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��riding, golf. Mem. Washington Club, Order Eastern Star, P.E.O. fraternity; chatelaine of a cabinet officer's home for 16 years, since Secretary Wilson entered Cabinet in 1897. Wri.SOX, GeneTieve, 39 E. Thirty-flrst St., N.Y. City.

Social worker; b. in Missouri; dau. Col. Ben- jamin H. and Olive Agnes (Powell) Wilson; ed. public schools, Denver Colo., private schools in Germany and Switzerland, Teachers Coll., Columbia Univ. and N.Y. School of Philanthropy. Red Cross nurse in Spanish-American War. Director, Inspection Dep't, Tuberculosis Com. State Charities Aid Ass'n, N.Y. City, and with Tuberculosis Com. of Charily Organization Soc, N.Y. City. Resident Warren Goddard Settlement, N.Y. City (volunteer worker). Mem. Political Equality Soc. and Equal Franchise League. Episcopalian. irlem. Teachers Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. School of Philanthropy Alumna Ass'n, Caroline Country Club for Social Workers, Hartsdale, N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. WILSON, Grace Margaret, 9 34 Grand Av., To- ledo, O.

Journalist; b. Cincinnati, O., Mar. 8, 1875; dau. Robert Bruce and Isabella (Gould) Wilson; great niece of Tappan Akerman, U.S. Attorney-General during Grant's first administration; niece of Jeremiah M. Wilson, former Congressman and prominent lawyer of Washington, D.C. ; ed. Woodward High School, Cincinnati (won Sinton silver medal for second best general scholarship), 1S91. Engaged in newspaper work in Toledo since 1901, on staff of Toledo News-Bee and Times. Author: An Easter Lily (poem); Mir- rored Stars (volume of short poems), and numerous stories and poems in various maga- zines. Waterway Tales, published annually in Detroit. Mem. Toledo Writers' Club, Woman's Educational Club, Toledo Shakespeare Ass'n. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. WrLSON, Helen Hcpekirk (Mrs. William Wil- son), see Hopekirk, Helen. WILSON, Juanita Raddant (Mrs. Arthur Star- key Wilson), 140 Wadsworth Av., N.Y. City. Bom Stettin, Germany, Oct. 10, 1881; dau. Emil Franz and Marie (Hermez) Raddant; ed. London, EJngland, and Morris High School, N.Y. City; m. Dec. 24, 1904, Br. Arthur Starkey Wilson. Mem. Y.W.C.A. Children's Hospital, Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, City Federation Hotel for Working Women. Episcopalian. Recrea- tions: Golf, tennis, boating, skating, swim- ming. Mem. West End Woman's Republican Ass'n, Woman's Health Protective Ass'n, City Federation of Women's Club, Granite State Dramatic Soc. Interested in Progressive Party, but against woman suffrage.

WILSON, Kate DeNormandie (Mrs. George H, Wilson), 313 Sixth Av., Pittsburgh, Pa. Manager Carnegie Music Hall and Art Soc. of Pittsburgh; b. Brooklyn, Conn; dau. Rev. C. J. DeNormandie (Unitarian minister) and Myra B. (Stetson) DeNormandie; ed. high school, acad- emy (valedictorian) and finishing school, Green- field, Mass.; m. Brooklyn, Conn., May 27 1877, George H. Wilson; children: Katharine DeNor- Mandie, Robert M., Margaret, Amy, Dorothea B. Mem. Civic Club of Pittsburgh. Interested in vacation school work. Juvenile Court and wo- men's clubs. Pres. Woman's Club of Sewickley Valley, 1899-1900. Author: Biographical Sketch of Dolly Witter. Unitarian. Recreations: Mu- sic, nature study, gardening. Husband was manager of Chicago Orchestra with Theodore Thomas, and sec. Dep't of Music, World's Colum- bian Exposition of Pittsburgh Orchestra for 12 years.

WILSON, Katharine S. J. (Mrs. Augustine J. Wilson), 618 W. 13Sth St., N.T. City. Bom Liverpool, England; dau.. John and Ann (Starkey) Pepper; ed. in priViite schools in Eng- land; m. Liverpool, England, July G, 1875, Augustine J. Wilson; children: Arthur Starkey, Randolph, Colclough, Beatrice, St. Leger, Ger- trude, Pallisser. Came to U. S. in July, 1875; since then resident in N.Y. (Jity. Favors woman sufTrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire; mem. N.Y. City Fed.

��Women's Clubs, Woman's Health Protective Ass'n, Theatre Club, West End Woman's Re- publican Ass'n, Harmony Club. WILSON, Lucy James (Mrs. Huntington Wil- son), 160S K St., N.W., Washington, D.C. Born St. James, Phelps Co., Mo., Sept. 13, ISSO; dau. Thomas and Octavia (Bowles) James; ed. in private schools; m. Baltimore, Apr. 30, 1904, Huntington Wilson (former Ass't Sec. of State of U.S.); engaged in propaganda of eugenics. Advocates woman suffrage. Mem. Am. Ass'n for Study of Prevention of Infant Mortal- ity, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Nat. Child Labor Com., Am. Red Cross, Am. Breeders' Ass'n, Nat. American Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Woman's Welfare Dep't of Nat Civic Fed. ; Con- sumers' League of D.C; hon. vice-pres. Soc. for Social Hygiene of D.C, and Aero Club of Wash- ington.

WILSON, Lucy Langdon Williams (Mrs. Will- lam Powell Wilson), 640 N. Thirty-second St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Teacher; b. St. Albans, Vt., Aug. IS, 1864; dau. Samuel and Lucy (Crampton) Williams; ed. Univ. of Pa. (Ph.D. '97); also Harvard, Cor- nell and Univ. of Chicago; m. Philadelphia, July 17, 1S94, William Powell Wilson; one son: David Hawhurst Wilson. Head of Dep't of Geography and Nature Study, Philadelphia Nor- mal School, since 1S93. Principal Evening High School for Women, Philadelphia, since 1904. Favor.s woman suffrage. Life mem. Pa. Suf- frage Soc. Author of various manuals and textbooks on nature study, U.S. history, picture study and domestic science; also numerous articles in educational magazines; Climate and Man in Peru (Bulletin of Geog. Soc. of Philadel- phia); Geography Visualizia (Burlington, Vt.). Recreation: Traveling. Mem. College Club, Teachers Club, Geog. Club.

WILSON, Margaret Adelaide, 798 Hancock St., Portland, Oregon.

Writer; b. Portland, Ore.; ed. in Portland Acad, and at Bryn Mawr Coll., 1897-1900, holding the Bryn Mawr Matriculation scholarship for the Western States, 1897-98. Writer of short stories, verse, etc., for several magazines since 1906. WILSON, Margaret O'Connor (Mrs. Arthur McDermotte Wilson), 410 Peachtree St., At- lanta, Ga.

Born in Hall Co., Ga. ; dau. Patrick and Eliza- beth (Thompson) O'Connor; ed. private schools in Atlanta; m. .4.tlanta, Dec. 14, 1875, Arthur McDermotte Wilson; children: Arthur McDer- motte Wilson, Jr., Willie O'Connor Wilson (de- ceased). Twelve years pres. of the Gulf States Y.W.C.A. (territory, Fla., Ga., Ala., Miss., La.); now mem. Exec. Com. Atlanta Y.W.C.A. Four years mem. Nat. Board of Y.W.C.A., two years Regent Atlanta Chapter D.A.R. ; two years pres. D.A. Confederacy and Atlanta Chapter; since 1909 pres. Uncle Remus Memorial Ass'n. Writes occasional letters of travel for local press. Episcopalian. Recreations: Motoring, travel. Two years pres. Atlanta Woman's Club; four years pres. Atlanta Florence Crittenton Home; recently elected pres. for Ga. of the Confed- erated Southern Memorial Ass'n; State chairman of Blanford Memorial Window for Ga. United Daughters of the Confederacy. WILSON, Margaret Whitelaw (Mrs. Eugene Smith Wilson), 10 Jefferson Road, Webster Groves, Mo.

Bom St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 6, 1878; dau. Robert H. and Mary Gray (Westgate) Whitelaw; ed. Hosmer Hall, St. Louis, Mo.; m. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 20, 1904, Eugene Smith Wilson; children: Eugene S. Jr., Robert Whitelaw, Wells Patter- son. Congregatlonalist. Trustee Home of the Friendless.

WILSON, Mary Elizabeth, Miss Head's School, Berkeley, Cal.

Principal Miss Head's School; b. Helena, Mont., Sept., 1869; dau. Enoch Henry and Joanna (Mclntire) Wilson; ed. Smith Coll., 1887-91. B.L. •91 (Alpha Soc); Univ. of Cal., M.L. '96. Taught English in Miss Murison's School, 1896-1906; taught English in Miss Head's School, 1907-09; principal since 1909. Worked two years In social

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��settlement work, five years In Sunday-school, for ten years mem. of Oakland Y.W.C.A., also Berkeley Associated Charities, Nurses' Settle- ment. San Francisco; College Settlement, N.Y. City; Fablola Hospital, Oakland. Author of Trans- lation of Compayr^'s Moral and Intellectual De- velopment of the Child (Internat. Education Series). Mom. Fortnightly Club of San Fran- cisco, Claremont Country Club. Presbyterian. Republican. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College EJqual Suffrage League, San Francisco, also Civic Center. WTLSON, Mary Driver Holcomb (Mrs. John M.

Wilson, New Castle, Del.

Born New Castle, Del.; dau. B. T. Holcomb and E. M. (Driver) Holcomb; ed In the Misses Hebbs' private school in Wilmington, Del. ; m. New Castle, June 23, 1898, John M. Wilson. Interested in Nat. Soc. U.S. Daughters of 1812, of which has been State pres. for past six years, now also 4th vice-pres. of Nat. Soc. ; State sec. D.A.R. last two years. Episcopalian. Mem. Immanuel Church, Nerw Castle, one of the oldest churches in America (built 1689). Descendant of Thomas Holcomb (settled in Conn., 1630), of two chief justices of Colonial times and four other Colonial ancestors of great prominence. WILSON, Mary Isabel (Mrs. R. J. Wilson),

Lifton Villa, Shaughnessy Heights, Vancouver,

B.C.

Born Tillsonburg, Ont, ; dau. John and Cather- ine (Mackay) Northway; ed. Toronto Univ., B.A. '98 (first honors in physics, gold medalist; fel- low Bryn Mawr; grad. specialist Ontario School of Pedagogy; m. Toronto, June 1, 1904 Rev. R. J. Wilson; children: John Robertson Mackay, Mary Isabel Northway, Catherine Nancy Jean. Mem. University Women's Club; director Y.W.C.A. ; mem. Musical Club; director Victorian Order of Nurses; mem. Canadian Club of Vancouver; ac- tive in religious and philanthropic work. Pres- byterian. Author: The Vibration of a Rod in a Liquid. WILSON, Mary W. (Mrs. W. R. Wilson), 415

S. Twelfth St., New Castle, Ind.

Born Belvidere, N.C., Jan. 9, 1849; dau. Joslah T. and Elizabeth (Wilson) White; ed. Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind.; m. Richmond, Ind., June 24, 1884, W. R. Wilson; one daughter: Irene. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Friends Church. Progressive in politics. Mem. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. and King's Daughters. Mem. Woman's Club. WILSON, Alaude Stuart FiUmore (Mrs. W.

Henry WJlson), 3129 Rhodes Av., Chicago, 111.

Born Champaign, 111., July 28, 1869; dau. Franklin B. and Mary Eliza (Stewart) Fillmore; grad. high school, Monticello, Minn., 1888; m. Fort Smith Ark., June 6, 1894, Dr. W. Henry Wilson; children: Imogen Ewett, Elizabeth Fill- more. Mem. Chicago Literary Score for 12 years (pres. 1911-13) ; club affiliated with State and General Federation of Women's Clubs. WILSON, Winifred Warren (Mrs. George Ar- thur Wilson), 805 Comstock Av., Syracuse,

N.Y.

Born Cambridge, Mass., 1870; dau. William Fairfield and Harriet Cornelia (Merrick) Warren; grad. Boston Univ., A.B. '91 (Phi Beta Kappa); A.M. '94; Bryn Mawr Coll., Ph.D. '98; fellow In Latin, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1893-94, and fellow by courtesy in Latin, 1894-96; holder of the Mary E. Garrett European fellowship and student in clas- sical philology at Univs. of Munich and Berlin, 189G-97. Instructor in Latin, Vassar Coll., 1897- 1902. Contributor to philological journals. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnaa. WILSON, Zillah E. (Mrs. William H. Wilson),

Aberdeen, S.Dak.

Instructor in Normal School; dau. Charles Cheney and Sarah F. (MacPherson) Drew: New England parentage; grad. from High School, Charles City, Iowa; Minn. State Normal Schoor, Mankato, Minn., and the Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B. ; m. Wiiliaui H. Wil-son; one son. Traveled exten.sively at home and abroad; now {IBVi) serving her eleventh year in the Northern Noi- mal and Industrial School of Aberdeen, S.Uak.

��Pres. of South Dakota FederaUon of Women's Clubs; mem. of State Free Library Commission. Mem. D.A.R. ; regent of MacPherson Chapter, Aberdeen; mem. of League of Am. Pen Women. Writer of educational articles. Bprlscopaliau. Pres. Le Cercle Frangaise, Aberdeen. Ardent advocate of equal franchise.

WILTBERGER, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Hugh Roland Wlltberger), 1831 N. Fourth St., Co- lumbus, O.

Teacher of apt; b. Columbia, S.C, Mar. 18, 1858; dau. Benjamin Hugh and Mary E. C. (Roach) Brady; ed. Columbia (S.C.) College for Girls; m. 1877, Hugh Roland Wiltberger; chil- dren: Edwardin, b. Oct. 22, 1878; Roland, b. Jan. 26, 1881; Virginia Brady, b. Jan. 9, 1889; Percy B. b. Feb. 4, 1892: Laurabelle, b. Sept. 17, 1896. Teacher In Methodist Female Coll., Colum- bia, S.C, in ornamental branches; taught In Hinton, W.Va., in art, and In Columbus, O. Interested and active in religious and social work. Mem. Indianapolis Sewing Circle, R. E. Lea Chapter, Daughters of Confederacy; pres. Lec- ture ClxLh; Tice-pres. of (3olumbus City Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1912-13. Elpiscopalian. Against woman suffragB. WUjTSE, Sara Eliza, West Roxbury, Mass.

Writer; b. Bums, Mich., 1849; dau. Henry and Mary Ann (Hugglns) Wiltse; ed. public schools of Mich, and special courses In the Garland and Weston Kindergarten Normal School in Boston Univ. Author: The Brave Baby and Other Stories; Folk-lore Stories and Proverbs; Kinder- garten Stories and Morning Talks; Myths and Mother- Plays; The Place of Story in Early Education. Edited editions of "Grimm's Fairy Tales" and of Victor Hugo's "Jean Valjean." Contributor to vario«8 publications on kinder- garten subjects, and to Am. Journal of Psy- chology.

WTNANS, Elizabeth Sweet (Mrs. J. A. WInans), Edgecllff Way, Cornell Heights, Ithaca, N.T. Born Unadilla, N.Y., Apr. 26, 1874; dau. Josbua J. and Emmeline G. (Allen) Sweet; ed. Vassar Coll., three years; Cornell Univ., two and one-half years, A.B. 1900; A.M. '02; since grad- uation has continued study of Greek economics and psychology; m. 1899, J. A. Winans, Cornell Univ. Four years teacher in Intermediate dep't of Sunday-school; Interested in settlement work, but especially Sunday-school. Mem. M.E. Church, W.C.T.U., Home Missionary Soc, Foreign Mis- sionary Soc. Recreations: Music, piano, pipe organ, walking. Mem. Cornell Alumnse Club, Women's Club of Ithaca (one year pres.). Campus Club, Golf Club (Ithaca).

WTNCHELL, F. Mabel, City Library, Manches- ter, N.H.

Librarian; b. Boston, Mass.; dau. Rensselaer and Harriet Newell (Brooks) Winchell; ed. Bos- ton public schools, Amherst Coll. Library School. Engaged as teacher until 1S94; a.ss't in Forbes Library, Northampton, Mass., 1894-1901; librarian of City Library, Manchester. N.H., since Jan. 1, 1902. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, N.H. Library Ass'n, Mass. Library Club, N.Y. Library Ass'n.

WINCHESTER/ Fanny Bamsay Wilder (Mrs.

Wilbur Fiske Winchester), 2051 N. Illinois St.,

Indianapolis, Ind.

Bom Newark, 0.; dau. Charles Peabody and Bloise (Walker) Wilder; ed. Indianapolis public schools, St. Mary's Acad., Somerset, O., and private tutors at home; m. Indianapolis, Ind., June 10, 1879, Wilbur F^ske Winchester; one son, b. Jan. 6 (died Jan. 9), l.SSi. Author: Thomas Walker of Rhode Island and One Line of His Descendajits; The Ancestors and De- scendants of Philip Schoff. Episcopalian. Ex- pres. of the Indiana Soc. Colonial Dames; State chairman Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors; associate councilor for State of In- diana of the Oder of the Grown in America; life mem. Daughters of Founders and Patriots; ex-historian of the first chapter of the D.A.R. organized in Indiana; State pres. of the Nat. Soc. U.S. Daughters of War of 1812, and founder of that society in Indiana; county regent of the Nat. Soc. U.S. Daughters War of 1812 for Marion Co., the Philip Schoff Chapter; mem.

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��Topsflefd Historical Soc, Governor Thomas Dud- ley Family Ass'n, Peabody Family Ass'n, White Family Ass'n, Ramsay Family Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Painting, drawing, music, gymnastic dancing, study of birds, landscape gardening, lofig country walks. Believes in restricted suf- frage for both sexes.

WINCHESTER, Maud Tarleton (Mrs. Marshall Winchester), Richmond Hill Settlem&nt House, it Macdougal St., N.T. City. Newspaper writer and settlement worker; b. Mobile, Ala., S^pt. 29, 1S69; dau. Robert MelYln and Sallle Bernard (Lightfoot) Tarleton; ed. private schools In Baltimore, Md. ; grad. Peabody Conservatory of Music, violin dep't; m. Marshall Winchester; children: Marshall Tarleton, Mar- garet Tarleton, Anne Gordon, John Gordon. Interested in settlement work in the Italian quarter of N.Y. City; mem. Woman's Trade Union League. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. of com. 1st A»ombly dls't. Woman Suffrage Party.

WTNCEESTEB, Pearl Adair Guim (Mrs. Benja- min S. Winchester), Elm St., Concord, Mass.

Bom Grand Bids*. Dl., July 3, 1874; dau. Rev. Thomas M. Gunn (D.D., Presbyterian clergyman) and Mary CatkariHe (Waggener) Gunn; ed. Whit- man Aead. aad Coll., Walla Walla, Wash.; Smith Coll., A.B. '95 (mem. Phi Kappa Psi) ; taught piano and gymnastics. Whitman Coll., 1895-97; m. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 31, 1S97, Benja- min S. Winchester; children: Margaret, Katha- rine, Pauline, Alice. Mem. women's societies of the Congregational Church; interested in girls' club work, education— particularly religious and moral— and development of the graded Sunday- school work. Lecturer Mass. Branch Nat. Con- gress of Mothers. Author of articles in denoml- nationil papers. Six Lessons for Girls in Inter- national Graded Sunday-school Lessons, Senior Department, first year; Methods and Materials Available for Religious Instruction in the Home (in Religious Education), etc. Congregationalist. Recreations: Music, photography, walking. Mem. Oncord Women's Club, Concord Musical Club. WINDER, Corinne Pope (Mrs. Charles Sidney Winder), 9 East Eagle St., Baltimore, Md.

Interior decorator; dau. George A. and Zayde A. (Hopkins) Pops; ed. Miss Hall's School, Balti- more; m. In Rhode Island, Charles S. Winder. Became associated with C. J. Benson & Co. in interior decorating In Oct., 1910. Favors woman suffrage. WXNC80B, Margaret Farsmaii Boynton (Mrs.

Phineaa Lawrence Windsor), 764 S. Lincoln

Av., Urbaaa, 111.

Bom Locfcport, N.Y., Jan. 1, 1872; dau. Thomas Cabot ajid Martha Whipple (Harwood) BcTnton; ed. public eshool* -yi Lockport; grad. high school 1890 (valedictorian); Cornell Univ., Ph.B., '95; grad. Bcolarshlp, Cornell, 1896-97 (class poet; Phi Beta Kappa, 'S4; Sigma Xi, '96; mem.. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Lockport, H.Y., Jan. 1, 1902, PMneas "jawrefice WindotH-; children: Margaret, b. 19C4: Mary Frances, b. 1907; EHsabeth Arnold, b 1909 Taught scisBce In NortifieW (Ma^.) Sem., 1895-96; ass't to State Entomologist of N.Y. State, Albany, Jun«, 1899-December, 1901. Writer of a few articles on nature study and science in periodicals. Mem. 111. State Acad, of Science AjaU-Tuberculosis League. Clubs: Tlnlv. Women's Club of the Univ. of 111., Music Club (Urbana, 111 ). Recreations: Tramping, picnick- ing, music. Mem. M.B. Churcti. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Twin City Auxiliary Equal Suf- frage Ass'n, 111. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. WING, Grace A. (Mrs. Henry Asa Wln«), 142

Wood St., Lewlston, Me.

Writer; b. Lawrence, Mass.; dau. Frank and Elizabeth A. (Stowt^ll) Gilbert; ed. Lawrence City schools, Westbrook Sem., Portland, Me.; m. Lewlston, Me., Mar. 2S, 1893, Herjry Asa Wing, journalist (deceased); one son: Henry Carleton. Special writer for Bangor News and Commercial, Lewiston Sun, Boston H«rald; now writes Top Drawer for Portland Express. Pen-name "Ma- dame Myself." Interested in playgrounds, par- liamentary law. Favors woman suffrage. Uni- versallst. Mem. D.A.R., New England Press

��Ass'n; pres. Androscoggin Co. Literary Union; director Maine Fed, Women's Clubs. Recrea- tions: Amateur photography, walking, club. Mem. Murray Club, Twin City Club, Parliamen- tary, Parlor C-ongress, Sunshine Soc. and State Board of Charities and Ckirrections. WINKLER, Georgia Gertrude, 145 Wellington St., Stratford, Ontario, Can. Writer of stories; b. Stratford, Sept. 6, 1S83; dau. Frederick and Mary (Kelly) Winkler; ed. Stratford public and high schools. Author of short stories In Outdoor CJanada, Michigan Catholic World, Toronto Globe, Sports Afield, Irish Times, and a number of others. Mem. Protestant Church of England. Mem. Press Club. Against woman suffrage. WINN, Alice Laura Bond (Mrs. George Edward Winn), 236 Winn St., Woburn, Mass. Born Thetford, Vt., Feb. 5, 18S4; dau. Chester Freeman and Persis Wilson (Dewey) Bond; ed. Thetford Acad., Oxford Acad., Oxford, N.H. ; m. Thetford, Vt, June 17, 1896, George Edward Winn. Teacher eight years in Woburn, Mass. Mem. Woburn Woman's Club (pres. 1908-12); mem. D.A.R., Colonel Loamni Baldwin Chapter; mem. Daughters of Vt. Club, Genealogical and Historical Soc, Boston. Ck>ngregationalist. Re- publican. Mem. First Congregational Church, Woburn, Mass. Has been active in work for support of Maryville Coll., Tenn. ; interested in work of conservation. WINN, Edith Lynwood, Trinity Court, Boston,

Mass.

Teacher of violin; b. Foxboro, Mass., Nov. 28, 1867; dau. Liscomb C. and Ann (Flavin) Winn; ed. Foxboro High School, lSSl-85; Framingham (Mass.) Normal School, 1885-87; studied in Berlin, 1896-99, with teachers at Royal High School, previously a pupil of Bemnard Listemann. Has taught at Holllns (Va.) Coll., Spartanburg, S.C. (Convers ColL), and In Boston. Lecturer on mu- sical topics for women's clubs, schools and Bos- ton opera houses; writer of articles in Musician, EMude, Musical Observer, and other journals. Baptist. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Foxboro High School. Recreations: Boating, swimming. Mem. New Bngland Woman's Press Club, Professional Woman's Club (Boston). Author: Violin Talks; Child VloliniM; Etudes of Life; How to Prepare for Kreutzer; How to Study Fiorillo; How to Studj the Rode Caprices; Hand Culture, Rhythm and Notation; Representative Violin Solos; Tone Poets and Their Interpreters; The Juvenile Vio- linist; Russian Folio; Seventeenth Century Folio; Pine Toter Tales; Shadow Pictures; Se- lected Legato Exercises, etc. Interested in prob- lems of oducation; has worked in the college settlements of Pittsburgh and Boston. WINN, Llzile M. Tnmey (Mrs. Robert Hiner

Winn), 216 Maysvllle St., Mt. Sterling, Ky.

Born Bourbon Co., Ky., Dec. 10, 18S0; dau. Jesso and Mary (Ewing) Turney; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '03 (mem. Tau Zeta Elpsilon) ; m. June 1, 1904, Robert H. Winn. Against woman suf- frage. WINSLOW, Clara Austin (Mrs. Guy Monroe

WInslow), 145 Woodland Road, Auburndale,

Maea.

Born Orleans, Vt., June 24, 1874; dau. Judge Orlo Henry and Sophie (Joslyn) Austin; ed. St. Johnsbury Acad., class of "92; Smith Coll., A.B. '99; m. Orleans, Vt., June 10, 1903, Guy Monroe Winslow (principal of Lasell Sem.); children: Richard Austin, Marjorie, Donald James. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Mother Goose, Anno- tated for Schools (published in Scribner's), and a few short children's poems. Congregationalist. Mem. Nat. Child Labor Com., Drama League cf Boston, Consumers' League, Woman's Municipal League. Mem. Review Club of Auburndale, Col- lege Club of Boston, Daughters of Vt., Smith College .\ss'n of Boston. TATNSLOW, Ellen Augusta, 100 Monmouth St.,

Springfield, Mass.

Teacher of mathematics; b. Wtstbrook, Me., Aug. 17, 1860; dau. Stephen R. and Hannah (Hacker) Winslow: ed. Westbrook High School; grad. State Normal School, Farmington (vale- dictorian) '80; Friends School, Providence. R.I.„

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WINSLOW, Helen Maria, Shirley, Mass.

Elditor, author, publisher; b. Westfleld, Vt. ; dau. Don Avery and Mary Salome (Newton) Winslow; ed. Vt, Acad, and State Normal schools, with special studies In languages and literature in Boston. Began work on Boston papers; dra- matic editor The Beacon, 1891-97; editor Woman's Club B^p'U Boston Transcript, 1893-98. Editor Woman's Club Dep't of the Delineator, 1897- 1905, and again 1912 —. Editor and publisher The Club Woman, 1897-1904; publisher Official Register of Women's Clubs in America since 18?7. Was commissioner from Mass. to the Cotton States Exposition of Atlanta, 1893. Director of Board of Trustees Frances WiUard Hospital, Bedford, Mass.; State regent of Mass. D.A R., two years, 1901-02. Founder of New Eaglanrt Women's Press Ass'n and of the Boston Authors' Club. Author: Salome Sheppard, Reformer, 1893; Concerning Cats, 1900; Concerning Polly, 1902; Literary Boston of To-day, 1902; The Woman of To-morrow, 1905; The President of Quex, 1906; Peggy at Spinster Farm, 1908; A Woman for Mayor, 1910; The Pleasuring of Susan Smith, 1912; At the Sign of the Town Pump, 1913; also collaborated with Frances Willard in Occupa- tions for Women, and with Marie Wright in Pic- turesque Mexico. Congregationalist. Mem. Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R. ; also lecturer before many women's clubs and societies; contributor to various magazines. Mem. Boston Authors' Club, New England Women's Press Ass'n, the Ex-Club of Boston, Pioneer Workers, the Lyceum Club of England, Professional Wom- an's Club, N.y. Woman's Press Club, the Daughters of Vt., Roxburghe Club, Altrurian Club, etc.

WTNSOR, Bessie L., 5203 Brooklyn Av., Seattle,

Wash.

Bora Port Austin, Mich.; dau. Richard and Martha (Turner) Winsor; ed. public school. Port Austin, Mich.; Univ. of Washingrton. Organizer and pres. organization of young women, who are principally professional women. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian (see. of Board of Trustees of church). Mem. D.A.R. Mem. Woman's Tuesday Club of Seattle; sec. of Washington State Federation (formerly rec. sec. 1904-06); chairman of Club Extension Com. of Seattle Fed. Was first rec. sec. of Seattle Fed. of Women's Clubs.

WINSTON, Annie Steger, 2607 Hanover Av.,

Richmond, Va.

Writer; b. Richmond, Va. ; dau. Chas. Henry and Nannie (Steger) Winston. Author: Memoirs of a Child; also stories in Century, Atlantic, ScrlbniT's, Harper's Weekly, Harper's Bazaar. Outlook, Lippincott. Mem. Woman's Club of Richmond.

mXTER, Alice Bea<-li (MVs. Charles Allan Winter) 53 E. p'ifty-iilnth St., N.Y. City. Artist; b. Green Ridge. Mo., 1S77; dau. Edgar Rice and Frances (White) Beach; ed. St. Louis Bch.iol of Fine Arts, l!^92-98; Art Students' League of N.Y., 1901; m. St. Louis, Mo., 1904, Charles Allan Winter. Work: Paintlnes and Illustrations

��of child life, appearing In current oxhlbUlons of paintings and In numerous magazines. Mem. Nat. Socialist Party. Favors woman sutlrage; mem. Woman's Art Club of N.Y. WINTKR, Alice Vivian Amea (Mrs. Thomas Gerald Winter), 418 Groveland Av., Minneap- olis, Minn.

Bom Albany, N.Y., Nov. 28, 1865; dau. Rev. Charles G. and Julia Frances (Baker) Ames; ed. Wellesley, B.A. '96; M.A. '89 (mem. Shakespeare Soc); m. Jun« 25, 1892, Thomas Gerald Winter; children: Charles Gilbert, b. 1893; Edith Ames, b. 1896. Teacher Mrs. Qutncy Shaw's School, 1890-92. Pres. Minneapolis Kindergarten Ass'n: mfm. Visiting Nurse Ass'n; pres. Minneepollc Woman's Club; mem. Minn, (jhild Labor Com- mission; mem. Mlnneajwlls Playground Com., College Women's Club; sec. The Hostesses. Au- thor: The Prize to the Hardy; Jewel Weed; mag- azine short stories. Unitarian. WINTER, EUzabeth CampbeU (Mrs. William Winter), New Brighton, Staten Island, N.Y. ; winter — Mentone, Calif.

Writer; b. Ederllne, Loch A'we, Scotland, Dec. 19, 1841; dau. John and Jessie (Tulloch) Camp- bell; ed. Model School and Normal School, Toronto, Ont. ; m, Dec. 8, 1860, William Winter, the eminent dramatic critic; children: Percy, b. Nov. 16, 1861; Arthur, b. Apr. 5, 1872 (died Jan. 24, 1886); Louis Victor, b. July 17, 1873 (died Feb. 17, 1905); William Jefferson, b. Nov. 11, 1878; Viola Winter Stilson, b. July 13, 1881. Autho^: The Spanish Treasure; A Girl's First Love; The Curse of Dangerfield; Hawthorn Lodge; The Mistress of the Grange, and hundreds of short stories and sketches under maiden name of E;iJzabeth Canipbell, aleo Elizabeth C. Winter, and under noms de plume of "Elsie Snowe," "Blanche Myrtle," "Isabel Castelar," etc. Favors woman suffrage (not militant). Repub- lican. Recreations: Gardening, cultivating orange ranch and caring for her grandchildren. Mem. Redlands Contemporary Club.

WTNTEB, Rosetta Lewis Helms (Mrs. Charles Winter), 115 Lee Av., Brooklyn, N.Y. Born Mar. 11, 1833; dau. Uriah and Amy (Whitney) Helms; grad. Rutgers Female Inst., '53; Brooklyn Normal School, '67; Woman's Law Class of N.Y. Univ., '02; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Mar. 22, 1866, Charles Winter. Charter mem. Chiropean Club; mem. D.A.R. (Fort Green chap- ter), Nat. Soc. NeTv England Women, Nat. Soc. Patriotic Women of America; mem. Nat. Geo- graphic Soc.; vlce-prea. Rutgers College Alumna Ass'n.

WINTER, S. Elizabeth, Inwood Sanitarium, Conshohocken, Pa.

Physician; b. Greenville, East Tenn.; dau. Marion and Malinda (Kelley) Winter; ed. Mary- ville (Tenn.) Coll.; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. Established first sanitarium for nervoua and mental diseases, for women only. In the State of Pa. conducted along scientific lines, 1898. Connected with the MiraJ Hospital at Mlra], In the Marathl country of South and West India In 1892, being the first woman surgeon in that terri- tory. Physician to the woman's dep't for the insane In the Friends Asylum at Frankford, Pa. Organized fir.st training school for nurses In that institution. Author of numerous medical briefs, chiefly treating of nervous diseases and treatment of the insane in U.S. Presbyterian. Mem. Philadelphia Co. Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Philadelphia Neurological Soc, Pa. State Med. Soc. Opposed to woman suffrage. WINTERBOTHAM, Lydia Sharp (Mrs. Thomas Wlnterbotham), 1105 W. Johnson St., Madi- son, Wis.

Born London, England, July 14, 1845; dau. Ediward and Ann Eliza (Watkinson) S'harp; grad. Univ. of Wis.. '65 (mem. Castalla Drbating Soc); m. Madison. Wis.. Nov. 28, 1871. Thomas Wlnter- botham; children: Ada, b. 1873; Edward, b 1875- Frederick, b. 1876; Rose, .b. 1879; Ralph, b". 1887.' School teacher before marriage. Mem. Woman's Auxiliary, Madison Woman's Club, Woman's Col- legiate Club, University of Wisconsin Alumnaj. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem Order Eastern Star, Wlmodaughis and Mystic Shrine societies.

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��WINTERBUBN, Florence Hull (Mrs. George W.

Winterburn), 2 St. Nicholas Place, N.T. City.

Author, editor; b. Chicago, 111., June 8, 1S58; da,u. Captain Stephen Chester and Laura (Bell) Hull; ed. Female Inst, in Washington; special studies in psychology, biology and modern philosophy; m. N.Y. City, Jan. 25, 1893, Dr. George W. Winterburn, physician, editor, writer (died Nov. 18, 1911). Went to N.Y. City, 1891, to do literary work and became special writer on child training. After marriage associated with husband in the conduct of the magazine Childhood, the pioneer in the field of child study which has since become popular; subsequently editor of departments on this topic in various magazines. At one time editor of Godey's and of Home and Country; six years editorial writer on the Woman's Home Companion; one year managing editor of historical magazine Ameri- cana. Essayist, writer of snort stories for mag- azines, collected In a volume: Southern Hearts. Author: Nursery Ethics; The Child's Standpoint; The Children's Health; Vacation Hints. Occa- sional lecturer. Has passed several years abroad, especially in Paris, where she went to study psychology and literature.

WINTERS, Helen Clegs: (Mrs. Valentine Win- ters), 319 W. First St., Dayton, O. Born Dayton, Dec. 6, 1869; dau. Charles B. and Harriet (Pease) Clegg; ed. Cincinnati and N.Y., Miss Nourse, Misses Peebles and Thompson Schocls; m. Dayton, Feb. 2S, 1889, Valentine Winters; children: Valentine (deceased), Harriet Helen and Jonathan Harshman Jr. Episcopalian. Treas. Woman Suffrage Ass'n of Montgomery Co. Mem. Dayton, Dayton Country and Mozart clubs.

VVITHAIH, Kose Adelaide, 15 Westport Av., Kansas City, Mo.

Principal of girls' private school; b. Boston, May 30, 1873; dau. Jason G. and Bessie T. (Tay- lor) Witham; ed. Thayer Acad., South Braintree, Mass.; Smith Coll., A.B. '95; post-grad, work Brown Univ. and Radcliffe Coll. (mem. Alpha, Greek club, Smith). Teacher of English, Fitch- burg High School, 1895-97; Somerville Latin School 1897-1901; Providence Classical School, 1901-05; editor at Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1905- 07- assoc principal the Barstow School, Kansas City Mo., 1907—. Editor of editions of: Silas Marner; Vicar of Wakefield; Irving's Life of Goldsmith; Tale of Two Cities; DeQuincey's Essays; Lamb's Essays; Old English and Scotch Ballads- author of children's short stories and plays Mem. Nat. Ass'n of English Teachers, College Club of Boston, Country Club (Kansas City), Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnas. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

WITHEKBEE, Mary Rhinelander Stewart (Mrs.

Frank Spencer Witherbee), 4 Fifth Av., N.T.

City.

Born N.Y. City, Mar. 3, 1859; dau. Lispenard and Mary Rogers (Rhinelander) Stewart; ed. Miss Green's School, Miss Ayer's School, and by professors at home; m. N.Y. City, Apr. 25, 1883 Frank Spencer Witherbee; children: Lispenard Stewart, b. June 1, 1886 (died Feb. 8, 1907); Evelyn Spencer, b. July 9, 1889. Actively inter- ested in social life and in various charitable societies; mem. of Grace Church, N.Y. City; director of Nursery and Child's Hospital; treas. Washington Square Auxiliary of Stony Wold Sanatorium. Since 1895 directs and supports en- tirely a cooking school of 80 members for the miners' children at Mineville, Essex Co., N.Y. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Colonial Dames.

WITHERS, Mrs. Jennie B. Barnes, Bureau of Statistics, Dep't of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Born Leavenworth, Kan., Mar. 3, 1863; dau. Delos N. and Caroline (Wilson) Barnes; grad. Leavenworth High School, June, '79, two years post-graduate work in languages; m. Aug. 3, 1882 Thomas Withers of Denver, O)lo. ; children: Lieut Thomas Withers, U.S.N. ; Midshipman Noble Withers, U.S.N. ; Cleeman, a page in House of Representatives, Washington, D.C, and Jennie. Many years a mem. Monday Literary

��Club of Denver; charter mem. Woman's Club of Denver; first vice-pres. Woman's Democratic Club of Colorado. In 1896 organized the Woman's Club of Cripple Creek, and the following season established a free reading-room and public library for the town of Cripple Creek. In 1900 was appointed State chairman for the Democratic women of Colorado, first to hold that position In the United States. Conducted the campaign for William J. Bryan, as far as the women's votes were concerned, after his first nomination in Colorado. Has been delegate in many county and two State conventions; three times delegate to the Nat. Fed. of Women's Clubs. At present a professional stenographer employed in the Bureau of Statistics, Dep't of Agriculture, Wash- ington, D.C. Has delivered many lectures and addresses in the interest of women and children and stands for the unqualified suffrage for women.

WITHERSPOON, Pauline F., The Belgravia,

Louisville, Ky.

Social worker; b. in Va. ; dau. Rev. Thomas Dwight Witherspoon (D.D., LL.D.) and Charlotte Vernon (Ingram) Witherspoon; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll. and Univ. of Chicago. Teacher of chemis- try and later, head of physics dep't. Girls High School, Louisville, Ky. ; director of social cen- tres in public schools of Louisville; ass't director Child Welfare Exhibit, Montreal, Can., June- Sept., 131'<J. Chairman of Educational Ckim. and mem. Board of Managers of the Woman's Club; mem. (College Club of Louisville, Conference of Social Workers Social Center Ass'n of America; chairman of Entertainments Section of Louisville Child Welfare Exhibit. Director of "The Cathe- dral House," of Louisville. Favors woman suf- frage. Presbyterian. Progressive in politics.

WITHERSPOON, Ruth Helene Miles (Mrs.

Charles R. Witherspoon), 20 Dartmouth St.,

Rochester, N.H.

Born Rochester, N.Y. ; ed. Rochester Free Acad., private tuition and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '02; m. Rochester, N.Y., Dr. Charles R. Wither- spoon. Mem. College Club of City of Rochester (pres. 1905).

W^THrNGTON, Alfreda Bosworth, Pittsfield,

Mass.

Physician, surgeon; b. German town. Pa., Aug. 15, 1860; dau. James Harvey and Alfreda (Bos- worth) Withington; ed. by private instruction and Cornell Univ., A.B. '81; post-grad, scientific work Cornell Univ.. '83; Woman's Med. Coll., N.Y. Infirmary, M.D. '87, with first award of merit. Resident physician, N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, 1887-88. Instructor in physiology, Woman's Med. Coll., 1887-88; student at Vienna, Prague and Dresden, 1888-90; resident Czechish Nat. Obstetrical Hospital, Prague, 1889 (by special grant of the Bohemian Ministerium — first woman physician). In metflcal practice in Pittsfield, Mass., since 1891. Attending physician and surgeon. House of Mercy Hospital, since 1892. Tuberculosis Hospital (Board of Managers); volunteer, Labrador Medical Mission, summer of 1907; officer and mem. of various social and philanthropic activities. Contributor and trans- later medical journals and Transactions; collabo- rator and biographer in Cyclopedia of Am. Med. Biography, 1912. Mem. Kappa Alpha Theta, Am. Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med. Soc. (ex-pres. Berkshire Co. branch). New England Pediatric Soc. Rec- reation: Winter sports. Mem. college and local clubs. Favors woman suffrage.

WITHROW, Winifred Warren (Mrs. Edward Chase Withrow), 103 Denver St., Sterling, Colo. Born Schroon, N.Y., Feb. 22, 1876; dau. Arthur W. and Augusta E. (Bump) Warren; ed. public school of Sterling, Greeley Normal of Colorado; m. Sterling, April 29, 1897, Edward Chase Withrow; children: F. Vivian, Alice Adelle. Mem. Methodist Ladies' Aid, Woman's Home Mis- sionary Soc, Sterling Franklin Parent Teachers' Ass'n, Order of Eastern Star. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, Zeta Zeta Club. WITTENMTER, Clara K.. Mills College, Cal.

Dean of Mills Coll.; b. Sycamore Valley, Cal.; dau. Lewis Cass and Helen Mar (Russell) Wit-

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��tenmyer; ed. public schools, Martinez, Cal.; Young Ladies' Sem., Benicla, Cal.; of Mills Coll., Cal. Mem. of Contra Costa County Board of Education, 1885-91 (pres. three years); teacher In Martinez (Cal) schools, 1876-91; principal gram- mar dep't several years; principal high school course, two years; principal grammar dep't of Mills Coll. until dep't was gradually eliminated; instructor and ass't principal in the seminary dep't until It was also eliminated; now dean of Mills Coll. Active in Martinez civic work; past grand pres. of the Ass'n of Native Daugliters of the Golden West (over 15 years sec. Board of Relief); mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Order of Eastern Star, Mills Alumnae Ass'n, Nat. Geo- graphic Soc, Home Club, Mills Club. Mem. of the Mills College non-sectarian church. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive Republican.

WITTER, Ellen Colfai, Denver, Colo.

Lawyer; b. Denver, Colo., June 25, 1868; dau. Daniel and Clara V. (Matthews) Witter; ed. West Denver High School, Wolfe Hall, and in the law office of Daniel Witter. In 1892 was ad- mitted to practice before all U.S. Land Offices, the Commissioner of the General Land Office, Washington, D.C., and before the Sec., being at that time the only woman admitted to such prac- tice. Favors woman suffrage. Was the first woman judge of elections in Denver, Colo., the first year women voted, and was the first woman to make application for commission as notary public in State of Colo. Author: Settlers' Guide to the Entry of Public Lands. Mem. United Brethren Church. Republican. Recreations: All out-door sports. Mem. Colorado Mountain Club.

AVIXOM, Henrietta S. (Mrs. E. C. Wixom), 1

Rangeley Park, Winchester, Mass.

Born Dunkirk, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1878; dau. William C. and Henrietta C. Segebarth; ed. Dunkirk public schools, Fredonia Normal School, '01; Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900; Columbia Univ., summer 1912; m. Dunkirk, N.Y., Aug. 24, 1907, E. C. Wixom. Teacher (formerly) of German and French. Chairman of Home Economics Com. of the Fortnightly Woman's Club. State Fed. lecturer on home economics subjects. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. E^xec. Board of the Win- chester Equal Suffrage League. Congregatlon- alist. Mem. Mission Union of Congregational Church (ex-pres.); mem. New England Home Economics Ass'n, Vassar Aluaana (Boston branch). Fortnightly Club (Winchester, Mass.). Recreations: Golf, autolng. Has conducted parties In Europe.

WIXSON, Helen Marsh (Mrs. Elmer A. Wlx- Bon), 539 E. Twelfth Av., Denver, Colo. State superintendent of public instruction; b. Muscoda, Wis.; dau. Jerome Lather and Melissa Allen (Moore) Marsh; ed. in high and preparatory schools; m. 1886, Elmer A. Wi.xson of Denver, Colo. Active In civic and progressive movements of Colorado since 1890; State librarian, 1895-96; State sup't of public Instruction, 1911-12. Re- ceived degree of Master of Pedagogy from the Colorado State Teachers' College. Member of B'd of State Teachers' Coll. of Colo. Has been contributor to magazines and newspapers throughout United States and has done much platform work. Protestant. Republican. Direc- tor In Colorado Chapter D.A.R. ; mem. -Nat. Con- gress of Mothers. Mem. Denver Woman's Club, Denver Press Club, Writers' Club, Monday Literary Club.

WOERNEK, Emma Josephine, 2046 Eastern

Parkway, Louisville, Ky.

Teacher; b. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 7, 1884; dau. J. George and Louise (Noethlich) Woerner; ed. Louisville Girls' High School, Ky. State Univ., B.S. Teacher and social worker in a model min- ing camp In the Kentucky mountains for six years. Director Broadway School Social Center; mem. Central Council of Social Centers. Pres. Louisville W»man Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. the People's Forum, Nat. Geographic Soc, Ky. Equal Rights Ass'n, Recreation Com. of Child Welfare Exhibit and Conference. Recreations: Riding, tennis, basketball. Mem. Woman's Club »f Louisville, the Highland Civic Club.

��WOLCOTT, Anna Louise, Wolcott School, Four- teenth Av., Denver, Colo.

Educator; b. Providence, R.L, May 25, 1863; dau. Samuel Wolcott, D.D., and Harriet Amanda (Pope) Wolcott; sister of late U.S. Senator Ed- ward Oliver Wolcott; ed. In private schools and Wellesley Coll. Engaged In educational work; principal of Wolfe Hall, Denver, 1892-98: since 1898 principal of the Wolcott School, Denver, which she founded. Mem. Board of Regents Univ. of Colo. Mem. State Forestry Ass'n; vlce- pres. Colorado Branch of the Congress of Mothers; mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames. Mem. Artists' Club, Fortnightly Club (Denver). WOLCOTT, Grace, 292 Marlborough St., Boston,

Mass.

Physician; b. Roxbury, Mass., Feb. 15, 1858; dau. John Wesley and Henrietta L. T. (Eustls) Wolcott; ed. public and private schools. Wom- an's Med. Coll. of Pa., Paris and Vienna. Con- sulting physician, Vincent Memorial Hospital. Mem. Guild of St. Luke. Favors woman suf- frage. Episcopalian. Councilor Mass. Med. Soc; mem. Boston Med. Library, Am. Med. Ass'n. Recreation: Farming. WOLCOTT, Lucy Elizabeth, 1448 Elm Av„ Long

Beach, Cal.

Soprano soloist, vocal teacher; b. Dudley, Mass. ; dau. Rev. W. H. and Rosabelle (Whitney) Wolcott; grad. Pomona Coll., B.A. Has been soloist in the Congregational, Methodist and Christian Science churches; has given recitals; now teacher in Wallis School of Dramatic Art, Gamut Club Bldg., Los Angeles. Author ol musical criticisms and sketches for newspapers and of some anecdotes in Lippincott's Magazine. Congregatlonalist. Progressive Republican. Rec- reations: Mountain climbing, sea bathing. Pres. and founder of the Woman's Music Study Cluh of Long Beach, Cal., which has for three years won the silver cup presented by the Cal. Fed. of Women's Clubs to the music club (In the federa- tion) presenting the best program of year's work. WOLCOTT, Mary Mills (Mrs. James Lestei

Wolcott), Dover, Del.

Born Dover, Del.; dau. Alexander and Sarab (Buckmaster) Goodwin; ed. In schools of Dover; m. James Lester Wolcott; children: four sons and one daughter; three sons living. Active In club work and chairman of Com. on Legislation of Delaware Stats Fed. of Women's Clubs. WOLI", Emma, 2876 Washington St., San Fran- cisco, Cal.

Author; b. San Francisco, June 15, 1865; dau. Simon and Annette (Levy) Wolf; ed. grammar, high and normal schools of San Francisco! Books: Other Things Being Equal; A Prodigal In Love; Joy of Lite; Heirs of Yesterday, and short stories In the magazines. Jewish religion. Re- publican. Favors woman suffrage. WOLFE, Clara Snell (Mrs. Albert Benedict

Wolfe), 35 N. Park St.. Oberlln, O.

Born Milledgeville, 111., May 9, 1S74; dau. Francis Adam and Ellen Rosamond (Campbell) Rosamond; grad. Milledgeville (111.) High School, '91; 111. State Normal Univ., '98; Oberlln Coll., A.B. '09; m. Milledgeville, 111., Sept. 6, 1906, Albert Benedict Wolfe. Prin. high school, Dun- dee, 111., 1898-99; critic teacher. III. State Normal Univ., 1900-01; critic teacher, Eastern 111. State Normal School, Charleston, 111., 1901-06; lecturer In teachers' institutes, 1905-09. Corr. sec. Ohio Fed. Women's Clubs; recording sec. Ohio Woman Suffrage Ass'n; mem. College Equal Suffrage League; organizer Woman Suffrage Party In Cleveland, Ohio; speaker and organizer In Ohio suffrage campaign of 1912. WOLFE, Florence Rockafellar (Mrs. Frank

Wolfe), 3003 Elm Av., Zlon City, 111.

Born New Trenton, Ind., Oct. 10, 1862; dau. Charles Wesley and Lurretia (Adair) Rocka- fellar; ed. in common schools. Central Normal Coll., 1884; m. Oct. 1, 1891, Frank Wolfe; chil- dren: Wilbur Lester, Lloyd, Charles Lawrence. Taught In common school; also taught sten- ography. Long and actively engaged In religious, social and philanthropic Interests of places of residence. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Chris- tian Catholic Church. Pres Zlon City Woman's Club.

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��WOZ,FE, Mary Moore, Frankford and Solly Avs., Holmesburg, Philadelphia, Pa, Physician; b. Ijewisburg, Pa., Mar. 31, 1874; dau. Charles Spyker and Martha E. (Meixoll) Wolfe; grad. Bucknel! Univ., B.A., samma cum laude, '96; M.A. 1900; Dep't Medicine and Surgery Univ. of Mich., M.D. '89 (mem. Pi Beta Phi). Ass't physician 1899-1901, chief physician 1901-09, women's dep't, 'Norristofrn State Hospital. Gov- ernment delegate to Internat. Congress at Am- sterdam, 1907; clinical prof, of psychiatry, Wo- men's Med. Coll. of Pa., 190S. favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Montgomery Co. Med. Soc., Am. Med. A.^s'n, Am. Med. Psychological Ass'n, Philadelphia Neurological Soc, Philadel- phia Psychiatric Soc. Recreations: Walking, tennis. Mem. Bucknell Alumnse Club of Phila- delphia, Alumna Club of Univ. of Mich. Women In and Around Philadelphia, D.A.R., Philadelphia Civic Club, Philadelphia Woman Suffrage Ass'n. WOLJESKA-TINDOrPH, Helen, Yonkers, N.Y. Artist, author; b. Vienna, Austria-Hungary, Feb. 23, 1875; ed. St. Louis School of Fine Arts, 1890-96; m. Chicago, 111., July 24, 1899, Dr. Lea Tindolph; one daughter: Mary Woljeska. Oi)ened studio in St. Louis, 1896. Exhibited oil paintings in Soc. of Western Artists and St. Louis Yearly Exposition. Began to write for the Criterion, then in St. Louis, and for the St. Louis Mirror, 1897. Went to Chicago, 1SS9, to work for Herbert S. Stone and 111. Engraving Co. ; came to N.Y. City 1899; since then engaged in literary and art work for various magazines. Author: A Woman's Confessional, 1905.

WOOD, Anna May (Mrs. Court Foster Wood), 311 E. Capital St., Washington, D.C. Teacher; b. Philadelphia, Mar. 20, 1865; dau. William and Anna E. (Stotsenburg) Whiteside; ed. Philadelphia public schools, grad. Philadel- phia Normal School; m. Washington, D.C, Mar. 13, 1895, Court Foster Wood; one son: Foster Wood. Interested in foreign and home mis- sionary work; mem. Board of Managers of Methodist Home for the Aged: teacher of Young Woman's Bible Class. Recording sec. D.C. Fed. Women's Clubs. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Progressive. Mem. P.E.O. Sisterhood Chapter C, Martha Chapter Eastern Star. Rec- reation: Automobiling. Clubs: Philo Classics, Capitol Hill History. WOOD, Carolena Morris, Mt. Klsco, N.Y.

Social worker; b. Mt. Kisco, N.Y., May 21, 1871; dau. James and Emily H. (Morris) Wood;, ed. private schools; Woman's Law Class, N.Y. Univ., School of Philanthropy. Interested in all movements in the Society of Friends (Quakers); manager N.Y. Colored Orphan Asylum, Howard Colored Orphan Asylum, District Nursing Ass'n of Northern Westchester Co. and many other movements for education, missions, the benefit of the colored people, etc. Mem. of many phil- anthropic, educational and religious societies. Recreations: Country life, travel. WOOD, Edith Klmer (Mrs. Albert Norton Wood>, care Navy Department, Washington, D.C.

Author; b. Portsmouth, N.H., Sept. 24, 1871; dau. Commander Horace Elmer (U.S. Navy) and Adele (Wiley) Elmer; ed. with tutors and gov- ernesses at home and abroad and at Smith Coll., B.L. '90; m. Brooklyn Navy Yard, June 24, 1893, Albert Norton Wood, Lieut (now Capt) U.S.N. ; children: Horace Elmer (died In early childhood), Thurston Elmer, Horace Nixon Elmer, Albert Elmer. Founder, 1906, and for three years pres. Antl-'Tuberculosia League of Porto Rico (since honorary pres.). Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Coll. Equal Suffrage League. Author: Her Pro- vincial Cousin, 1893; Shoulder Straps and Sun Bonnets, 1901; The Spirit of the Service, 1903; An Oberland Chalet, 1910, and many stories and articles in newspapers and magazines. Mem. Alumnae Ass'n of Smith Coll., Coll. Settlement Ass'n, Nat Ass'n for Prevention of Tuberculosis, Navy Relief Soc, Consumers' League, Smith Coll. Club, College Woman's Club. WOOD, Edvrina, 1500 Fourth Av., Columbus, Ga. Kindergartner ; b. Barnwell Co., S.C., May 15, 1876: dau. William Jennings and Belle (Willing-

��ham) Wood; grad. grammar schools, Columbus high school and Columbus Free Kindergarten. Made supervisor of free kindergartens Oct., 1900; kindergartens added to public schools, 1906, and was made supervisor of all kindergartens, 18 in all. Also teacher of training classes. Has charge of beginners in Sunday-school. Active in club, social and philapthropic interests. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Pres. City Fed. Women's Clubs. Mem. Students' Club (literary). Civic League, Froebel Club (Kindergartners). WOOD, Ella Florence Eames (Mrs. Edward

Everett Wood Jr.), 309 Elm St., Northampton,

Mass.

Born Bath, Me., Dec. 23, 1861; dau. Henry and Adelia F. (Morse) Eames; ed. Bath public schools, Smith Coll., A.B. (mem. Alpha); m. Bath, Sept. 8, 1S85, Edward En^erett Wood Jr.; children: Henry Eames, George Wight. Con- gregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., Smith Coll. Alum- ncB Ass'n. Recreations: Music, wood carving. Mem. Colonial Club (literary), Northampton Clef Club (musical). WOOD, Ethel, 48 Winchester St, Brookllne,

Mass.

Lecturer, teacher; b. Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 18, 1879; dau. Isaac W. and Mary S. (Rus- sell) Wood; ed. private school and Grand Rapids High School, grad. '96; Smith Coll., 1898-99. Teacher; now lecturer on Children and Their Stories, and on Welsh Folk-Lore; story teller to children. Author: Dolly's Double, 1906. WOOD, Ethel Bryant Harmon (Mrs. Edward

Holton Wood), 114 Curtis St., Tufts College,

Mass.

High school teacher; b. Adams, Mass., Mar. 7, 1879; dau. George Milford and Ella Adele Har- mon; ed. Tufts Coll., A.B. (mem. Phi Beta Kappa) 1900 (mem. Alpha Omicron Pi); m. Tufts Coll., Mass., Sept 27, 1906, Edward Holton Wood; one son: George Harmon Wood. Mem. of the Hillside Unlvorsaliat Church at Medford Hillside, Mass. Universalist. Recreation: Bird study.

WOOD, Florence (Mrs. William Halsey Wood),

557 W. 124th St, N.Y. City.

Born Germantown, Pa. ; dau. Alexander and Emily (Cox) Hemsley; ed. private schools, Phila- delphia, Pa. ; m. Tannersville, Greene Co., N.Y., Nov. 19, 1889, William Halsey Wood (prominent architect of N.Y.); children: Emily Hemsley, William Halsey Jr., Alexander Hemsley. Inter- ested and active in societies and activities of Protestant Episcopal Church. Favors woman suffrage.

WOOD, Frances Ann, Raymond Av., Vassar

College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Adams, Mass., 1840; dau. Resolva and Eunice Ann (Patterson) Wood; ed. public and private schools in New England. Teacher of music at Vassar Coll., 1867-70, English critic, 1870-80; librarian at Vassar C^oU., 1880-1910. Author: Earliest Years at Vassar. Unitarian.

WOOD, Frances Fisher (Mrs. William Ben- jamin Wood), 33 W. Forty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Genealogist, architect; b. Waltham Mass.; dau. Waldo A. and Angelina (Howes) Fisher; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B., pres. of class. Com- mencement Honor (given to ten of highest stand- ing) ; m. Cleveland, O., Aug. 10, 1886, Dr. William Benjamin Wood; one son: EJric Fisher. Teacher, 1876-82; principal of school, 1882-86; pres. Vassar Alumnae Ass'n, 1886-87; trustee Barnard Coll., 1890; lecturer, 1880-95; owner of Kingwood Farm, 1890-95; Oriental art expert and dealer, 1894-1908; genealogist, 1908; architect, 1910. t'avors woman suffrage. Author: Infancy and Childhood, lec- tures; contributor to newsr^pers. Episcopalian. Free Trader. Mem. Ck>lonial Dames of N.Y., Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, Vassar Alumnaa Ass'n, Colony Club, Wednesday Afternoon Club, Ontnora Club.

WOOD, Harriet Ann, 497 E. Fifteenth St, N, Portland, Ore.

Librarian; b. Saginaw, Mich., 1871; dau. Na- than S. and Kitty (Paine) Wood; grad. Vassar Coll., B.A. '93; Chicago Univ.; N.Y. State U- brary School. Librarian, Cedar Rapids, In., 1903-

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��10; school librarian, Portland, Ore., since 1910; pres. Iowa Library Ass'n, 1909; instructor In summer library schools. Pres. Oregon Branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnas, 1913; mem. Board of Y.W.C.A., Portland. Mem. College Equal Suf- frage League. Baptist. Democrat. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, Portland Professional Woman's League.

WOOD, Harrlette M. Johnston (Mrs. William H. Wood); office, 60 Wall St.. N.Y. City: resi- dence, San Remo Hotel, N.Y. City. Lawyer; b. Hector, N.Y.; dau. Rufus W. and Mary E. (Matthews) Johnston; ed. district school. Cook Acad.. Albany Law School and Woman's Law Class N.Y. Univ.; m. N.Y. City, Dec. 23, 1903, William H. Wood. Public speaker and writer; has prepared and presented to Legisla- ture laws to better conditions of women and children, and for health certificate before license to marry la granted. Author: Laws Discrimi- nating Against Women In the State of New York. Mem. State Bar Ass'n, N.Y. County Law- yers' Ass'n, D.A.R., Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, Alumnae Ass'n of Woman's Law Class N.Y. Univ., Progressive Party, Women Lawyers' Club, Pen and Brush Club, Women's Press Club, Manhattan Study Club. Recreations: Fruit farming on Seneca Lake (100 acres of peaches and grapes), fishing, preserving, pickling, canning. Jamming, jellying, cultivating flowers and gardening. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. State and National Ass'ns. Woman Suffrage Party. WOOD, Helen Toss (Mrs. George Bacon Wood), 129 S. Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa, Born N.Y. City, Dec. 1, 1872; dau. Rev. Cyrus David Fobs (Bishop in M.E. Church) and Amelia (Robertson) Foss; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.S. '94 (mem. Phi Sigma); Univ. of Pa., M.A. '03 (degree taken In sociology and economics) ; m. Phi'adel- rhla, Pa.. Oct. 2, 1906, George Bacon Wood, M.D. ; children: Helen, b. 1907; George Bacon Jr., b. 1909. Professional social worker before marriage. Director Philadelphia Soc. for Organ- izing Charity; vice-chairman Women's League for Good Government; director Bureau of Occu- pations for Trained Women. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. College Club, Civic Club.

WOOD, Mrs. Jessie Porter, 32 The Winston, Washington, D.C.

Assistant in Library of Congress; b. Syracuse, N.Y. ; dau. John Warren (lineal descendant of John Porter, one of founders of Windsor. Conn.) and Helen Mar (Stoddard) Porter (descendant of John Stoddard of Wethersfield, Conn.); paternal grandfather, John F. Porter, was first child born In Syracuse, N.Y.; ed. schools of Charlottesville, Va. ; studied at Metropolitan Museum Art School, N.Y. City, receiving two prizes, and at Art Stu- dents' League under J. Carrol Backwith and Wal- ter Shlrlaw; m. 1889, Thomas Thornton Wood, of Charlottesville, Va. Exhibited portraits at At- lanta Exposition, Providence (R.I.) Art Club and Washington Water Color (jlub. Professional genealogist and well-known heraldic painter. Appointed to Prints Division, Library of Con- gress, Sept. 18, 1897, later transferred to Reading Room. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. through great-grandfathers on both sides of family, Co- lumbian Women of George Washington Univ., Washington Water Color Club. Favors woman suffrage.

WOOD, Joanna E., "The Heights," Queenstown,

Ont., Can.

Author; b. Lanarkshire, Scotland; came to Canada with parents in childhood; ed. in schools of Ontario. Author: A Martyr to Love; The Un- tempored Wind; Judith Moore; 'I'he Lynchpin SenFation;' A Daughter of Witches; Where Waters Beckon; Farden Ha'; Unto the Third Generation.

WOOD, Luole Pourher (Mrs. Edwin Dow Wood), care of General Electric Co., Provident Bank Building, Cincinnati, O. Born Rookport, Ind., May 26, 1880; dau. John

Poucher and Annie Martha (Cross) Poucher; ed.

De Pauw Univ., Greencastle, Ind., A.B. 1900,

A.M. 1901, Phi Beta Kappa (mem. Kappa Kappa

��Gamma); m. Petersburg, Ind., June 21, 1911, Edwin Dow Wood. Teacher of Latin; tutor De Pauw Univ. Acad., 1900-01; dep't head in high schools of Greensburg, Ind., 1901-02; Elwood, Ind., 1902-05; New Albany, Ind., 1905-11. Mem. Methodisi Episcopal Church. Mem. Falls Cities Alumnae Ass'n of Kappa Kappa Gamma. Mem. Fortnightly Literary Club (New Albany, Ind.). WOOD, Lydia Cope (Mrs. John Bacon Wood),

Pyne Poynt, Canaden, N.J.

Born Philadelphia, 1845; dau. William Morris and Eliza Cooper (Cope) Collins; ed. Philadelphia private school; m. Philadelphia, May 8, 1867, John Bacon Wood; children: Ellen Collins, Ho- ratio Curtis, Arthur Morris, Edward Cope. In- terested in religious, social and philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Author: For a Free Conscience; The Haydocks; Testimony; A Missionary Penny; also short stories contributed to various papers. Mem. Orthodox Friends. Recreation: All out-door life. WOOD, Lydta Jefferies (Mrs. Henry Firth

Wood). 235 Eighty-fourth St., Bay Ridge,

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Bom New Brunswick, N.J., Aug. 30, 1862; dau. David T. and Sarah (Green) Jefferies; ed. Jersey City High School, Nat. School of Elocution and Oratory, Philadelphia; took first prize ($50 gold medal) and two honors at contest; m. Brooklyn, Feb. 19, 1883, Henry Firth Wood; children: Stacy Harolde Wood, artist, b. Nov. 25, 1887; Eunice Sayra Wood (at Wellesley), b. Sept. 3, 1893; Roland Armstrong Wood, b. June 16, 1897. Has been professional reader since 1881; traveled ex- tensively over U.S. and Europe. Presbyterian. Mem. Consumers' L.eague, Nat. Indian Ass'n, Red CroFs Soc, Missionary Soc. of church, Nat. Sunshine Soc, N.Y. Fed. of Women's Clubs, Sorosis, Bay Ridge Reading Club. WOOD, Mabel Janette, 515 N. Cayuga St.,

Ithaca, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Ithaca, N.Y., Jan. 1, 18S3; dau. Percy W. and Mary (Osman) Wood; ed. high school, Ithaca, N.Y. ; Cornell Univ., A.B., grad- uate work 1907-08. Taught in Evansville Sem., 1905-06; high school, Montrose, Pa., 1906-07; Ithaca High School, 1908-09. Mem. D.A.R. Methodist. WOOD, Mary Cralg-e (Mrs. Thomas Dewera

Wood), Bryn Mawr, Pa,, and "Florencitaa,"

Santa Barbara, Cal.

Born Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. John Lindsay and Elizabeth Brooke (Hubertson) Craige; ed. Chegaray Inst., Philadelphia, and in Germany and France; m. Philadelphia, April 27, 1887, Thomas Dewers Wood; children: Lindsay, Craige, Ruth Gilpin, Eleanor, Vincent Porter, Lillian Wayland Wood. Author: Old Records of Phila- delphia Families. ,.Iem. Morgaranto Klebus Club. WOOD, Mary I. (Mrs. George A. Wood), Ports- mouth, N.H.

Manager Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs Bureau of Information; b. Woodstock, Vt., Jan. 18, 18C6; dau. John L. and Jean Ainsworth (Brand) Stevens; ed. Black River Acad., Ludlow, Vt.; Vt. Acad., Saxtona River, Vt. ; private in- struction in language and ethics; m. Saxtons River, Vt., Oct. 14, 1884. George A. Wood; chil- dren: Helen (now Mrs. O. M. Campbell), Albert J., Mary E., Keith A. Ex-pres. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; ex-director General Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. State Board of Charities and Correction, local Board of Instruction; pres. of District Nursing Ass'n; director of Girls' Club Ass'n; vlce-pres. local society for Asso- ciated Charities. Author: History of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1912; has been editor of two different women's club magazines, and contributes articles to magazines upon the woman question. Mem. Graffort Club and Civic Ass'n (Portsmouth). Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; vlce-pres. local league; vlce-pres. Stats organization and chairman State (Tampai^ Com. WOOD, Mary Knight (Mrs. Charles Greenleaf

Wood), 150 W. Fifty-ninth St., N.Y. City;

"Wllchwood," Onteora Club, CatsklU Moun- tains. N.Y.

Musician and song writer; b. Easthampton, Mass., 1857; dau. Horatio Gates Knltht (LleU'

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��tenant Governor of Mass.) and Mary Ann (Hun- toon) Knight; ed. Charlier Inst, N.Y. ; Miss Por- ter's School, Farmington, Conn. ; music studies under B. J. Lang, Karl Klauser, J. H. Cornell, Henrj Holden Huse; m. 1879, Charles Greenleaf Wood of Boston; one son: Charles Greenleaf Wood 3d (died 1884). Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal Franchise Soc., N.Y. City. Has written about fifty songs for various voices. In- cluding Ashes of Roses, Thy Name, Song of Solo- mon, Songs of Sleep, etc. Recreation. Traveling. Mem. Women's Cosmopolitan Club (N.Y.), On- teora Club (Catsklll Mountains). Spent nine years in Mexico; has often visited West Indies, Europe, EgjT>t. WOOD, Bnth Gouldingr, Northampton, Mass.

Professor of mathematics; b. Pawtucket, R.I., Jan. 29, 1875; dau. S. Eugene and Kate B. (Pond) Wood; ed. Pawtucket High School; Smith Coll., B.Ii. '98; Yale Univ., Ph.D. '01; studied In Got- tlngen, 1908-09. Instructor in mathematics, Mt Holyoke Coll., 1901-02; Smith, 1902-09; now prof, of mathematics. Smith Coll. Mem. Am. Mathe- matical Ass'n. WOODBEKBT, Ethel Morton, 56 Parsons St.,

West Newton, Mass.

Inventory work; b. Amherst, N.H., Dec. 29, 1875; dau. Horace E. and Isabella (Larcom) Woodberry; ed. Newton High School; Smith Coll.; A.B. '98; Harvard Summer School, '03. Interested in church and Sunday-school work. Children's Missionary Soc, class in English for Italians. Against woman suffrage. Congrega- tionalist.

WOODBEBBY, Bosa, 428 Peachtree St., At- lanta, Ga,

Educator; b. Williston, S.C. ; daughter of Stratford Benjamin and Victoria (Cocroft) Wood- berry; ed. Lucy Cobb Inst, and Univ. of Ga. Principal Miss Woodberry's School for Girls, Atlanta, Ga., and teacher of physical sciences. State parliamentarian of Ga. Fed. of Women's Clubs and the Atlanta Daughters of the Con- federacy; sec. Women's Auxiliary of the Diocese of Atlanta. Episcopalian. Takes parties of her girls for European travel. Mem. Atlanta Wo- man's Club. Pioneer leader in Georgia club work and writes for various State and general publications. Leader in church missionary work. Has held office in the State organizations of various societies.

WOODBBIDGE, Cora Adams (Mrs. Samuel Bradford V/oodbrldge), 73 Stanley St., In- gram, Allegheny Co., Pa.

Born Warren, Mass., Dec. 19, 18S0; dau. James Henry and Nellie F. Adams; ed. Wellesley Coll., A.B. '03; m. Warren, Mass., June 22, 1910, Samuel Bradford Woodbridge (Princeton, '04). Teacher, 1903-04, Ames School, Dedham, Mass.; 1904-06, East St. School, New Britan, Conn.; 1906-09, Noah Webster School, Hartford, Conn. Interested in missions and mem. of Young Wo- men's Missionary Soc. of First Presbyterian Church of Ingram, Pa. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Wellesley Coll. Club of Pittsburgh.

WOODBBLDGE, HeJena Belle Adams (Mrs. Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge), Mont- rose, Westchester Co., N.T. Bom Cincinnati, C, Feb. 23 1869; dau. Alfred L. and Ada (Arven) Adams; ed. Cincinnati public schools; Oak Grove School, Amherst, Mass.; Smith Coll., A.B. '92; m. Chicago, June 25, 1895, Frederick James Eugene Woodbridge (Johnsonian prof, philosophy and dean of the Graduate Schools of Columbia Univ.); children: Frederick James, John Arven, Donald Bingham, Helena. Mem. Stonywold Ass'n (Tuberculosis Sanitarium), Manhattan Trade School, Consum- ers' League, Seamen's Church Inst., District Nursing Ass'n of Northern Westchester Co. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Smith Alumnae Ass'n, Smith Students' Aid Soc, Women's Uuiversity Glub and Smith College Club (N.Y. City).

WOODBCBY, Mabel Blanche 616 Fourth St.,

Redlands, Cal.

Teacher; b. Concord, Vt., Oct. 30, 1869; dau. Joseph Emerson and Martha (Barker) Woodbury;

��grad. Chelsea (Mass.) High School, '88; Welles- ley Coll., B.A. '93, M.A. '04; fellow in psychology, Wellesley, 1903-04; summer sessions Univ. of Cal., 1906 and 1912. Taught in high school, Holllston, Mass.. 1893-1903; assistant in psychology, Welles- ley, 1903-04; instructor In Wheaton Sem., Norton, Mass., 1904-05; classical dep't, high school. Red- lands, Cal., 1905-12. Interested In Juvenile Pro- tective Ass'n work. Favors woman suffrage. Author of pamphlets: Outline of a Course In Greek and Roman Literature for Secondary Schools; article in Classical Journal: The Clas- sics In English; An Outline of a Course in GreeJs Culture. Congregatdonalist. Progressive Repub- lican. Mem. Southern Cal. Classical Conference; pres. 1913-14 Southern Cal. branch of Ass'n ot Collegiate Alumnse; mem. Schoolwomen's Tima to Time Club of Southern Cal. WOODBUBT, Marcia Oakes, 194 Clarendon St., Bost )n, Mass.

Artist; b. South Berwick, Maine, June 20, 1865; dau. Abner and Susan M. (Bennett) Wood- bury; ed. in schools of South Berwick, Maine; student In art of Lasar, Paris. Awarded gold medal, Atlanta Exposition, 1895; also medala from the Mechanics' Ass'n, Boston; prize of Boston Art Club; also exhibited at Paris Expo- sition and Nashville Exposition (hon. mention). Mem. Boston Water Color Club, New York Water Color Club.

WOODFOED, Laura Moore (Mrs. Isaac Newton Woodford), 2636 Garfield St., Lincoln, Neb. Born Gustavus, 0., June 7 1838; dau. Anson and Lucia (Meacham) Moore; ed. in schools, both public and private, at Brighton, la. ; one year In Female Sem. in Fairfield, la.; m. Brighton, la.. Mar. 20, 1861, Isaac Newton Woodford; children: Arthur Moore, Emma Eliza, Helen L., Henry Lane. Active in church, club and social affairs. Eligible to D.A.R., but not a member. Origi- nator and mem. Zetetic Club of Weeping Water, Neb. (first woman's club in Nebraska, organized Jan. 14, 1889). Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

WOODHULL, Agnes Patton (Mrs. Schuyler Col- fax Woodhull), 2015 Stevens Av., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Philadelphia, Sept. 13, 1877; dau. John Woodbridge and Mary (Blackiston) Patton; ed. Friends Select School, Miss Hill's School for Girls of Philadelphia; Smith OoU., L.B. '01; m. Quogue, L.I., June 24, 1905, Schuyler Colfax Woodhull; children: Agnes Patton, b. Sept. 26, 1907; Caroline Vroom, b. July 29, 1909; Helen Hepburn, b. Aug. 24, 1912. Interested in mis- sions; one of vice-presidents of Minneapolis Home Mission Presbyterial Soc Presbyterian. Mem. Westminster Guild Missionary Soc; mem. local branch of Y.W.C.A. Recreations: Tennis, golf, walking, sailing. Mem. Lafayette Club (Mianetonka Beach), Woman's Club, Tuesday Morning Club (literary).

WOODHULL, Marianna, Bates College. Lewis- ton, Me.

Professor of fine arts and dean of women. Bates Coll. ; b. Cominack, N.Y. ; dau. John Alpheus and Joanna (Brown) Woodhull; ed. Smith Coll., B.A.; Oxford, England, and Colum- bia Univ. (Alpha Soc, Smith). Mem. the Wo- man's Municipal League of N.Y., Civic League, Barnard Club; pres. Smith College Club, N.Y., four years; mem. Art and Literature Union, Lewlston and Auburn, Me. Favors woman suf- frage. Author: The Epic of Paradise Lost; twelve essays. Episcopalian. Recreations: Walk- ing, climbing, boating.

WOODHULL, Zulu Maud, Norton's Park. Bre- don's Norton, near Tewksbury, Worcester- shire, England.

Author; b. New York; dau. Dr. Canning Wood- hull and Victoria (Claflin) Woodhull (now Mrs. John Biddulph Martin, q. v.); ed. in Nbt? YorK, Paris and London, In schools and by private tutors. Interested In humanitarian problems and in social questions. Co-foimder, with her mother, Mrs. Martin, In the founding of the Woman's International Agricultural Ass'n. As- sociate editor of The Humanitarian. Mem. Institut Psychologique, Paris; Soc. for Physical

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��Research, London, etc. Author: The Proposal, ^a Dialogue. 1880; Affinities, a Play, 1896. Mem. Ladies' Automobile Club, Ladies' Athenaeum Club, Manor House Club. Favors woman suf- frage.

WOODIN, Gertrude Lee, U.S. Geological Survey Library, Washington, D.C.

Librarian; b. Concord, N.H. ; dau. Simeon Fos- ter and Sarah (Utiey) Woodin; grad. Wellesley Coll., BA.; studied at N.Y. State Library School, Altvany, N.Y., 1899-1900; mem. T. Z. B. (Wellesley). Cataloguer at Holyoke (Mass.) Public Library, branch libraries of U.S. Dep't of Agriculture, Library of Congress; head cata- loguer in U.S. Bureau of Education and in U.S. Geological Survey. Mem. First Congregational Church. Stamp-saving collector for poor of Associated Charities of Washington. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Dist. of Columbia Library Ass'n. Recreations: Walk- ing, studying birds, bicycling.

WOODIN, Mary Kastman, 36 Florentine Gar- dens, Springfield, Mass.

Teacher; b. Foochow, China; dau. Rev. Simon F. and Sarah (Utley) Woodin; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.S. '90. Taught Latin the past five years In Western Coll. for Women, Oxford, 0., 1906-13, studying for M.A., 1913-14, in Univ. of 111. In- terested in foreign missions, especially China. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Agora (student literary society of Western Coll.), Woman's Club (Oxford, O.), Classical Ass'n of Middle West and South. Recreation: Tennis. Mem. Suffrage Club (Western College).

WOODMAN, Alice Kezia (Mrs. Edgar Sumner

Woodm>n1, Weat Medway, Mass.

Journalist; b. East Medway, Mass., Aug. 19, 1873; dau. John Adams and Francesca' (Boyd) Richardson; ed. Medway High School and Kin- dergarten Training School; m. June 27, 1894, Ed- gar Sumner Woodman; children: Winifred K., Marjori?. Worked on various newspapers as edi- torial, reportorlal and special writer, 20 years. Teacher in kindergartens four and one-half years. Dramatic coach. Church worker along various lines. Assists high school seniors each yeai to raise funds for a Washington trip (chaperoned class of 1911). Favors woman suffrage. Congre- gationalist. Mem. Village Improvement Soc. Recreations: Out-door life, camp life, tennis, rowing. Mem. Quinshipaug Woman's Club, New England Woman's Press Ass'n, Medway Wo- man's Club (has held ofBce in all).

WOODM.VN, Marie S. Montagrue (Mrs. J. M.

Woodman), San Leandro, Cal.

Retired school principal; grad. Rockford (111.) Sem. (now college), '58; m. June 5, 1861, Rev. J, M. Woodman, clergyman, author (died Dec. 27, 1903); two daughters (deceased) and one son, a civil engineer. Teacher 1858-1899; with hus- band went from Neiw Jersey to California by the Panama route in 1862, and in June, 1863, estab- lished the Chico (Cal.) Acad., of which he was principal and she vice-principal until 1896, when they sold out and removed to San Leandro. Mem. W.C.T.U., in which has been very active as State vice-pres.. State organizer and lecturer. Has made many long vacation trips to the East, during which she often lectured and occupied pulpits en route. Has contributed to newspapers and magazines. Congregationalist (was sup't of Sunday-school for 30 years). WOODMAN, Olivia J. C. (Mrs. J. J. Woodman),

Paw Paw, Mich.

Minister; b. Gains, Orleans Co., N.Y. ; dau. Seymour and Jane (Brown) Carpenter; ed. (academic course), Lansing (Mich.) Acad.; m. Lansing, Mich., Nov. 7, 1896, Hon. J. J. Wood- man. Was teacher for several years; ordained and held several pastorates (Unlversallst). Lec- turer on educational, moral and political sub- jects. Interested in temperance, child labor, municipal improvements and conservation of natural resources. Pres. County Equal Suf- frage organization. Universalist. Mem. Grange, Order Eastern Star, Ladies of the Maccabees, Woman's Relief Corps. Mem. Coterie (Paw PaTv), Van Buren Co. Federated Clubs, Mich. State Federation, Equal Suffrage State Ass'n.

��WOODROW, Nancy Mann Waddel (Mrs. Jamei Wilson Woodrow), Daniel Appleton & Co., N.Y. City.

Author; b. Chillicothe, Ohio; dau. Dr. William Waddel and Jane (McCoy) Waddel; prlvaieiy educated; m. Chillicothe, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1897, Dr. James Wilson Woodrow. Began newspaper work as ass't editor of the Chillicothe (Ohio) Dally News, 1896-97; came to New York, 1900. Con- tributor to principal magazines, under pen- name of "Mrs. Wilson Woodrow." Author: The Bird of Time, 1907; The New Missloner, 1907; The Silver Butterfly, 1909; The Beauty, 1910; Sally Salt, 1912; Black Pearl, 1912. WOODRUFF, Anna Florence (Mrs. Clinton Rogers Woodruff), 2219 Spruce St., Philadel- phia, Pa,

Born Lancaster, Pa.; dau. Henry Grant and Martha (Flora) Miller; ed. Lancaster and Phila- delphia schools; m. Feb. 12, 1890, Clinton Rogers Woodruff; children: Anna Florence Woodruff, b. Oct. 17, 1892. Mem. School Board since 1902; pres. Eighth Ward Board two years; treas. Cushman Club, also one of the founders. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Pa. Woman Suflraga Ass'n, St. Martha's Auxiliary. Episcopalian. Recreation: Tennis. Mem. Civic Club, New Cen- tury Club, Cushman Club.

WOODRUFF, Anne Helena, 643 Grace St., Chicago, III.

Born St. Davids, Ont., C!an. ; dau. William Henry and Mary D. (Secord) Woodruff; ed. pub- lic school, v/ith two terms at Brockport State Normal School (academic). Author: Betty and Bob (juvenile book); Three Boys and a Girl; The Pond in the Marshy Meadow. Has written much for Sunday-school publications and home magazines, two articles St. Nicholas, and hymns. Presbyterian.

WOODRUFF, Caroline 8., 9 Church St., St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Principal of grammar school; b. West Burke, Vt., July 15, 1866; dau. George W. and Octavia (Bemis) Woodruff; ed. St. Johnsbury Acad. Pres. Vt. State Women Teachers Club, 1910-12; chair- man Board of Managers Vt. Teachers Retirement Fund Ass'n, 1910 —. Interested in all social ques- tions, especially those pertaining to child welfare. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Pro- gressive. Vt. State chairman of General Fed. of Women's Clubs, educational dep't. WOODRUFF, Ellen E. Hamilton (Mrs. Frank E. Woodruff), Brunswick, Me. Born Rochester, Vt., Nov. 14, 1853; dau. Dr. Henry W. and Eliza (Graves) Hamilton; ed. Univ. of Vt., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '75; A.M. '78 (class of 1875 was the first in Univ. of Vt. to which women were admitted); m. Athens, Greece, Jan. 11, 1883, Prof. Frank E. Woodruff; children: Dr. John Hamilton, Robert Thomson, Edith Salome. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Kappa Alpha Theta.

WOODRUFF, Helen Smith (Mrs. Lewis B, Woodruff), 749 West End Av., N.Y. City; sum- mer. Ash Grove, Litchfield, Conn. Author; b. in Selma, Alabama; daughter of Oscar E. and Emma (West) Smith; ed. Gard- ner's School, N.Y. City; Temple School, N.Y. (?ity; m. Birmingham, Ala., June 18, 1904, Lewi* B. Woodruff. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Miss Beauty; Pyxie's Pal Stories; Cherub's Love Charm; also short stories in various magazines.

WOODRUFF, Jane Scott (Mrs. Frank L. Wood- ruff), "Edgewood," Jackson, Tenn. Born Marion, Ala.; dau. Preston B. Scott, M.D., and Jane (Campbell) Scott; ed. Louisville, Ky. ; Geneva, Switzerland; Paris, France; m. Louisville, Ky., June 12, 1900, Frank L. Wood- ruff (deceased). Interested in social service; appointed by Mayor of Atlanta, Ga., chairman of Com. for Woman's Club to Investigate condi- tions surrounding women and children In In- dustry; chairman for Georgia of Red Cross Christmas seals; now chairman Southern League Women's Nat. Wilson and Marshall Organiza- tion; pres. Madison Co. (Tenn.) Women's Aux- iliary, Southern Commercial Congress. Favors Woman suffrage. Author: The Little Christmaa

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��Bhoe; The Roses of St. Elizabeth; A Forest Blacksmith; also contributions to periodicals and the press. Episcopalian. Mem. Advisory Board Uncle Remus' Memorial Ass'n, United Daughters of Confederacy, D.A.R. Mem. Filson Club and Authors' Club (Louisville, Ky.), Woman's Club (JacksoD, Tenn.).

WOODRUFT", Lucy Seymour Benjamin (Mrs.

Harold C. Woodruff), 471 William St.. East

Orange, N.J.

Born N.Y. City, Feb. 22, 1877; dau. Joseph Ritner and Abby (Sabin) Benjamin; ed. private echool and Metzger Inst., Carlisle, Pa.; School of Applied Design of Cooper Union Art School, N.Y. City (bronze medal for art); m. Harrisburg, Pa., Oct. 16, 1900, Harold C. Woodruff of De- troit, Mich; one daughter: Doris Elizabeth. In- terested in various social and religious activities. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R.

WOODS, Adella B. (Mrs. Arthur A. Woods), 715

French St., Erie, Pa.

Physician; b. North Springfield, Erie Co., Pa.; dau. S. H. and Mary (Ebersole) Brindle; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., '76; m. Arthur A. Woods (now deceased); children: Bertha (Mrs. Andrews), Ethelreda (Mrs. Humphrey). Inter- ested in club work. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Medical Society, Woman's Club and College Woman's Club.

WOODS, Bertha Gemeaus (Mrs. Albert F.

Woods), 1199 Raymond Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Writer; b. Penn Van, N.Y. ; dau. Charles W. Davis (lawyer) and Harriet (Winton) Davis; ed.' public and high school, Washington, D.C.; m. June 1, 1898, Albert F. Woods (dean Coll. of Agriculture, Univ. of Minn.); one son: Mark Winton Woods, b. Oct. 15, 1908. Contributor to Independent, (3ongregationalist, Youth's Com- panion, Christian Endeavor World, D. C. Cook's publications and others. Poems collected In 1903 in volume: Verses. Congregationallst. Mem. Faculty Women's Club of University of Minn.

WOODS, Eleanor Howard Bush (Mrs. Robert A. Woods), 16 Bond St., Boston, Mass. Settlement worker; b. Staten Island N.Y., Nov., 1873; dau. James Smith and Harriet E. (Fay) Bush; ed. Concord (Mass.) grammar and high schools; Ithaca (N.Y.) High School; Smith Coll., B.L. '96; grad. courses at Radclifie Coll. ard Columbia Univ. ; m. Cambridge, Mass., 1902, Robert A. Woods. Interested in social conditions; mem. South End House Settlement, Boston; Women's Trade Union League, (Consumers' League, two local women's clubs, College Club, Business Women's Club. Recreations: Reading, out-of-door life, walking, canoeing. Episco- palian. Favors woman suffrage.

WOODS, Emily Ix>uisa (Mrs. Matthew Woods j, 1307 S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. Born Pottsville, Pa., Feb. 11, 1847; dau. George

W. and Leah (Womelsdorff) Huntzinger; ed.

John Qulncy Adams Grammar School; Girls'

High and Normal School of Philadelphia; m.

Philadelphia, June 19, 1879, Dr. Matthew Woods;

children: Paul, Ralph, Birnam, Irma and Sylvan.

Mem. Holland Presbyterian (jhurch; teacher of

Bible class in school; vice-pres. Ladies' Aid.

Active mem. Browning Soc. and Civic Club;

pres. 26th Ward branch of Civic Club; mem. Soc.

of Arts and Letters; sec. Independence Hall

Chapter Nat. Soc. D.A.R.; pres. Reading Circle;

several years historiographer of Browning Soc.

of Philadelphia. Hon. mem. N.Y. Browning Soc;

sec. of Home and School League of James Wll-

Bon School. Presbyterian.

WOODS, Fanny Scatter Sinclair (Mrs. Andrew H. Woods), Canton Christian College, Canton, China. Born Cedar Rapids, la., Jan. 7, 1878; dau.

Thomas M. and Caroline C. (Soutter) Sinclair;

ed. Miss Gordon's School, Philadelphia; Walton

Wellesley School, Philadelphia; received essay

prize awarded by D.A.R., 1900; Bryn Mawr, B.A.

'01; m. Philadelphia, Apr. 29, 1902, Andrew H.

Woods, M.D. ; children: Thomas Sinclair, b. 1907;

Francis Marlon Jr., b. 1908; Janet McCleery and

��Margaret Soutter, b. 1910. Deeply interested in giving education to the boys and girls of China. During the time (1902-07) that her husband waa connected with the Canton Christian Collega frequently helped teaching the boys and took particular interest in trying to start a school for Chinese girls, and one year actually ran such a school, with assistance of two friends; as mem. Women's Missionary Ass'n of Canton endeavored to raise standard of work in the Mission School, and one summer conducted the first summer school held in Canton for Chinese women teach- ers. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Bryn Mawi Alumnse Ass'n. Recreations: Tennis, out-dooi exercise, music, reading.

WOODS, Harriet de Krafft (Mrs. Arthur Tannatt Woods), Copyright Office, Library of Con- gress, Washington, D.C.

Chief of Certificate Section, Copyright Office, Library of Congress; b. Quincy, 111., Dec. 28, 1860; dau. Rear Admiral J. C. P. de Krafft (U.S. Navy) and Elizabeth Sellers (Pearson) de Krafft; ed. private schools and instructors, Wilmington, Del.; m. Sept. 2, 1884, Arthur Tannatt Woods, ass't engineer U.S. Navy (died Feb. 7 1893). Private sec. to David L. Barnes, consulting engi- neer, Chicago, 111., 1893-97; manager Chicago office the Railroad Gazette, 18S7-1900; clerk. Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1900—. Takes a general interest in church and socia) settlement work. Against woman suffrage. Au- thor of short articles for Railroad Gazette while on its staff; during her husband's lifetime as- sisted in preparation of his technical mechanicaj engineering articles and after his death helped to prepare a second edition of his book: (Compound Locomotives. Episcopalian. Mem. Army and Navy Chapter, D.A.R. Recreations: Social and out-door life, walking, driving, motoring. Mem. College Women's Club of Washington.

WOODS, Isabelle Batchelder (Mrs. Thomas S.

Woods), 7 Ivy St., Boston, Mass.

Born Boston; dau. Charles C. and Annie M. (Leatherbee) Batchelder; ed. Miss Hubbard's, Marlboro, Mass.; Boston Art Museum; m. Nov. 11, 1831, Thomas S. Woods of Boston; children: Dorothea Gushing Woods, Thoonas S. Woods Jr. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Art Soc. Recrea- tions: Swimming, tennis.

WOODS, Katharine Pearson, 723 Euclid Av.,

Tuxedo Park, Baltimore, Md.

Author; b. Wheeling, W.Va., Jan. 28, 1853; dau. Alexander Quarrier and Josephine (McCabe) Woods; ed. private schools, Baltimore. Held fellowship under College Settlement Ass'n, 1893- 94; missionary in North Carolina Mountains, 1903-06; study of Emmanuel movement, 1909; teacher in girls' schools, 1876-86; kindergartener, 1907-12. Author: Metzerott, Shoemaker, 1889; Web of Gold, 1890; Mark of the Beast, 1890; From Dusk to Dawn, 1892; John, a Tale of King Mes- siah, 1896; The Son of Ingar, 1897; The True Story of Captain John Smith, 1903. Protestant Episco- palian, Hon. mem. Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore.

WOODS, Margaret B. Allen (Mrs. Edmund F.

Woods), Janesvllle, Wis.

Born in Darlington, Wisconsin, Jan. 12, 1860; daughter of S. Salathiel and Margaret E. (Lord) Allen; grad Univ. o' Wis., B.L. '81 (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Darlington, Wis., 1890, Dr. Edmund F. Woods. Interested in civic work; chairman Finance Com. Rock Co. Political Equality League. Congregationallst Recreation: Travel. Mem. Janesvllle Art League, Twentieth Century History Class.

WOODS, Maria Lonlsa (Mrs. Daniel C. Woods), 221 E. Preston St., Baltimore, Md. Bom Richmond Va., Sept. 15, 1846; dau. A. Judson and Susan Maria (Clark) Crane; ed. Miss Pegram's School, Richmond, Va. ; m. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 23, 1865, Daniel C. Woods. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Literature, music, cards. Has been mem. Col- onial Dames of Maryland, D.A.R., Arundel) Club of Baltimore and Woman's Whist Club of Baltimore; compelled to resign from clubs be- cause of Invalidism.

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��WOODS, Roma Wheeler (Mrs. W. Houston

Woods), Sutherland, la.

Librarian; b. Perrysburg, O., Mar. 16, 1835; flau. Daniel Hclbrook and Lydia Churchill (Mar- tin) Wheeler; ed. Akron High School; m. Daven- port, la., Sept. i, 1855, W. Houston Woods; chil- dren: Houston C, Roma M. Has been librarian and cor. sec. for 38 years of Gen. N. B. Baker Library of Sutherland, la. Was mem. Sanitary and Christian Commission during Civil War. Newspaper correspondent in library, club and humanitarian lines. Mem. Internat. Sunshine Soc., Order Eastern Star, Women's Relief Corps, Uncle Remus Memorial Ass'n, State Library Ass'n, State Suffrage Ass'n, M.E. Aid Soc, Pioneer Women's Ass'n. Clubs: Monday, Music and Art, Home Culture, Sunshine Library, Wimodousls, Cheerful Workers; mem. Exec. Board Iowa Fed. Women's Club. Recreations: Ehiteriajiiing friends, planning entertainments tor children, clubs, etc. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage, chairman Eleventh Ckingress- ional District of Iowa Suffrage Clubs; edited State paper for two years; pres. local clubs for years.

WOOllSIDE, Nova Stuart, Thayer, Mo.

Teacher; b. Thomasville, Mo., July 12, 1868 dau. James Posey and Martha Ann (Bumpus) Woodside; ed. Drury Coll., Springfield, Mo. degrees in kindergarten schools of Washington D.C.; teacher's certificate for life in Mo. Mem Order of Eastern Star; organized Civic League of Thayer, Mo. Mem. United Daughters of Con- federacy at West Plains, was sponsor for the State of Missouri at Dallas, Tex.; special dele- gate to the last meeting of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, held in Cal. Author of small plays and arrangements for kindergartens and primary work, often reports work for local papers or magazines. Methodist. I>emocrat. Recreation: Travel. Pres. Crescite Club of Thayer, Mo., seven years; pres. of Bachelor Girls' Mystic Seven Club of Thayer, Mo. ; pres. Alexandrine Club of West Plains, Mo., four years.

WOODWARD, AdMe Mortimer, Monroe, N.Y.

Bom Rutherford, N.Y.; dau. George Evertson and E. B. D. (Mortimer) Woodward; ed. in France, Germany and Italy; Brevet Simple ana Brevet Sup6rieur from University de Paris; mem. Internat. Jury at the Internat. Exposition, St. Louis, 1904. Decorated with the Palmes Academlques by the French Government. Leader for the Woman Suffrage Party of the Seventh Assembly District, N.Y. City, 1911-12. Vice- pres. Le Lyceum, Soci6t§ des Femmes de France &, New York. Recreations: Amateur theatricals.

WOODWARD, Cora Stranahan (Mrs. Henry

Lake Woodward), Claremont, Cal.

Born Oswego Falls. N.Y., 1863; dau. Smith and Lucelia (Hugglns) Stranahan; ed. Fulton Union School, Falley Sem. (Fulton, N.Y.), Syracuse Univ., Cornell Univ. (mem. Alpha Phi); m. Os- wego Falls, 1898, Henry Lake Woodward. Ex- aminer in English, Regents' office, N.Y. City, 1904-1906; Dep't of Public Instruction, 1906-08; adviser of women, Univ. of Wis., 1906-11. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Vlce-pres,. College Equal Suffrage League when flrat organized. Unitarian. Progressive Republican.

WOODWARD, D. Luclle Field (Mrs. R. Pitcher Woodward), 713 State St., Ithaca, N.Y. Social worker; b. Auburn, N.Y., Feb. 2, 1883; dau. O. LeRoy and Amelia Catherine (Dorn) F^eld; grad. Cornell Univ., '07; m. R. Pitcher Woodward. At present at the N.J. State Village for Epileptics as research worker on the subject of heredity and eugenics; previously connected as inv->atigator on the Pittsburgh Survey, 1907-08, and with the Immigration Commission 1908-09. Unitarian. Recreations: Long walks and tramps. Favors woman suffrage.

WOODWARD, Helen D., Plattsburg, N.Y.

Former teacher; b. Plattsburg, N.X.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '67 (the first class graduated from Vassar); A.M., Cornell Univ., '93. Prin- cipal of a private school, 1870-75; teacher at PlattsbursL N.Y., 1875-1903.

��WOODWARD, Helen E. Baldwin (Mrs. David Woodward), 655 Peachlree St., Atlanta, Ga. Born Watertown, Conn., 1855; dau. Anna P. and Caroline (Bryan) Baldwin; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1874-75; m. 1877, David Woodward; chil- dren: Clarence Crofts (deceased), Marian Eliza- beth. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. Colonial Dames, Atlanta; D.A.R. ; pres. of the Nineteenth Cen- tury History Class; and mem. Woman's Club of Atlanta.

WOODW.4RD, Katharine Shepherd, Damarls-

cotta, Me.

College instructor; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '85. Teacher of English, Brooklyn Heights Sem., 1885-89; lecturer in English literature, Mt. Holy- oke Coll., 1889-90; teacher of English, N.Y. City, 1890-92; principal Brooklyn Heights Sem., 1892- 02; ass't principal Highcliffe Hall, Park Hill, N.Y., 1903-06; instructor in English, Smith Coll. since 1906. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse, Smith College Alumnte Ass'n.

WOODWARD, Martha Bond (Mrs. Robert Simp- son Woodward), 1513 Sixteenth St., Washing- ton, D.C.

Born Detroit, Mich., May 24, 1851; dau. Will- iam and Eliza Seager) Bond; ed. Detroit (Mich.) High School; m. Detroit, Mar. 1, 1876, Robert Simpson Woodward; children: Robert S., Karl W., William Lysander. Interested in varioue religious, ph/ilanthropic and social axrtivitlea. Against woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Twentieth Century Club, Washington Club.

WOODWARD, Nellie F. (Mrs. Joslah N. Wood- ward), The Currier, Nashua, N.H. Born Nashua, N.H. ; dau. Freeman Eastman and Susan E. (Howe) Tupper; ed. schools of Nashua, N.H.; m. Nashua, Jan. 6, 1881, Dr. Josiah N. Woodward (died Nov. 28, 1910). Mem. of Advisory Com. of the N.H. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Matthew 'Thornton Chapter D.A.R., Wo- man's Auxiliary of Y.M.C.A., King's Daughters Benevolent Ass'n. Mem. Neiw Hampshire Feder- ation of Women's Clubs, Nashaway Woman's Club, Fortnightly Club, New Hampshire Daugh- ters of Boston. Pres. of N.H. Fed. of Women's Clubs, May, 1911-May, 1913; first vlce-pres., 1909- 11; second vice-pres., 1907-09. Served as presi- dent of Nashaway Woman's Club, 1909-11; first vice-president, 190&-09; and treasurer, 1902-04. Congregationalist.

WOODWARD-VAUTHIER, I^ocy MaiT— se«

Vauthier, Lucy Mary Woodward.

WOODWELL, Bertha Murtland (Mrs. John Woodwell), 7012 Penn Av., East End, Pitts- burgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa. ; dau. John M. and Mary B. (McCarroli) Murtland; ed. private school (Miss Kyle's), public school and Pittsburgh Female Coll.; m. East End, Pittsburgh, June 6, 1887, John Woodwell. Mem. Calvary Episcopal Church organizations, Protestant Home for In- curables, Twentieth Century Club, Juvenile Court Ass'n, Kingsley House Ass'n. Mem. Pittsburgh Organization Opposed to Woman Suf- frage, Esperanto Soc. of North America, Nat. Geographic Soc, Pittsburgh Golf Club, Twentletli Century Club, Civic Club, Academy of Science and Art.

WOODWORTH, Adelaide Eliza (Mrs. George G.

Woodworth), 616 E. Fifth St., Chattanooga,

Tenn.

Bom Mecca, Trumbull Co., C, June 11, 1844; dau. Joseph Lutljer and Eliza P. (Bldwcll) Carse; ed. public schools and Western Reserve Sem., B'armington, O.; was pres. Chautauqua Class four years, and grad. In that course; m. Mecca, O. Feb. 4, 1864, George B. Woodworth; children: Frank Halbert Woodworth, Eva Laura, George Carl Woodworth. Studied and taught elocution In former years; active In Sunday-school and church work, W.C.T.U. and Interested in all moral and philanthropic questions. Favors wo- man sulfrage. Mem. Woman Suffrage organiza- tion in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mem. Disciples of Christ or Christian. Prohibitionist. Mem. D.A.R., W.C.T.U.

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