll.; N.Y. Univ., LL.B. '04. Admitted to N.Y. Bar, 1905; N.H., 1906; Mass., 1908; Me., 1910; has practiced law since 1905. Pres. Oct. 1909 to Oct. 1912, Woman Lawyers' Club of N.Y., mem. Com. on Library and Publications of N.Y. County Lawyers' Ass'n; mem. N.H. Bar Ass'n; has law offices in N.Y. and in North Conway, N.H. Admitted to practice in U.S. Supreme Court, 1911. Registered patent attorney; specializes in surrogate's court and bankruptcy practice, also real estate law and management of incompetents' estates; court, lawyer and rarely loses a case. Has received various appointments from judges. Lecturer on suffrage, mem. N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Coll. Equal Suffrage League, North Conway, N.H., Suffrage Club, etc. Asso. editor Woman Lawyers' Journal. Engaged as special lecturer in Law of Domestic Relations at Washington Coll. of Law, Washington, D.C. for seasons 1912-13. Mem. Tau Zeta Epsilon Soc, Wellesley Coll., Woman's Political Union. Recreations: Horseback riding, golf, mountain climbing. Owns country home at Intervale, N.H., with Miss Cedelia M. Cox, of Boston.

COTTMAN, Cary Chubb (Mrs. J. Hough Cottman), 1015 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md.

Born Washington City; dau. C. St. John and Eliza (Warrington) Chubb; ed. Miss Hawley and Madame Buer's Schools, Washington, D.C.; m. Washington, James Hough Cottman; children: G. Warrington, Elizabeth Stewart, Mrs. Richard Hatton, Thomas E. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R., Thomas Johnston Chapter. Clubs: Arundell (Baltimore), Colonial (Washington, D.C). Episcopalian.

COTTMAN, Susan Powell (Mrs. Clarence Cottman), winter, 5 W. Biddle St., Baltimore; summer, Caves-Wood, Garrison P.O., Md.

Born Loudoun Co., Va.; dau. Edward Burr and Cordelia Sothoron (Armstrong) Powell; ed. private schools and tutors; m. Nov. 25, 1885, Clarence Cottman; children: James Stewart, b. 1896; Eleanor Brooks, b. 1898; Clarence, b. 1900; Llewellyn Powell, b. 1902. Author of short stories of Southern life, Shade o'My Ancestors; contributor to Comic Sketch Club. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R., Green Spring Valley Hunt Club, Baltimore Country Club. Episcopalian.

COTTON, Elizabeth Jane, 2818 Ashland Av., Indianapolis, Ind.

Teacher, author; b. Sherburne Falls, Mass., Oct. 11, 1857; dau. Charles Ward and Ellen M. Cotton; grad. high school, Portsmouth, Ohio; Teachers' Training School, Cambridge, Mass. Teacher in public schools of Indianapolis since 1885. Author: Young Folks' History of Greece and Rome; Young Folks' History of the Middle Ages. Pres. Fortnightly Study Club.

COTTON, Hattie Elizabeth (Mrs. Aylett Rains Cotton), 2514A Clay St., San Francisco, Cal.

Born Williamsport, Pa., Oct. 7, 1854; dau. Joseph Thompson and Anna Mary (Steuart) Walker; ed. public schools, Davenport, Ia.; m. Clinton, Ia., Nov. 20, 1873, Aylett Rains Cotton; children: Aylett Rains Jr., Steuart Walker, Mrs. Claudine Cotton Warren. Mem. and one of the founders and pres. (1905-06) of California Club (a civic club); mem. and one of the founders of the Woman's Auxiliary of the Soc. of California Pioneers (pres. 1911). Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; organized the second suffrage club at her house about 18 years ago (Susan B. Anthony and Dr. Anna Shaw being present); acted as chairman all through the campaign for the Sixth Amendment, which was lost; was one of the Board of Directors in the Woman's Franchise League, one of the large organizations working in the winning campaign for woman suffrage in California. Republican.

COTTON, Mary Hannah, 165 W. Ninety-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Portsmouth, Ohio, Dec. 28, 1866; dau. David Barnes and Mary Cone (Slocum) Cotton; grad. Women's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '88. Examiner for N.Y. Life Insurance Co. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc, State of N.Y.; Women's Med. Soc, State of N.Y.; Med. Soc, County of N.Y.; Women's Med. Ass'n, N.Y. City. Mem. D.A.R., Toy Spaniel Club.

COTTON, Mary Slocomb, 303 Court St., Portsmouth, Ohio.

Born Marietta, O., 1863; dau. Silas and Deborah Parkard (Cone) Slocomb; ed. Marietta, O., High School and Rossiter Sem.; m. Dr. David Barnes Cotton; children: Grace, Mary, Katharine (Mrs. E. E. Spark, wife of pres. of Pa. State Coll.), Ethel. Has been pres. Children's Home Soc. from the beginning until the county took charge of it as provided by Ohio laws. First Regent D.A.R. in Portsmouth; ex-pres. Woman's Club, ex-pres. City Federation of Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Active in church and society. Mem. Reading Club, Magazine Club (of which has been sec. for 40 years), Woman's Club, Joseph Spencer Chapter D.A.R., named for her ancestor, Gen. Spencer, one of Washington's aids in the Revolution (five Revolutionary officers in family).

COUCH, Nancy Henrietta (Mrs. M. H. Couch), Senoia, Coweta Co., Ga,

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COUDERT, Amalia Küssner, Tunbridge Wells, England.

Miniature painter; b. Greencastle, Ind.; dau. Lorenz and Emelia (Wemhardt) Küssner; ed. St. Mary's of the Woods Convent, Ind.; m. 1900, Capt Charles DuPont Coudert. Began as artist in N.Y. City, 1892; later went abroad, painting the Czar and Czarina of Russia, King Edward VI, Cecil Rhodes and other notables and great society beauties.

COULTER, Elva Carter, 22 Pond St., Natick, Mass.

Teacher of history; b. Boston, Mass., May 26, 1872; dau. James M. and Susan (McMullen) Coulter; ed. Boston Girls' High School; Berkeley School (private), Boston; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '94. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Hist. Ass'n, New England History Teachers' Ass'n, College Club of Boston, Woman's Club and Shakespeare Club, Natick, Mass.

COULTER, Mary Geigus (Mrs. Chester Emory Coulter), 1257 Twenty-fourth St., Ogden, Utah.

Lawyer, ex-legislator; b. Savanna, Carroll Co., Ill., Sept. 7. 1859; dau. John Nicholas and Caroline C. (Wasmund) Geigus; grad. Mt. Carroll High School, '78; Northwestern Coll., Naperville, 111., '80; studied three years in literary and law dep'ts, Univ. of Mich., LL.B. (class honors) '85 (active in college literary clubs); m. Chicago, Oct. 7, 1885, Dr. Chester Emory Coulter of Freeport, Ill.; one son: Halvor Geigus, b. April 17, 1887 (now Lieut. H. G. Coulter, U.S.A. Coast Artillery Corps, instructor in mathematics, U.S. Military Acad.). Did not engage in active practice, although admitted to the Supreme Courts of both Ill. and Mich. Interested in education, women's clubs, politics and ameliorative movements generally; deeply interested in the problems centering about the upgrowth of Oriental countries. Favors woman suffrage. Effected organization of Weber Co. Woman's Republican Club (500 active members), 1904; served as pres. till 1908; twice a delegate to Republican State Conventions; delegate to Progressive State Convention, Sept. 13, 1912; nominated for presidential elector on Progressive ticket and served on Organization and Finance Committees for the Progressives in Utah. Speaker in two national campaigns within the State; successful as an organizer and public speaker. Unitarian. Founder of Aglala Club (the most distinctively literary club in Ogden) and its pres. for two years; pres. Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1900-04. Elected to Utah State Legislature in 1902, the only woman in the Fifth Assembly; served as chairman of the Judiciary Com. of the House during the fifth session (the only instance in history of a woman in that capacity). Advocated and instituted measures for the betterment of social conditions, particularly the condition of neglected and abandoned children.

COUNCILMAN, Isabella Coolidge (Mrs. William Thomas Councilman), 78 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass.

Born Boston, Mar. 20, 1861; dau. David Hill and Isabella (Shurtleff) Coolidge; ed. private schools, Boston; m. Boston, Dec. 19, 1895, Dr. William Thomas Councilman; children: Isabella C., Christiana D., Elizabeth L. Director of Old Ladies' Home; former pres. of Working Girls' Club; former mem. Carney Hospital Ladies' Aid Ass'n; mem. Ladies' Visiting Com. of Mass. Gen. Hospital; former chairman Waste Disposal Com. of Women's Municipal Club League. Ex-pres. Saturday Morning Club (literary). Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Women's Municipal League, church societies and Copley Soc. of Boston.

COUNTRYMAN, Gratia Alta, 4721 Girard Av., South; office, Public Library, Minneapolis, Minn.

Librarian; b. Hastings, Minn., Nov. 29, 1866; dau. L. N. and Alta (Chamberlain) Countryman; grad. Univ. of Minn., B.S. (Phi Beta Kappa) '89 (mem. Delta Gamma Sorority). Assistant librarian, Minneapolis Public Library, 1891-1904; librarian in chief, 1904—. Instrumental in creating Minnesota Traveling Library Law, 1899; mem. State Library Commission, 1899—. Pres. Women's Welfare League; mem. Civic Improvement League; mem. Minn. Acad. of Science, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Board of Directors' Gen. Alumnae Ass'n Univ. of Minn., Am. Archaeological Soc, Woman's Club (charter mem.), Peripatetics Club, Thursday Musical. Congregationalist. Progressive Republican. Favors woman suffrage.

COVEL, Abbie Walker, 617 Commonwealth Av., Boston, Mass.

Born Fall River, Mass., Feb. 9, 1873; dau. Alphonso Smith and Sarah Walker (Borden) Covel; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '94. Active in church and mission work; Y.W.C.A. work. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, Smith Alumni Ass'n (sec. 1896-1900, treas. 1905-07), College Club (Boston).

COVELL, Maud Evelyn Clarke, Barrington, R.I.

Librarian; b. Newport, R.I., Sept. 29, 1880; dau. R. Howard and Ella Cole (Handy) Clarke; ed. public schools of Newport, R.I., 1885-98; Brown Univ., 1898-1902, A.B. (mem. Delta Epsilon, later merged into Alpha Omega Pi); m. Newport, R.I., June 14, 1905, Louis Everett Covell; children: Louis Clarke, Evelyn Hope, James Everett. Cataloguer at Brown Univ. Library, 1902-03; cataloguer of R.I. State Library, 1903-04; ass't librarian at John Carter Brown Library, 1904-08, all in Providence, R.I. Mem. and leader of church choir in Newport, R.I. and Providence, R.I.; mem. Junior Auxiliary of Emanuel Church, Newport, R.I., and Girls' Friendy Soc., Church of Our Saviour branch, Providence, R.I. Assisted at various missions, vocally, in Providence, 1900-06. Author of article on The John Carter Brown Library, The Library Journal, Feb., 1905. Episcopalian. Not a voter, but a stanch Democrat. Opposed to woman suffrage.

COWAN, Isabel Eliot, Rodney, Ia.

Physician; b. Cabin Hill, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1871; dau. Andrew and Sarah (Campbell) Cowan; ed. Coe Coll., Cedar Rapids, Ia.; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. Chief Nurse, U.S. Army, stationed at Presidio, Cal., two years, 1839-1901; resident physician, Converse Coll., Spartenburg, S.C., three years, 1892-95; now practicing at Rodney, Ia. Congregationalist. Sabbath-school worker. Favors woman suffrage.

COWELL, Maria I. (Mrs. C. W. Cowell), 704 Fox St., Denver, Colo.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1846; dau. Lieut. Thomas and Libbie (McGuire) Branch; ed. Flint (Mich.) public schools; m. Otisville, Mich., Feb. 25, 1865, C. W. Cowell; children: Charles B., F. Howard, J. Herbert, Lulu Nina, Don, Grace. Ladies' Relief Soc. of Denver. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. Woman's Missionary Auxiliary, W.B.M.I., Ladies' Aid (in church), W.C.T.U., Order of Eastern Star (Denver Chapter); charter mem. Farragut Relief Corps; mem. West Denver Woman's Club.

COWEN, Alma D. (Mrs. Israel Cowen), 433 E. Forty-eighth St., Chicago, Ill.

Born Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 12, 1872; dau. Bernhard L. and Bertha (Schuster) Desenberg; ed. Kalamazoo public and high schools, Univ. of Mich., Kalamazoo Coll., and by private tutoring; m. Mar. 15, 1897, Israel Cowen; children: Bayard D., Elizabeth. Interested in social, charitable and educational clubs and societies. Jewish. Pres. Chicago Ass'n of Jewish Women (formerly Chicago Section of Council of Jewish Women); mem. Board of Directors Jochannah Lodge Y.O.T.S. and K.A.M. Auxiliary. Favors woman suffrage.

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210 COWING, Marie Antoinette (Mrs. Rufus Billings Cowing), 333 W. 87th St., N.Y. City (country home, Villa Antoinette,' Cowing Place, Glenbrook, Conn.).

Pres. N.Y. City Fresh Air Fund; b. Ontario, Can., Feb. 6, 1875; dau. George Dudley and Jennette (Marrison) Ling; ed. Loretta Convent, Niagara Falls, Ont.; m. Judge Rufus B. Cowing; children: Brooks L. H., Albert Rufus Billings, Marie Antoinette. Mem. First Baptist Church, N.Y. City. Mem. Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, New Yorkers, Minerva Club, Rainy Day Club, Woman's Republican Club, International Pure Milk League, N.Y. Milk Com., Rubinstein Club. Republican.

COWLES, Emma Milton, Hollidaysburg, Pa.

Private school principal; b. Dixon, Ill., April 11, 1861; dau. Orlando Rockwell and Mary Elizabeth (Milton) Cowles; ed. Elmira Coll., A.B. '83; Hanover, Germany, one year; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B. 1901. Prof, of mathematics in Milwaukee-Downer Coll. thirteen years; opened Miss Cowles' School for Girls in Hollidaysburg, Pa., Sept. 26, 1911. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

COWLES, Genevieve Almeda, 15 State St., Wethersfield, Conn.

Artist, illustrator; b. Farmington, Conn., Feb. 23, 1891; dau. James Lewis and Martha L. (Gwaitney) Cowles; general education private; studied art in Europe and at Yale Art School, New Haven, Conn., and Cowles Art School, Boston. Began as illustrator with McClure's Magazine; later much work in stained glass windows and art frescoes for mural decoration, a notable example being the Charge to St. Peter in the chapel of the Conn. State Prison.

COWLES, Mabel Birdsall, 29 William St., Glens Falls, N.Y.

Born in New York City, July 5, 1872; daughter of Stephen Taber and Sarah Josephine (Haviland) Birdsall; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B., '94; m. Glens Falls, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1896, William Turner Cowles. Sec. of the Home and Foreign Missionary Auxiliary of the Soc. of Friends; sec. of the Aid Soc.; mem. Hospital Guild and several social clubs. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Mem. Coll. Club of Glens Falls, Glens Falls Country Club and other social clubs.

COWLEY, Elizabeth Buchanan, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Allegheny, Pa.; dau. John and Mary J. Cowley; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B., A.M.; Columbia Univ., Ph. D.; studied also at Chicago Univ. and at the universities of Göttingen and Münich. Teacher in public schools; instructor in mathematics at Vassar Coll. since 1902. Mem. D.A.R., Nat. Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild. Favors woman suffrage. Has written mathematical and astronomical articles in mathematical and astronomical journals; ass't editor of the Revue Semestrielle des Publications Mathématiques (Amsterdam, Holland). Recreation: Out-door sports. Sec. Vassar Coll. Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa; mem. Am. Mathematical Soc, Deutsche Mathematiker-Vereinigung. Circolo Matematico di Palermo; mem. Internat. Congress of Mathematicians held at Cambridge (England), 1912.

COWLEY, Mary Junkin Buchanan (Mrs. John Cowley), 913 Arch St., North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Supervisor of playground and vacation schools; b. Wellsville, O., May 9, 1853; dau. James G. and Amanda F. (Jenkins) Buchanan; ed. Allegheny public schools and Pittsburgh Female Coll., M.E.L. '70; m. Allegheny, Pa., Feb. 27, 1873, John Cowley (now deceased). After supervising city playgrounds as volunteer for 10 years was in Feb., 1911, elected supervisor of 27 playgrounds and vacation schools and 10 social centers of North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa. In Oct., 1912, was appointed a mem. Board of Public Education of Pittsburgh under new school codes. This board consists of 12 men and 3 women named by the judges of the Court of Common Pleas. Pres. Playground and Vacation School Ass'n of Allegheny, Inc.; pres. Business Women's Club of Allegheny (Inc.); director Western Pa. Branch Consumers' League; musical director Tourist Club. Has published various articles on playground activities and social center work. United Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R. (Pittsburgh chapter), Acad. of Science and Art, College Club of Pittsburgh. Recreations: Photography, fishing.

COWLING, Lydia Hampton (Mrs. John Taladon Cowling), Millville, N.J.

Retired teacher; b. Millville, N.J., Dec, 1848; dau. Henry D. and Elizabeth (Davis) Hampton; ed. private schools and N.J. State Normal School at Trenton; m. 1893, John Taladon Cowling. Was for 20 years pres. of Hampton Coll., Louisville, Ky. (school for women); previous to that teacher in N.J. State Normal School at Trenton. Auditor of N.Y. State Fed. of Women's Clubs and chairman of dep't in same; Patron of Education for State of N.J. in Dep't of School Patrons in Nat. Educational Ass'n by appointment of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Suffrage League of Vineland, N.J. Episcopalian. Bx-pres. and now chairman of dep't of education in Woman's Club of Millsville, N.J. ; charter mem. Woman's. Club of Louisville, Ky. Recreations: Driving, flori-culture.

COX, Ann Caroline (Mrs. Oscar Francis Cox), Hunt's Hill, North Weymouth, Mass.; office, 75 Huntington Av., Boston, Mass.

Physician; b. Birmingham, England, Feb. 27, 1859; dau. Dr. John and Lucy (Goodman) Perrins; ed. private schools in England; Tufts Coll. Med. School, Boston, M.D. '06; m. Brookline, Mass., Sept. 15, 1881, Oscar Francis Cox; children: Carrie May, b. Sept. 29, 1882; Oscar Francis Jr., b. Aug. 17, 1887. Since graduation engaged in practice of medicine. Mem. Mass. Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Tufts Med. Alumni Ass'n and Ass'n of Tufts Alumnae. Baptist.

COX, Catharine Elizabeth Bean (Mrs. Isaac Milton Cox), 919 Twelfth Av., Kaimuki, Honolulu.

Born in Iowa, Aug. 11, 1865; dau. Joel and Hannah Elliott (Shipley) Bean; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '99; m. 1891, San Jose, Cal., Isaac Milton Cox; children: Joel Bean, Mary Morris. Sec. Kilohaua Art League; treas. Women's Auxiliary of the Outrigger Canoe Club of Honolulu; director of the College Club. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Friends Church. Mem. Ephinany Guild. Recreations: Arts and crafts, tramping.

COX, Cedelia May, 319 Huntingdon Av., Boston; country home, Intervale, N.H.

Teacher of voice-culture; b. Terre Haute, Ind., Sept. 20, 1875; dau. Robert S. and Francis (Strain) Cox; ed. Monticello Sem., Godfrey, Ill.; Home School, Everett, Mass.; Wellesley Coll. Studied singing with Herr Oberleher Richter in Dresden, also with Luisa Cappiani, N.Y. City, and F. W. Wodell of Boston. Has been teaching with success since 1900. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Recreation: Mountain climbing.

COX, Clara Ione, High Point, N.C.

Editor, social service worker; b. Guilford Coll., N.C, Dec. 18, 1879; dau. J. Elwood and Bertha E. (Snow) Cox; grad. Guilford Coll., A.B. 1902, and was awarded Bryn Mawr scholarship. Since 1905 has been editor of the Friends Messenger (monthly), organ of the Friends Church in North Carolina. Chairman Social Service Dep't of N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs; mem. Conference of Charities and Children, chairman Social Service Dep't of High Point Woman's Club (department conducts successful social settlement center). Sec. Foreign Missionary Com. of Friends Church in N.C. Mem. of Friends Church; American Friends Board of Foreign Missions, chairman Book and Tract Com. of Friends Church in N.C; formerly opposed to woman suffrage, now pro-suffragist, but believes in elimination of illiterate pauper vote.

COX, Katherine Hamilton Cabell (Mrs. William Ruffin Cox), 609 W. Grace St., Richmond, Va.; Penelo Plantation, Penelo, N.C.

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Rh Virginia; lawyer) and Jane C. (Alston) Cabell; ed. private schools in Richmond, Va., and in N.Y. City; m. Richmond, Va., Feb. 1, 1862, Major Herbert Augustine Claiborne (Major Confederate States Army, lawyer, pres. Mutual Assurance Soc. of Va.); children: Jeanie Alston, Herbert Augustine, and Hamilton Cabell Claiborne; m. Richmond, Va., June 21, 1905, William Ruffin Cox (general in Army of Northern Virginia; mem. 47th, 48th and 49th Congresses; sec. U.S. Senate; Judge Circuit Court of North Carolina). Sec. Female Humane Ass'n of the City of Richmond; mem. Woman's Christian Ass'n, Woman's Auxiliary. Episcopalian. Pres. Nat. Soc. Colonial Dames of America; pres. Colonial Dames of America in the State of Virginia; vice-pres. Ass'n for Preservation Virginia Antiquities; regent for South Carolina Confederate Memorial Literary Soc; chairman for Virginia Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors; mem. Order of the Crown, First Families of Virginia, 1607-20; George Washington Memorial Ass'n, D.A.R. United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mem. Woman's Club, Country Club (Richmond, Va.), Club of Colonial Dames (Washington, D.C.).

COX, Lenore Hanna (Mrs. Lewis J. Cox), The Roost, Terre Haute, Ind.

Born Wooster, O.; dau. John and Mary (Huffman) Hanna; grad. Univ. of Wooster, A.B. '85, A.M. '87 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Wooster, O., Aug. 20, 1889, Lewis Joseph Cox; children: Robert Sayre, Dorothy H., Lenore Hanna, Jr., Elizabeth H. Teacher Latin and Greek one year Central Normal School, Danville, O.; three years at Monticello Sem., Godfrey, Ill. Pres. and sec. of Terre Haute Civic League; first vice-pres. Ind. Federation of Clubs, active in Art Ass'n. Pres. Terre Haute branch Women's Equal Franchise League. Mem. Country Club, Terre Haute Woman's Club, Art Section, and Ind. Alumna? of Kappa Alpha Theta. Recreations: Golf, bridge whist.

COX, Louise Howland King (Mrs. Kenyon Cox), 130 E. 67th St., N.Y. City.

Painter; b. San Francisco June 23, 1865; dau. James and Anna (Stott) King; ed. Nat. Acad. of Design and Art Students' League, N.Y. City; m. Belmont, Mass., June 30, 1892, Kenyon Cox; children: Leonard, Allyn and Caroline. Associate of Nat. Acad. of Design (elected 1902). Awarded third Hallgarten prize Nat. Academy Design 1896; bronze medal, Paris Universal Exposition, 1900; silver medal, Pan Am. Exposition, Buffalo, 1902; Julia Shaw memorial prize, Soc. Am. Artists, 1903; Silver medal, World's Fair, St. Louis, 1904. Represented in Nat. Gallery of Art, Washington. Recreation: Gardening. Against woman suffrage.

COX, Luella Alice Carr (Mrs. Frank Henry Cox), Farmer City, Ill.

Born Whitehall, Greene Co., Ill., Sept. 27, 1862; dau. William and Theresa Octavia (Smith) Carr; ed. Whitehall public school; m. Whitehall, June 6, 1880, Frank Henry Cox; children: Melissa, Theresa, Clay W., Lafayette, Honora Harriet. Universalist. Mem. Order of Eastern Star (worthy matron), Shakespeare Club, Easy Chair Club, O.E.S. Club of Farmer City.

COX, Mary Brannon (Mrs. George Harvey Cox), 314 E. Fourth St., Owensboro, Ky.

Born Owensboro, Ky., March 81, 1858; dau. John H. (of Va.) and Elizabeth (Walden) Brannon; ed. private schools, three finishing years in Vaughain Sem. (now extinct), Owensboro; m. Owensboro, Nov. 29, 1876, George Harvey Cox; one son: E. Pettit. Organized Current Events Club. Elected pres. every year since its organization in 1907; one of four to organize Woman's Club, in 1908; served two years as sec; has been and is on several State Federation corns. Baptist. Democrat. is interested in all church matters; worker and teacher in Sunday-school; mem. all church societies, and especially active in its philanthropic work.

COX, Mary Nichols (Mrs. John Cox Jr.), Chappaqua, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Marshall Co., Ia., 1869; dau. Benjamin F. and Lauretta (Hessin) Nichols; ed. Ia. State Coll., B.L. '91, M.Sc. '93 (Junior orator, editor Coll. magazine, graduate fellow), Cornell Univ., D.Sc '96 (mem. Sigma Xi fraternity); m. N.Y. City, June 30, 1900, John Cox, Jr., architect; children: Hope, Martha. Nat. Science teacher in high schools of Des Moines and N.Y. City, Ia. State Coll., Cornell Univ. Summer School, and N.Y. State Insts. Principal Friends private prep, school, and Dame's School for small children, now conducted in own home. Mem. Friends Educational Com. Dist. Nursing Ass'n; school trustee, mem. Village Improvement Soc, Nat. Purity Alliance. Has published scientific researches: Archenial Hairs; Fruiting of Vaucheria; Symplocarpus foetidus; Nuclear Development in Pyrenomycetous Fungi. Mem. Hicksite Friends. Progressive Republican. Mem. Crescent Literary Soc, Cornell Natural History Soc (pres. 1896), Associate mem. A.A.A.S. and Nat. Microscopical Soc Recreations: Skating, tennis, swimming, experimental farming, dancing, bridge. Clubs: Chappaqua (Woman's, Shakespeare, Musical and Literary (Chappaqua). One of the two first women taking the degree of D.Sc. in America; studied, by special permission, in botanical laboratory of Columbia Univ., 1896.

COX, Rose Marion, 659 Mulberry St., Terre Haute, Ind.

Assistant professor of German; b. Terre Haute, Ind.; dau. James and Mary (Engle) Cox; ed. Terre Haute High School; Ind. State Normal; Ind. Univ., A.B.; Cornell Univ., A.M.; Berlin Univ.; Chicago Univ. General assistant in Ind. State Normal, 1900-08; assistant prof, of German in same, 1908-. Pres. Terre Haute Woman's Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise League in Normal School.

COYLE, Susan Edmond, 1326 Nineteenth St., Washington, D.C.

Teacher of history and English; b. Princeton, N.J., 1871; dau. Leonidas Edmond and Georgiana (Dunn) Coyle; ed. Ivy Hall, Bridgeton, N.J.; Central High School, Washington, D.C; Smith Coll., B.A.; Yale Univ.; Bryn Mawr Coll. Interested in social work in general. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Nat. Child Labor Com., Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Nat. Organization for Public Health Nursing, Am. Historical Ass'n, Am. Political Science Ass'n. Recreation: Walking.

COYNE, Grace Margaret, Tiverton, R.I.

Teacher; b. Woonsocket, R.I., Sept. 11, 1887; dau. John Francis and Jane Elizabeth (King) Coyne; ed. Punchard High School, Andover, Mass. (winner of Goldsmith prize, 1906); R.I. Coll., Kingston, R.I. Prin. Osborn Grammar School, Tiverton, R.I. Lecturer of Nanaquaket Grange Patrons of Husbandry No. 49; director in several Civic Guards; mem. Ladies' Improvement Soc. for Social Good. Recreations: Tennis, basketball. Catholic Favors woman suffrage; mem. Newport Co. (R.I.) Equal Suffrage League.

CRABTREE, Lotta M., 50 W. Fifty-first St., N.Y. City.

Actress; b. N.Y. City, 1849; dau. John Ashworth and Mary Ann (Livesey) Crabtree; ed. by private tuition. Went to California in 1852. First appearance on stage in amateur theatricals, between 1857-58; played Gertrude in Loan of a Lover at Petaluma, Cal. Traveled through California playing English farces in own company, managed by her mother. At fourteen returned to N.Y. City and for many seasons appeared in all the cities of the U.S. in Little Nell and the Marchioness, Pet of the Petticoats, Zip, Bob, Musette, Firefly, etc, until retirement. Recreations: Painting, automobiling, out-door life.

CRAFT, Marthanna (Mrs. F. G. Craft), Liberty, Ind., R.D. No. 4.

Born Liberty, Ind., Jan. 7, 1868; dau. Corydon Richmond and Mary (Tappan) Brattaire; ed. Liberty High School; m. April 6, 1887, F. G. Craft; children: Leo Corydon, Harry William. Assists husband, who is manager of the Liberty Creamery Co. (an extensive enterprise), in the clerical work, and in conducting the well-equipped dairy farm on which they live. Reared in Quaker faith, but now Presbyterian. Mem. Pythian Sisters, Order of Eastern Star, Woman's Missionary Soc, Mothers' Club and other


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212 of Presbyterian Church. Mem. and ex-pres. Criterion Literary Club; mem. Parent-Teachers' Club of the Liberty High School. Favors woman suffrage.

CRAFTS, Lettie May, Wayzata, Lake Minnetonka, Minn.

Librarian; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 27, 1860; dau. Major Amasa and Mary Jane (Henry) Crafts; ed. public schools in Minneapolis, Univ. of Minn., B.Litt. 1881. Ass't librarian Univ. of Minn., 1883-1910, ranking as ass't prof, and mem. of Faculty. Mem. Minn. Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa (vice-pres. 1893-94, sec. 1910-11); Am. Library Ass'n 1886-1908; charter mem. Minn. Library Ass'n (pres. 1907). Elected 1900, reelected 1906, mem. Library Board of City of Minneapolis (sec. 1903-11); term expires 1913. Mem. State Exec. Boards Women's Home and Foreign Missionary societies (Cong.) in Minn., 1911—. Mem. and sec. board of directors Florence Crittenton Mission, Minneapolis, 1895-1911. Favors woman suffrage. Author of papers for ass'ns and clubs, some of which have been published in professional periodicals. Congregationalist. Roosevelt Progressive. Recreations: Travel, life out-of-doors in woods in summer. Charter mem. Woman's Club of Minneapolis; mem. Woman's Welfare League of Minneapolis.

CRAFTS, Sara Jane (Mrs. William F. Crafts), 206 Pennsylvania Av., S.E., Washington, D.C.

Author, lecturer; b. Cincinnati; dau. Jesse and Jane (Means) Timanus; ed. Wesleyan Female Coll., Cincinnati, and Ia. Coll., Davenport Ia; m. May, 1874, Plainfield, N.J., Rev. Wilbur F. Crafts. Lecturer and teacher at Chautauquas lecturer at State and International Sunday-school conventions; organizer International Primary Union of Sunday-school teachers. Favors woman suffrage. Associate author: Plain Uses of the Blackboard; Childhood, The Text Book of the Age; Intoxicants and Opium; World Book of Temperance; staff contributor to Christian Herald, N.Y. City. Presbyterian. Mem. Nat. Geog Soc, British Esperanto Ass'n, Archaeological Inst of Am., Sup't Sunday School Dep't of World's W.C.T.U. In 1910 organized Sunday-schools in Iceland.

CRAGIN, Mary Randle Willard (Mrs. E. B Cragin), 10 W. Fiftieth St., N.Y. City.

Born Willimantic, Conn., Feb. 22, 1864; dau Rev. Samuel G. and Cynthia (Barrows) Willard, ed. Bacon Acad., Colchester, Conn.; Smith Coll' (class '88); m. Colchester, May 23, 1889, Edwin Bradford Cragin, M.D.; children; Miriam Willard, b. Sept. 30, 1890; Alice Gregory, b. Nov 18, 1893; E. Bradford Jr., b. April 23, 1900. Interested in church activities. Mem. Nat. Soc. New England Women, Consumers' League, City History Club. Presbyterian. Clubs: Barnard, Smith College.

CRAIG, Agnes Houston, Maiden Lane, Pullman, Wash.

Educator; b. Otisville, N.Y.; dau. Rev. Robert Houston and Rachel (McFetridge) Craig; grad Columbia Univ., B.S. '05 (mem. Zeta Theta Pi, local sorority). Director of domestic art, Texas State Coll., Denton, Tex., 1907-12; prof, of textiles and director of textile work in the Dep't of Home Economics, Washington State Coll Pullman, Wash., 1912—. Chairman Nat. Textile Com., 1912-13. Speaker at Nat. Home Economics Ass'n, St. Louis, 1910; leader of Household Art Section, Nat. Home Economics Ass'n, Washington, D.C, 1911; speaker Southern Educational Ass'n, Houston, Tex., 1911. Has done various kinds of settlement work and investigation of economic and social conditions among working iris; also in church work in New York City; spent a year investigating workroom conditions in N.Y. City; interested in music school settlement work, and all progressive movements for social betterment. Favors woman suffrage. Has written various articles on household arts education, such as Textile Experimentation, June, 1911 (Home Economics Journal); Domestic Art Round Table, Discussion of National Home Economics Meeting at Washington, D.C. Presbyterian. Mem. Progressive Party. Recreations: Gold, tennis, music. Club woman. Mem. Seattle Golf and Country Club, 1906—, and Seattle Tennis Club, 1905-07.

CRAIG, Anna, Kings Park, L.I., N.Y.

Physician; b. Churchville, Monroe Co., N.Y.; dau. Dr. James W. and Sarah (Butterfield) Craig; grad. Geneseo (N.Y.) Normal School, '80, Chautauqua Course, Class of '87, Univ. of Mich., M.D. 1893. Practised medicine about five years in Rochester, N.Y., woman physician in Kings Park State Hospital, Kings Park, Long Island, N.Y. Presbyterian. Mem. Med. Society of the State of N.Y., Women's Med. Soc. of N.Y. State, Women's Med. Ass'n of N.Y. City, Am. Medico-Psychological Ass'n, Women's Univ. Club (N.Y. City), Coll. Women's Club (Rochester).

CRAIG, Katharine L., 4044 E. 18th Av., Denver, Colo.

Educator; dau. Hugh Harvey and Hester F. (Peters) Craig; ed. in Colo., and Mo. Valley Coll. State sup't of Public Instruction of Colo, for four years; now instructor in literature. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to The New Student's Reference Work; Craig's Primary Geography; Judge Greyburn and Kathlene Lee (romance); Sociology and Economics. Republican. Mem. Nat. Education Ass'n, State Teachers Ass'n. Woman's Club of Denver.

CRAIG, Katherine Taylor (Mrs. William B. Craig), 65 W. Forty-fifth St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. In Alabama, Feb. 16, 1877; dau. Murray Forbes and Butler Brayne (Thornton) Taylor; ed. Miss Lake's School, San Francisco; m. (1st) California, Carl H. Schultz Jr.; (2d) California, William B. Craig; one son: Carl H. Schultz. Writer of stories and miscellaneous articles. Interested in astrology, astronomy, genealogy, literature (French), art, comparative religions and Christian mysticism. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Treas. Woman's Missionary Soc. of Church of the Heavenly Rest. Recreations: Swimming, golf, horseback riding. Sec. Pen and Brush Club; mem. Colonial Dames of the State of N.Y., D.A.R., Twilight Club, Woman's Political Equality Ass'n, Poetry Society.

CRAIG, Margaret, Nurses' Residence, Bellevue Hospital, 440 E. Twenty-sixth St., N.Y. City.

Nurse; b. Fort Plain, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1880; dau. Neville B. and Margaret E. (Sullivan) Craig; ed. Philadelphia public schools, Philadelphia High School, Swarthmore Preparatory School, Swarthmore Coll.; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Trained and grad. from training school of the Hospital of the University of Pa., class '08; head nurse at Hospital of Univ. of Pa., 1908-11; head nurse Mercy Hospital, Johnstown, Pa., 1911-13; now at Bellevue Hospital, N.Y. City, post-grad, course. Interested in social service work. Favors woman' suffrage. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc, Graduate Nurses Ass'n of the State of Pa., Alumnae Ass'n of the Univ. of Pa. Hospital.

CRAIG, Margaret Bell, 7 Cabrillo Place, Pasadena, Cal.

Artist, photographer; b. St. Paul, Minn., May 29, 1876; dau. Robert and Margaret (Bell) Craig; ed. St. Paul and Minneapolis; two years at Univ. of Minn., and course in Clarence H. White's School of Photography (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma, Univ. of Minn.). Photographs exhibited twice in Nat. Photo Exhibitions, Philadelphia; also exhibitions of work in Friday Morning Club and in Ebell Club, Los Angeles, Cal. Writer of illustrated articles published in Harper's Bazar, American Homes and Gardens, Keith's Magazine, Beautiful Homes. Socialist. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage.

CRAIG, Mary Marsden Young (Mrs. John Craig), 1614 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass.; summer, Beach Bluff, Mass.

Actress, b. Fort Washington, N.Y., 1879; dau. Richard and Emmaline (Bushnell) Young; ed. by tutors both in England and America; m. London, England, John Craig, at the age of fourteen; children: Harmon Bushnell, John Jr. Went on stage at 11 with Augustin Daly's Co., remained with him seven years; has played over 400 leading parts, Shakespeare, musical comedy, drama, farce; seven years leading woman for Mr. Craig; seven years leading woman for the John Craig Players, Boston; now leading woman Castle Square Theatre, Boston. Mem. Episcopal Church, the Professional Woman's Club, Paul


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 and then to rest and relax. Very well. What is there left us then? If we are not wholly satisfied with materialism, if we do not find sufficient nourishment in the fruits of science, if the church has become a cave of winds and the creeds a desert of sterility, where, I ask you, shall we find the comfort and solace that that unmaterial something within us longs for and craves? In the mystic circles of the so-called Orientalists of our day, whose spiritualities have ever an eye to the newspaper column and another to the cash register? In the platitudes and inanities that are doled out from a pulpit which was once resplendent with the glory and power of the church? In the book of the psychoanalyst or in the records of the Society for Psychical Research, where our restlessness is patted on the back and our crying soul-hunger is silenced with a cheese sandwich from the cupboard of the dissecting room? Or cheated with a toy from the show-case of classified abnormalties? Gramercy, no. What is the spiritual then? And


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Rh Revere Chapter D.A.R., Annual Mary Young Christmas Tree, making provision for from 200 to 300 children at Christmas time. Recreations: Swimming, dancing, reading, automobiling. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n.

CRAIG, Netta, 3125 O St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Artist, musician; b. Washington, D.C.; dau. Henry Clay and Mary (Ege) Craig; ed. Washington High School, Irving Coll. and Musical Conservatory, Mechanicsburg, Pa.; Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. (winner of Corcoran gold medal, 1903; Corcoran silver medal, 1905; honorable mention); Pa. Acad of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Pupil of Clara Drew, dramatic contralto, Berlin and Boston; Otto Simon, Baltimore and Washington; Sebastiano Breda, Milan, Italy. Exhibitor in annual exhibitions of the Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pa.; biennial exhibition of contemporary art of Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington, D.C; the Baltimore exhibition of Am. contemporary art, the rotary exhibitions sent en tour by the Am. Fed. of Arts and annual exhibitions of Washington Soc. of Artists, Washington, D.C. Church and concert singer and composer of songs. Mem. Associated Charities, Washington, D.C, Y.W.C.A., Motel Choir (singing soc), Sketch Club of Washington, D.C; sustaining mem. Washington Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C. Methodist. Mem. Soc. of Washington Artists, Am. Fed. of Arts, Columbia Historical Soc, Washington, D.C Recreations: Tennis, boating, walking, basketball.

CRAIG, Virginia Judith, 858 E. Elm St., Springfield, Mo.

Head of English Dep't, State Normal School; b. Maryville, Mo., Jan. 14, 1878; dau. S. L. Craig and Annie M. (Collins) Craig; ed. Drury Coll., Springfield, Mo., A.B., Washington Univ., St. Louis, A.M., Univ. of Pa., Ph.D. Engaged in teaching from graduation. Author: Martial's Wit and Humor. Favors woman suffrage.

CRAIGHEAD, Ethel, 2209 Pacific Av., Spokane, Wash.

Teacher; b. Mamaroneck, N.Y., Feb. 14, 1878; dau. Horace and Frances (Rose) Craighead; ed. Rye (N.Y.) Sem.; Smith Coll., B.A.; Columbia Univ., M.A.; Köningleich Technischen Hochschule, Dresden, Germany. Teacher of history at Friends School, Washington, D.C, 1906-09; vice-principal Brunot Hall, Spokane, Wash., 1910-. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n, Woman's Auxiliary. Recreation: Athletics.

CRAIGIE, Mary E. Whitbeck (Mrs. Charles O'Hara Craigie), 526 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N.Y.; country home, Craigie Manor, Baldwin, L.I.

Author, lecturer; b. Arcadia, N.Y.; dau. Rev. John S. and Margaret (Strong) Whitbeck; ed. Detroit (Mich.) High School and Ithaca (N.Y.) Acad.; m. Ithaca, Charles O'Hara Craigie. Taught in Ithaca High School, in a girls' school and in Old Erasmus Coll., Flatbush, N.Y.; lecturer on literature and biography before Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences, and in prominent schools in N.Y. City and Washington, D.C. Interested in church and philanthropic work; charter mem. Ft Greene Chapter D.A.R. of Brooklyn; pres. of the Brooklyn Public Library Ass'n and founder of the Brooklyn Public Library system, first pres. and founder of the King Manor Ass'n of L.I., which preserved the old Gov. Rufus King home as a historic museum at Jamaica, L.I. Nat. chairman of church work of the Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, working up a new field for suffrage by carrying it into the churches and before church organizations. Author: John Anderson and I; Once Upon a Time (stories for children); also writer of children's stories in various magazines. Mem. Lafayette Av. Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn. Pres. Am. Librarians' Home Ass'n, chartered under the Regents and the laws of the State of N.Y. to found and maintain a Vacation House and Home for Librarians; was active in getting through the Legislature bill to compel Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. to equip their cars with vestibules to protect the motormen; one of the speakers for Parcels Post bill before Congress in 1911. Residing temporarily in Buffalo. Mem. Twentieth Century Club of Buffalo; third vice-pres. Housekeepers League; mem. Opera Reading Club and the Guild of Allied Arts; mem. Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial and Vocational Education, always interested in welfare of boys; organized in N.Y. City a Boys' Municipal Club House Com. and got a bill through the State Legislature to establish a Municipal Club House for boys, which was vetoed by Mayor McClellan.

CRAM, Elizabeth Carrington Read (Mrs. Ralph Adams Cram), 52 Chestnut St., Boston, Mass.

Born Tremont, Cumberland Co., Va.; dau. Clement Carrington and Mary Carrington (Johnson) Read; ed. Farmville, Va., and New Bedford, Mass.; m. New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 20, 1900, Ralph Adams Cram; children: Mary Carrington, b. Nov. 9, 1901; Ralph Wentworth, b. Sept. 18, 1904. Mem. Colonial Dames, Women's Municipal League of Boston. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

CRAMER, Ida Howell (Mrs. R. B. Cramer), 7 W. Eighth St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Atlanta, Ga., July 11, 1873; dau. Evan P. and Julia (Erwin) Howell; ed. private schools and Edgeworth School for Girls in Baltimore, and Lucy Cobb Inst., Athens, Ga.; m. Atlanta, June 26, 1895, R. B. Cramer; one daughter: Louise, b. Dec. 14, 1896. Interested in associated charities, social and reading clubs and psychological societies. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Christian Church. Recreation: Social life. Mem. Players' Club.

CRANDALL, Ada Allen (Mrs. Edgar A. Crandall), Webster St., Ridgefield Park, N.J.

Teaching in kindergarten; b. Princeton, N.J., June 22, 1879; daughter Edward M. and Adeliza (MacGregor) Allen; ed. Princeton Model School, N.J. State Model School, N.J. State Normal School, Trenton; special kindergarten work in Ethical Culture School, N.Y. City; m. Ridgefield Park, N.J., Sept. 27, 1905, Edgar A. Crandall. Has conducted, with husband, a boys' club for three years. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Club of Ridgefield Park, N.J.

CRANDALL, Catharine Louise Patterson (Mrs. Frank William Crandall), Westfield, N.Y.

Born Corning, N.Y., July 23, 1862; dau. George Washington and Frances DeEtta (Todd) Patterson; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '84; m. Westfield, N.Y., June 29, 1887, Frank William Crandall; children: Francis William (Yale, A.B. '11), George Patterson (Yale, '15). Vice-pres. and trustee Patterson Library; mem. Board of Education; regent Patterson Chapter D.A.R.; officer St. Peter's Guild; mem. College Settlement Ass'n, Consumers' League; officer Vassar Student Aid Soc. Against woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Ass'n Alumnae Vassar Coll., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Union Relief Ass'n, Church Guild. Recreations: Travel, social life, theatre.

CRANDALL, Regina Katharine, Low Buildings, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

College instructor; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '90; student Chicago Univ., 1893-96 and 1899-1900; fellow in history, 1894-96; Chicago Univ., Ph.D. '02. Ass't in history, Smith Coll., 1896-99; instructor in history, Wellesley Coll., 1900-01; reader in English, Bryn Mawr, since 1903.

CRANE, Caroline Bartlett (Mrs. Augustus Warren Crane), Kalamazoo, Mich.

Minister; b. Hudson, Wis., Aug. 17, 1858; dau. Lorenzo Dow and Julia A. (Brown) Bartlett; ed. Carthage Coll., A.M.; post-grad, work at Univ. of Chicago; m. Kalamazoo, Dec. 31, 1896, Dr. Augustus Warren Crane. Engaged in teaching, 1879-82; newspaper work, 1883-86; pastor All Souls' Universalist Church, Sioux Falls, S.Dak., 1886-89; called to pastorate of First Unitarian Church, Kalamazoo, and ordained minister of liberal religion, 1889; out of this was evolved the institutional People's Church of Kalamazoo, of which was pastor, 1893-99; resigned, and since then engaged in literary and social service work, lecturing and occasionally preaching. Favors


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214 woman suffrage. Mem. Exec. Com. Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Unitarian.

CRANE, Ellie Stickel (Mrs. Frank Crane), 305 W. Fifty-fifth St., N.Y. City.

Born Hillsboro, Ill., 1864; dau. Joseph and Sarah (Scott) Stickel; ed. Ill. Woman's Coll., A.B. (mem. Phi Nu); m. Hillsboro, Ill., 1883, Rev. Frank Crane, D.D. (Congregational clergyman; author); children: Daphne Crane Drake (Mrs. Alfred Drake), Mae Crane (deceased), James L. Crane.

CRANE, Emily Hutchinson (Mrs. Richard Teller Crane), 2541 Michigan Av., Chicago, Ill.; summer, Jerseyherst, Lake Geneva, Wis.

Born N.Y. City, Sept. 12, 1869; dau. Dillon Beebe and Emily (Stewart) Hutchinson; ed. in Europe; m. Oct. 14, 1903, Richard Teller Crane (deceased). Interested in music; studied piano for years with Theodore Leschetizsy in Vienna and plays frequently in concerts for charity and club musicals, etc. Pres. Chicago Homes for Boys. Episcopalian. Democrat. Mem. Friends of Am. Art; life mem. Art Inst. Recreations: Golf, motoring. Mem. Fortnightly Club, the Young Fortnightly Club, the Woman's Athletic Club, Saddle and Cycle Club, South Shore Country Club, Lake Geneva Country Club. Favors woman suffrage.

CRANE, Julia Patterson (Mrs. Joseph Halsey Crane), Oakwood Village, Dayton, O.

Born Dayton, O.; dau. Jefferson and Julia (Johnston) Patterson; sister of John Henry Patterson, pres. Nat. Cash Register Co.; granddaughter of late Col. Robert Patterson, one of the Kentucky pioneers, on father's side, and of late Col. John Johnston, Indian Agent of U.S., on mother's side; ed. Sacred Heart School, N.Y. City; m. Dayton, O., April 24, 1885, Joseph Halsey Crane, grandson of Admiral Finley Schenck, and nephew of Gen. Robert C. Schenck, U.S. Minister to Court of St. James; children; Joseph Graham Crane, Jefferson Patterson Crane. Interested in the welfare work of Dayton.

CRANE, Katharine Priest, U.S. Legation, Peking, China.

Graduate Smith Coll., B.L. '97; student Bible Teachers' Training School, N.Y. City, 1903-05; student of history and Semitics, Columbia Univ., L904-07, M.A. '07; history and French (Columbia), 1909. Student sec. Y.W.C.A., N.Y. and New England School and Coll., 1899-1903. Mem. Am. Historical Soc.

CRANGLE, Leona Estelle Tarbell (Mrs. Benjamin Carroll Crangle), 1817 Fremont Av., South, Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Victor, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1875; dau. Eli K. and Cecelia (Dryer) Tarbell; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '98; student in kindergarten work in School of Pedagogy, Chicago (summer), 1900; m. Glencoe, Ill., Nov. 11, 1908, Benjamin Carroll Crangle; one son: John Carroll, b. Aug. 10, 1912. Ass't kindergarten director, Winona (Minn.) public school, 1900-05; director 1905-06; instructor (intermediate dep't) Lady Jane Grey School, Binghamton, N.Y., 1906-07.

CRAPSEY, Adelaide, 678 Peveril Av., Rochester, N.Y.

Teacher; b. N.Y. City; dau. Rev. Algernon Sidney and Adelaide (Trowbridge) Crapsey; ed. in schools of Rochester, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '01. student in Rome, Italy, 1905, and 1908-10. Teacher in Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., 1903-05; Stamford, Conn., 1906-08.

CRATTY, Mabel, 600 Lexington Av., N.Y. City.

General Sec. Nat. Board Y.W.C.A.; b. Bellaire, O.; dau. Charles Campbell and Mary (Thoburn) Cratty; ed. public high school, Bellaire, O., Lake Erie Sem., Painesville, O., Ohio Wesleyan Univ. A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '90. Taught in Wheeling (W. Va.) Female Seminary; high school, Kent, O.; high school, Delaware, O.; principal of high school, Delaware, O., four years. Became associate gen. sec. Am. Com. Y.W.C.A. (headquarters Chicago); promoted gen. sec. Am. Com. Nat. Board Y.W.C.A. of U.S.A. (headquarters N.Y. City); exec. sec. Home Dep't since 1909. now gen. sec. of same. Interested in Camp Fire Girls of America (mem. Organizing Com). Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Favors woman suffrage.

CRAVATH, Agnes Huntington (Mrs. Paul D. Cravath), 105 E. Thirty-ninth St., N.Y. City; country estate, Locust Valley, L.I., N.Y.

Singer, retired to private life; b. Kalamazoo, Mich., 1862; dau. Charles E. and Fannie E. (Munsell) Huntington; ed. Mrs. Sylvanus Reed's School and for several years private tutoring abroad for music and for the languages and drawing; m. St. Thomas' Church, N.Y. City, Nov. 15, 1892, Paul D. Cravath (distinguished lawyer); one daughter: Vera Agnes Huntington Cravath, b. Aug. 28, 1895. Had a notable career in concert and opera as prima donna contralto; voice was not trained until she was taken abroad by her mother in 1880 to Dresden, where she studied three and one-half years with the famous maestro G. B. Lamperti. Made first public appearance in concert in Dresden, January, 1884, and a few weeks later sang at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig with the regular orchestra under direction of Carl Reinecke. Later appearances were in Stuttgart with Joseph Joaquim (renowned violinist), then with Pablo Sarasate (famous Spanish violinist), and Klintworth and his orchestra at the Sing-Akademie in Berlin; next appeared in a concert given by Alexandre Guilmant and M. Ed. Colonne and his orchestra at the Trocadero in Paris; later concerts in London in association with great musicians and conductors, including Sir Julius Benedict, Wilhelm Ganz, Alberto Rendegger, Sir George Grove and others, brought her much social attention, and at this time she received from the then Princess of Wales (now the Dowager Queen Alexandra) a beautiful brooch of precious stones. American debut was with the N.Y. Philharmonic Orchestra, under direction of Theodore Thomas, who engaged her for the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and other concerts, of which he was the conductor; also sang with the Boston Symphony Orchestra with Gericke, the N.Y. Oratorio Soc. with Walter Damrosch, and in many of the most important festivals under the greatest conductors in America and Canada; sang one season with the Bostonians to gain experience in acting, singing in Martha, Giralda, Fra Diavolo, Les Mousquetaires de la Reine, Bohemian Girl, Mignon and others; then accepted an offer from Carl Rosa for an engagement in London to sing the role of Paul Jones, which she did with remarkable success for a long run, then came to America, singing the same role with her own company in the principal cities from N.Y. City to San Francisco. Retired to private life at the end of this tour, upon her marriage. Director in several and contributor to many charitable societies and settlement work; also for relief of and prevention of cruelty to animals. Director N.Y. Symphony Soc, Inst, of Musical Arts and others; mem. Colony Club. Episcopalian. Recreation: Music, singing, riding, painting, sewing. Against woman suffrage.

CRAWFORD, Emma Walke, Conshohocken, Pa.

Born Conshohocken, Pa., Nov., 1881; dau. Joseph Currie and Sarah P. (Wilson) Crawford; ed. Friends Central School, Philadelphia; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '03. Sec. of Guild of Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge; co-manager of Candidate Class of the Girls' Friendly Soc. of Calvary Church, Conshohocken. Editor Washington Chapel Chronicle, Valley Forge. Recreations: Riding, walking, music. Episcopalian.

CRAWFORD, Genevieve Buckland (Mrs. Francis Lindsay Crawford), 24 Ridge Rd., Summit, N.J.

Born Sing Sing, N.Y., Mar. 11, 1861; dau. Rev. R. Joseph Wales Buckland, D.D., and Emily (Wilson) Buckland; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '82; also diploma in Vassar School of Art, '82; m. N. Y. City, Dec. 17, 1885, Francis Lindsay Crawford, lawyer; children: Lesley Buckland, Constance, Dorothy, Lindsay. Interested in church and civic affairs in Summit, N.J. Episcopalian. Mem. Women's Univ. Club, N.Y. City. Recreation: Travel. Against woman suffrage.


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Rh CRAWFORD, Julia Townsend Hill (Mrs. Frederick Markley Crawford), 139 E. Market St., York, Pa.

Physician and surgeon; b. Dayton, O., Dec. 2, 1860; dau. Micajah Townsend and Flora Eldred (Bierce) Hill; ed. Oberlin, O.; Chicago Homoeopathic Coll.; Hahnemann Coll., Chicago., M.D. '84; Woman Med. Coll., Baltimore, M.D. '86; m. Chambersburg, Pa., April 30, 1893, Frederick Markley Crawford. Interested in Y.W.C.A. clubs, Girls' Friendly Soc, Soc. of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Social Service, Juvenile Court. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Am. Inst. of Homoeopathy, D.A.R., Nat. Geographic Soc, Civic Ass'n of America, A.A.A.S., Woman's Coll. Alumnae. Mem. Woman's Club. Recreations: Golf, camping, hunting, fishing (devotee of baseball, football, basketball). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive.

CRAWFORD, Kate Staples (Mrs. Andrew James Crawford), Somerset, Ky.

Born near Louisville, Ky.; dau. Samuel Hereford Staples, M.D., and Susan A. (Cannon) Staples; ed. Nazareth Convent, near Louisville, Ky. (head of Sisters of Charity in U.S.); grad. with honors; m. Louisville, Ky., January, 1889, Andrew James Crawford (merchant). Pres. of Woman's Club; long active in club work as pres. of Literary Club until organization of Woman's Club in 1910; pres. of Presbyterian Soc; interested in all things educational—schools, civic improvement, etc.—as well as social affairs and literary work. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian.

CRAWFORD, Mary Caroline, 22 Princeton Av., Allston Dist., Boston.

Author, social worker; b. Boston; dau. James and Mary (Coburn) Crawford; ed. Radcliffe Coll., and Simmons Coll. School for Social Workers. Entered upon journalism immediately after leaving coll. and became literary critic of Boston Budget until 1902. Then took course in social work and became sec. Women's Trade Union League. Sec. Ford Hall meetings, Boston, since 1908. Favors woman suffrage. Books: Romance of Old New England Rooftrees, 1902; Romance of Old New England Churches, 1903; College Girl of America, 1904; Among Old New England Inns, 1907; St. Botolph's Town, 1908; Old Boston Days and Ways, 1909; Romantic Days in Old Boston, 1910; Goethe and His Woman Friends, 1911; Romantic Days in the Early Republic, 1912. Episcopalian. Mem. of Boston Authors Club, Monday Evening Club for Social Workers, Women's Trade Union League. Recreation: Canoeing.

CRAWFORD, Mary Merritt, 296 N.Y. Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Physician; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 18, 1884; dau. Gilbert Holmes and Sarah E. (Merritt) Crawford; ed. Nyack High School, '99, Cornell Univ., A.B., '04, Cornell Med. Coll., M.D., '07 (Kappa Kappa Gamma). Served as interne at Williamsburg Hosp., Brooklyn, Jan., 1908- July, 1909. First woman to ride ambulance in Brooklyn; ass't surgeon in Dep't of Gynecology, Williamsburg Hosp., only woman on the staff. Author (with Dr. T. S. Welton): Before the Doctor Comes. Mem. Women's University Club. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Political Union, Woman Suffrage Party, 18th Assembly District, Political Equality League.

CRAWFORD, Mary Rowan McCrackin (Mrs. J. Stewart Crawford), Beirut, Syria, Turkey.

Missionary; b. St. Louis, Mo., July 7, 1860; ed. Geneva Coll. and Ypsilanti (Mich.) Coll., B.S. '81; m. (1st) Birmingham, Mich., Sept. 3, 1885, T. Clyde McCarroll (died 1890); (2d) Jerusalem, Palestine, July 27, 1892, Rev. J. Stewart Crawford, D.D. Teacher at Three Rivers, Mich., 1881-84; missionary of Reformed Presbyterian Church at Latakia, Syria, 1890-92; at Beirut, Syria, since 1892. Reformed Presbyterian.

CREED, Georgie Ellis (Mrs. William Henry Creed), 468 Vernon St., Oakland, Cal.

Born Tyler Co., Tex., June 3, 1855; dau. Dr. Thomas Oliver Ellis of Va. and Elizabeth (Long) Ellis of Tenn.; ed. by private instruction and normal school training; m. Fresno, Cal., 1876, William Henry Creed (lawyer); children: Wigginton Ellis, Clarence La Vallan, William H., Georgie Devereux. Interested in various religious, social and philanthropic activities. Opposed to woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Democrat. Mem. United Daughter of Confederacy, Colonial Dames of America, Southern Industrial Education Ass'n, Claremont Country Club, Ebell Club.

CRERAR, Marie Girvin (Mrs. John Crerar), 1901 Prairie Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Chicago, Nov. 29, 1871; dau. Dr. John E. Owens and Alithea S. (Jamar) Owens; grad. Miss Kirkland's School; m. in Grace Episcopal Church, Chicago. John Crerar; children: Marie Owens Crerar, Catherine Hatton Crerar. Interested in philanthropic work in connection with St. Luke's Hospital for 15 or 20 years (has been pres. of board and of committees). Episcopalian. Recreation: Golf. Mem. Scribblers' Club.

CRESSLER, Isabel Bonbrake, Elmhurst Country School, R.D. 6, Connersville, Ind.

Co-principal of private school; b. Chambersburg, Pa., April 10, 1872; dau. Charles H. and Elizabeth Sager (Jones) Cressler; ed. Chambersburg public schools; Wilson Coll., B.A., Chambersburg, Pa.; Cornell Univ.; Chicago Art Inst, and Rome, Italy. Principal Latin School, Chambersburg; Wilson Coll. faculty (mathematical dep't; co-principal Roman School, Rome, Italy; co-principal Elmhurst School, Connersville, Ind.; vice-pres. and sec. Elmhurst School Corporation. Interested in education of girls. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Farming, driving, art.

CREW, Helen Coale (Mrs. Henry Crew), 113 Davis St., Evanston, Ill.

Writer; b. Baltimore, Md., 1866; dau. Thomas E. and Cecilia (Harvey) Coale; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., B.A., '89; m. Baltimore, Md., 1890, Henry Crew; children: Alice, Mildred, William H. Author: AEgean Echoes, 1911; stories, verses, essays in magazines. Mem. Drama Club of Evanston. Quaker. Favors woman suffrage.

CREW, Miriam Donalson (Mrs. Ben Lee Crew), 615 West Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Bainbridge, Ga., Jan. 1, 1886; dau. John Ernest and Amelia (Pohlenan) Donalson; ed. Agnes Scott Coll. (mem. Prophylean Soc), Washington Sem., Atlanta, and in Bremen, Germany; m. Bainbridge, Ga., April 3, 1907, Ben Lee Crew; one son: Benjamin Lee Jr. Recreations: Music, out-door sports.

CRIPPEN, Caroline Winslow (Mrs. G. B. Crippen), Worcester, Otsego Co., N.Y.

Born Oneonta, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1871; dau. Russel Brownell and Martha (Gile) Winslow; ed. Oneonta State Normal School (mem. Agonian Sorority); m. Milford, N.Y., Aug. 3, 1896, George Bigelow Crippen. Active in choir and Sunday-school. Sec Worcester Free Library Ass'n (chairman of Book Com.). Congregationalist. Mem. Schenevus Chapter Order of Eastern Star, Fortnightly Club of Worcester.

CRISPIN, Emma Fowler Weeks (Mrs. Franklin Mitchell Crispin), 1012 Spruce St.. Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. Joseph Dame and Martha Jane (Fowler) Weeks; ed. Rye (N.Y.) Sem.; Goucher Coll., Baltimore, B.A.; Kindergarten Coll., Pittsburgh, Pa.; m. Pittsburgh, April 26, 1905, Franklin Mitchell Crispin. Engaged as kindergartner until marriage. Mem. Philadelphia Chapter D.A.R.; mem. Gen Robert Philadelphia Chapter D.A.R.; mem. Goucher Alumnae Ass'n, Theta Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta. Recreations: Golf, bridge whist, tennis. Mem. Overbrook Golf Club, College Club, Charlotte Cushman Club, Treble Clef Club. Has a notable collection of matter relating to actors and singers, which she has been collecting for 15 years.

CRITCHER, Catharine Carter, The Woodley, Washington, D.C.

Artist; b. in Westmoreland Co., Va.; dau. Judge John and Elizabeth (Whiting) Critcher; ed. Arlington Inst., Va. Received bronze medal


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216 from Cooper Union. N.Y.; gold medal from Corcoran School of Art; honorable mention, Julian's School in Paris; pres. Am. Woman's Art Ass'n of Paris; founder and originator of Cours Critcher (a school of painting in Paris). Now instructor of painting in Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Washington Artists, Am Woman's Club, N.Y.; the Federation of Fine Arts Soc, Nat. Geographic Soc.

CRITCHLEY, Bertha May, 236 Forest St., Cleveland. Ohio.

Teacher; b. Cleveland, Ohio; grad. Cleveland (Ohio) High School, '83; Vassar Coll., A.B. '87; graduate work in Cornell Univ., 1897-99; Univ. of Wis., 1899-1900. Teacher in St. Louis, Mo., 1887-89; High School, Cleveland, 1889-97, and again since 1900.

CRITTENDEN, Lisia Alice Van Valkenburg (Mrs. Albert R. Crittenden), 1031 Forest Av., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Born LeRoy, N.Y., Feb. 6, 1879; dau. John Henry and Alice Elizabeth (Wilkin) Van Valkenburg; ed. Ann Arbor High School. '95. "A" diploma; Univ. of Mich., A.B. '99 (Phi Beta Kappa); Am. School of Classical Studies in Rome; m. Rome, Italy. June 20, 1901, Albert R. Crittenden; children: Charles Van Valkenburg, b. May 11, 1903; James Albert, b. May 7, 1910 (died Dec. 20, 1912); Alice Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1911 (died Dec. 24, 1912). Mem. Woman's Club of Ann Arbor (music lecturer), Missionary Soc. of Congregational Church, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae {Forestry Com. and Drama Com.), Woman's League, Univ. of Mich (student problems, housing, etc.), Y.W.C.A., Univ. of Mich, (social work and mission study class). Favors woman suffrage. Author of articles for college publications, lectures given about the State Illustrated with stereopticon. Congregationalism Mem. Private Club of College Women, meeting weekly to study good literature, Dante, Milton, Greek Tragedy, Iliad, etc.

CROCKER, Ethel Willard (Mrs. William H. Crocker), Burlingame, Cal.

Born Stockton, Cal.; dau. Simon Willard and Caroline Elizabeth (Barker) Sperry; ed. public school, high school and boarding schools; m. Stockton, Cah. Oct. 6, 1886, William H. Crocker; children: Ethel Mary, William Willard, Helen Victoria, Charles. Interested in all religious, social and philanthropic activities. Mem. D.A.R.; mem. Exec. Council Woman's Welfare Dep't of Nat. Civic Federations. Mem. Town and Country and Century Clubs of San Francisco, Colony Club of N.Y. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

CROCKETT, Caroline Clark (Mrs. Sidney Scales Crockett). 730 Belmont Av., Nashville. Tenn.

Born Paris, Henry Co., Tenn., Oct. 18, 1867; dau. Achilles Venable and Mary Eliza (Wilson) Clark; ed. Tenn. Female Coll., Franklin, Tenn., and two years abroad under tutors; m. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1894, Sidney Scales Crockett, M.D.; one son: Sidney Scales Crockett Jr., b. Oct. 15, 1911. Chairman Public Interests Dep't, Centennial Club, Nashville; interested in Victor Juvenile Court of Nashville; vice-pres. Nashville nti-Tuberculosis League; mem. Com. of 100 on Public Health; director Nat. Infant Mortality Ass'n; mem. Com. of 15 of the Pure Food Dep't of Nat. Civic Federation; chairman Health Dep't otf Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy. Favors woman suffrage. Writer on health subjects for club magazines. Mem. Peabody Woman's, Vanderbilt Woman's, Query and Centennial Clubs of Nashville. Especially interested in promoting sane health education through the splendid machinery of the women's clubs and next In local child welfare work.

CROCKETT, Emma Godwin Dickinson (Mrs. J.Shiles Crockett), Pocomoke City, Md.

Born Pocomoke, April 25, 1858; dau. William S. and Cynthia (Primrose) Dickinson; ed. Newtown High School, Pocomoke, Md.; studied French and music under private professors; finished and made debut in Montgomery. Ala.; m. June 24, 1886, J. Shiles Crockett of Princess Anne, Md.; one daughter: Margaret, b. 1892, at Cumberland, Md. Organized and is pres. Civic Club of Pocomoke: State pres. Woman's Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress; organized Sunshine Soc. in Pocomoke; chairman Edgar Allen Poe Ass'n of Worcester Co.; chairman Francis Scott Key Ass'n for Worcester Co.; mem. Consumers' League, Am. Forestry Ass'n; chairman of Home and School League of Pocomoke. Honorary director Woman's Hospital of Maryland, Baltimore. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. Home and Foreign Missionary Societies, King's Daughters; mem. Shakespeare Club of Princess Anne. Recreation: Reading, music, fancy work.

CROCKETT, Esther M., 154 Parkside Av.. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Cedar Keys. Fla., May 22, 1883; dau. Frank Prentice and Lizzie (Berry) Crockett; ed. public schools and Girls' High School, Brooklyn; Cornell Univ., A.B. '03 (N.Y. State scholarship). Worked in elementary schools of N.Y. City 1903-11; appointed ass't teacher of English, Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct., 1911. Mem. Lewis Av. Congregational Church, Cornell Women's Club of N.Y. City. Recreations: Swimming, tramping, reading.

CROCKETT, Helen Ware (Mrs. Montgomery A. Crockett). 9 Powder House Road, Medford, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., July 19, 1859; dau. Albert F. and Edith (Ware) Sise; ed. Boston, Miss Ireland's private school; m. Medford, Mass., Mar. 24, 1886, Dr. Montgomery A. Crockett; children: Albert Sise Crockett, b. Oct. 17, 1889: Gilman Kimball, b. Jan. 10, 1892. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Sec. of St. Paul's (Buffalo, N.Y.) Branch Girls' Friendly Soc.; vice-pres. of diocesan organization of same for 16 years.

CROFT, Effie McCall, 166 Hendrie Av., Detroit, Mich.

Physician and surgeon; b. Aylmer, Ont.; dau. Leander and Edith M. (McCall) Croft; grad. Cleveland Medical Coll., 1896 (mem. Hahnemannian Soc); interne in Woman's Homoeopathic Hospital, Philadelphia, 1896-97; since then practicing in Detroit. Mem. Fort Congregational Church; chairman of the Good Cheer League; social worker. Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Recreations: Lectures, musicals, boating, fishing, skating, dancing.

CROISSANT, Sarah J. Sands (Mrs. J. D. Croissant). 1717 Q St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born Wisconsin; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), '69; m. Rev. J. D. Croissant (Methodist Episcopal clergyman); one son. Taught in the public schools of Wisconsin previous to marriage. Has traveled extensively at home and abroad. Methodist Mem. D.A.R. (has served as charter regent and as sec. for Dist. of Columbia). Former mem. of various clubs in Washington, D.C.

CROMER, Mary Elizabeth, 8 Forest Av., Vermilion, S.Dak.

Teacher; b. Chicago, Ill., April 17, 1890; dau. Jeremiah Clinton and May (Miner) Cromer; ed. Oberlin Acad. (grad. June, 1906); Smith Coll., A.B. '12. Teacher of English in the high school at Elkpoint, S.Dak., since September, 1912. Interested in Sunday-school; teacher of boys. Favors woman suffrage. Congregatlonalist. Recreations: Dancing, swimming, canoeing, baseball.

CROMMELIN, Emiline Gifford, 78  E. Fifty-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Educator, author; b. Orange, N.J.; dau. Robert Oscar and Adaline Maria Crommelin; grad. Orange High School. Teacher in Collegiate School for Boys, N.Y. City. Author: Famous Legends, 1904.

CROMPTON, Alice Hastings (Mrs. George Crompton), Worcester, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., Mar. 2, 1874; dau. Dr. William H. H. and Maria (Davis) Hastings; ed, Boston private schools; m. Boston, April 11, 1896, George Crompton of Worcester, Mass.;


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Rh children: George Jr., b. May 7, 1897; Davis Hastings, b. Feb. 6, 1909. Chairman Worcester Com. of Woman's Welfare Dep't, Nat. Civic Federation. Mem. Mass. Colonial Dames, Chilton Club of Boston. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage.

CRONEMILLER, Mary Maria, 815 Tenth St., Sacramento, Cal.

Physician and surgeon; b. California, July, 1861; dau. Perry Hazard and Dorcas Maria (Knight) Cronemiller; ed. Sacramento, San Francisco, and Chicago, M.D. Active in Sunday-school primary work; mem. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc; past pres. Y.W.C.A.; past pres. and life mem. of Woman's Council and Saturday Club of Sacramento; recording sec. and treas. Northern California Homoeopathic Med. Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Republican (Progressive). Mem. Y.W.C.A., W.C.T.U., Western Star Frauen Verein (examining surgeon); second vice-pres. California State Med. Soc.

CRONK, Clara L. K. (Mrs. C. H. Cronk), Bloomfield, Iowa.

Physician and surgeon; b. Paisley, Can., Feb. 4, 1863; dau. William and Matilda (Tiers) Patterson; ed. public school and high school of Rock Island, Ill.; m. Bloomfield, Ia., July 31, 1904, C. H. Cronk, M.D. Chairman of Com on Public Health Among Women for Davis County; has written several articles and read before Davis County Med. Soc. Med. examiner for Royal Neighbors of America, also Am. Order United Workmen and Yeomen. Has given talks on hygiene to the Bloomfield High School. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist Mem. Davis County Med. Soc., Iowa State Med. Soc, Tri-State Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Des Moines Valley Med. Ass'n.

CRONK, Katharine Scherer (Mrs. E. C. Cronk), Columbia, S.C.

Editor and missionary writer; b. Marion, Va., July 14, 1877; dau. Rev. John Jacob Scherer, D.D., and Elizabeth Katharine (Killinger) Scherer; grad. Marion Coll., Marion, Va., '93; m. Marion, Va., May 29, 1895, Rev. E. C. Cronk (Lutheran minister); one son: John Edward, b. June 28, 1904. Editor since 1905 of the Children's Missionary Magazine of the Lutheran Church in the South. Missionary writer for magazines; active as speaker and writer in denominational and interdenominational Sunday-school work, North and South. In 1908 appointed editor and sec of literature by the Woman's Conference of the Lutheran Church in the South. Active In various forms of religious, philanthropic and social work.

CRONK, Lucy Irene Morton (Mrs. Harvey Reed Cronk), 257 W. One Hundredth St., N.Y. City.

Organist; b. Winneconue, Wis., Sept 7, 1864; dau. Charles Calvin and Louis S. (Olin) Morton; ed. Omro High School, Ripon Coll., Wis.; m. New York, April 19, 1889, Harvey Reed Cronk; one son: Harvey Morton Cronk. Presbyterian. Mem. Logan Circle No. 12 G.A.R. Mem. Washington Heights Chapter D.A.R., Round Table, Columbia University.

CROOKER, Florence Kollock (Mrs. Joseph Henry Crooker), 26 Conway St., Roslindale, Boston, Mass.

Universalist minister; b. Waukesha, Wis., Jan. 19, 1848; dau. William Edward and Ann Margaret (Hunter) Kollock; ed. Univ. of Wis., A.M. '82; grad. Canton Theological School of St Lawrence Univ., '75 (Phi Beta); m. Freeport, Ill., June 18, 1896, Rev. Joseph Henry Crooker, D.D. Founder Stewart Av. Universalist Church (Englewood), Chicago; pastor for 13 years; founder and pastor Universalist Church, Pasadena, Cal; last ministry, St. Paul's Universalist Church, Boston, Mass., 1904-10. Lecturer for temperance, woman suffrage, education, philanthropy and for missions. Writer of many articles for magazines and papers. Mem. Woman's Professional Club, Boston; University Club, Boston. Universalist. Republican.

CROOKS, Annie Marcy (Mrs. Charles M. Crooks), Saundersville, Mass.

Born Somesrville, Mass., Aug. 20, 1876; dau. Charles DeWitt and Sophie (Hilliker) Marcy; ed. Girls' Latin School, Boston; Smith Coll., B.A. '99; m. Boston, Sept. 25, 1901, Rev. Charles Melvis Crooks; children: Elizabeth Foster, b. 1902; Grosvenor Marcy, b. 1904. Congregationalist.

CROPSEY, Emma F. Rockwood (Mrs. A. J. Cropsey), 552 S. Hennepin Av., Dixon, Ill.

Born Vermont; moved in her early years to Illinois; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college) '83; m. Hon. A. J. Cropsey (Union soldier and mem. State Legislatures in Illinois and Nebraska; died Mar. 25, 1896). Taught in Rockford Sem., 1863-65, followed by many years of teaching, chiefly in academy and high school. Has been interested in temperance and jail work and the Sunday mission at Reform school. Presbyterian; concerned in the various church activities, particularly missions.

CROSBY, Daisy (Mrs. F. M. Crosby), Kennewick, Wash.

Born Millbank, Ont, Can.; dau. Benjamin and Euphenia (Farrell) Armstrong; ed. in schools of Toronto, Guelph and Hamilton, Ont; m. Burlington, Ont., Oct 27, 1903, Dr. F. M. Crosby; one son: Elmer Lloyd Crosby. Interested in social, philanthropic and educational matters. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Republican. Recreations: Tennis, bridge and motoring. Mem. and ex-pres. of Woman's Club; mem. Ladies' Literary Club, Social Club.

CROSBY, Elizabeth Coolidge (Mrs. Maunsell S. Crosby), 140 W. Fifty-seventh St., N.Y.

Born Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1889; dau. Albert Leighton and Elizabeth (Wiggin) Coolidge; ed. Boston and Munich schools; m. 1908, Manusell S. Crosby; one daughter: Helen E., b. Sept., 1911. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Political Union. Episcopalian. Mem. Women's Welfare Dep't of N.Y. Civic Federation, State Charities Aid Ass'n, Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; mem. Colony Club of N.Y. City.

CROSBY, Emma Erskine (Mrs. William Howard Crosby), 1042 Main St., Racine, Wis.

Born Natick, Mass.; dau. Massena B. and Susan (Perry) Erskine; ed. in schools of Racine, Wis.; m. Racine, 1876, William Howard Crosby. Presbyterian. Vice-pres. gen. for Wis. Nat Soc. D.A.R. Pres. Wis. Federation of Women's Clubs; Boston Woman's Educational and Industrial Union; City Club (Milwaukee); Alliance Française, Chicago; New England Historic-Genealogical Soc (Boston), Racine Woman's Club.

CROSBY, Fanny (Mrs. Frances Jane Crosby Van Alstyne), 226 Welles St, Bridgeport, Conn.

Hymn writer; b. South East, Putnam Co., N. Y., Mar. 24, 1820; dau. John and Mercy Crosby; ed. N.Y. Inst, for the Blind; m. N.Y. City, Mar. 5, 1858, Alexander Van Alstyne (died July 18, 1902). Blind since six weeks old; was teacher of rhetoric and history in N.Y. Inst for the Blind, 1843-58. Began hymn-writing in 1864 for William B. Bradbury, publisher of religious music, continuing until 1868, since which has been writing and editing sacred poetry for Bigelow & Main. Author of the widely known hymns: Safe in the Arms of Jesus; Blessed Assurance; All the Way My Saviour Leads Me; Rescue the Perishing; I Am Thine, O Lord; and several thousand other hymns; also of Memories of Eighty Years (autobiography). Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Relief Corps of G.A.R., and most of the Protestant religious societies.

CROSBY, Georgina, 17 Madison St, Somerville, Mass.

Dentist; b. Chelsea, Mass., Apr. 26, 1876; dau. George and Mary Susan (Haynes) Crosby; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., Boston Dental Coll., D.D.S., Tufts Dental School, D.M.D. Practices dentistry in Somerville, Mass. Mem. and past pres. New England Dental Club (women dentists), sec. Met Dental Hospital Ass'n; charter mem. Forthian Club of Somerville (mem. committees); mem. Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Ass'n, Boston, and Tufts Dental Alumnae Ass'n. Recreations: Out-of-door


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218 sports, nature study. Congregationalism Favors woman suffrage.

CROSBY, Victoria Robie (Mrs. Simon Percy Crosby), 220 River Boulevard, St. Paul, Minn.

Born Zumbrota, Minn., Oct. 26, 1856; dau. John R. and Elizabeth (Kingston) Robie; ed. South Bend, Ind.; m. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 25, 1886, Simon Percy Crosby; one daughter: Alice, b. Nov. 6, 1887. Interested in general philanthropic work. Mem. St. Paul Chapter D.A.R.

CROSMAN, Henrietta — see Campbell, Henrietta Foster Crosman.

CROSS, Dorothea Farquhar (Mrs. Frederick Cushing Cross), 21 Broad St., Fitchburg, Mass.

Born Detroit, Mich; grad. high school, Detroit, Mich., and Bryn Mawr Coll., holding the James E. Rhodes sophomore and junior scholarships, 1897-99, A.B. 1900; m. 1906, Frederick Cushing Cross. Teacher of mathematics, 1900-01; instructor in Latin and mathematics, 1901-03, and head of dep't of Mathematics, 1903-05, in the Baliol School, Utica, N.Y.; teacher of Latin and mathematics in Detroit (Mich.) Sem., 1905-06.

CROSS, Emily Redmond, 6 Washington Square, N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City; ed. Brearley School, N.Y. City; Miss Mary M. Campbell, West Orange, N.J.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; Barnard Coll., 1901-02. Director of Richmond Hill House Settlement, N.Y. City, since 1904. Honorary cor- responding sec. of Bryn Mawr Coll. for N.Y. City.

CROSS, Margaret Elsie, 5347 Coliseum St., New Orleans, La.

Assistant professor of education; dau. Washington and Cynthia (Givens) Cross; ed. Columbia Univ., A.M.; Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., A.M.; mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Lecturer in teachers' institutes and general lecturer on social and educational subjects. Ass't prof, of education, Newcomb Coll. of Tulane Univ., since 1907. Active mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, charity organization, social service work of various kinds, also in the work of religious education and moral reform; has done research work in the psychology of crime. Especially interested in the sex problem, social purity and in means for the reclamation of erring women, playground movement and settlement work. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Era Club (has lectured on the subject). Editor of Woman's Era, 1910; Course of Study for Religious Education. Unitarian.

CROSS, Minnie M. (Mrs. Edward E. Cross), 123 W. Mitchell St., Petoskey, Mich.

Born Milford, Ind., Mar. 4, 1871; dau. Daniel D. and Sarah (Trindle) Miller; ed. Milford (Ind.) high schools; m. Levering, Mich., Oct. 1, 1887, Edward E. Cross; children: Emory D., b. Dec. 10, 1888; Ella Mae, b. June 23, 1890; Helen Mildred, b. Mar. 2, 1902. Pres. Fed. of Women's Clubs of Petoskey, Mich.; recording sec. D.A.R.; past noble grand of Rebekah Lodge No. 104; past commander of L.O.T. Maccabees, Hive No. 61; chairman of Literature Com. of Assembly Study Club. Favors woman suffrage; first county chairman; now mem. County and City Com. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; sup't of primary dep't Sunday-school.

CROSSETT, Ella Hawley (Mrs. John B. Crossett), Warsaw, N.Y.

Born Gainesville, N.Y., Mar. 21, 1853; dau. John Waldo and Juliet (Thorpe) Hawley; ed. Warsaw (N.Y.) Acad. and private teachers; m. Warsaw, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1878, John B. Crossett; children: Juliet, b. Mar. 20, 1880; Carolyn Hawley, b. June 2, 1882. Interested in many philanthropic and social activities. Favors woman suffrage. Organized Wyoming Co. Political Equality Club, Sept., 1891 (pres. many years, now hon. pres.) Organized Warsaw Political Equality Club, Sept., 1S91 (pres. since organization) ; vice-pres. N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Ass'n, four years; pres. N.Y. State Ass'n, 1902-10. Liberal in religion. Votes on school tax questions. Mem. iMssionary Soc, Warsaw Monday Club, Mrs. O. H. P. Belmont's Political Equality Ass'n; life mem. State and Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Buffalo Chapter, D.A.R.

CROSWELL, Mary Sybel, Farmington, Me.

Physician; b. Farmington Falls, Me., 1873; dau. Andrew and Elizabeth (Rich) Croswell; ed. Wilton Acad., Wilton, Me.; Colby Coll., A.B.; Tufts Coll. Med. School, M.D., cum laude, '03; Posse Gymnasium, '05; Pacific Coll. of Osteopathy, D.O. '08; post-grad, courses in ear, nose and throat clinics (mem. Sigma Kappa). Specialist in ear, nose and throat diseases. Resident physician and director Colby Coll., 1906-10. Interested in playgrounds and social centres. Contributor to medical journals. Congregationalist. Mem. Nat. and State Osteopathic societies. Recreations: Walking, skating, driving, tennis, boating, motoring. Mem. Woman's College Club, Evening City Club, Faculty Women's Club of Los Angeles, Sigma Kappa Alumnae Chapter, Portland, Me.

CROTHERS, Rachel, 550 Park Av., N.Y. City.

Playwright; b. Bloomington, Ill.; dau. Eli Kirk, M.D., and Marie Louise (DePew) Crothers; ed. State Normal Univ. of Ill. Author of plays: The Three of Us; The Coming of Mrs. Patrick; My-Self, Bettina; A Man's World; The Herfords. Mem Woman's Civic Federation, Municipal League. Clubs: The Colony, The Three Arts Club. Recreations: Riding, tennis, golf. Favors woman suffrage.

CROUSE, Mary Elizabeth, 1047 Penn St., Reading, Pa.: address abroad, care Credit Lyonnais, Paris, France.

Author; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 3, 1873; dau. Henry William and S. Jennie (Thornton) Crouse; ed. Adelphi Acad, and Packer Coll. Inst, Brooklyn, N.Y. Lectures given in N.Y., notably before the League for Political Education on Algiers. Lectures on the English suffrage movement before societies in N.Y. State and Pa.; also on Christianity in Egypt, for the church. Author: Vigils; Algiers. Has visited Alaska and Cuba. The greater part of seven years she has spent in Europe and Northern Africa, studying historical settings and influences, together with present social conditions. This period includes three years in England, where she has followed closely, from an unofficial and unprejudiced position, the whole recent development of the suffrage movement. Now abroad, engaged in literary work. Author: Out of Egypt, 1913. Especially identified with City House Club of N.Y. City, for which she has done much writing, Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. While in England mem. Soc. of American Women in London.

CROW, Martha Emily Foote (Mrs. John McC. Crow), Tuckahoe, N.Y. City.

Educator, writer; b. Sacketts Harbor, N.Y., May 28, 1854; dau. Rev. John Bartlet Foote, D.D., and Mary Pendexter (Stilphen) Foote; grad. Syracuse Univ., Ph.B. '76, Ph.D. '85; m. Aug. 8, 1884, John McC. Crow, Ph.D., archaeologist and educator (died 1891); one daughter: Agatha, b. 1889 (died 1891). Preceptress Ives Sem., 1876-77; lady principal Waynesburg (Pa.) Coll., 1877-78; teacher Newton (Mass.) High School, 1878-82; lecturer and president's assistant, Wellesley Coll., 1882-84; lady principal Grinnell (Ia.) Coll., 1884-91; commissioned, 1891, by Nat. Bureau of Education to investigate conditions of higher education of women in Great Britain, Germany, Italy and other European countries; attended lectures at Oxford, Cambridge, Leipzic and Zurich. Ass't prof. English literature, Univ. of Chicago, 1892-1900; ass't prof. English literature and dean of women, Northwestern Univ., 1900-05; in N.Y. since 1905, lecturing and writing. Favors woman suffrage (not militants). Author: Elizabethan Sonnet-Cycles (London), four vols., 1896; The World Above (symbolic play), Chicago, 1905; Elizabeth Barrett Browning (in Modern Poets and Christian Teaching Series), 1908; Biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, also several small volumes of verse. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Phi (a founder), Nat. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Modern Language Ass'n, Bibliographical Soc., W.C.T.U., the Little Room, Chicago (authors and artists); Alumna Ass'ns of Waynesburg Coll., Ives Sem., Wellesley


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Rh Coll., Grinnell Coll., Univ. of Chicago, Northwestern Univ. Mem. Am. Historical Soc, Browning Soc. (hon. mem.), the Shakespeare Soc, the Playgoers, the Mary Arden Soc, the Poetry Soc of America, The Writers (N.Y. City). Recreations: Mountain climbing, wood carving, illumination. Mem. Sierra Club (Cal.), Ogontz Club; founder of Open Door Sunday lectureship at Chicago Women's Club, Lyceum (London and U. S.), Chicago Woman's Club of N.Y.

CROWDER, Mattee Saunders (Mrs. Arthur Campbell Crowder), 705 N. State St., Jackson, Miss.

Born Jackson, Miss., Aug. 17, 1879; dau. Robert L. and Annie (Robinson) Saunders; grad. Miss Gary's School for Girls, Baltimore, Md., 1896; m. Jackson, Miss., Aug., 1899, Arthur Campbell Crowder; one son: Arthur Campbell Crowder Jr. Interested in social activities, music and piano. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Music, driving, bridge whist. Mem. Bridge Club, Music Club, Chaminade Club.

CROWELL, Evelyn Walker (Mrs. John W. Crowell, Kings Hill, Walden, N.Y.

Born Mekinock, N.D., July 19, 1886; dau. Francis Little and Margaret (Walker) Hall; ed. Walden (N.Y.) High School; m. Walden, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1905, John W. Crowell. Pres. Walden Woman's Club, Walden, N.Y. ; sec. Ladies' Soc. of Reformed Church. Mem. Hudson River Chapter, Order Eastern Star, Newburgh, N.Y., Ladies' Soc of Reformed Church, Quassaick Chapter, D.A.R. (Newburgh), Athenia Club, Washington, N.Y. Member Dutch Reformed Church.

CROWELL, Grace Wenham (Mrs. Wilbur Saunders Crowell), Forest Cliff Drive, Lakewood, O.

Born Cleveland, O., May 6, 1872; dau. Arthur J. and Melvina M. (Putnam) Wenham; ed. West High School, Cleveland, O., 1886-90; Smith Coll., B.L. '94; (mem. Phi Kappa Psi), Western Reserve Univ., M.A. '96; m. Cleveland, O., Feb. 11, 1902, Dr. Wilbur Saunders Crowell; one daughter: Jean. Assistant in English, Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, O., 1895-96; teacher of English, Miss Mittleberger's School, Cleveland, 1896-1901. Mem. Dist. Com., West Side Dist., Cleveland Associated Charities from start till 1910; now mem. Lakewood Dist. Com. of same. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Consumers' League Exec Com. for several years; mem. the Novel Club, 1897-1911; pres. Cleveland College Club for one year.

CROWELL, Lena Annie (Mrs. Ezra Francis Crowell), Kings Hill, Walden, N.Y. Providence, R.I.

Born Providence, R.I., July 28, 1863; dau. John H. and Mary E. (Horton) Monroe; ed. Providence grammar and high schools, grammar and English; m. Providence, R.I., May 18, 1886, Ezra Francis Crowell; one son: Allan Harris (b. May ), 1887, died Dec 27, 1911). Mem. St. John's Episcopal Church, Providence, and Church of the Holy Spirit Mission at Fruit Hill; pres. Ladies' Aid for 10 years. Founder and for 8 years Pres. Ladies' Auxiliary of North Providence Improvement Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Vincent Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Girls' Friendly Soc, Ladies' Aid, Woman's Auxiliary and Missionary Soc. of the Church. Served three years as chairman Civic Com. R.I. State Federation of Women's Clubs.

CROWL, Mabel Robinson, Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Wellsboro, Pa., May 15, 1876; dau. Andrew and Frances A. (Purdy) Crowl; ed. Ithaca High School; Cornell Univ., A.B. '01. Taught five years in colleges in the South; organized the C. C. Publishing Co. (publishing music); now pres. of the same. Has made a valuable autograph collection. Mem. of several literary societies. Recreation: Farming.

CROWLEY, Mary Catherine, 408 W. 130th St., N.Y. City.

Author, editor; b. Boston, Mass.; dau. John Colman and Mary J. (Cameron) Crowley; ed. Acad. of Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, N.Y. City. Translator of French, German, Spanish, and editor of MSS. Favors woman suffrage. Author: A Daughter of New France, 1901; The Heroine of the Strait, 1902; Love Thrives in War, 1903; In Treaty with Honor, 1906. Also juveniles: Merry Hearts and True, 1889; Happy-Go-Lucky, 1890; Apples Ripe and Rosy, 1893; The City of Wonders, 1894; Short Stories, 1897; An Every Day Girl, 1900. Recreations: Housekeeping, travel, study of languages. Writes sometimes under pen-name "Janet Grant." Lived much of time in Boston; some time abroad; and Detroit, Mich, 1893-1903; since then N.Y. City. Authority on early history of Detroit; one of collaborators on Memorial History of Detroit, 1903. Editor Catholic Mission Magazine and the Annals, 1907-12. Lecturer N.Y. Board of Education Courses, four years, on Art and Literature.

CROWNINSHIELD, Mary Bradford (Mrs. Arent Schuyler Crowninshield), The Anchorage, Seal Harbor, Me.

Author, composer; b. Geneva, N.Y.; dau. Hon. John Melancthon and Sarah Elizabeth (Hopkins) Bradford; privately educated; m. Dresden, Germany, July 27, 1870, Arent Schuyler Crowninshield, U.S.N., who attained rank of rear-admiral and died May 27, 1908; one son: Caspar Schuyler Crowninshield, b. 1871 (died 1910). Composer of music, including several hymns; contributor to the leading magazines. Novelist. Author (pen-name, "Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield): All Among the Lighthouses; The Ignoramuses; Where the Trade Wind Blows; Plucky Smalls; Latitude Nineteen Degrees; The Archbishop and the Lady; Valencia's Garden; San Isidro.

CROXALL, Agnes Brown (Mrs. Morris Le Grand Croxall), Box 51, Rockville, Md., or care Disbursing Clerk, U.S. Navy Dept., Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C; dau. John Sullivan and Emeline (Brown) Croxall; ed. in music and languages by private instructors and holds Normal School diploma; m. N.Y. City, Sept. 17, 1903, Morris Le Grand Croxall. Interested in all religious, social and philanthropic matters; mem. Y.W.C.A., Washington, D.C. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage Ass'n of Montgomery Co., Maryland. Co-editor (with Miss Kate Mason Rowland) in bringing out The Journal of Julia LeGrand, New Orleans, 1861-63 (published 1911); contributor to Press. Episcopalian. Regent Janet Montgomery Chapter, D.A.R.; mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy, League of Am. Pen Women, Nat. Genealogical Soc (chairman Membership Com.), Colonial Dames. Recreations: Music, reading, motoring, gardening, civics, etc. Second vice-pres. of the Woman's Club of Bethesda, Md. State chairman D.A.R. for marking Braddock Trail through Maryland, chairman Md. Soc. for Preservation of Historic Spots, Nat. Soc. D.A.R. and State chairman for Ocean to Ocean Highway over the Old Trails.

CRUIKSHANK, Katharine Adams (Mrs. Robert J. Cruikshank), 21 Hackfeld Road, Worcester, Mass.

Teacher; b. Lowell, Mass., April 21, 1862; dau. Charles A. and Annette (Sawyer) Adams; ed. Lowell and Worcester schools; Worcester High School, '81; State Normal School at Worcester '85, Cornell Univ., special student, 1894-95; m. (1st) Dec 25, 1886, Lester T. Crook (divorced 1892); (2d) April 16, 1901, Robert J. Cruikshank; children: Stuart Adams Crook, David Gordon Cruikshank, Rosamond Cruikshank. Taught in Mass. schools for eight years. Mem. First Universalist Church for 32 years. Recreations: Dancing, cards, reading, walking, music. Mem. Woman's Club of Worcester, Mothers' Child Study Circle.

CRUMB, Geneva, 5463 Maple Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born Bloomfield, Mo., 1872; dau. D. Starks and Ellen (Peck) Crumb; ed. Kirkwood Sem., Hosmer Hall and Wellesley Coll., B.A. '97 (mem. Shakespeare Soc). Assistant to father in real estate business. Has held office and done active work in Neighborhood House (settlement); has managed local lectures by Admiral Peary and Admiral Evans. Has written a few newspaper articles, chiefly championing the cause of