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��B.A. '81; m. Dexter, Me., Dec. 25, 1882, Charles Thaxter Shaw of Montreal; children: Charles Brackler, Elizabeth Marcia, Herbert Thaxler, Douglas Archibald. Mem. Unitarian Church. Pres. Ladies' Morning Musical Club six years; pres. of several college clubs. Favors woman suffrage.

SHAW, Ellen Eddy, 609 W. Twenty-seventh St.,

N.Y. City.

Editor, teacher; grad. Tufts Coll., B.S., with one year's work in Med Dep't of Tufts Coll. (mem. Alpha Kappa Gamma, Tufts). Supervisor of nature work, Ethical Culture School, N.Y. City. Editor children's garden department of Garden Magazine. Editor Nature Dep't in Country Life in America; lecturer on children's gardens. Author: Gardening (in Children's Li- brary of Work and Play).

SHAW, Flora Madlena Matheson, Montreal Gen- eral Hospital, Montreal, Can.

Graduate nurse, lecturer; b. Perth, Ontario; dau. Henry D. and Flora (Matheson) Shaw; granddaughter of Hon. James Shaw and Hon. Roderick Matheson, both Senators of Canada; ©d. in schools of Perth, Ontario; grad. Montreal Gen. Hospital and Columbia Coll., N.Y. City. For- merly lady sup't of Montreal Gen. Hospital; now lecturer on domestic science in Montreal Gen. Hospital. SHAW, Florence DeGraff (Mrs. N. Archibald

Shaw, Jr.), 3 W. Elghty-flrst St., N.T. City.

Principal Hamilton Inst.; b. Washington, D.C., Mar. 31, 1865; dau. Major C. M. and Helen De- Graff Scholefield; ed. Utica (N.Y.) Acad., Norfolk (Va.) Coll., special courses in Columbia Univ. ; m. Portchester, N.Y., June, 1S8S, N. Archibald Shaw Jr.; children: Archibald Robert, Donald Scholefield. Teacher, Holly Springs, Miss., 1883; Hamilton Inst, for Boys till 1902; now principal Hamilton Inst, for Girls, N.Y. City. Lecturer on child training. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregationallst. Mem. Sorosls, Browning Soc, Nat. Arts Club; honorary mem. Empire State Soc. SHAW, Harriett McCreary (Mrs. Thomas W.

Shaw), 1528 Fifth Av., W., Seattle, Wash.

Artist and lecturer on art; b. Fayettevllle, Ark., Mar. 17, 1865; dau. Cortez and Julia (Waters) Jackson ; ed. Univ. of Ark. ; grad. with highest honors at Denver School of Fine Ails; pupil of G. Piatt, Art Inst., Chicago; Magda Heuerman, Chicago, and Samuel Richards, Munich; m. St. Louis, Mo.,. 1885, Thomas W. Shaw (deceased); one daughter: Mrs. Duncan McGregor, of Seattle, Wash. Instructor in Den- ver School of Fine Arts; received silver medal on ivory miniatures at St. Louis Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition and gold and silver medals on oil portraits at Seattle (Alaskan-Yukon-Paciflc) Exposition, in which was director of exhibits In Woman's Building, and lectured in Fine Arts Building. Chairman of Art Committee ol, Wash- ington State Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Art Com. Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1909-12. Inter- ested for philanthropy in connection with art work; gives night lessons at Y.W.C.A., and free scholarships to talented poor boys and girls. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Outlines of American Painting. Lectures on: Modern Dutch Painting, Modern EJnglish Painting, Modern French Painting, Modern German Painting, Am- erican Figure and Mural Painting, AmBrican Landscape Painting; Some Influences and Hopes of Modern Painting; Judging the Modern Pic- tures from the Modern Standpoint; Christ in Modern Painting; French Impressionism; The Art of Washington and the Northwest; The Necessity and Practical Value of General Appreciation of Art. Assisted in compiling handbook of Muni- cipal Art in America. Mem. Christian Church. Democrat (voter). Hon. mem. Nat. Art Soc; mem. Am, Fed. of Arts, Woman's Century Club. Has delivered a very large number of lectures to arouse a more general interest in history of art. SHAW, Julia Williamson (Mrs. William A.

Shaw), Ardwick, Md.

School teacher; b. Greenville, S.C, 1869; dau. Prank A. and Anna S. (O'Hear) Williamson; ed. Avery Normal Inst., Charleston, S.C, Ot>erlln

��Coll., Chautauqua, N.Y., Teachers Coll. (N.Y.) Summer Schools; hl Philadelphia, 1896, William A. Shaw, of Durham, N.C. ; one son: William A. Shaw, b. 1898. Taught domestic science two years in Knoxville, Tenn., five years In Hamp- ton Inst, Hampton, Va. Became a widow after two years and Ave months of married life. Be- c^ame teacher of domestic science in Manual Training High School, Washington, D.C. After a year promoted ass't director of domestic science, which position has held since, in charge of colored schools. Interested in the betterment of the home. Interested in training teachers of home economics. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Home Economics Ass'n, Eastern Manual Train- ing Ass'n and Nat. EMucational Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Out-door life. SHAW, Alutha Cornelia, 870 Thorn St., Sewick-

ley. Pa,

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 31, 1878; dau. Cor- nelius and Adele (Frazler) Shaw; ed. private and public schools of Allegheny, Pa.; Westminster Coll., preparatory; Alinda, preparatory; Welles- lej Coll., B.A. 19O0 (mem. Phi Sigma). Inter- ested in literature, amateur dramatics, etc. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal Franchise Fed. of Western Pa., Woman Suffrage Party of Allegheny County. Presbyterian. Mem. of va- rious literary, dramatic and philanthropic so- cieties. Mem. Wellesley Club of Pittsburgh, Woman's Cluh of Sewickley Valley, College Club of Pittsburgh. SHAW, Mary, 108 W. Forty-fifth St., N.T. City.

Actress; b. Wolfeboro, N.H. ; dau. Levi W. Shaw; grad. from Boston high schools and taught for a time in public schools. Began stage career in a minor part in extravaganza at the Boston Museum, remaining two years with that company; then went with Augustin Daly, and later supported Fanny Davenport; was leading woman With Mme. Modjeska four years, an especially notable feature being her work as Queen Elizabeth in Mary Stuart; afterward with Mrs. Fiske, and following that created the part of Roxy in Frank Mayo's production of Pudd'n- head Wilson; played a season with Joseph Jeffer- son and afterward starred with Edmund Collier and Eben Plympton in a Shakespearian reper- toire. Was first American actress to introduce Ibsen's work to the general American public, creating, in this country, the part of Mrs. Alving in Ibsen's Ghosts at the Manhattan Theatre, N.Y. City; also played Mrs. Warren in Mrs. Warren's Profession at its initial performance in America (Oct., 1905), N.Y. City, followed by other successes. SHAW, Mary Edna, 523 W. 122d St., N.T. City.

High school teacher; b. Ilion, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1881; dau. Francis Eugene and Juliette (Havl- land) Shaw; grad. Ilion High School, '98; Cornell Univ., A.B. '02; Potsdam State Normal School, '03. Taught in Watervliet (N.Y.) High School four years; examiner of mathematics In EMucation Dep't at Albany for two years. Taught in Will- iam Penn High School, Philadelphia; now teacher of mathematics In Bryant High School, N.Y. City. Treas. Mathematics Ass'n of Teachers for the Middle States and Maryland. Unitarian. Mem. Delta Gamma (High School). Recreations: Walking, swimming, rowing. SHAW, Mary Stephens (Mrs. Ralph Martin

Shaw), 2632 Prairie Av., Chicago, 111.

Born in Iowa; dau. R. D. and Louise (Brier) Stephens; ed. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, la., and Bryn Mawr Coll. ; m. Geneva, Switzerland, 1896, Ralph Martin Shaw; one son: Ralph Shaw. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Wo- man's Club, Woman's Athletic Club, City Club, Young Fortnightly, Wednesday Club. SHAW, Nellie de Bertrand (Mrs. E. Brunswick

Shaw), Victoria, B.C., Can.

Writer; b. Fredericton, N.B., Mar. 13, 1874; dau. Charles H. and Maria (Raymond) -Lugren; of United Empire Loyalist stock on both sides; ed. in schools of Fredericton, N.B.; m. E. Bruns- wick Shaw. Lived for some time in the Yukon country of Alaska and the Canadian Northwest. Writer of short stories and travel sketches In magazines of Canada, England and U.S. An- glican.

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��SHAYNE, Margrsret A. Sloan (Mrs. Christopher C. Shayne), 582 West End Av., N.Y. City. Born Pomeroy, Ohio; dau. Duncan and Maria (Harris) Sloan; ed. private schools of Ohio; m. Pomeroy, Ohio, Oct. 1, 1868, Christopher C. Shayne; one son: Percy Duncan, b. Jan. 17, 1870. Presbyterian. Vice-pres. the Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n (active worker); mem. the Stony Wold Ass'n; charter mem. the Daughters of Ohio in New ifork (pres. two terms).

SHEARD, Virginia (Mrs. Charles Sheard), 314 Jarvls St., Toronto, Can.

Author; b. Cobourg, Ontario; dau. Eldridge Stanton; of English descent and United Empire Loyalist stock; ed. In schools of Cobourg and Toronto, Ontario; m. Toronto, Ontario, 1885, Dr. Charles Sheard. Engaged In literary work since 1898. Author (novels): Trevelyan's Little Daugh- ter; A Maid of Many Moods; By the Queen's Grace; also short stories and verse in various periodicals. Anglican.

SHEARER, Frances Burritt (Mrs. Charles M. Shearer), 112 E. Elmwood PI., Minneapolis, Minn.

Born Shelburne, Vt. ; dau. Andrew J. and Clarissa A. (Lake) Burritt; ed. high school, Bur- lington, Vt. ; grad. Acad., Shelburne, Vt.; grad. Sauveur School of Languages, Burlington, Vt. ; credits in Univ. of Minn.; m. Shelburne, Vt., June 26, 1901, Charles M. Shearer. Teacher of town schools in Shelburne, Vt. ; grade schools of La Crosse, Wis., and Minneapolis, Minn. Active in Plymouth Congregational Church, Woman's Welfare League, Woman's Club and work of as- sociated charities. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Democrat. Former mem. Tourist Club, also Travelers' Club, Minneapolis. Interested in philanthropic and social activities. SHEARER, Mary Butler, 905^ N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.

Born Baltimore, Md., 1871; dau. Thomas Shearer, M.D., and Harriet Josephine (Fox) Shearer; ed. by tutors, also Merchants' School, Edinburgh, Scotland; musical education In Paris and Milan. Interested In humane work. Favors woman suffrage with a property qualification for women voters. Roman Catholic. For years pres. of Women's Branch Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Pres. of the Maryland Soc. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Women's Civic League. Recreation: Riding. Mem. Baltimore Country Club. SHEARIN, Ruth Marguerite (Mrs. Hubert G. Shearinl, Lexington, Ky.

Born Jersey City, N.J. ; dau. George and Mary (Collins) Bene; ed. Jersey City public schools, Bridgeport (Conn.) High School, New Haven Normal School, Transylvania Univ., Lexington, Ky. (mem. Delta Delta Delta); m. Nichols, Conn., Sept. 21, 1303, Hubert G. S'aearin. Chair- man of Dep't of Literature of Ky. Fed. of Wo- inen's Clubs, chairman of Bureau of Information of same; mem. Y.W.C.A., Chrlatlan Women's Board of Missions. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Christian Church. Vice-Regent of Bryan Station Chapter of D.A.R. ; mem. Lexington Civic LeagTje, Mermaid Literary Club. Recrea- tions: Boating, bathing, chess, tennis. Mem. Woman's Club of Central Ky. (head of dep't of Literature, 1908-10; sec. 1910).

SHEARMAN, Margaret Hillee, 1600 W. Seventh St., Wilmington, Del.

Born Philadelphia, 1873; dau. Isaac and Susan Watson (Hilles) Shearman; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '95, and Univ. of Pa. post-graduate course in sociology. Educational sec. Woman's Auxiliary, Diocese of Delaware; sec. and later pres. Con- sumers' League. Favors woman suffrage. Prot- estant Episcopal. Mem. New Century Club of Wilmington, College Club of Philadelphia. SHEARS, Jessie E. Hnnter (Mrs. George F. Shears), Hotel Metropole, Chicago, III. Physician; b. Owen Sound, Ont., Can.; dau. Ale.xander William and Barbara (Andrew) Hun- ter; ed. Oshkosh (Wis.) public schools, also Wayland Acad., Beaver Dam, Wis.; grad. from Hahnemann Medical Coll., Chicago, M.D. '84; m. 1884, Dr. George F. Shears (died 1909). Was one of the first women to do work in a public sur-

��gical clinic; received the first surgical prize given to a woman in the Hahnemann Med. (5oll. ; was physician to Home for Juvenile Offenders; physician to Margaret Etter Creche. Treas. of Com. for Vocational Training in the Public Schools. Favors woman suffrage. Translator from the French and Italian for medical use; has also written many club papers. Unitarian. Recreations: Travel, languages, music. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Friday Club, Chicago Political Equality League, Drama League of America, Woman's City Club, Twentieth Cen- tury Club, Everyday Club.

SHEDD, Agnes Jeffrey (Mrs. Frederick Shedd), 1440 E. Broad St., Columbus, O. Born Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1875; dau. Joseph Andrew and Celia (Harris) Jeffrey; ed. public schools; Smith Coll., A.B. '97; m. Colum- bus, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1S9S, Frederick Shedd; chil- dren: Marion, Joseph Jeffrey, Elizabeth, Agnes Jeffrey. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, College Woman's Club of Columbus.

SHEDD, Alice M. (Mrs. William E. Shedd), 38 Ridge Av., Newton Centre. Mass. Bom Somerville, Mass., July 29, 1870; dau. George H. and Juliette (Haggett) Jones; ed. Wel- lesley Coll., B.A. '93; m. Somerville, Mass., Oct. 12, 1893, William E. Shedd; children: William E., Margaret S., Arthur F. Mem. the Benevolent Society of First Church in Newton, the Mothers' Rest. Congregationalist. Mem. Wellssley Alum- nae Ass'n; mem. Newton Centre Vv^oman's Club, College Club of Boston.

SHEDD, Jeannette Bell (Mrs. Solon Shedd), 300 Montgomery St., Pullman, Wash. Born Little Rock, Ark.; dau. Rev. J. R. N. and Margaret (Kirk) Bell; ed. Oregon State Normal School; m. Corvallls, Ore., 1907, Dr. Solon Shedd. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Repub.i- can. Mem. Order of Eastern Star, Eisther Chap- ter, Baker, Ore. Mem. Mazama Mountain Climb- ing Club, which ascended to summit of Mount Hova, 1898; Alpha Literary Club (Baker, Ore.), Fortnightly Literary Club of Pullman, Wash. Pros. Fortnightly Club, mem. Exec. Board of Washington State Fed. Women's Clubs. SHEEHAN, Blanche Cecilia Bellamy (Mrs. William F. Sheehan), 16 E. Fifty-sixth St., N.Y. City.

Born Buffalo, N.T., July 27, 1868; dau. Michael and Maria B. (Grogan) Bellamy; ed. private school; grad. Grey Nuns' Convent, Buf- falo, N.Y., '86; m. Buffalo, N.Y., Nov. 27, 1889, William F. Sheehan (lawyer; Lieut. -Gov. of N.Y. 1S92-95).

SHEETS, Emily Churchill Thompson (Mrs. Frederick Hill Sheets), 1930 Sheridan Road. Bvanston, 111.

Born Chicago, 111., Sept. 4, 1875; dau. William H. Thompson Jr. and Jane (Churchill) Thomp- son; ed. Univ. of Chicago, A.B. 1897 (honors in Latin and graduate scholarship in Greek, Phi Beta Kappa), A.M. 1900; m. Chicago. 111., June 11, 1907, Rev. Frederick Hill Sheets. Branch officer in Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Favors woman suffrage. Author: In Kali's Country; Tales from Sunny India, 1910. Methodist. Recreation; Camp life in Canada. Almost her whole time has been given to the Interest of foreign missions; with Mr. Sheets (who is a special secretary of foreign missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church) made a world tour in 1909. visiting foreign missdows of that church and since then has spoken widely upon this subject. SHETTIELD, Ada Eliot (Mrs. Alfred D wight Sheffield), 60 Shepard St.. Cambrldee, Mass. Administrator of charity; b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 30, 1869; dau. Henry Ware and Charlotte C. (Stearns) Eliot; ed. Mary Inst, of St. Louis; Radcllffe Coll. (special student), three years; m. St. Louis, .May 16, 1905, Alfred Dwight Shef- field. Entered Boston Associated Charities in March, 1S97, remained till November, 1900; en- tered N.Y. Charity Organization November, 1900, began work as probation officer a year later; appointed m-sm. Mass. State Board of Charily in June 1909; still on boaxd and gives most of time

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��to it. Mem. Advisory Board Florence Crittenton Home; advisory mem. Ladies' Com. Mass. Infant Asylum; mem. Exec. Com. Mass. State Con- ference of Charities; Exec. Com. Mass. Com. for the Protection of the Feeble-Minded. Favors v/oman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Eugenics Educational Soc, Am. Breeders' Ass'n, Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, several social clubs and Monday Evening Club (for social workers). SHEIFIKLD, Flora E. Matteson (Mrs. Benja- min Belcher Sheffield), 2213 Aldrich Av., South Minneapolis, Minn.

Lawyer; b. Faribault, Minn., Sept. 29, 1S61; dau. Halsey M. and Mary (Eldred) Matteson; ed. Wellesley Coll., A.B. 'S2 (Shakespeare Soc); Univ. of Minn., LL.B. '93; m. Faribault, Minn., May 7, 1903, Benjamin Belcher Sheffield. Ad- mitted to practice, 1893, by Supreme Court of Minnesota, and in 1895 by Supreme Court or City and County of New York. Mem. Minne- apolis Woman's Club, Am. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumna. Episcopalian. Favors woman suf- frage.

SHEFFIELD, Kena Cary (Mrs. Justus P. Shef- field), 180 Madison Av., N.Y. City. Writer, art p'a&t-ogra.phcr; b. Uniontown, Pa_; dau. Curtis and Victorlr.s (Cary) Hunt; ed. St. Gabriel's School, Peekskill, iV.Y., Brook Hall Sem., Media, Pa. (grad. with honors); m.. N.Y. City, Oct. 5, 1SS3, Justus ?. ShoiBeid; children: Nelson Meredith, Barbara Sheffield. Interested in the study of psychology. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The" Golden Hollow (novel); also writer of magazine stories and verses. Episcopalian. Member Poetry Society of America, Pen and Brush Club. In photography makes a specialty of children in their home surroundings, and her art photographs have appeared in the leading magazines.

SHELDON, Caroline, 927 High St., Grinnell, la. Teacher, writer; i. PotsGam, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1860; dau. Noah Buttolph and Maria (Billings) Sheldon; ed. State Normal School, Fctsdam, N.Y.; Grinnell (Iowa) Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '93; A.M. '95; studied in Paris, Italy and Spain. Teacher of English literature and French W. Des Moines High School, 1393-1S02; registrar and professor of Romance Languages, Mills Col- lege, Cal., 1902-04; teacher French, (ierman and Spanish, Seattle, 1904-06; instructor in French, 1906-08; ass't professor modern languages Grin- nell Coll., 1908-11; associate professor, 1911—. Dean of Women, Grinnell Coll., 1S08-10. Lec- turer on history education. Kindergarten Dep't Drake Univ., Des Moines, la., 1900-02. Instructor In teachers' institutes in Iowa. Has taught classes in English literature in Y.W.C.A. in Des Moines. Author: Pioneers and Pilgrims in Eng- land, 1904; also Sunday-school Lessons, short stories, chiefly religious and literary. Congrega- tionalist. Favors woman suffrage. SHELDON, Edith Dudley, 3312 Hamilton St.; Philadelphia Y.W.C.A., ISOO Arch St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Religious director of Y.W.C.A. of Philadelphia; b. Colorado Springs, Cole, April 12, 1877; dau. Winthrop Dudley and Elizabeth M. Sheldon; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. 1900; special student of bacteriology two years in Laboratory of Hygiene of Univ. of Pa.; grad in normal course in do- mestic science, Drexel Inst., Philadelphia, 1905; ptudent three years in Baice School of Ex- pression, Philadelphia. Director domestic science dep't of Bersan Manual and Industrial School, Philadelphia, 1904-05; instructo* in cookery, Drexel Inst., 1905-06; lecturer in dietetics, M.E. Hospital, Philadelphia, 1905-06; religious director of Philadelphia Y.W.C.A. since 1911. Volunteer worker in College Settlement one year; teacher in Mission Sunday-school in foreign quarter two years: district visitor of Soc. for Organizing Charity six months; social worker among fac- tories in connection with Y.W.C.A., 1907-10, also volunteer religious worker 1907-10 in Philadelphia Y.W.C.A. Congregationalist. Mem. College Club of Philadelphia, Alumni Ass'n of the Boice School of Expression, Philadelphia; Alumnje Ass'n of Smith Coll., and the Ne.w Century and Social Workers' Clubs of Philadelphia.

��SHELDON, Emily Evans (Mrs. Ralph Edwarfl Sheldon), Center Ave., Bryn Mawr Road, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Easton, Pa., Dec. 14, 1881; dau. Morris and Katharine (Evans) Evans; ed. Maryland public school; Goucher Coll., A.B. '04; Cornell Univ., A.M. '06; m. Aug. 13, 1908, Ralph Edward Sheldon; one son: Evan Herbert. Episcopalian.

SHELDON, Grace Carew, S19 Bird Av., Buffalo,

N.Y.

Journalist, writer; b. Buffalo, N.Y. ; dau. Judge James and Sarah (Carew) Sheldon; grad. Wells Coll., 1878; special student of music, vocal, in- strumental and thorough-bass. Founded May 1, 1886, and pres. Internat. Woman's Exchange, which accepts work only from self-supporting women in U.S. Has traveled extensively; mem. of staff of Buffalo Courier, 1890-1900; delegate to Internat. Press Congress, Bordeaux, September, 1895; corresponded from France to Buffalo Cour- ier. Went to South America, February, 1896, on assignment during the gold mine controversy; visited the Orinoco country. Northern Venezuela, Curacao, Hayti, and the West Indies, from which countries wrote special correspondence to N.Y. City and Buffalo papers; now department editor Buffalo Times and special writer for various papers and magazines in U.S. Talks to clubs, etc., in Buffalo and elsewhere on Scott and his novels, on European capitals and on art. Founder and proprietor of Mental Clearing House for writing and handling MSS. and in- struction i-n journalism, play writing, etc. Author: As We Saw It in '90, 1891; From Pluckemin to Paris, 1899.

SHELDON, Helen Mary, 551 Fullerton Parkway,

Chicago.

Born Washington Co., N.Y. ; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '84; student of music. New England Con- servatory, Boston, 1885-86; English literature and language, Cornell Univ., A.M. '92. Teacher of English, Lasell Sem., Auburndale, Mass., 1886-88; Norfolk (Va.) Coll., 1888-91; private school. Providence, R.I., 1892-95; head of English dep't. Lake View High School, Chicago, since 1897. Mem. Smith College Alumnae Ass'n.

SHELDON, Jennie Maria Arms (Mrs. George

Sheldon), Deerfleld, Mass.

Teacher, writer; b. Bellows Falls, Vt. ; dau. George Albert and Eunice Stratton (Moody) Arms; grad. Greenfield (Mass.) High School; special student Mass. Inst, of Technology, class of '81, Boston; special student of natural science in Laboratory of Boston Soc. of Natural History; m. Boston, 1897, George Sheldon (his- torian of Deerfield and writer). Special teacher of biology and geology for 18 years in Boston schools; pupil and ass't of Prof. Alpheus Hyatt in museum of Boston Soc. of Natural History 25 years. Interested in civic betterment. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government, Boston. Author: Guide for Science Teaching; Insecta (collaborating with Alpheus Hyatt), 1890; Life of a New Eng- land Boy, 1896; Concretions of the Champlain (iays of the Connecticut Valley, 1900; Newly Exposed Geologic Features Within the "8,000- Acre Grant" (with George Sheldon), 1903; Guide to the Invertebrata in the Synoptic Collection in the Museum of Boston Soc. of Natural History, 1905; Historical Papers in Proceedings of Po- cumtuck Valley Memorial Ass'n of Deerfield. Curator of Museum of Pocumtuck Valley Me- morial Ass'n of Deerfield. Free Thinker; mem. Free Religious Ass'n of America. Republican. Mem. Boston Soc. of Natural His.tory, Naples Table Ass'n for Promoting Laboratory Research by Women; trustee of Deerfield Acad.; mem. George Washington Memorial Ass'n, Washington, D.C.; Mass. Inst, of Technology Ass'n of Women Students.

SHELDON, Nettie Mae (Mrs. George M. Shel- don), Tomahawk, Wis.

Born Miles, Iowa, May 10, 1878; dau. F. A. and Belle S. Hanover; ed. Merrill High School; mu- sical instruction from Prof. Carl Kern; m. Mer- rill, Wis., 1897, George M. Sheldon; children: Leander F., Loella May. Has been a teacher ol music. Vice-pres. Tuesday Literary Club; sec

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��Ladles' Aid Soc, Program Com. of Monday Mu- sical Club: pianist at Eastern Star Lodge. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Has written and published instrumental selection: Red Bandanna. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Progressive Re- publican. Mem. Order Eastern Star, Helping Hand, Merrill Musical Club, Wis. Music Teachers' Ass'n. Recreations: Dancing, cards, skating, hunting. Clubs: Tomahawk Tuesday, Monday Musical. Has been active In starting a library of which the city is taking charge. SHELDON, Pearl Gertrude, Cayuga Heights,

Ithaca, N.T.

University lecturer; b. Lisle, N.Y., Sept. 26, 1885; dau. Herbftrt Clayton and Rose iKeed) Sheldon; ed. Cornell Univ., A.B. '08; A.M. '09; Ph.D. '\i; fellow in geology, Sigma Xi. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Some Observations and Experiments on Joint Planes. Mem. Seismo- logical Society of America. SHELMJLRE, Lucy Cope (Mrs. William H. Shel-

mlre, Jr.), Sixty-ninth St. and Lawnton Av.,

Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born near West Chester, Pa., 1854; dau. John and Caroline (Baldwin) Cope; ed. private schools In and near Philadelphia; grad. Mt. Holyoke Sem., '77; m. Toughkenamon, Pa., 1882, William H. Shelmire Jr. Interested in religious, social and philanthropic Quaker activities; school vis- itor; mem. Board of Visitation; mem. of Ad- visory Board of Occupational Bureau. Mem. Friends Historical Soc, Friends Foreign MIs- Eionary Soc, Alumnae Ass'n of Mt. Holyoke Coll. (pres.), College Club of Philadelphia. Quaker. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Coll. Equal Suffrage League. BHELTON, Jane de Forest, Derby, Conn.

Born Derby, Conn.; dau. Edward Nelson and Mary Jane (de Forest) Shelton; ed. schools of Derby, Conn. Author: By the Way; An Idler's Diary: The Salt Box House; also various con- tributions to magazines. SHELTON, Mary Howe (Mrs. Arthur Wilfred

Shelton), 123 E. Davenport St., Rhinelander,

Wis.

Born Porter, Rock Co., Wis., Nov. 7, 1860; dau. Isaac and Sarah (Ide) Howe; ed. Univ. of Wis., B.S. '84, M.S. '92; m. Oct. 6, 1886, Arthur Wilfred Shelton (died Nov. 1, 1908); one daughter: Mar- garet, b. Mar. 27, 1889. Sup't of schools, Oneida Co., 1888-94; vice-pres. Board of School Directors of Rhinelander, 1895-1904. Sec. Rhinelander (Wis.) Building and Loan Ass'n; treas. Congregational Ladies' Aid; mem. Library Board of Directors, 1897-1904; treas. Political Equality League of Oneida Co., Wis. Congregationalist. Democrat. Mem. D.A.R., Monday Club; charter mem. Woman's Club; mem. Book Club. SHEI.TON, Bosalie Tomlinson (Mrs. Charles

W. Shelton), 94 East Av., Norwalk. Conn.

Bora Huntington, Conn., Jan. 8. 1S61; dau. Joseoh and Annie 'Tappan (Brewster) Tomllnsor ; ed. Derby (Conn.) High School, 1875-79; Yale Art School, New Haven, 1879-81; m. Birmingham (now Derby), Conn., Mar. 2, 1881, Rev. Charles W. Shelton, D.D.; children: Rosalie Winona, William Brewster. Instructor In art in Yank- town (S.Dak.) Coll., 1883-84. Instructor and lecturer on art in Sanford School, Redding Ridge, Conn., 1907-09. Associated with her hus- band in religious and educational work among American Indians, the Southwestern negroes and people on American frontier; lecturer for 25 years on these subjects. One of the founders and vice-pres. of Anti-TuberculoPis Ass'n and Free Dispensary in Norwalk, Conn. Favors woman suffrage. Editor of Civics Bulletin, a paper published by Civic League, Norwalk, Conn, (as- sociated with Mrs. John S. Seymour, also an editor), and writer of magazine articles, usually on subject of American Indians. Congregation- alist. Mem. Am. Civic Ass'n. Nat. Consorvation Ass'n, Conn. Chapter Daughters of Founders and Patriots (has been pres., vice-pres. and treas.). Civic League of Norwalk (has been vice-pres. and treas.), D.A.R., Derby and Norwalk, Conn. Rec- reations: Travel, boating, camera. Mem. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; Conn. State Fed. of Women's Clubs (has been rec. sec. and treas.); "Woman's Club, Norwalk, Conn. Cpres.).

��SHEPARD, Annie Bartlett (Mrs. Frederick

Johnson Shepard), East Derry, N.H.

Born Nottingham, N.H. ; dau. Thomas Brad- bury and Victoria Williams (Cilley) Bartlett; ed. public schools of Haverhill, Mass.; Lasell Sem., Auburndale, Mass.; m. Nottingham, N.H., Sept. 27, 1887, Frederick Johnson Shepard; chil- dren: Frederick Johnson, Alan Bartlett, Henry Bradbury. Mem. Derry School Board eight years. East Derry Village Improvement Soc, Soc for Protection of N.H. Forests, N.H. Con- ference of Charities and Correction, Mercy Home; chairman Beard Directors of N.H. Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage; pres. Derry League Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. N.H. Soc Colonial Dames, D.A.R. (founder and first regent of Molly Reed Chapter of Derry), State regent of N.H. (1908-09) Derry Woman's Club; vice-pres. N.H. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. SHEPARD, Ellie Josephine (Mrs. Frederick J.

Shepard), 17 Pearl PI., Buffalo, N.Y.

Born Worcester, Mass., Mar. 9, 1854; dau. Will- iam and Marlon J. (Howard) Sumner; ed. Oread Collegiate Inst., Worcester; m. Worcester, Mass., Nov. 10, 1881, Frederick J. Shepard. Served 15 years as recording sec. Women's Educational and Industrial Union; mem. Consumers' League, D.A.R., Chromatic Club and the Phlybyenytie Club. Against woman suffrage. Christian Scien- tist. Recreation: Music

SHEPARD, Harriett Elma (Mrs. Edward Mar- tin Shepard), 1403 Benton Av., Springrfleld, Mo.

Educator, clubwoman; b. Fort Hunter, N.Y., Jan. 16, 18.53; dau. Stephen Van Rensselaer and Nancy Record (Clark) Ohlen; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '74; m. June 2.S, 1881, Dr. Edward Martin Shepard; children: Isabel Violet, Edward Martm, Jr. Prof, natural science, Milwaukee Coll., 1875-78. Head of Woman's Dep't, Drury Coll., 1878-81. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae (director of Ozark Branch, 1908—); A.C.A. School patron- ess for Mo. of Nat. Education Ass'n, 1908-10; vice-pres. at large, 1907-09; pres. 1909-13 Mo. Fed. of Women's Clubs; Mo. delegate to Am. Civic Ass'n, 1910; mem Exec. Com. Mo. Conservation Ass'n, 1911 — ; mem. Board of Managers, Car- negie Library, Springfield, Mo., 1912; delegate to Nat. Conservation Congress, 1911; mem. Am. Lyceum Club (Nat.), N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor on educational and literary subjects to various journals; gives travel lec- tures. Congregationalist. Mem. Springfield Sat- urday Club.

SHEPARD, Helen Miller Gould (Mrs. Finley J.

Shepard), "Lyndhurst," Tarrytown-on-Hud-

son, N. Y., and 579 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.

Philanthropist; b. N.Y. City, June 20, 1868; dau. Jay and Helen Day (Miller) Gould; ed. in private schools; honorary degrees of L.H.M. from N.Y. Univ. and LL.D. from Am. Coll. for Girls. Constantinople, Turkey; m. Tarry town-on-Hud- son, N.Y., Jan. 22, 1913, Finley J. Shepard. Ac- tive in charitable and philanthropic work for years, both in personal service and by gifts, among which are included over $300,000 for a library building for N.Y. Univ., $50,000 to the Xaval branch of the Y.M.C.A. In Brooklyn, and other benefactions for the benefit of sailors and soldiers in U.S. service. During the Spanish War she donated $100,000 to the Government for war purposes and was active In the work of the Women's Nat. War Relief Ass'n and gave $50,000 to the work for the relief of sick and wounded soldiers at Camp Wyckoff, L.I. at the end of the war. Has aided colleges and various philan- thropic institutions, the Bowery Mission, the Railroad Y.M.C.A., Bible Teachers' Training School, various charities for women and chil- dren, etc. Mem. St. Nicholas Collegiate Re- formed Church. SHEPARD, Lulu Loveland (Mrs. Edward E.

Shepard), 354 Third East St., Salt Lake City,

Utah.

Lecturer: b. Hubbardsville, Tenn.; dau. Phil- ander Cook and Lucy E. (Condrey) Loveland; ed. Mt. Vernon (Ind.) High School; has taken course! in psychology and child culture at several col"

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��leges; m. Mt. Vernon, Ind., June 25, 1S85, Ed- ward E. Shepard; children: Helen May, Edna Everett. Lecturer for teachers' institutes. Fed- eration of Clubs, reform organizations and for many Chautauquas all over the country. State pres. W.C.T.U. ; has always been active in all young people's work as a State Sunday-school primary sup't; State Junior Christian Endeavor sup't; for ten years had charge of all the work at the State prison for the uplift of the prisoners; has always worked for the moral uplift in Salt Lake City; has been in evangelistic work with Dr. French E. Oliver. Mem. Order Eastern Star, D.A.R., Woman's League, Monday Night Club. Recreations: Study of flowers, traveling into un- frequented byways. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; has been lecturing in the interest of suffrage for several years; spent six weeks in the Missouri campaign, four months in the Ohio campaign and ten days in Philadelphia, summer of 1912. Prohibitionist.

SHEPAKD, Marruerite, Westfield, N.T.

Y.W.C.A. secretary; b. Forestville, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1879; dau. Hiram P. and Sarah M. (French) Shepard; grad. Forestville Free Acad., '97; Syra- cuse Univ., '05, Ph.B., Phi Beta Kappa; Nat. Training School of Y.W.C.A., '10 (mem. Alpha Gamma Delta). Teacher of English in Troy Conference Acad., Poultney, Vt., 1905-07; In Sara- toga Springs (N.Y.) High School, 1907-09. Gen. sec. Y.W.C.A., Westfield, N.Y., since September, 1910, to present. Favors woman suffrage; second vice-pres. of local suffrage ass'n. Mem. Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Mem. D.A.R., Women's Civic League; officer of Chautauqua County Sunday-school Ass'n; mem. various church so- cieties, Monday Club (literary).

SHEPHERD, Grace M., Boise, Idaho.

State superintendent; b. Ottumwa, la.; dau. Thomas K. and Melissa (Whitcomb) Shepherd-; ed. Hastings Coll., A.B. '94; Kansas State Nor- mal, '95; post-grad, work in Univ. of Chicago. Elected State Sup't of Public Instruction, 1910—. Elected treas. of the Nat. Educational Ass'n, 1912. Has done much to raise the standard of the teachers and to introduce vocational work into the rural schools of the State. Organized potato clubs and sewing clubs over the State.

SHEPHERD, Temperance Elizabeth Caulk (Mrs.

Jesse L. Shepherd), Middletown, Del.

Born Sassafras, Kent Co., Md., June 17, 1874 dau. B. F. H. and Arabella V. (Ford) Caulk; ed, public school and grad. Western Md. Coll., '91 m. Sassafras, Feb. 19, 1896, Jesse L. Shepherd one daughter: Jessie Caulk. Interested in Woman's Home Missionary Soc, identified with various religious, social and philanthropic ac- tivities. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Meth- odist Episcopal Church, Middletown New Cen- tury Club. SHERBURNE, Mary Patterson Harris (Mrs.

John Henry Sherburne), 92 High St., Brook- line, Mass.

Bom Baltimore, Md., April 6, 1878; dau. Will- iam Hall and Alice (Patterson) Harris; ed. the Misses Hall's School, Baltimore; Goucher Coll., Baltimore (Delta Gamma); m. Baltimore, Nov. 26, 1901, John Henry Sherburne: children: John Henry. Alice Sherburne, Elizabeth, Sidney Hall. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Boston Ass'n of Goucher College Alumnae, May- flower Club of Boston. SHERIDAJV, Sarah MacDonald (Mrs. Charles

Sheridan), National Arts Club, N.Y. City.

Concert singer; b. Upson Co., Ga. ; dau. James and Theresa (Pendarvis) MacDonald; ed. Shorter Coll., Rome, Ga., 1886; m. Rome, Ga., Charles Sheridan; children: Mark, Lilliao. Studied abroad under George Henschel, Jean de Reszke; made concert debut in London and Paris; sang for educational concerts in the South, Philadel- phia and N.Y. City. Mem. Civic Club, College Club (Philadelphia), National Arts Club, Twi- light Club (N.Y. City). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of the William Lloyd Garrison Suffrage League, also Woodro^ Wilson- Marshall organization (mem. Exec. Com.). In- terested In study ol political science.

��SHERK. Florence Nightingale vMrs. J. M.

Sherk), Box 415, Fort William, Ont.

Editor, author ; b. Ridgeway, Ont. ; dau. Samuel Horner (educator) and Elizabeth (Walker) Hor- ner; ed. public high schools, Ont.; private schools, Baltimore, Md.; specialist in primary work; m. Stratford, Ont., 1882, J. M. Sherk (United Empire Loyalist stock) of Sherkston, Wellaud Co., Ont.; one son: James Hardy Sherk (law student, St. John's Coll., Winnipeg, Man.). Principal Ogden School, Fort William, 1897-1907. Originator of methods of teaching civics in pub- lic schools by pictures, illustrating How Caaada is Governed, now introduced in Canadian and English schools. Received letter from Queen Mary and pictures in recognition of school work in civics. Anti-suffragist; has written several articles against: Why I Am Opposed to Woman Suffrage, etc. Author (under pen-name "Gay Page"): Sir Conrad Bon Cceur; The Broken Pledge; For Valor; Beauties of New Ontario; Civics in the Public Schools. Poems most widely published are: The Work Shops; After School; Christmas Lights; Muskola. Episcopalian. Mem. Daughters of the Empire, Council of Women, Canadian Women's Press Club (pres. local branch, 1911), Woman's Canadian Club. Has been editor Eve'.s Empire, the woman's page of the Morning Herald, Fort William, since 1907; held similar position on Port Arthur Daily News; associate editor Times-Journal, Fort William.

SHERMAN, Dr. A. Josephine, Trowmart Inn.,

Abingdon Square, N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Castile, Wyoming Co., N.Y. ; dau. George and Sarah Jane Lewin (Llewellyn) Sher- man; ed. public schools of N.Y. aad Pa.; high school, Westfield, N.Y.; Gainesville (N.Y.) Sem. ; grad. Rochester City Hospital Training School for Nurses; Women's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary (stan-diag second in class of 20), M.D. '90; full course in the N.Y. Post-Grad. Med. School, '93. Resident physician N.Y. Infant Asylum, one year (200 obstetrical cases) ; resident physician and gynecologist State Hospital for Insane, Middle- town, Conn., 18 months' service (890 women pa- tients). Mem. of Conn. State Med. Soc, by invi- tation, being first woman to join the society. Visiting physician to Florence Crittenton Mis- sion, N.Y. City, three years. Clinical instructor Women's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirrriajy, class in general medicine. Clinical instructor N.Y. Post- Graduate Med. School class in gynecology. Mem. Woman's Med. Ass'n, N.Y. City; first vice-pres. Woman's Med. Ass'n of N.Y. City, 1905. Attend- ing physician Demilt Dispensary for 17 years; evening class for skin, surgical, neurological diseases and electro-therapeutics. Sup't of medi- cal Temperance and Anti-Narcotics work for N.Y. County W.C.T.U. Mem. and vice-pres. of the Joan of Arc Suffrage Club, N.Y. City. Mem., vice- pres. and sup't of the dep't of inebrity, de- generacy and crime, the Betterment League, N.Y. City. Writer of articles on Nursing in Rochester City Journal of Nursing, oa Legal Status of the In,sane in Betterment League Maga- zine for Mar., 1912. Mem. Calvary Baptist Church of N.Y. ; mem. and recorder of Calvary Baptist Church Literary Soc. Conducted a pri- vate hospital for nervous and mental diseases 15 years in N.Y. City; now resident physician in Trowm.Trt Inn, Abingdon Square, N.Y. City, a hotel for working girls with capacity for 250 to 300.

SHERMAN, Caroline Kempton (Mrs. John Sherman), 6500 Minerva Av., Chicago, 111. Bom E<^gartown, Mass., Jan. 19, 1842; dau. Silas S. and Lydia Davis (Smith) Kempton; ed. private instruction; grad. New Bedford (Mass.) High School, 1859, and from Wheaton Sem. (now Coll.), Norton. Mass., 1861; m. New Bed'ord, Ma.<;s., June IS, 1S87, John Sherman: children: Le Roy Kempton, Anna W. (now Mrs. Theodore T. Butzow), Ozro Gould. Instructor in Haverhill High School, 1862-66. On editorial staff Ch'cago Chronicle, 1900-06. Lecturer at Concord School of PMio.<iophy, 1885; Chicago Dante School, Mil- waukee Goethe School. Mem. of Chicago Board of Education, 1893-96, 1897-W03. Favors wtman suffrage. Author: Dante's Vision of God; con- tributor to various magazines. Mem. Chicago

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��Philosophical Soc; vice-pres. Aristotelian Soc. ; mem. Chicago Woman's Club; hoc. mem. Lake View Woman's Club; mem. the Athena. SHERMAN, Ellen Amelia, McGregor, la.

Physiciaji; b. Clayton Co., Iowa, Nov. 29, 1?49; dau. Mark Bacheldor and Melissa (Clark) Sher- man; grad. Oberlin (Ohio) Coll., A.B. 'li; Univ. bt Mich., M.D. '79 (L.L.S.). Physician for women for several years in Independence Hospital for the Insane, Independence, Iowa. Author of papers read before medical societies: Diseases of Women as Causes of Insanity; State vs. County Care of the Insane; When Should We Advise Operative Treatment for Fibroid Tumors of the Uterus; Immaterial Remedies and Their Uses in the Regular Practice of Medicine. Mem. Am. .Mea. Ass'n, State, County and Women's Med. Societies. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

SHERMAN, Ellen Burns, 25 Chestnut St., Bos- ton, Mass.

Writer, tutor; b. Montgomery, Vt, May 4, 1867; dau. Ezra Wright and Harriet (Chase) Sherman; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '91 (mem. Alpha Soc.). Author (essays): Taper Lights; Words to t)ie V/ise and Others; also contributor of essays, stories arid poems to curren*. inaj;a- zines. Christian. Democrat. Mem. College Club of Boston. Favors woman suffrage; free-lance contributor on the subject.

SHERMAN, Helen, 176 Mason St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Micro-analyist; b. Dec. 1, 1879; dau. Dr. Lewis and Mary R. (Tuttle) Sherman; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.S. in Pharmacy '02, M.A. '05; scholarship to Am. Woman's Table at Zoological Station, Naples, winters of 1905-06; Leipzig Univ., spring 1906. Ass't in botany laboratory, Univ. of Wis- consin, 1903-05; Herbarium ass't, 1906; instructor in chemistry, Milwaukee High School, 1906-07; botany and chemistry, Milwaukee Downer Coll., 1907-12; micro-analyst. Bureau of Chemistry, U.S. Dep't of Agriculture. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. A.A.A.S., Central Botanists of America, Wis. Acad, of Science, Arts and Letters, Wis. Natural History Soc, Mycological Soc, Nat. Geographic Soc, Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Collegiate Alumnce Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., College Women's Club of Washington, D.C., Alpha Phi Sorority. SHERMAN, Juliet Durand (Jlrs. Frank Demp- ster Sherman), 158 W. 105th St., N.Y. City. Born Boonton, N.J., Sept. 15, 1868; dau. Rev. Cyrus B. and Sarah (Mersereau) Durand; ed. Dr. Hague's School, Hackensack, N.J.; St. Gabriel's Acad., Peekskiil, N.Y.; m. Peekskill, N.Y., Nov. 16, 1887, Prof. Frank Dempster Sherman; one son: Dempster Durand Sherman. Mem. (Christ Episcopal Church, Darrach Home for Crippled Children, Needlework Guild, Girls' Friendly Soc. Against woman suffrage.

SHEKSIAN, Leora Chase (Mrs. Valentine Sher- man), 1708 Thorr.as i'lacc, Minneapolis, Minn. Born De Soto, Wis.; dau. Capt. R. J. and Marv (na,ker"i Chase; ed. Univ. of Wis., class of '87 (Cramma Phi Beta); m. Sioux City, la., 1891, Valen'Jne Sherman; children: Valentine, John R., Leora M., Sarah. Chiefly occupied with Fifth Di::t. Fed. of Clubs of Minn. (54 clubs) of which is pres. Favors wonian suffrage. Congreg.-ition- alist. Recreations: Music, walking. Clubs: Wo- man's, Ladies' Shakespeare, College Woman's, Thursday Musical, Political Equality, Lewis Parliamentary Law (Minneapolis); Woman's Welfare League, Minneapolis; Improvement League (honorary mem.).

KHEUSIAN, Mary XsabeUa, 116 Quarry St.. Ithaca, N.Y.

Science teacher in high school; b. Carthage, III., June 13, 1S52; dau. Jason Haven and Rebecca Stowe (Kendall) Sherman (father a lawyer, editor and student; was seventh in descent from Capt. John Sherman, who came to Boston 16.'?2; her mother seventh from Francis Miles Kendall, who cam.-^ to Boston about 1334); ed. lyorribard Coll. (Galesburg, Hi.), B.S. '74; Philadelphia tchon! of Design for Women, 1875-77; post-grad, work Coruell Univ., '75; home econnmics, .'thort course diploma, Cornell Univ., 1910-11. Taught in high school at Ithaca, N.Y., 1877-1S08; all the sciences and history the first 10 years, after that science

��only. Mem. Social Service League, Ithaca, N.Y. Unitarian. Recreations: Forest, stream a.ni mountain and all the travel she can afford. SHERMAN, Ruth Bartlett Mears (Mrs. Stuart

Pratt Sherman), 1016 Nevada St., Urbana, 111.

Born Amherst, Mass.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '99, A.M. 1900; m. Willlamstown, Mass., Dec. 25, 1906, Stuart Pratt Sherman, A.M., Ph.D. (prof. English, Univ. of 111.); one son. Teacher Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1901-03; Troy, N.Y., 1903; Quincy, Mass., 1905-06. SHERWIN, Isabel Eiske (Mrs. Thomas Sher-

win), 150 Commonwealth Av., Boston, Mass.

Born Keene, N.H., Dec. 25, 1845; dau. Hon. Thomas M. K. and Mary Hart (Fiske) Edwards; ed. private schools; m. Keene, N.H., Jan. 18, 1870, Thomas Sherwin; children: Eleanor, Thomas E., Mary K., Robert W., Ann I., Edward V. For five years pres. of the Mass. Consumers' League; head of a dep't in the Women's Muni- cipal League of Boston. Mem. Chilton Club. Unitarian. SHERWOOD, Grace Slabel, 324 Laurel Hill Av..

Providence, R.I.

Director Legislative Reference Bureau R.I. State Library; b. W. Buxton, Me., Oct. 24, 1884; dau. Rev. Benjamin Atherton and Elizabeth May (Murray) Sherwood; ed. Classical High School, Providence; Brown Univ., A.B. (mem. Alpha Beta). Interested in amateur dramatics. Has written the lyrics for several amateur musical productions; interested privately in the Italian immigrant child. Favors woman suffrage. Au- thor: The Veto Po'wer in the Several States; Summary of Banking Laws of the States; Offi- cers, Boards and Commissions of Rhode Island; also articles of the nature of reviews of legisla- tion to Political Science Review and other like magazines. Baptist. Mem. Brown Univ. Alumnae Ass'n, Consumers' League of R.I., Social Work- ers' Club. Recreations: Tramping, canoeing, sailing. SHERWOOD, Jean (Mrs. John B. Sherwood),

1505 Monroe St., ChicaEO, III.

Born Oberlin, 0., Jan. 11, 1848; dau. David and Sarah (Potter) Wirt; ed. Oberlin Col!.; m. June 5, 1871, John B. Sherwood; one daughter: Eva. Interested in philanthropic work and the better- ment of the conditions of girls and women in Holiday Home Ass'n, in promoting the study of art, and in music for the masses of highest char- acter. Author: Little Stories of Art. Recrea- tions: Travel, mountaineering, horseback riding, music and art. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Altrua Circle, West End Woman'? Club, Poly- technic Soc. of Chicago, Public School Art Soc, Municipal Art League. SHERWOOD, Josephine — see Hull, Josephine

ShiTWOOd.

SHERWOOD, Katherine Brownlee (Mrs. Isaac R. Sherwood), 2133 Ashland Av., Toledo, O. Author; b. Poland, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1841; dau. Judge James and Rebecca (Mullen) Brownlee; ed. Union Sem., Poland, Ohio; m. Poland, Sept. 1, 1859, Isaac R. Sherwood (brevet brig. -gen. U.S. v.; prominent journalist and now Congress- man from Ninth Ohio Dist.). Active in Woman's Relief Corps as national organizer and was second pres. of national organization; mem^ Nat. Council of Women of U.S., chairman Citi- zenship Com.; hon. pres. Ohio Newspaper Women's Ass'n. Author: Camp Fire and Me- morial Poems; Dream of the Ages; also of va- rious poems which are included in various anthologies and collections, songs and contribu- tions to magazines and newspapers. Sec. Toledo Univ. Extension Centre; director Clara Barton Memorial Ass'n; mem. Public Ownership of Monticello Advisory Board, D.A.R., also several local clubs.

SHERWOOD, Margaret Pollock, Wellesley Col- lege, Wellesley, Mass.

Professor English literature, Wellesley; b. Ball- ston, N.Y.; dau. Thomas Burr and Mary Frames 'Beattie) Sherwood; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '86: studied in Zurich, Oxford, Har- vard and Yale, Ph.D. '98. Teacher 1889-96; assoc. prof. English literature, Wellesley Coll., 1898-1912; prof. 1912—. Author: Drjden's Dramatic Theorj

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��and Practice (thesis for Ph.D.); An Experiment in Altruism; Henry Worthington, Idealist; Daphne, an Autumn Pastoral; The Princess Pourquoi; The Coming of the Tide; A Puritan Bohemia; The Story of King Sylvain and Queen Aimee; contributor of fiction and verse to magazines, particularly the Atlantic and Scribner's, and was for three years the Atlantic's reviewer of fiction. Mem. Consumers' League of Mass., Nat. Vivi- section Reform Soc, Anti-Vivisection See. of N.Y., Phi Beta Kappa (Mu of N.Y.).

SHERWOOD, Mary. The Arundel, N. Cbarles St., Baltimore, Md.

Physician; b. Ballston Spa, N.Y. ; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '83; Univ. of Ziirich, Switzerland, M.D. '90. Teacher Vassar Coll., 1883-85; Brooklyn, N.Y., 18S5-86; engaged in prac- tice of medicine in Baltimore, Md., since 1890. Lecturer and visiting physician, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1894-99; physician to Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, 1894-1913. Mem. Medico-Chirurgical Faculty of Md. ; exec, com, of Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality; mem. B'd of Trustees of Wilson Sanitarium, Baltimore Public Baths Com., Public Health Com. of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; vlce-pres. Maryland State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors wocnan suffrage; vice-pres. of Just Government Leagua of Maryland.

SHERWOOD, Mary C, Hotel Walnut, Cincin- nati, O.

Hotel proprietor; b. Pomeroy, Ohio, June 8, 1839; dau. James and Nancy (Hoyle) Radford; ed. public schools; grad. Pomeroy Acad., '57; m. Aug. 31, 1862, Capt. John W. Sherwood (died 1879). Taught school five years. Shortly after her husband's death moved to Cincinnati and opened the first Ehiropean hotel in the city. Charter mem. of first suffrage club in Cincin- nati; life mem. of State Exec. Com. of Suffrage Organization. Interested in charity and aided greatly in organizing mothers' clubs in public schools. Mem. Folk-Lore Soc.

SHERWOOD, Rosina Emmet (Mrs. Arthur Mur- ray Sherwood), 251 Lexington Av., N.Y. City. Artist; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 13, 1854; dau. William J. and Julia Colt (Pierson) Emmet; general edu- cation in N.Y. schools; student in art of William Chase, N.Y. City, and the Academic Julien, Paris, France; m. N.Y. City, June 1, 1S87, Arthur Murray Sherwood; children: Arthur Murray Jr. (Harvard '10), Philip H., Rosamond, Robert Emmet. Exhibitor at the Internat. Exposition in Paris, 1889 (silver medal) and 190€; Chicago, 1893 (medal); Buffalo, 1901 (two bronze medals); St. Louis, 1904 (silver medal), and other exhibi- tions In New York and other cities. Has illus- trated for books and magazines. Associate of National Academy of Design. Mem. Am. Water Color Soc, N.Y. Water Color Club. 8HERZER, Jane B., Oxford College, Oxford, O. President Oxford College; b. Franklin, Ohio; dau. Jacob Weindland and Mary Ellen (Forman) Sherzer; grad. Univ. of Mich., Ph.B. (Phi Beta Kappa') '93 (mem. Gamma Phi Beta) ; Univ. of Berlin, M.A., Ph.D. '02; student in Jena, Ger- many, 1891; in Ziirich, Switzerland, 1892; in Paris, France, 1894; in Univ. of Berlin, 1899-1902. Principal of high school, Franklin, Ohio, 1882-85; Instructor in English 1889-91, dean 1892-94; prin- cipal of Acad, for Young Women, Jacksonville, 111., 1895-99; prof. English philology and dean of women. 111. Coll., Jacksonville, 111., 1903-04; pres. Oxford Coll., since 1905. Has written many ad- dresses, newspaper letters and articles. Edited: The He of Ladies. Presbyterian. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n; life mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreation: Walking. Pres. Century Club of Oxford Coll., College Women's Club of Oxford, Cincinnati Woman's Club. Favors woman suffrage.

SHIEK, Harriet L. (Mrs. Frank N. Shiek), Wheatland, Wyo., and 2019 Park Boulevard, Long Beach, Cal.

Born Leicester, Mass., Sept. 18, 1873; dau. James A. and Harriet (Laraway) Smith; ed. Home School, Verona, N.Y., and Worcester (Mass.) High School, Boston Cooking School, class of '95; Univ. of Nevada, fecial course in

��bacteriology, '98; m. Longmont, Colo., Nov. 22, 1S99, Frank N. Shiek. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. RepiLblican. Mem. D.A.R. Rec- reations: Arts and crafts work, china painting, needlework. Mem. W.T.K. Club, Wheatland. Wyo. (was its organizer; pres. 10 years); first pres. Wyoming State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1904-07 (now hon. pres.); director gen. Fed. oi Women's Clubs, 1906-OS, and cor. sec. 1908-12; mem. Ebell Club, Long Beach, Cal. SHIELDS, Charlotte Elliott, Lewisburg, Pa,

Librarian; b. Lewisburg, Pa., 1880; dau. Will- iam and Katharine (Angeny) Shields; ed. public schools; Bucknell Univ., A.B.; one year Corcoran Art School. Since 1906 librarian of W. D. Him- melreich Memorial Library. Interested in church work. Recreation: Art. Presbyterian. SHTMER, JFlorenec Henry (Mrs. H. W. Slilmer),

2 Albemarle Chambers, Boston, Mass.

Bom Sax:ramento, Cal., Sept. 24, 1S79; dau. Dr. A. G. and Mary F. (French) H<inry; grad. Cort- land State Normal School, '97; Cornell Univ., A.B. '01; Columbia Univ., A.M. '02 (mem. Clionian at Normal, Sennightly at Cornell); m. Cortland, N.Y., June 1, 1904. H. W. Shimer. Co- worker with husband in paleontological research and publication. Theosophist. Independent in politics. Mern. Malacological Soc. (Boston). Rec- reations: Walking, swimming, tennis, German. Mem. Women's Cornell Club of Boston, Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government. SHINN, Anne O'Hagan (Mrs. Francis A. Shinn).

15 S Waverly Place, N.Y. City.

Writer; b. Washington, D.C. ; dau. John and Mary (Fennell) O'Hagan; ed. Washington public schools, high school, and Boston Univ., A.B.; m. N.Y. City, Mar. 7, 1908, Francis A. Shinn. Re- porter N.Y. World and Journal; editorial staff of Munsey's, 1892-1902. Mem. Board of Directors of Collegiate Equal Suffrage League of N.Y. ; second vice-pres. Woman's Suffrage Study Cluh (N.Y. City); mem. Equal Franchise Soc: Wo- man's Suffrage Party, Woman's Municipal League of N.Y. ; N.Y. branch of Ass'n of Coll. Alumnse. Recreations: Walking, golfing, farm- ing. Mem. Women's University Club, Women's Cosmopolitan Club of N.Y. SHINN, riorence Scovel (Mrs. Everett Shinn),

112 Waverly PI., N.Y. City.

Illustrator; b. Camden, N.J. ; dau. Alden Cort- landt and Emily (Hopkinson) Scovel; ed. in Philadelphia; studied art at Pa. Acad, of the Fine Arts; m. Philadelphia, Everett Shinn. Il- lustrated among other hooks: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (Mrs. Rice); Lovey Mary (Mrs. Rise) ; Coniston (W'mston Churchill). SHINN, Miliccnt Washburn, Niles, Cal.

Born on farm near Niles, Cal., Apr. 15, 1858; dau. James and Lucy Ellen (Clark) Shinn; ed. in elementary country school, Centerville, Cal. ; High School. Oakland, Cal.; Univ. of Cal., A.B. 'SO; Ph.D. '98. Editor San Francisco Commercial Her- ald, 1880-551; editor Overland Monthly, 1883-94. In- terested in child study, pre-elementary education (nursery education), school and higher education, civics, literary criticism, historical and literary Bible study, local improvements. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Notes on the Development of a Child; Tha Development of the Senses; The Biography of a Baby; also fugitive articles, poems, stories, chiefly in Overland Monthly. Attends Congregational Church. Independent Democrat, 1912 (old "mugwump"). Mem. local Univ. of California Club, local anti-saloon organization, College Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Ass'n Coll. Alumnse. Recreations: Reading, gardening. Honorary mem. Country Club, Washington Township (local). SHIPLEY, Antoinette Cary (Mrs. Frederick W.

Shipley), Washington University, St. Louis,

Mo.

Born Elyria, O., June 10, 1871; dau. Samuel Avery and Anne Maria (Cook) Cary; ed. Welles- ley Coll. and the Univ. of Chicago, E.S. ; m. Elyria, 0., Mar., 1899, Frederick W. Shipley; children: Frederick Cary, Walter Cleveland. In- terested in child welfare. Favors woman suf- frage. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Social Service Conference of SL Louis, St. Louis Eaual

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8HIPM.\>-, Carolyn (Mrs. Frank Bristol Whip- ple), 99 Madison Av., N.Y. 'City. Writer; b. Elmira, N.Y. ; dau. Chauncey Newell and Mary Frances (Wiley) Shipman; ed. Smith and Radcliffe Colleges; m. Oct. 24, 1905, Frank Bristol Whipple. Teacher of English for five years; on staff of the Cleveland Press and contributor to the Plain-Dealer; since 1899 en- gaged in literary and bibliographical work in N.Y. City; on staff of The Critic, 1899-1905; editor of the Bibliographer, succeeding the late Paul Leicester Ford, 1902-03; librarian of the laie Rob- ert Hoe, 1900-09. .Mem. N.Y. City (hospital) Visit- ing Com. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Women's Political Union. , lYanslator and editor oi Le Roux de Lincy's Recherches sur Jean Grciier (1904- 07j for the Grolier Club. Cocipiler of 16 volumes descriptive of the library of the late Robert Hoe (1903-09). Magazina Action writer. Unitarian. Recreations: Books, theatre, music, European travel, motoring, driving, dancing. Mem. Women's University Club. SlirPP, Margaret Bnsbee (Mrs. William E. Shlpp), Raleiffh, N.C.

Short story writer; b. Raleigh, N.C, Nov. 9, 1871; dau. Fabius H. and Annie (McKesson) Busbee; ed. St. Mary's, Raleigh, N.C; m. Raleigh, N.C, Jan. 17, 1894, Lieut. WUllam E. Shipp (10th U.S. Cavalry); children: William Ewen, Fabius Busbee. Ex-prea. St. Mary's Alumnae Ass'n; vice-pres. State Literary and Historical Ass'n, Contributor to Munsey's, Col- lier's Weekly, Cosmopolitan, Saturday Evening Post, American, Ainslee's, Smith's, Pearson's Red Book, Youth's Companion, Woman's Home Companion, Browning Year Book. Episcopalian. Recreation: Gardening. Mem. Woman's Club, Fortnightly Review, Country Club (Raleigh). SHIPPEN, Georgiana Truman (Mrs. Franklin Evans Shippen), Kennet Knob, Ellijay, Ga. Born Louisville, Ky. ; dau. Thomas G. and Mary (McGill) Truman; ed. Loretto Acad., Ky. ; m. Louisville, Ky., June 12, 1890, Franklin Evans Shippen; children: Franklin, Elizabeth Wallis, Agatha (died Dec. 12, 1900), Herbert. Pres. Elli- j.iy Woman's Club; vice-pres. Ninth Dist. Geor- gia Fed. of Women's Clubs. Roman Catholic. SHIRK, Ida Morrison Murphy (Mrs. Elbert \Vri.?ht Shirk;, 2129 N. Alabama St., Indi- anapolis, Ind.

Born Indianapolis, Ind., July 21, 1860; dau. John Walls and Ann Elizabeth (Morrison) Mur- ])hy; ed. private schools in Indianapolis and Pliiladelphia; m. Indianapolis, Mar. 31, ISSO, Elbert Wright Shirk. Favors woman suffrage. Compiler and author of Talbott Genealogy. Christian Scientist. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames. Recreation: Travel.

SIIOAF, Lilian Noyes (Mrs. Robert L. Shoaf), Taylor, Tex.

Born Galveston, Tex., Nov. 7, 1871; dau. Charles Forsyth and Elizabeth H. (Sams) Noyes; grad. Taylor (Texas) High School and from Texas State Normal School, Huntsville, Tex.; m. Taylor, Tex., July 15, 1896, Robert L. Shoai; children: Dorothy Noyes, h. 1899; Robert Leonard, b. 1902. Inter- ested in the organized work of women's clubs and Nat. Soc. of Charities and Correction. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Baptist Mem. Women's Missionary Soc., Ladies' Aid Soc. Recreations: Literature, music, camping. Mem. Sesame Lit- erary Club (charter mem.). Browning Literary Club, Civic Improvement Soc., Wednesday Music Club.

SHOE, Grace Ellen, 1130 York St., Denver, Colo. Teacher of mathematics. North Denver High School; b. Pleasant Hill, O. ; dau. Reuben Long and Anna M. (Thompson) Shoe; ed. high school, West Milton, 0.; classical course, Antloth Coll., A.B.; graduate course Uciv. of Denver, A.M. Began teaching in high school at Miamisburg, 0. Was principal of high school at Longmont, Colo., three and one-half years; teacher of mathematics in North Denver High School since 1900. In- structor in State normal institutes In Colo, and other States. Menu Colo. Equal Suffrage AjsB'n

��and active in all movements whose object is the enactment of laws for bettering conditions of women and children. Sec. Colo. Mathematics Soc. since 1907; pres. Denver Teachers Club 1903-04; pres. Colo. Teachers Ass'n. 1911-12. Mem^ Denver Woman's Club; pres. College atid High School Section of Colo. Teachers Ass'n, 1904-05; mem. Nat. Education Ass'n.

SHOE5IAKER, Ella O. (Mrs. Z. T. Shoe- maker), 109 S. Lincoln Av., MaKsillon, O. Born Bel'iaire, 0. ; dau. Benjamin F. and Julia

(Mcllvaine) Ogle; ed. in public school cf Bel-

laire, O.; m. Bellaire, 1876, Z. T. Shoemaker;

children: Helen Ogle (now Mrs. WlUiam T.

Church, of Chicago), Vesta V. (now Mrs. L. R.

Palmer, of Pittsburgh), Luclle, Frank Ogle.

First Tice-pres. Ohio State Ass'n of School

Officials; mem. Massillon Board of Education for

14 consecutive years and pres. three years; pres.

for 12 years of Study Club of Massillon; pres.

Ladies' Aid of Christian Church six years;

chairman Com. on Elducatlon of State Suffrage

Ass'n; frst vice-chairman Stark Co. Suffrage

Ass'n. Mem. Christian Church. Mem. of Com.

on Education of the Ohio State Fed. of Women's

Clubs.

SHOEMAKER, Mary Craig (Mrs. Ira Hayes Shoemaker), 29 S. Pine Av., Albany, N.Y. Born Locust Hill, Pa., July 28, 1862; dau. Hugh Boyd and Martha A. (Orr) Craig; ed. Ken- nedy Acad., Welsh Run, Pa.; Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '85; m. Locust Hill, Pa., May 3, 1888, Ira Hayes Shoe- maker. Resided Carlisle, Pa., 1888-90; Harris- burg, Pa., 1890-1907; Albany, N.Y., 1907—. Instruc- tor in mathematics, Wilson Coll., 1885-87. Iden- tified with various local, religious, social and philanthropic activities. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse, Woman's Club of Albany, Vassar Club of Albany.

SHOEMAKER, Rachel Hinkle (Mrs. J. W. Shoe- maker), Cynwyd, Pa.; ofSce, Temple Bldg., Broad and Cherry Sts., Philadelphia, Pa. Teacher of oratory and elocution; b. Plumstead, Pa., Oct. 1, 1858; dau. William Marshall and Elizabeth (Walter) Hinkle; ed. Millersville (Pa.) State Normal School, followed by special courses in elocution, literature and modern languages; m. Philadelphia, June 27, 1867, J. W. Shoemaker (died 1880). B'ounder, and principal since 1874, of the Nat. School of Elocution and Oratory. Author: Delsartean Pantomime, 1891; Advanced Elocution, 1895; also edited various volumes of selections cf readings, recitations and dialogues.

SHOLL, Anna McClure, National Arts Club,

N.Y. City.

Novelist; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. William J. and Clara (Corson) Sholl; ed. Ogontz Coll.; spe- cial student at Cornell Univ. Engaged in news- paper work and was on staff of the N.Y. Com- mercial Advertiser as editorial writer, 1896-97. Collaborated on the Charles Dudley Warner Li- brary of the World's Best Literature, 1897-98, and other publications; contributor to the magazines. Author: The Law of Life; The Port of Storms; The Greater Love. Clubs: Lyceum (London), NaUonal Arts (N.Y. City).

SHOREY, Marian Lydia, Milwaukee-Downer

College, Milwaukee, Wis.

Professor of biology; b. Albion. Me., Feb. 6, 1874; dau. G.B. and Ellen M. (Oilman) Shorey; ed. Brown Univ., Ph.B. '04; A.M. '06; Chicago Univ., Ph.D. '09; fellow at Chicago Univ., 1907- 09. Instructor Brown Univ., 1904-06; instructor In zoology, Milwaukee-Downer Coll., 1908-09; prof, biology, 1909—. Research student and in- vestigator at Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Hole, Mass., 1905-06-07-09; investigator at Harpswell Biological Laboratory, 1911; Puget Sound Marine Station, 1912; collaborator. Bureau of Plant Industries, 1907-08. Sec. Milwaukee branch Chicago Alumnae Club. Author: The Ef- fect of the Destruction of Peripheral Areas In the Differentiation of the Neuroblasts: A Study of the Differentiation of Neuroblasts In Artificial Culture Media. Mem. A.A.A.S., Am. Soc. Zoolo- gists, Sigma Xi, Ajss'n of Doctors of Philosophy of Chicago Univ., Downtown Club of Milwaukee.

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��SHORT, Josephine Helena, 587 W. 121st St., N.Y. City.

Writer, lecturer; b. Illinois; dau. Joseph S. and Sophronia Q. (Hazelton) Short; ed. Coll. of Lib- eral Arts, Boston Univ., B.A. '86 (Kappa Kappa Gamma). Interested in the peace movement; modern social movements and philanthropies. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Oberam- mergau; Chosen Days in Scotland. Has traveled and lived much abroad and made tour around the world; latest travel an extensive tour in Greece for book material. SHORTT, Elizabeth Smith (Mrs. Adam Shortt),

5 Marlborough Av., Ottawa, Ont.

Born Winona, Ont., Can., 1859; dau. Sylvester and Damaris S. (McGee) Smith; ed. by governess at home; at Coll. Inst., Hamilton, Can., and grad. Queen's Univ., Kingston, Ont.; m. 1S86, Prof. Adam Shortt; children: Muriel G., George Ernest, Mary Lorraine. Induced the staff of Men's Med. Coll. at Kingston, Ont., to open sep- arate classes for women, which resulted in the Women's Med. Coll. there; husband was made Civil Service Commissioner, 1908, since wnich time has lived in Ottawa. Six years pres. Wo- men's Musical Club; eight years pres. Y.W.C.A. ; active in the anti-tuberculosis crusade. Pres. Ottawa Women's Canadian Club; pres. Ottawa Local Council of Women; pres. Ottawa Board of Management of Immigration Hostel there. Interested in seeing equal suffrage of men and women, particularly municipal suffrage. Writer of newspaper articles and addresses. MenL Church of England. SHOTWELL, Jlartha Beebe, Cadiz, O.

Born Cadiz, Jan. 2, 1855; dau. Stuart B. and Nancy (Gaston) Shotwell; grad. Cadiz High School; .Franklin Coll., New Athens, Ohio, clas- sical course, A.B. Presbyterian. Mem. Home and Foreign Missionary Societies. Mem. Woman's Club of Cadiz. SHOUP, Mary Eloise Howard (Mrs. Francis

Elliott Shoup), 1801 Hickory St., Dallas, Tex.

Born Richmond, Va., July 4, 1872; dau. Major Conway R. Howard, C.S.A., and Jane (Colston) Ho'ward; ed. Leache-Wood School, Norfolk, Va., and Bryn Mawr Coll.; m. Columbia, Tenn., Dec. 'It, 1897, Francis Elliott Shoup; children: Francis Elliott, Conway, Esther. Teacher of Latin and mathematics in Miss Bond's School, Baltimore, Md., 1895-96; teacher of mathematics and Latin in the Columbia (Tenn.) Inst., 1896-98; associate principal, 1898-99; teacher of modern languages in St. Matthew's Grammar School, Dallas, 1889- 1901. Episcopalian. Mem. College Club of Dallas. SILREVE, Ann L.UX Buchanan (Mrs. Oswald

Tilghman Shreve), Edgevale and Elmwood

Koads, Baltimore, Md.

Born Baltimore, Md.; dau. James Hollis and Henrietta (Gittings) Buchanan; ed. at home by governesses and tutors; m. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 5, 1890, Oswald Tilghman Shreve; children: Charles Adams Buchanan, Ann Lux Buchanan. Recreations: Reading, driving, walking. Protest- ant Episcopalian. SHREVE, Ruth Bentley (Mrs. R. H. Shreve),

Hastings-on-Hudson, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Fluvanna, N.Y., June, 1881; dau. G. A. and Sarah (Williams) Bentley; ed. Cornell Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '02, Am. history fello^vship (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Fluvanna, Oct. 15, 1906, R. H. Shreve; one son: Richmond Bentley Shreve. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Hudson River Equal Franchise Soc, Collegiate Equal Suffrage League. Unitarian. Mem. Hastings Literature Club. SHBIMPTON, Elizabeth liatimer, 611 E. Genesee

St., Syracuse, N.Y.

Physician; b. Fayetteville, N.Y., July 1, 1875; dau. Charles James and Mary Ann (Farwell) Shrimpton; grad. Knox Coll., B.S. '96; medical dep't, Syracuse Univ., M.D. '01. Engaged in practice of medicine at Syracuse, N.Y., since 1901. SHUET, Sarah Isabel, 1829 Adeline St.; office,

Delger Block, Oakland, Cal.

Physician; b. Mendon, Adams Co., 111., Feb. 24, 1850; dau. John and Lucinda (Stow) Shuey;

��ed. public schools of Oakland, Cal. ; State Normal School: Univ. of Cal., Ph. B. '76 and M.D. '78; l>ost-grad. study in Zurich, Switzerland, and N.Y. Post-Graduate Med. School. Mem. Board of Health 1896 and" 1897; pres. of board, 1897; di- rector of Board of Associated Charities of Oak- land; one of the five composing the commission on certified milk of Med. Ass'n; mem. Probation Com. of Oakland Y.W.C.A., Oakland Center of the Cal. Civic League, Sex Hygiene Soc, Unity Club, Woman's Alliance. Favors woman suf- frage. Unitarian. Progressive Republican. Mem. Med. Ass'n of Alameda Co., State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnge, Home Club (Oakland). Physician to several of the cottages of the Mary R. Smith- Trust- Cottage homes for orphan girls. In which conditions approach a true home; mem. Public Welfare Club.

SHUI.ER, Nettie Rogers (Mrs. Frank J. Shuler),

59 Mariner St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Artist; b. Buffalo, N.Y. ; dau. Alexander and Julia Antoinette (Houghtaling) Rogers; ed. Buf- falo Central High School; special training in languages; m. Buffalo, Mar. 31, 1887, Frank J. Shuler; one daughter: Marjorie A. Favors wo- man suffrage; pres. Women Workers' Suffrage League; pres. Erie Co. Political Equality Soc; formerly corresponding sec. N.Y. State Suffrage Ass'n. Baptist. Honorary mem. Buffalo Soc. Mineral Painters; mem. Buffalo Chapter D.A.R., Woman's Soc. of Delaware Av. Baptist Church; hon. mem. Teachers Educational League, Buffalo; mem. Woman's Investigating Club; honorary pres. Western N.Y. Fed. of Women's Clubs; chairman Civics of N.Y. State Fed. of Women's Clubs.

SHU5IWAY, Florence Snow (Mrs. Edgar S.

Shumway), 472 E. Eighteenth St., Brooklyn,

N.Y.

Born Worcester, Mass., Dec. 29, 1859; dau. Windsor Newton and Juliet (Wright) Snow; grad. Worcester High School, '78; Smith Coll., A.B. '83; A.M. '88 (mem. Alpha Lift. Soc); m. Worcester, June 18, 1890, Edgar S. Shumway; children: Waldo, Lowell, Conrad, Eric; also Bayard (deceased). Teacher in Worcester High School, 1883-90. Has lectured on Robert Brown- ing. Secretary of the Legislative Com. of the N.Y. branch of Ass'n Coll. Alumnas. Against woman suffrage; mem. Brooklyn branch Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Has written letters in newspapers. Presbyterian. Mem. Ass'n Coll. Alumnse, Ass'n Smith Coll. Alumnae, Brooklyn branch of Woman's Municipal League, N.Y. Smith Coll. Club.

SHUMWAY, Mary Ida (Mrs. Dorice Dwight Shumway), 404 Maple Av., Taylorville, III. Born Greyville, 111., Dec. 28, 1S56; dau. William McLin and Lucy Watson (Houts) Finley; ed. Salem High School (schoolmate and neighbor of W. J. Bryan); m. Salem, 111., Sept. 25, 1877, Dorice Dwight Shumway; children: Glenn Finley, Hiram McLin, Dorice Dwight. Mem. Presby- terian Church; Missionary Soc, city missionary. Assists husband at Christmas time in giving a treat to 150 or more children. Mem. Foreign and Home Missionary Societies of church; former pres. the Ladies' Guild. Officer Order of the Eastern Star. Pres. Taylorville Woman's Club three years; mem. 14 years; chairman Art Com. of Dist. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Cards, automobiling, etc.

SHUNK, Caroline Saxe Merrill (Mrs. William A.

Shunkl, 645 Cass St., Chicago. III.

Born Poultney, Vt. ; dau. Major Sherman Mor- ton Merrill, U.S.A., and Cornelia Stafford (Jenner) Merrill (of military ancestry on both sides and through maternal grandmother descended from Sir Edward Jenner, who invented vaccination; ed. Soule Coll., Murfreesboro, Tenn.; select school, Washington, D.C.; m. Fort Clark, Tex., June, 1885, Lieut, (now Col.) William A. Shunk, U.S.A.; one daughter: Cannarissa C. Interested in Army Relief Soc, Army and Navy League, Woman's Exchange Soc, Girls' Friendly Soc, children's hospitals. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R., Washington Club.

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��SnUBTLEFF, Margaret Homer (Mrs. Arthur A.

ShurtlefE), 66 Mt. "Vernon St., Boston, Mass.

BM-n Boston, 1879; dau. Arthur H. Nichols, M.D., and Elizabeth (Homer) Nichols; ed. Miss Folsom's School; Mass. Inst, of Technology, 1902; m. Boston, April 27, 1905, Arthur A. Shurt- leff; children: Sidney, Sarah, Williajn, John, Elizabeth. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Mass. Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government, Women's Municipal League, Women's Auxiliary of Mass. Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Ancient Soc. of College Youths (London). Unitarian. Recreation: Tennis; champion Longwood Cricket Club, 1903-04.

SBCUTE, Hattie Josephine (Mrs. Daniel Stan- wood Shute), Esparto, Cal.

High school teacher; b. Medford, Piscataquis Co., Me.; dau. Joseph Beal and Cynthia Lamb (Spearin) Hodgdon; ed. San Francisco Girls' High School ajid City Normal Training School; Univ. of Cal. (first woman graduate of College of Let- ters), A.B., M.A. '03; m. San Francisco, April 3, 1886, Daniel Stanwood Shute (died 1891). Head of English dep't of Mt. Tamalpais Military Acad., San Rafael, Cal.; vice-principal Union High School No. 3, of Alameda Co., 1894-1908; trustee of Scholarship Loan Fund, 1898-1912; year of travel and study in Europe, 1903-04. Reader of English texts for high schools of Cal., 1906-09. Principal of Esparto Union High School since 1912. Before removal to Esparto was chairman of health and development work in Hayward, Cal., under the auspices of the Hill and Valley Club, also cbalrman of the club's Civic Section; one of founders, life member and corr. sec. of the Union Civic Center, HajTvard, and delegate to the Cal. Civic League in San Francisco; also chair- man of Its Forum Com. In Hayward was man- ager of the clothing dep't for the refugees from Ban Francisco during the earthquake and calamity of 1906. Favors woman suffrage; life mem. Col- lege Women's Equal Suffrage League, San Fran- cisco. Presbyterian. Progressive Republican. Mem. State of Maine Ass'n (San Francisco), San Francisco Colony of New England Women, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnas, San Francisco (Cal. branch); pres. of Graduate Body of First Wom- en's Club of University of Cal.; mem. Alaninl Ass'n of the University of California, Nat. Child Labor Com., Consumers' League, N.Y. City; New England Ass'n of Teachers of English; Am. Society for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes, Am. Peace Soc. Recreations: Walk- ing, driving, music. Mem. the Hill and Valley Club, Hayward, Cal.; San Francisco Center of the Drama League of America, and the Nat. Council of Teachers of English.

SHUTE, Miriam Helen (Mrs. Bruce Thurber

Shute). Clovis, Cal.

Born Boston, Mass., Dec. 12, 1879; dau. Dr. Francis W. and Helen (Hobbs) Gosa; ed. Boston private schools; m. Boston^ Mass., Dec. 12, 1905, Bruce Thurber Shute; one son: Henry Lyman, b. June 12, 1912. Mem. of St Mark's Episcopal Guild, Clovis, Cal. Favors womaan suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Republican. .

SIBLEY, Louise F. M. Lyndon (Mrs. Frank

Palmer Sibley), Hlngham, Mass.

Author; b. N.Y. City; dau. Thomas H. and Mary A. (Weston) Lyndon; ed. Girls' High School, Boston; m. Frank Palmer Sibley; one daughter: Helen. Liv&d for some years in a lighthouse in Boston Harbor, of which her father was keeper. Author (under pen-name of "Louise Lyndon): A Lighthouse Village, 1902; also contributor of short stories and articles on various subjecta to magazines.

SIBLEY, Mary (Mrs. Reuben Sibley), Freedom,

Me.

Born Freedom, Me., May, 1861; dau. Daniel and Bmlly (Higglns) Tripp; ed. Freedom Acad.; Maine Central Inst.; m. Freedom, Jan. 20, 1881, Reuben Sibley; children: Irene Russell, b. Nov. 2, 1881; Louise, b. June 19, 1885; Ruby Langdon, b. Sept. 21, 1886; Blanche Crosby, b. Sept. 14, 1889. Against woman suffrage. Unlversallst. Pres. Tuesday Club of Freedom. Mem. State Home Economics Committee.

��8EDWELL, Fraaces Haldeman (Mrs. Thomas W. Sldwell), 804 Twenty-arst St., Washing- ton, D.C.

PrincipaJ Friends School; b. Salem, O. ; dau. Joseph S. and Sarah A. (GrlflSth) Haldeman; ed. Martinsbnrg (W.Va.) High School; Vassax Coll., A.B.; m. Washington, D.C, June 29, 1887, Thomas W. Sldwell. Taught In Friends School, Washington, D.C, 17 years; for past 10 yeara work has been executive; co-principal with hus- band in the school since marriage. Mem. Archseologlcal Inst, of America, Am. Fed. of Art, Nat. Geographic Soc., Am. Red. Cross Soc, Girls' Frieadly Soc, Prisoners' Aid Soc, Ne?dlewcrk Guild of America, George Junior Republic; vice-pres. Housekeepers' Alliance. Author of pamphlets on educational matters and artlcl3a for newspapers; also occasional papers befcra clubs or societies. Episcopalian. Former mem. Exec. Com. Associate Alumnae of Vassar Coll.; mem. Vassar Students' Aid Soc; ei-pres. V/ash- ington branch, and now vice-pres. South Atlantic Section of Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, and of College Women's Club; mem. Ass'n of Coilegea and Preparatory Schools, Maria Mitchell Nan- tucket Memorial Ass'n, Alexander Hamilton Sec; president 20th Century Club. Recreations: Ten- nis, swimming, driving, horseback riding. Clubs: Friends Club, Friends Alumni Ass'n.

STEBFTtT, Annie Ware Sabine (Mrs. Wilbur Henry Siebert), 182 T/. Tenth Av., Colum- bus, Ohio.

Born Cambridge, Mass.; dau. Hylas and Anna (Ware) Sabine; grad. Ohio State Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '84, M.A. (in literature) '86; Mass. Inst, of Technology, B.Sc (in physics); m. Marysvllle, Ohio, 1893, Wilbur Henry Siebert (prof. European history, Ohio State Univ.). Miniature portrait painter; work accepted in the exhibitions of the Am. Soc. of Miniature Painters, N.Y. City, and of the Pa, Acad of Art, Philadelphia. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Columbus, Ohio. Congregationallst. Sec. Columbus Home and School Ass'n, to improve the conditions of child life in Columbus by fostering cooperation be- tween the home and the school. Mem. University Women's Club.

SIFFEBLEN, Isabel Rees (Mrs. Charles Sif- ferlen), 123 S. Elliott Pi., Brooklyn, N.Y. Lawyer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., April 8, 1873; dau. Dr. William and Isabel A. (Black) Rees; ed. Brooklyn schools. Normal School and N.Y. Univ. (Woman's Law Class), and private tutors; m. Brooklyn, June 24, 1891, Charles Sifferlen of France; children: C Edwin, Gladys Margery. Chairman Exec Board Brooklyn Woman's Re- publican Ass'n; founder and first pres. Shake- speare Club of Brooklyn; pres. Friendly Visitors Soc (23d Waj-d) Brooklyn Bureau of Charities. Sec. St. George Chapter Daughters of the King; mem. Pa. Saturday Nig'ht, Portia and Writers' Literary societies, Soc. for Political Study, Gov- ernment Club and Alumnae Ass'n of N.Y. Univ. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopalian. Interested in mothers' clubs and settlement work; helped establish Adelphl Mothers' Club in Brook- lyn Bureau of Charity settlement. Recreations: Riding, swimming, fencing, dancing. Special chairman In Brooklyn of Woman's Titanic Memorial.

SIKELIANOS, Era Palmer (Mrs. Angelo Slkell- anos), Lefkas. Ionian Islands, Greece. Bom N.Y., 1874; dau. Courtlandt and Catharine Amery (Bennett) Palmer; ed. Paris, Dresden, N.Y. City, Farmington, Bryn Marwr Coll.; m. Bar Harbor, August, 1907, Angelo Sikelianos; one son: Glafkos Sikelianos, b. Athens, March, 1909.

SEKES, Madeleine Wallln (Mrs. George Cushlng Slkes), 811 W. Central Av., Austin Station, Chicago, III.

Bom St. Peter, Minn.; dau. Al.'red and Ellen Gray (Ke^es) Wallln; ed. EMgln Acad.; Smith Coll., 1888-90; Univ. of Minn., '92: fellow In po- litical science, Univ. of Chicago, 1892-94; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.M. '93 (Kappa Alpha Thcta); m. Elgin, 111., Feb. 6, 1897, George Cuehlng Slkes; children: Alfred Wallln, Eleanor Shepard. Taught history at Smith Coll.. 1894-96: lived severai

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��months at Hull House, 1896-97. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Chicago Woman's City Club, Parents' Ass'n; pres. Woman's Club of Austin; ex-pres. Chicago Ass'n of Coll. Alumna;; acting chairman Com. on Ed'Jcaticn, Nat. Fed. Com. on Education; chairman Com. on Education, 111. Fed. Women's Cl'jbs, 1905-07. Favors woman suSrage. Author: Summary of Laws flelating to Compul- sory Education and Child I»abor, 1901; pamphlet on Industrial Sducation, and editorials in Chicago newspapers. Unitarian. Independent In ^wlitics. Mem. Chicago Peace Sec. Recreation: Trips i,o various places of interest.

SILL,, Louise Morgan, care Harper Bros., Frank- lin Square, N.Y. City.

Editor; b. Honolulu, H.I. ; dau. Gen. Morgan L. and Louise Genella Smith; ed. private school; m. Washington, D.C., George Imbrie Sill, from whom she obtained divorce in 1908. Was ou editorial staff of Harper's Magazine, but re- signed in 1910 and is now living abroad. Con- tributor to Harper's, Century, Scribner's, Nortn American Review, London Athenaeum, etc. Author (poems): In Sun or Shade, 1906; Sunny- field, 1909.

SLLLLMAN, Blanche Goodman (Mrs. Charles Herbert Silliman), 418 Central Park West, N.Y. City, and Hollins, Va.

Artist; b. Auburn, Cumberland Co., ,Va., Sept. 22, 1865; dau. Robert T. and Frances Alexander (Smith) Goodman; grad. Hollins (Va.) Coll., '84, having taken seven diplomas; studied painting and drawing in Chicago, New York, London (mem. Euzelian Soc, 1883-84); m. (1st) Bonham, Tex., Dec. 23, 1890, Frank Brazelton; (2d) Fort Worth, Tex., April 21, 1903, Charles Herbert Silli- man; one son: Frank Reese Brazelton, b. Jan. 10, 1892. Teacher of art (painting and drawing) in seminary, Anderson, S.C; Carlton Coll., Bonham, Texas; Fort Worth (Texas) Univ. Has written letters of travel for newspapers, various articles and pamphlets. Mem. D.A.R., United Daughters of the Confederacy, Interdenominational Council of Women for Christian and Patriotic Service, N.Y. City. Life mem. of Confederate Memorial Library Soc. which governs the Confederate Museum In Richmond, Va., and regent of the Solid South Room, or Library, of that Museum; mem. Dixie Club and Texas Club (N.Y. City). Recreations: Painting, music. Baptist. Against woman suffrage. Democrat.

SILSBEE, Martha, 115 Marlbora St., Boston, Mass.

Artist; b. Salem, Mass., 1858; dau. John Board- man and Martha (Shepard) Silsbee. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Boston. Mem. Water Color Club, Chilton Club, Mayflower Club (Boston).

SIMKHOVITCH, Mary Kingsbury (Mrs. Vladi- mir G. Simkhovitch), 26 Jones St., N.Y. City. Born Chestnut Hill, Mass. ; dau. Isaac F. and Laura D. (Holmes) Kingsbury; ed. Boston Univ.; Radcliffe Coll.; Berlin, Germany and Columbia Univ.; m. N.Y. City, Jan. 7, 1899, Prof. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch; two children. Adjunct prof, of social economy, Barnard Coll., since 1907, and Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., since 1910; lecturer in School of Philanthropy. Head worker of College Settlement, 1898-99; of Friendly Aid House, 1899-1903; of Greenwich House since 1903. Mem. of Mayor's Recreation Commission; pres. of the Greenwich Village Improvement So- ciety. Mem. Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Playground Ass'n of America, Parks and Play- ground Ass'n of N.Y., Ass'n of Neighborhood Workers, Woman's University Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. SLMMONS, Emma Brown (Mrs. John Stuart Simmons), Hutchinson, Kan. Born Hoi ton, Ind., Mar. 23, 1861; dau. Capt. George W. and Harriet (Shew) Brown; under- graduate Baker Univ., Baldwin, Kan.; m. 1886, John Stuart Simmons (attorney and statesman, having been a number of times representative and two terms speaker of the Kansas House of Representatives); children: Harriet Elizabeth (Mrs. L. D. Ferguson), John Stuart, Emma Ada, Catherine Irene. Mem. W.C.T.U., Woman's Re- lief Corps, D.A.R., State Federation of Women's Clubs. State Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Woman's

��Kansas Day Club, Kansas Authors' Club, Hutchinson Woman's Club. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church and of its various auxiliary societies. Active in religtous, social, philan- thropic interests and advancement. In 1908 was appointed pres. of the Woman's Kansas Day Club, a club organized for the preservation of Kansas history. Had the distinction of being the only woman ever invited to speak to a joint session of the Kansas Legislature. As pres. of Kansas Day Club secured the transfer of the historical Pawnee Rock to the State of Kansas as a memorial, raising the sum of $5,000 for park improvements and erection of grand memorial shaft, which the owner of the rock had made a condition precedent to the transfer by gift.

SLMMONS, Hannah Coralynn, 7 Jacques Av.,

Worcester, Mass.

Physician; b. Thompson, Conn., Feb. 14, 1877; dau. Rev. Charles E. and J. Victoria (Waldron) Simmons; ed. Worcester (Mass.) grammar and high schools. Tufts College Med. School, M.D. '02 (Alpha Delta). Resident physician, Massachu- setts Reformatory Prison for Women, 1901-02. Lecturer in physiology, home economics, hy- giene, bacteriology, care and feeding of children and care of the sick, at the Worcester Domestic Science School, and before various societies, mothers' meetings, shops and factories. Mem. of faculty of Worcester Domestic Science School, 1905; instructor Y.W.M.C. ; mem. of various com- mittees and societies working for the welfare of girls and children. Mem. Order of Eastern Star, Rebecca's, Women's Relief Corps, Am. Med. Soc, Mass. Med. Soc, Worcester District Med. Soc, Tufts Med. Alumnae Ass'n, Worcester Col- lege Club, Levana Club, Caberfeidgh Club. Rec- reations: Swimming, walking, baseball, basket- ball. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

SIMMONS, Lessie Southgate (Mrs. Thomas J.

Simmons), Brenau College, Gainesville, Ga.

Director, teacher; b. Louisburg, N.C., July 5, 1863; dau. James and Delia Haywood (Wynne) Southgate; ed. Staunton (Va.) Wesleyan Female Inst., Grand Conservatory of Music, N.Y. City; private pupil of Murio-Celli, S. B. Mills, Samuel P. Warren, New York; in Berlin studied voice with Frau Nicholas Kempner; in Paris with E. Delle Sedie, of whom she is one of the best known representatives; m. Durham, N.C., Nov. 11, 1891, Thomas J. Simmons, LL.D. Before marriage was director of the Durham School of Music, Durham, N.C. ; director of music in her husband's college in Eufaula, Ala., 1893-98, and at the same time musical director of Georgia Chautauqua, Albany, Ga. ; director of music in Dr. Simmons's Coll. in Rome, Ga. (Shorter Coll.), 1898-1910, and since 1910 director of music in his college in Gainesville ,Ga. (Brenau Coll.). Active mem. of Methodist Church; lecturer oij various topics: Mission Work, Ancient Religions, Temperance, Art, Music. In preparation: Musi- cal History; Voice Method; Piano Pedagogics. Recreation: Traveling, especially In Oriental countries. SIMMONS, Lncretia Van Tuyl, RlchmondvlUe,

N.Y.

Teacher of German; b. N.Y. City; dau. Dr. G. W. and Elizabeth (Van Tuyl) Simmons; grad. Cornell Univ., Ph.B.; Pa. State College, A.M.; Ph.D. Univ. of Wis.; studied at Columbia Univ.; Sorbonne, Paris; Univ. of Marburg; Univ. of Leipzig. Ass't prof, at Pa. State Coll.; fellow in German, Univ. of Wis. Mem. Woman's Club of State College, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Madi- son, Wis. Interested in civic improvement. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Dane Co. (Wis.) Equal Suffrage League.

SIMMONS, Medora Aiken (Mrs. Guy Andrew Simmons), Hendrix College, Conway, Ark. Born in Miss.; dau. James E. and Bessie (Tay- lor) Aiken; ed. Greenville (Miss.) High School; Peabody Coll., Nashville, Tenn. (degree L.I.); private Instruction in French and (>erman; m. Greenville, Miss., 1904, Guy Andrew Simmons; children: Guy Andrew, Bessie Chandler, Thomas James, Nannie Louise. Prof, science, (Sreenville High School, 1902-05; prof, science in McFerrin Training School, Martin, Tenn., 1905-06. Pre*.

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��Shakespeare Club, Conway, Ark., 1911-13. Mem. M.E. Church, South.

SIMON, Mrs. Hiram EsU, 370 Irving St.. To- ledo, Ohio.

Born Tiffin, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1860; dau. Michael and Mary (Rinker) Wall; ed. Tiffin public schoolp; m. Toledo, Ohio, May 14, 1879, Hiram E. Simon. Teacher of organized adult Bible class of men; active mem. Athena Art Class, Juvenile Court, King's Daughters, Art Ass'n, Women Artists of Toledo; pres. Sorosis, Educational Club, First Emerson Class, Suffrage League, all of Toledo. Recreation: Painting. Mem. Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Favors woman suffrage; chairman of Finance Com. of Lucas Co. (Ohio) Suffrage League; during campaign of summer of 1912 made speeches In many places and worked Incessantly for Votes for Women. Progressive. 8IMONDS, Martha Rumsey (Mrs. Ossian Cole

Slmonds), 929 Montrose Av., Chicago, 111.

Born Grand Rapids, Mich., Aug. 15, 1857; dau. James A. and Cornelia L. (Stone) Rumsey; ed. Grand Rapids High School; Univ. of Mich.; m. Grand Rapids, Mich., 1881, Ossian Cole Simonds; children: (Jertrude E., Herbert Rumsey, Mar- shall Garfield, Donald, Robert Ossian. Pres. Woman's Soo. of the Ravenswood Congregational Church. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. D.A.R., UnlT. of Mich. Alumnse, Ravenswood Woman's Club, Chicago City Club, Out-door Art League. SIMONS, Emo^ene Sanford (Mrs. Fred B.

Simons), 5 Madison PL, Albany, N.Y.

Examiner N.Y. State Education Dep't; b. Vol- ney, N.Y., May 4, 1880; dau. Asa B. and Mary J. (Ward) Sanford; ed. Fulton High School, '96; Cornell Univ., A.B. '02; m. 1901, Fred. B. Simons. Teacher for three years; examiner In English, N.Y. State Education Dep't, since 1903. Theoso- phlst. Pres. Harmony Lodge of Albany, The- osophlcal Soc. ; mem. Cornell Women's Club of Albany. Favors woman suffrage; charter mem. Equal Suffrage Club of Albany; mem. of Com. on Drafting of Constitution; mem. of Press Com., 1910-12. Author: First Year English for High Schools (text-book), 1906; magazine articles in Am. Education and Woman's Home Companion. SIMONS, Grace Churchyard (Mrs. Seward

Adams Simons), 1107 Buena Vista St., South

Pasadena, Cal.

Bom Buffalo, N.Y., June 6, 1866; dau. Joseph and Ruth (Bartlett) Churchyard; ed. Buffalo Sem.; Smith Coll., B.L. ; m. Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 5, 1SS8, Seward Adams Simons; one son: Seward Churchyard. Sec. Pasadena Associated Charities; director Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis; mem. Social Service Com. of the County Hos- pital. Mem. Nat. Peace Ass'n, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse, Southern Cal. Civic League, Friday Morning Club (Los Angeles), Soufi Pasadena Woman's Improvement Ass'n, Los Angeles City Club, Pasadena Civic League, Southern California Smith College Club. Recreations: Gardening, music, theatre. Unitarian. Favors woman suf- frage; sec. of first suffrage organization in Buf- falo, N.Y. ; mem. College Ekjual Suffrage League; pres. Political Equality League of Cal.; chair- man of the Suffrage Com. of Southern Cal. Civic League. Republican. SIMONS, Helen Savage (Mrs. MInot Simons),

1S67 Crawford Road, Cleveland, O.

Born Hannibal, Mo., July 25, 1873; dau. Mlnot J. and Ella A. (Dodge) Savage; ed. Boston pub- lic schools; Miss Ireland's private school In Bos- ton; m. Boston, Dec. IS. 1894, Minot Simons; one son: Langdon Savage Simons. Interested in church work activities and all social and philan- thropic work; particularly active In Consumers' League. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman Suffrage Party (active in com. work). Unitarian. SIMONS, Jessie Vanderbilt (Mrs. Charles Dewar

Simons, Jr.), Dongan Hills, Staten Island, N.Y.

Born Staten Island; dau. James McNamee and Clara (Vanderbilt) McNamee, dau. of Jacob H. Vanderbilt; ed. Staten Island; m. N.Y. City, Feb. 12, 1901, Charles Dewar Simons Jr.; one son: Charles Dewar Simons 3d, b. April 26, 1903. In- terested in Civic League of Staten Island. Pres- byterian. Composer of songs', words, music. Mem. Richmond Co. Country Club, Staten Island.

��SIMONS, May Wood (Mrs. Algle M. Simons),

23i9 Sherman Av., Evanston, 111.

Lecturer, writer; b. Baraboo, Wis.; dao. Philip A. and Anna (Bliss) Wood; ed. University ol Chicago, Ph.B. (with honors) '05; studied in France and Belgium; Northwestern Univ., A.M. '10; winner of Harris prize in economics, 1909 (mem. Pi Beta Phi); m. BarabO"j, Wis., 1897, Algie M. Simons; children: Lawrence Wnnd, Miriam Eleanor. Ass't editor Chicago Dally World, four years; four years a high school teacher; two years instructor in economics at Ruskin Ckill. Mem. of the White Rats (Actors' Union). Favors woman suffrage (Socialist). Author: Woman and the Social Problem; Indus- trial Education in Chicago (in Pedagogical Semi- nary); Education in the South (,'ournal ol Sociology). Chairman Nat. Sociahst Educational Com.; mem. of the Nat. Socialist Woman's Com.; mem. Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation; delegata to Internal. Socialist Congress at Copenhagen in 1910; delegate to Nat. Socialist Conventions, 1908, 1912. Recreations: Music and dramatic reading. Associate editor of Chicago Daily Socialist foui and one-half years. Lecturer for Interccllegiata Socialist Soc., also for Nat, Socialist Lyceum Bureau.

SIMONS, Sarah Emma, 1528 Corcoran St.,

Washington, D.C.

Teacher; b. Washington, Jan. 11, 1867; dau. Frank A. and Emma H. (Ciomstock) Simons, ed. Stanford Univ., A.B. '97; A.M. 1900; elected to Phi Beta Kappa Soc. Mem. Board of Examiners for teachers In the public schools of Washington, D.C. Contributor to Am. Journal of Sociolgy, Annals of the Am. Academy, Pedagogical Semi- nary, Educational Review, English Journal. Au- thor (in collaboration with C. I. Orr) : Dramatiza- tion of High School Classics. Editor (with notes and Introduction): Huxley's Autobiography and Selected Essays. Mem. Ass'n Coll. Alumnae, Am. Sociological Soc., Nat Council of Teachers of English.

SrSIONTON, Ida Vera, 245 W. Fifty-first St.,

N.Y. City.

African traveler, lecturer, writer; b. Pitts- burgh, Pa.; dau. Jefferson Wilson and Dydia Ellen (Hoover) Simonton; ed. in Pittsburgh; has spent several years at different times in Europe, making a general study of life and a particular study of women; has visited many parts of Africa; staff lecturer on Africa for the B'd of Education of Greater N.Y. City, and is con- sidered an authority on savage women and chil- dren of the West African jungles; some of her African scenes are perpetuated in window trans- parencies in the Negro Wall of the Am. Museum of Natural History, N.Y. City. Author: Hell's Playground; Housekeeping in the African Jungles; also numerous short stories and special magazine articles.

SIMPSON, Belle Bucltinghain (Mrs. William S.

Simpson), 2110 Lafayette Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Mo. ; dau. Edward MilldoUar and Emma (Marlow) Buckingham (descendant from Thomas Buckingham of London— died 1576 — through his son Thomas, who came to Mass. and founded the Buckingham family In America, also of Capt. Florence Croly, who fought In the Revolutionary War); ed. St. Louis, Mo.; m. St. Louis, 1876, William S. Simpson; children: Will- iam S. Jr., Lila Simpson Frazer, Mrs. Grace Simpson Taylor, Eklgar R., Virginia. Mem. of I'resbyterian societies, D.A.R. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

SIMI'SON, Edna Huestis (Mrs. Dwlght Swain Simpson), 1710 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Miniaturist; b. Troy, N.Y., Nov. 26, 1SS2; dau. George A. and Mary (Dorrance) Huestis; grad. Emma Willard School, Troy, N.Y.; Cornell Univ.; Art Students' League, N.Y. City; at Emma Wil- lard School won Moore's and Winder prize and L. E. Gurley prize, and at Art Students' League, N.Y., won scholarship prize for miniature paint- ing (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Troy, N.Y., May 5, 1909, Dwighl Swain Simpson. Elected to membership In Pa. Soc. of Miniature Painters, 1907; served on jury of selection for annual ex- hibition of Pa. Soc. of Miniature P{U^ters at Pa.

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