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Porto Rico, trips to Califomia, Colorado, Florida. KEXL,Y, Marian E. (Mrs. James J. Kelly), 49

Mem. Woman's League, Mich. Woman's Press Vienna Av., Niles, O.

Ass'n (charter mem. and now hon. pres.). Pres.s correspondent, magazine writer; b.

.j-„w»^.r,^ ^ .• » ^ ■ i* •7C Tii„v,io^,i A„ Mineral Ridge, O., Oct. 12, 1869; dau. J. Maurice

KJELLOGG, JuUa Antoinette, 75 Highland Av., ^^^ Elizabeth (Rhys) Jones; ed. Nori^heastern

OrMge, N.J. rw.f 1 loqft. Oliio Normal Coll., Canfield, O. ; m. June 24, . ^"^i ^- Ehzabethtown, N^J-. Oct liJ^^^ 1892, James J. Kelly; children: J. Gordon, Arthur dau. Elijah and Anne Mana (Wwdruff) Kellogg ^^^^ Teacher in putlic schools of Mineral (descendant of first settlers of Elizabeth N..), j^;^ ^^^ ^^^ contributor to dally and weekly ed. in school of Miss C. D. Spa dmg, Elizabeth, papers, covering territory of Eastern Ohio and N.J. Began teachmg career early, but owing to -^gstern Pennsylvania; historian and manager ol weai eyes for years her teaching was ch.efly publicity for McKinley birthplace memorial; has confined to Private c asses favors woman suf- ^^^^^ knowledge of municipal government and f rage. Author: Nash's "Table Book and Introduc- ^^^ compiled many statistics. Song writer; com- tory Arithmetic; Digest of the Pl"'osophy of ^^^ ^ history of the iron industry in Ohio for Henry James, Senior; A Swendenborg Perpetual ^a^zinea. Mem. Ohio Newspaper Women's Calendar; Abridgement of Patrick Edward Davis ^gg,^ ^^^ McKinley Chapter Order of Eastern Theory of Human Profession; also articles In g.^^^.^ Cleveland Women's Press Club, Ohio Fed. various periodicals, chiefly arUclra on the single ^^ women's Clubs. Recreations: Walking, horse- tax, published in The New Earth. Mem New ^^^ ^.^^^^^^^ Presbyterian. Favors woman suf- Ohurch (Swedenborgian). Single Taxer (active j Rmubllcan. worker). Was charter mem. of New Elngland ""

Women's Club. Boston, and continued in it for KELLY, Mary (Mrs. Hugh T. Kelly), 33 Maple

25 vears ■^^•' Ro»edale, Toronto, Can.

' ', „^ , TT. * . 1 TiK o..^ Born Toronto, Can., Mar. 23, 1862; dau. Michael

KELLOGG, Louise Phelps, Historical Library, ^nd Margaret (O'Connor) Hynes; ed. under

Madison, Wis. .^i^o-ot Ladies of Loretto; grad. 1878, with gold medal

b. Milwaukee, Wis.; dau. _ Amherst. cpneral nrnflciencv! mem. T^retfn Ahimnffl

���fellow, 1898-99; matriculate o£ Uaiv. of Paris, ^.g^sed). Arthur. Vice-pres. of St. JOlizabeth

instructor in history, Univ. of Wis. isya-isiw, yi^ting Curses' Ass'n of Toronto; mem. Coun-

history, fellow, Univ. of Wis., 1900-01; awarded ^.j ^^ g^_ Vincent de Paul Children's Aid So-

Winsor prize by Am. Historical Ass n, i»!«. "^ ciety, Toronto. Against woman suffrage. Ro-

cliarge of research in Wis. State Historical boc. Catholic. Mem. Woman's Canadian Club,

since 1901. Lecturer for D.A.R. and various Toronto

clubs on historical subjects. Favors woman, J „ „ ^, ., ,-, * v, r,

BUfS^e; first treas. of Wis. College Equal Snf- ^ELI^^. M^ry Butledge, Emmetsburg Pa.

fraee Leaeue Author: The American Colonial Born Ionia Center, Wis., April 15, 1876; dau.

Chlrter, 1M4 ;' Marquette's Map, 1906; Fox Indian I>aniel and Anastatla (Lynard) Rutledge; ed St.

Wars 1907; Siege of Mackinac in 181^, 1912. joint Mary's Acad. Emmetsburg, la.; St Patrick s

Pditor fwltli R G Thwaites) of Documentary Acad., Cedar Rapids, la.; m. Emmetsburg, la.,

^tory of Dunmore's War, 1905; RevoluUon on Nov 7, 1878, Darnel Kelly; children: Mary, Ed-

Se Upper Ohio, 1908; Frontier Defense on the ward, Cecelia THomas. Against woman suf-

Upper Ohio, 19U. Ass't editor of Wis. His- frage. Catholic. Club: Friday,

torical Soc. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Am, Li- KELLY, Maud McLure, 1236 Louise St., Blr-

brary Ass'n, Wis. Peace Soc, Ass'n of Collegiate mlngham, Ala.

Alumnse (Wis. mem. of Nat. Membership Com.), Lawyer; b. Mountain Spring, Sylacauga, Ala.;

Women's League Univ. of Wis. dau. Judge Richard Bussey and Leona (Bledsoe)

„ .,^ ... nc T,r„/ti=^^ i„ -M V Kelly; ed. Noble Inst, '04 (private school, Annis-

KELLOB, Frances Alice, 95 Madison Av.. N.Y. ton/^i^j. univ. of Ala.. LL.B. '08 (highest

9*ty-. , .„. K o,,i„rT,v,„e ciTiin Cift bouor). Admitted to bar at Birmingham. Ala.,

^^Yl^\^°''^^^^Y\^k Mi^wwa.?) KPllor: 1908. ^ Circuit Court of Jefferson Co. 4nd in

20. 1873: dau. Daniel ^nd Mary (Spran) KeUor. g^ ^^^ ^ourt of Ala., spring of 1909. Has

ed. Univ. of Chicago; .Cfrae^l La* School N^Y. ^^^-^^^^ successfully in all courts of the State

city, I^-B. ■97; special student "f foeiolosy- and in several counties. Has done committee

attended N.Y. Summer School of Philanthropy. ^^.

1901; fellow College Settlements Assn 1902 Chlrf g^ ^^ ^^^ University of Ala. Favors woman

Investigator on staff of the Bureau of Industri^ suffrage. Organizer Birmingham Equal Suffrage

and Immigration of the N.Y. State Dept of ^^,^ chairman Legislative Com. of Ala. State

Labor, appointed 1910; ^^em N.Y State Pre* a g^^ ^3^,^ g^ ^1^^ 3^^^^ ^^3 U.S.

tion Commission^ Wa^ sec. and treas. NY SUte ^^^ j^^g^ ^f 1812 and Nat. Sec. of War of

ImmigraUonCommiMion 1902-04 Favors woman Daughters of 1812; historian Yancey Chapter

suffrage. Mem. „Colleg^ate Equal Suffrage Diughters of Coniederacy; mem. D.A.R..

^^^^^^ 4"^°'"S^Sth.TH?« Mem North Am Southern Ais'n of College Women, Birmingham

CmT LeSrC^mXants,rY.Resea'i?h Equal Suffrage League, United Daughters of the

eru^cil'^^^m. ' on Vr,Tn Conditions Among ^lf,^^r^l.Xtn'Tu..^rr.^i^'l.^^^^^

Negroes. Marion Military Inst.; hon. mem. Franklin Liter-

KELLY, Florence Finch (Mrs. Allen Kelly), ary Society of Howard Coll.; hon. colonel of

324 W. Nlnety-Blxth St., N.Y. Ctiy. Corps of Cadets of Howard Coll. Patroness of

Author; b. Girard, 111., Mar. 27, 1858; dau. Alpha DelU Phi Sorority, Judson CoU.

James G*. and Mary Ann (Purdum) Finch; ed. ^ELLY, Susan M., 67 Salem St., Bradford,

Univ. of Kansas, A.B. '81 A.M. '84 (mem. Pi ^ass.

Beta Phi); m. Boston, 1884, Allen Kelly; cnu- principal and part owner of Classical Day

flren: Morton, b. 1885 (died 1890); Sherwin Finch gchool, HaverhUl, Mass.; dau. George L. and

b. 1895. After graduation entered newspaper ^^^^ ^_ (Dusey) Kelly; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '9.3.

work and worked several years upon papers in taught in public high schools of Mass. for four

Boston. New York San Francisco and other ^g^g. tutored in Haverhill, Mass., for 12 years.

ciUes. Author: With Hoops of Steel; the JJeia- gt^p^g^ ^itii Miss Agnes Judkins, the Classical

neld Affair; Rhoda of the Underground Bmer- ^ g^j^^^j ^^^ q^^j^ j^ ^j^^ ^^ Haverhill, 1909.

son's Wife and Other Western Stories, The t ate congregationalist. Clubs: College, WhitUer (both

of Felix Brand. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate. jfa^rhin). Alumnffi. Recreations: Walking nature study.

Mem N.Y. Women's University. Author of KELSEY, Helen Marian, 156 Fifth Av., N.Y.

many magazine articles on artistic, literary and City.

economic subjects; visited New Zealand and Aus- Manager; b. Theresa, N.Y., April 17, 1872; dau.

tralia in 1905 to study results of social and eco- George and Annie L. (Hamlin) Kelsey; grad.

nomic legislation and contributed numerous artl- Wellesley, B.A. '95; Radcliffe Coll., 1895-96; mem.

eles to magazines concerning it. Since 1906 on Shakespeare Soc. (local). Instructor Wellesley

Btafl of N Y Times Review of Books. Coll., 1897-1900; registrar Wellesley Coll.. 1900-

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��190'?; manager Fifth At. Agency since 1904 (agency for women teachers in private schools and for secretaries). Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Wom.en's University Club fN.Y. City), College Club (Boston).

KELSO, Tessa L., care Baker & Taylor Co., 33

E. Seventeenth St., N.Y. City.

Librarian, newspaper writer; b. Dayton, O. ; dau. E. W. and Mary E. (Brelsford) Kelso. Newspaper writer, Cincinnati, O. ; librarian, Pub- lic Library, Los Angeles, Cal. ; dep't of Women's Clufes, etc., in N.Y. Evening Post, 1906-12; con- nected with the Baiter & Taylor Co. since 1898. Interested In special investigations and reports on social evU in N.Y. and London. Extensive writer of magazine ajid newspaper material. Clubs: Lyceum (London), hon. mem. Friday Morning (Los Angeles). Recreation: Music. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

KELTON, EdJth Rossell Wills (Mrs. Robert H. C. Kelton), Fort Banks, Mass.; permanent address, care Capt. Robert H. C. Kelton, Army and Navy Club, Washington, D.C. Born Newburyport, Mass. ; dau. George Edward and Mary E. (Russell) Wills; ed. Newburyport, Mass.; m. Newburyport, Mass., Dec. 15, 1910, Capt. Robert H. C. Kelton, U. S. Army Coast Artillery Corps; one son: John Cunningham Russell Kelton, b. Brookllne, Mass., Dec. 14, 1911. Mem. Army Relief Soc. of Washington, D.C; Soc. for Preservation of New England Antiquities, Anti-Tuberculosis Soc. of Newbury- port, Nat. Alliance of Unitarian and Other Liberal Christian Women, Woman's Army and Navy League, Washington, D.C; Mass. Soc. of May- flower Descendants, Old Newbury Chapter D.A.R., Historical Soc. of Old Newbury, Mass. Recreations: Tennis, rldnng. Unitarian. Anti- suffragette.

KELTON, Josephine Paxmly (Mrs. John C.

Kelton), 1841 R St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born Rotterdam, Holland, 1852; dau. William S. Campbell (U.S. Consul under 11 Presidents) and Josephine B. (Rabineau) Campbell (both parents of N.Y.); ed. in French school in Dres- den, Germany, 1863-70; m. Dresden, 1870, Briga- dier General John C Kelton, U.S. Army (died 1893); children: Josephine C, Robert H. C (captain U.S.A.), Margaretta N. (Mrs. Ames), Adelaide M., Anna C. (Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley), John V. (deceased), William S. (engineer in Seattle), Atlee S. (lawyer; died 1909). Charter mem. and was seven years pres. Woman's Army and Navy League, organized in 1887; now on Board of Managers of Soldiers', Sailors' and Marines' Club (orwned by Woman's Army and Navy League), providing lodging, baths and en- tertainment for enlisted men. Late husband, In 43 years' service in army, was devoted to im- proving conditions surrounding the enlisted man, and introduced the "canteen" as a temperance measure; since abolishment of "canteen" she has worked steadily for its restoration, securing and presenting petitions and speaking before Con- gressional committees and various meetings in that behalf. Vea-y strongly in favor of woman suffrage.

KEMMEBEB, Frances Ream (Mrs. John -Lels-

enrlng Kemmerer), 8B3 Seventh Av., N.Y.

City.

Born Chicago, Jan. IB, 1878; dau. Norman B. and Caroline T. (Putnam) Ream; ed. Holman and Dickerman School, Chicago; Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Bryn Mawr Coll., B.A. '01; m. June 9, 1906, John Leisenring Kemmerer; children: Frances Carolyn, b. Mar. 7, 1907 (died Feb. 22, 1909); John L. Jr., b. July 9, 1911; Mahlon S., b. Feb. 13, 1W3. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. S't. Mary's Guild, the Wednesday Club, Bryn Mawr Club of N.Y. City. KEMP, Harriet, 514 St. James St., Peoria, III.

Teacher; b. Cherokee, Kan., June 30, 1881; lau. Robert Nathaniel and Jennie (Murray) Kemp; grad. Baker Univ., A.B. '01, A.M. 1900; two years graduate work at Univ. of Berlin, 1906-08 (mem. Delta DelU Delta). Teacher of German In high school. Clay Centre, Kan., 1901,

��1905; since 1909 dean of women in Bradley Poly- technic Inst., Peoria, 111. While In Berlin studied voQce and finds greatest enjoyment in music. Interested in temperance work; soloist at Tem- perance Conference in Boulder, Colo.. 1912. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. D.A.R. Recreatione: Tennis, baske'tb&Il. Mem. College Woman's Club, Peoria.

KEMP, Jennie Murray (Mrs. R. N. Kemp), 812 Washingrton Boulevard, Grant's Pass, Ore. Newspaper circulator; b. Bellevue, Mich., June 25, 1858; dau. James and Hannah (Perry) Mur- ray; ed. Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan., B.S., A.M.; m. Cherokee, Kan., June 23, 1880, R. N. Kemp; children: Harriet, James Murray, Robert George, Charles Anderson. Editor and publisher Our Messenger, 1899-1903; circulation manager The Union Signal and The Young Crusader, 1903-1912. Nat. W.C.T.U. press sup't since 1912. Prominent in social life and officially connected with the W.C.T.U. since 1883. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Progressive in politics. Mem. D.A.R., 111. Woman's Press Ass'n, Degree of Honor of Ancient Order United Workmen. Recreations: Travel, reading, needle- work.

KEMP, Minta Proctor, Newberry State Hospital,

Newberry, Mich.

Physician; b. Milford, Conn.; dau. Lewis D. and Eva B. (Proctor) Kemp; grad. Dean Acad., Franklin, Mass.; Univ. of Mich., M.D. (Alpha Epsilon Iota). Ass't physician Northern Mich. Asylum, 1900-03; did experimental work in Bio- logic Laboratory at Detroit, two years; Newherry State Hospital, three years. The only woman in Mich, (as far as known) who has passed the U.S. Civil Service examination in medicine and surgery (1904). Has published a few papers on medical subjects. Episcopalian. Recreation: Out-of-door pastimes. Mem. D.A.R. Favors woman suffrage.

KENDALL, Ada Davenport (Mrs. Frederick Willard Kendall), Hamburg, N.Y. Newspaper writer; b. Erie, Pa., Mar. 31, 1867; dau. Loren Daniel and Esther (Chaddock) Daven- port; ed. Cleveland; Pike Sem., Buffalo; m. 1S90. Frederick Willard Kendall; children: Gilbert Marjorie, b. 1891; Frederick, b. 1893; Sidney Chaddock, b. 1895; Davenport, b. 1897. Interested in Humane Soc. ; disL chairman of Progressive Party. Favors woman suffrage; former chairman of suffrage organization in Erie Co., N.Y. Has done seven years of magazine editions, 24 years of daily newspaper woman's page editions, eight years writing Jane, popular dep't In Sunday Express of Buffalo.

KENDALL, Adda Parker (Mrs. Elmer E. Ken- dain, 6731 Euclid Av., Chicago, 111. Born Virdiu, 111.; dau. Charles Irving and Frances (Avery) Parker; grad. High School, Oak- land, and Cook Co. Normal School (mem. Chi Rho Sigma); m. Chicago, June 30, 1S85, Elmer K. Kendall; children: Blma Esther; Helen Adela, Florence Frances, Parker, Charlotte Lillian, Elizabeth Parker. Taught school two years pre- vious to her marriage. Chairman Conservation Dep't 111. Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Water- way Com. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; vice- pres. for 111. of Nat. C!onservatlon Ass'n; vice- pres. for 111. Good Roads Ass'n; also mem. Out- door Art League Board. Mem. Chicago Political Equality League; one of Jane Addams' escort to Springfield when she went in the interest of pro- curing a plank for suffrage In Republican plat- form, also when she seconded Col. Roosevelt's nomination for President on Progressive ticket. Has written magazine articles and several prize chapters, but most articles have been in interesl of forestry, conservation or other matters which women are Interested in carrying on. Pro- gressive in politics. Mem. Bryn Ma'wr Women's Club, South End Woman's Club. Organized a Civic Club at South Chicago, and the South End Centre at South Chicago; when pres. of club car- ried on a gar/den contest, which Dr. -Evans said reduced the infant mortality there; promoted the organization of a municipal garden at South Chicago, etc.

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��KENDAI-Ii, Marearet (Mrs. Sergeant Kendall),

82 Kay St.. Newport, R.I.

Painter; b. Staten Island, N.Y., 1871; dau. Al- bert and Elizabeth (Weston) Stickney; ed. Brearley School; studied art in Paris under Julius Rolshoven; m. Sergeant Kendall (artist), 1896; children: Elizabeth, Beatrice, Alison. Has exhibited in Pa. Acad. Fine Arts; Soc. Am. Artists; Paris Exposition, 1900; Soc. Miniature Painters; Pan-American Exposition, Buflalo, 1901; St. Louis Exposition, 1904 (bronze medal), and various other exhibitions. Mem. Am. Soe. Miniature Painters.

KENDAL,L, Mary Bazzell (Mrs. Alfred A.

Kendall), 10 Henry St., Portland, Me.

Born Cape Elizabeth, Me., Nov. 12, 1860; dau. John and Susan (Whltmore) Buzzell; ed. Port- laud and (rorham, Me. ; Bradford, Mass. ; pre- liminary examination for Vassar at 14 years; m. Portland, Me., June 1, 1876, Alfred A. Ken- dall; one son: Ralph Talbot, b. Nov. 9, 1877. Regent Elizabeth Wadsworth Chapter D.A.R., State regent of Me., vice-pres. gen. of Nat. Soc. D.A.R. at two different times; pres. of Woman's Council, representing 2,000 women. Director of Portland Boys' Club and Me. Inst, for the Blind; sec. of Samaritan Ass'n of Sewing School of Fraternity (mem. of its exec, council for nine years) ; pres. of Opportunity Farm Corporation, a trades school. Favors woman suffrage. Club editor of Sunday Times; contributor to Boston Sunday Post and magazines. Universalist and New Thought. Mem. Opportunity Farm Corpora- tion House Trades School for Boys at New Gloucester, Me., a private corporation. Recrea- tions: Reading, motoring, walking. Mem. Wo- man's Literary Union, Crafts and Industry Dep't, Conkline Class (parliajnentary), Savolr Faire (literary and social). One of the most highly honored of the 80,000 D.A.R., having twice nominated the successful candidate for pres. gen. ; responded to the addresses of welcome of the pres. gen. three times; four years chairman of the Nat. Cons.

KKNDRICK, Georsria A. (Mrs. James Ryland Kendrick), Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Lady principal Vassar Coll. ; b. Rochester, N.Y., 1848; dau. Solon and Susan (Cook) Avery; ed. by tutor, especially by George Blackie of Edinburgh, brother of John Stuart Blackie; m. 1880, Rev. James Ryland Kendrick. Lady principal for 21 years at Vassar Coll. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Meridian Club, N.Y. ; Archaeological last, of America, Nat Geographic iSoc.

KENI>KICK, Helen Fryer, 723 Oak St., Walnut

Hills, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Principal; b. Americus, Ga. ; dau. Samuel Still- man and Emily Herbert (Fryer) Kendrick; ed. private schools; Univ. of Cincinnati, Ohio. Principal of Oakhurst Collegiate School. Antl- suffragist. Author short stories published In Youth's Companion and Independent. Episcopal- ian. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Conn. Chap- ter. Mem. Cincinnati Woman's Club, Woman's Press Club.

KKXNEBBOOK, Martba Jane (Mrs. Kdgar C.

Kennebrook), Litchfield, Mich.

Teacher; b. St. Joseph Co., Mich., S^t., 1869; dau. Alfred and Sarah (Hazen) Eggleston; ed. Litchfield, Mich.; m. Butler, Branch Co., Mich., Nov. 30, 1882, Edgar C. Kennebrook. Actively in- terested in the local library and public school and the teaching of art in school. Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Mem. Pythian Sisters, W.C.T.U. ; pres. Public Library Board. Clubs: Sorosis, Shakespeare, 20th Century.

KENNEDY, Jane McLeod (Mrs. Richard Laa Kennedy), 439 Portland Av., St. Paul, Minn. Born Woodstock, Ont., Can., March, 1876; dau. John Cochrane and Emily (Cocke) McLeod; ed. Woods'tock Collegiate Inst., Conservatory of Music, London; m. Woodstock, Sept. 17, 1902, Richard Lea Kennedy; one son: Richard Lea. Interested in religious and social activities. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. ToTvn Bnd Country Cluib.

��KENNEDY, Nathalie Sieboth (Mrs. Horace M Kennedy), 13 W. Walton Place, Chicago, 111. Leaturer, writer, reviewer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y. dau. Joseph and Clotilde (Kern) Sieboth; ed Utica (N.Y.) Sem., Germany, lectures and private tutors; m. Utica, N.Y., 1880, Prof. Horace M. Kennedy (died 1885); one son: Horace Sieboth. b. 1885 (died 1890). Principal of Sieboth-Ken- nedy School, Chicago, 1896-1904; connected with Shaw School, Boston, 1890-94; taught at Utica Female Sem., Utica Free Acad., English litera- ture and hiatory. Joint translator, with hus- band, of Ten Brink's Early English Literature; contributor to Scribner's Magazine, Christian at Work and other periodicals. Mem. Antiquar- ian Soc., Chicago. Clu'bs: Fortnightly of Chicago (pres. 1910-12), also on Exec. Board of Twentieth Century Club, Chicago. Episcopalian.

KENNEDY, Rose Walker Fisher (Mrs. Madison B. Kennedy), Auditorium Hotel, Chicago; country, Kilravock, Glen EUyn, III. Born Baltimore, Md. ; dau. George and Caroline (Walker) Fisher; ed. Miss Grant's Sem., Chi- cago; Miss Annie Brown's, N.Y. City; m. Chicago, Madison B. Kennedy (now deceased) ; children: Madison B. (deceased), Jane E. (de- ceased), Williajm Walker Kennedy, b. 1902. In- terested in and "Mother" of the Kiajockety Boys' Club at Glen EUyn, 111. (16 boys from 10 to 15). Musical (pianist); has contributed articles on music and travels to various magazines. Mem. North Side Branch 111. Elqual Suffrage League. Episcopalian. Mem. Amateur Musical Club, D.A.R., Glen Oak Club.

KENNEDY, Sara Beanmont (Mrs. Walker Ken- nedy), care Commercial-Appeal, Memphis, Tenn.

Journalist; b. SomervUle, Tenn; dau. Dr. Rob- ert Hines and Nora (D«vereux) Cannon; ed. St. Mary's Episcopal School, Raleigh, N.C. ; m. Somerville, Tenn., 1888, Walker Kennedy, editor and author, of Memphis, Tenn. Author: Joscelyn Cheshire; The Wooing of Judith; Cicely, a Tale of the Georgia March; Told In a Little Boy's Pocket. Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R., 19th Century Club.

KENNEB, Nettie Cox (Mrs. William C. Kenner), 4810 St. Lawrence Av., Chicago, 111. Grand secretary Order Eastern Star; b. Madi- son Co., Ky., Aug. 26, 1861; dau. Robert and Mary E. (Moberly) Ck)x; ed. Tuscola High School, Tuscola, 111., English honors (valedic- torian); m. Aug. 22, 1882, William C. Kenner; children: Mary Isaline, Alvin Robert, Humerd Jay, William Clark (deceased), Bessie Josephine. Served as worthy grand matron Order Eastern Star of State of 111. ; now State sec. Former mem. Woman's Federated Clubs and W.C.T.U., but has dropped them for other duties. Mem. Woman's Relief Corps, G.A.R. Circle, Daughters of Veterans. For some years in lecture field for women on health and home. Mem. Chil- dren's Day Ass'n (charity). Favors woman suf- frage. Author of poems of local color. Mem. Christian Church. Mem. White Shrine of Jeru- salem and True Kindred. As speaker before all kinds of orders, as well as in Chautauqua and lyceum courses, is well known, especially in the Order of the EJastern Star.

KENNEY, Elizabeth L., 301 American Bank

Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal.

Lawyer; b. Mattoon, 111., July 4, 1869; dau. Robert M. and Mary A. (Shinn) Kenney; grad. Sioux Falls (Dak.) High School, L.B. ; North- western Univ., LL.B.; took course in Stanford Univ. Sec. Los Angeles Housing Cora, (a dep't of city government) for four years preceding June, 1912. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of Los Angeles Suffrage League and made public speeches for woman suffrage before it was granted in Cal. (Compiled (with Messrs. Wil- loughby, Rodman and William Chambers) : Laws of California Relating to Women and Children.' In charge as editor of Dep't of Legislation in Woman's Bulletin, Los Angeles (monthly publi- cation). Christian Scientist. Progressive Re- publican. Recreation: Automobiling (drives own car). Clubs: Friday Morning, College Women's, Business Women's.

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��KENNEY, Flora Bate (Mrs. J. Frank Kenney),

810 Mechanic St., Emporia, Kan.

Church and concert organist; b. Hudson, Mich.; dau. George and Anna (Bosworth) Bate; grad. city schools, St. Joseph, Mich., 1882; grad. Albion Coll., Mich., '84; studied pipe organ with Clarence Eddy; piano with William H. Sher- wood; m. Emporia, Kan., Jan. 18, 18SS, John Frank Kenney. Awarded diploma and medal by U.S. Columbian Commission for passing ex- pert jury as organist and pianist on Oct 26, lS9ci, at World's Fair, Chicago. &ave recital In Woman's Building. Played at World's Fair in St. Louis. 1904. Organist of First Congr^a- tionalist Church, Emporia, Kan.. 1892-1911. In- terested in church and social activity, eapeciaJly musical interests; individual mem. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Board of Directors of Lyon Co. Equal Suf- frage Ass'n. Congregationalist. Progressive in politics. Colleague Am. Guild of Organists; mem. Nat. Ass'n of Organists; mem. Kansas State Music Teachers' Ass'n, Fourth Dist. vice- pres. Woman's Kansas Day Club (1912); mem. Research Club, Emporia, Kan.; City Fed. of Emporia, Kan.

KENNEV, MabeUe King (Mrs. James Kenney),

Wellston, Okla.

Artist; b. Nortonville, Kan., Dec. 7, 1884; dau. Leroy P. and Elizabeth (Troutman) King; ed. Bethany Coll., Topeka, Kan.; Kldd-Key Coll., Sherman, Tex.; Okla. State Univ., Norman, Okla.; m. Wellston, Okla., Dec. 22, 1906, James Kenney. Opposed to woman suffrage. Pres. two years of Wellston Improvement Club.

KENOWER, Letitia Brawley (Mrs. John Pur-

viance Kenower), Huntington, Ind.

Born Warren, Ind., Aug. 28, 1868; dau. Lewis James and Mary (Wilson) Brawley; ed. Hunt- ington High School, Vassar Coll. ; m. Jan. 29, 1891, John Purvlance Kenower; children: Mary Louise (deceased), Josephine, John Lewis. In- terested In religious, philanthropic and social service activities. Against woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. D.A.R. (regent 1910-12); mem. Associated Charities, Ladies' Guild, Monday Club (oldest In Huntington), the Mothers' Cul- ture Club; chairman Eleventh Dl»t. of Clubs, 1910-12; now State chairman of Parent-Teactiers' work in Ind Fed. of Clubs; assoclational sec. for Indiana Baptist Missions.

KENT, ^ima M. (Mrs. William G. Kent), Union

Springrs, N.Y.

Superintendent; b. Fleming, N.T.; dau. Albro and Cynthia (Clark) Nichols; ed. district, select and Cortland Normal schools; m. Union Springs, N.Y., Jan. 3, 1877, William G. Kent. Teacher in public schools about 25 years; teacher of Teadi- ers' Training Class; school oommissioner three years; school sup't, Teaohei- In the Sunday- school and mem. Board of Stewards in M.E. Church. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Republican. Mem. Star of Cayuga, Order East- ern Star, No. 339, Union Springs, N.Y. Was first womaji In N.Y. State to secure a nomination and election for any office through the Ptepublican Party; nominated by Republicans for school commisaioner (district of 13 towns) and endorsed by Democratic Party.

KENT, Elizabeth Thacher (Mrs. William Kent),

Kentfield. Cal.

Born Netw Haven, Conn., Sept. 22, 1868; dau. Thomas- A. and Elizabeth B. (Sherman) Thacher; ed. private schools in Connecticut; m. OjaJ Val- ley, Cal., Feb. 26, 1890, William Kent; children: Albert, Thomas T., Elizabeth S., William Jr., Adaline D., Sherman, Roger. For 15 years worked as chairman Charitable Section and In other capacities for All Souls" Church and the Abraham Lincoln Centre, Chicago; school trustee three years in Cal. Mem. Woman's Club, Chi- cago; Tamalpais Centre Woman's Club, Con- gressional Club. Favors woman suffrage; chair- man for Marin Co. of Club Woman's Franchise League, 1911; chairman Congressional Com. Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage A*s'n, 1911-12, In Waah- Ington, D.C.

��KENT, Gertrude (Freeman) Hall (Mrs. Roland Grubb Kent), 204 St. Mark's Sq., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Quincy, Mass., 1874; dau. Isaac Freeman and Amelia (Mead) Hall; grad. Raddlffe Coll., A.B. '98; Univ. of Pa.; grad. student 1901-03; m. North Adams, Mass., July 12, 1904, Roland Grubb Kent. Episcopalian. Clubs: Philadelphia Col- lege, Philadelphia Radcliffe, Ass'n of Collegiate AJumnae.

KENT, Grace Helen, Sterling, Mass.

Psychologist; b. Michigan City, Ind., June 6, 1875; dau. Evarts and Helen M. (Beckwlth) Kent; ed. Univ. of Iowa, A.B. '02, A..M. '04; Harvard Psyoholog^lcal Laboratory, one year; George Washington Univ., Ph.D. '11. Her psychological researches have been conducted In institutions for the Insane. Author: A Study of Association In Insanity (Am, Journal of Insanity); Habit Formation In I>em€ntia Praecox (Psychological Review). Mem. Am. Psychological Ass'n, A.A.A.S.

KENT, Juliet Crossett (Mrs. Arthur W. Kent), 221 Harvard Av., Swarthmore, Pa. Bom Ohicago, Mar. 20, 1880; dau. John B. and Ella (Hawley) Crossett; grad. Cornell, A.B. '03 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta) ; m. Warsaw, N.Y., June 16, 1906, Arthur W. Kent; children: John Crossett, Constance. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Swarthmore Suffrage League; mem. Soc. of Fnends, Kai>pa Alpha Theta, Alumnae Ass'n, Woman's Club at Swarthmore, Suffrage League, College Suffrage League, Cornell Alumnae Ass'n.

KENT, Louise Leonard (Mrs. Henry T. Kent),

Clifton Heights, Pa.

Born Oharlestown, Mass., Feb. 12, 1867; dau. Capt. Nahum and PhcEbe Jane (Coweu) Leon- ard; ed. Bridgewater, Mass.; m. Bridge water, Mass., Oct. 1, 1885, Henry T. Kent; children: Henry T. Jr., Everett L., Russell H., Evelyn, Warren T., Rosamond K. Mem. Daughters of the Revolution, .Mayflower Soc, Twentieth Cen- tury Olub, Lansdowne, Pa. Swedenborgian. Favors woman suffrage.

KENTON, Edna Baldwba, 240 W. Fifteenth St.,

N.Y. City.

Author; b. Springfield, Mo.; dau. James Edgar and Ruth (Rice) Kenton; grad. Univ. of Mich., A.B. '97. Engaged In teaching at Jacksonville, 111., for some time after graduation. Author (novels): What Manner of Man, 1903; Clem, 1907; also short stories In the magazines. KEOGH, Katharine Emmet (Mrs. Martin J.

Keogh), New Rochelle, N.Y.

Born New Rochelle, N.Y., Mar. 9, 1873; dau. Richard S. and Katharine (Temple) Emmet; ed, by governesses and private schools; m. New Rochelle, N.Y., May 26, 1894, Martin J. Keogii; children: Richard Emmet Keogh, Grenville Tem- ple Keogh, John Keogh, Katharine Templa Keogh, Hugh Keogh, Margaret Philan Keogh, Terence Jerome Keogh, Mary Keogh, Brigid Temple Keogh. Catholic. KEPHART, Ellen R. (Mrs. Henry Kephart),

Berrien Springs, Mich.

Born Nelson, O., Jan. 1, 1854; dau. Charles H. and Caroline (Smith) Northrop; ed. two years la Clinton (N.Y.) Liberal Inst.; three years in Jewish schools, Rochester, N.Y. ; m. Berrien Springs, Mich., Oct. 25, 1876, Henry Kephart; children: Philip, Louis E. Favors woman suf- frage; was on com. for preliminary arrangement for a county organization. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R. ; mem. Woman's Club for 18 years in Berrien Springs; on Exec. Board County Fed. three years, and two years its pres. KEPLEY, Ada Harriet (Mrs, Henry B. Kepley),

Effingham, 111.

Bom Somerset, OWo; dau. Henry and Ann Maria (Knowles) Miser; ed. St. Louis common and high schools; Univ. of Chicago, B.L. ; Aus- tin Coll., 111., Ph.D.; m. Henry B. Kepley. Pa- Tors woman suffrage; pres. of county and in ooutrol of suffrage work. Editor: The Friend 9t Home, a monthly paper, for 11 years. Author: A Farm Philosopher, 1S12; has published pamphlets and has been a newspaper corre- spondent always. Unitarian. Prohibltlo&ist

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��Mem. Order Eastern Star, Methodist E)piscopal Missionary Soc. ; county pres. W.C.T.U. Recrea- tions: Reading, walking, talking. Mem. Emer- Bon Club. KEBCHEVAL, Rebecca C. (Mrs. Frank Kerche-

val), Sheridan, Ind.

Bom Deming, Hamilton Co., Ind., May 12, 1870; dau. E. C. and Susannah (Sheridan) Hiatt; ed. Hamilton Co. dist. school and Union High School, Westfleld, Ind.; m. Hamilton Co., Ind., July 12, 1890, Edgar Cammack, (died 1893); m. (2d) Mar. 22, 1897, Frank Kercheval, prof, of high school; children: Georgiannah and Herbert Cammack, Letha and Mabel Kercheval, and Don- ald (adopted). Taught school. Fayors womcin suffrage. Contributor to magazines on: Home Government; Mother's Influence in the Home, and Eugenics; also some poems of praise. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church and Woman's For- eign Missionary Soc. Pres. Tourist Club (largest and strongest in city); through it and other clubs a new town library is being erected. KEBLIN, Jenney Gilbert (Mrs. Ward Dix Ker-

lin), 314 State St., Camden, N. J.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 1, 1878; dau. John Bellamy and Catharine Russell (Nye) Gilbert; grad. Cornell Univ., class '02 (Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Devon, Pa., Sept. 2, 1302, Ward Dix Kerlin; children: Ward Dix Jr., Catharine, Gil- bert. Interested in the Theta Alumnae Ass'n of Philadelphia; mem. Nassau Chapter D.A.R., Bay View Reading Circle, Woman's Club of Camden, Camden Civic Club. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; pres. of Equal Suffrage League ot Camden, State legislative chairman of Camden County. KERN, Edith Kingman (Mrs. Joslah Qulncy

Kern), 1825 P St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Lawyer, author; b. Woodstock, 111.; dau. Adoniram Judson and Sarah Matilda (Cronkhite) Kingman; ed. public and normal schools and Washington Coll. of Law, LL.B. '07; m. Wash- ington, D.C, 1903, Josiah Quincy Kern. Was teacher in Illinois before taking up law studies; mem. bar of Dist. of Columbia since 1907; also on faculty of Leojean Coll. ot Washington. Newspaper contributor; author of l>ook of travels: Little Journeys to Alaska, 1897. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women, Professional Woman's Club, College Club, Twentieth Century Club. KERR, Evelyn Nichols (Mrs. Frank M. Kerr),

353 Fulton Av., Hempstead, L.I., N.Y.

Writer and lecturer; b. Chester, N.J. ; dau. William Hanford and Margaretta (Dawson) Nichols; ed. Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa., B.S.; m. Clinton, N.J., Sept. 6, 1892, Rev. Dr. Frank Melville Kerr; one son: Stuart M., b. 1893. Lecturer and reader; has lectured at Waldorf- Astoria and before women's clubs. Recreations: Golf, friends, books. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. KERB, Harriet Bower, 138 Hawthorne St.,

Edgewood, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. James and Mary Helen (McKee) Kerr, Jr.; ed. Dilworth Hall Preparatory School and Pennsylvania Coll. for Women, Pittsburgh, A.B. '05 (class pres., busi- ness manager of college publication. The Soro- sis). Since graduation t'wice on board of editors of the Alumnas Recorder, which is the year book of the Pa. Coll. for Women Alumnse. Presby- terian. Mem. Woman's Coll. Club of Pittsburgh, Decade Club II. of Pa. Coll. for Women. Favors woman suffrage. KERR, Mabel Buslmell (Mrs. Jajnes B. Kerr),

637 Terrace Road, Portland, Ore.

Born July 9, 1870; dau. Allen R. Oregon and Mary F. (Sherman) Bushnell; ed. Univ. of Wis., 1888-91, B.L. '91 (meim. Delta Gamma); m. Madi- son, Wis., Sept. 6, 1893, James B. Kerr; children: Katharine Hope, Elizabeth Bushnell. Has taken part in affairs of local branch and Nat. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; representative on Port- land Social Service Council, which Is active In educational and municipal matters. Mem. Trinity Episcopal Church and various church guilds, Portland Women's Union, Visiting Nurse Ass'n, Mothers' Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Episco- palian. Recreation: Gardening.

��KERB, Mina, Milwaukee-Downer College, Mil-

waTikee, Wis.

College dean; b. Saville, Pa., Sept. 25, 1878; dau. Lewis B. and Elizabeth (Wagner) Kerr; grad. Walton Wellesley School, Philadelphia, '96; Smith Coll., B.A. (scholarship) 1900; Univ of Pa., Ph.D. (scholarship and fellowships) '09. Head English dep't Hood Coll., Frederick, Md., 1900-06; head English dep't Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, la., 1909-10; dean of Milwaukee-Downer Coll., Milwaukee, Wis., 1910 —. Actively inter- ested in work in college and city Y.W.C.A., and in various lorms of social work, as probation, settlements, teaching of eugenics and hygiene, clubs for working girls. Author: The Personal Element in College Work, 1911; The Influence of Ben Jonson on English Comedy, 1912. Presby- terian. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc, Ass'n of Coll. Alamnie, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Alumnae Ass'n of Smith Coll. Alumnte Ass'n of Univ. of Pa., Wis. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Clubs: Down Town, City (Milwaukee).

KETCHAM, Susan M., Studio 1010 Carnegie Hall, N.T. City (summer, Ogunquit, Me.). Artist; b. Indianapolis, Ind.; dau. John Lewis and Jane (Merrill) Ketcham; ed. by Katherine Merrill, Indianapolis; studied art at Art Students' League of N.Y., under William Chase; out-of- door work with Charles W. Woodbury, Ogunquit. Four years vlce-pres. Art Students' League of N.Y.; five years cor. sec. Woman's Art Club of N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Republican. For 22 years mem. of Fine Arts Soc. of N.Y. City; life mem. of Art Students' League. Pictures owned privately in Boston, N.Y. City, Chicago, Cincinnati, Indianapolis and other cities. Clubs: N.Y. Art Workers' for Women, Daughters of Indiana in N.Y.; life mem. (designed the club exhibits in many of the principal cities of the U.S.); Portrait of My Mother (World's Fair, Chicago); A Marine, Stern and Rockbound Coast (St. Louis Fair); awarded club prize Woman's Art Club; Ruth Payne Burgesa prize, Mary B. EUing prize (all first prizes). Pictures owned by the John Herron Art Museum, Indiajiapolis, Vincennes (Ind.) Art Ass'n, etc.

KEUCHENMEISTEB, Mathilde Brinker (Mrs.

Gustav A. Keuchenmeister), West Bend, Wis.

Born Paris, France, Aug. 15, 1848; dau. Henry and Emile (Wilmes) Brinker; ed. Chicago, 111.; grad Chautauqua, N.Y., in a reading course; m. Fillmore, Wis., July 17, 1873, Gustav A. Keuchen- meister; children: Clara, Florence, Martha, Emma, Gustav, Hugo. Taught school nine years. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Order Eastern Star; has been sec. 13 years of German Meth- odist Episcopal Verein. Recreation: Study of langua.ges. Mem. West Bend Woman's Clu'b, has been dist. vice-pres., now mem. Club Ex- tension Committee.

KEYE8, Emma Willard Scudder (Mrs. Edward L. Keyes), 109 E. Thirty-fourth St., N.Y. City. Born N.Y. City, Feb. 27, 1871; dau. Hon. Henry J. and Emma (Willard) Scudder; ed. private schools In N.Y. City and N.Y. School of Applied Design for Women (course in architecture); m. N.Y. City, Dr. Edward L. Keyes; children: Ed- ward L. Keyes, b. 1899; Emma Willard, b. 1902; Elizabeth Heulett, b. 1905; Alexander Lough- borough, b. 1911. Against woman suffrage. Catholic. Mem. Emma Willard Ass'n.

KEYES, Helen Johnson (Mrs. John M. Keyes), 40 Gramercy Park, N.Y. City, or care of The Crowell Co., N.Y^ City.

Fireside editor of Farm and Fireside; b. N.Y. Ci^y, 1874; dau. Oliver and Jane M. (Abbott) Johnson; ed. Miss Ballow's School, N.Y. City, 1886-90; abroad, 1890-95; m. Ammagansett, L.I., 1906, Dr. John M. Keyes; children: Oliver John- son, b. 1907; John Michael, b. 1909; Jane Abbott, b. 1911. On editorial staff of Historian's History of the World, 1904; Indexed testimony of insur- ance examinations conducted by Judge Hughes, 1906. Author: Monk of the Aventine, 1895; Life of Napoleon III., 1896; Articles in Warner's Li- brary of World's Best Literature, 1897; Articles on the Operas in the Scrap Book, 1906-07. Waa sec. to Mr. Gutzon Borglum, 1911-13; since then with Farm and Fireside. Mem. Candidail (soc.

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��of fourteen writers). Recreations: Swimming, walking. Favors woman suffrage; mam. Women's Political Union, N.Y. City.

KEYES, Resina Flood, 149 Allen St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Surgeon; b. Apr. 18, 1870, Elmira, N.Y. ; dau. David C. and Mary E. (Flood) Thro (grand- daughter of Dr. P. H. Flood, noted surgeon of EJlmlra, N.Y.); grad. Convent, Elmira, N.Y. ; Univ. of Buffalo, M.D., May 4, 1896 (mem. Alumni Ass'n); widow. Dispensary house physi- cian. West Buffalo, 1S96-1910; surgeon in diseases of women, Buffalo Gen. Hospital; attending ob- stetrician, Erie Co. Hospital. Instructor in medi- cal dep't Univ. of Buffalo. Through her efforts the Erie Co. Hospital, In 1911, admitted women as medical Internes. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality Club, Buffalo, N.Y. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Clinical Congress of Sur- geons of America, Buffalo Acad. Medicine, Erie Co. Med. Soc.. N.Y. State Med. Ass'n, Women's N.Y. State Med. Ase'a. Recreations: Music, travel. Assoc, mem. Daffodil Branch Internat. Sunshine Soc. First woman to do abdominal surgery in Buffalo, N.Y.

KEY8ER, H»rTiett« A., 416 Lafayette St., N.Y.

City.

Social worker, writer; b. N.Y. City, July 21, 1841; dau. John and Harrtette Ward (Dixon) Keyser; ed. N.Y. City schools, Cooper Union (art dep't), woman's law class of N.Y. tJnlv. •Taught in public schools, 1858-62; basinees secre- tary. 1875-87; registrar Teachers Coll., Colum- bia Univ., 1888-91. Was one of organizers, 1893, and is now vice-pres. of Church Ass'n for Ad- vancement of the Interests of Labor. Favors woman suffrage. Was one of (wganizers of N.Y. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1893-95. Author: On the Borderland; Thorns in Your Sides; Bishop Potter, the People's FViead. Episcopalian.

KIBBEY, Bessie Juliet, 2025 Massachusetts Av.,

Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C; dau. William R. and Juliet Kinkead Rokohl KTbbey; ed. Washington private schools, Mt. Vernon Sem. Mem. Wash- ington Chapter of the National Cathedral ; mem. Dist. of Columbia Branch Woman's Welfare Dep't Nat. Civic Federation, Prisoners' Aid. Identified with various religious, social and phil- anthropic activities. Mem. Board of U.S. Gov't Asylum for the Insane; chairman Admissions Com., Home for Incurables. Charter mem. Red Cross Soc, when first reorganized was meim. Board of Trustees; vice-pres. George Washing- ton Memorial Ass'n; life mem. Archaeological Soc. and Navy League; mem. Nat. Geographic Soc, Columbia Historical Soc, Soc for Preser- vation of Virginia Antiquities, Am. Federation of Arts, Washington Soc. of Fine Arts, Audubon Soc, Alliance FYanQaise, Washington Club, Chevy Chase and Montgomery Country Clubs. Episco- palian. Favors limited suffrage.

KIBBEY, Minnie Gertrude (Mrs. William Beck- ford Klbbey), Klbbey Bldg., Marshalltown, la. Born Boston, Mass., May 28, 1855; dau. John and Amelia (Wrfch) Federken (of ancient Eng- lish and old Colonial lineage); ed. in Boston and Hingham High School and Shakford private fin- ishing school and under governesses and private tutors, travel and study abroad; m. East Boston, Oct. 17, 1878, Dr. William Beckford Kibbey; chil- dren: W. B. Jr., Richards Carroll, Blscoe Al- bertson, Harold Sturtevant, Gerald Sturtevant, Gladys Gertrude. Mem. Ladies' Episcopal Guild, Iowa Children's Home; chairman State Com. and mem. Nat. Com. Children of the Reipubllc; Nat. Historical Research Soc, D.A.R. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Ethical Development of Reli- gion; Appeals for Children of the Republic Work; poems and travel articles. Class poet of Hingham High School Alumnae and editor of paper for sev- eral terms. Episcopalian. Mem. Mary Washing- ton Memorial Ass'n; charter mem. George Washington Memorial Ass'n; mem. Colonial Dames of America; mem. State Com. on Child Study of Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames Resident in Iowa; pres. Rebecca Bates Soc, Children of the Am. Revo- lution, Underbill Soc. of N.Y., Golf and Country

��Club, Twentieth Century Club, Marshalltown Historical Soc Clubs: Hawthorne Literary (ex- pres.); pres. Der Deutsche Unterhaltungs Kreis; vice-pres. City Fed. of Woman's Clubs; historian and ex-regent Spinning Wheel Chapter D.A.R. First directress Children of the Republic (club for boys in Iowa, organized by her in 1908; now nine clubs); also organized first society Sons of the Republic In Virginia. Recreations: Horse- back riding, rowing, swimming, walking, dancing, theatre, reading, travel. KrLIANI, Lilian Bayard Taylor (Mrs. Otto

G. T. Kllianl), 44 W. Seventy-seventh St.,

N.Y. City.

Bom Gotha, Germany, Aug. 3, 1858; dau. Bay- ard Taylor (famous American author) and Marie (Hansen) Taylor; ed. in schools abroad; Anna C. Brackett's School, N.Y. City; Vassar Coll.; Victoria Lyceum, Berlin; Art Students' I.ieague, N.Y. City; pupil of Yakobldes, Mtinlch; m. Frled- sichroda, Germany, Aug. 12, 1887, Otto G. T. Killanl; children: Richard Bayard Taylor, b. May 6, 1888; Gladys, b. AprU 16, 1892 (died 1899) Studied etching In Munich; mem. Ladies' Auxil- iary of German Hospital, German Hospital Nurses' Aid Ass'n; for two years pres. German Governesses' Home Ass'n; mem. German House- wives' Soc. ; mem. Executive Com. of former Household Research Soc. Internat. sec. Nat. A^s'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage; hon. mem. Nat. League Opposed to Woman Suffrage, Lon- don, England. Author: On Two Continents: A Sheaf of Poems; translations from German and French poets. Mem. Woman's Municipal League, Woman's Dep't Nat Civic Federation, Am. Acad, of Political Science, Ladies' Auxiliarv to Am. Museum of Natural History; life mem.' Art Students' League; mem. Lyceum Club, London. KXLPATRICK, Mana Buckle Needels (Mrs. William Marvin Kilpatrlck), Owosso, Mich.

Born Groveport, Ohio; dau. Cyrus Fay and Eva (Ruckle) Needels; ed. Ohio State Univ., B.Ph. '90; active mem. Browning Soc and held the prominent offices; m. Three Rivers, Mich., June 30, 1897, William Marvin Kilpatrlck, at- torney; children: Eva Katherine, Mana Frances. Taught high school seven years, history and English; organized the Woman's Club; was pres. six years. Interested in all projects for bettering the city; distributed flower seeds to school chil- dren. Favors woman suffrage. Was vice-pres. of Shiawassee County organization in 1912. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Charter mwii. of the D.A.R. organized in Owosso, Oct. 15, 1907 (now regent of chapter); helped open Y.W.C.A. rest rooms, 1909; held flower show. Recreations: Afternoon clubs and church and other social functions. An active Sunday-school worker; attended three State Sunday-school conventions. KIMBAXL, Mrs. A. B., Greensboro, N.C.

Born Oak Ridge, N.C, June, 1872; dau. W. 0. and Martha (Lanier) Donnell; ed. Oak Ridge Inst. Greensboro Female Coll. ; m. Oak Ridge N C ' Dec, 1892, A. B. Kimball. Active in work for civic improvement, having served two years as chairman Civic Dep't Woman's Club of Greens- boro, N.C., and two years as State chairman Dep't of Civic N.C. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. Methodist Protestant Church. For two years has worked to stimulate an interest among the women of North Carolina for development along the lines of organizing the children for civics, establishing playgrounds, the sanitation and beautifying of home grounds, lawns, public squares, parks, etc. Has offered prizes for the most attractive yards, hedges, shrubs, roses, school gardens, etc. Has urged the observance of Civic Day, Mar. 10, with appropriate exercises to stimulate an interest in the work of the town and rural communities of the State. KIMBALL, Alice, 16 Montague St., Providence,

R.I.

Bom Providence. Sept 30, 1876; dau. James C. and Maria B. (Moore) Kimball; grad. Providence public schools; Smith Coll., B.L. '99. Has had Sunday-school class for eight years; has taught in Working Girls' Club (Sprague House Senior Club) since 1902; has been on Vacation House Com. of the R.I. Ass'n of Women Workers for six years; rec. sec. board of managers for Home

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��for Aged Women. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumna (R.I. branch), R.I. Smith Coll. Club, also Wednesday Club (debating soc). KIMB.VLL, Ellen Imogen Hay ward (Mrs. Will- iam Hale Kimball), 206 Mississippi St., Daven- port, Iowa,

Born Davenport, Iowa; ed. In schools of Daven- port and Vassar Coll., A.B. '96; m. Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 19, 1900, William Hale Kimball; two sons. Former pres. Tuesday Club of Davenport, Iowa.

KIMBALX, Frances Ay era (Mrs. Gordon Kim- ball), Ouray, Colo.

Teacher of housekeeping; b. Akron, O., July 25, 1S42; dau. Justin and Angelina (Clark) Ayera; ed. Twlnsburg (O.) Inst; Summit Co., O. ; m. (1st) Denver, 1S71, Dr. R. W. Sweet; (2d) Iowa City, 1881, Gordon Kimball. Teacher of several grades; prin. Iowa City High School, 1875-81; mem. of City School Board in Ouray, Colo., 15 years; first woman to hold this oflBce on Western Slope. Active worker in Episcopal Guild; pres. Ouray Woman's Club nine years; founded a chapter of D.A.R. in 1906, and has been regent ever since; assisted in forming chapter of D.A.R. in 1906, and has been regent ever since; assisted In forming chapter of D.A.R. in Mont- rose, Colo. ; also In sajne town was active in organizing the Civic Improvememt Soc. Author: Course of Study for the High School and Grades of Public Schools in Ouray, Colo. Mem. Ad- visory Board of Child Home Soc., Denver; viee- pres. Walsh Public Library Board since Its opening, 1901. Mem. Ouray Woman's Club, CUolian Club of Montrose and Whist Club. Rec- reations: Reading, cards, mountain cUiobing. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of Suffrage League. RepubUcan. KIMBAIL, Grace Niebahr, 337 Mill St., Pough-

Physician ;" b! Dover, N.H., 1855; dau. Richard and Elizabeth (Hale) Kimball; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of N.T. Infirmary, M.D. '92. Mis- sionary in Vau, Turkey, 1882-88, and med. mis- sionary same place, 18S2-96. Ass't physician Vassar Coll., 1896-1900. Practising physician In Poughkeepsle, N.Y., since 1900. Pres. Board of Trustees Bcwne Memorial Hospital (for tubercu- losis), Poughkeepsie; pres. Y.W.C.A. of Pough- keepsle 13 years; mem. Am. Playground Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; mem. N.Y. State Suf- frage Ass'n, Poughkeepsie E^qual Suffrage League, College Equal Suffrage League. ESpisco- palian. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, N.Y. State Med. Soc, Dutohess Co. Med. Soc., Poughkeepsie Acad, of Medicine, Nat. (Jeographic Soc., Poughkeepsie Board of Health (chairman Hos- pital Com.), Tuesday Club of Poughkeepsie. Conducted during the Armenian massacre of 1895-96 extensive industrial relief work In East- ern Turkey and did much public speaking and writing after return to America. Now speaker on suffrage, tuberculosis, Y.W.C.A., public health, etc. KIMBALL, HMumh Parker, 29 Chestnut St.,

Boston, Mass.

Author; b. Boston, Mass., Apr. 25, 1861; dau. M. Day and Susan TUlinghast (Morton) Kim- ball; ed. private schools In Boston, followed by special work In literature at Cornell Univ. and abroad. Interested specially In trade organ- ization of women, trade education of children; Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Cup of Life and Other Verses, 1892; Soul and Sense (verses), 1896; Victory and Other Verses, 1S97. Mem. Authors' League of America, Women's Trade Union League, Boston Authors' Club. Recreations: Wood-carving, canoeing.

KIMBALL, Kate Fisher, 420 W. 119th St.

(office, 23 Union Sq.), N.Y. City.

Secretary; b. Orange, N.J., Feb. 22, 1S60; dau. Horace and Mary D. K. Kimball; grad. Plainfield (N.J.) High School, 1877. Exec. sec. Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle since 1878. Has edited The Round Table in The Chautauqua, 1899-1909. Has written yearly reports of the Circle. Author: An English (jathedral Journey, 1911.

��KIMBALL, Luella D. (Mrs. Henry D. Kimball), Kimball College of Theology, Salem., Ore. Born Chicago, 111. ; dau. Sainuel and Hannah F. (Kettlestring5) Dunlop; ed. public school and Mt. Carroll (111.) Sem. ; m. 1883, George L. East- man; (2d) 1903, Rev. Dr. Henry D. Kimball. Erected a college building on the campus of Willamette University for the Kimball Col- lege of Theology. Pres. of Columbia River Branch of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of the M.E. Church. Mem. Salem Woman's Club. Methodist. Against woman saffrage. KIMBALL, Maria Brace (Mrs. James P. Kim- ball), Onteora Club, TannersvlUe, N.Y. (win- ter, 1657 Thirty-first St., N.W., Washington, D.O.

Bom Penn Yan, N.Y., July 20, 1852; dau. Claudius B. and Harriet (Taylor) Brace; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '72 (Phi Beta Kappa); m. N.Y. City, Feb. 3, 1892, Dr. James P. Kimball, U.S.A. (died April 19, 1902); one son: Philip Brace, b. Governor's Island, N.Y., Sept 1, 1898. Teacher in English department (elocution) in Vassar Coll., 1880-85; visited Conservatoire in Paris as listener in dramatic dep't, 1883. In- structor in elocution and lecturer on dramatic literature In Am. Acad, of Dramatic Arts; lec- turer on French theatre and dramatic literature in schools; teacher of elocution in Brearley School, N.Y. City, 1883-92. Against woman suf- frage. Author: A Text Book of Elocution and various contributions to periodicals. Episco- palian. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnas, Associate Alumnae of Vassar Coll., Women's University Club, N.Y. City; the Meridian Club, N.Y. City; the Onteora Club, Tannersville, N.Y. KIMBALL, Martha Smith, Union St and South Road, Portsmouth, N.H.

Social worker; b. Portsmouth, N.H., Feb. 28, 1870; dau. Edward Payson and Martha (Thomp- son) Kimball; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '92; Ports- mouth schools. Sunday-school teacher; volun- teer teacher in Evening School for Foreigners; pres. Girls' Club Ass'n; mem. of Playground Com. ; Social Survey Com. ; Woman's dnh Houfte. Mem. N.H. Conference of Charities and Correc- tions, Nat. Child Labor Com., Am. Ass^ for Labor Legislation, Am. Acad, of Political and Social Science, Coll. Settlement Asa'n, Smith Coll. Alumnffi Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alomnae, past pres. and director of Graffort Club; pres. Civic Ass'n; mem. College Club (Boston). Rec- reations: Golf, automobiling. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Portsmoulii Equal Suffrage Xjcague; director of N.H. College Equal Suffrage League; pres. N.H. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n.

lilMB.ALL, Matie E. (Mrs. Charles A. Kim- ball), 1026 Pay-ntz Av., Manhattan, Kan. Writer, lecturer; b. Baldwin, Kan., Feb. 23, 1871; dau. William H. and Lydla Elizabeth (Murphy) Toothaker; ed. Olathe High School, Kan. ; State Agricultural Coll. ; m. Kansas City, 1902, Charles A. Kimball; children: Gloria Lil- lian, Mary Marcine, Solon Toothaker. Asso. editor Courtland Register; book reviewer Colum- bia (Tenn.) Times: special writer for papers. Lecturer for peace and Netw Thought move- ments, social philanthropic work, and cajnpaigned State for suffrage and made addresses for Pro- gressive Party. Pres. Fifth Dist Equal Suffrage Assn; mem. State Executive Board. Author. Leaves. Mem. New Thought Church. Recreations: Reading, walking. Mem. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, Kansas Day Club, Woman's E*rods Club, Domestic Science Club, State EJqual Suffrage Club (Kansas) ; pres. Kan. Council of Women (a federation of thewom.-u's organi;:ations of State). KIMBALL, Llyra Weeton, 420 Jefferson St, Green Bay, Wis.

Public health nurse; b. Green Bay, Wis., Sept. 7, 1875; dau. Charles T. and Hannah Elizabeth (Carwthorne) Kimball; ed. Green Bay public schools; course in pharmacy, Univ. of Wis., Ph.G. ; grad. Women's Hospital Training School for Nurses, Saginaw, Mich. Started public health nursing in Green Bay, with most of time spent in school nursing. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Alumni Ass'n of Woman's Hospital, Saginaw, Mich.

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��KIMBERLAND, Angle Graham (Mrs. H. May-

nard Klmberland), 623 Main St., Wheeling^,

W.Va.

Born Charleston, W.Va., Dec. 4, 18S1; dau. Christopher Bream Graham, D.D., and Antlonette Augusta (Hill) Gruham: grad. Wheeling High School, 99; W.Va. Conference Sem., Buckhannon, W.Va., 1900; Ohio Wesleyan Univ., B.L. '03 imem. Delta Delta Gamma and Delta Nu Inter Sorority and Clionian) ; m. Wheeling, W.Va., Aug. 8, 1906, H. Maynard Kimberland (manager Union Central Life Insurance Co. for W.Va.); one son: Kendall Graham, b. Oct. 15, 1908. Chairman State Coll. Alumnte. Methodist. Char- ter mem. board of directors Y.W.C.A. ; pres. Collegiate Alumnae Ass'n of Wheeling; treas. W.Va. Federation of Women's Clubs. Clubs: Woman's Literary, Wednesday Musical, Woman's (charter mem.). KIMUROUGH, Carolyn Lowe Vroom (Mrs. T. B.

Kimbrough), 735 W. Reed St., Moberly Mo.

Born Toronto, Can., Jan. 19, 1847; dau. Tunis L. and Carolyn (Lowe) Vroom, ed. Mt. Pleasant Coll., Huntsvllle, Mo., A.B. '65 (valedictorian of class); m. Huntsvllle, Mo., Mar. 7, IS75, ";;. B. Kimbrough (lawyer), children. Roscoe H. Klui- brough, b. AprU 22, 1,S82; OllTe Van Vroom Kimbrough, b. Oct. 25, 1885. Has led movements In religious, social and philanthropic work In Moberly and Huntsville. Favors woman suf- frage. Methodist. Mem. D.A.R, Recreation- Literature. Pi-es. Shakespeare Club; mem. Sorosis Clab. KINO AID, Bess Beardsley (Mrs. Gerry T. Kln-

cald), Corry. Pa.

Born Ithaca, N.Y., June 25, 1879; dau. John Davis and Cynthia Jane (Emmons) Beardsley; ed. Ithaca High School, Cornell Univ., A.B. '03; post-grad. 1904 (joint editor of 1903 Comellian; mem. Delta Gamma); m. Aug. 1, 1908, Gerry Thaddeus Kincald. Taught Latin two years at Sheridan, Wyo., and one year in Corry, Pa., where was principal of the High School. Clubs: Btratford Shakespeare, New Era, Quaere, also Woman's Club of Sheridan, Wyo. Presbyterian.

KINDRED, EUa Cramer (Mrs. John Joseph Kindred), River Crest, Astoria, L.I., N.Y. City. Born Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ; dau. George E. and Mary A. (Barnes) Cramer; ed. Lyndon Hall, Poughkeepsie; Vassar Coll., A.B. ; law dep't of Stetson Univ.; m. Luzerne, Switzerland, July 10, 1902, John Joseph Kindred, M.D.; one son; John Cramer. Mem. of League for Civic Education of Women; pres. of Astoria Branch of Needlework Guild of America. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Wife of Democratic mem. of House of Representatives, U.S.A.; mem. Vassar Aid Soc., Associate Alumnas of Vassar Coll., Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae. Clubs: Women's University (N.Y. City), Congressional (Washington, D.C.).

KING, Annie Farrar Van Sweringen Barret

(Mrs. Robert B. King), 4512 West Pine Boule- vard, St. Louis, Mo.

Born SL Louis, Mo., Oct. 15, 1S4,3; dau. James fle la Tour and Martha Jane (Farrar) Van Swer- Ingen (descendant In paternal line from Capt. Gerrit de la Tour Van SwerinC'in, who left Am- sterdam, Holland, In 1656 with supplies- for Ite Dutch settlers at New Amsterdam, but losing bis vessel on the American coast, escaped from the wreck and landed on the Maryland coast, .1oin- ing the Maryland colonists; on maternal side from the FaiTars and other prominent Virginian families); ed. at Miss Bayard's School, Phila- delphia, and Mme. Oakhlll's in N.Y. City; m. (1st) St. Louis, Arthur Buckner Barret, who was .Mayor of St. Txiuijs at the timo of his death In 1875; children: Martha Van Sweringen Barret (who married John M. Frost and is now de- ceased), James Van Sworingen Barret and Arthur Buckner Barret; m. (2d) Robert B. King. Char- ter mem. St. Louis Woman'* Club; mem. Soc. of Colonial Uainea, DAP.. Rom.an Catholic. KING, Cora Smftli (Mrs. Judoon KIcO, «X, The Olynipta, Washloifron, O.C. Physiclaji, surgeon; b Rockford, 111. Sefi-t 7, 1867; dau. Col. Eliphaz and E)nnjia (Barnes) Smith; grad. Nat. School of Elocutioti ani Ora- tory, PhUadelphia (Bachelor of Bawntiou), '85;

��Univ. of N.Dak., B.S. '99: Boeton Univ. School of Medicine, M.D. '92; m. Seattle, Wash.. 1313, Judson King (sec. Nat Referendum League); one adopted daughter: Sylvia Smith Kins. Prac- tised in Grand Forks, N.Dak., 1893-96; Minne- apolis, Minn., 1896-1906; In Seattle, Waah., 1906- 12; now in practice in Washington, D.C. Inter- ested In domestic science. In unique caxaptLiga for votes in the Dist. of Columbia, where all men and women are disfranchised; talks and writes on food values, dress, household devices. Ha^ written medical articles: part author of Washington Women's Cook Book, wlileh helped finance suffrage campaign of 1910; writes arti- cles on domestic science subjects. Mem. Am. Inst, of Homoeopathy, Am. Ass'n of Official Surgeons, Nat. Council of Women Voters. Clubs: Mountaineers (Washington), Sierra of Cal., Sin- gle Tax, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Recrea- tions: Mountaineering, horseback riding, walk- ing. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; funda- mental Democrat; voted Progressive; mem. Diet. Suffrage League, College Equal Suffrage League; State pres. N.Dak. Woman Suffrage Aaa'n, State pres. Minn. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1897; Nat. Auditor Nat Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; now treas. Nat. Council Women Voters; w*s treas. Washington Equal Suffrage Ass'n; led the dele- gations from the nine suffrage States in suffrage parade. Mar. 3, 1913, Washington, D.C, riding horseback with tanner of Nat Council of Wo- men Voters; was first to carry Votes for Women banner to top of Mt. Rainier In Cascade Moun- tains, Wash.

KXNG, Cornelia Boanell Greene (Mrs. Paul King), 279 Tulpehocken St., Germantown, Pa, Born Philadelphia, Dec. 28, 1873; dau. Stephen and Martha M. (Houston) Greene, ed. Bryn Mawr (3oll., A.B.; m. (Jermantown, Pa., June 4, 1907, Paul King; one son: Paul King Jr., b. 1909. Interested in all Evangelical Christian work and in all work for the betterment of labor condi- tions. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Public Education Ass'n, Bryn Mawr AluzonaB Ass'n, Consumers' League, American Ass'n for Labor Legislation, also Pensylvania Ass'n, Grenfell Ass'n of America, Women's Christian Ass'n, Young Women's Christian League. Recreations: All out-door diversions. Episcopalian. KING, Kleaaor AugnHta Friak (Mra Eustace Eugene King), 304 W. Louisiana St, Mc- Kinjaey, Tex.

Piano and pipe organ teacher; b. Crystal Springs, Miss., July 11, 1854; dau. Alexander Hamilton and Sarah Jane (Dodds) Frlnk; ed. Crystal Springs Inst, with, honors m. Crystal Springs, May 8, 1877. Rev. Eustace Eugene King; children: JgJnuna Corin, Conant Meigs, Eustace Eugene. Active In Chrtstian. social and phil- anthropic work; leader in local Christian ac- tivities and in Dist Ass'n Ohrlstiaa work and in local social work, especially in behalf of the poor; active In efforts to prcTent cruelty to ani- mals, to hare Sunday observed and to promote the prohibition of the sale and drinking of in- toxicants. Has written articlea for local papers and several papers fur clubs and socleUeo. Mem. liadles' Aid Soc, Augusta King: MlBsioD Soc., Owl Club (former pres). Recreation: Summer Taoations at quiet retroatB, Baptist Farors woman suffrage. Prohlbltioaljjt

KING, KiTJom B., Hit Txlbott Av, Indianapo- lis, Ind.

Artist, b. Indianapolis, Tod.; dMi, BJd'warti and Rebecca J. (Suydam) King; studied art in Art Studentjs' l>«i)fue, N.7. City, iind Id Par»«, France. Enerase*) In art worlt tmr 30fn«« jfsaxt in Student*} Leacofs N T. Ctt» onsniL Woman's Art Club. U.t. City, aaaoctat<>< m^ns. Soc. Western Artiflts; mem Over the Teaeoiw Club Uncllanapolld).

KINO, Esther Howard (Mrs. Horatio C. King),

46 Willow St., Brooklyn, X.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. John Tasker and S'jsau TaykT (Raymond} Ho^-ard; ed. Miss Sarah .Porter'6 fJchool «t FB.rinlnj:ton, Conn., 1859-65; mem. Farmlngton Lodge and Sewing Soc. of N.-? ; itL BrooUyr^ NT., 1866, G«a. Horatio C. King (son of Iloratlo King, post-

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��maater-gen., 1860-61); nine children — survivors: Emma King-Gray, Alice King-Hanway, Susan King-Norton, Clara King-Litchfield, Mabel King- Brown; sixteen grandchildren. Manager Indus- trial School Ass'n Home for Destitute Children (chairman Music Com.) ; sec. 12 years of Prison- Ship Martyrs' Monument Ass'n (still sec); founded Long Island Soc. D.R. (regent four years); active from the first in securing Prison- Ship Mairtyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn, N.Y. Anti-suffragist. Congregation- alist. Mem. Plymouth Church, Brooklyn; charter mem D.A.R. and Daughters of the Revolution. Mem. Brooklyn Woman's Club. KING, Fannie Bayly (Mrs. "William Wayt

King), Kalorama, Staunton, Va.

Born Staunton, Va., Sept. 27, 1864; dau. Ed- mund Wilson and Edmonia (Bell) Bayly; ed. Mary Baldwin Sem.; m. Oct. 4, 1888, William Wayt King; one son: Edmund Bayly. Presby- terian. Mem. of two church societies and of Ladies' Auxiliary to the Y.M.C.A. Mem. Civic Club, Visiting Nurse Ass'n; vice-pres. Virginia Library Ass'n; State pres. Women's Rivers and Harbors Congress; former pres. Virginia State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Suffrage Club. KING, Florence Lord (Mrs. Landreth H. King),

157 Park Av., Orange, N.J.

Born N.Y. City, Aug. 7, 1872; dau. Manton E. and Susan J. (Carlisle) Lord; ed. Dearborn-Mor- gan School, Orange, N.J.; Smith Coll., B.L. '95 (mem. Alpha Soc.) ; m. Orange, Nov. 9, 1899, Landreth H. King; children: Helen, Ruth Rod- ney. Mem. Governing Board Consumers' League, N.Y. City; Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae; vice-pres. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, 1907-09; second vice- pres. Women's University Club (mem. Governing Board); mem. Equal Franchise Soc, Collegiate Equal Suffrage League, Governing Board Visiting Nurses' Ass'n of Orange, College Settlement Ass'n, Smith College Club of N.Y. Presbyterian. KING, Florence Rich (Mrs. George R. King),

41 North Beacon St., Allston, Mass.

Organist and social service worker; b. Worces- ter, Mass., Sept. 6, 1869; dau. Henry H. and Mary L. (Bullard) Rich; ed. Boston public schools and Normal, and at School for Social Workers, Boston; studied organ harmony and theory with Everett E. Truette, Boston; m. Cam- bridge, Mass., May 12, 1896, G'orge R. King. Taught in a Boston grammar school, 1891-1902; organist and director Berkeley Temple, Boston, 1897-1907; organist Congregational Church, Win- chester, Mass., 1907-08; organist and director Baptist Church, Brookline, Mass., 1908^. Teacher of organ and piano. Mem. Union Church, Boston, interested in its women's work; does social service work for women at Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston. Con- gregationalist, Mem. Am. Guild of Organists. Clubs: Monday Evening, Graduate. KING, Grace Xlllzabeth, 1749 Coliseum Place,-

New Orleans, La.

Author; b. New Orleans, La., 1852; dau. William Woodson and Sarah Ann (Miller) King (of Scotch, French, English and Irish ancestry) ; reared on her father's plantation in lower Louisiana and educated privately there and in New Orleans. Formerly for years sec. of La. Historical Soc; was prime mover in the centennial celebration of the cession of Louisiana to the b'nited States in 1903; banded the society women of the State into an association and ga/e a balj which re- produced the costumes, niusic an 'I .le'-'orations of the preceding 100 years. Author: Monsieur Motte; Tales of Time and Place; Jean Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, the Real F >\inder and First Governor of Louisiana (in Makers of America series); De Soto in the Land of Florida; Iperville; New Orleans, the Place and the Peo- ple; Balcony Stories; also (in collaboration with Prof. Ficklen of Tulane Univ.): School History of Louisiana; Stories from the History of Louis- iana.

KING, Helen Dean, 17 ElUott Av., Bryn Mawr,

Pa.

Biologist; b. Owego, N.Y., Sept. 27, 1869; dau. George A. and Leonora Louise (Dean) King;

��grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '92; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.M., Ph.D. '99; grad. student in biology, Vassar Coll., and ass't in biological laboratory, 1894-^; grad. scholar in biology, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1895- 96; grad. student in biology, 189S-97 and 1901-06; fellow in biology, 1897-98, and fellow by courtesy in biology, 1898-1901. Teacher of science Miss Florence Baldwin's school, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1899-1907; univ. fellow for research in zoology, Univ. of Pa., 1906-08; Investigator, Wistar Inst, of Anatomy an-d Biology, Philadelphia, 1908-09; ass't in anatomy, 1909-10; assoc. in anatomy, 1910-12. Publications deal chiefly with regenera- tion, development of germ cells in vertebrates and the problem of sex determination. Episco- palian. Mem. Am. Soc. of Zoologists; fellow A.A.A.S.; mem. Maine Biological Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa. KING, Uda Shaw, The Women's College,

Brown University, Providence, R.I.

Dean of women. Brown Univ.; b. Boston, 1868; dau. Henry Melville King, D.D. (Baptist clergy- man), and Susan Helen (Fogg) King; grad. Vas- sar, A.B. 'SO; Brown Univ., A.M. '94; Litt.D., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1912; fellow Vassar Coll., 1894-95; graduate student Harvard Univ., 1897- 98; Bryn Mawr fellow, 1899-1900, and Agnes Hoppin Memorial fellow, 1900-01; in Greek at Am. School, Athens, Greece. Teacher Vassar, 1895-97; Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1898-99 and 1901-02; dean of Women's Coll., Brown Univ., 1905 —. Ass't prof. classical philology, 1905-09; prof, classical literature and archaeology, 1909 —. Mem. Board Directors R.I. School of Design, Board Directors R.I. Hospital; mem. of Corporation of Butler Hospital for In- sane; a director of Providence District Nursing Ass'n. Contributor of articles in Journal of Archaeology and in Education. Author: The Higher Education of Women (in report of South- ern Educational Conference), 1909. Baptist. Mercu Archajological Inst, of America, Women's Club of R.I. (Providence), Women's University Club (N.Y. City), College Club (Boston). KING, 1-oulsa Yeomans (Mrs. Francis King),

Orchard House, Alma, Mich.

Born Washington, N.J., Oct. 17, 1863; dau. Rev. Alfred and Eli2tabeth (Ramsey) Yeomans; ed. private schools; m. Orange, N.J., June 12, 1890, Francis King; children: Elizabeth, Henry W., Frances. Has written several articles on gardening, contributed to Garden Magazine of N.Y. ; The Garden Movement in America During the Past Ten Years (for Cyclopedia of Horti- culture); lecture on Color in the Flower Garden, delivered before the Mass. Horticultural Soc, Boston. Mem. Am. Forestry Ass'n, Mich. For- estry Ass'n, Nat. Civic Ass'n, Am. Gladiolus Soc, Am. Rose Soc, Am. Peony Soc. Pres. Garden Club of Mich. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. KING, Mary Cutts Howard (Mrs. Robert Watt

King, 104 Elm St., Montclair, N.J.

Born Brattleboro, Vt., Feb. 22, 1865; dau. Abel Trumbull and Anna (Cutts) Howard; ed. Tilden Sem., St. Katharine's Hall, Brooklyn (distin- guished in Latin); m. Brooklyn, N.Y., April 22, 1889, Robert Watt King; children: Robert Pep- perrell, Edith Margaret, Margaret. Directress Home Missionary Soc. ; mem. Consumers' League, McAll Ass'n. Against woman suffrage. Presby- terian Mem. Montclair Colony of New England Women. Clubs: All Round (pres. 1910-12), Fort- nightly Book. KING, Nina Ansley, 1749 Coliseum Place, New

Orleans, La.

Born New Orleans, La.; dau. W. W. and Sarah Ann (Miller) King; ed. by Miss Mlta D. Huger, who opened a select school in 1870. Ac- tive mem. of the Y.W.C.A.; pres. of the South- ern Women's Economic and Political Science Ass'n. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Democrat. Mem. "Mrs. Nell's" Book Club. KINGSBURY, AJLlce Gary Bussing (Mrs. How- ard Thayer Kingsbury), 24 E. Sixty-nrst St.,

N.Y. City; country, Sands Point, L.I., N.Y.

Bom N.Y. City, Dec 2, 1872; dau. Abram and Emma (Frost) Bussing; grad. high school, Mont- clair. N.J., and Peebles and Thompson School,

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��N.Y. City; m. South Church, N.Y. City, April 22, 1902, Howard Thayer Kingsbury; children: Howard Thayer Jr., b. Sept. 11, 1904; Ruth Oliver, b. Oct. 30, 1906. Mem. various literary, musical and artistic organizations. Favors wo- man suffrage. Author of one book of verse and various magazine articles, etc., published under nom-de-plume. Episcopalian. Recreations: Rid- ing, driving, swimming, dancing, miniature painting, sailing.

KINGSBURY, Marguerite Hempstead (Mrs. B.

F. Kingsbury), 2 South Av., Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Meadvllle, Pa., Oct. 28, 1876; dau. Ernest Alexis and Annie Mary (Warner) Hempstead; ed. Meadville public schools, Allegheny Coll., Prep- aratory School of Allegheny Coll., Meadville; Cornell Univ., Ph.B. 1900 (Sigma Xi, Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Meadville, June 22, 1904, Prof. B. F. Kingsbury; children: Marguerite, b. Oct. 8, 1905; Ernest Hempstead, b. Nov. 9, 1907; Robert Freeman, b. June 26, 1912. Favors woman suffrage.

KTNGSBUBY, Susan Myra, 110 Hancock St.,

Cambridge, Mass.

Professor; b. San Pablo, Cal., Oct. 18, 1870; dau. Willard Belmont Kingsbury, M.D., and Helen Shuler (DeLamater) Kingsbury; ed. Col- lege of the Pacific (academy and college), A.B. '90; Leiand Sauford Jr. Univ., A.M. 'Phi Beta Kappa), '99; Columbia Univ., Ph.D. '05 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). Teacher of history, San P'rancisco Lowell High School, 1892-1900; In- structor in history, Vassar Coll., 1904-05; con- ducted investigation for Mass. Commission on [nduscrial and Technical Education, 1905-06; in- structor in history and economics and head of dep't, Simmons Coll., 1906-07; assistant, asso- ciate prof, and prof, of economics, Simmons Coll., from 1907. Director Dep't of Research, Women's Educational and Industrial Union, Bos- ton, 1909; mem. Board of Directors of the North Bennet St. Industrial School, Boston; mem. La- bor Com. Twentieth Century Club; mem. execu- tive committees of Mass. Labor Legislation Ass'n, Boston Social Research Council, Boston Branch Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae; pres. New England History Teachers Ass'n, 1911. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Editor: Records of Virginia Company of Lon- don; supervisor of investigation and author of report on Relation of Children to the Industries (in Report of the Mass. Commission on Indus- trial and Technical Education), 1906. Editor: Labor Laws and Their Enforcement; Series on Econo'mic Relations of Women, etc. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Am. Economics Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Horseback riding, driving.

KINGSLKY, Bessie Cook (Mrs. Sherman C.

Kingsley), 1400 Judson Av., Evanston, 111.

Born Detroit, Mich., Oct. 12, 1868; dau. Otis L. and Mary (Raynolds) Cook; ed. Wellesley Coll. A.B. '90; Pratt Inst., library course, '94; mem. Zeta Alpha; m. Aug. 28, 1895, Sherman C. Kings- ley; children: Elizabeth, Frances Josephine. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Congregationallst. Mem. Woman's Club of Evanston, Drama Club, Chi- cago Wellesley Coll. Club, Univ. Guild of EJvanston.

KINGSLEY, Florence Morse (Mrs. Charles Raw- son Klngsley), Westerleigh, Staten Island, N.Y. (summer. Lake Hopatcong, N.J.). Author; b. Poe, O., 1859; dau. Jonathan Brad- Icy and Eleanor (Ecob) Morse; ed. Whitestown Sem. ; Wellesley Coll., class of '81 (mem. Zeta Alpha); m. Utlca, N.Y., 1882, Charles Rawson Kingsley; children: Charles Ryerson, Jr.; Donald Morse, Grace Eleanor, James Morse, John Brad- ley. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Titus, a Comrade of the Cross, 1895; Prisoners of the Sea, 1896; Stephen, 1897; Paul, 1898; The Cross Triumphant, 1900; The Transfiguration of Miss Philura, 1900; An Unrecorded Miracle; Kindly Light (collections of short stories), 1901; The Needle's Eye, 1902; Wings and Fetters, 1903; Tor, 1906; Truthful Jane, 1906; The Intellectual Miss Lamb, 1904; The Singular Miss Smith, 1905; Balm in Gllead, 1906; The Princess and the Ploughman, 1907; Those Queer Browns, 1906; The Resurrection of Mlsg Cynthia, 1907; And

��So They Were Married, 1908; The Glass House, 1909; The Star of Love, 1909; To the Highest Bidder, 1910; Those Brewster Children, 1910; Francesca, 1911; Wilhelmina Changes Her Mind, 1912; Miss Philura's Wedding Gown, 1912. Mem. of Union Church. Mem. Wellesley Club (N.Y. City), Fortnightly (Staten Island). KINGSLEY, Frances Hubbard, 12 Leyfred Ter- race, Springfield, Mass.

High school teacher; b. Springfield, Mass., Sept. 19, 1878; dau. John Chester and Frances (Hubbard) Kingsley; ed. Springfield public schools; Smith Coll., B.A. Teacher of Greek and Latin, Palmer (Mass.) High School, 1901-04; teacher of Greek and Latin, Newburyport (Mass.) High School, 1904-09; teacher of Latin and Greek, New Bedford (Mass.) High School, 1909-11; teacher of Latin in Central High School of Springfield, Mass., since 1911.

KINK AID, Mary Holland (Mrs. John Klnkald), 509 W. 121st St., N.Y. City. Writer; b. Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Dec. 31, 1861; dau. John and Nettie (Simpson) McNeish; ed. In private and public schools, Wllkes-Barre and Philadelphia; m. February, 1891, John Klnkald; one son: John Holland Klnkald, b. Feb. 19, 1894. Served as editorial writer, copy-reader, Sunday editor and feature writer on staffs of Omaha World-Herald, Chicago Inter-Ocean, Milwaukee Sentinel, Los Angeles Herald, Denver Times; associate editor Butterlck publications. Ass't State Sup't of Public Instruction, Colo., 1897-98. Favors woman suffrage. Worked in campaign for suffrage in Colo.; has been a suffragist since 1886 and has belonged to organizations In Colorado, California and New York. Author (novels): Walda; The Man of Yesterday. Demo- crat. Mem. MacDowell Club of N.Y. City, Southern California Woman's Press Club.

KINKEAD. Eleanor Talbot, 422 Second St.,

Lexington, Ky.

Author; b. Fayette County, Ky. ; dau. Judge William B. Kinkead and Elizabeth de la Fon- taine (Shelby) Kinkead; ed. at home and In State Coll. of Ky. Author: Florida Alexander; Wings of the Morning; Young Greer of Kentucky; The Invisible Bond; The Courage of Blackburn Blair.

KINKEAD, Elizabetli Shelby, 423 Second St.,

Lexington, Ky.

Author, lecturer; b. Fayette Coimty, Ky.; dau. Judge William Bury Kinkead and Elizabeth de la Fontaine (Shelby) Kinkead (descendant in fourth generation from Gov. Isaac Shelby, distinguished Revolutionary ofiicer); ed. under instruction of her father and in State Coll. of Ky. Lecturer on English in the State Coll. of Kentucky, also in Chautauqua courses in N.Y. and Kentucky. Author: History of Kentucky, 1896. KINNEY, Charlotte Pearl Conkright (Mrs.

Charles Arthur Kinney), Des Moines, la. Jan. 7, 1886; dau. George W. and Emma (Childs) Conkright; ed. Ionia public .school; Art Inst, of Chicago (academic); Art Inst. Normal Course; m. July 21, 1913, Charles Arthur Kinney. Prof, of drawing and painting, Art School of Drake Univ., 1309-10; director of art, 1910-12; lecturer on art; won several competitions for book and magazine Illustrations. Interested In various societies for the preservation of Am. birds, humane societies, etc. At present pre- paring the manuscript for Outlines for the Teaching of Art In the Public Schools; author of several articles on different phases of art teaching and art education. Mem. Art Students' League, Alumni of Chicago Art Inst., Pro- fessional Woman's League, League for Medical Freedom. Recreations: Sketohiilg, boating, hunting with a camera, studying birds and ani- mals in their natural haunts. Christian Scien- tist. Against woman suffrage. KINNEY, Eunice Draper (Mrs. John Mozart

Kinney), 248 Beach St., Revere, Mass.

Physician; b. Southampton, N.B., Sept. 29, 1852; dau. James and Katherine (Schriver) Draper; grad. Boston Training School for Nurses IfvSl; Coll. of Physicians and Surgeons, M.D. '90 post-grad. Tufts Coll. Med. School, June 13, 1896 m. Boston, Aug. 6, 1884, ex-Senator John Mozart Kinney. Edited Journal called The Nurse, 1891

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��to 1895; on editorial staff of Med. Times and Reg- ister, Philadelphia, 1895-98. First woman physi- cian to testify as an expert before the U.S. Cir- cuit Court. Med. examiner of several fraternal orders. One of the founders of St. Anne's Epis- copal Mission in Revere; an active worker among the poor. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc, W.C.T.U. (sup't of Narcotics, Revere), Mass. S.P.C.A., Count Rumford History Soc, N.B. Woman's Press Ass'n, Boston Scientific Soc, Mycological Club of Boston; mem. of three alumnae ass'ns. Recreation: Interested scientific observer of atmospheric phenomena preceding seismic disturbances, correctly predicting twenty- one earthquakes from one to three days in ad- vance. KINNEY, Margraret West (Mrs. Troy Kinney),

16 W. Sixty-seventh St., N.Y. City.

Artist, illustrator; b. Peoria, 111., June 11, 1872; dau. John A. and Margaret (McMlllin) West; ed. Peoria (111.) High School, Art Students' League of N.Y. and in Paris in the ateliers of Lefebvre, Fleury, Collin and Mercon; m. Chicago, June 9, 1901, Troy Kinney, illustrator; one son: John West, b. 1903. Has exhibited paintings in Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Soc of Western Artists and Chicago Artists' Exhibitions. With her husband, Troy Kinney, has collaborated over the signature "The Kinneys" in much high- class magazine and book illustration for The Century, Saturday E>vening Post, Harper's and McClure's magazines, etc., and for novels issued by all leading publishers. Also has done im- portant decorative work, notably in the Fine Arts Building, Chicago, and has painted many portraits. KINNEY, Sara Thomson (Mrs. John Codding-

ton Kinney), 719 Asylum Av., Hartford, Conn.

Born New Haven, Conn., 1842; dau. Charles Steele Thomson, M.D., and Susan Coit (Belcher) Thomson; ed. in private schools and by tutors; m. New Haven, 1867, John Coddington Kinney. State regent Connecticut D.A.R. for 14 years; norw hon. State regent, also hon. vice-pres. general of the Nat. Soc. of D.A.R. with office for life. Congregationalist. Pres. Ellsworth Memorial Ass'n, Connecticut Indian Ass'n, Fort Griswold Tract "Commission oi Conn. Deputy governor Connecticut Soc. of Mayflower De- scendants; mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames, Soc. of Descendants of Colonial Governors. Mem. Hart- ford Art Soc, State Board National Red Cross.

KINSMAN, Anna Barnard (Mrs. D. O. Kins- man), Whitewater, Wis.

Born Chicago, Mar. 19, 1866; dau. Rev. E. C. and Mrs. Sarah L. (Snider) Barnard; grad. Oberlln Coll., B.L. '87; grad. work at Univ. of Chicago; m. Whitewater, Wis., July 14, 1904, Dr. D. O. Kinsman; two stepchildren: Georgia, Ellen. Teacher in Whitewater (Wis.) State Nor- mal School for eight years; institute conductor two years. Mem. standing com. of church; chair- man book com. of library board; chairman press com. of City Federation of Women's Clubs; First Disl. vice-pres. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Mlnneiska Club.

HlINSOLVING, Sally Bruce (Mrs. Arthur B. Klnsolvlng), St. Paul's Rectory, 24 W. Sara- toga St., Baltimore, Md.

Born Richmond, Va., Feb. 14, 1876; dau. Thomas Seddon and Mary (Anderson) Bruce; ed. Miss Johnston's School of Richmond; m. Rich- mond, Feb. 5, 1896, Rev. Arthur B. Kinsolving; children: Mary Bruce, Arthur Lee, Eleanor Rogers, Anne Seddon, Herbert Leigh, Sally Archer. Vice-pres. Maryland Branch Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions; vice-pres. Girls' Friendly Soc. of Diocese of Maryland. Vice-pres. Maryland Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Wrote: By the Sea (Metropolitan Magazme); Service (The Living Church). Epis- copalian. Mem. Maryland Soc. Colonial Dames. Recreations: Study of English verse, painting In water colors.

KIRBY-S.VJITII, Maude Tompkins (Mrs. Rey- nold M. KIrby-Smith), Sewanee, Tenn. Born Wessyngton, Tenn., Dec. 8, 1882; dau. Henry Bethune and Bessie A. (Washington)

��Tompkins; ed. public and private schools, At- lanta; Misses Ely's, N.Y. City; Diendonne, Bor- ne!, France; Mrs. Safebore's (Edgeworth) Balti- more; medals in French and art; m. Atlanta, Ga., June 24, 1903, Reynold M. Kirby-Smith. M.D.; children: Reynold M., Henry Tompkins, Eliza- beth Washington. Fres. Civic League (woman's club), which is making Sewanee, the seat of the University of the South, a clean, healthful and beautiful spot. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Civic Ass'n, Southern Commercial Congress, Southern Sociological Congress, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Woman's Auxiliary of Episcopal Church. Recreations: Horseback riding, auctipn. Mem. Civic League of Sewanee, Fortnightly Li- brary Club.

KIRCHER, Effie Irene (Mrs. Henry Edward

Kricher), Hawarden, la.

Born Ames, Iowa, Jan. 13, 1871; dau. William H. and Lovenia (Campbell) P.oss; ed. Hawarden Normal Schools; m. Hawarden, la., Dec. 8, 1897, Henry Edward Kircher; one son: Carl Ross Kircher. Was a teacher in the county schools for nearly ten years; helped organize Sunday- schools in rural districts. Was organist in the Christian Church at Boone,' la., one year; Chris- tian Church at West Pullman, one year; Baptist Church at Hawarden, two years. Mem. of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World; sec. local lodge over five years. Pres. Twentieth Century Club for four years. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat.

KIKK, Abby, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Principal; b. Dorchester, Mass., July 6, 1865; dau. John Foster and Mary C. (Weed) Kirk; ed. Miss Mary E. Stevens' School, Germantown, Philadelphia; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '92. Teacher in Miss Stevens' School, 1883-87; private sec. to Miss M. Carey Thomas, dean of Brvn Mawr Coll., 1887-92; reader in English, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1892-98; private sec, 1898-99; assoc. principal of Kirk's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1899 — ; reader in elementary Greek, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1907 —. Interested in college settlements, at one time graduate elector of College Settle- ments Ass'n for Bryn Mawr. Wrote: First Latin Book (in collaboration with Miss Emily L. Bull, Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '91). Episcopalian. Fa- vors woman suffrage.

KIRK, Ella Boyce (Mrs. David Kirk), 5915

Fifth Av., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Bangor, Me., June 6, 1862; dau. Capt. M. and Ruth H. (Dyer) Boyce; ed. public schools of Bangor; m. N.Y. City, June 27, 1890, David Kirk. First woman sup't of schools in U.S. Taught in every grade of school in Bangor; has been private school teacher French and music in Franklin, Pa., then became sup't of schools at Bradford, Pa. Interested in Child's Welfare movement; one of founders of the Social Center movement; treas. Children's Hospital for years. Author: Enunciation and Articulation (text-books for schools); Jean, Our Hospital Nurse. Episco- palian. Mem. D.A.R., U.S. Daughters 1812, 20th Century Club (charter mem.); founder and or- ganizer Woman's Literary Club, Bradford.

KIRK, Ellen OIney (Mrs. John Foster Kirk),

Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pa.

Author; b. Southington, Conn., Nov. 6, 1842; dau. Jesse Olney (educator, author and states- man) and Elizabeth (Barnes) Olney; ed. at home under masters and in schools; m. Stratford, Conn., 1879, John Foster Kirk (historian of emi- nence, author of History of Charles the Bold, etc., and editor of various works) (died 1904). Author of a long series of novels, beginning with: Through Winding Ways, 1879; followed' by A Lesson in Love, 1S82; A Midsummer Mad- ness, 18S4; The Story of Margaret Kent, ISSfi; Sons and Daughters, 1887; Queeu Money, ISSS: A Daughter of Eve, 1SS9; Bitter Times, 18S9; Wal- ford, 1S90; Ciphers, 1891; The Story of Lawrence Garth, 1894; The Revolt of a Daughter, 1897; Dorothy Dean, 1S9S; Dorothy and the Friends. 1899; Our Lady Vanity, 1901; Good-bye Proud World, 1903; The Apology of Ayliffe, 1904; Mar- cia, 1906.

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��KIBKBRIDE, Elizabeth Butler, 1406 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia; dau. Dr. Thomas Stony and EUiza Ogden (Butler) Kirkbrlde; ed. Bryn Mawr, A.B. '96. Ass't to the auditor Pa. Co. for Insur- ances on Lives and Granting Annuities (trust and safe deposit company), 1897-1905. Alumnse mem. Board of Directors of Bryn Mawr Coll.; mem. Board of Directors Civic Club of Philadelphia; mem. Board of Directors Soc. for Organizing Charity. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Pres. CoUege Club of Philadelphia.

KIRKER, NeUie Wiles (Mrs. Ernst Thorton Klrkeri, Ripley, Brown Co., O. Bom Ripley, Ohio, Jan., 1864; dau. Newton P. and Juliette B. (Hathaway) Wiles; ed. Ripley and Wesleyan Coll. ; m. Ripley, June 16, 1887, Ernst Thorton Klrker; one daughter: Juliette Belle. Mem. State Library Eiitension Commit- tee; through her Influence and work a library has been established in her home town. Favors woman suffrage. Presby teinan ; mem. church socs.; pres. Progress Club; mem. Social Club. KIRItLAJJD, CaroUne, 26 E. Walton PI., Chi- cago, 111.

Writer; b. Syracuse, N.Y. ; dau. Joseph and Theodosla B. (Wilkinson) Klrkland; ed. Miss E. S. Kirkland's School in Chicago. Favors Woman suffrage. Mem. Exec. Com. North Side Branch 111. Suffrage Ass'n. Author: Some African High- ways, 1908. Honorary mem. Friday Club of Chicago.

KIRKLAND, Wtoifred Margaretta, Box 554, Balnbrldge, N.Y.

Author; b. Columbia, Pa.; dau. George Henry and Ernxna (Reagan) Klrkland; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '97; studied at Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898--1900. Author: Polly Pat's Parish, 1907; Introducing Corinna, 1909; Home-comers, 1910; various essays in Atlantic; various stories In Youth's Com- panion and other magazines. Episcopalian. Mem. Monday Afternoon Club, Binghamton, N.Y. KIRKPATBICK, Florence Wynn (Mrs. Joseph Paucett Klrkpatriok), Brandywine Summit, Delaware Co., Pa.

Born West Chester, Pa., Nov. 21, ISSO', dau. I. N-ewton and Ella Bva (Bishop) Wynn; grad. West Chester High School, '97; Swarthmore Coll., B.A. '01; m. N.Y. City, May 29, 1907, Josei^h Faucett Klrkpatrick; children: Florence (de- ceased), Joseph Wynn. Interested in the colored race, country schools and architecture, having spent some years with an architectural firm In Philadelphia. Presbyterian. Mem. Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. of DUworthtown Pres- byterian Church. Recreations: Driving, fox hunting, baseball, walking. Favors woman suf- frage. Interested with husband In farm manage- ment; also in squa.b raising, having a large plant.

KIUKPATRICK, Marion Powers (Mrs. William Arber-Brovvn Klrkpatrick), 407 Fenway Stu- dios, Boston, Mass.; summer. Friendship, Me. Artist; b. London, England, of American par- ents; dau. of Orville W. and Carolyn (Stickney) Po'wers; educated in London and Paris; m. 199, William Arber-Brown Klrkpatrick. In 1904 her picture entitled Trfesors was purchased by the French Government for the Luxembourg Mu- seum. Came to America to live, October, 1906. In 1907 was awarded the Walter Lippincott prize at the Pennsylvania Acad, ot Fine Arts for pic- ture entitled A Tea Party; silver medal at Inter- nat. Exposition at Buenos Ayres, 1910. Has exhibited at the Royal Acad., the Paris Salon, and the leading American exhibitions. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Copley Soc, Boston. Associate mem. of the Am. Fed. of Arts, Wash- ington.

KIRKPATRICK, Mattle Gaston, 936 N. Stat« St., Jackson, Miss.

Teacher of music and expression, public reader; b. Canton, Miss.; dau. Dr. James Gaston and Juliette Caroline (Stebblns) Klrkpatrick; ed. rrammar and high schools. Canton, Miss.; Ward's Bern., Nashville, Tenn., M.A.; special courses In Vanderbilt Univ., Boston Univ., New England Conservatory, Sherwood Conservatory, Chicago

��Univ. Recording sec. for two years of Methodist Hospital Board; pres. three years of Review Club; recording sec. of Woman's Literary Club one year; recording sec", and later cor. sec. of Chaminade Club, several years; pres. Research Club two years; delegate to Nat. Fed. of Music Clubs at Memphis (Tenn.) meeting; delegate to Miss. State Fed. of Clubs five times. Active in church, missionary work. Christian Elndeavor, Epworth League, Sunday-school, Y.W.C.A., Y.M.C.A., Civic League, all branches of charity, including relief ass'ns, day homes, free kinder- gartens, girls' homes, rescue homes, old ladies' homes, Methodist Hospital. Writes for news- papers and magazines. Mem. U.D.C., Daughters of Veterans, D.A.R,, Alumnae Ass'n of Ward's Sem., King's Daughters. Clubs: OhamLnade, Re- search, Fortnightly, Sans Souci; formerly mem. Revle\v College Woman's Club, Woman's Liter- ary and Wednesday Music Club. Re<^reatlon8 : Walking, mtountain climbing, horseback rWlag, tennis, rowing, driring, reading, traveling, Qower culture, gardening, chicken raising. MAthodlst. Favors woman suffrage; mom. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n In Jackson, Miss.; formerly recording sec. of Miss. State Suffrage Ass'n. Democrat. KIRKWOOD, Edith Brown (Mrs. Samuel Ken- nedy Klrkwood), Riverside, III. Society editor Chicago Tribune; b. Columbia City, Ind. ; dau. Eli Wise and Nancy (Douglas) Brown; ed. public schools of Ind., followed by private instruction; m. Riverside, 111., June 6, 1905, Rev. Samuel Kennedy Klrkwood (died Jan. 24, 1907); one son: Samuel Brown Kirk-wood, b. May 2, 1907. Organizer and hon. pres. of Sun- beam League of Chicago, one of the important charitable organizations composed of young women In Chicago. Favors woman suffrage. Author of book of verse (Animal Children) for children; also fairy stories and either children's stories and magazine articles of general Interest published in Saturday Evening Post, American, Collier's, Designer, Delineator, Woman's Maga- zine, Good Housekeeping, Suburban Life, Drees, Town and Country, Wom-n's Home Companion, and other publications. Presbyterian. Recrea- tion: Music.

KIRTLAND, Mrs. Ira Boshnell, 229 W. lOlst

St., N.Y. City.

Born Newport, Me., May, 1860; dau. Ira B. and Emily (Tenny) Philbrook; ed. in country school in Newport, Me.; m. Ballston, N.Y., Sept. 1, 1907, Ira Bushnell Kirtland. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Unitarian Church. Active In social service of the Church of the Messiah. Mem. Woman's Alliance of Middle States; Woman's Branch Alliance, Church of the Mes- siah; Social Series of the Flower Hospital. Clubs: Friday Night Social of the MeeslsJi, Woman's Republican Ass'n, Woman's Forum, Mozart Soc., Nat. Geog. Soc. of Washington. D.C.

KITCHELT, Florence Ledyard Cross (Mrs.

Richard Kitchelt), 4 Falrvlew Heights,

Rochester, N.Y.

Social worker; b. Rochester, N.T., Dec. 17, 1874; dau. Frederick Holland and Jennie Ledyard (Wilcox) Croes; ed. High SchooJ, Rochester, N.Y.; Wells Coll., A.B., '97; N.Y. School of Philanthropy (summer course), 1900; m. Roches- ter, N.Y., June 24, 1311, Richard Kitchelt. Scholar (College SetUement, N.Y. City, 1300-02; bead worker. Little Italy House, Brooklyn, one yew; head worker, Italian settlement, "Housekeeping Center," 1907 to Jan. 1, 1910, Rochester. Mem. Board Habncmar.n Hospital, Consumers' League Ck)m. of Woman's Educational Industrial Union; chairman of the Woman's City Lunch Club; worker for trades unionlFm, woman suffrage and socialism. Mem. Political Ekjuality Club. Au- thor: Poetry in the Boston Common, September, 1910; The Twentieth Century, September, 1512; The Public, Sept. 20, 1912. Prose: The World's Work, April. 1912. On editorial board of "Hie Cksmmon Good, a Rochester magazine with ob- ject, "Know Your City." Unitarian. Socialist Mem. College Woman's Club. Social work has been among immigrants, esp>eclaUy Italians; now registrar and social worker In evening public school for foreigners.

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