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��Club (eleemosynary society); Woman's Club, Palisade, N.J. Recreations: Music, literature, Bltruism. Episcopalian. Favors woman suf- frage. LANGE, Caroline Penny (Mrs. Alexis T. Lange),

2601 Le Conte Av., Berkeley, Cal.

Born Jackson, Mich., Apr. 26, 1867; dau. Charles Wilcox and Henrietta (Crosby) Penny; grad. Univ. of Mich., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '90 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Ann Arbor, Sept., 1891, Alexis T. Lange (prof, education and dean of the faculties, Univ. of Cal.); one daughter: Rufh Raymond Lange. Interested in vocational opportunities for women, other than teaching. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of verses in Sunset and other periodicals. Episco- palian. Republican. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alum- nee (Cal. branch). Clubs: Town and Gown, Twelve o'Clock, Bridge. Lange, Linda Bartels, 223 W. Preston St.,

Baltimore, Md.

Bom N.Y. City; ed. Ethical Culture School, N.Y. City; Bryn Mawr CoU., A B. '03; graduate student Woman's Coll. ot Baltimore, 1906-07; student Johns Hopkins Med. School, IMT-ll. Director of uut-door sporta, sup't of the building and ass't In gymnasium In BryE Mawr School, Baltimore, Md., 1905-07. Sec.. Fellowship Exten- sion Com. of College Settlement Ass'n, 1904-05; Bryn Mawr elector of the College Settlement Ass'n, 1904-06 (chairman Publication Com., 1905- 06) Treas. Haines Falla Free Library, 1904-10. Mem. Bryn Mawr Club of N.Y. City (treas. 1904-05). LANGLEY, Elizabeth Euphro8yn& Greenwood

Hall, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, 111.

Instructor: b. N.T. City, 4au. Joseph I.,afayette and Antoinette Fellcate (HaJe) Langley; ed. Univ. of Chicago, Naas Sloydtarafeseminarium, Swe>- den, 1800; head of Greenwood Hall, Univ. of Chicago. United States delegate and speaker. Congress of Education, I^ondon, 1910; also in Brussels, 1912; chairman Com. on Handwork In the elementary schools, 1907. Director Arts and Crafts, Lincoln Center, Chicago, 1897 1909; in- structor Northwestern Univ. Settlement; Instruc- tor Clybourn Av. Settlement; vice-pres. Nat. Soc. of Handicraft, associate editor Handicraft Mag- azine. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to publications of Western Drawing aad Manual Training Ass'n and publications of Nat. Educa.- tional Ass'n; pamphlets- Manual Training in the Elementary School; Manual Training Versus Technique (in Elementary School Teacher). 1907. Independent in religion, mem. All Souls' Church, Chicago. Progressive in politics. Recreations: Travel in America and Europe. Pres. Chicago Arts and Crafts Club; mem. Woman's City Club, WesttsTi Drawing and Manual Training Ass'n, Nat. Soc. for Promotion of Industrial Education Lecturer on History of Furniture, in Univ. of Chicago, Chicago Art Inst., and in general en- gagements. LANGSDOBF, Elsie Hirsch (Mrs. Alexander

Suss Langsdorf), 1205 Amherst PI., St. Louis,

Mo.

Born N.Y. City, Nov. 30, 1880; dau. Leopold and Bertha T. (Markens) Hirsch; grad. Cornell Univ., class 1903, A.B.; m. Newark, N.J., June 26, 1906 Alexander Suss Langsdorf; children: Helen, b Jan. 2, 1908; Alexander Suss, Jr., b. May 30, 1912. Head ass't Central Av. Public School, Newark, N.J., from 1905-06. Favors woman suf- frage. Clubs: Wednesday, Pioneers, the Woman's Club of Washington Univ., St. Louis. Founder and first pres. of Coll. Woman's Club of Essex Co., N.J. LANGSTAIT, Cora E. (Mrs. W. L. Langstafi),

Charles City, Iowa.

Bora Itasca, IlL, 1858; dau. Theodore and Susan (Datchelder) Pierce; ed. 111. State Univ. and Iowa Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa; m. Belmond, Iowa, 1881, W. L. Langstaft; children: Nellie H., Madge, Corlnne. Pres. W.C.T.U.; pres. Cultus Club, 1910-12; worthy matron, Order of Eastern Star; mem. Missionary Soc. and other church organizations. Recreation: Gardening. CoDLexeEatlonalist. Favors woman suffrage.

��LANGSTAFT, S. Josephine M. (Mrs. J. Elliot

Langstaff), 19 Seventh Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

(summer, Breljomere, Stony Brook, L.I.).

Born St. Catherines, Ont., Can.; dau. Bridg- water and Caroline (Arnold) Meredith; ed. the Misses Bucknall and St. Mary's Hall, Burling- ton, N.J.; law course in N.Y. Univ.; m. in N.J., Nov. 19, 1884, Dr. J. Elliot Langstaff; children: B. Meredith Langstaff (lawyer), J. Brett Lang- staff (both Harvard graduates.) Pres. Imperial Order Daughters of the (British) Empire in the U.S.A.; vice-pres. Master School of Music; pres. Brooklyn Branch Needlework Guild of America; Indian chairman of Woman's Auxiliary to Board of Missions, diocese of L.I. Mem. Municipal Art Soc, N.Y. City; Internat. Conference Com. of the Com. to Celebrate 100 Years of Peace, 1914- 15. Mem. of Standing Com. and Exec. Com. of N.Y. State Anti-Suffrage Soc. Episcopalian. Mem. Royal Colonial Inst, and Victoria League, of England; N.Y. State Library Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Driving, gardening. Clubs: Winter's Nlglit and British Imperial. LANGTON, Berenice (Mrs. Daniel W. Langton),

39 W. Sixty-seventh St., N.T. City.

Sculptor, medallist; b. Brie Co., Pa..,' dau. LeVerne and Helen (Rabell) Francis; m. New Haven, Conn., 1896, Daniel W. I.iangton, .landscape architect (died 1909); children: Francis, b. 1893; Berenice, b. 1899. Early study under Augustus St. Gaudens, later in Paris under criticism of August Rodin: principal work, portraits In round and relief, medallions, fountsJn and garden statuary. Mem. Am. Numismatic Soc. and Circle of Friends of the Medallion.

LANHAM, Edith Campbell Crane (Mrs. Samuel Tucker Lanham), Spartanburg, S.C. Bom Baltimore, Dec. 17. 1879; dau. Henry Ryland and Clara (Merrymian; Crane; ed. Miss Adams' School and Bryc Mawr School, Balti- more: Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. 1900; holder ot Bryn Mawr School scholarship, 1896-1900; winner of George W. Chllds Essay prize, 1900; m. "Robin Wood," Timonium, Md., Dec. 27, 1912, Samuel Tucker Lanham. of Spartanburg, S.C. Sec. of Bryn Mawr School, 1900-06: associate State sec. for N.Y. and N.J. Com. of Y.W.C.A.. 1906-07; corresponding sec'y Women's Missionary Union, Auxiliary to the Southern Baptist ConY>entloH, 1907-12; elected June, 1911, sec. of the Wom- en's Continuation Com. of the Baptist World Alliance; corr. sec. of Alumnae Ass'n of Bryn Mawr Coll. Interested In Young People's Bocie- tles, Sunday-school and other church work. Mem. Southern Baptist Church. LANIER, Elizabeth Slasson (Mrs. Sidney Lan- ier), Ellot, Me.

Director Farm and Camp School; b. Oshawa, Ont ; dau. George Alexander and Elizaibeth (Plumb) Masson : ed. by private instruction and high schools, also Ont. Women's Coll., 1884-88; m. Oambridge, Mass., 1902, Sidney Lanier; chil- dren: John Stevenson, David Masson, Sterling Lanier. Director of a girl's school in Toronto, Ont, 1899-1902; director of Farm and Camp School, Eliot, Me., 1907-12. Interested In Camp Fire Girls (hon. guardian in the Nat Assembly, and mem. of its Council). Favors woman suf- frage. Non-sectarian in religion (brought up in Church of England).

LANSDALE, Maria Hornor, 1011 Pine St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Writer, translator; b. Philadelphia; dau. Philip and Olivia (Luce) Lansdale; ed. private schools, America and Europe. Author: Paris, Its Sites, Monuments and History; Scotland, Historic and Romantic; The Chateaux of Touralne. Transla- tions: Constantinople and Morocco (from Italian of Eduardo de Amicis) ; Vienna (Victor Tissot); Rome (Francis Wey); Florence (Charles Trlarte) ; After the Divorce (Grazla Deledda); A Woman at Bay (Sibilla Alcramo). Protestant Episcopal. LANSING, Elfleda Haecker (Mrs. Robert C. J.ansing), 2237 Knapp St., St. Paul, Minn. Born Aekley, Iowa; daughter of Theophilus L. and Maria L. (Brown) Haecker; ed. Univ. of Minn., B.L. '98; Univ. of Neb., M.A. 1900 (major in English literature and minor in romance lan- guages) (Delta Gamma); m. St. Paul, Minn.,

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��June 27, 1906, Robert C. Lansing. Serves on com- mittee Minnesota Board of Missions; mem. Needlework Guild; Sunday-school teacher; inter- ested in missions. Favors woman sirlTrage. Baptist. Mem. St. Anthony Park Ass'n, Froula Reading Circle, Faculty Woman's Club (Univ. of Minn.).

LANSrSG, Marion Florence, 49 Dana St., Cam- bridge, Mass.

Writer; b. Waverly, Mass., June 10, 1883; dau. John Aj-nold and Jenny (Stickney) LAnslug; grad. Cambridge Latin School, '98; Mount Holyoke Coll., A.B. '03; RadcUffe, A.M. '05. Editor Open Road Library of Juvenile literature (7 vols.). Interested In religious and philanthropic work. Author: BsLrbarlan and Noble; Patriots and Trrants; also magazine articles. Joint au- thor (with Edward ChanntTig) : The Story of the Great Lakes. Congregutionallst. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political BJqaality Astr'n of Ciun- bridge. Republican.

LANSINO, Sarftlt Tr«adway (Mrs. }t.raea B. W.

Ijansing), Tenafly, N.j.

Born Pontiac, Mich., Sept. 27, 1861; dau. Henry Holmes and Tabitha (Vau'x) Treadway; ed. Pon- tiac grammar and high schools; grad. Vaasar CoU., A.B. '83; m. Pontlac, Mlchu, Jan. 8, 1890, Dr. James B. W. ftansLng; oMldreii; Ssjaford Green, b. Max. 11, 1892; Chiriefi Treadway b. Oct, 11, 1893; Sarah Treadway, b. April 19, 1895 (died Sept. 14, 1895). Against wamAD sufti-age. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Club of Engle- wood, N.J.

LANTZ, Kleanor, 78 Treacy Av., Newark, N.J.

Attendance ■ofBcer for Boartl of JCdncatlon; b. Stewartsville, N.J., Aug. 14, 1881; dau. Charles and Alice (Shlpraan) liaiitz; grad. >I«wark; public BchcM)!, 1896; Newark High School, 1900; student Cornell Univ., 1901-04. Mem, Newark Guild of Hom<y)pathlc Hosp., Friendly Visitors' Confer- ence, College V/oman'8 Club of Essex Co., Social Workers' Club of Essex Co. Recreations: Skat- ing, walking, dsmclng. Presbyterian.

LxYNZA DI BKOLO, Marquise Cl^ra (Marquise

Manfredi Lanza di Brolo), 1712 H St., Wash- ington, D.C.

Author; b. Fort Riley, Kan.; dau. Dr. William A. and Helen (Nisbet) Hammond; ed. by private tutors and at Mrs. Williams' Acad., N.Y. City; also Dresden, Germany; m. May 10, 1877, the Marquis Manfredi Lanza di Brolo, of Palermo, Sicily; children: Oorrado, Manfredi, Antonio (the two former ofBcers in U.S. Army, and latter in U.S. Marine Hospital Service). Active in the Roman Catholic Church. Author: Mr. Perkins' Daughter; A Righteous Apostate; Basil Morton's Transgression; The Weston Tragedy; Horace Everett; The Dweller on the Borderland; has contributed to the various magazines and peri- odicals as well as to the newspapers. Catholic. rA PAGE, Gertrude, 641 Oilman St., Palo Alto,

Cal.

Nurse; b. Elgin, la., Dec. 10, 1871; dau. George and Martha (Waterworth) La Page; ed. public schools of California; two years special student at Stanford Univ. Professional nurse, usually in private families; visiting nurse for Associated Charities in San Francisco for al>out a year; settlement nurse. Author: Children of Thorn Wreath (a colection of true stories connected with the Children's Hospital of San Francisco, where she was graduated). Congregatlonalist. Mem. Progressive Party. LAPHAM, Kafchleem Helena Mary Boddy (Mrs.

George H. Lapham), 52 E. Plfty-fourth St.,

N.Y. City.

Bom Toronto, Can., Oat. 28, 1870; dau. Rev. Samuel Johnston Boddy (rector of St. Peter's Church, Toronto, 45 years, and ArohdeacoiB of York for over 33 years) and Clara Louisa (Lynes) Boddy; ed. private schools and Hellmuth Coll., London, Ont.; m. Toronto, June 13, 1889, George H. Lapham (died August, 1910). Pres. York Club, N.Y. City. Against woman suffrage; chair- man Finance Com. of N.Y. State Opposed to Woman Suffrage; mem. Executive Com. Epis- copalian. Metn. Ladies' Empire Club of London, Toronto Hunt Club of Toronto, Can.

��I.APII.XAI, Mary E., Highlands, N.C.

Physicitm; b. Northville, Mich., 1860; dau. Jared S. and Martha (Gregory) Lapham; ed. Woman's Medical Coll., Philadelphia, Pa., Univ. of Munich, etc. Head of Highlands Camp San^ torium, at Highlands, N.C. Favors woman suf- frage.

LAPPINGTON, Myrtle Parke (Mrs. Eugene Lee Lapplngton), 147 E. Twenty-first St., N.Y. City. Born DeGraff, Ohio; dau. Joseph Hixon and Sarah Ellen (Cowan) Parke; descendant in pater- nal line from James Parke, a zealous Quaker preacher of Wales, through his son. Dr. Roger Parke, of Edinburgh, Scotland, who sailed on the ship "The Shield," in 1678, and settled in what is now Hopewell, N.J. ; mother was daugh- ter of Henry Cowan, Revolutionary patriot of Shenandoah, Va. ; ed. in DeGraff (Ohio) High School; m. (1st) Richard Parran Wolfe (de- cca<ird); one son: H.nrpld Parke Wolfe; m. (2d) Eugene Lee Lappington, of Texas (of Va. Lee family). Always interested in music; sang in choral work in Ohio, Texas, Mass. and N.Y. City; also in church choirs in Ohio. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Christian Science Church, and aids In its important work. Democrat. Has traveled extensively in this and other countries. Mem. Glee Club, N.Y. City Theater Club, Texas Club, Daughters of Ohio, N.Y. City Federation of Women's Clubs.

LABDNER, Lena Bogardus (Mrs. Henry Lard-

ner), 815 Bond St., Niles, Mich.

Bom Catskill, N.Y., June 2, 1843; dau. Rev. J. S. and Eliza Jane (Thompson) Phillips; ed. at home by father; m. Niles, Mich., Nov. 6, 1851, Henry Lardner; children: Elizabeth, Mary Evelyn, William Phillips, Henry, Lena, Reginald, Anna, Ringgold William. Mem. Episcopal Church. Author: Sparks from the Yule Log; This Spray of Western Pine; also short stories for papers and magazines.

LASKXV, Edna Crate (Mrs. John D. Larkln, Jr.), 65 Lincoln Parkway, Buffalo, NT. Bom Buffalo, N.Y., Dec, 31^ IgSO; dau. James

and EMa (Pryor) Crate, ed, Buffalo Sem. r m.

Buffalo, Feb. 12, 1901, John D. Larkiii, Jr. ;

children: J. Crate, John D III, Mary Frances.

Favors woman suffrage. PreshTtorian. Mem.

Graduates' Ass'n, Twentieth Century Club of

Buffalo.

LAKKJN, Katherlne B. S. (Mrs. Adrian H. Lar- kin), 6 6 E. Fifty-sixth. St., N.T. City Born Nutley, N.J. ; dau. James Sheafs and Jeannle (Buckley) Satterthwalte; wi. at hom*( by governesses; m. NuUey, N.J., Adrian. H. L.arktn; children: James S., Sarah E., Lawrence. Mem. Woman's Municipal Leagrue of N.Y., Colony Club (N.Y. City). Recreation: Riding. Episcopalian.

LAKNETJ, AnsVLHta, 2S Blackburn Rd., Sutn-

mlt, N.J.

Author and Journalist; b Rutlajid, .Tefferaon Co., N. Y., April 16, 18;{&; dau. Zebedew and Ssiraii Ann Etheridge Larned; ed. Potsdam Acad., St. Laurence Co., N.j., and Spingler Inet., N.Y. City, grad. 1853. Began writlne for publication, 1X67; for nearly one year (1870-71) waii editor of The Revolution, Srst woman's richt& v*-Per. Author of eleven volumes: Hom« Stories, .Fireside Sto- ries; Talks with Girls; Old Tales; Retold Grecian Mythology; The Nurse Grandmotber ; Scaudl- navian Mythology; In the Woods and Fields (ve*«e); wrote two series of KV«tch<rf! publlF-bed in N.Y. Evening Post, one, VUlagc Photographs, later published in book form. Over 30 y?ars editorial writer, correspondent and contributor for Christian Register. Boston ; ..-ontributor to many periodicals. Mem. Meridian Club of N.Y. City (woman's). Favors woman suffrage. Has traveled extensively in Europe, including Greece; also in Egypt; also Far West and Hawaii.

I-ABNED, Linda HmII (Mrs. Samuel B. Lamed),

614 James St., S.vracuse. N.T.

Born Little Falls. N.Y. ; dau. David Henry and Mary (Schermorhorn) Hull; ed. Keble School, Syracuse; m. Syracuse, Nov. 4, 1874, Samuel B. Larned. Former pres. Household Ecbnomio Ass'n. Author: The Hostess of To-day; The Ne^? Hostess of To-day, 1912; contributor to magazines

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��on household economics and cookery. Episco- palian. Mem. of local organizations.

LAKOM, Elizabeth Elmira Shnte (Mrs. Frank William Larom), 219 W. Seventy-eighth St., N.Y. City.

Bom N.Y. City, Nov. 12, 1867; dau. William and Martha Ann (Hastings) Shute; ed. private schools and Twelfth St. public school and Nor- mal Coll., N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, Dec 14, 18S7, Prank William Larom; children: Irving Hast- ings, Bldith Emerson (died 1905). Interested in animal welfare and charities in general. Mem. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, St. Mary's Children's Hospital, Consumers' League. Protestant Episcopal. Recreation: Golf. Against woman suffrage.

LABBABEE, Anna Pratt (Mrs. Frank D. Larra- bee), 119 Groveland Av., Minneapolis, Minn. Bom St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 10, 1872; dau. Frank H. and Helene (Bossnot) Pratt; ed. St. Paul High School, Bennet Seminary, Minneapolis, '91; m. Oct 1, 1890, Frank D. Larrabee; children: Weldon Gary, Wilber Pratt. Charter mem. La- dies' Thursday Musicale; mem. Interlachen Ck>un- try Club. Recreation: Golf. Episcopalian. Fa- vors woman suffrage.

LARSON, Agnes (Mrs. R. A. Larson), Portales,

New Mexico,

Bom Frenehville, Wis., Nov. 24, 1875; dau. ReT. Lars Shervln (Lutheran minister) and Oline (Stovern) Shervin ; ed. in public schools, at home and the Richmond Acad., Madison, Wis.; at the Ladies' Sem., Red Wing, Minn.; m. Story City, Iowa, Aug. 29, 1896, R. A. Larson; children: Selma Ingred, Rupert Shervin, Ruth Gretchen Oline. Mem. the Benevolent Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Lutheran synod. Mem. Am. Woman's League, Am. Woman's Republic, School Improvement Ass'n; was the first pres. of the local chapter of Am. V/oman's League, Springdale, Ark. Mem. Woman's Club of Por- tales; first pres. at Portales of the Am. Wom- an's Republic of Portales, both belonging to the State Federation. LASH, Bertha Beatrice, 1449 East Sixty-sixth

Place, Chicago, 111.

Reader and teacher; b. Onargo, 111.; dau. John and Katherine (Scott) Lash; ed. Onargo High School, special schools in Chicago and the East and two years in medicine. Four years prof, of oratory and physical education, Hedding Coll.-; five years physical director Y.W.C.A., Minne- apolis and St. Louis; founder Chicago School of Physical Education and Expression and principal of same five years; lecturer and reader; director of physical education in Ohautauquas; dramatic reader and teacher of physical education and expression. Interested in Y.W.C.A. and social service. Methodist.

lASHEB, Mrs. Susan Elizabeth, 220 W. Sixty- ninth 6t., N.Y. City.

Bom Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Edward A. and Caroline (Schnetz) Carter; born shortly after father's death; was the ward of Adolph Schwarz- man, publisher of Puck, and was educated In his home and at Brooklyn High School; art course In Adelphi College; proof-reading at Heffley*s; languages under private teachers; widow; had one son (deceased). Began journal- ism with Brooklyn Life; society editor of Town and Country, 1902-12; still connected with Town and (Jountry, and has a signed page, "Some Lit- tle Talk Awhile," in Brooklyn Life every week; contributor every month to Dress; author of series of articles in Good Housekeeping, making careful study and psychological analysis of Amer- ican social life in its connection with broader sociological conditions in this country. Author of Letters to a Social Climber (The Delineator), and Patricia in New York (fiction, in Washington Life) ; studied proof-rfeading, and learned to set type by hand. Has a home in model tenements, taken in preparation for making close acquaint- ance with children of the poor, with desire to write child stories. Favors woman suffrage, Mem. of the Equal Franchise Soc. of New York, and using all her influence on press to help the suffrage mov^nent.

��LASSEN, Helene Siverine, 152 Henry St, Brook- lyn, N.Y.

Physician; b. city of Bergen, Norway, June 16, 1840; dau. Elling and Ingeborg Lassen; came with parents to U.S. in 1S47; ed. Brooklyn public schools; studied medicine at the N.Y. Med. Ck)ll. and Hospital for Women (grad. Mar. 23, 1871). Mem, College Alumnae Ass'n; charter mem. of the first English Lutheran Church in Brooklyn. Interested in suffrage questions; active mem. Brooklyn Suffrage Ass'n. Congregationalist; mem. of missionary societies and Sorosis Club. LATHAM, Elsie Gaylord (Mrs. John C. La- tham), 1472 Fourth Av., Louisville, Ky.

Bom Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 13, 1879; dau. Thomas G. and Alice (Brannin) Gaylord; ed. Misses Ely's School, N.Y. City; m. Louisville, Ky., Dec. 10, 1901, John C. Latham; one daughter, Alice Gaylord. Mem. Fincastle Chapter D.A.R. Eplseoi>alian. Favors woman suffrage. L.^THKOP, Ida Pulis (Mrs. Cyrus Clark Lath-

rop), 151 S. Allen St., Albany, N.Y.

Artist; b. Troy, N.Y., Oct. 27, 1859; dau. Abram W. and (Catherine (Sheffer) Pulis; sell- educated In art; m. Troy, N.Y., Cyrus Clark Lathrop; children: Dorothy Pulis, Gertrude Katherine. Exhibited at Nat. Acad. Design, N.Y. City, Minneapolis Exposition, Chicago Art Inst., Boston Art Club, Erie Art Club. Repre- sented In the permanent collection of the James- town Art Gallery. LATHKOF, Isabel Stevens (Mrs. Benjamin G.

Lathrop), 7 Lansdowne Rd., Holland Pk., W.,

London, England.

Singer, and writer of music books; b. in CJall- fornia; dau. Dr. E. B. and Isabella (Stevens) Harris; ed. at Nevada, Berkeley, Cal., Belgium, N.Y. City, and pupil of Jean de Reszke in Paris; m. Benjamin G. Lathrop; children: Isabel Stev- ens, Sylvia Alexander, Elsie CJordon. Singer of historical programs and lecturer on history of music in U.S. up to 1912; now in England, con- tinuing same, and writing books on same sub- ject. Identified with educational dep't of music. Author: Musical Dates for LltUe Pates, 1912; in preparation. Musical Calendar for (Children. Much Interested in bettering conditions among women; has done a great deal of work among the settlements. LATHKOP, Jnlia C, Children's Bureau, Dept

of Commerce and Labor, Washington, D.C.

Born Rockford, 111., 1858; dau. Wtmwn and S. Adeline (Potter) Lathrop; ed. Vassar, A..B. '80; honorary degree LL.D., Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1912. Resident Hull House; long identified with social work. Mem. 111. State B'd of Charities for 12 years; first appointment 1893. Chief of Federal Children's Bureau from 1912. LATHROP, Mary Alinda, 67 Greenwood Av..

Montclair, N.J.

Teacher; b. Black Hawk, Colo., Feb. 12, 1868; dau. Samuel Pierce and Mary Elizabeth (Springer) Lathrop; grad. high school, Attleboro, Mass. (valedictorian) '85; Cornell Univ., Ph.B. '96, special mention in mathematics and special diploma in pedagogy (Kappa Kappa Gamma); student at Amherst, Chautauqua, (Cornell Sum- mer School, Alliance Frangaise, Paris; certificate from Univ. of Grenoble, France, '05; special course Columbia. Taught mathematics in high school, Attleboro, Mass., 1S91-93; mathematics and French, Ithaca, N.Y., 1S96-1907; head French dep't High School, Montclair, N.J., 1907—. Mem. Board Directors of the Alliance Frangaise, Mont- clair; mem. McAll Mission (Montclair branch); active in Unitarian Sunday-school; interested in the neighborhood work of the Unitarian Church. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. N.Y. Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Ass'n, Cornell Alumnae Ass'n (N.Y. City), Altruist Soc. (Montclair), Co-operative Soc. (Montclair), N.J. State Teach- ers Ass'n, N.J. High School Teachers Ass'n, New England Modern Language Ass'n, etc. Rec- reations: Dancing, cards, walking. (3lubs: Wo- man's (Upper Montclair), Teachers, College Woman's (Montclair). LATHKOP, Rose Hawthorne (In religion

Mother Mary Alphonsa), 423 Cherry St, N.T.

City.

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��1854; youngest daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, the novelist, and Sophia Amelia (Peabody) Haw- thorne; ed. In public schools; m. 1871, George Parsons (died 1S98). Author: Along the Shore (poems); Memories of Hawthorne; A Story of Courage (In collaboration with George Parsons Lathrop). Since widowhood has devoted herself to the work of improving the condition of the poor, especially destitute women affected with cancer, in whose behalf she established the St. Rose's Free Home for Cancer and Rosary Hill Home, of which she is the directress. Entered the Dominican Community of the Third Order, of which she is now superioress.

LATIMER, Caroline AVornieley, 823 Hamilton

Terrace, Baltimore, M-l.

Physician, editor; b. Baltimore, Md.; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of Baltimore, M.D. '90; post-prraduate med. course, Johns Hopkins Hos- pital, 1890-91; graduate student Bryn Mawr Coll., 1891-96, A.B.. A.M. '96; Johns Hopkins Med. School, 1896-98. Editor of Medical Dictionary, 1310-11. LATUIEB, Lilian Emmeline, Box 124, Hyatts-

vllle, Md.

State organizer; b. Prince George Co., Mary- land, May 17, 1875; dau. Thomas Harris and Vir- ginia (Ford) Latimer; ed. Maryland School for the Blind, 1884-92. Actively interested in mis- sionary work. Episcopalian. P>res. Associated Blind Women of Maryland; vice-pres. Maryland Ass'n Workers for the Blind. Before becoming identified with the work for the blind was ac- tively engaged in church work, teaching in Sun- day-school and playing the church organ.

LATTIMORE, Eleanor Larrabee, 595 University

Av., Rochester, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Rochester, N.Y. ; ed. Miss Crutten- den's School, Rochester; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. 1900; Univ. of Wis., summer term, 1898; graduate student Univ. of Rochester, 1900-02 and 1903-04, A.M. '04; graduate student Univ. of Pa., summer term, 1911. 1913; mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc, 1910. Instructor in nature study, Columbia School, Rochester, and private tutor, 1898-1900; teacher of science, Columbia School, 1900-01; in- structor in science, Normal Training School, Rochester, 1902-04; Instructor in anatomy and physiology, Rochester City Hospital Training School for Nurses, 1902-06; instructor in biology. East High School, Rochester, since 1904. Sec. Civic Betterment Committee, Rochester, 1908-13. Mem. Alumnae Ass'n of Univ. of Rochester (pres. 1907-09). LATTIMOKE, Sarah Catherine Shivers (Mrs.

J. L. Lattlmore), Dublin, Tex.

Teacher; b. Marion, Ala., Jan. 1, 1841; dau. Dr. O. L. and Catherine O. (Woodfln) Shivers; grad. Judson Female Inst., Marion, Ala., '57 (with first honors) ; m. Aug. 9, 1860, Rev. J. L.. Lattlmore (Baptist minister); children: John C, city Bup't of schools, Waco, Tex.; O. S., State Senator of Texas; Mrs. R. B. Spencer, Mrs. Jesse Purvis, Mrs. C. G. Forest, Mrs. J. M. Higeinbotham, Mrs. Q. C. Butte, lawyer; S. H. Engaged In teaching at irregular intervals until 1883; since then has taught consecutively; taught In Dublin (Texas) Institute for twenty years, until quit teaching, 1905, at the age of 64. Has been a Sunday-school teacher for many years; a worker in the Ladles' societies of the Baptist Church; teacher in mission societies; sec. and treas. In the County Union; has been called on to speak at the meetings and In the adjacent towns on religious subjects. Baptist. Mem. Ladies' Aid and Missionary Societies, D.A.R. Recreations: Flowers and their culture. Mem. Woman's Tuesday Club of Dublin, for ten years; leader of Shakespearian study; one of leaders in South American stud.es. LATUS, Grace Druitt (Mrs. Charles Conrad

Latus), 625 Woodbourne Av., Pittsburati, Pa.

Journalist, writer; b. Mt. Oliver, Allegheny Co., Pa.; dau. Samuel H. and Anna B. (Walter) Druitt; ed. Maryland Coll., Lutherville, Md.; Pa. Coll. for Women; School for Journalism, Univ. of Pittsburgh; m. Gallon, Ohio, Oct 1, 1903, Charles Conrad Latus; children: Druitt, Grace Elizabeth. Pres. Pittsburgh Chapter Am.

��Woman's League. Contributor to leading news- papers and weeklies, special feature writer, short story writer. Mem. Woman's Club of Pittsburgh. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal Franchise Federation of Western Pa.

LADBENDER, Ruth Elizabeth, Malvern, Ohio. Artist; b. Malvern, Ohio, July 6, 1864; dau. Michael and Mary Barbara (Wenkheimer) Lau- bender; grad. Union City (Pa.) High School. '8J (valedictorian); Allegheny Coll., A.B. '86. Stud- ied painting under Ernest Knautt, Magda Heuer- man and Monsieur Albert Fleury; studied and worked much alone. Mem. Cincinnati Branch of the Methodist Woman's Foraign Missionary Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Independent in politics. Recreation: Visiting art galleries.

LAUDER, Ella Louise (Mrs. Daniel A. Lauder), 33 Way St., Blnghamton, N.Y. Born Harford, Pa., Sept. 26, 1863; dau. Benja- min F. and Julia A. (Thatcher) Watrous; grad. Binghamton High School, '83; m. Binghamton, N.Y., Mar. 1, 1888, Daniel A. Lauder; children: C Louise, Harold W., Robert B. Sec. Mission- ary Soc; teacher of adult class in Sunday-school. Against woman suffrage. Has written hymns, songs, short stories; was editor three years of Household Department of The Midland. Presby- terian. Mem. King's Daughters and missionary societies, and Anti-Tuberculosis League. Pres. Friday Afternoon Club (a literary and travel club) since organization, 13 years ago. LAUDERDALE, Josephine Lane (Mrs. John Vance Lauderdale), 241 Eigthty-fourth St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born N.Y. City; dau. Nathan and Emma (Hall) Lane; ed. Packer Coll. Inst.,. Brooklyn; m. Brook- lyn. 1880, Maj. John Vance Lauderdale; children: Frances Helen, Marjorle, John Vance. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Brooklyn branch Suf- frage Soc. Presbyterian. Mem. Sorosls Club. Worked much among the Indians and for the good of the soldiers (her husband having been medical officer in U.S. Army). Mem. church societies, also Hospital Auxiliary Soc. LAUGHLIN, Ada Mabelle, 3119 Manitou Av., Los Angeles, Cal.

Osteopathic physician; b. Granville, Putnam Co., 111., June 10, 1850; dau. Alexander Martin and Harriet Frances (Kingsbury) Laaghlin; ed. 111. State Normal School, Bloomington, 111., '67-'09 (course not completed) ; did class A work at Mass. Normal Art School In Boston, 1882. Pre- paratory work done at Granville Acad., 111. Re- ceived first teacher's certificate at fourteen years. Taught first term wh-eti fifteen, and has been in the schoolroom 52 consecutive years, either as student or teacher. Took med. course at Pacific Coll. of Osteopathy, 1906-09; received diploma from Post-Grad. Med. School In San Francisco, April, 1910; also State Med. license. Taught twelve years in Bloomington, 111., received four promotions; twelve years as supervisor of draw- ing in St. Paul (Minn.) public schools and twelve years as director of Art Dep't, Los Angeles (Cal.) Normal School. At fifty-six entered Medv^al Coll., and won diploma and State med. license before she was sixty. Has taught for five years in the Congregational Chinese Mission, and for six years In the Congregational Japanese Mission, and practised osteopathy five years. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republlcan- Progressive voter. Recreation: Painting china. Mem. Women's Med. Club of the Pacific Coll. of Osteopathy, Los Angeles, Cal. LAUGITLIN, Clara Elizabeth, 3711 Pine Grove Av., Chicago, 111.

Writer; b. N.Y. City, Aug. 3, 1873; dau. Samuel Wilson and Elizabeth (Abbott) Laughlin; ed. Chicago public schools, 1885-90; grad. North Di- vision High School, '90. Became literary editor of the Interior at 18; remained in that position for nearly 19 years, but during those years was also on advisory editorial staff of many leading pub- lishers In the East. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Evolution of a Girl's Ideal; Stories of Authors' Loves; Divided; Miladi; When Joy Begins: The Lady In Gray; Felicity; The Death of Lincoln; Just Folks; Everybody's Lonesome; Children of To-morrow; The Gleaners; The

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��Penny Philanthropist; and contributions to lead- ing magazines. Presbyterian. Club: The Little Room.

LAUGHLIN, Gail 616 Kittredge Building, Den- ver, Colo.

Lawyer; b. Robbinston, Me., May 7, 1868; dau. Robert Clark and Elizabeth (Stuart) Laughlin; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. ; Cornell Univ. Law Coll., LL.B. Winner debate prize; leader inter- 2ollegiate debate team; founder and pres. of the Agora (Wellesley). Admitted to bar of New i'ork, 1898; Colorado, 1908; expert agent U.S. Industrial Commission, 1900-01. Active in po- litical, civic and philanthropic work. Mem. Colorado State Board of Pardons; sec. State Executive Com. of Progressive Party; pres. Woman's Public Service League of Colorado; director Denver Social Center and Day Nursery; director Colorado Soc. for Social Health; Colo- rado councillor of Ass'n of Collegiate Alumna; officer or director in numerous other organiza- tions for social, civic and political betterment. Favors woman suffrage. Vice-pres. Colorado Ekjual SuHrage Ass'n; life mem. Nat. Woman Suffrage Aso'n, Me. Equal Suffrage Ass'n; lec- turer for Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 19i02--06; active in California campaign (1911) and In eharge of election day work in San Francisco. Author: Report on Domestic Service, published by U.S. Government and included in report of U.S. Industrial Commission; numerous articles on the tariff and other economic questions, published in the American Economist and other publications. Mem. Progressive Party. Mem. Denver Bar Ass'n, Woman's Trade Union League. Recreations: Fishing, riding, tennis. Director of Woman's Club of Denver; mem. Colorado Wellesley Club, Denver Woman's Press Club, Colorado Mountain Club, Jane Addams Progressive Club.

I.AUGHLIN, Kate Kimbrongh (Mrs. N. B. Laughlin), Santa F6, N.Mex. Born Roane Co., Tenn., Oct. 12, 1S57; dau. William and Rebecca (Ellis) Kimbrough; ed. Abingdon, Va.; m. Dallas, Tex., Dec. 13, 1883, N. B. Laughlin; children: Rur.h, Helen. Inter- ested in literature; State chairman Civic Com. N. Mex. Fed. Women's Clubs. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian; active in church work. Mem. Archseologic Soc, Woman's B'd of Trade. Recreation: Literature. Mem. Fifteen Club. LAUKIAT, Harriet Fidelia (Mrs. Charles E. Lauriat), 1120 Beacon St., Brookline, Mass. Born Bedford, Mass., Nov. 13, 1847; dau. Cyrus and Susan (Hall) Page; grad. Gannett Inst., Bos- ton, with honor, '66; m. Nov. 13, 1867, Charles E. Lauriat; children: Susan Foster, Charles E., Blanche. Regent of Isaac Gardner Chapter D.R., 1909-12; pres. Gannett Alumnse Ass'n since its foundation. Unitarian. Mem. BroTvn- ing Ass'n, Boston. Has summer home at Squir- rel Island, Me. LAUT, Agaes C, Wassaic, N.Y.

Author; b. in Ontario, Can., Feb. 11, .1871; dau. John and Eliza (George) Laut; ed. Manitoba Univ. Correspondent American, Canadian and English papers and raagazines. Author: Lords of the North; Herald of Empire; Story of the Trapper; Pathfinders of the West; Vikings of the Pacific; Conquest of the Great Northwest; The Empire of the North; Freebooters of the Wilderness.

LAUTEKBACH, Amanda Friedman (Mrs. Ed- ward Lauterbach), 761 Fifth Av., N.Y. City. Born Green Bay, Wis. ; dau. Arnold and Wil- helmina von Bernhard (Straubel) Friedman; early girlhood spent in Paris, France; grad. from Mrs. Sylvanus Reed's School, N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, Jan. 12, 1871, Edward Lauterbach. Helped secure the passage of philanthropic laws, such as the Mercantile Bill, the new Tombs, the Public School Bill, the Prison Bill, Anti-Sweat- srs' Bill, regulating beneficially the employment of certain industrial classes. Vice-pres. Women's Philharmonic Soc, Tice-pres. Woman's Suffrage League; directress Women's Auxiliary of N.Y. Lying-in Hospital; was the first vice-pres. of the Consumers' League, which she a:-'sist€d in organizing; vice-pres. Vivisection Investigation League; was first vice-pres. of the first kinder-

��garten organized in N.Y. City; directress in Stony Wold No. 9, tor the treatment of tuber- culosis; directress Little Mothers, also Public Education Soc. Mem. of other philanthropic and charitable institutions, various suffrage ass'ns and Child's Welfare Ass'n, St. James' Lutheran Church. Recreations: Music, reading. Has frequently sung for charities. LAW, Lizzie Woodbury, 161 Madison Av., N.T.

City.

Insurance manager; b. Lynn, Mass.; dau. George W. and Julia (Woodbury) Law; ed. in schools of Lynn, Mass. Manager of Ekjuitable Life Insurance Soc. Ex-T)res. Nat. Soc. Neiw England Women. Mem. Rainy Day Club. LAWHEAD, Lydia D. (Mrs. H. D. Lawhead),

Woodland, Cal.

Vice-principal of the Woodland High School; b. Cassopolis, Mich., Jan. 28, 1859; dau. Amos and Rebecca (Hebron) Jones; ed. Cassopolis High School, Valparaiso Normal, grad. Univ. of Cal.; m. Woodland, Cal., July 2, 1882, Dr. H. D. Lawhead; one adopted son, born in Berlin. Has been a teacher for many years; prepared boys for college before th« time of high school; helped organize high school. Treas. and mem. of Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Church; helped to raise funds for its construction; mem. of the Probation Com. for Juvenile Work; best work has been taking homeless children and sending them to school; has had six boys and one girl; all have become well educated and capable citizens. Writes occasionally for a re- view or a current topic of interest; has had articles in local daily papers, California Outlook, and some in Poet Lore. Past matron of the Order of Eastern Star; mem. Ex. Ck>m. of School Women's Clubs in Col., Collegiate Alumnae of Cal., Am. Hist. Soc; pres. of the Woodland Study Club. Recreations: Summer outings to mountains or seaside, traveling in U.S. and abroad. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; has written and talked for the cause. LAWLOK, LUiie, 158 Madison Av., N.Y. City.

Singer; b. San Francisco, Jan. 10, 1874; dau. John Martin and Jean Kerr (Liddell) Lawlor; chairman Art Exhibitions, N.Y. School of Ap- plied Design. Mem. Astronomical Soc. of France; sec. Internat. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Patron of all the arts, possessing rare collections of paintings and original draw- ings. Mem. Colony Club of N.Y. LAWRENCE, Carrie Craft, Patterson, Putnam

Co., N.Y.

Teacher; b. N.Y. City, Nov. 8, 1859; dau. John Benedict and Virginia (Bishop) Lawrence; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. '82, and post-grad, course. Presbyterian. Recreation: Traveling. LAWRENCE, Ella Park (Mrs. George A. Law- rence), 590 North Prairie St., Galesburg, 111.

Born Parkville, Mo.; dau. George S. Park (Colo- nel, Senator) and Marj' Louise (Holmes) Park; ed. Parkville, Knox Coll., and Vassar Coll.; re- ceived several prizes in historical and literary dep'ts; mem. literary societies in college; m. Magnolia, 111., October, 1SS2, Hon. George A. Lawrence; one daughter, Rebecca Park Lawrence. Pres. for years of the Ladies' Aid Soc. of the Presbyterian Church; served on several b'ds of trustees of colleges; charter mem. of Park Coll. Hospital, Free Kindergarten College Alumnae Ass'n; seven years regent of Rebecca Park Chapter D.A.R., in Galesburg; re-elected to third term as State regent of the D.A.R. in 111.; mem. of Nat. Committee; also mem. of Daughters of Founders and Patriots, Soc. of Colonial Dames, and other patriotic organizations. Has written for periodicals and newspapers. Author: Indus- trial Lessons for College Use, 1881; prominent in literary work. Presbyterian. Republican. Vice-pres. Kindergarten Ass'n and one of its founders; interested in all charitable societies. Mem. Hawthorne Club. Identified with many religious, social and philanthropic activities. Especially interested in and a worker for welfare of women and children and patriotic work. LAWRENCE, Isabel, 417 Second Av., South,

St. Cloud, Minn.

Teacher; b. Jay, Me., 1853; dau. Francis and Susan Norton (Winslow) Lawrence; ed. high

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��jjchoo], Portland, Me.; Normal School, Oswego, N.Y. Training teacher, Normal School, Oswego, N.Y.; primary supervisor, Yonkers, N.Y., 1876; training teacher, Normal School, Whitewater, Wis., 1877; training teacher, Normal School, St. Cloud, Minn., 1879-1912. Author: Classified Read- ing, a guide to Children's Literature. Episco- palian.

LAWKENCE, Llna, 3909 Locust St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Born Norristown, Pa. ; dau. Henry and Caro- line (Whitall) Lawrence; ed. Friends School, Providence, R,I. ; Smith Coll., Northampton, Mass.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '89. Episcopalian; ass't in Church Settlement, St. Peter's House, Philadelphia, 1893-96; worker at Church Settle- ment, Calvary House, N.Y. City, 1900-01.

L.AWRENCE, Margaret [Livingeton] Stanton

(Mrs. Frank Eugene Lawrence), Woman's Uni- versity Club, 99 Madison Av., N.Y. City. Per- manent, Shoreham, Suffolk Co., L.I., N.Y. Director of physical training; b. Seneca Falls, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1852; dau. Hon. Henry Brewster Stanton and his wife, the celebrated Elizabeth Cady Stanton; sister of Mrs. Harriet Stanton Blatch; grad. Vassar, A.B. '76; Anderson Nor- mal School of Gymnastics, Adelphi Coll., Brook- lyn, '91; other degrees from Harvard Summer School of Physical Training, Cambridge, Mass., '92; Chautauqua Summer School of Physical Training, Chautauqua, N.Y., '93; Gilbert Summer School of Athletic Dancing, Boston, '95; m. Tenafly, N.J., Oct. 2, 1878, Prank Eugene Law- rence. Director of physical training at Teachers' Coll., Columbia Univ., 1891-1901, and at St. Agatha School, N.Y. City, 1902-10. Favors woman suffrage; active worker in Women's Political Union. Mem. Anderson Gymnastic Club, Am. Soc. Physical Education, Women's University Club. Presbyterian.

r,AWRENCE, Mary Dablgren (Mrs. Samuel Lawrence), Kansas City, Mo.; 825 W. Fortieth St., or 1019 New York Life Building, N.Y. City.

Lawyer; b. Edina, Mo.; dau. James Monroe and Margaret L. (Watson) Dahlgren; ed. country schools, high school (grad.), Kansas normal schools; mem. Kansas City (Mo.) bar, her hus- band being her law preceptor; m. Meade, Mo., 1892, Samuel Lawrence. Admitted to bar 1895, being the first woman officially admitted in Missouri; since then practising law with hus- band in firm of Lawrence & Lawrence. Was formerly school teacher, county sup't of public instruction; editor of Mead (ZIounty Nationalist two years; State pres. of Missouri P.E.O. Sis- terhood two years; Nat. pres. of P.E.O. Sis- terhood two years; vice-pres. Kansas City Athenaeum, the largest club in Missouri. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Susan B. Anthony League. Author: Laws of Missouri Particularly Applicable to Women and Children (designed es- pecially for the use of women, club women). Presbyterian. Democrat. Recreations: Walking, tramping.

LAWRENCE, Bath, 69 Washington PI., N.Y.

City.

Writer; b. N,Y. City; dau. Hon. Abraham H. and Eliza (Miner) Lawrence; ed. by private tu- tors; special student N.Y. Univ. In 1896 won the prize offered by the N.Y. World for the best campaign ballad over 1,530 competitors. In 1900 christened U.S.S. Lawrence, named after her distinguished kinsman, Captain Lawrence, whose dying words were "Don't give up the ship"; in 1912 unveiled memorial of the Sons of the Revo- lution to her great-great-grandfather. Gen. Na- thaniel Woodhull. Incorporator and director of the N.Y. Nursery and Child's Hospital; incor- porator and first historian of the Colonial Dames of the State of N.Y.; vice-pres. of Soc. of Spon- sors of the U.S. Navy. Mem. B'd of Managers of the Daughters of the Cincinnati, Soc. of Colo- Dial Governors, Navy League, Causerie de Lundi, etc. Author: The Beggar's Garden; (Colonial Vorses; The Evolution of Painting; One Sinner Repenteth; The Truest of the True; Gold; Our Valiant Volunteers; Cushla Machree, etc. Epis- copalian. Against woman suffrage.

��LAWS, Annie, 2927 Reading Rd., Cincinnati, O, Born Cincinnati; dau. James Hedding and Sarah Amelia (Langdon) Laws; ed. Cincinnati public schools, Miss Appleton's School for Girls, and by special professors and teachers in music, art, literature, etc.; also Cineiunati Art School. One of founders Cincinnati Woman's Club; pres. Kindergarten Ass'n; mem. Story Tellers' League, Folk-Lore Soc, cor. sec. Cincinnati Orphan Asylum; sec. and treas. Red Cross Chapter; chairman Com. on Foreign Relations of Iniernat. Kindergarten Union; meimber of Membership Com. of Pioneer Workers of the General Feder- ation of Women's Clubs. Mem. Cincinnati Women Teachers Ass'n, Am. School Peace League, Peace Soc, Nat. History Soc, D.A.R., House Workers' League, Visiting Nurse Ass'n; vice-pres. Hospital Social Service Ass'n. Mem. Cincinnati Gen. Ass'n of Mothers' Clubs; Nat. Education Ass'n representative in Ohio Fed. oi Clubs; ex-pres. Cincinnati Woman's Club; ex- pres. Ohio Fed. Woman's Clubs; ex-auditor Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs; ex-regent Cincinnati Chap- ter D.A.R. ; acting pres. Cincinnati Woman's Columbian Exposition Ass'n at the time of the World's Fair in Chicago.

LAWSON, Anna Meredith (Mrs. Jamea Herbert Lawson), 2 W. 106th St., N.Y. City. Hospital sup't; b. Inglewood, Baltimore Co., Md. ; dau. John and Anna Cecilia (Slater) Ahern; ed. private tutors. Convent of Visitation; m. 1872, James Herbert Lawson; children: J. Her- bert I.^W3on (M.D.) Margaret Herbert, Cecilia Herbert. Sup't Gen. Memorial Hospital since May, 1900. Against woman suffrage; interested in advancement of women.

LAWSON, Maria, 1809 Fernwood Road, Victo- ria, B.C., Can.

Journalist; b. Ne<w London, P.E.I., Dec. 15, 1852; dau. Henry Lawson (journalist) and Flora (McKenzie) Laisrson; ed. P.E.I, district school Normal School, Charlottetown, P.E.I. Taught school for some years, and removed to B C. with parents in 1900; was principal of Girls' School, Manaimo, B.C., and teacher in Girls' School, Victoria. Now on staff of the Victoria Colonist, conducting the Woman's Realm, a daily feature, and editing a weekly children's page. Author: School History of Canada; Sketch of British Columbia. Mem. Canadian Women's Press Club.

LAWTON, Alice Maude, 242 E. Fiftieth St

N.Y. City.

Journalist, magazine writer; b. Chelsea, Mass • dau. William Henry and Alice Maude (FoUans- bee) Lawton; ed. Boston Univ., A.B. '02; studied at Univ. of Lausanne, Switzerland; in Paris at the Sorbonne, Ecole des Beaux-Arts and EcoI'» du Ivouvre; mem. Alpha Phi. Mem. staff of the Evening Sun. Has written many feature stories for Sunday papers, chiefly for the Sun. Has writ- ten seme book reviews for the Times Book Review. Favors woman suffrage; writes occa- sional newspaper articles about the work. Has written articles for Travel Magazine, the School Journal, Good Housekeeping Magazine, the Wom- an's Magazine, the National Magazine, as well as for newspapers. Christian Scientist. Mem N.Y. City AlumnsB Chapter of Alpha Phi, Boston Univ. Ass'n of New York, Women's Press Club of N.Y. City, Pen and Brush Club. Has trav- eled and studied extensively in Europe. LAWTON, Bessie Eliza Boyd (Mrs. Walter

Lyman Lawton), 85 W. Cayuga St., Oswego.

N.Y.

Born Glens Falls, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Glens Falls and Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; m. Sept. 7, 1S9S, Walter Lyman Lawton; two sons and one daughter. Teacher in Poughkeepsle, N.Y. 1895- 97; principal of school at Lake George, ' N.Y. 1897-98. Joint editor with Dr. Fanny Cohen (Vassar '95) : Vassar Views.

LAWTON, Jeannie Latlirnp (Mrs. George Per- kins Lawton), 14 E. Sixtieth St.; summer, Lawton Villa, Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Born Albany, N.Y. ; dau. Daniel Shields and Harriet M. (Wilson) Lathrop; ed. Albany Female Acad. (mem. Semper Fidelis) ; m. Albany, N.Y., Nov. 5, 1885, George Perkins L«awton; one son!

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��Daniel Latlu^sp L<awton. Mem. Colonial Dames ot N.Y., Mary "Washington Colonial Chapter D.A.R., Mary Washing^ton Memorial Ass'n, Nat. Boc. New England Women, Huguenot Soc. of A-merlca, Daughters of Holland Dames; hon. pres. Children of Am. Revolution; vice-pres. Little Mothers' Aid Ass'n, N.Y. ; manager Industrial Home for 'Crii)pled Children, N.Y. City; manager Order of Holy Child Jesus for care of Crippled Children, College Women's Club, Post Parliament Club, Woman's Republican Club, Saratoga Golf Club. Protestant Episcopal. Against woman suffrage. LAWTON, Mary AgBes, IT Walnut St., Mohawk,

N.Y.

Teacher; b. Dion, N.Y., 1S76; dau. Lewis and Anna (Keenan) Lawton; ed. Ilion High School (salutatorian of class); Cornell Univ., Ph.B. '98 (honors in German and pedagogy); N.Y. State Normal Coll., B.Pd. 1900; Columbia Univ., grad. work in English leading to Ph.D. Teacher of French and German at Fort Edward High School, six years; teacher of English, Utica Free Acad., two years; now teacher of English in N.Y. City public high schools. Greatly interested in college s^tlement work, temperance work; also in the educational movements of the day, particularly the campaign against tuberculosis. Favors woman suffrage. Catholic. Mem. educa- tional ass'ns. Recreations: Out-door life, Camp Fire Glris, long walks in the country. Has writ- ten on edaeational topics for magazines; also on topics concerning health. LAZABD, Mme. Marie von Unschnld — see Von

Unschuld, Mme. Marie. LAZAROVIOH-HBEBELIANOVICH (Princess)

Eleanor Hnld», The Huntley, Los Angeles, Cal.

Bom Visalia, Cal.; dau. Judge E. E. Calhoun (Southern planter and Cal. pioneer) and Laura A. (Davis) Calhoun; great-grandniece of distin- guished statesman and Vice-Pres. of U.S., John C. Calhoun; ed. at home, in Calhoun's Valley, Cal., chiefly by her mother, later at San Jose ((3al.) Normal School, and later college and Univ. courses In London and Paris; m. London, 1903, Prince Lazarovich-Hrebelianovioh, present head of the old royal and imperial Servian dynastic family of that name; one daughter: Zara, b. 1905, died same year. After several tentative performances of Shakespeare and two other poetical plays, entered upon regular stage career at Royal Haymarket Theatre, London, un- der management of Sir Squire and Lady Ban- croft; entire stage work in London and Paris, except a few special and memorial performances. Played in London the Shakespearian r61es of Rosalind (in As You Like It), Juliet, Portia (Merchant of Venice), Portia (Julius Caesar), Viola, Beatrice, Cleopatra and Lady Macbeth; also Dora, in Diplomacy, Lydia Languish, Peg WofiBngton, Hester Prynne, in The Scarlet Let- ter, etc. Played in Paris, in French language, Katherine, in French translation of Taming of the Shrew, with Coquelin Ain6 and the Comfedie Frangalse Company at the Theatre d'Orleans, with such success that she was engaged by the French Government to play leading roles at the Theatre National d I'Odeon in Paris, at the same salary paid at that theatre to Rachel, Sarah Bernhardt and Coquelin Aim6; only person from English-speaking stage who had ever played in the French tongue and been a member of the French National Theatre; most notable successes of stage career were the r61e, in French, of Hermione, in Racine's Andromaque, and the role, in English, of Lady Macbeth, especially at the memorial performance of that part which she played on Shakespeare's birthday at Strat- ford-on-Avon. Played under her own name of Eleanor Calhoun, and retired from stage previous to her marriage. Early in stage career originated the idea of playing pastoral and sylvan plays in the open forest, in a performance of As You Like It, at Coomb Wood, Surrey, England; an idea since much exploi'ted by professionals and amateurs in Europe and America. In London, wrote and played in Miliament and Mirabel (adaptation of Congreve's comedy The Way of the World); wrote Charlotte Corday (historic Dlay): nroduced dramatization of Hawthorne's

��Scarlet Letter; translated Adrienne Leccuvreur, La Haine, etc. ; contributed to Westminster Re- view and other publications; wrote third ad of The Mission Play (with exception of six adapted speeches), as originally produced at San Gabriel Mission 'Theatre (Los Angeles), in April- May, 1912. Collaborated with husband in writing the historical work. The Servian People (2 vols.), 1910. Hon. mem. Gate City Guards (noted vol- unteer regiment), Atlanta, Ga. L.A ZABUS, Jennie Harrison (Mrs. Edward W.

La Zanjs), 51 Williams St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born near Columbus, Ga.; dau. James Henry and Mary J. (Johnston) Harrison; ed. ColumbUa, Ga. ; m. Columbus, Dec. 15, 1881, Edward W. La Zarus; children: Edith, Cornelia, Edwina. Pres. Southern Mountain Educational Ass'n, working to maintain the Mineral Bluff Industrial and Agricultural School for Mountain Girla (philanthropic). Favors woman suffrage. Epis- copalian. LAZENBY, Laura, 250 West Bell St., Statea-

ville, N.C.

Teacher; b. Tumersburg, N.C; dau. Daniel O. and Elinor Graham (Knox) Lazenby; ed. States- ville Female Coll. ; Thomasville Female Coll. (pres. aUimnffi). Primary teacher; organized three missionary societies and a charity society In Statesville, N.C; worked with the Civic League in Thomasville, N.C. Baptist. Recrea- tions: Flower gardening, botany. LEACH, Abby, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,

N.Y.

Professor of Greek, Vassar Coll; b. Brockton, Mass., May 28, 1855; dau. Marcus and Eliza Caris (Bourne) Leach; private student with Har- vard professors and the Harvard Annex (now Raddiffe Coll.) was the outcome of her study there; pupil Harvard Annex and Vassar Coll., A.B., A.M. '86; Leipzig Univ. one year. Has made trwo trips to Greece of several months' stay. Teacher Brockton, Mass., 1872-73; Oread Inst., 1873-78; Boston, 1880-83; Vassar, 1883-86; assoc. prof. Greek, Vassar, 1886-89; prof. Greek, 1889—. Awarded a gold cup by Elmperor of Japan, 1908. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Am. Philological Soc, Archfeological Inst, of America, Classical Ass'n of Great Britain, Classical Ass'n of the Middle States and Maryland, Coll. AlumnsB Ass'n, Japan Soc, Vassar Students' Aid Soc, N.Y. Women's Univ. Club Coll. Equal Suffrage League, Women's Political Union of N.Y. City. Contributor of occasional articles to various journals; has given lectures and addresses at commencements and before colleges and schoolsi. LEACH, Antoinette D., Sullivan, Ind.

Lawyer; b. Indianapolis, Ind., 1859 (of Scotch and English-American parentage); grad. aca- demic, business and law schools; married; two children. Teacher in the public schools before marriage; was a court reporter for several years; entered politics and united her work with the Democratic Party; in 1896 she was sent as a dele- gate from Sullivan Co. to the Democratic State Convention; public speaker; joined Progressive Party in campaign of 1912; county chairman of Sullivan Co., Ind., of Progressive Party. Favors woman suffrage. Took up the study of law in 1887 applied for admission to the bar in 1893, but was denied on account of not being a "voter"; appealed the case to Supreme Court, which re- versed the ruling and admitted her to the bar, thus opening the legal profession to women in Indiana. Has been active in campaigns for woman sufrage in Indiana; made race as inde- pendent candidate for Representative in Indiana Legislature, 1910. LEACH, Elizabeth Dwight, 29 Fairfield St.,

Boston, and 5 Park Vale, Brookline, Mass.

Teacher; b. Randolph, Mass., April 15 1863; dau. Dwight Wells and Elizabeth Sprague (Ring) Leach; ed. high school, Randolph; Thayer Acad., South Braintree; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '90. Taught in Philadelphia, 18S6-91; Kansas City, Mo, 1891-92; Philadelphia, 1892-98; Wilmington, 111., 1898-1906; Dana Hall, Wellesley Coll., 1907- 11; Boston since 19U at Miss Guild's and Miss Evans' School. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

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��L.EAF, Elizabeth Trenchard (Mrs. E. Bowman

Leaf), 2027 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa,

Born Fairton, N.J., Nov. 6, 1866; dau. Richard and Bmlly fWhitaker) Trenchard; ed. Ivy Hall Sem., Bridgeton, N.J.; m. Bridgeton, N.J., Oct. 10, 1894, E. Bowman Leaf; children: Harriet Clay Leaf, Prances Trenchard Leaf. Vice-pres. Philadelphia Ass'n for the Protection of Colored Women; mem. Council Travelers' Aid Soc, Nat. Com. on Immigration under Dep't of Social and Industrial Justice of the Progressive Party, Nat. I^eague on Urban Conditions Among Negroes {mem of Exec. Board). Mem. Equal Franchise Ass'n. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Civic Club. LEAHY, Louise Harrington (Mrs. William D.

Leahy), 1751 Q St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born Colusa, Cal.; dau. William Pearce and Sally Hooper (Tennent) Harrington; ed. Southern Home School, Baltimore, Md.; Miss West's School, San Francisco; m. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 3, 1904, William D. Leahy; one son: Will- iam Harrington Leahy. Episcopalian. Repub- lican. LEAKEY, Jcannie Clara Drake (Mrs. Louis

Leakey), 308 E. Fifteenth St., N.T. City.

Born Panama, N.Y.; ed. in schools of West- field, N.Y., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '80; m. April 2, 1888, Louis Leakey. Teacher Hasbrouck Inst., Jersey City, N.J., 1880-84; sup't girls' dep't of same, 1884-88; co-prinoipal and partner Arundell Acad., N.Y. City, 1882-92; Erie (Pa.) Acad., 1894- 96. Sec. Leakey Aluminum (3o., London, Eng- land, 1896-1906. L.EABNED, Ellin Craven (Mrs. Frank Learned),

48 W. Ninth St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. New Jersey; dau. Captain Tunis AugTistus Macdonough (iraven, U.S.N., and Marie Louise (Stevenson) Craven; ed. private schools, N.Y. City; studied art at Art Students' League; m. in Trinity Chapel, N.Y. City, Apr. 12, 1893, Frank Learned. On editorial staff The Churchman, 5890-94 and 1896-99; The Delineator, 1899-1907; contributor The Ladies' World, 1907-13. Against woman suffrage. Author: Ideals for Girls, 1905; The Etiquette of Ne-w York To-day, 1906. Episcopalian; associate Girls' Friendly Soc. in America; associate of The Sisterhood of St. Mary. Recreation: Traveling. LEABNED, Mary Poppleton (Mrs. Myron L.

Learned), "Walden," Florence, Neb.

Born Omaha, July 23, 1873; dau. Andrew Jack- son and Caroline L. (Sears) Poppleton; ed. Katherine Aiken School for Girls, three years; Anne Brown School, N.Y. City (class poet); m. Omaha, Neb., April 18, 1893, Myron L. Learned, attorney. For four years music critic of the Omaha Daily Bee; writer of occasional criti- cisms for other publications. Singer (mezzo- soprano); pupil of Gottlieb Federlein, N.Y.; Clara S. Cotton and Thomas J. Kelly, Omaha; Mary Miinchhoff, Bsrlin. Pres. 2 years, director 6 years Tuesday Morning Musical Club; vice- pres. Mendelssohn Choir-Thomas Orchestra May Festival (Omaha). Author: To the Girl Who Sings (book); editor (-with Louise McPherson) of "The Pebble," a magazine, and half owner of the Pebble Shop. Mem. Nebraska Soc. of Colonial Dames (Exec. Board), Nebraska Ornithological Soc; director Omaha Soc. of Fine Arts; director Visiting Nurse Ass'n; mem. Social Settlement Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Anne Brown AlumnEe Ass'n, N.Y. Recreations: Driving, gardening. Mem. Garden Club. LEARNED, VIctorine Upshur (Mrs. Billings P.

Learned), New London, Conn.

Born N.Y. City; dau. RO'bert Charles and Adeline (Geer) Wetmore; ed. at home by tutors and governesses; ra. (1st) 1862, John H. Draper (son of Simon Draper); (2d) 1893, Billings P. Learned; children: Amy Wetmore (Draper), May, Edith Lewis (Draper), Clark. Interested in all local charities of church and hospital; pres. of three societies. Protestant Episcopalian. LEAROYD, Mabel Woodbury, 122 Pine St., Dan-

vers, Mass.

Educator; b. Dan vers, Mass., Dec. 11, 1870; dau. L. Elmer and Adeline (Woodbury) Learoyd; ed. Danvew public schools; Northfleld Sem.;

��Wellesley Coll., B.A. '94 (mem. Agora Sorority); special work at Cornell. Teacher of classics and mathematics, 1894-95, McLean Sem., Simsbury, Conn.; teacher mathematics, Mt. Hermon, Mass., 1895. In Y.W.C.A. work, N.Y. City, 1899; in charge of Y.W.C.A. Settlement, East Side, N.Y. City, 1900; principal Northfleld Bible School, 1904-06. Against woman suffrage. Wrote final thesis on The Continued Story, a Study of the Imagination (Am. Journal of Psychology). Mem. Interdenominational Church. Mem. College Club, Boston.

LEABY, Olffa Ciishins (Mrs. Timothy Leary), 44 Burroughs St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Physician; b. Boston, 1878; dau. Ernest W. and Mary M. (Ralenowski) Gushing; ed. Chauncey Hall School, Boston; Berkeley School, special student; Mass. Inst, of Technology, one year; Tufts Coll. Med. School, M.D. (mem. Zeta Phi); m. Boston, 1901, Dr. Timothy Leary; children: Olga Gushing, Deborah Gushing. Instructor in pathology and bacteriology, 1901; ass't prof. Tufts Coll. Med. School, 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Professional Woman's Club.

LEASE, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, 1543 Slocum Park,

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Lecturer, writer, lawyer; b. Ridgeway, Pa., Sept. 11, 1853; dau. Joseph P. and Mary Eliza- beth (Murray) Clyens; ed. St. Elizabeth's Acad., Alleghany, N.Y.; removed to Kansas, studied law and became active in politics; admitted to Kansas bar. Became a recognized leader and the orator of the Farmers' Alliance movement and later in the Populist Party, leading in the campaign which resulted in the defeat of Sena- tor John J. Ingalls and the election of William A. Peffer to the U.S. Senate in 1891; was ap- pointed pres. Kansas State Board of Charitiea (first woman to hold such a position In United States). Noted as orator; was selected to make the oration on Kansas Day at the World's Co- lumibian Expos.ition, 1893; represented Kansas in Nat. Conference of Charities and Correction; vice-pres. Daughters of Isabella, 1893; vice-pres. Nat. Peace Congress, 1893. Lecturer for years on political economic subjects; also writer for many magazines. Advocate of woman suffrage.

LEASUBE, Lida Powers (Mrs. John H. Leas- ure), 350 W. Seventh St., Auburn, Ind. County sup't of schools; b. near Kingston, De- catur Co., Ind.; dau. Jonathan and Mary (Hood) Powers; ed. Spring Hill Acad.; grad. Indiana State Normal School; med. dep't Univ. of Mich., '88; m. Dec, ISSO, John H. Leasure, Auburn, Ind.; children: Mrs. Flossie E. Richwine, J. Kent. Practised medicine in Angola, Ind., until 1902; removed to Auburn, Ind., and entered school work; county sup't of schools, 1911—. First woman elected to any office in State of Indiana (politically). Has worked for moral up- lift and social betterment in various ways lo- cally. Worked for establishment of public li- brary In Auburn; helped to secure Eckhart Pub- lic Library. Mem. Library Board. Favors woman suffrage. Has written fugitive articles and poems. Presbyterian. Former mem. West- ern Ass'n of Writers. Honorary mem. Ladies' Literary Club of Auburn; mem. W.C.T.U.

LEATHERBEE, Frances Crane (Mrs. Robert W.

Leatherbee). 2B59 Michigan Av., Chicago

(summer. Lake Forest), 111.

Born Chicago, Nov. 8, 1887; dau. Charles R. and Cornelia (Smith) Crane; ed. Univ. of Chicago and Bryn Mawr Coll. (Mortar Board Univ. of Chicago); m. Chicago, Jan. 4, 1907, Robert W. Leatherbee, of Boston; children: Charles William, Robert William. Interested In Chicago Lylng-In Hospital, Children's Memorial Home, Allendale Farm, Chicago Home tor Boys, Immigrants' Pro- tective League and other various philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Riding, golf, tennis.

LEATHERMAN, Minnie Wells, Raleigh, N.C.

Librarian; b. Louisville, Ky; dau. O. T. and Mary Elizabeth (Lord) Leatherman; ed. public schools, Louisville, Ky.; special student Univ. of Louisville; grad. Pratt Inst. School of Library Science, 1909. Cataloguer Louisville Free Public

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��Library, 1904-08; sec. North Carolina Library Com'inlsaion since 1909. Interested in matters relating to social betterment. Favors woiman suffrage. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, Nortb Carolina Library Ass'n, Nat. Cbild Labor Com. (associate member). North Carolina State Lit- erary and Historical Ass'n. Recreation : Walk- ing. Mem. Raleigh Woman's Club.

LEATHEEWOOD, Nancy Albaugh (Mrs. Elmer O. Leatherwood), 1237 E. First South St., Salt Lake City. Utah.

Bom Warrensburg, Mo., 1873; dau. Henry and Mary (Longenecker) Albaugh; grad. Kingman (Kan.) High School; Kansas State Normal School, '94; Uniy. of Wis., Ph.B. (honors on thesisV. m. Kingman, Kan., 1894, Elmer O. Leatherwood; one daughter: Margaret Jane. Teacher in Sunday-school; helped to secure a loan fund to assist girls through college; inter- ested in history, art, philosophy, economics. Has been chairman of Bureau of Information for Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs and has spent much time on the work. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregational 1st. Republican. Mem. Order Eastern Star, Associate Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: China painting, long tramps through the moun- tains, cards, dancing, theatre. Mem. Wasaleti Club, College Club (former pres.); chairman History Section Ladies' Literary Club.

LEAVENWORTH, Emiua E. Gifford (Mrs. E. S.

Leavenworth), Wood River, Neb.

Born New Haven, Vt., Mar. 26, 1860; dau. Henry O. and Avis J. (Eaton) Gifford; ed. Bee- man Acad., New Haven, Vt, and Mt. Holyoke Coll., Mass.; m. New Haven, Vt, Oct. 30, 1884. E. S. Leavenworth. Favors woman suffrage. Pres- byterian. Mem. Order Eastern Star, W.C.T.U. Mem. The Woman's Club, Wood River, Neb.

LEAVENWORTH, Sarah Theodosia AUen (Mrs.

Philip Reynolds Leavenworth), care Normal

School, Castleton, Vt.

Educator; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '94; m. Oct. 6, 1897, Philip Reynolds Leavenworth. Ass't Cas- tleton (Vt) Normal School, 1894-95; teacher Adams (Mass.) High School, 1895-96; Fitchburg (Mass.) High School, 1896-97; matron Castleton (Vt.) Normal School since 1897. LEAVITT, Amy Clement, 706 Eleventh St.,

N.W., Washington, D.C.

Mireician and translator; b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 1, 1858; dau. Thomas H. and Mary (Clem- ent) Leavitt; ed. in Mrs. Mary Clement Leavltt'a private school, Boston; grad. (with honor) New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. "Taught music in Washington, D.C, 1879-1908; since then in Government service as translator in Post- office Dep't (Division of Money Orders). Has made numerous appearances as coifcert singer and especially as accompanist in ensemble work. Organist and choir director; lecturer on musical and other subjects; has devoted much time to gratis work for the advancement of music in Washington, particularly through its Choral Soc; warmly interested in the work of Neigh- borhood House, Social Settlement, and the Associated Charities. Author of translations, neiwspaper criticisms and occasional contribu- tions to discussions. Recreations: Theatre, opera concerts, lectures. Many years mem. of French, German and Shakespeare clubs (all dramatic). Formerly pres. The Business Wo- man's Club; now sec. of leading Esperanto Club in Washington.

LEAVITT, Charlotte MendeU, Whitin Hall,

Washburn Coll., Topeka, Kan.

College professor; b. Brandon, Vt., 1867; dau. William Francis and Helen (Knowlton) Leavitt; ed. high school, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Univ. of Mich., Ph.B. '99; Columbia Univ., M.A. '08 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). Instructor in English, East Saginaw (Mich.) High School, 1893-98; instructor in English and dean of women, Washburn Coll., Topeka, Kan., 1899-1903; prof, of English litera- ture, Washburn Coll., since 1903. Mem. Kansas State Com. Y.W.C.A., 1905-10. Favors woman suffrage. Congregatlonalist. Mem. Ass'n of (Collegiate Alumnae, Nat. English Council; sec.- treas. Kansas Ass'n of Teachers of English.

��LEAVITT, Florence Pennock (Mrs. I. S. Leav- itt), 4825 Cass St., Omaha, Neb. Born Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 28, 1855; dau. Rex. Ames C. and Elizabeth J. (Page) Pennock; ed. Wisconsin State Univ. in the Experimental Class in Co-education, 1874, Ph.B. '74; m. Madison, Wis., July 7, 1874, Rev. I. S. Leavitt, D.D.; children: Henry Pennock (attorney), Bessie M. (deceased). Being a wife of an active pastor for twenty-five years has given nearly entire time to church ajid public, serving in every possible capacity. Favors woman suffragej operating only In local organizations. Early in life con- tributed to children's departments in various magazines. Methodist. Has served third year as pres. Omaha W.C.T.U.; also as conference sec. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. ; mem. of other philanthropic organizations. Recreations: Read- ing, traveling. Mem. Bay View Study Club for nine years. Has frequently lectured. Chief hobby has been the educating and mothering of several homeless girls.

LEAVITT, Julia White (Mrs. Guilford A.

Leavitt), 607 Fourth St., N.W., Washington,

D.C.

Born Ozark, Mo., Aug. 26, 1852; dau. Dr. Thomas G. and Serene F. (Gardner) White; ed. Springfield, Mo., 1867-70; m. Springfield, Mo., Mar. 6, 1871, Guilford A. Leavitt; children: Albert W., Serene E., Julia Amelia. James Blaine, Joseph Edwin. Crusaded Texas Co., Mo., with- out aid except The Texas County Pioneer, which was the first paper printed in that county • after the Civil War. Helped organize the first Good Templar Lodge in the county and served as second highest officei ; ex-treas. W.C.T.U. Pres. Dist. Columbia Woman Suffr^.i^e Ass'n since Oct., 1910 (work is chiefly educational, consisting of lectures and suffrage hearings before Congress). Christian Scientist. Cabinet mem. Am. Woman's Republic, University City, St. Louis, Mo.

LECKIE, Katherine, 129 E. Seventeenth St.,

N.Y. City.

Editor; b. Kingston, Can.; dau. William Alex- ander and Evalyn (McKee) Leckie; ed. in private schools in Chicago. Star writer on the Chicago Chronicle, Hearst's Chicago American and the N.Y. Evening Journal; served in editorial ca- pacity on Munsey publications; associate editor on the Delineator as editor and designer; editor New Idea Woman's Magazine; editor the House- keesper. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Political Union, N.Y. ; Equal Franchise Soc. and Woman Suffrage Club, N.Y. City; Chicago Political Equality League. Clubs: Pen and Brush, Writer's (N.Y. City); Woman's City, Woman's Trade Union League, Woman's Press Ass'n (Chicago).

L'ECLUSE, Julia Manley Weeks (Mrs. Milton L. L'Ecluse), Box 52, Huntington, L.I., N.Y. Born N.Y. City, Oct. 1, 1876; dau. William Huey and Julia Anna (Manley) Weeks; ed. pub- lic and Thompson schools, N.Y. City, 1894; Wal- nut Hill School, Natick, Mass., one year; Vassar Coll., A.B. 190O; m. N.Y. City, Oct 31, 1904, Mil- ton L. L'Ecluse; children: Julia Manley, b. Aug. 9, 1905; Milton Weeks, b. Oct 11, 1908; Holden, b. June 30, 1913. Pres. Huntington Branch Nat. Plant, Flower and FVult Guild; pres. Woman's Auxiliary, St. John's Church, Vassar Alumnaa Ass'n; mem. Hospital Com., Huntington. Active In Rivlngton St. Settlement House. Life mem. Collegiate Ekiual Suffrage League; vice-pres. Huntington Political EJquaJity League; delegate Syracuse Convention, Nat. Progressive Party, 1912. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R.; sec. Vassar Students' Aid Soc, Am. Soc. of Political and Social Service, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, College Settlements Ass'n, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnas; treas. Peebles and Thompson Alumnaa Ass'n, Nat. Civic Federation, Consumers' League. .Mem. WO'man's University Club, Amateur Comedy Club.

LEE, Agne-s — pen name (Mrs. Otto Freer), 81

East Elm St., Chicago, 111.

Author; born in Chicago; dau. William H. and Harriet R. (Robinson) Rand; ed. in Switzerland and America; m. Rye, N.Y., 1911, Dr. Otto Freer, of Chicago; one daughter: Alice Stephana Lee^

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��by former husband. Has written poems for mag- azines. Author: The Round Rabbit, 1S98; The Border of the Lake, 1910. Translator of several French volumes, including the poems of Theo- phlle Gautier. LEE, Alice, 3564 Seventh St., San Diego, Cal.

Born Westport, N.Y., May 27, 1854; dau. Fran- cis L. and Sarah M. (Wilson) Lee; ed. priva;te schools in Boston, Mass. Interested In social work fn Westport, N.Y., and in San Diego, Cal. Favors woman suffrage; has been an active worker through the presidential and civic cam- paigns In San Diego. Pres. Jane Addams Chorus and of Woman's League. Unitarian. Pro- gressive. Mem. Colonial Dames of America. Recreations: House building and landscape gar- dening. Mem. Wednesday Club of San Diego. LEE, Alice Louise, Brooklyn, Pa.

Author; b. Brooklyn, Pa., Feb. 13, 1868; dau. John Clements and Louise Judith (Garland) Lee; ed. Wyoming Sem., Kingston, Pa.; Syracuse Univ., Ph.B. '&6 (mem. Alpha Phi and Phi Beta Kappa). Teacher English and history, Cazenovia (N.Y.) Sem., 1896-1903; since then in literary work. Author: The Freshman Co-ed, 1910; The Sophomore Co-ed, 1911; The Junior Co-ed, 1912; Cap'n Joe's Sister, 1912; The Senior Co-ed, 1913. Contributor of short stories to magazines and QeTvspaper syndicates. LEE, Elizabeth Leighton, office. Fuller Bldg.,

10 S. Eighteenth St., Philadelphia, Fa.

Landscape architect; b. Staten Island, Jan. 13, 1864; dau. Benjamin and Emma Hale (White) Lee; cd. private school; School of Agriculture and Horticulture, BriarclifE Manor, N.Y.; studied with Brimley and Holbrook, landscape architects, N.Y. City; course in design. Harvard Summer School. Has designed grounds and gardens for several noted people, as George W. Elkins, Elkins Park, Pa.; George W. Norris, sup't of docks and wharves, Philadelphia, Pa. ; State Sanatorium for Tuberculosis, Mount Alto, Pa. Interested in school gardens. Mem. Civic Club; consultant to the Garden Guild of America. Recreation: Pho- tography. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

LEE, Elva, Randolph, N.Y.

Writer; b. Sidney, 0.; dau. William Haroourt and Anna Elizabeth (Wallace) Loe; ed. Chamber- lain Inst., Randolph N.Y. ; Bryn Mawr, A.B. '93, A.M. '94; Sorbonne and College de France, Paris, 1895-96. Director in State Bank of Randolph, N.Y., 1902-13. Has contributed .short stories to Atlantic and other magazines. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

LEE, Ethel Pollock (Mrs. Porter Raymond Lee),

56 Willow Drive, New Rochelle, N.Y.

Bom N.Y. City, Sept. 29, 1880; dau. James Crawford and Mary Angus (Kelsey) Pollock: ed. Buffalo Sem., 1900; m. Buffalo, N.Y.. Jan. 30, 1905, Porter Raymond Lee; children: Porter Ray- mond Jr., James Pollock. Mem. Mothers' Club of New Rochelle. Recreations: Golf, tennis, gardening. Presbyterian. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Eqaal Franchise League, New Rochelle, N.Y. ; Woman's Club of New Rochelle. LEE, Mrs. Frank (Mary Chappell Skeel Lee),

Westervllle, O.

Writer; b. Kingston, Ulster Co., N.Y., 1849; dau. Dennis W. and Lucinda R. (Bulkley) Skeel; ed. N.Y. city schools; grad. Miss Bulkley's Sem., Tarrytown, N.Y. ; m. Central Coll., Ohio, Mar. 22, 1880, Frank Lee. Taught seven years N.Y. City schools; later in Ohio and Kansas, and in a mission school among mountain whites. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Redmond of the Seventh (first contributed to Youth's Companion, 1887); Mart Connor; Garret Grain; Professor Pin; Little Boom Number One; A Boy and a Box; The Making of Ma.ior. Contributor to various young people's periodicals. Mem. United Brethren Church. LEE, Gertrude Adams (Mrs. George Madison

Lee), 4563 Beach Court. Denver, Colo.

Born Tyrone Township, Mich., Dec. 9, 1869; dau. Marcellus and Fannie (Cheal) Adams; ed. high schools, Mich. ; m. July 19, 1893, George Madison Lee; children: Lyndall, Kenneth O. Active in Mothers' Congress of Colo. Favors

��woman suffrage; pres. Progressive Suffrage Ass'n of Colo.; vice-chairman Democratic State Cen- tral Com. Divine Scientist. Democrat. Mem. Eastern Star, Women of Woodcraft, Daughters of Colo. Clubs: Woman's, North Side Woman's (Denver). First woman ever nominated for Presidential elector; elected Presidential elector on the Democratic ticket, 1912. LEE, Helena Cruinett (Mrs. John Clarence

Lee), 1519 North Gratz St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Writer; b. Stoughton, Mass., Jan. 7, 1867; dau. Charles Henry and Lucy (Tisdale) Crumett; ed. private school and lessons by her mother, Boston School of Oratory and Paris Conservatoire; m. Nov. 25, 1889, John Clarence Lee; children: Cuthbert C, Dorothy C, Constance C, Janet, Roland Stebbins. Principal Gratz Social Centre; pres. Mission Soc. of Church of the Restoration. Author: A Woman Alone in Siberia; also various magazine articles. Universalist. Mem. Home and School Ass'n; vlce-pres. Housekeepers' League; director Soc. of Organic Education. Recreations; Swimming, walking, rowing, tennis. Pres. Browning Soc. of Philadelphia, Civic Club. Favors woman suffrage. LEE, Hildegarde Langsdori (Mrs. Guy Carleton

Lee), 172 West High St., Carlisle, Pa,

Physician; b. Cumberland, Pa.; dau. William Henry and Lvdia R. (Haverstick) Langsdorf (M.D.); ed. Dickinson Coll., A.B. '88; A.M. '91; Woman's Med. Coll., Philadelphia, '91; m. Phila- delphia, Jan. 27, 1912, Guy Carleton Lee, LL.D_ Ph.D. Ass't editor Pa. Med. Journal; ass'f sec. Pa. State Med. Ass'n; sec. Cumberland Co. Med. Soc. ; sec. and treas. Nat. Soc. for Broader Edu- cation, of N.Y., 1910—. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Am. Med. Ass'n, Pa. Med. Soc, Cumberland Co. Med. Ass'n, Alumnse Ass'n of V/oman's Med. Coll. of Phila- delphia. Contributor to medical and scientific journals; author of monographs on medical and sociological subjects; lectures on preventive med- icine and hygiene. Recreations: Camping, fish- ing, yachting, motor-boating. Clubs: Civic, Eurydice, Medical (Carlisle, Pa.).

LEE, Jennette (Mrs. Gerald Stanley Lee),

Northampton, Mass.

Writer, teacher; b. Bristol, Conn., Nov. 10, 1860; dau. Philemon Franklin and Mary (Bar- bour) Perry; ed: Smith Coll., B.A. '86; m. Col- linsville, Conn., June, 1896, Gerald Stanley Lee; one daughter: Geraidine. Teacher of English, Vassar Coll., 1890-93; prof. English, Coll. for Women, Cleveland, 1893-96; prof, of English lan- guage and literature, Smith Coll., 1904-05. Au- thor: Kate Wether* 11, 1900; A Pillar of Salt, 1902; The Son of a Fiddler, 1904; Uncle William, 1906 (English edition 1906, German and Norewglan 1908); Simeim Tetlow's Shadow, 1908; Happy Is- land, 1910; Mr. Achilles, 1912. LEE, Laura, 194 Clarendon St., Boston, Mass.

Painter (artist); b. Chariesrown, Mass., Mar. 17, 1867; dau. Daniel Webster and Anna (Collier) Lee; ed. public schools of Chelsea, Mass.; School of Drawing and Painting at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Academie Julian, Paris, and studio of Charles Lasar, Paris. Exhibited at Boston Art Club, Museum of Fine Arts, Chicago Art Inst., World's Fair at Chicago, Pa. Acad, of Pine Arts and other places. Favors woman suffrage. Swedenborgian. Mem. Copley Soc. of Boston. LEE, Laura Billings (Mrs. Frederic S. Lee),

125 E. Sixty-fifth St., N.Y. City; summer,

Woodstock, Vt.

Born Woodstock, Vt, Aug. 20, 1864; dau. Fred- erick Billings (former pres. Northern Pacific Railway) and Julia (Parmly) Billings; ed. Abbot Acad., Andover. Mass.; Miss Brackett's School, N.Y. City; Barnard Coll.; m. N.Y. City, June 6, 1901, Frederic S. Lee (professor in Columbia Univ.); children: Julia, b. 1904; Frederic Bil- lings, b. 1906. Mem. Board of Trustees of N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children (sec. 1900-12). Interested in various philanthropic movements, such as organized charity, improved housing for the poor, and settlement work; builder and owner of model tenements in N.Y. City. Mem. Colonial Dames of America. College Settlement (trcas. several years), Charity Organization Soc. (mem-

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��of Central Council and Exec. Com.)- Mem. Cos- mopolitan Club (vice-pres. 1912 — )) Recreation: Gardening. Congregationalist. LEE, Margaret, 344 Lafayette Av., Brooklyn,

N.T.

Author; b. N.Y. City; dau. Joseph and Mary Georgina (Rea) Lee; ed. N.Y. City by private tutors and at finishing school, Grade A cer- tificate, qualifying to teach in public schools. First novel took prize of |l,00u offered, in 1865, by James Gordon Bennett of the N.Y. Herald for a distinctively American novel. It was pub- lished in the Weekly Herald under the title of Arnold's Choice. In 18S9 Mr. Gladstone read her novel of Divorce. He arranged "with Macmillan & Co. for its republication in England, chose the title of Faithful and Unfaithful and reviewed it tor the Nineteenth Century of February, 1889. Mem. Writers' Club of Brooklyn. Author: Arnold's Choice; Dr. Wilmer's Loss; Lorimer and Wife; Marriage; Divorce; Lizzie Adriance; Romance of the Russells; Separation; The Brooklyn Bachelor; A Brighton Night; The Master Chivalry; The D'Estimanvilles; The Tongue of the Woman; Love and Shekels; A Broken Engagement; One Touch of Nature; also, 1913, serials in The Trend Magazine: Gallatin, and The Wanderer; also numerous other serials. Episcopalian. Recreations: Music, whist, chess, walking. In 1899 wrote and circulated a petition for perpetual copyright, which was read in the Senate by Senator Lodge, and the bill was pre- sented by him in the Senate and by Congressman Driggs of Brooklyn in the House. LEE, Marguerite Thouron, 66 W. Ninety-fifth

St., N.Y. City.

ScieLce teacher; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1871; dau. Stephen Girard and Georgianna (St. John) Lee; ed. Cornell Univ., B.S. '94; New York Univ., A.M. 'O-t; Columbia, Ph.D. '13. Ap- pointed head of dep't of biology in Girls' High School, Brooklyn, 1906. Sec. School Garden Ass'n of N.Y. ; mem. Biochemical Ass'n, Nat. Geographic Ass'n, A.A.A.S., Biology Teachers' Ass'n of N.Y., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnee, Women's University Club, Cornell Women's Club, Columbia Women's Graduate Club. Recreations: Farming, photography. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. LEEBRICK, Kate, S2 W. Sixth St., Peru, Ind.

Evangelist and missionary; b. Dublin, Ind., May 1, 1842; dau. John N. and Matilda (Fritchey) Leebrick; ed. Dublin Acad. Has seen over 1,000 persons converted at the meetings she conducted or assisted in; among the num'ber are five minis- ters. Was one of the Crusaders of 1872; has been missionary to Noonsack Indians in Wash- ington (State); was sent out by the Woman's Home Missionary Soc. of the Methodist Church to take charge of the Pawnee Indian Mission at Pawnee, Okla. Mem. Woman's Home Mission Soc, Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc., W.C.T.U. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. LEECH, Caroline Apperson (Mrs. James An- derson Leech), 1249 First St., Louisville, Ky.

Club woman; b. Mt. Sterling, Ky., April 2G, 1859; dau. Richard and Harriet Selman (Rogers) Apperson; ed. Sayre Inst., Lexington, Ky. ; m. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 30, 1873, James Anderson Leech; one daughter: Carolyn Apperson. Taught large Bible classes; worked with unfortunate girls; pres. of Nominating B'd for Police Matrons, worked in the Legislature for the passage of a Police Matrcm Bill; has done much legislative work for the Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs; inter- ested in church missionary societies and local missionary unions. Mem. State and local Child Labor Ass'ns, Consumers' League; ex-pres. Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs; prts. Out-door Art League; chairman com. in Woman's Club; chair- man Industrial Com. Ky. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1896. Pres. Y. W.C.T.U., 1883-SS. Mem. Woman's Club, Chautauqua, N.Y. ; Progressive League for Women; first vice-pres. Ky. Fed. Women's Clubs, Fincastle Chapter D.A.R. Recreations: Country life, traveling. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; former pres. Suffrage Ass'n, Louisville; ■daairman of various committees in the same; chairman Platform Com. for Am. Nat. Suffrage Ass'n, 1911. Progressive In politics.

��LEEK, Elizabeth Austin (Mrs. William Preston

Leek), 431 Park Av., Racine, Wis.

Born Aurora, 111., Mar. 17, 1866; dau. Benjamin F. and Louisa (Austin) Hill; grad. Northwestern Univ., M.A. '87, later Ph.B. (mem. Alpha Phi); m. Evanston, 111., Nov. 23, 1887, William Preston Leek; children: Raymond, Wilbur, Marie Louise. Lecturer for Wis. Suffrage Ass'n. Author of several poems and contributor to papers and magazines. Methodist. Mem. Am. Home Eco- nomics Ass'n, D.A.R., Daughters of 1812, Beloit City Federation, Ooterie, Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. LEEMIVG, Mrs. Thomas t., 858 Carroll St.,

Brooklyn, N.Y. ; country home, Germelwyn,

Glen Cove, L.I.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Leonard J. and Melvina (Grandy) Busby; ed. Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn; Florence, Italy; m. Glen Cove, L.I., May 28, 1S9S, Thomas L. Leeming; children: Helen Schuyler, Leonard Busby, Thomas L. Jr. Chairman of the Ways and Means Com. of the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Soc. ; chairman of the Edward Richardson Kindergarten. Mem. Board cf the Sheltering Arms Nursery, Board of the Flower and Fruit Guild, Woman's Muni- cipal League (mem. the Court Com.), Probation Soc, Civitas Club. Recreations: Riding, motor- ing, traveling. Baptist. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of N.Y., Ways and Means Com. of Woman Suffrage Party of Brooklyn. LEEPER, Laura Ferguson (Mrs. S. Harper

Leeper), 30 E. Washington St., Media, Pa.

Born Robesonla Furnace, Pa.; dau. Nathaniel and Amanda (Davennort) Ferguson; ed. Wells Coll., Aurora, N.Y., 1884; m. Reading, Pa., June 5, 1890, Rev. S. Haider Leeper; children: Mary, Harper Ferguson, Amanda Davenport. Inter- ested in religious work, especially the missions to lepers in India and the West. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Shut-In Soc, missionary societies (home and foreign). Eastern Ass'n of Wells Coll. LEET, Marj- Garrett (Mrs. William H. Leet),

245 Liberty St., Conneaut, O.

Born Chester, Pa., 1874; dau. William T. and Mary (Sines) Shoemaker; ed. Pettie Inst., Hights- town, N.J. ; m. Philadelphia, 1899, William H. Leet (now mayor of Conneaut); children: Oliver Dickinson, Mary Evelyn. Pres. 19th Century Club of (ionneaut, O. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Mystic Circle. LEFEVRE, Lily Alice (Mrs. John M. Lefevre),

Vancouver. B.C.. Can.

Author ("Fleurange"); b. Kingston, Ont. ; dau. R. P. Cooke, C.E., and Anna (Plunkett) Cooke; m. Dr. John M. Lefevre. Contributor to the press of Montreal and Vancouver; winner of the Montreal Witness Prize of ?100 for the best poem with reference to the first Winter Carnival. Author: The Lion's Gate and Other Verses, 1S95; also several lyrics which have been set to music. LEFFERTS, Sara Tawney (Mrs. John A. Lef-

ferts^. 421 "R'estminster Av., Elizabeth, N. J.

Born Gettysburg, Pa. ; dau. John E. and Sara Studebaker (Boblitz) Tawney; ed. Boston schools and by private tutors, but principally by her father; rn. Washington, D.C., June 1, 1896, John A. Lefferts: one daughter: Mildred T. First vice-pres. N.Y. Browning Soc. Author of a set of children's books: The Cinnamon Bear Series; also continbuted articles on the poetry of Robert Browning, and has given Browning readings. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. LEFROT, Sallie Watson (Mrs. Jeffrey Arthui

Letroy), 305 W. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. Born Richmond, Va.; dau. John H. and Me- linda M. (Fox) Montague; ed. Southern Female Sem. ; m. Jeffrey Arthur Lefroy; one daughter: Helena Trench Lefroy, b. Aug. IS, 1878 (m. Clif- ford Randolph Caperton). Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames in State of Va., tha Woman's Club (Richmond).

LEGGE, Charlotte M. (Mrs. Orr Legge), 208 S, Lincoln Av., Denver, Colo.

Born Davenport, la., 1838; dau. Wheeler and Nancy (Allen) Hedges; ed. in Cincinnati and St

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��Louis; m. (1st) Col. T. D. McCIure, of the Civil War; children: Florence McClure, b. Mar. 23, 1861; and William C. McClure, b. Aug., 1865; m. (2d), Earlville, 111., Orr Legge, son of Col. Andrew Legge, of Civil War fame. Was engaged in music teaching for 11 years of wido-whcod. Devoted 25 years (officially and otherwise) to the first great charity of Denver in executing and maintaining the Old Ladies' Home. Pioneer mem. and worker in building the Westminster Church, in which has a memorial window for her son. Promoter, student leader of the first Chautauqua movement of Denver (white seal diploma for flve-years' course). Mem. Baltimore Mother Chapter of D.A.R. For 12 years pres. and leader of Shakespeare Club of Denver; -two years vlce-pres. of Clio Club; student three years of Round Table Club; promoter Universal History Club. Ass't author and publisher of a book on Allen Genealogy of Revolutionary fame (mother's family). LEGGETT, LiUian Keicham (Mrs. George H.

Leggett), 133 W. 123d St., N.Y. City.

Born Woodhaven, L,I. ; dau. Virgil Howard and Mary Ryer (Eldert) Ketcham; ed. Brooklyn high schools; m. Woodhaven, Dr. George H. Leggett. Interested in various private charities. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Second Collegiate Dutch Reformed Church of Harlem, Harlem Philhar- monic Soc. Mem. Clio Club, City Fed. of Women's Clubs, Equal Suffrage League. LEGGETT, Mary Lydia (Rev.), 46 Liberty St.,

Revere, Mass.

Minister; b. Moravia^ Cayuga Co., N.Y. ; dau. Rev. William and Freelove (Frost) Leggett; ed. Monticello (111.) Sem. and Harvard Divinity Bchool, with special study and travel in Egypt, Greece and Italy. Pastor ait Beatrice, Neb. ; Green Harbor and Dighton, Mass.; Fort Collins, Colo.; Wolfsboro, N.H., and Revere, Mass. Has been actively Interested In social settlements and equal suffrage. Unitarian. LEIDING, Harriette Kershavp (Mrs. Herman G.

Leldlng), Charleston, S.C.

3orn Sewanee, Tenn., 1878; dau. John Kershaw, ! .D. (rector of St. Michael's), and Susan (De Baussure) Kershaw (granddaughter of G«n. Joseph Brevard Kershaw, C.S.A., and of Gen. Wilmot G. De Saussure) ; ed. Sumter Inst., Sumter High School, Peabody Normal Coll. and Univ. of Nashville; m. Charleston, B.C., June 28, 1902, Herman G. Leiding. Taught school for four years. Lake City, S.C; Norths, S.C; Con- way High School and Latin and music at Miss Bull's Acad., Charleston, S.C First vice-pres. Civic Club (also chairman of com. to meet legislative delegate and mem. Press. Com.); first vice-pres. Carolina Arts and Crafts Ins.; sec. and treas. Municipal Bath Commission. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Cries of an Old South- ern City; A Walk Around Ye Olde Historic Charleston; A Day With the Fisher Folk; also about 350 netwspaper articles and several maga- zine articles. Episcopalian (mem. Woman's auxiliary). Recreations: Yachting, hunting, fish- ing, music, painting, writing. Mem. Musical Art Club, Wednesday Morning Club (music), Caro- lina Art Ass'n (art), Civic Club, City Federa- tion. LEIGIITON, Etta Veronica, 226 Dexter St.,

Lonsdale, R.I.

Teacher, writer, lecturer; b. Valley Palls, R.I., June 30, 1880; dau. Thomas and Mary (McCabe) Leighton; grad. Central Falls High School; R.I. Normal School; Brown Univ. (special courses). Director Social Centre Work of Passaic, N.J. ; organizer of Cumberland Civic Guards and of the National Campaign for State Flags. Favors woman suffrage. For three years school news editor In Popular Educator. Author: Teachers as Tourists; Poor Pierre; Roger Williams and the Founding of Rhode Island, and articles pub- lished in Volta Review, Primary Education; Normal Instructor; Primary Plans. Mem. R.I. Inst, of Instruction, N.J. State Teachers' Ass'n, Nat. Soc for Promotion of Industrial Education, Audubon Soc. Recreations: Tennis, travel. Mem. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Club, R.I. Normal Club. Lecturer on travel: Through EJurope With the Poets.

��LEISEW7TZ, Julia 3fargaret (Mrs. Robert Leisewitz), Grace Hall, Whltls Av., Austin. Tex.

Director; b. Freretown, Liberia, West Africa, Jan. 2, 1856; dau. Frederick and Henrietta (Dietrick) Schlenker; ed. London, England; Lau- sanne, Switzerland; Stuttgart, Germany; m. Brenham, Tex., Robert Leisewitz (died 1883). Assisted in the establishment in 1897 of Grace Hall, the home for women students attending the Univ. of Texas, which was built and is owned by the Protestant Episcopal Church of the dio- cese of Texas (founder Rt. Rev. G. H. Kin- solving, D.D.). Director of Grace Hall, Austin, Texas. Active worker In church organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recrea- tions: Music and study of foreign languages.

LELAND, Abby Porter, 511 West 113th St., N.Y. ' City.

Educational worker; b. Mechanlcsville, N.Y., Sept. 20, 1879; dau. John P. and Mary E. (Lynch) Lieland; grad. State Normal Coll., Albany, N.Y., 1900; Barnard Coll., A.B. '05; Columbia Univ., A.M. '06, Ph.D. 'U (mem. Pi Beta Phi). Teacher for seven years, elementary and secondary work; institute instructor in N.Y. State, 1910; fellow in education. Teachers' College, Columbia Univ., 1910-11; ass't principal in N.Y. City public schools, 1911 —. Chairman Social Service Com. of N.Y. Branch Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; instructor Teachers' Training Class of Union School of Religion, Union Theological Sem., N.Y. City; Instructor in Summer School, W.Va. Univ., Morgantown, W.Va., 1913—. Author: The Educa- tional Theory and Practice of T. H. Green, 1911. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Nat. Religious Education Ass'n of N.Y. City, D.A.R., Women's University Club (N.Y. City). Protestant Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

LEMLY, Elizabeth Gary, North St., Jackson,

Miss.

Artist, teacher; b. Jackson, Miss., June 4, 1871; dau. William Steele and Sue Jane (Smith) Lemly; ed. in private schools at home; grad. Whitworth Coll.; art education in art schools and from private teacher In N.Y. City. Has taught art In schools and in private lessons; now su- pervisor of drawing in city schools of Jackson. Pres. Mississippi Art Ass'n, organized 1910; mem. Miss. State Fed. Women's Clubs, Am. Federa- tion of Arts; pres. since organization, 1910, of Jackson Art Study Club. Exhibited in local and New Orleans exhibitions; was at one time on Advisory Board Nat. League, of Mineral Painters. Presbyterian.

LENT, Mary Simons, 1628 Corcoran St., Wash- ington, D.C.

Pianist and teacher; b. June 13, 1865; dau. Francis A. and Helena E. (Comstock) Simons; musical education, Washington, D.C., under Harry Sherman, Anton Gloetzcer; Vienna, Alfred Gruenfeld; Berlin, Hans Bischof, Moritz Mosz- kowsky. Children: Wilmar F., b. 1889; Rudolf E., b. 1891; Margarete. b. 1896; Sylvia, b. 1903. Soloist ot Boston Symphony Orchestra at Bos- ton on occasion of Rubinstein Memorial Concert, Dec. 14 and 15, 1894; soloist Boston Symphony Concert, Washington, D.C, Feb. 25, 1895.

LENTE, Ellen Kemble, 251 W. Nlnety-Hrst St.,

N.Y. City.

Teacher o* piS.no; b. Cold Spring, Putnam Co., N.Y.; dau. Frederick Dlvoux Lente, M.D., and Mary (Kemble) Lente. Mem. Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, Consumers' League, Art Students' League (at one time mem. of Board ol Control), Synthetic Guild, Housewives' League, Ohurch Ass'n in the Interest of Labor, Ass'n for Labor Legislation. Mem. Badminton Club. Rec- reations: Tennis, golf, bicycling. Episcopalian. Worker for woonan suffrage; chairman 2Gth Sena- torial DIst. Com. of the Women's Political Union; chairman of all Putnam Co. branches of the Women's Political Union; mem. State Com. ol the Women's Political Union; mem. Equal Fran- chise Soc. and Woman's Suffrage Party of N.Y. City.

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