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Rh been head resident. Constant worker in Chicago for municipal reform and social betterment. Member of the managing boards of numerous national philanthropic organizations as well as local societies for municipal and social uplift; has been active in securing factory legislation, civil service laws, the investigation and amelioration of tuberculosis conditions, and in the campaign against the "white slave" traffic; a leader in the equal suffrage movement and vice-pres. Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pres. Ill. Equal Suffrage Ass'n; trustee Rockford College. Congregationalist. Vice-pres. National Executive Committee of the Progressive Party. Has traveled extensively, having spent two years at one time, six months at another and made several other trips abroad; while in Russia made a visit to Count Tolstoy. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, Fortnightly, Twentieth Century, Woman's City. Lecturer and writer on social reforms, contributor to magazines. Author: Democracy and Social Ethics, 1902; Newer Ideals of Peace, 1907; The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets, 1909; Twenty Years at Hull House, 1910; A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, 1912.

ADDISON, Julia de Wolf (Mrs. Daniel Dulany Addison), All Saints' Rectory, Brookline, Mass.

Artist, author, composer; b. Boston, Feb. 24, 1866; dau. Franklin and Ann de Wolf (Lovett) Gibbs; ed. in England and Boston, specialized in music and art, also studied art in Italy; m. Feb. 20, 1889, Rev. Daniel Dulany Addison, D.D., rector of All Saints' Church, Brookline Mass. Art specialty is in ecclesiastic and heraldic design and illumination and embroideries; composer of music of songs, carols, etc. Active mem. of Soc. of Arts and Crafts, of which was one of the incorporators. Author of works on art: Art of the Pitti Palace, 1903; Classic Myths in Art, 1904; Art of the National Gallery, 1905; Art of the Dresden Gallery, 1906; Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages, 1906; The Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1910; The Spell of England, 1912; also two novels: Florestane the Troubadour; Mrs. John Vernon; and several plays. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Copley Soc. of Boston.

ADDISON, Kate B. (Mrs. George W. Addison), 201 Linwood Boulevard, Kansas City, Mo.

Public school teacher; b. Chickasaw, Ia., Apr. 29, 1863; dau. John E. and Katherine (McNutt) Rowen; ed. public schools of Iowa; private tutors; m. Aug. 20, 1882, George W. Addison; children: Elizabeth, Beula D. Assisted in establishing a working girls' hotel in Kansas City, Mo., and a parental house for Juvenile Court wards in Jackson Co., Mo. Mem. Order Eastern Star, Industrial Home Ass'n, Community Center, Social Workers' Conference, W.C.T.U. Clubs: History and Literature of Kansas City, Mo.; pres. of the Council of Clubs, Kansas City, Mo. Recreations: Reading, nature. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; was pres. of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Ass'n four years.

ADDISON, Margaret Eleanor Theodora, Annesley Hall, Queen's Park, Toronto, Can.

Educationalist; b. Horning's Mills, Can., Oct. 21, 1868; dau. Peter and Mary A. (Campbell) Addison; ed. public and high schools; grad. Univ. of Toronto (Victoria Coll.), first class honors, silver medal in modern languages. Teacher in private school, Collegiate Inst; lecturer in German, Univ. of Toronto (Victoria Coll.); Dean of Woman's Residence, Victoria Coll. Mem. Of Woman's Missionary Soc., Social Union, executive of Alumni Ass'n of Univ. of Toronto, executive of Victoria Woman's Ass'n; ex-pres. University Women's Club. Delegate of Alumnae of the Univ. of Toronto to Imperial Congress of Universities of the Empire, 1912, at London. Mem. National Y.W.C.A. Board of Canada; mem. Equal Franchise League; mem. Methodist Church of Canada.

ADENAW, Charlotte Milnor Gillet (Mrs. Arthur P. Adenaw), 178 Barclay St., Flushing, N.Y.

Born N.Y. City, Jan. 10, 1880; dau. G.M. and Susan V. (Milnor) Gillet; ed. by governess and Miss Walker's School, N.Y. City; m. Oct. 14, 1905, Arthur P. Adenaw; children: Charlotte L'Estrange, Arthur Paul Jr., Natalie Gillet. Recreations: Golf, tennis, dancing, swimming. Protestant Episcopal. Against woman suffrage.

ADKINS, Mary Ewart, 6011 Kimbark Av., Chicago, Ill.

Missionary secretary; b. Iowa City, Iowa; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '96; grad. student, 1896-97; ass't in gymnasium, 1897-99, Vassar Coll.; director Women's Gymnasium, Denison Univ. 1899-1900; Y.W.C.A., Elgin, Ill., 1903-08; since 1909 foreign sec. Woman's Baptist Missionary Soc. of the West, Chicago.

ADLER, Helen O. (Mrs. Felix Adler), 162 W. Seventy-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Born Staten Island, N.Y., Sept 4, 1859; dau. Joseph Goldmark and Regina (Wehle) Goldmark; ed. Brooklyn Heights Sem., Brooklyn, N.Y.; m. May 24, 1880, Felix Adler (lecturer Ethical Culture Soc); children: Waldo, Eleanor H., Lawrence, Margaret, Ruth F. Chairman of Com. on District Nursing of Ethical Soc.; founder of first Laboratory Dep't for Modified Milk for Tenement Babies. 1891; mem. Board Manhattan Trade School; mem. Com. of Relief Works, Ethical Society; Woman's Auxiliary to Civil Service Reform Club. Author: Hints for Scientific Study of Children, 1891. Mem. Ethical Culture Soc. Favors woman suffrage, but opposed to militant methods.

ADY, Dora Belle, 114 W. Main St., Sparta, Wis.

Insurance; b. Viroqua, Wis.. Aug. 6, 1862; dau. I. H. and Caroline (Morgan) Ady; ed. Drake Univ., Chicago School of Music. Teacher of music and drawing in public schools. Assumed the insurance business of her father at his death in 1908. Mem. Woman's Foreign and Home Missionary Soc.; lady commander of Spartan Hive, No. 96, of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World. Pres. Seventh Dist of Wis. Suffrage Ass'n. Baptist. County pres. Monroe Co. of the W.C.T.U. Recreations: Music, painting. Mem. and for years sec. Alexandrian Club of Sparta.

AGEE, Fannie Heaslip Lea (Mrs. Hamilton Pope Agee), 1551 Wilder Av., Honolulu, H.T.

Writer; b. New Orleans, La.; dau. James J. and Margaret (Heaslip) Lea; ed. public schools (New Orleans); Newcomb Coll., A.B. post-grad. work in English at Tulane Univ.; m. Mar. 11, 1911, Hamilton Pope Agee, of New Orleans. Author: Quicksands, 1911; Jaconetta Stories, 1912; short stories from time to time, in Harper's, Century, Scribner's, Collier's, Woman's Home Companion, Ainslee's, Smith's, Red Book. Episcopalian. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Recreations: Surfing, tramping, dancing. Mem. Authors' League of America, Hawaiian Outrigger Canoe Club, College Club (Honolulu). Favors woman suffrage.

AHEARN, Margaret Howitt (Mrs. Thomas Ahearn), "Buena Vista," 584 Laurier Av., Ottawa, Can.

Born Montreal; dau. Alexander Fleck; ed. McGill Normal School and Ottawa Ladies' Coll; m. 1892, Thomas Ahearn, electrical engineer and capitalist. Pres. Women's Canadian Historical Soc.; pres. Alumni Ass'n of Ottawa Ladies' Coll. Pres. Local Council of Women, Ottawa; pres. Local Board of Management of Victorian Order of Nurses; director Women's Art Ass'n of Ottawa.

AHERN, Mary Eileen, 37 S. Wabash At., Chicago, Ill.

Librarian, editor; b. Marion Co., Ind.; dau. William and Mary (O'Neill) Ahern; ed. public and private schools of Indiana and Illinois Library School. Assistant State Librarian, 1889-93; State librarian, 1893-95, of Indiana. Founded 1896, and ever since editor in chief of the periodical Public Libraries. Lecturer at all the library schools. Writer of magazine articles. Mem. Am. Library Inst, Am. Library Ass'n, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Am. School Peace League, Ill. Library Ass'n. Clubs: Fortnightly (Indianapolis), Women's City (Chicago), Chicago Woman's, Chicago Library. Opposed to suffrage for women.

AHLDAY, Josephine Ford (Mrs. F. W. Ahlday), Wharton, Tex.

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40 and Mary (Lenox) Ford; ed. in city schools, Austin, Texas; m. Austin City, Texas, Sept. 24, 1884, F. W. Ahlday. Baptist. Democrat. Mem. Woman's Missionary Soc. (Baptist), United Daughters of Confederacy, local chapter J. E. B. Stuart. Recreation: Culture of flowers for personal pleasure. Mem. Mutual Improvement Club, Public Civic Improvement Ass'n. Advovates better protection of woman's property rights.

AHRENS, Mary A. (Mrs. Louis Ahrens), 5495 Cornell Av., Chicago, Ill.

Lawyer; b. Saffordshire, England, Dec., 1836; dau. William H. and Ann (Brown) Jones; ed. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., LL.B.; m. (1st) Galesburg, Ill., 1857, Philip Fellows; (2d) Louis Ahrens; children: Frank B., Fred B., Mary Louise. Settled an estate in Chicago for heirs in Sweden; won many suits where large interests were at stake; obtained favorable construction of statute from Supreme Court conferring the right of women to vote for school trustees. Active worker in M. E. Church, a singer and a Sunday-school worker; in 1893-94 fed many thousands of starving men and boys, and established a home for destitute women and girls in Chicago, Ill. Contributor to magazines. Charter mem. and one of organizers of Protective Agency for Women and Children, one of the five organizers of Ill. Women's Press Ass'n, twenty-seven years ago; pres. of Immediate Aid Soc. Mem. Physical Research Soc. and Grand Army Post. Recreations: Theatre, gardening, country life. Favors woman suffrage; Republican; pres. of Cook Co. Suffrage Ass'n; has lectured all through Ill. upon suffrage question. First lecture was entitled Equal Rights and Social Purity Forty Years Ago.

AIKEN, Carolyn Jones (Mrs. David Aiken), 710 Amberson Av., Pittsburgh. Pa.

Born Pittsburgh; dau. Rees and Catherine (Humbird) Jones; m. David Aiken Jr.; children: Catherine (Mrs. Reed), Rachel, Clara, Florence (Mrs. Smith), Grace. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Twentieth Century Club.

AIKEN, Edith Kenney (Mrs. James P. Aiken), 935 Military St., Port Huron, Mich.

Born Cleveland, O.; dau. Oscar F. and Melissa (McIntosh) Kenney; ed. Cleveland public schools; m. Cleveland, June 17, 1896, James P. Aiken, M.D. Mem. Christian Science Church; pres. Ladies' Library Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; active worker on committees. Progressive Republican.

AINSWORTH, Sarah Frances Anderson (Mrs. Henry A. Ainsworth), Moline, Ill.; winter, Daytona Beach, Fla.

Born Bucyrus, O., Nov. 5, 1849; dau. John and Mary (Andrews) Anderson; ed. Rockford Coll., Rockford, Ill.; was graduated from Normal course in 1869, when the school was Rockford Sem.; m. Uniontown, Pa., June 30, 1896, Henry A. Ainsworth. Taught at Rockford Sem. and Coll. 25 years; was financial sec. of college, 1885-1890; pres. of college 1890-96. Was pres. of the Free Kindergarten Ass'n in Moline, Ill., for six years until the kindergarten was made a part of the public school system. Mem. Associated Charities of Moline, Ill., until the Moline Women's Club engaged a woman to take charge of all relief work. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Progressive in politics. Mem. Ill. State Audubon Soc, Florida State Audubon Soc. Recreations: Music, drama, cards, motoring, observing birds. Mem. Woman's Club of Moline, Ill.; Palmetto Club of Daytona, Fla.; Sans Souci Club, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Chicago College Club.

AKINS, Zoë (Byrd), 2427 McLaren Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Author; b. Humansville, Mo., Oct. 30, 1886, dau. Thomas Jaspard and Elizabeth (Green) Akins; ed. at home; Monticello Sem., Godfrey, Ill., 1900-01; Hosmer Hall, St. Louis. Mo., 1902-03. Private sec. to father, Thomas J. Akins, for period in 1911-12, during his term as postmaster of St. Louis, Mo. Interested in amateur dramatics, social service, political and art movements. Author: Interpretations, a Book of First Poems, 1912. Represented in The Lyric Year, with poem entitled Lethargy, 1912; verse has appeared in Harper's, Century, Forum, and various magazines. Mem. St. Louis Artists' Guild. Clubs: The Players, the Dramatic Club, the Town Club, St. Louis. Recreations: Riding, walking, dancing, tennis, amateur dramatics. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage League.

ALBEE, Helen Rickey (Mrs. John Albee), Pequaket, N.H.

Writer and craft-worker; b. Dayton, Ohio, 1864; dau. James and Rosaltha (Jones) Rickey; ed. privately at home under governess; grad. Dayton High School, '81; studied designing in New York; m. Minneapolis, 1894, John Albee; lectures occasionally; contributor to magazines. Founded Abnákee Rug Industry, first industry of its kind 1897. Author: Mountain Playmates, 1900; Abnákee Rugs, A Manual on Rug-Making, 1901; Hardy Plants for Cottage Gardens, 1910; The Gleam, 1911. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Gardening, photography.

ALBEE, Maria Hawes, Bryn Mawr Coll., Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Teacher of Latin; b. New Haven, Conn.; ed. Hillhouse High School, New Haven; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '04; graduate student, Yale, 1904-06: graduate scholar in Greek, 1909-10, and graduate student, 1910-11; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.M. '10. Instructor in Latin, German and history in high school, New Haven, 1904-06; head of Classical Dep't and ass't principal Tudor Hall, Indianapolis, Ind., 1906-07; teacher at Latin in high school, New Haven, 1907-09; ass't in secretary's office, Yale Univ., 1908-09; teacher of Latin in Miss Wright School, Bryn Mawr, since 1909.

ALBERS, Minnie Martin (Mrs. Homer Albers), 55 Irving St., Brookline, Mass.

Born Gowanda, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1865; dau. Charles Henry and Sarah S. (Goodell) Martin; ed. Fredonia, N.Y.; m. Fredonia, N.Y., June 26, 1889, Homer Albers. Episcopalian. Mem. Salon Fancais de Boston, MacDowell Club.

ALBERT, Grace, The Students' Inn, Bryn Mawr. Pa.

Teacher; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; ed. Miss Gordon's School, Philadelphia; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '97: A.M. '03; graduate student, 1901-02 and 1904-08; graduate scholar in history and economics and politics, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1902-03; fellow in history and student Univ. of London; engaged in research work in the Public Record Office, London, and Univ. of Oxford, 1903-04. Teacher of Latin, 1899-1901; of history, 1905-06, and sec., 1901-92, and since 1906 head of Dep't of History in the Misses Shipleys' School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

ALBERTSON, Lucy Durfee Clark (Mrs. William C. Albertson), 55 Lafayette St., Geneva, N.Y.

School principal; b. Marion, Wayne Co., N.Y., July 10, 1865; dau. Isaac A. and Sarah (Durfee) Clark; received classical diploma from Geneseo State Normal School, 1886; grad. Univ. of Mich. A.B. 1891 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Lakeville, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1892. William C. Albertson; one son: Robert Durfee Albertson. Teacher of Latin and Greek in Baldwinsville High School, 1886-1888; teacher of geometry. Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1892; teacher of Teachers' Training Class, Monticello, N.Y., 1906; principal Prospect Av. Public School, Geneva, N.Y., 1906. Presbyterian. Progressive in politics. Mem. Political Equality Club and College Club; favors woman suffrage.

ALBRECHT, Jennie Butler (Mrs. J. M. Albrecht), Tiskilwa. Ill.

Born Tiskilwa, Ill.; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), 1871; m. Tiskilwa. Ill., J. M. Albrecht. Taught in public schools of Tiskilwa for five years previous to marriage; has since lived on a farm. Mem. Order Eastern Star (was First Worthy Matron for three years of Sharon Chapter). Mem. Woman's Club (has been sec. and pres.).

ALBRIGHT, Evelyn Mary, 5600 Drexel Av., Chicago, Ill.

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Rh Miller and Eliza L. (Downing) Albright; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., Delaware, O., A.B. '98; A.M. 1900; Univ. of Chicago, grad. student since 1907; Phi Beta Kappa. Instructor and assistant prof. of English, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., 1899-11; resident student of Univ. of Chicago. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Short Story, 1907; Descriptive Writing, 1911. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church.

ALBRIGHT, Susan Gertrude Fuller (Mrs. John Joseph Albright), 730 W. Ferry St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '91; m. 1897, John Joseph Albright, merchant, banker and art patron, and one of the incorporators of the American Academy in Rome; children: John Joseph, b. 1897; Elizabeth, b. 1898; Fuller, b. 1900; Nancy, b. 1905; Susie, b. 1908. Engaged as private teacher in Buffalo, 1891-95. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

ALDEN, Cynthia May Westover, Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, N.Y. (office, 96 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.)

Philanthropist, author; b. Afton, Iowa, May 31, 1862; dau. Oliver S. and Lucinda (Lewis) Westover; descendant of Westovers who emigrated from Holland to Virginia, 1600, and by maternal descent from a Welsh family of which Francis Lewis (signer of the Declaration of Independence) was a member; ed. public schools of Colo., State Univ. of Colo, (normal course), Denver Business College; M.Litt. Alfred (N.Y. Univ.) 1903; m. N.Y. City, Aug. 15, 1896, John Alden, one of the editors of the Brooklyn Eagle. Before marriage taught in public schools at Boulder, Colo. ; later came to N.Y. City and became for a time customs inspectress and later private sec. to Street Cleaning Commissioner. Entered newspaper work, becoming editor of the Woman's Page on N.Y. Recorder and later on N.Y. Tribune, and afterward was in editorial work on N.Y. Herald and Ladies' Home Journal. Founded, 1896, and is president-general of the International Sunshine Society, now a world-wide organization which requires its members to agree to do at least one kind act during the year. Finding that no institution was in existence to take care of blind babies, conceived a plan to found the International Sunshine Blind Babies' Home at Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, and later a similar home at Summit, N.J., raising nearly $200,000 to establish them, and securing the passage of laws under which dependent blind babies are sent to these homes and cared for as State charges. Author: Bushy (tale of child-life in Far West); Manhattan, Historic and Artistic; Women's Ways of Earning Money. Recreation: Music; formerly soprano soloist in N.Y. City. Mem. Soc. New England Women, Iowa New Yorkers, and Chiropean Club (Brooklyn).

ALDEN, Isabella Macdonald (Mrs. Gustavus R. Alden), Palo Alto, Cal.

Author (pen-name "Pansy"); b. Rochester, N.Y., Nov. 3, 1841; dau. Isaac and Myra (Spafford) Macdonald; ed. in private school at Ovid, N.Y., and Young Ladies' Sem., Auburn, N.Y.; m. Auburn, N.Y., May 30, 1866, Rev. Gustavus R, Alden. Edited Pansy, a juvenile periodical, for several years. Writer of religious stories, which have had large circulation, especially through Sunday-school libraries, and have been translated into French, Swedish, Japanese, Armenian, and some of them into other languages. Author of more than seventy Sunday-school books, the Chautauqua Girls' Series being among the earliest, as well as some volumes for adult readers. Among the latter books are: The Prince of Peace (a life of Christ); Agatha's Unknown Way; As in a Mirror; Reuben's Hindrances; also numerous contributions to the Herald and Presbyter and the Christian Endeavor World. Presbyterian.

ALDRICH, Annette Howland, Freeport, Me.

Librarian; b. Chicago, Ill., Oct. 17, 1859; dau. George H. and Emily E. (Briggs) Aldrich; ed. public schools of Denver, Colo., Freeport (Maine) High School, Smith Coll. A.B. Teacher Freeport (Maine) High School, 1882-1883, West End Inst., New Haven, Conn., 1883-86; librarian B. H. Bartol Library, Freeport, Maine, 1903. Recreation: Gardening.

ALDRICH, Mrs. Arthur, Livermore, Colo.

Born Manchester, Wis.; dau. Asa H. and Frances E. (Tibbetts) Aldrich; ed. public schools of Wis., Pawnee City Academy, Neb., and Agr'l Coll., Colo.; m. June 4, 1887, Arthur N. Aldrich. Active in intellectual and educational work; pres. of Livermore Woman's Club for past seven years, has been a teacher in Wis., Kans., and Colo, (ten terms in all); had thrilling pioneer experience in Kans. and Colo., now living on a ranch. Recreation: Oil painting. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

ALDRICH, Mrs. Auretta Roys, 82 Belmont Av., Springfield, Mass.

Author, educator; b. Fletcher, Vt., Nov. 2, 1829; dau. Benedict and Melissa (Dunn) Roys; early education in Mass.; took course at Medico-Chirurgical Coll., Philadelphia, two courses at Clark Univ., Worcester, Mass., and one year in Germany; m. Woonsocket, R.I., 1850, Andrew J. Aldrich; children: Arthur G., Ida Auretta, Florence May, and Perley D. Held summer schools for physical training for six years, and then, in 1875, started Mr. S. L. Hill's Industrial Work at Florence, Mass. Author: Kindergarten: Hand Book, 1893; Children and Their Models and Critics, 1900; Life and How to Live It, 1900. Directed translation of Bertha Meyer's Education of the Child; contributed to Henry Barnard's Child Papers, and to various magazines and papers on the subjects of Physical Culture and the Proper Training of Children. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Woman's Political Class, Grandmothers' Class, Physical Culture Class, Kindergartners' Class, and Women's Club of Springfield. Recreations: Gardening and riding.

ALDRICH, Louise Banister (Mrs. Truman H. Aldrich Jr.), 83 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass.

Concert pianist; b. Harwood, Tex.; dau. Robert Boiling and Corilla (Nation) Banister; literary education in Texas and Ala,, musical in N.Y. City, Chicago and Boston; m. Huntsville, Ala., Apr. 4, 1899, Truman H. Aldrich, Jr.; one son: Truman H. 3d., b. June 26, 1906. Appeared as soloist with Boston Symphony, N.Y. Symphony, Theodore Thomas, Russian Symphony, Victor Herbert and Minneapolis orchestras. Episcopalian. Mem. Va. Soc, of Colonial Dames of America. Recreations: Driving motor cars, gardening, reading, dancing. Mem. Country Club and Music Study Club (Birmingham, Ala), Thursday Morning Musical (Boston, Mass). Favors woman suffrage.

ALDRICH, Margaret Chester (Mrs. Richard Aldrich), 317 W. Seventy-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, Oct. 31, 1870; dau. John Winthrop and Margaret Astor (Way) Chester; ed. at home by governesses; m. Oct. 6, 1906, Richard Aldrich; children: Richard Chester, b. 1909; Margaret Astor Chester, b. 1910. Pres. Woman's Municipal League of N.Y., 1902-10. Author: Sonnets on Choice. Clubs: Colony, Woman's Cosmopolitan. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. Treas. Woman Suffrage Party, N.Y. City.

ALDRIDGE, Frances Ellen Wooten (Mrs. William Hal Aldridge), Aldridge, Tex.

Born Woodville, Tex.; dau. Joseph and Elizabeth (Barclay) Wooten; ed. Huntington (Tex.) Inst. (valedictorian of class), '91; m. Woodville, Tex., April 17, 1892, William Hal Aldridge; children: Hal Jr., b. Jan. 8, 1893; Sadie Ruth, b. Mar. 26, 1898. Mem. D.A.R., Dames of 1812, Order of Eastern Star, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Aldridge Literary Club, El Paso Woman's Club; honorary mem. Mutual Improvement Club, Wharton, Tex. Baptist.

ALEXANDER, Emma Cleora Thornton (Mrs. Harrison Grant Alexander), 4 Park Place. Glens Falls, N.Y.

Born Fleming, N.Y.; grad. Vassar, A.B. '97; m. Glens Falls, N.Y., Dec. 14, 1905, Harrison Grant Alexander. After graduation taught at Oneonta, N.Y., 1897-98; Schuylersville, N.Y., 1898-1900, then at Glens Falls, N.Y., until marriage.

ALEXANDER, Georgia, 807 N. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind.

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42, Nov. 4, 1868; dau. G. W. and Caroline (Nichols) Alexander. Instructor in English in School of Methods at Indiana Univ.; lecturer at Summer School of South Knoxville, Tenn. Author: Child Classic Readers; Graded Poetry Readers; Alexander Spellers, Alexander-Derby Arithmetic. Mem. Contemporary Club, Art Ass'n. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; director Woman's Franchise League of Indiana.

ALEXANDER, Grace Caroline, 807 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Author; professional manuscript reader; b. Indianapolis 1872; dau. George N. and Caroline (Nichols) Alexander; ed. Indianapolis High School. Music critic and editorial writer on staff of The News, Indianapolis, 1891-1903. Author: Judith, a novel, 1900. Episcopalian. Mem. Contemporary Club.

ALEXANDER, Harriet L. (Mrs. William C. Alexander), 1043 F St., Salida, Colo.

Born Newport, Ky., Sept. 27, 1882; dau. John Dunn and Cora (Davis) Wright; grad. New Castle High School, and awarded scholarship to Oxford Coll., Ohio; m. New Castle, Ind., July 2, 1907, William C. Alexander; past president of Tuesday Evening Club of Salida, now sec.; chairman State Institutions Committee of Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs, the main object of which is to arouse public sentiment for higher standards, and to endeavor to show the necessity of eliminating partisan politics from the management of our State institutions. Presbyterian. Republican voter in National, independent in local politics; favors woman suffrage.

ALEXANDER, Hattie Caroline Beringer (Mrs. Horace Clement Alexander), 34 Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

Physician; b. Waterford, Pa.; grad. Lapeer (Mich.) High School, '76; Vassar, A.B. '80; Univ. of Mich., M.D., '83; m. Lapeer, Mich., Feb. 25, 1884, Horace Clement Alexander; one son, one daughter. Practised medicine at Lapeer, Mich., 1883-84; Chicago, 1884-1900. Mem. Internat. Med. Congress, 1906 and 1908. Author: Degeneracy and Malthusianism; Correction of Degeneracy; Legal Aspects of Epilepsy. Fellow Chicago Acad, of Medicine.

ALEXANDER, Mary Corlinda Batcheller (Mrs. Robert Alexander), 5500 Wayne Av., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Lowville, N.Y.; dau. Sewel Barney and Mary (Lanpher) Batcheller; ed. Lowville Acad, and Genesee Coll.; m. Lowville, Robert Alexander, lawyer, of Philadelphia; children: Mary A. Truitt, Charles Robert, Alice (deceased). Mem. of Founders and Patriots of America, Colonial Dames of America, New England Soc, Philadelphia Chapter D.A.R., Nat. Soc. of Patriotic Women; mem. Council of Travelers' Aid Soc. Presbyterian.

ALEXANDER, Orline St. John (Mrs. Lawrence D. Alexander), New Canaan, Conn., and N.Y. City.

Born in Virginia; m. June 12, 1866, Lawrence D. Alexander (stock broker); children: St. John, Orline, Lucy, Lawrence D. Jr. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n, United Daughters of Confederacy, Post Parliament, Colonial Dames of America, Equal Franchise Soc.

ALEXANDER, Virginia, 301 W. Green St., Ithaca, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Laporte, Ind.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '89; Cornell Univ., A.M. '99. Teacher in Oxford (Ohio) Coll., 1890-04; South Bethlehem, Pa., 1894-95; N.Y. City, 1895-97; College of St. Elizabeth, N.J., 1899-1903; in Western High School, Washington, D.C., since 1903.

ALFORD, Ora Wadsworth (Mrs. T. S. Alford), 547 Humbolt St., Denver, Colo.

Born Baldwin, Kan., Mar. 6, 1871; dau. Robert Bruce and Harriet (West) Wadsworth; worked way through school and taught at age of 17; ed. Ottawa Coll., '88; grad. Baxter Springs Normal, '92; studied drafting under private tutor; m. McCune, Kan., May 25, 1898, T. Sherman Alford; children: Stanley (adopted), b. 1904; Harriet, b. 1905. At age of 40 went to Boston and took special work at Mass. School of Technology on architectural rendering; studied civic planning. Favors woman suffrage; sec. Woman's Non-Partisan Political League; mem. Commission Government Com. to draft charter amendments. Contributor to magazines on architectural subjects, humanitarian issues and the single tax. Baptist. Independent. Mem. Direct Legislation League, Public School League, Ward Civic Club. Recreations: Drafting, civic planning, architecture. Mem. Woman's Club of Denver, 1900-06; Clio, 1903-05. Organizer of East Side Extension to Woman's Club and of Public School League; organized a Ward Civic Club, composed of women and men. Mem. City Art Commission.

ALGEO, Sara MacCormack (Mrs. James Walker Algeo), 394 Angell St., Providence, R.I.

Born Cohasset, Mass., June 13, 1876; dau. John and Sarah (Clements) MacCormack; ed. Boston Univ., A.B. '99; Brown Univ., A.M. '11; m. Newton, Mass., Sept. 19, 1907, James Walker Algeo. Teacher before marriage. Active in R.I. Working Women's Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; pres. R.I. College Equal Suffrage League. Has done journalistic work and public speaking. Congregationalism Mem. Progressive Party. Mem. R.I. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae and numerous philanthropic organizations; interested in working women's problems and suffrage activities. Recreations: Tennis, horseback riding, boating, farming. Mem. East Side Tennis Club, Metscomet Golf Club.

ALGOE, Margaret Tracy, 713 Oak St., Flint, Mich.

Teacher; b. Flint, Mich., Jan. 13, 1867; dau. John and Emily (Tracy) Algoe; ed. Flint High School; Wellesley Coll., B.S. '88; studied abroad 1892-93; graduate student Chicago Univ., 1899 and 1912; Olivet Coll., A.M., 1910. Teacher in Flint High School, 1893-95, 1897-1905, 1911-13; dean of women, Olivet Coll., 1905-11; instructor of German, Univ. of Colo., 1910. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres. Flint Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1912-13. Presbyterian. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n, Flint (Mich.) Twentieth Century Club.

ALLAN, Sarah Campbell, 222 Rutledge Av., Charleston, S.C.

Physician; b. Charleston, S.C, Dec. 7, 1861; dau. James and Amey S. (Hobcraft) Allan; ed. Charleston Female Sem.; Woman's Med. Coll., N.Y. City, M.D. '94; post-graduate work in Johns Hopkins Univ. Resident physician for summer, 1895, at Thomas Wilson Sanitarium, Baltimore. Appointed, 1895, ass't physician to State Hospital for Insane, Columbia, S.C, resigned Nov., 1906. Interested in church work, civic work, Y.W.C.A., playgrounds and matters relating to health and sanitation. Presbyterian. Mem. Bible Soc, Benevolent Soc, Nat. History Soc Recreations: Driving, reading. Mem. Civic Club. Resigned from active professional life on account of illness of parent; has never engaged in private practice.

ALLEN, Ada Mary Eaton (Mrs. Ralph Allen), Delanan, Ill.

Born Philo, Champaign Co., Ill.; dau. Lucius and Lucy (Cleveland) Eaton; ed. Ill. State Univ., 1874-77; m. Philo, Ill., Sept. 3, 1879, Ralph Allen; children: Edith Louise, Pascal, Fred., Jonathan, Ralph, Lucy, Hester, Harriet, Theodore, Eloise. Favors woman suffrage. Has been mem. of the M. M. Soc. for 30 years, and P. C. of Green Valley societies of a social and improving nature. Mem. Missionary Baptist Church. Has been pres. for two years of Delaware Woman's Club; mem. Friends in Council.

ALLEN, Alice Ranney (Mrs. Thomas Allen), 12 Commonwealth Av., Boston, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., Sept. 30, 1862; dau. Hon. Ambrose A. and Maria D. (Fletcher) Ranney; ed. Boston public schools, grammar and Girls' High School, private courses; m. Oct. 23, 1884, Boston, Thomas Allen; children: Thomas, Erle, Robert Fletcher, Dorothy Fletcher. Interested in work of Boston Women's Municipal League, also mem. Women's Education Ass'n of Boston, Chilton Club (Boston), Musical Art Club. Recreations: Out of door occupations. Unitarian. Against woman suffrage.


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Rh ALLEN, Annie King Blair (Mrs. William W. Allen Jr.), 519 Vine St., Camden, N.J.

Born in North Carolina; grad. Guilford (N.C.) Coll., A.B. 1900; Guilford graduate student at Bryn Mawr Coll. (Latin), 1900-01; m. 1905, William W. Allen, Jr. Principal of Corinth Acad., Conley, Va., 1901-02; teacher in Guilford Coll., 1902-05. Mem. Society of Friends.

ALLEN, Annie Winsor (Mrs. Joseph Allen), 9 Myrtle St., White Plains, N.Y.

Teacher, school director; b. Winchester, Mass., May 25, 1865; dau. Dr. Frederick and Ann Bent (Ware) Winsor; ed. Radcliffe Coll., 1883-85, 1886-89; m. Weston, Mass., June 4, 1900, Joseph Allen; children: Dorothea Teulon, Annie Winsor, Joseph Jr.. David (died 1906). Teacher in Brearley School, N.Y. City, 1889-1900; director of Roger Ascham School, Scarsdale, N. Y., since 1907. Manager of State Training School for Girls, Hudson, N.Y.; mem. Standing Com. All Souls' Church, White Plains, N.Y.; mem. and former pres. Mothers' Council of Public Schools, White Plains. Author: Home, School and Vacation, 1908; has written several magazine articles. Mem. White Plains Nursing Ass'n, National Consumers' League, Mothers' Council, Radcliffe Club, N.Y. City. Recreations: Walking, summer at Seal Harbor, Mt. Desert, Me. Unitarian. Democrat; votes only on school matters.

ALLEN, Cora Williams (Mrs. D. Frederick Allen), Wallingford, Conn.

Born Erie County, Pa.; dau. John E. and Chloe (McArthur) Williams; grad. Clarion (Pa.) State Normal School and Teachers College (Columbia University), '07; m. N.Y. City, June 12, 1907, D. Frederick Allen; one son: Frederick Williams Allen, b. May, 1909. Interested in all educational matters, school gardens and playgrounds, and all child welfare interests. Mem. Betterment League, N.Y. City, Connecticut Grange, Sunshine Society. Recreations: Arts, crafts, pottery. Recording sec. Conn. State Federation of Women's Clubs. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Eleanor Whitney, 12 Commonwealth Av., Boston, Mass.

Social worker; b. Ecouen, France, Apr. 18, 1882; dau. Thomas Allen (artist) and Eleanor Goddard (Whitney) Allen; ed. in private schools in Boston. Corresponding sec. Mass. Ass'n of Women Workers; mem. Vacation Committee, Mass. Section, Woman's Welfare Dep't Nat. Civic Federation; mem. Arlington St. Church branch of Woman's Nat. Alliance (Unitarian), and of Entertainment Committee of Herford Club of Arlington St. Church, which gives concerts, lectures, etc., at various hospitals and other institutions in the city. Mem. Boston Committee of Mass. Soc. Opposed to the Further Extension of Suffrage to Women. Recreation: Golf; bronze medallist of Women's Nat. Golf Championship, 1911. Clubs: Chilton, Saturday Morning, MacDowell, Thursday Morning Musicales (all Boston), and Vincent Club.

ALLEN, Eleanora Isabel (Mrs. Byron D. Allen), 1 Pleasant St., Yarmouth, Me.

Born Brunswick, Me., July 21, 1864; dau. Charles G. and Cora S. (Durgan) Gooding; ed. public schools and high school of Yarmouth, Me.; m. Yarmouth, Sept. 12, 1885, Byron D. Allen; children: Byron Morton, b. July 29, 1887; Harold Bernard, b. July 6, 1889; Ruth Eleanor, b. Apr. 18, 1892; Clara Evangeline, b. Feb. 11, 1895; Harvey Crosby, b. Aug. 26, 1897 (died Sept. 14, 1897). Interested in religious and philanthropic work. Against woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Woman's State Relief Corps of Me. Mem. Fortnightly Club of Yarmouth. Long active in club work, having served as pres. and filled all other offices.

ALLEN, Elisabeth Walbridge Cleveland (Mrs. Charles J. Allen), "The Knoll," Victoria Rd., Asheville, N.C.

Born Bedford, P.Q., Canada; dau. George W. and Adelia (Walbridge) Cleveland; ed. by governesses, Castleton Sem., Castleton, Vt.; m. Rock Island, Ill., Jan. 20, 1869, Gen. Charles J. Allen, U.S.A.; children: Philip Cleveland, George Walbridge, Charles Walbridge, Charles Kissam, Grace Elisabeth. Episcopalian.

ALLEN, Elizabeth, Hotel St. George, Brooklyn, N.Y. (summer, Burlington. Vt.)

Teacher of mathematics; b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; dau. Hon. John J. and Louise A. (Shaler) Allen; ed. Packer Coll. Institute, Brooklyn (certificate), Barnard Coll. A.B. (honors in mathematics, Phi Beta Kappa), Bryn Mawr, Columbia A.M.; (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma at Barnard). Mem. Board of Directors of the Intercollegiate Bureau of Occupations; mem. Women's Political Union, N.Y. City; Equal Franchise League of Burlington, Vt. (field sec.); mem. Board Directors Associate Alumnae of Barnard Coll. Episcopalian. Recreations: Mountain climbing and tennis. Mem. Women's University Club, N.Y. City, Caroline Country Club, Green Mountain Club.

ALLEN, Emma Potter (Mrs. G. J. Allen). 720 W. College St., Rochester, Minn.

Born Clearwater, Minn., June 29, 1870; dau. William B. and Miriam (Stone) Potter; ed. Linden Hill Acad.; New Carlisle (O.) High School (valedictorian); won scholarship from Adrian Coll., Mich.; m. New Carlisle, June 29, 1896, George J. Allen, lawyer, of Rochester, Minn.; children: Samuel P., b. 1900; George B., b. 1906. Pres. of two clubs, also of First Dist. Minn. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. Eastern Star and Rebecca Lodges and W.C.T.U. Takes active part in church work, holding responsible offices in Parish Aid and Woman's Auxiliary of Episcopal Church. Favors woman suffrage. Clubs: Tourist, Home Economics, Civic League, State Federation.

ALLEN, Florence Eliza, 219 Lathrop St., Madison, Wis.

University instructor; b. Horicon, Wis., Oct. 4, 1876; dau. Charles and Eliza (North) Allen; ed. Univ. of Wis., B.L., M.L., Ph.D. (mem. Delta Delta Delta). Instructor in mathematics, Univ. of Wis. Congregationalist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Frances, 210 Pine St., Holyoke, Mass.

Photographer and illustrator; b. Deerfield, Mass., Aug. 10, 1854; dau. Josiah A. and Mary (Stebbins) Allen; ed. Deerfield Acad.; Westfield Normal School. In association with sister as Frances and Mary Allen, widely known as illustrators and pictorial photographers.

ALLEN, Gertrude, 515 North Lake St., Madison, Wis.

Editor, writer; b. Ossining, N.Y.; dau. J. Howe and Anna Gertrude (Hedden) Allen; privately educated under the teachers of her father's school, the Mount Pleasant Military Academy, and special work at Univ. of Vermont. Fiction reader for Collier's Weekly; short story writer; now associate editor of the Wisconsin State Journal. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Gretchen Brooks Stevens (Mrs. George W. H. Allen), Box 538, Cazenovia, N.Y.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., Mar. 3, 1892; dau. Frederick H. and Hattie (Brooks) Stevens; ed. Franklin School, Buffalo, 1897-99, Los Robles School, Pasadena, Cal., Villa Dupont School, Paris, 1906-10, and Julian Studio, Paris, 1909; m. Buffalo, April 18, 1911, George W. H. Allen, of Cazenovia, N.Y., formerly of St. Louis, Mo.; one son: Frederick Stevens Allen, b. July 3. 1912. Life mem. Barlow Sanatorium, Los Angeles, Cal.; connected with King's Daughters of St. Peter's Church, Cazenovia; donor Allen Prize for German, Morristown School, Morristown, N.J.; life mem. and patron Children's Hospital, Buffalo, N.Y. ; mem. Philharmonic Soc. of N.Y. City; sustaining mem. Erie County Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; life mem. Buffalo Fine Arts Acad, and Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo N.Y.: mem. The Owahgena Club (Cazenovia, N.Y.). Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage. Recreations: Horseback riding, driving, art, music.

ALLEN, Lucy Ellis, West Newton, Mass.

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44 Smith Coll. A.B., and by European travel and study in seven trips abroad. Teacher in Allen School, West Newton, and principal of The Misses Allen School, 1904. Member of a family of educators and professional people, and her father, who founded the Allen School for Boys in West Newton, was an educator, reformer and philanthropist of Mass. for 80 years. Director Pomeroy Home for Orphan Children, Newton, Mass.; sec. and treas. West Newton Journey Club; vice-regent Lucy Jackson Chapter D.A.R., of Newton; mem. Twentieth Century Club of Boston; mem. and has been officer in the College Club of Boston, Smith College Club, and Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Director Boston Equal Suffrage Club. Unitarian. Recreations: Tennis, driving, riding, sailing.

ALLEN, Lulu Pearl Jeffers (Mrs. James A. Allen), 312 W. Eighty-third St., N.Y. City.

Born in Kentucky; ed. schools of Covington, Ky.; m. Covington, Oct. 31, 1900, James A. Allen (lawyer). Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church. Director N.Y. City Fed. of Women's Clubs, Century Theatre Club, Dixie Club, Political Study Club, Minerva Club, Rainy Day Club, Forum, Woman's Press Club.

ALLEN, Lydia Jeannette McMillan (Mrs. George W. Allen), Box 188, Cazenovia, N.Y.

Born La Porte, Ind., Oct. 8, 1853; dau. Rev. John and Elisabeth Catherine (Walton) McMillan; ed. by private instruction up to 1865, Methodist Episcopal Coll., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1866-68; prepared for Vassar Coll. by the late Dr. James Newell, of Pittsburgh, 1869; Vassar Coll., 1870-74, A.B. '74; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 21, 1876, George W. Allen, of St. Louis; children: Thomas Allen, 3d, of N.Y. City, b. Sept. 8, 1877; Clare (Mrs. Charles H. Haskins, of Cambridge, Mass.), b. March 6, 1881; Elisabeth Walton (Mrs. James B. Mennell, of London, Eng.), b. Oct. 1, 1882; George Walton Holker Allen, of Cazenovia, N.Y., b. Nov. 19, 1889, and Whitelaw Reid Allen, of Cazenovia, N.Y., b. Feb. 26, 1891. Very deeply interested in the Child Labor Ass'n and its works. Donor of Allen Senior and Junior French prizes, Morristown School, Morristown, N.J. Mem. Circle of Friends of the Medallion, Acad, of Political Science and of the Owahgena Club of Cazenovia, N.Y. Episcopalian. Opposed to woman suffrage. Recreations: Travel, motoring.

ALLEN, Mabel Stanley Calef (Mrs. Charles Rollin Allen Jr.), 172 Spring St., Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Born Providence, R.I.; dau. George C. and Emma (Sanders) Calef; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '96; student in French of Franco-English Guild, Paris, 1899-1900; m. Nov. 9, 1904, Charles Rollin Allen Jr.; children: Stanley Calef, b. Sept. 28, 1905; Lucy Emma, b. July 11, 1907; Charles Rollins, b. Sept. 7, 1910. Teacher, Millis, Mass., 1897-98; Providence (R.I.) Classical High School, 1900-02. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

ALLEN, Margaret Pinckney Jackson (Mrs. Arthur Moulton Allen), 84 Upton Av., Providence, R.I.

Born Roselle, N.J.; grad. Vassar, A.B. '01; m. June 1, 1904, Arthur Moulton Allen. Teacher Nat. Cathedral School, Washington, D.C., 1901-02; actress in N.Y. City, 1902-03.

ALLEN, Martha Elizabeth Moore (Mrs. J. D. Allen), 155 N. Bellevue Boulevard, Memphis, Tenn.

Born on homestead farm in Jay Co., Ind., Nov. 16, 1849; dau. Samuel and Leah McKay (Phillips) Moore; ed. in public schools; one year in Miss Lou Barton's Girls' School of Indiana; diploma from Chautauqua, N.Y., 1880-84; m. Grant Co., Ind., June, 1869, J. D. Allen; one son: Junius D. Allen, b. 1870. Interested in temperance and suffrage work. State sup't in narcotics under W.C.T.U.; State pres. Equal Suffrage League of Tenn., 1906-12; delegate to three W.C.T.U. and two suffrage national conventions. Author: Rambles with Christian Endeavors (a pamphlet); also numerous articles on temperance and suffrage. Christian Scientist. Recreations: Driving through parks, country rambles. Mem. Nineteenth Century Club, Civic League.

ALLEN, Martha Meir (Mrs. James E. Allen), Forest Hills Gardens, Long Island, N.Y.

Writer, research worker; b. Owen Sound, Ontaria, Can.; dau. Jonn H. and Ellen Meir; ed. Owen Sound High School; some college work privately; m. Owen Sound, Can., June, 1880, Rev. James E. Allen; children: Georgia, Roy, Martha. Came to N.Y. State to live in 1885. Read paper by request before Section on Hygiene of American Med. Ass'n, June, 1906; United States Government delegate to Congress on Alcoholism held in London, July, 1909. Author of book: Alcohol a Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, used as a reference book in all the medical libraries of United States and Canada; also many pamphlets on effects of alcohol and drugs, and leaflets showing dangers of drugs in soft drinks. Sup't of Med. Temperance for the World's and Nat. W.C.T.U.; mem. A.A.A.S.; mem. Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of M.E. Church. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Mary, Deerfield, Mass.

Photographer, illustrator; b. Deerfield, Mass., May 14, 1858; dau Josiah A. and Mary (Stebbins) Allen; ed. Deerfield Acad.; Westfield Normal School. Favors woman suffrage. In association with her sister, Frances, does illustrating and pictorial photographic work.

ALLEN, Mary Adele, 206 Pine St., Holyoke, Mass.

Teacher, writer; b. in Mass.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '86; student Greek archaeology, Yale, 1896-1903. Teacher, Holyoke High School, 1886-91; teacher of Greek, Minneapolis, Minn., 1891-92; New Haven (Conn.) High School, 1892-1905; Holyoke High School, head History Dep't, 1905-06; head Classical Dep't since 1909. Author: The Plain Path, etc. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

ALLEN, Mary Dayton, Ramadan, Persia.

Physician; b. Oneonta, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1884; dau. Horace Hews and Frances Adelia (Fitch) Allen: ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B.; Johns Hopkins Medical School, M.D., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary fraternity), Zeta Phi (medical). After graduation in 1910, resident house officer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1910-11. Appointed missionary to Persia, 1911; now in charge of Whipple Memorial Hospital, Hamadan, Persia, under Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Mary Findlay (Mrs. Yorke Allen), 41 Ridgewood Rd., S. Orange, N.J.

Born Baltimore, Md., Nov. 9, 1881; dau. John L. and Mary (Keesey) Findlay; ed. Southern Home School, Baltimore; m. Towson, Md., Oct. 20, 1906, Yorke Allen; children: John Findlay, Carolyn Yorke Allen.

ALLEN, Mary Jane, San Diego, Cal.

Born Medina, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1841; dau. Stephen Wilson and Clarissa (Marvin) Hill; ed. in schools of Ohio; m. (1st) Oct. 16, 1864, George W. Patterson, who died Feb. 16, 1879; (2d) Oct., 1885, Seymour W. Allen, who died June 11, 1900. Engaged as school teacher for fifteen years before marriage. Active in church and philanthropic work;, raises flowers and distributes to sick and infirm. Helped organize the Stockton (Kan.) Congregational Church; was choir leader and sup't of Sunday-school. Extensive traveler. Congregationalist. Lived until recently in Osborne, Kan., whence removed early in 1913 to California.

ALLEN, Mary Montague Ferry (Mrs. E. C. Allen), Box "A," Park City, Utah (winter, 525 W. Highland Av., Redlands, Cal.)

State Regent D.A.R.; b. Ferrysburg, Mich., Feb. 27, 1853; dau. Charles William Montague and Jeannette (Hollister) Ferry; grad. Ipswich (Mass.) Female Sem., '74 Musical education in Boston and Chicago; m. Grand Haven, Mich., Oct. 1, 1879, E. C. Allen; children: William Montague Allen, 1883; Kate Harwood Allen-Anderson, 1888. Teacher of music; later organist and chorus conductor; these professional cares gradually relinquished save for occasional church service. Lived until marriage at Grand Haven, Mich., for ten years at Ludington, Mich., for 24


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Rh years at Park City, Utah; winter residence at Redlands, Cal., for 10 years. Interested in home and foreign mission work of church; mem. Woman's Board of Management of Westminster College, Salt Lake City; was first grand matron of the O.E.S, of Utah. Mem. Spirit of Liberty Chapter, D.A.R.; State Regent, 1903. Presbyterian. Democrat in National, American in Utah politics. Mem. of Woman's Athenaeum of Park City, Utah, and of The Contemporary Club of Redlands, California.

ALLEN, Maud, Ferozepore, Punjab, India.

Medical missionary; b. Owatonna, Minn.; dau. Ethan and Josephine (Blood) Allen; ed. Univ. of Mich., M.D. '94. Went to India as a medical missionary in 1894; now in charge of the Frances Newton Hospital at Ferozepore, in the Punjab. Presbyterian.

ALLEN, Miranda May, 297 Alexander St., Rochester, N.Y.

Physician; b. Rochester, July 4, 1870; dau. Anson C. and A. May (Alcott) Allen; ed. Rochester public schools, high schools, Univ. of Mich., M.D. N.Y. State Sec. Public Health Education Com. of Am. Med. Ass'n, 1909-11. Special lecturer N.Y. State Health Dep't on Eugenics and Sex-Hygiene, 1912. Director Rochester Public Health Ass'n, 1909-11, engaged in anti-tuberculosis work; chairman Hygiene Com. City Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1909-11; chairman of 7th Dist. N.Y. Fed. Women's Clubs' Public Service Com.; mem. Rochester Political Equality Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. local club and speaker for suffrage. Author of lectures on anti-tuberculosis work, eugenics and sex-hygiene, also various medical papers. Unitarian. Mem. D.A.R., Am. Med. Ass'n, N.Y. State Med. Soc., Monroe Co. Med. Soc., Blackwell (Women's) Med. Soc., N.Y. State Women's Med. Soc.

ALLEN, Mollie MacClaughry (Mrs. Harry Bush Allen), Oswego, N.Y., R.F.D. 6.

Farmer, Institute lecturer; b. East Greenwich, N.Y.; dau. Ezra and Louise (Davis) MacClaughry; grad. Washington Acad., Salem, N.Y., Cornell Univ. B.S. '93 (special mention in chemistry); m. Syracuse, N.Y., Sept. 7, 1906, Harry Bush Allen. Taught sciences in public high schools, Saratoga and Medina, N.Y., also in private school in New Orleans, La. Has done Farmers' Inst, work in N.J., N.Y., Pa. and Canada. Mem. Congregational Church, Ithaca, N.Y. Mem. Huldah Chapter, O.E.S., Hannibal, N.Y.; North Hannibal Grange and N.Y. State Grange. Has written for the poultry papers, principally for the American Poultry World, Buffalo. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Ruth Homer (Mrs. G. F. Allen), 2 Monro Park, Toronto, Can.

Born Oct. 27, 1877; dau. Judge W. B. and Louise (Hart) Homer; ed. St. Louis High School and Smith Coll., B.L. ; m. Sept. 20, 1900, George Franklin Allen; children: Louise Hart, Ruth. Favors woman suffrage. Christian Scientist. Recreations: Boating, snow-shoeing, dancing, auction. Pres. Culture Club of Toronto; mem. University Woman's Club.

ALLEN, Viola (Mrs. Peter Duryea).

Actress; b. Alabama; dau. C. Leslie Allen, distinguished character actor, a native New Englander of Revolutionary descent, and Sarah J. (Lyon) Allen, Englishwoman of family long connected with British navy; spent early years in Boston, where her father was for years In the Boston Theatre Company; from age 10 to 13 was at the Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, then entered private school in N.Y. City, her father then being with the Madison Square Theatre Company, and also studied Shakespeare under his tuition; m. 1906, Peter Duryea, of Lexington, Ky., and New York, well-known horseman. While still a schoolgirl, made debut, quite unexpectedly, in the ingenue part of Esmeralda during the temporary absence from the cast of the actress playing that part, doing so well that she soon after was cast for Virginia in the play of Virginius, and to understudy classical and Shakespearean roles in a repertoire company; after that appeared with Lawrence Barrett as Mildred in Browning's Blot on the 'Scutcheon, and soon after that was playing Desdemona, Parthenia, Juliet, Cordelia and other classic leading roles with Tomasso Salvini, the great Italian tragedian; then for a season leading lady of the Boston Museum Company and supported by Joseph Jefferson and William Florence, playing the parts of Lydia Languish in The Rivals and Cicely Homespun in The Heir-at-Law, in elaborate revivals of those old comedies. Following that for several seasons, under Charles Frohman's management, created many new roles in noted successes at the Empire Theatre, such as Aristocracy, Liberty Hall, Sowing the Wind, The Masqueraders, The Conquerors, etc. Then starred five years with Liebler & Co., creating the ro1es of Gloria Quayle in The Christian (Hall Caine), Doña Dolores in In the Palace of the King (F. Marion Crawford), and Roma in Hall Caine's The Eternal City, also appearing as Julia in a fine revival of The Hunchback (Sheridan Knowles). After that for three seasons appeared in Shakespearian productions (with her brother, Charles W. Allen, as manager), playing Viola in Twelfth Night, Hermione and Perdita in The Winter's Tale, and Imogene in Cymbaline, also in special performances of As You Like It, The School for Scandal and Romeo and Juliet, also produced The Toast of the Town, by Clyde Fitch, and an English play, Irene Wycherley, by Anthony Wharton. After that, under Liebler & Co., played The White Sister (Marion Crawford). In October, 1912, created name part of Judith Gautier in Pierre Loti's play. The Daughter of Heaven, at the Century Theatre, New York. Great lover of horses; enthusiastic rider and driver. Mem. of Twelfth Night Club. Keenly interested in the project of international peace.

ALLEN, Wellasca Pollock (Mrs. Wilfred P. Allen), 804 B St., S.W., Washington, D.C.

Disciple and teacher of Bahaism; b. Weston, Mass., Feb. 12, 1871; dau. George Henry and Louise (Plessner) Pollock; ed. Washington (D.C.) public schools, Washington Normal Kindergarten Inst, and Froebel Inst., Washington; m. Richmond, Va., Sept. 5, 1906, Wilfred P. Allen; children: Wilfred Pollock, b. Dec. 29, 1908; Harrison Dyar, Dec. 24, 1911. Taught kindergarten in the public schools of Washington before marriage, pioneering the kindergarten idea in that city. Before kindergarten could be introduced into the public schools of Washington it was necessary to have a corps of trained colored teachers, and she and her mother trained a class of 22 for that purpose, and they also conducted a correspondence kindergarten course. Since 1901 Interested in the Bahai Revelation and has been engaged in disseminating its principles. In 1907 went to Acca, Syria, and visited Abdul Baha Abbas, the leader of this movement, then a prisoner of the Turkish Government because of his religious views. Made compilations of extracts from the teachings of Abdul Baha Abbas, two in English and one in Persian: Selections from the Tablets of Abdul Baha to Aseyeh, also Letters of Abdul Baha to the Children, and in Persian, Pearls of the Kingdom.

ALLIN, Eugenia, Decatur, Ill.

Librarian; b. Bloomington, Ill.; dau. William H. and Harriet E. (Capen) Allin; ed. Bloomington (Ill.) High School, Wesleyan Univ., Univ. of Ill., B.L.S. 1903; mem. Phi Delta Psi. Librarian of the Decatur Coll. and Industrial School, 1903-10. Organizer Ill. Library Extension Commission since 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Univ. of Ill. Alumni Ass'n, Univ. of Ill. Library School Alumni Ass'n, Am. Library Ass'n, Ill. Library Ass'n, D.A.R., Decatur Municipal Art League. Recreations: Golf, walking. Mem. Decatur Country Club, Study Class, Drama Club.

ALLIN, Heloise M. Litchfield (Mrs. George Albert Allin), 13th Av. and 56th St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 12, 1854; dau. Electus Bachus and Hannah Maria (Breed) Litchfield; ed. Paris and New York; m. Brooklyn, June 24, 1874, George Albert Allin; children: George Litchfield, Lawrence Blanchard, Heloise Marie, Kate Duryea. Baptist; second directress of The Brooklyn Baptist Home; pres. Church


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46 Aid Soc. of Strong Place Baptist Church. Mem. Colonial Dames of New York, Colonial Daughters of the XVIIth Century. Clubs: Brooklyn Woman's (chairman Board of directors); charter. mem. Winter Club of Utrecht; charter mem. and pres. Utrecht Study Club; mem. Ex-Presidents' Club of Brooklyn.

ALLIN, Josephine Turner, 4805 Madison Av., Chicago, 111.

Teacher and dramatic director; b. Chicago, Ill., June 10, 1877; dau. Benjamin C. and Josephine (Turner) Allin; ed. Univ. of Chicago, A.B. '99; Sorbonne, Paris, 1901-02 (The Quadranglers). Interested in the Episcopal Church, Settlement League, University Settlement and vocational counseling. Mem. Univ. of Chicago Alumnae Club, Univ. of Chicago Alumni Ass'n, Settlement League, Drama League of America, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Chicago High School Teachers' Club and various educational or pedagogic associations, and very active in Chicago College Club. Dean of girls in Chicago High School. Recreations: Dramatic coach, French clubs. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLINE, Mary Clapp (Mrs. W. Henry Alline), 113 Gainsboro St., Boston, Mass.

Born Boston; dau. Henry Barnard and Mary C. (Beals) Clapp; ed. boarding school and Winthrop School, Boston; m. Boston, May 25, 1886, W. Henry Alline. Active in State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Against woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Founders and Patriots of America, (Colonial Dames. Has held office of regent, also treas. and registrar of Paul Revere Chapter D.A.R., and similar offices in Daughters of 1812; first vice-pres. Brighthelmstone Club; vice-pres. of two church organizations for charity and philanthropic work.

ALLINSON, Annie Crosby Emery (Mrs. Francis G. Allinson), 163 George St., Providence, R.I.

Educator; b. Ellsworth, Me., Jan. 1, 1871; dau. Lucilius A. and Annie Stetson (Crosby) Emery; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll. A.B. '92, Ph.D. '96, Hon. Litt.D. from Bowdoin Coll., 1911; m. Hancock Point, Me., Aug. 22, 1903, Francis Greenleaf Allinson. Dean of Women and assistant professor, Univ. of Wis., 1897-1900; dean of Women's Coll. in Brown Univ., 1900-05. Joint author, with husband, of Greek Lands and Letters, 1909, revised 1912.

ALLIS, Fannie Augusta, Wilbraham, Mass.

Ex-teacher; b. Wilbraham, Mass., 1863; dau. William Penn and Amelia R. (Baker) Allis; ed. preparatory school; five years Smith Acad., Hatfield, Mass.; Smith Coll., 1880-84, A.B. '84; since graduation has traveled abroad; studied at Harvard Summer School and Hartford (Conn.) Pedagogy School. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Recreations: Painting, sketching, tutoring, gardening, reading, writing.

ALLIS, Lizzie May, 293 N. Euclid Av., Pasadena, Cal.

Teacher; b. Prattsburgh, Steuben Co., N.Y.; dau. Elijah and Emily Olivia (Hayes) Allis; ed Franklin Acad., Prattsburgh, Regents' diploma; Elmira College, A.B. (salutatorian), Hall essay prize; Diven reading prize, also A.M. '96; Cornell Univ., 1895-96; special study 1909-10 in Marburg and Berlin Univs., Germany; Zeugnis in German phonetics from Prof. Vietor of Univ. of Marburg (mem. Kappa Sigma). Three years preceptress of Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, Towanda, Pa.; one year teacher in Jacksonville (Ill.) Female Acad,; five years preceptress of State Normal, Mansfield, Pa.; thirteen years head of dep't of modern languages, Iowa State Coll.; now commencing fourth year as teacher of German in Polytechnic High School, Pasadena, Cal. Much interested in educational, religious and philanthropic work, Y.W.C.A. and Sunday-school. Active mem. of weekly Bible Study Class. Favors woman suffrage. Has written accounts of foreign travel and German dialogues and essays. Presbyterian. Republican. Mem. Y.W.C.A., Agonian Soc. of Normal Schools of N.Y. and Pa., Pasadena Teachers Ass'n. Has traveled extensively in U.S. and Europe, visited foreign countries four times. Mem. Browning Club of Pasadena.

ALLIS, Mary Elizabeth, 1604 Spruce St., Philadelphia. Pa.

Missionary secretary; b. Philadelphia; ed. Miss Irwin's School, Philadelphia; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; graduate student, 1902-05. Director and sec. of Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of the Presbyterian Church since 1909.

ALLOWAY, Mary Louise Tuttle (Mrs. Henry Alloway), 412 West End Av., N.T. City (summer, The Birches, Goshen, N.Y.).

Born New Haven, Conn., Jan. 17, 1858; dau. William and Polly Elizabeth (Beecher) Tuttle; m. Dec. 24, 1885, Henry Alloway of N.Y. City; children: Polly, Elizabeth, Charles R. Collector of Americana, especially Colonial china, furnishings and documents. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. D.A.R., Patriotic Women of America, Nat. Soc. of New England Women, Daughters of the Union, Washington Headquarters Ass'n, Minerva Club, Phalo, N.Y. State Women, Post Parliament, Athenia, Pensa and Monday Art Clubs and N.Y. City Fed. of Clubs.

ALLSTRUM, Esther, 644 N. Trafton St., Tacoma, Wash.

City market-master and food Inspector; b. Minnesota; dau. Louis and Eva F. (Henderson) Allstrum; ed. Minneapolis public schools. Learned printing trade in Tacoma, Wash., mastering mechanical and business details, became partner in firm; now largest owner and pres. Allstrum Printing Co., one of most complete plants in State. Appointed to office of city market-master and food inspector, 1910, and went to work vigorously to remedy deplorably unsanitary conditions in Tacoma, strongly opposed by those profiting by these conditions and hampered by defective laws, roused public opinion and secured co-operation of women's organizations of city; resigned in 1911 because of withdrawal of support by administration. In recall election following her work was an issue, and the new mayor then elected reappointed her to office, in which, securing better legislation, she has made conditions which have been declared by the State food inspector the best in the State. Mem. Nat. Council of Women Voters; active mem. Woman's Club.

ALMY, Amy Celesta (Mrs. John E. Almy), 2300 A St., Lincoln, Neb.

Born West Point, Neb., Feb. 13, 1875; dau. Uriah and Amelia (Brobst) Bruner; ed. Univ. of Nebraska, A.B. '96; Cornell Univ., A.M. '02; m. West Point, Neb., July 22, 1903, John E. Almy, Ph.D.; one daughter: Constance. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Church organizations for women, missionary and social. Recreations: Walking, reading. Mem. Faculty Woman's Club, Social Service Club.

ALMY, Helen Cabot (Mrs. Charles Almy), 147 Brattle St., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Boston, Jan. 26, 1856; dau. Samuel and Hannah Lowell (Jackson) Cabot; ed. Boston private schools; holds certificate (preliminary and advanced) from Harvard examination for women, 1874-1875; m. Ponkapoag, Mass., Oct. 5, 1882, Charles Almy, Jr.; children: Mary, Helen Jackson, Anna Cabot, Charles, Elizabeth Mason, Samuel Cabot. Interested in Cambridge Vacation School Com., three years; Cambridge Playground Com., 10 years; Cambridge Playground Commission one year; director in two private schools in Cambridge since their incorporation: The Buckingham School and the Cambridge School for Girls; various Cambridge clubs. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

ALSTON, Caroline Lamar du Bignon (Mrs. Robert E. Alston), 878 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Savannah, Ga., July 24, 1876; dau. Fleming Grantland and Caroline Nicoll (Lamar) du Bignon; ed. St. Timothy's, Catonsville near Baltimore, Md. (Theta Tau); m. Savannah, Ga., Jan. 1, 1900, Robert E. Alston (lawyer). Interested In all matters for the welfare of people, active in social and religious matters; former pres. Sheltering Arms; interested in Old Woman's Home. Episcopalian.


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Rh ALTSTAETTER, Rebecca Barnard Raoul (Mrs. Frederick William Altstaetter), Woodsdale, Wheeling, W.Va.

Born Macon, Ga., Sept. 21, 1878; dau. William Green and Mary Millen (Wadleigh) Raoul; ed. by private schools and governess and School of Philanthropy, N.Y. City; m. Atlanta, Ga., Major Frederick William Altstaetter, Corps of Engineers, U.S.A.; children: Mary, b 1909; Raoul b. 1911. Director Wheeling Associated Charities; sec. Wheeling Social Workers' Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Wheeling Equal Suffrage Soc. Unitarian. Mem. Nat. Child Labor Com., Wheeling Woman s Club.

ALVORD, Lucy Fairbanks (Mrs. James C. Alvord), Hopedale, Mass.

Writer, lecturer; b. St. Johnsbury, Vt., Oct. 15, 1868; dau. Henry Fairbanks (Fairbanks Scale Co.) and Annie S. (Noyes) Fairbanks; grad. Smith Coll. B.L. '91; m. St. Johnsbury, Vt., June 8, 1898, Rev. James Church Alvord. Home sec. Worcester County Branch, Woman's Board of Missions; pres. Fortnightly Club of Woonsocket. R.I.; 1st vice-pres. R.I. Federation of Woman's Clubs; mem. Quinshipaug Club of Milford, Mass. Writes short articles for Ladies' Home Journal, The Housekeeper, The Congregationalist, The Wellspring and others; also missionary leaflets, as Doing What You Can't and Her One and Only. Lectures before Women's Clubs on tramping, also on art and architecture, especially the works of the old masters and the cathedrals of Europe. Congregationalist. Recreation: Has tramped 3,000 miles in Europe and America during the summers of the last ten years, making from 18 to 30 miles a day.

'''ALVORD. Katharine Sprague,''' Chadbourne Hall, Madison,Wis.

Born Sandusky, Ohio, June 16, 1871; dau. Frederick Wakeman and Caroline (Sprague) Alvord; grad Univ. of Mich. A. B '93; Columbia Univ., A.M '08; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Instructor in history, Oshkosh State Normal School 1897-1907; Instructor in history. Miami Univ., Oxford, Ohio, 1908-09 mistress of hall, Univ. of Wis., since 1909. Mem Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Am. Historical Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Recreations: Walking, riding.

AMBLER, Sara Ellmaker (Mrs. Evan L. Ambler). 1514 S. Twenty-second St., Philadelphia. Pa.

Author; b. Leacock, Lancaster Co., Pa.; dau. Alfred and Mary Alice (Coates) Ellmaker; ed. Millersville, First Normal School of Pa.; m. Gap, Pa., May 2, 1893, Evan L. Ambler (banker); children: Caroline Watson, Mary Elizabeth, Edward Ellmaker, Joseph Penrose. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Dear Old Home; Hansies Prize Pumpkin; Benjamin Stoltz Waring, and short stories in Woman's Home Companion, Brooklyn Eagle, Brown Book, etc. Presbyterian.

AMBURN, Jessie Eoline Bowles (Mrs. James Buchanan Amburn), Lake Village, Chicot Co., Ark.

Born Arkansas City. Ark., Feb. 23. 1875; dau. William Wesley and Elmira (McMullin) Bowles; ed. grammar school, Arkansas City; Tenn. Female Coll., Franklin, Tenn.; Galloway Coll., Searcy, Ark.; m. Arkansas City, Sept. 25, 1895, James Buchanan Amburn. Interested in conservation of forestry. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy (Memorial Chapter, Little Rock, Ark.), Five Hundred Club, Fork Club. Recreations: Riding, driving, boating. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage; progressive Democrat.

AMEE, Mrs. John, 172 Hancock St., Cambridge, Mass.

Born Cambridge, Mass., June 22. 1868; dau. Samuel Pierce and Eliza (Howe) Teele (mother was a sister of Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, and niece of William Howe, inventor of the truss bridge, and of Tyler Howe, inventor of the spring-bed); grad. Cambridge High School, later studied under private teacher; m. Cambridge, Jan. 29, 1891, John Amee; one son, Howe Coolidge Amee. Sustaining mem. Y.W.C.A., Visiting Nursing Ass'n, Anti-Tuberculosis Ass'n and Avon Home for Children, all of Cambridge. Universalist; mem. Ladies' Benevolent Soc. and Bible Class, both connected with her church. Recreation: Playing piano. Mem. The Cantabrigia Club (pres.), The Wednesday Club (ex-pres.), The S. S. Club (sec.), The Daughters of Massachusetts. Favors woman suffrage.

AMES, Blanche Ames (Mrs Oakes Ames), Borderland, N. Easton, Mass.

Artist; b. Lowell, Mass., Feb 18, 1878; dau. Gen Adelbert and Blanche (Butler) Ames; ed. Rogers Hall School, Lowell; Smith Coll., B.L. '99; Smith Coll. Art School (Phi Kappa Psi); m. Lowell, Mass., May 15, 1900, Oakes Ames (scientist); children: Pauline, Oliver, Amyas, Evelyn. Favors woman suffrage; mem Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, College Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Made illustrations of the orchid section of Gray's New Manual of Botany; drawings and etchings for Orchidaceae (four volumes). Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, Smith Students' Aid Soc., College Club of Boston.

AMES, Mary Lesley (Mrs. Charles Wilberforce Ames), 501 Grand Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Born Philadelphia; dau. J. Peter Lesley, LL.D. (distinguished geologist and dean of scientific faculty, Univ. of Pa.) and Susan (Inches) Lesley (author); ed. private schools; m. Philadelphia, June 26, 1883, Charles Wilberforce Ames. Ass't librarian of Am. Philosophical Soc. for five years until marriage. Pres. St. Paul School of Fine Arts, 1907-08; director Brotherhood House Ass'n. Author of Life and Letters of Peter and Susan Lesley. Unitarian. Mem. Town and Country Club, New Century Club (St. Paul).

AMIDON, Beulah McHenry (Mrs. Charles F. Amidon), 379 Seventh Av., Fargo, N. Dak.

Farmer; b. Point Pleasant, Pa., Nov. 7, 1866; dau. Samuel and Elizabeth Thomason (Richardson) McHenry; ed. district school in Bucks Co., Pa.; valedictorian of first class to grad. from Fargo (N. Dak.) High School 1886; three years at Univ. of Minn.; one year at Drexel Inst.; first student to register at Drexel (Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Nov. 15, 1892, Charles Fremont Amidon; children: Beulah Elizabeth, Charles Curtis, John McHenry, Oak McHenry, Eleanor Frances. Active in civic and club life; for seven years has been on the Com. of the Sunday Evening Lecture Course of Fargo; interested in Neighborhood Club movement, education and study of school systems. Pres. Fargo Fortnightly Club; former sec. of N.Dak. Fed. of Women's Clubs (chairman of its Landmarks' Com. during whole time that the Sakakwea Statue was being erected at Bismarck). Chairman of Pure Food Com. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1908-10. Recreations: Farming, walking, reading. Unitarian-Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; officer of Votes for Women League of Fargo; active in State organization.

AMMON, Edith Darlington (Mrs. Samuel A. Ammon), Sharpsburgh, Pa.

Born "Guyasuta," Allegheny Co., Pa.; dau. William M. and Mary Carson (O'Hara) Darlington; ed. Pittsburgh Female Coll. and School of Design, Pittsburgh (both discontinued); m. "Guyasuta," Allegheny Co., Oct. 22, 1891, Samuel A. Ammon. Director Playground and Recreation Ass'n of America, 1906-14; Regent Pittsburgh Chapter D.A.R., 1899-1909; Twentieth Century Club of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Section, Archaeological Inst. of America; Historical Soc. of Western Pa., Pittsburgh Associated Charities, Protestant Home for Incurables of Pittsburgh, Pa., pres. D.A.R. of Allegheny Co. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian.

AMRAM, Beulah Brylawski (Mrs. David Werner Amram), 624 W. Cliveden Av., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Cameron, N.C., Mar. 9, 1881; dau. Michael and Rachel Drachman Brylawski; grad. Philadelphia High School for Girls (awarded Dodd Gold Medal for highest achievement and scholarship to Bryn Mawr Coll., where she entered 1898. class of '02); m. Philadelphia, June 1, 1899, David Werner Amram, lawyer and professor of law in


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48 Univ. of Pennsylvania; children: Philip Werner Amram, b. Mar. 14, 1900; David Werner Amram, Jr., b. April 24, 1901; Elinor Beulah Amram, b. June 15, 1906. Sec. Board of Managers of the Hebrew Sunday School Soc. of Philadelphia, a society that educates about 4,000 poor children annually. Has written and spoken on matters relating to Jewish history, literature and education; chief literary interest is in modern Italian literature, especially Italian poetry. Published essays; Ways of Pleasantness, 1910; Darkeners of Counsel, 1910; Life Beyond Life, 1911. Mem. of many charitable associations, Nat. Geog. Soc., Pa. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n. Recreation: Enthusiastic gardener.

ANDERSON, Ada Woodruff (Mrs. Oliver Phelps Anderson), 111 Cherry St., Seattle, Wash.

Author; b. San Francisco, Cal.; dau. Capt. Samuel C. and Martha R. (Crosby) Woodruff; ed. public and private schools, Olympia, Wash., and San Francisco; m. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 4, 1882, Oliver Phelps Anderson; children: Alice W., b. Dec. 15, 1882; Maurice P., b. June 9, 1888; Dorothy L., b. May 20, 1893 (died Mar. 5, 1912). Author (novels): The Heart of the Red Firs 1908; The Strain of White, 1909; also short stories in Harper's and Century magazines. Episcopalian.

ANDERSON, Alexandra Koesis (Mrs. J. T. Anderson), Alta Vista, Bethesda, Md.

Born Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 18, 1864; dau. Prof. Alexander and Mahala (Calcore) Koesis; ed. Ward's Sem., Nashville; m. Dec. 26, 1882, John Townsend Anderson; children: Alexander Koesis, Clara Townsend, Edwin Fee, Juanlta, Mary Claiborn. Interested in philanthropic and religious activities in Washington City, also educational movements. Against woman suffrage. Has written poems and travel sketches. Episcopalian. Mem. Daughters of the King, St. Alban's Chapter, Washington, D.C.; Daughters of the Confederacy, Albert Sidney Johnson Chapter. Recreations: Literature, music, bridge. Husband was for many years British vice consul to Guatemala.

ANDERSON, Belle Bingley, the Misses Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Maysville, Ky.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '96; Pd.M., N.Y. Univ., '01. Teacher Lyndon Hall, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1896-98; the Misses Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y., 1S98-1900, and again since 1901.

ANDERSON, Carlotta Adele (Mrs. J. Scott Anderson), Swarthmore, Pa.

Writer, teacher of the deaf, Montessori teacher, directress Torresdale Home; b. N.Y. City, 1876; dau. Newell Willard and Emma C. (Jones) Bloss; ed. abroad and grad. Claverack Coll., '93; post-grad., '94; student Teachers Coll., N.Y. City; Swarthmore (Pa.) Coll.; student of Montessori method under Signora Galli-Saccenti, Rome, Italy, 1912,. Trained and taught in Wright-Humason School (for deaf), N.Y. City, 1894-97; m. N.Y. City, June 2, 1897, J. Scott Anderson; children: Roy, b. Sept. 12, 1898; Dorothy, b. Feb. 17, 1902. U.S. Government delegate to Third Internat. Congress on Home Education, Brussels, Aug., 1910; also delegate appointed by Gov. Stuart to represent Commonwealth of Pa., Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science, and Am. Ass'n to Promote Teaching of Speech to the Deaf, etc.; carried official invitation to that congress to hold next meeting in Philadelphia, which was accepted for Sept 29 and 30. and Oct. 1 and 2, 1914. Gen. sec. Fourth Internat. Congress on Home Education; directress of Torresdale House, an Episcopal primary school and Montessori kindergarten; has given addresses at various social meetings, such as Baby Saving Show, Philadelphia Home and School League, etc. Chairman Educational Com., Swarthmore (Pa.) Woman's Club, 1910-13. Favors woman suffrage. Pres. Swarthmore Woman's Suffrage League three years, ending 1912. Editor dep't Hints to Mothers of Deaf Children, Volta Review, 1910-12. Author: A Practical Method of Developing the Hearing; The Training of Teachers of the Deaf; Home Training of the Young Deaf Child; The Montessori Method in the Home (not yet printed). Mem. Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science, Political Science Acad., Philadelphia Home School League, Public Education Ass'n. Mem. New Century Club, Civic Club Philadelphia). Hon. mem. Internat. Com. of Congresses on Home Education; hon. mem. Pure Oral Ass'n of London, England.

ANDERSON, Mrs. E. Ruth, 4326 Drew Av., S. Minneapolis, Minn.

Violinist; b. Creseo, Ia., 1879; dau. Andrew Edward and Lavina (Nichols) Anderson; ed. two years at Univ. of North Dak.; four years violin study in Brussels, Belgium; m. C. D. Reohr, 1891 (divorced 1898). Successful debut in Brussels, Belgium; headed first concert company to go to Panama under guarantee of U.S. Government; concertized in Bermuda, Trinidad and Barbadoes, British West Indies, Georgetown and Paramaribo in South America and every city in the U.S. and Canada. Recreations: Shooting, tramping in summer and snow-shoeing in winter. Active mem. Thursday Musical, and editor Clarion (16-page magazine), official organ of the Thursday Musical.

ANDERSON, Eleanor Endora, Apartment 4, Denney Place, Everett, Wash.

Teacher; b. Chandler's Valley, Pa., May 23, 1877; dau. Charles A. and Adolpha E. (Turner) Anderson; grad. high school, Cannon Falls, Minn.; Normal School, Winona, Minn. Four and a half years of teaching in Primary Dep't of Little Falls (Minn.) public schools; also ten years in Everett (Wash.) public schools in first grade primary. Five years director of choir in First Congregational Church of Everett, Wash., 1907-12; two years pres. Ladies' Musical Club of Everett, Wash., 1908-10. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Progressive. Mem. Euterpean Soc., Young Women's Club of Congregational Church.

ANDERSON, Elizabeth Preston (Mrs. James Anderson), Valley City, N.D.

W.C.T.U. worker; b. Decatur, Ind., Apr. 27, 1861; dau. Rev. Elam S. Preston (pioneer minister of M.E. Church in North Indiana Conference) and Marie (Shepley) Preston; ed. Fort Wayne (Ind.) Coll., De Pauw Univ. and Univ. of Minn, (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Town City, N. Dak., Dec. 11, 1901, Rev. James Anderson (M.E. clergyman of North Dakota Conference). Taught in public schools of Indiana and North Dakota 8 years, engaged in W.C.T.U. work since 1889, has been pres. North Dakota W.C.T.U. 18 years, rec. sec. Nat. W.C.T.U. 6 years and still holds both offices. In recognition of services rendered in legislative work, life size oil portrait was presented by North Dakota W.C.T.U. to the State of North Dakota and hung, by order of Gov. John Burke, in the State Capitol at Bismarck. Mem. M.E. Church and its Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary societies. Works for woman suffrage through the suffrage departments of the State and Nat. W.C.T.U.

ANDERSON, Florence Stewart (Mrs. Charles Augustus Anderson), East Orange, N.J.

Born Cincinnati, O.; dau. Benjamin B. and Florence (Bishop) Stewart; ed. Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y.; Smith Coll., B.L. '96; m. N.Y. City, Apr. 19, 1900, Charles Augustus Anderson; children: Charles Stewart (died), Alan Stewart, Carolyn (died), Margaret. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Presbyterian Church. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Oriental Soc. of Smith Coll.

ANDERSON, Grace Lee (Mrs. W. G. Anderson), 1151 Chapel St., New Haven, Conn.

Born Memphis, Tenn.; dau. Charles J. and Ella M. (Coe) Phillips; ed. high school, Cleveland, O., and State Female Coll., Memphis; m. Pittsburgh, 1882, Prof. William Gilbert Anderson, now director Yale Univ. Gymnasium; one son: William Lawrence. Lecturer Brooklyn Normal School of Physical Education, Anderson Normal School of Gymnastics, New Haven. Co-writer with husband of Physical Training for Women (Nat. W.C.T.U., Physical Culture Dep't), Light Gymnastics, Methods of Teaching Gymnastics. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy.


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Rh ANDERSON, Helen Elona, National Park Seminary, Forest Glen, Md.

Teacher; b. Tecumseh, Mich.; dau. Seaton W. and Ella (Randall) Anderson; ed. Liggett School, Detroit, Vassar Coll., A.B.; post-grad, work in lectures at Mich. Univ. (mem. Kappa Delta Phi). Taught in the Graham School, N.Y. City, five years; since then Nat. Park Sem., Forest Glen, Md., where is teacher of sociology and history. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Progressive in politics. Interested in Consumers' League and in settlement work. Recreations: Tennis, riding. Mem. College Woman's Club, Washington, D.C.; Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Vassar Students' Aid (Washington branch).

ANDERSON, Henrietta E. (Mrs. Charles P. Anderson), Alta, Ia.

Born Winterset, Ia., Aug. 5, 1859; dau. Solomon and Sarah J. (Harlan) Pontions; ed. country schools of Buena Vista Co. Taught a few terms in country; m. Alta, Ia., Nov. 19, 1879, Charles P. Anderson; children: Merritt W., b. July 30, 1883; Edith G., b. Aug. 30, 1887. Mem. Christian Church. Recreations: Traveling, auto trips. Mem. La Coterie Club.

ANDERSON, Jessie Isabel Calhoun (Mrs. W. H. Anderson), 21 Lakeview Av., Venice, Cal.

Born Calhoun's Valley, Cal.; dau. Judge Noble Ezekiel Ewing and Lura Butler (Davis) Calhoun; ed. in schools of San José and by private tutors there and later in London and Paris; voice training under Emil Behnke of London; dramatic training under supervision of her sistor, Eleanor Calhoun (now Princess Lazarovich); belles lettres and Greek art under Sir Charles T. Newton, and archaeology under Reginald Stewart Pool of the British Museum; m. Mar. 5, 1895, Hon. William Henry Anderson; ass't attorney-general of California; children: Laura Patricia Calhoun, Eleanor Jessie Calhoun, Virginia Isabel Calhoun. Had chair of elocution and oratory, Univ. of the Pacific, Washington Corners, and Livermore Coll.; founded dramatic school in San Francisco, gave lectures, dramatic recitals and instruction at Stanford Univ., under private arrangement with Pres. David Starr Jordan; originated and produced pantomime and classic dancing as Illustrated Oratorio at Grand Opera House, San Francisco; lectures, readings, Biblical pantomime and Greek dancing at Chautauqua Assembly, Pacific Grove, Cal.; also many other places for church and charity funds. Has presided at mass meetings of clergy, clubs and Ass'n of the Santa Monica Bay District to prevent the showing of Jeffries-Johnson prize-fight films on the Bay, to discuss methods for better social conditions and to found the Santa Monica Bay Free Bed Ass'n. Prominent in social life; was presented at the Court of St. James, England, by Lady Archibald Campbell. Worked for woman suffrage as treas. Pacific Political Equality League of Santa Monica Bay cities, and made public speeches during campaign that won women the ballot in Cal. Mem Episcopal Church. Progressive voter; first vice-pres. Roosevelt Progressive League of Venice, Cal.; mem. Venice Men's and Women's Civic League, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Fine Arts League, Santa Monica Free Bed Ass'n, Southern Cal. Civic League. Recreations: Riding, mountain tramping, rowing, tennis. Pres. Crescent Bay Woman's Club of Venice; founder Pacific Woman's City Club of Santa Monica Bay; mem. Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, and Ruskin Art Club of Los Angeles.

ANDERSON, Lily Strickland (Mrs. Courtenay Anderson), 423 W. 118th St., N.Y. City.

Composer; b. Anderson, S.C.; dau. Charleton Hines and Teresa Hammond (Reed) Strickland; ed. Converse Coll., Spartanburg, S.C; musical courses in N.Y. under private teachers and Institute of Musical Art; m. Feb. 18, 1912, Courtenay Anderson, A.M., in Columbia Univ. Chapel. Her first song was published when she was sixteen years old; composer of Fate; Since Laddie Went, and Mammy's Prayer, and more than 100 other composition in music. Interested in all questions relating to betterment of humanity; an ardent anti-tobacconist; believes in the normal life; engaged in writing and arranging collection of negro folk songs. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Musicians' Club of N.Y., United Daughters of Confederacy (Dixie Chapter of S.C). Recreations: Literature, art.

ANDERSON, Lizzie Pershing (Mrs. William C. Anderson), 400 Biddle Av., Wilkinsburg, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Former teacher and public reader; b. Greensboro, Pa., Apr. 4, 1852; dau. Rev. I. C. Pershing, D.D., and Charlotte L. (Canan) Pershing; ed. Pittsburgh Female Coll. (Mistress of Liberal Arts); m. Pittsburgh, July 10, 1884, William C. Anderson. Taught in preparatory and collegiate dep'ts Pittsburgh Female Coll., also elocution; prin. of private school of elocution, music and literature, Allegheny City, 1886-92; vice-pres. of the Pittsburgh Female Coll., 10 years. Cor. sec. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of Presbytery of Pittsburgh, 12 years; sec. Educational Dep't Civic Club of Allegheny Co., 4 years; sec. Public Education Soc. of Pittsburgh, 2 years. Has written letters from California and other places, for city, religious and secular papers, occasional verse, and a few magazine articles. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Club of Wilkinsburg (has held offices, including the presidency). Presbyterian.

ANDERSON, Margaret Pauline, 109 Queen St., E., St. John. New Brunswick. Can.

Author; b. St. John, N.B., Dec. 12, 1870; dau. Renwick M. and M. Jane (Hanley) Anderson; ed. St. John public schools and private tuition at home. Interested in religion, temperance and philanthropy. Invalid; confined to bed since 1886 from spinal trouble. Author: Sick Room Thoughts and Gleanings; Leona Chinch, or Lord Kendale's Repentance (novel); also smaller booklets; The Songs of The Angels; Easter Chimes; The Message of The Bells; writer of short stories. Mem. King's Daughters and Temperance Soc., Sons of Temperance. Congregationalist.

ANDERSON, Margaret Steele, 1317 First St., Louisville, Ky.

Critic and public lecturer; b. Louisville, Ky.; dau. Dunning McNair and Susan (Hamilton) Anderson; ed. Louisville High School (Girls'), Wellesley Coll. (special student). Has addressed audiences in Louisville and at the Brooklyn (N.Y.) Inst., Philadelphia, Chautauqua Goodwyn Inst., Memphis; Pittsburgh, Mt. Eagle Chautauqua of the South and in other places. Not interested in woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Club, Authors' Club, Art Club and Fortnightly (Conversation) Club, Louisville. Subjects of lectures: Art and Literature. For twelve years has been literary editor of Evening Post of Louisville, Ky.

ANDERSON, Margrarethe Urdahl (Mrs. Lewis Albert Anderson), Charleston, Ill.

Educator; ed. Univ. of Wis., B.L. '96; Univ of Berlin, 1898-99; Univ. of Heidelberg and Univ. of Christiana, '99; fellow in Teutonic philology, 1900-02; special fellow, 1902-03, Bryn Mawr Coll., Ph.D. '04; m. 1906, Lewis Albert Anderson. Teacher of German and Latin, Chelten Hills School, Wyncote, Pa., 1903-04; teacher of German and history. Eastern Ill., State Normal School, Charleston, Ill., 1905-06. Author: On Certain U-dipthongs in the Heliand (dissertation for doctorate), Göttingen, 1904.

ANDERSON, Mary Josephine, 11 Frelinghampen St., Battle Creek, Mich.

Born Chicago; dau. John L. and Lucy H. Snyder Anderson; ed. Muncie (Ind.) High School, State Normal, Terre Haute, Ind.; Univ. of Mich. B.L. (Phi Beta Kappa). Taught in Indiana State Normal for twenty years. Interested in the general civic philanthrophies for women and children; pres. Woman's League of Battle Creek Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

ANDERSON, Mary Slater (Mrs. Frank Ernest Anderson), 184 Gibbs St., Newton Centre, Mass.

Born Salem, Mass., Oct. 21, 1856; dau. Rev. Robert Curtis and Mary Sisson (Tiffany) Mills; ed. private schools, Salem (Mass.) High School; m. Newton Centre, Mass., April 29, 1880, Frank Ernest Anderson, of N.Y. City; children: Raymond Mills, Frank Ernest Jr. (deceased),


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50 Carol, Donald Slater. For ten years pres. Woman's Home Missionary Soc. of Baptist Church, Newton Centre; for four years of Newton Centre Woman's Club: a director in Newton Hosp. Aid Ass'n; also a manager in Boston branch of McAll Ass'n. Baptist. Mem. Wednesday Club of Newton Centre 18 years; greatly interested in social and philanthropic movements.

ANDERSON, Mrs. William C., Winnsboro, Tex.

Born Ft. Worth, July 14, 1879; dau. John Thomas and Marguerite (Little) Hall; ed. Greenville, Tex.; m. Winnsboro, Tex., Nov. 21, 1897. William C. Anderson. Has been pres. Woman's Missionary Soc. of Methodist Church three years (mem. 15 years). Pres. Standard Club two years (charter mem.); sup't and founder of Winnesboro Flower Show for two years. Methodist Mem. Carnegie Library Board of Trustees ever since it was built. Recreations: Swimming, automobile riding, horseback riding. Pres. Winnsboro City Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Social Service.

ANDERSON-GILMAN, Wilma, concert pianiste (see Gilman, Wilma Anderson.)

ANDERTON, Elizabeth Palmer (Mrs. William Bancroft Anderton), 825 Madison Av. N.Y. City.

Born at Ravenswood, N.Y., family country seat on East River; dau. Walter Bowne and Mary E. (Story) Palmer; ed. in private schools in N.Y. City and Women's Law Classes of N.Y. Univ.; m. N.Y. City, May 7, 1885, Dr. William Bancroft; children: Walter Palmer, Alice, Dorothy, Ruth. Mem. Women's Auxiliary of the Orthopaedic Hospital; interested in work for the blind and in educational matters relating to young children. Favors woman suffrage, but believes in an educational propaganda only. Episcopalian. Mem. Colony Club and of D.A.R. through Walter Palmer, who came from England in 1629. Finished French scholar; reads all the latest plays and books as they come out. Recreations: Fond of walking in all kinds of weather; loves music.

ANDREWS, Eliza Frances, 419 E. First St., Rome, Ga.

Author, botanist, lecturer; b. Washington, Ga., Aug. 10, 1840; dau. Judge Garnett and Annulet (Ball) Andrews; ed. Ladies' Sem., Washington, Ga., LaGrange (Ga.) Coll. A.B. '57, Hon. A.M., Wesleyan Female Coll, Macon, Ga., '82, Principal Girls' High School, Yazoo City, Miss., 1873-74, Girls' Sem., Washington, Ga., 1874-81; staff correspondent Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, 1883-85; ass't prof, natural science (botany, physiology) Wesleyan Coll., Macon, Ga., 1885-96. Frequent contributor to magazines (Chautauquan, Cosmopolitan, Century, Arena, International Socialist Review). Author: A Family Secret, 1876; A Mere Adventure, 1878; Prince Hall, 1882; Botany All the Year Round (widely circulated school textbook of botany), 1903; War-time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1908; A Practical Course in Botany, 1911; also serials: How He Was Tempted, The Story of an Ugly Girl, The Mistake of His Life, as well as humorous sketches, short stories, political and scientific papers and A Memorial Day Ode, Haunted and other poems. Socialist. Mem. Ala. State Library Ass'n, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and various clubs, scientific societies, etc. Favors woman suffrage.

ANDREWS, Elizabeth M., 87 Hawthorne Av., Yonkers, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Yonkers, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Yonkers, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '94. Teacher in Catlettsburg (Ky.) High School, 1894-96; Miss Bennett's School, Irvington-on-Hudson, 1896-97; since 1897 in Yonkers (N.Y.) High School.

ANDREWS, Elizabeth Moffett (Mrs. L. B. Andrews). 3772 Washington St., Kansas City, Mo.

Teacher; b. Jo Daviess Co., Ill., Nov. 3, 1849; dau. James and Isabella (McCall) Moffett; ed. district school; Galena Normal School; Mt. Carroll Seminary; teacher; m. in Jo Daviess Co., Ill., Mar. 20, 1878, Lewis Benjamin Andrews. Mem. of and interested in W.C.T.U. 30 years; board mem. of Y.W.C.A., State Board of Charities and some local philanthropies. Mem. Kansas City Athenaeum (pres. one year and first vice-pres. one year). Presbyterian. Prohibitionist. Mem. of the Kansas City (Mo.) Suffrage Ass'n for 20 years.

ANDREWS, Emma Dixon (Mrs. T. Hollingsworth Andrews), 1028 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia, April 26, 1853; dau. Joseph Edward and Martha Archer (Thomas) Dixon; ed. Sacred Heart Convent, Eden Hall, Sacred Heart Convent, Manhattanville, N.Y., grad. Jan., 1890; m. Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1875, Dr. T. Hollingsworth Andrews Jr.; children: T. Hollingsworth, J. Dixon. Originator of Woman's Whist League; mem. Colonial Dames Alumni of Manhattanville. Interested in protection of little children. Favors woman suffrage. Author of memoirs and essays and genealogy for families. Roman Catholic. Recreations: Music, languages, gardening, painting, embroidering.

ANDREWS, Ethel Montgomery, 367 Grand Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Photographer; b. Jersey City, N.J., 1879; dau. William and Adele Montgomery (Oscanyan) Andrews; grad. of Cornell Univ., B.S. 1900 (Kappa Kappa Gamma). Engaged in business as photographer in Brooklyn, N.Y. Episcopalian.

ANDREWS, Evangeline Walker (Mrs. Charles McLean Andrews), 424 St. Roman St., New Haven, Conn.

Born London, Eng., Jan. 1, 1870; dau. John Crawford and Laura Marion (Seymour) Walker; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll. A.B. and graduate student; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., June 19, 1895, Charles McLean Andrews, now Farnham prof, of Am. history at Yale Univ.; children: Ethel Andrews, b. 1897, John Williams Andrews, b. 1899. Mem. of Executive Committee of George Junior Republic and of the Council of Lowell House Settlement of New Haven, Conn. Editor-in-chief of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Quarterly; originated and produced twice (1900 and 1906) the Elizabethan May-Day Festival, which has become a regular function of Bryn Mawr College, being given every fourth year; about to publish a historical document, The Journal of a Lady of Quality. Mem. Lawn Club, New Haven, Conn., Bryn Mawr College Club, N.Y. City. Recreations: Tennis, fishing, tramping and climbing. Episcopalian. In favor of suffrage for women based on property and educational qualifications.

ANDREWS, Fannie Fern (née Phillips). 406 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Lecturer, social worker; b. Margaretville, N.S., Sept. 25, 1867; dau. William Wallace and Anna Maria (Brown) Phillips; grad. Salem (Mass.) Normal School, 1884, A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1902, attended Harvard Summer School several terms; m. Lynn, Mass., July 16, 1890, Edwin G. Andrews. Has been active in organizing parents' associations in the Boston schools since 1902; lecturer and writer on the international peace movement and on educational topics. Organizer and sec. Am. School Peace League; sec. Boston Home and School Ass'n; mem. Council of Nat. Education Ass'n; special collaborator U.S. Bureau of Education; director Am. Peace Soc; mem. Nat. Peace Council, Internat. Peace Bureau (Berne, Switzerland), Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, New England Women's Press Ass'n, N.Y. Peace Soc., Am. Soc. for Judicial Settlement of Internat. Disputes; cor. mem. Bureau International de Fédérations d'Instituteurs. Mem. commission to investigate from a world viewpoint the subject of Peace; Second World's Christian Citizenship Conference, June 29-July 6 1913 (Portland, Ore.); appointed by U.S. Government Am. delegate to Internat. Conference on Education at The Hague, 1913. Mem. Twentieth Century Club, College Club (Boston).

ANDREWS, Georgina I. S., Pine Lodge, Granite Springs, Westchester Co., N.Y.

Lecturer, teacher; b. Toronto, Ont., Canada, dau. William and Letitia Harriet (Stewart) Andrews; ed. Toronto private schools. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Progressive. Interested in coöperative philanthropies; active in all social reforms along philosophic, spiritual