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��PAtTL, Nanette B. (Mrs. Daniel" Paul), IGCl Park Road, N.W., Washington, D.C. Instructor of law; b. Delaware Co., O., Mar. 29, 1866; ed. in couTitry schools; grad. Wash- ington Coll. of Law, 1900: mem. of bar, Dist. of Columbia; m. Apr. 11, 1888, Daniel Paul. Began teaching at 17; teacher of parliamentary law, correspondence course; lecturer on parliamen- tary law, principles of common law. Leader class in historical and in comparative study of religion. Author: Paul's Parliamentary Law; The Heart of Blackstone, or Principles of the Common Law; also short stories and articles. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women, Twentieth Century Club, Alumni Ass'n of Washington Coll. of Law; vice-chairman Legislative Com. Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs. Unitarian. Favors wo- man suffrage; independent and progressive. Mem. Anthony League, D.C. Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pres. White House Chapter Am. Woman's Republic.

PAUL, Sarah Woodman (Mrs. Edward A. Paul), Kent Place, Summit, N.J.

Principal Kent Place School for Girls; b. Tam- worth, N.H.; dau. Samuel and Eliza A. (Hidden) Woodman; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '81; stu- dent at Cambridge, E^ng., '96 (mem. Phi Sigma); m. Washington, L.C., June, 1887, Edward A. Paul. Teacher Washington (D.C.) High School, mathematics, 1883-87; instructor Wellesley Coll., mathematics, 1888-90; sec. of Wellesley Coll., 1890-95; principal Kent Place School for Girls, 1896. Mem. Graduate Council Wellesley Coll.; vice-pres. Town Improvement Ass'n, Summit, N.J. ; Ass'n of Collegiate AIumn», Head Mis- tresses' Ass'n, Fortnightly Club (Summit, N.J.), Women's University Club (N.Y. City). Recre- ations: Walking, reading. Presbyterian. PAULSON, Mary Wild (Mrs. David Paulson), Hinsdale, III.

Physician; b. Pleasantville, N.Y., May 21, 1872; dau. W, H. and M. A. (Hicks) Wild; ed. Univ. of Mich., Northwestern Univ., (ilhirago, 111.; Battle Creek Coll., Battle Creek, Mich.; m. Battle Creek, Mich., 1S96, Dr. David Paulson. Physi- cian at Battle Creek (Mich.) Sanitarium; teacher of obstetrics in Am. Medical Missionary Coll.; head lady physician, Hinsdale Sanitarium, Hins- dale, 111. Mem. Seventh Day Adventist Church. Mem. of Woman's Medical Club, Chicago. PAXSOX, Anna Richardson, Langhorne, Pa.

Teacher; b. Langhorne, Pa., Nov. 2, 1877; dau. William Rodman and Catharine Paxson; grad. George School, '96; Swarthmore (3oll., '02; Cor- nell Univ. fsi.mmer), 1902. Taught German at Friends' Central School, 190^-03; Friends' Sem., N.Y. City, 1903-04; English in Langhorne High School, 1905-10. Mem. Parent-Teachers' Circle, Sorosis (Langhorne Woman's Club), Young Friends' Ass'n. Favors limited suffrage. Mem. Society of Friends, Somerville Literary Society. Recreations: Walking, tennis, skating. PAASON, Helen J. (Mrs. Frederic L. Paxson), 629 Frances St., Madison, Wis. Born Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 15, 1883; dau. Jo- seph T. and Hattie (Hale) Jackson; grad. Brvn Mawr, A.B. '05; m. Philadelphia, Dec. 26, 1906, Prederic L. Paxson; children: Jane Taylor, Emma Fell. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Society of Friends. Recreations: Tennis, hockey, writing. PAXTON, Myra Beading Gulick (Mrs. J. Don- aldson Paxton), 323 Lancaster Av., St. Da- vids, Pa.

Born Princeton, N.J.; dau. Alexander and Al- mira (Reading) Gulick; ed. private schools and tutors; m. Princeton,' N.J., Oct. 21, 1897, J. Don- aldson Paxton; children: William M., Myra Reading. Motn. Colonial Dames. Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage. P.A,YI,OR, I. Irvin, HiKh Point, N-.C.

Writer; b. Thomasville, N.C. ; dau. John D. and Ida Jones (Whitaker) Paylor; ed. Winston- Salem. Pres. of Woman's Club of Dep'ts, viz.: Health. Civic, Music, Social Service, Economics, Literature, Parliamentary Law; historian of United Daughters of the Confederacy. Writer of short stories, feature writer, social correspondent for numerous papers. Mem. of Methodist Episco- pal Church. Mem. W.Q.T- Club (literature).

��Over-Tea-Cups Club, Bridge Club. Recreations: Pleasure clubs, walking, out-door exercisea. Methodist.

PAYNE, Adaline 3Iaria Brown (Mrs. William

Pierce Payne), Nevada, la.

Born South Champion, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1S34; dau. Orville and Lovisa (Phelps) Brown; ed. public schools, and grad. State Normal School (Albany, N.Y.), July 1, 1£54; m. S. Rutland, Jefferson Co., N.Y., Jan. IS, 1859, William Pierce Payne; one son: William Orson Payna, now editor of Nevada (la.) Representative. 'Taught in public schools and teachers' insts. from age of fourteen and a halt; postal ass't in Lynz;, Mass.; Clinton and Nyack, N.Y., for 13 years. Educated son to high school. Worked with hus- band, 1874-80, at Mitchell Sem., Mltchell7U;e: la., and In high school, Nevada, la.; subse- quently taught one year in Sooce and many terms in teachers' institutes; In 1882 engaged with husband in conducting Nevada R.^presenlative at Nevada, Story Co., la.; were joined by son one year later, and continued the work ever since. Has habitually done editorial work, making specialty of local history and biog- raphy; of a dep't encouragicg the literary ef- forts of busy women. Leader in club work, local and State; in village improvement through fed. of clubs; assoc. charities; eec. Story Co. Hist. Soc; promoter of interests of public library. Universaiist. Republican. Pres. City Fed. for Village Improvement; mem. first Ezec. Board Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs. Recreations: Re- search, gardening, lending a hand. Clubs: Ne- vada Woman's; Iowa Women's Press (Dee Moines).

P.\YNE, Annie Amelia Allis (Mrs. Henry Ma«e

Payne), Southold, L.I., N.Y.

Born Wllbraham, Mass.; dau. William Penn and Amelia R. (Baker) Allis; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '84; student (chemistry). Harvard Summer School, 1896; m. Aug. 17, 1897, Henry Mace Payne, C.E., Ph.D., Sc.D. ; one daughter: Helen Mace, b. Aug. 16, 1901. Ass't Medway (Mass.) High School, 18S4-85; prof. Greek. Latin and German, Women's Coll., Frederick, Md., 1885-86; Greek, Latin and mathematics, Irving Coll., Mechanlcsburg, Pa., 1888-92; German, Glenwood Inst., Matawan, N.J., 1892-93; principal, Southold (L.I.) Acad., 1894-95; prof, ancient languages. Home Inst., Tarrytown- on-Hudson, N.Y., 1895-96; prof. German and mathematics, Allentown (Pa.) Coll. for Women, 1S9S-97; vice-principal, Stewartstown (Pa.) Col- legiate Inst., 1889-1902. Occasional writer of poems and articles published in local papers and college magazines. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Nat. Soc. D.A.R.

PAYNE, Elizabeth Rebecca Clark (Mrs. Frank

Riley Payne), 127 State St., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Born Marion, Wayne Co., N.Y., July 23, 18S2; dau. Isaac A. and Sarah (Durfee) Olark; ed. Geneseo, N.Y., State Normal School, classical diploma, '83; Ingham Univ., Leroy, N.Y., Bach- elor of Painting. '84; Univ. of Mich.. A.B. '88; m. (1st) Lakeville, N.Y., July 6, 1901, Prof. William Harold Payne; and (2d) at Ann Arbor, Mioh, July 6, 1908, Frank Riley Payne. Taught 1883-84, Ingham Univ., Leroy, N.Y. ; Minn. State Normal School, at Moorhead, 1SS8-89; 11 years at Univ. of Nashville, Peabody Normal Ck)U., Nashville, Tenn., 189O-1901. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, King's Daughters, W.C.T.U. Presby- terian. Favors woman suffrage (progressive); mem. Ann Arbor Equal Suffrage Ass'n.

PAYNE, Jennie MacKay, 417 Thomson St.,

Flint, Mich.

Teacher; b. Richland, Neb., 1877; dau. Robert L. and Jennie (MacKay) Payne; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900 (Phi Beta Kappa); preparatory educa- tion, public schools in Flint, Mich. Instructor English literature and mathematics In high schools in Aberdeen, Wash., and Flint, Mich. Mem. Y.W.C.A.; taught evening class in English literature for working girls; helped organize local chapter of Girls' Friendly Soc. and taught even- ing classes In sewing, English, etc. Pavora woman suffrage. Mem. Mich. State Suffrage Ass'n; chairman Press Com., (Jenesee County Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Has written newspa{>ef

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��articles on educational subjects, suffrage and travel. Editor "Vassar Miscellany" during two years of college course. Episcopalian. Recreations: Travel, tennis. Mem. Twentieth Century Club (sec. two years, pres. one year.) Has traveled extensively in this country and abroad. In 1910 made cruise around the world. PAYNE, Mary Earle (Mrs. Frank Howard

Payne), 1931 Home St., Berkeley, Cal.

Born Fremont, 111., April 3, 1856; dau. Moses Lee and Maria Eliza (Breckenridge) Earle; ed. Rockford (111.) Coll.; m. Berkeley, Cal., Oct. 30, 1884, Dr. Frank Howard Payne. Interested in church and many clubs — political, philanthropic, musical, dramatic and social. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. Political Equality League (Berkeley), Civic Center (San Francisco). Recreations: Music, dancing, physical culture, riding, driving. Mem. San Francisco Musical Club, Pacific Musical Club, Berkeley Piano Club, Berkeley Musical Ass'n, Town and Gown Club (Berkeley), Forum Club, Channing Auxiliary (San Francisco). PAYSON, Fanny Sturgis (Mrs. Walter Morse

Payaon), 3 Welden St., Roxbury, Mass.

Born Quincy, Mass., 1871; dau. Caleb L. and Susannah (¥/hiton) Sturgis; ed. Roxbury, gram- mar and high school; m. Roxbury, Oct. 10, 1893, Walter Morse Payson. Interested in Home for Crippled Children, Cullis Consumptives' Home (or Incurables, Roxbury Charitabie Ass'n. Pres. Women's Home Literary Club of Dorchester, Women's Book Review Club of Dorchester, the Evening Study Club. Universalist. PEABODY, Anna Howe, 105 Centre St., Danvers,

Mass.

Physician; b. Danvers, Mass., Oct. 31, 1876; dau. Gieorge Howe and Augusta (Mudge) Peabody; grad. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '99; Tufts Coll. Med. School, Boston, M.D. '02. Ass't physician, Danvers State Hospital, 1905—. Congregationalist. Mem. Mass. Med. Soc. New England Soc. of Psychiatry, Danvers Womap's Ass'n. PEABODY, Elizabeth Gertrude, Holland Patent,

N.Y.

Teacher; b. Holland Patent, N.Y., June 25, 1864; dau. Edward William and Elizabeth Coe (DeAngelis) Peabody; ed. Union Free School, Holland Patent, N.Y.; State Normal School, Cortland, classical diploma, Wellesley Coll.; Cornell Univ., A.B. '02. Taught lor 21 years, engaged in the insurance business two jears In N.Y., 1910-12; now teaching in the Utica (N.Y.) Free Acad. Episcopalian. Favors wo- man suffrage. Progressive in political views. PEABODY, Josephifie Preston (see Marks,

Josephine Preston Peabody). PEABODY, Lucy Evelyn (Mrs, W. S. Peabody),

I'lSO Corona St., Denver, Colo.

Deputy register, State Board of Land Commis- sioners; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 1, 1865; dau. A S and Lucy A. (Fox) Davison; ed. in con- vents'; m. Washington, D.C., Mar. 4, 1895, Major W. S. Peabody. Mainly instrumental in securing passage of Act of Congress establiehing Mesa Verde Nat. Park, Colo., thus preserving for fu- ture generations the most remarkable remains of prehistoric architecture on this continent. Peabody House named in honor of Mrs. Peabody by Dr. Edgar L. Hewell, director Am. School of Archaeology of the ArchEeological Inst, of America (six years required for the work). Favors woman suffrage; mem. Colo. Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Democrat (voter). Life mem. Colo. Soc. of the Archaeological Inst, of America; one of founders of the Am. Anthropological Ass'n; mem. Nat. Geographic Soc, Direct Legislation League, Woman's Club of Denver. PEABODY, Lucy W. (Mrs. Henry W. Peabody),

Beverly, Mass.

Born Belmont, Kan. ; dau. John and Jane (Hart) McGill; ed. Rochester Academy, Rochester, N.Y. ; m 1st, 1881, Norman Mathf.r Waterbury; 2d, 1906 Henry W. Peabody; children: Norma R. Waterbury, Howard Ernest Waterbury. Five years missionary, Madras, India. Eighteen yeaxs sec. Woman's Board of Missions. Editor The Helping Hand for ten years, King's Messenger

��for ten years; at present editor of Everyland (a children's magazine). Chairman Com. on United Study of Missions; chairman Northfield Summer School Committee; pres. Beverly Woman's Aux- iliary Y.M.C.A. ; Am. mem. Edinburgh Continua- tion Committee. Author: Editorials and pam- phlets, children's stories. Baptist. Recreations: Gardening, housekeeping.

PEABODY, Natalie Clews (Mrs. George Russell Peabody), Belle Hatch Park, Harpsden, Hen- ley-on-Thames, England.

Born July 30. 1890; dau. John Henry and Jessie (Bradley) Clews; ed. Miss Spence's School, N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, Nov. 16, 1909, George Russell Peabody; one daughter: Natica Peabody. Epis- copalian. Now living abroad.

PEACE, Katberine Heyl (Mrs. Philip Physick Peace), Peacedale, Glen Road, Ardmore, Pa. Born Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. George A. and Kate Thomas (Field) Heyl; ed. Miss Irvin'a School, Philadelphia, and by governess; m. Rose- mont. Pa., Oct. 24, 1902, Philip Physick Peace, son of Dr. Edward and Anna (Coleman) Peace of Philadelphia; children: Katherine Field Heyl Peace, Edward Coleman Peace. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Acorn Club (Philadelphia).

PE.4COCK, Virginia Tatnall, 2466 Ontario

Road, Washington, D.C.

Author, journalist; b. Philadelphia; dau. John Brooks and Virginia Tatnall (Marshall) Pea- cock; ed. private tutors, Eden Hall, Torresdale, Pa. Began newspa.per work on Washington staff of Philadelphia Times, Dec., 1897; editorial staff of Washington Post since July, 1907; has con- tributed to Lippincott's, Cosmopolitan, Woman's Home Companion. Author: Famous American Belles of the Nineteenth Century. Mem. D.A.R., Columbia Historical Soc.

PEAKS, Mary Bradford, Vassar College, Pough-

keepsie, N.Y.

Instructor in Latin; b. Muskegon, Mich., Mar. 1, 1880; dau. George F. and Mary S. (Remick) Peaks; ed. public schools, Chicago, and Menomi- nee, Mich; Univ. of Chicago, A.B. 1900; graduate scholar, 1900-01; fellow '03-05, Ph.D. '05, Univ. of Chicago; grad. student Columbia Univ., sum- mers of 1908 and 1910. Teacher of Greek and Latin, Milwaukee-Downer Coll., Milwaukee, 1901- 03; instructor in Latin, Vassar Coll., 1905. Au- thor: The General Civil and Military Administra- tion of Norioum and Raetia (in Chicago Studies in Classical Philology, vol. 4, 1907) ; various short articles and book reviews in classical journals, (iongregationalist. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa Soc., Am. Philological Ass'n, Classical Ass'n of the Atlantic States, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Favors woman suffrage. PEAKCE, Elsie Simmons (Mrs. Edward Douglas

Pearce), 84 Gushing St., Providence, R.I.

Bom Oct, 11, 1888; dau. Frank D. and M. Eliza- beth (Little) Simmons; m. Providence, R.I., April 14, 1910, Edward Douglas Pearce; one son: Ed- ward Douglas. Mem. Protestant Episcopal Church, Agawan Hunt Club. PEAKCE, Mary Banting (Mrs. Harry T.

Pearce), Avon-by-the-Sea, N.J.

Author, lecturer; b. Crosswlcks, Burlington (3o., N.J.; dau. Newbury and Elizabeth (Haines) Bunting; ed. Bristol Boarding School for Girls, Moorestown Boarding School for Girls, N.J. Col- legiate Inst., Bordentown, N.J. (received diplo- ma); m. Bordentown, N.J., Feb. 1, 1871, Harry T. Pearce; children: Evelyn, Joseph, Harry, Kester, Edith. Literature (composer). Civil Reform, So- cial Betterment, Progressive Politics, Ethical Cul- ture, Psychic Research, Educational Advance- ment, the High Criticism. Favors woman suf- frage. Author: New Thought School; High Lights in Science; writer of journalistic essays and poetry (pen name "Paul Avenel"). Recrea- tions: Horticulture, lectures (Univ. Extension Courses), drama. PEAKCE, Mildred Tenney Brown (Mrs. Edward

Ernest I'earce), Candle, Alaska.

Former teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '01; m. Oct. 2, 190S, Edward Ernest Pearce. Taught in Brunot Hall, Spokane, Wash., and afterward

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��in St. Mary's Hall, Knoxville, 111., until mar- riage, when she went to AJaska. PEARCE, Nina Marie Ma<'CIure (Mrs. Robert M.

Pearce), 3115 Fifth Av., Beaver Falls, Pa.

Born Jacksboro, Tex., Oct. 14, 1879; dau. Will- iam James and Clara (Glasgow) MacCIure; ed. public and high schools. Belle Center, Ohio; Geneva College; m. Belle Center, Ohio, Oct. 3, 1901, Robert M. Pearce; children: Dorothy Jean- ette, Alice Elizabeth. Sunday-school teacher for 15 years; teacher of Missouri Study Class for five years; sup't of Literature of Pittsburgh Pres- byterial of Reformed Presbyterian Church. Mem. New Brighton Woman's Club, Outlook Club of Beaver Falls, College Hill Book Club. Favors woman suffrage. PEARMALN, Alice Whittemore Upton (Mrs.

Sumner Bass Pearmainl, 388 Beacon St.,

Boston, Mass.

Born East Jaffrey, N.H., 1863; dau. Peter and Barah Miller (Duncan) Upton; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '83, M.A. '90; m. East Jaffrey, N.H., 1886, Sumner Bass Pearmain; children: William Rob- ert (died), Edward Paget (died), John Duncan, Margaret (Mrs. Manfred Bowditch). Pres. Nat. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse, 1897-99; pres. College Club, 1896-98, 1906-07; chairman of House Com. of College Club, 1905-1914; pres. Boston Students' Union, 1909-12 (vice-pres. 1912); sec. Woman's Municipal League of Boston, 1910-14; president Wellesley College Alumnae Ass'n, 1912-14. Has written magazine articles in Am. Statistical Ass'n Magazine, publications of Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnse, newspapers, etc. Mem. Women's Edu- cation Ass'n, Mass. Infant Asylum, Internat. Inst, for Girls in Spain, Twentieth Century Club, The Chilton Club; The College Club, Boston; The Lyceum Club, London. Favors woman suf- frage. Progressive. PE.ARSON, Elizabeth Ware WInsor (Mrs. Henry

Greenleaf Pearson), Dudley Road, Newton

Centre, Mass.

Ekiucator; b. In Massachusetts; ed. High School, Winchester, Mass. ; Harvard Annex, 1889-90; Bryn Mawr, A.B. '92; m. Weston, Mass., Sept. 6, 1898, Prof. Henry Greenleaf Pearson, of Mass. Inst, of "Technology. Teacher of Greek, Latin and iSnglish composition. Miss Winsor's School, Boston, 1892-98. Teacher of sight singing, 1903-05; private tutor, 1906-08; teacher of private primary school since 1906; also since 1906 ass't director of the Winsor School, Longward, Boston. Mem. Com. on Women's Residence, South End House, Boston; mem. Bryn Mawr Alumnae Ass'n (mem. academic com.).

PEARSON, Helen Sleeper, Bryn Mawr, Pa- Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '81, A.M. '83; graduate student, Bryn Mawr Coll. (In mathe- matics), 1891-99. Teacher of mathematics in Miss Florence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1892-1906; Miss Wright's School, Bryn Mawr, since 196. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. PE-ARSON, Lola Clark (Mrs. John Cannon

Pearson), Marshall, Okla.

Born Maquoketa, la., Nov. 29, 1871; dau. F. J. and Lydia (Burgin) Clark; grad. Kingsley (la.) Higli School, '88; Cornell Coll., Morning Side Coll., la.; m. Pierson, la., Sept. 6, 1899, John Cannon Pearson; children: Manon, John C!annon Jr., Clark William. Principal of schools, Mo- vllle. la., 1892-94; prin. of schools, Pierson, la., 18i)6-Li9. Mem. Board of Education, Marshall, Okla., 1907-11; sup't Ladies' Dep't Local Fair, Marshall, Okla., 1910-12; cor. sec. Logan Co. W.C.T.U. Mem. Order Eastern Star. Pres. Marshall Woman's Club; rec. sec. First Dlst. Federation of Women's Clubs of Okla. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. PEARSON, Lucy Wright (Mrs. Dana Pearson),

10 Ilenstiaw Av., Northampton, Mass.

Born Northampton, Mass., Jan. 6, 1864; dau. Ansel and Sarah (Fitts) Wright; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '86; m. Northampton, June 29, 1887, Dana Pearson; children: Dorothy, b. June 2, 1888; Elizabeth, b. Apr. 1, 1891; Dana Edmund, b. Sept. 16, 1898; Chauncey Wright, b. 1904. Vlce- pres. of Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren; vice-pres. Soc. for Prevention of Tuber- culosis; director Dickinson Hospital Aid Ass'n;

��ex-pres. Women's Alliance of the Unitarian Church. Ex-regent Betty Allen Chapter D.A.R. ; pres. West Mass. Smith Alumnae Ass'n; first pres. of Nineteenth Century Club. Unitarian. PEART, Josephine DIebitsch (Mrs. Robert

Edwin Peary), 1820 Belmont Road, Washing- ton, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C; dau. Herman H. and Magdalena A. Diebitsch; ed. In schools of Wash- ington; m. Washington, D.C, 1888, Lieut, (now Rear Admiral) Robert Edwin Peary, discoverer of the North Pole; one daughter; Marie Ahnighito, born in Greenland, and the most northerly-bom white child in the world, and a son, Robert E. Peary, junior. Accompanied the Peary expeditions of 1891-92 and 1893-94 as far as winter quarters in Northern Greenland, and again in 1897; went north to meet her husband In 1900 and was caught in the Ice, wintui- Ing at Cape Sabine, and has maide other trips north. Author: My Arctic Journal, 1894; The Snorw Baby, 1901; The Children of the Arctic, 1903. Mem. Am. Alpine Soc, Alaska Geograph- ical Soc, Philadelphia Geographical Soc. PEASE, Eva May (Mrs. Earle Myron Pease),

Grand Rapids, Wis.

Bom Hlgganum, Conn., Oct. 22, 1870; dau. Richard and Viola E. (Bailey) May; ed. Braln- erd Acad., Haddam, Conn.; Mt. Holyoke Sem., South Hadley, Mass.; languages, literature and art under private instruction; m. Hlgganum, Conn., Feb. 10, 1892, Earle Myron Pease. Cor. sec. Wis. Christian Woman's Board of Mis- sions, 1897-98; pres. Wis. Christian Woman's Board of Missions, 1898-99; cor. sec. Wis. Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, 1908-10; first vice- pres. Wis. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1910-12. Interested in church, Sunday-school, missionary and Christian Endeavor work; civic Improve- ment, public schools, hospital, library and charities. Mem. D.A.R., Order Eastern Star, Audubon Soc. W.C.T.U., Grand Rapids City Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, Travel Class, Hlgli Street Women's Club, Wis. Federation of Wo- men's Clubs. Recreations: Traveling, boating, driving, nature studies, birds, trees, ferns, fiow- ers. CongregrationalisL PEASE, Laurette Eustis Potts (Mrs. Lewis

Frederic Pease), Pelham Manor, N.Y.

Born Pennsylvania; ed. Bellefonte (Pa.) Acad., Bryn Mawr, A.B. '97; graduate student, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1897-98; reader in English, 1897-99; fellow in English, 1899-1900; student, Univ. of Munich, 1900-01; m. 1905, Lewis Frederic Pease. Mistress of Pembroke Hall, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1895-96. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Ciollegiate Equal Suffrage League of N.Y. PEASE, Rose Winchester (Mrs. Henry R.

Pease), 402 First Av., S.E., Watertown, aDak.

Born Apr. 13, 1842; dau. Samuel Winchester (aeronaut 1852) and Luclnda (Hall) Winchester; grad. Toledo (O.) High School, '58; Phlpps (N.Y ) Sem., 1858-61; m. New Orleans, La., 1866, Henry R. Pease; children: John Henry, Rose Emma, Harry Winchester, Oliver Morton. In 1864, went South with others as missionary to the freedmen; stopped at Natchez, Mlse. ; afterwards went to New Orleans and was principal in school knoTra as Mechanics' Inst 'They were the first free public schools In the South, and were attended by the freedmen and a few poor whites. Pres- ent activities consist chiefly of church work and In the Fed. of Woman's Clubs; pres. Health Dep't of S.Dak., 1908-09; appointed delegate by Governor of S.Dak. to the International Tuber- culosis Congress, in Washington, D.C; now pres. Trinity Guild (Episcopal (Dhurch). Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman's Relief Corps; Health and EJflaciency League of America. Clubs: Progressive Study, Literary. PEASLEE, Abbie Ann (Mrs. GeorK« L«B«ron

Peaslee), 42 Goff St., Auburn, Me.

Born Biddeford, Me., April 3, 1849; dau. John Marston and Ann Maria (Haziett) PhUbrook; ed. public school, Lewiston, and Biddeford (Me.) High School; Chautauqua Literary and Scien- tific Circle, N.Y., grad, 1886; m. (1st) Biddeford. Me., July 28, 1869, Cyrus Lowell Capen (died Maj 15, 1871); m. (2d) Lynn, Maas., Jan. 8, 1874 George LeBaron Peaalee, M.D., of Wilton, Me

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��(•died Auburn, Me., Mar. 31, 1912); one son: Clar- ence Lester Capen, b. Aug. 30, 1870 (adopted by George L. Peaslee, M.D., and name changed to Clarence Capen Peaslee). Favors woman suf- frage; has spoken in behalf of suffrage at several heartngs before the Legislature of Maine and once before U.S. Senate Committee. Congrega- tlonalist. Charter mem. Auburn W.C.T.U. (ex- pres.), charter mem. Mary Dillingham Chapter D.A.R. (ex-regent), Maine State Council D.A.R. (ex-chaplain), American Missionary Ass'n (ex- State pres. for Maine) ; charter mem. Maine Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Auburn Art Club (ex- pres.), Central Maine General Hospital, Lewiston, Me.; Woman's Literary Union of Androscoggin Co. (ex-pres.). Parlor Congress Club, Wednesday Morning Club; pres. Twin City Parliamentary Club, 1913-14. Representative to the World's Con- gress of Representative Women of the Columbian Exposition.

PEATTIE, Elia Wilkinson (Mrs. Robert Burns

PeatUe), 7660 Bond Av., Chicago, III.

Writer; b. Kalamazoo, Mich., Jan. 15, 1862; dau. Frederic and Amanda (Cahill) Wilkinson; ed. public schools; m. Chicago, May 10, 1883, Robert Burns Peattie; children: Ekiward CahiU, Barbara Peattie Erskine, Roderick, Donald. Began work as a reporter on the Chicago Trib- une; served for eight years as editorial and special writer on Omaha World-Herald; for the last ten years has been literary editor of Chicago Tribune. Interested in democratic and patriotic movements, particularly the work of the settle- ments; frequently read to them. Has made a specialty of the short story; fict'on has appeared in Collier's, Scribner's, Harper's Monthly, Har- per's Bazar, Twentieth Century, the Smart Set, Ainslee's, Youth's Companion, the Red Book, the Woman's Home Companion, Good Housekeeping, The Housekeeper, St. Nicholas, etc.; does reading of club papers and her own action. Books: The Children's Crusade; The Story of America; A Mountain Woman; Pippins and Cheese; Ickery Ann; The Beleaguered Forest; How Jacques Came to the Forest of Arden; The Love of a Caliban; Castle, Knight and Troubadour; The Edge of Things; The Shape of Fear; Edda and the Oak; Azalea. Mem. Col- onial Dames. Clubs: Fortnightly, Little Room. Recreations: Housekeeping, gardening, walking In woods, rowing. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal Suffrage Ais'n. PECK, Alice >Ialana (Mrs. Friend Joseph Peck),

Mt, Carmel, Conn.

Bom Woodbrldge, Conn., Sept. 10, 1851; dau. George Merritt and Laura (Truesdell) Northrop; ed. Seymour High School; Troy Female Sem.; m. March 31, 1874, Friend Joseph Peck; children: Leon Friend, Florence Malana, Alice Dayse. Mem. Exec. Board Hamden Civic Ass'n (on Edu- cational Com.); mem. Emma Willard Ass'n of N.Y., Mt. Carmel Club (literary) ; yice-pres. Conn. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Congrega- tionalist.

PECK, Alice Russell (Mrs. Henry Porter Peck),

Mount Vernon, N.H.

Bom Boston, Oct. B, 1857; dau. Thomas Hast- ings and Maria Louisa (Wiswall) Russell; ed. Boston private schools; m. Boston, May 24, 1882, Rev. Henry Porter Peck; children: Henry N. Peck, b. 1883; Russell Hastings Peck, b. 1885; Marion Louise, b. 1887; Charles Russell, b. 1889. Interested in church, club and social work. Au- thor: A Ritual for the Use of the D.A.R.; also several plays and lecture talks. Officer on N.H. State Federation of Women's Clubs, and N.H. State D.A.R. ; regent of Milford (N.H.) Chapter D.A.R. for three years; pres. Woman's Club of Mt. Vernon for many years. Congregationallst.

PECK, Annie Smith, J. B. Pond Lyceum Bu- reau, Metropolitan B'ld'g, N.T. City. Explorer, lecturer, writer; b. Providence, R.I. ; dau. George Batcheller and Ann Power (Smith) Peck; ed. public schools, high school, normal school. Providence; Dr. Stockbridge's School for Young Ladies; Univ. of Mich., B.A., M.A. ; studied in Germany, and one year as first woman student In Am. School of Classical Studies, Ath- ens, Greece. Ehigaged as teacher for years in

��schools of Providence, R.I. ; high school of Sag- inaw, Mich.; in private girls' school at Cincin- nati, and the high school of Montclair, N.J., and was afterward prof. Latin in Purdue Univ. and in Smith Coll. ; gave lectures on Greek and Roman archaeology, and later on travel and exploration. Has attained distinction as a moun- tain climber: among many others ascended the Matterhorn in 1SS5; Popoeatapetl, 1897; Ori- zaba, which she was first woman to Scale, 1897; and Fuffingerspitze, in the Tyrol, in 1900; reached height of 20,500 ft. on Mt. Sorata, Bolivia, 1904, and during several following years made ex- plorations among the highest peaks of Peru, in- cluding the highest summit of the Raura Range (18,000 ft.), ascent of a previously unexplored rock mountain (16,300 ft.); reached, with two Swiso guides, summit of north peak of Mt. Huarascan (21,812 ft.) on Sept. 2, 1908, which is 2,500 ft. higher than any man residing in the United States had attained; resumed explorations in Peru, 1911, and in July scaled Mt. Coropuna, Peru, making the first ascent of two peaks hav- ing an altitude of about 21,000 ft. Writer of magazine and newspaper articles. Books: A Search for the Apex of America, 1911; also (in preparation): The South American Tour — A Guide Book of South America. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumna, Nat Geographic Soc. ; hon. mem. Pan- American Trade Ass'n; hon. vice-pres. Internat. Peace Forum; mem. HoTvell Woman's Whist Club (Boston); original mem. Alpine Club. Official delegate of United States to the Internat. Con- gress of Alpinists, Paris, 1900. Recreations: Whist, bridge, dancing, tennis, swimming, row- ing. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage Club, Woman's Political Union; hon. mem. Joan of Arc Suffrage League; vice-pres. N.Y. County Suffrage Ass'n. Baptist.

PECK, Edith Weld, 224 McGregor Av., Mt.

Auburn, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lawyer; b. Cincinnati, Ohio; dau. Hiram David and Harriet Emily (Weld) Peck; ed. Miss Nourse's School, Cincinnati, Ohio; Univ. of Cin- cinnati, B.L. ; graduate work, Univ. of Cam- bridge, Univ. of Chicago, Boston Univ., LL.B., in. J. Interested in settlement work; lecturer for woman suffrage. Mem. Ohio Woman Suffrage Ass'n. -Author of travel articles and of Revision of Peck's Township Officers' Guide. Unitarian. Mem. D.A.R., College Club, Cincinnati Woman's Club, Civic League. For two years instructor of English in Univ. of Cincinnati.

PECK, Emelyn Foster, 237 Parkwood Boul., Schenectady, N.T. ; office, Schenectady County Court House, Schenectady, N.Y. Social worker; b. Warren, Ohio, Max. 13, 1878; dau. Benjamin Harvey and Margaret (Matthews) Peck; ed. Oberlin Coll., A.B. '03; N.Y. School of Philanthropy, '06 (Phi Beta Kappa). Private sec. to Prof. Jeremiah W. Jenks, of Cornell, 1904-05; Schenectady Co. agent of N.Y. State Charities Aid Ass'n, 1907-13. Mem. Nat Con- ference of Charities and Corrections, N.Y. State Conference of Charities and Corrections (mem. com. on children, 1913), Albany Capitol District Conference of Charities and Corrections (chair- man Children's Section, 1913), N.Y. State Con- ference of Poor Law Officials, College Club of Schenectady. Recreations: Tennis, boating, walking, music.

PECK, Eugenia Caldwell, "Tanglewood," Phelps,

N.Y.

Retired teacher; b. Oaks Corners, N.Y., Aug. 17, 1860; dau. Ezra Jones and Anne Lingan (Bartlett) Peck; grad. Homer Acad, (classical and scientific courses), with valedictory, 1879 and ISSO; special course of two terms at Cornell Univ., 1883-84 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta, Cornell). High school teacher three years. Against woman suf- frage. Presbyterian.

PECK, Julia Darling, Shelburne, Mass.

Writer; b. Shelburne, Mass.; dau. Albert and Nancy (Darling) Peck; grad. public schools of Shelburne; Arms Acad., Shelburne Falls. Active in church work; mem. Library Com. of Shel- burne, Mass. Favors woman suffrage. Contribu- tor for 30 years to the Youth's Companion, Con- gregationallst, Springfield Republican, and many

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Rh other periodicals and newspapers, of short stories and verse. Congregationallst. Well known as writer of short stories and verse, especially for children.

PECK, Mamie Downard (Mrs. Hal M. Peck), 602 N. Twenty-Sixth St., Corslcana, Tex.

Writer; b. Hillsboro, Tex., Jan. 23, 1868; dau. Dr. H. T. and Eliza Frances (Moorman) Downard; ed. Athanaeum, Columbia. Tenn., full diploma and special one in English; two years pres. of Euzelian Coll. Soc; m. Bryan, Tex., Oct. 21, 18S6, Hal M. Peck; children: Elsie, b. Aug. 11, 1887 (deceased); Le Nolr, b. Jan. 25, 1889 (deceased); Pansy, b. Mar. 24, 1892; Hal, b. Feb. 16, 1898. Newspaper and magazine writer, principally of verse. Interested in all civic improvement, art, music, literature and the elevation of the human race morally. Favors woman suffrage. Author, two books of verse ready for publication: In Many Moods, and Poems of the South. Episcopalian. Mem. of church and charity societies, Texas Women's Press Ass'n, United Daughters of Confederacy (poet laureate of these for a number of years). King's Daughters, and other organizations. Recreation: Horseback riding. Mem. Nevin Club (music). Analysis Reader; chairman Third Dist. Press Com.; mem. State Press Club. First poem was published at the age of eight years; her memorial poem to Senator Roger Q. Mills was delivered by her at the exercises held by the Bar Ass'n of Texas and printed in their memorial volume dedicated to Senator Mills; wrote poem Shiloh, dedicated to Albert Sidney Johnson (30,000 copies sold for benefit of Shiloh moniunent), also many Illustrated poems, songs, recitations, weekly humorous articles, short stories and articles on topics of the day.

PECK, Maria Purdy (Mrs. Washington F. Peck), Oak Terrace, Davenport, Iowa.

Born Butler, Wayne Co., N.Y., Nov. 16, 1840; dau. Hon. Merritt and Amanda (Sears) Purdy; ed. in public and private schools of Western N.Y.; m. Butler, N.Y., 1865, Dr. Washington F. Peck (died Dec, 1892); children: Jessie Allen, Mary Alida, Robert Peck. Founder of St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses. Author of series of historical sketches on Davenport and Its Environs (National Magazine), 1893; Fort Armstrong (Annals of Iowa), 1895; Black Hawk (Annals of Iowa), 1896; A Bit of Italy in May (Midland Magazine), 1896. Unitarian. Mem. Mayflower Soc.; past State regent Iowa D.A.R. (now chapter regent); pres. County Historical 3oc. ; mem. Am. Historical Soc, State Historical Soc. (Iowa), Founders and Patriots of America, United States Daughters of 1812; past vice-pres.-at-large of the Nat. Council of Women; mem. Davenport Acad, of Science; charter mem. George Washington Memorial Ass'n; pres. Clianian Club; organizer and first pres. Davenport Woman's Club. Favors woman suffrage.

PECK, Mary Gray, Geneva, N.Y., R.D. 2.

Journalist; b. Seneca Castle, N.Y., Oct. 21, 1867: dau. Henry J. and Mary Diantha (Gray) Peck; grad. Elmira Coll., B.A. '89; Univ. of Minn., post-grad, work in philology; Cambridge Univ., England; grad. work in Old and Middle English. Ass't prof, of English, Univ. of Minn., tor eight years; resigned 1909 to go into suffrage work and journalism. Interested in economic and industrial problems of women. Has investigated labor conditions in Europe and U.S.; chairman Drama Sub-Com. of Com. on Literature and Library Extension In Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Charter mem. College Equal Suffrage League, Univ. of Minn. Headquarters sec. Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1909-10, in N.Y. City. Fraternal delegate from Nat. Women's Trade Union League to Intornat. Suffrage Congress in Stockholm, 1911. Press chairman of Ohio Woman Suffrage Ass'n during campaign of 1912 for the woman suffrage amendment to the new Constitution. Special correspondent from Internal. Suffrage Congress, 1911, for Boston Transcript and other papers. As journalist has contributed to various Industrial and academic periodicals, magazines and newspapers research articles, original Investigations, fiction and verse. Liberal in religion. Recreation: Music. Mem. Gamma Phi Beta, Sorority, Nat. Women's Trade Union League, Woman Suffrage Party, Geneva Political Equality Club, Chicago Women's City Club; life mem. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; mem. Modern Language Ass'n, Univ. of Minn. Alumnæ Assn, Drama League of America.

PECK, Mary T. (Mrs. James E. Peck), Calexlco, Cal.

Born Neola, Iowa, Sept. 15, 1881; dau. Frank G. and Annie (Elvidge) McWilliams; ed. Omaha (Neb.) and Houston (Tex.) public schools, and grad. Ashland (Ore.) High School, '08; Southern Oregon State Normal, at Ashland, '02 (medal for highest scholarship); m. Los Angeles, Cal., June 5 1907, James E. Peck; children: Margery (deceased), Winnifred, and James (deceased). Grammar grade teacher, Oregon and Cal. schools; mem. County Board of Education of Imperial Co. Cal., 1908-09. Interested in schools and all work of benefit to girls. Mem. Civic Club of Calexico (pres. 1911-12, and acting pres. 1913, chairman literary com., planning and executing work for year); pres. County Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1913-14. Recreation: Music. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

PECK, Minna Eliot Tenney (Mrs. Arthur K. Peck), 19 Wellington Road, Brookline, Mass.

Lecturer on art and travel; b. Littleton, Mass.; dau. William H. and Charlotte A. (Lane) Tenney; ed. grammar and high school, Littleton, Mass.; grad State Normal School, Salem, Mass.; m. Dec. 23, 1907, Arthur K. Peck. Before marriage a teacher of English and literature in Grant Departmental School in Watertown, Mass. In summer of 1897 traveled extensively in northern Europe and prepared a lecture, A Summer in Norway; subsequent travels resulted in lectures: The Land of the Shamrock; Greece, the Land of Myth and Romance; Picturesque Sicily; Oberammergau and the Spirit of the Passion Play; Holland and the Art of Rembrandt; Artists' Haunts in Europe; Canada, etc. Mem. Old Boston Chapter D.A.R. Ancestors active and prominent in both Colonial and Revolutionary wars, especially in and about Schenectady, N.Y.

PECK, Theodora Agnes, 275 College St., Burlington. Vt.

Author; b. Burlington, Vt., Oct., 1882; dau. Gen. Theodore Safford and Agnes Louisa (Leslie) Peck; grad Burlington High School (class poet and also commencement speaker), 1900; special course Univ. of Vt. Author: Hester of the Grants, 1905; The Sword of Dundee, 1908. Mem. of Green Mountain Chapter D.A.R.; registrar Commodore McDonough Chapter Daughters of 1812 (hon. mem. of Vt. Soc); No. 1 Medal of Honor Legion (second class); hon. mem. Soc. of Army of the Potomac; hon. mem. Ninth Vt. Regiment; mem. College St. Congregational (Trinitarian) Church; mem. of Needlework Guild. Mem. Equal Franchise League of Burlington, Humane Soc, Woman's Relief Corps and Klifa Club (Burlington). Recreations: Music, piano and vocal.

PECKHAM, Anna Brown, Kingston, R.I.

University professor; b. Kingston, R.I., Jan. 26, 1870; dau. Jeremiah G. and Elizabeth P. (Hadwen) Peckham; grad. Friends' Boarding School, Providence, R.I., '88; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '93; studied at Univ. of Chicago, Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., Univ. of Göttingen; A.M., 1900, from Denison Univ. Teacher in public schools of a.1., 1893-94; teacher in R.I. State Coll., 1894-97; instructor in Denison Univ., 1900-08; associate prof., 1909—. Congregationallst. Abroad one year. 1898-99, and six months, 1910-11.

PECKHAM, Elizabeth GifTord (Mrs. George W. Peckham), 646 Marshall St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Entomologist; b. Milwaukee, Dec. 19, 1854; dau. Charles and Mary C. (Child) Gifford; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '76; m. Pine Lake, Wis., Sept. 16, 1880, George W. Peckham; three children. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Joint author (with husband): Habits and Instincts of Solitary Wasps; Wasps Social and Solitary; Sexual Selection in Spiders; Habits and Instincts of Hymenoptera. Mem. Wis. Audubon Soc., Woman's Club of Wisconsin.


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��FECKffAM, Ethel Anson Steel (Mrs. Wheeler Hazard Peckham), Davenport Neck, New Rochelle, N.Y.

Bom Bethlehem, Pa., Nov. 3, 1879; dau. Will- iam White Garri&ues and Juliet (Ranch) Steel; ed. in England at private schools and with gov- ernesses; m. Nov. 1, 1906, WTieeler Hazard Peck- Iwm; one daughter: Content Rathbone Peckham, b. Jan. 7, 1909. Mem. Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Consumers' League, Nat. Plant, Flower and Fruit Guild, board of governors New Rochelle Day Nursery, Brotherhood League; pres. Garden Club; mem. Civic Com. of Woman's Club, Phil- adelphia Cricket Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal B^nchise League of New Rochelle.

PECKHAM, Helen Woostei, 245T Scott St., San

Francisco, Cal.

Teacher; b. Pulaski, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '96; Univ. of Cal., A.M. '01. Teacher, Washington Sem., Atlanta, Ga,, 1896-98; Plain- field (N.J.) High School, 189S-99; San Bernardino (Cal.) High School, 1901-03; Miss West's School, San Francisco, since 1903.

PECKHAM, Lilla Pierce (Mrs. Elislia Angell Peckham), Middletown, P.O. 298, Melville, H.I. Newspaper correspondent; b. Unity, Me., July 19, 1864; dau. Dr. Abraham P. and Mary A. (Per- kins) Pierce; ed. in Boston public schools; m. Boston, Aug. 15, 18S6, Blieha Angell Peckham; children: Edith May, b. July 16, 1887; BUsha Ray- mond, b. Nov. 24, 1889. First impetus to a public career began as a telegraph operator in the Boston main office of the Western Union Telegraph Co. ; second in newspaper work, club work, grange and temperance work; mem. School Com., school enumerator for past four years. Mem. Women's Foreign Missionary Soc, Grange Club, W.C.T.U. (sup't scientific temper- ance instruction in public schools and of tie Peace Dep't). Favors woman suffrage. Episco- palian. Charter mem. Aquidneck Grange; mem.. Epworth League, Newport County Suffrage League, Newport County Pomona Grange. Rec- reation: Metaphysical reading. Pres. four years Oliphant Reading Club, Middletown, R.I.

PECKHAM, L,ncy Creemer (Mrs. John A. Peck- ham), 141 Greene St., New Haven, Conn. Physician; b. Milford, Conn., Mar. 27, 1842; dau. Joshua R. and Mary (Smith) Gore; ed. public schools of New Haven; took course in New Haven School for Nurses, grad. '79, and was in charge of the House of Mercy, Pittsfleld, Mass., 1880-82; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., Philadelphia, M.D. '85; m. (1st) July 25, 1865, Charles N. Creemer (died 1885); (2nd) Aug. 30, 1889, John A. Peckham. Since 1885 engaged in practice of medicine at New Haven, Conn. Author: Sea Moss (volume of poems), 1891; also many contributions to magazines and news- papers. Universalist.

PEDDIE, L«ta Holman (Mrs. Alexander Ped- dle), Houston Heights, Houston, Tex. Born Rossville, la., Sept. 2, 1870; dau. Harrison West and Harrlert N. (Smith) Holman; ed. Inde- pendence (la.) High School; music in public schools of Chicago, 111., and Cleveland, O., 1S90- 91; m. Aug. 15, 1900, Alexander Peddie; children: Thomas Holman, Harrison West. Interested in literary and musical clubs at Independence and Emmetsburg, la.: Christ Church Guild of Houston, Tex. Favors woman suffrage. Episco- palian. Recreations: Horse1)aok riding, dancing, golf. Pres. Woman's Club of Houston, Houston Heights Music Study Club.

PEEBLES, Florence, 815 Old Lancaster Road, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Teacher, biologist; b. in Kentucky, June 3, 1874; dau. Thomas Chalmers and ETIizabeth South- gate (Cummins) Peebles; grad. Goucher 'Coll., A.B. '95; Ph.D., Bryn Mawr Coll., 1900, followed by research work in biology at Woods Hole," Mass., 1895, and summers of 1S96 and 1902, Mary E. Garrett scholar in biology at Bryn Mawr (3oll. (1895-9C), fellow by courtesy (1897-98 and 1910-12), and demonstrator in biology (1897-98 and 1907-10) ; Bryn Mawr Coll., Mary E. Garrett European fel- low, and student at Univs. of Mflnich and Halle, 1898-99; was holder of the Naples Table, 1901, 1907 and 1913; European fellofw (appointed by Bos-

��ton branch) of Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnse, 191"- 13 (Phi Beta Kappa). Instructor in biology (1899- 1902), associate prof, biology (1902-06), Goucher Coll.; instructor in science, Miss Wright's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1906-12; private tutor, Brj-n Mawr Coll., 1910-12. Member and on executive com. Business Woman's Club (Bryn Mawr), executive committee of FedMation of Churches of Bryn Mawr and vicinity. Author of nu- merous monographs and bulletins on biological and embryological subjects in scientific publi- cations, the results of her experimental studies. Mem. Soc. Am. Naturalists; fellow A.A.A.S., Am. Geographical Soc; mem. Am. Soc. of Zoologists, Woman's Rest Tour Ass'n, Health Education League. Recreations: European travel, garden- ing. Reformed Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. PEEBLES, Mary Louise (Mrs. A. A. Peebles),

5 34 Third Av., Upper Troy, N.T.

Author; b. Troy, N.Y. (maiden name was Par- melle), 1833; m. Troy, N.Y., A. A. Peebles. Author (under pen-name of "Mrs. A. Lynde Palmer"): Archie's Shadow; Drifting and Steer- ing; Jeannette's Cisterns; John-Jack; The Littla Captain; One Day's Weaving; A Question of Honour; Stories for Boys; Stories for Girls; Twinkle and Wrinkle; 'Two Blizzards; Where Honour Leads. PEELE, Grace D., 119 Montague St., Brooklvn,

N.Y.

Physician; b. Philadelphia, Feb. 3, 1878; dau. Edward and Hannah T. (Dougherty) Peele; grad. Univ. of Mich., B.S. '99; M.D. '07 (mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota). Interne New England Hospital, 1906-07; In private practice in Brooklyn, N.Y., since 1907. Physician to Methodist Episcopal Hospital (out-patient dep't) ; physiclaxi to Way- side Home; examining physician Y.W.C.A. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Mem. Sigma Xi (hon. sec). PEET, Julia Dumke (Mrs. C. E. Peet), 2252 W.

Adama St., Chicago.

Instructor in Gersian, Lewis Inst., Chicago, since 1S98, b. Manitowoc, Wis.; dau. John F. and Ida (Ricker) Dumke; ed. Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B. '98; Univ. of Berlin, 1897-98 and 1906-07; m. June 21, 1902, Charles Emerson Peet, prof, of geology and geography, Lewis Inst., Chicago. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive Party. PETFEK, Susie Hayes (Mrs. Thomas Clayton

Pefter), Eureka, Kan.

Editor; b. Columbus, Ind., Jan. 2, 1879; dau. J. F. and Rena (McBwen) Hayes; public school education, four years high school; m. Severv, Kan., June 1, 1897, Thomas Clayton Peffer; children: Helen, Thomas Clayton Jr., Virginia. Taught six years In grade and country schools. Held first grade certificate with highest grade in county, four years in office of County Sup't of Schools as deputy, one and a half years editor of Eureka Herald. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationallst Republican. Clubs: Sorosis, Entre Nous, Women's Civic Improvement. PELRCE, Eliza Met«alf, 607 Broadway, Provi- dence, R.I.

Teacher; b. Providence, R.L; dau. Charles E. D. and Eliza Lane (Metcalf) Peirce; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '89; Brown Univ., A.M. '99. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith College Club. PEIKCE, Hattie Wasmnth (Mrs. Paul S.

Peirce), 17 W. BloomJngton St., Iowa City, la.

Born Canton, 111., Aug. 20, 1870; dau. Edward and Orpha (Ward) Wasmuth; grad. 111. Wesleyan Univ., B.S. '91; later M.A. (mem. Kappa Alpha Thcta); m. Pontiac, 111., Aug. 22, 1SS6, Paul S. Peirce; one daughter, Faith, b. Jan. 23, 1909. Teacher of Latin and German in Pontiac Town- ship High School; principal high school, Lei^iston, 111.; Instructor in Latin and German, Hedding Coll., Abington, 111. Sec. Women's Missionary Soc. of Congregational Church of Iowa City. Pres. Art Circle, Iowa City, 1911-12. Congrega- tionallst. PEIRCE, Katharine Dpham, 125 East Manning

St., Providence, R.I.

Teacher; b. East Providence, R.I. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '89; graduate student. Western Re-

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��serre Univ., 1893-94, and later In Brown Univ. head of science dep't, Milwaukee Coll., 1889-93 Miss Mittleberger's School, Cleveland, O., 1893-96 computer, astronomy, Colunibia Univ., 1896-97 teacher in high school. Providence, R.l., since 1898. Occasional contributor to newspapers. PKIBCE. Leona May, 247 Union St., Spring- field, Mass.

Born Norway, Me., Aug. 4, 1863; dau. Licvl Merriam and Miripm Hobbs (Foster) Peirc«; ed. Springfield High School; Smith Coll., B.A. '86; M.A. '93; Cornell Univ.; Newnham Coll., Cam- bridge, Eng. ; private pupil of Dr. Story, Clark Univ., three and one-half years; Yale Univ., Ph.D. '99 (mem. Kappa Alpha 'ITieta). Trustee Wesson Memorial Hospital, 19C4-13; sec. Visitors' Aid Ass'n, Wesson Memorial Hospital, 1908-12; rec. sec. Sprln^eM Women's Club, 1899-lSOO; pres. Springfield Collete Clut>, 1506-08; delegate to Biennial Convention, Oeneral Fed. Women's Clubs, St. Louis, 1904; pres. Western Mass. Branch Ass'n Coll. Alumnae, 1902-04; director Springfield ClvU Service Reform League, :1S07-12. Contributor of articles to local newspapers on public matters. Conj^regationalist. Mean. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Smith CJoll. Students' AM Ass'n. Recreations: Driving, automobiling. Mem. School Board, Springfield, Mass., 1905-14.. PEUBCE, Louise Fagan (Mrs. William Foster

Peirce), Gambler, Ohio.

Bom Wurtsboro, N.Y. ; dau. Ansel and Jo- Bephine (Groesbeck) Fagan; prepared for college at home, Centenary Collegiate Inst., Hacketts- town, NJ. ; Vassar Coll., B.A., M.A., Phi Beta Kappa; m. Hackettstown, June 18, 1891, William Foster Peirce, pres. of Kenyon Coll. Interested in linguistic studies. Elpiscopallan. Recreations: Tennis, bridge. Occasional contributor to re- search periodicals. PfilKCE, Mary Bobinson (Mrs. W. B. Peirce),

25 Parkview Av., Bangor, Me.

Born Bangor, Me., June 9, 1873; dau. Alexander M. and Harriet A. (Meader) Robinson; ed. Ban- gor High School; Mt Holyoke Coll., 1S91-96, B.L. ; m. Bangor, Apr. 12, 1898, William B. Peirce; children: Marion, Natalie, Harriet Robin- son, Jeannette Bridgham. Vice-pres. Maine Mt. Holyoke Aiumnass Ass'n. Favors womaji suffrage. Evolutionist. Rec. sec Maine Fed. ol Women's Clubs, lSlO-12 (chairman Art and Literature Com., 1912-U). Recroations; Travel, study of pianoforte and music In general. Vice-pres. Athene Club, 1912-13. PELRCE, Meilusina Fay (Mrs. Charles Sanders

Peirce), 1014 N. State St., Chicago, 111.

Writer, club woman; b. Burlington, Vt., Feb. 24, 1836; dau. Rev. Charles (Hopkins) Fay; granddaughter of Rt. Rev. John Henry Hopkins, bishop of N.H.; sister of Miss Amy Fay (q.v.) and Mrs. Theodore Thomas (q.v.); ed. by private teachers and in the seminary conducted by Prof. Louis Agassiz at Cambridge, Mass.; m. Cam- bridge, Mass., 1862, Charles Sanders Peirce. En- gaged in literary work as reviewer for Atlantic Monthly, Boston, 1868-77; music critic of the Boston Post, 1877-78; Chicago Evening Journal, 1881-84. Has been active as founder and organ- izer of women's societies. Including the Cam- bridge Co6i>erative Housekeeping Ass'n, 1870; Boston "Women's Education Ass'n, 1871; Street Cleaning Com. of Ladies' Health Protective Ass'n, 18S7-88; Poe Cottage Preservative Com., 1895-96; FVaunces' Tavern Restoration Cava, of N.Y., Mary Washington Colonial Chapter, D.A.R-, Women's Philharmonic Soc. of N.Y. and Women's Auxiliary to the Scenic and Historic Preservation Boc. of N.Y. Edited more than twenty editions of Music Study in Germany (by her sister. Miss Amy Fay). Author: Cooperative Housekeeping. PEIKCK, Sara EsteUe (Mrs. Webster E. Peirce),

!.'■> Hartford St., Dorchester, Mass.

Born Weld, Me., Aug. 10, 1862; dau. David and Mary (Butler) Sanborn; ed. Kent's Hill Acad., Me.; m. Boston, Dec. 25, 18S3, by Rev. Mlnot J. Savage, Webster E. Peirce. Specially Interested In the rescue from cruelly of children and ani- mals. Oppoeed to woman suffrage. Unitarian. Three years prea. Weld Club; pres. Dorchester Daugkters of Maine; mem. Woman's Club of Dorchester.

��PEIXOTTO, Jessica Blanche, care of University

of California, Berkeley, Cal.

Prof, of social economics; b. N.T. City; dau. Rapbael and Myrtiil J. (Davis) Peixotto; ed. Univ. of Cal., Ph.B. '94, Ph.D. '06; student at Sorbonne and College de France, 1896-97. Asso. prof. Univ. of Cal. since 1906. Mem. Central Council of Associated Charities of San Francisco, State Board of Charities and Correction. Author: The French Revolution and Modern French So- cialism; San Francisco Relief Survey, Part V (Charities Publication Com.), 1913.

PEJLHAM, Mrs. Lanra Dainty, Hull House;

office, 1548 Tribune Building, Chicago.

Dramatic agent; b. Southwick, Mass., Aug. 30, 1849; dau. Dr. Charles T. and Maria H. Mount; ed. district school (hon. mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. 1870, Albert H. Dainty; 2d, Milwau- kee, 1892, Fred Pelham; one daughter: Louise Dainty (Mrs. Paul T. Gilbert), died 1912. Pro- fessional since 1871; four years on platform with Redpath Lyceum Bureau as entertainer, and fol- lowing that, 21 years on the stage. Played In stock, repertoire, aad as a star. Visited every State in the Union, and played in nearly every large town and city. SetUement worker; a rest- dent of Hull H»U8€ for seven years. Director and coach of the Hull House Players, and inter- ested In other activities at Hull House. Favors woman suffrage. Socialist. Mem. Woman's Trade Union League, Chicago City Gardens Ass'n (pres,). Recreation; Theatre. Mem. Hull House Women's Club.

PELIy. Asna Johason (Mrs. Alexander P'jll).

Mt. Holyoke College, S. Htulley, Mas3.

Instructor in mathematics; b. Hawarden, la., May 5, 1883; dan. A. G. and Amelia (Frieberg) Johnson; grad. Univ. of S.Dak., A.B.; RadcUffe, A.M.; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D.; studied in Ger- many as Alice Freeman Palmer fellow; m. Q6t- tlngen, Germany, 1907, Alexander Pell, .v^vors woman suffrage. Author of articles on Integral Equations. Mem. Am. Math. Soc, Sigma Xi.

PEU., EUa Ferris, 123 South St., riahkia-on-

Hudson, N.T.

Artist; b. St. Louis, 1846; grad. under Prof. William Rimmer at Cooper Union, N.Y. City, 1870; studied at Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris, under Jean Paul Laurens, Gaston St. Pierre and Ferdinand Humbert. Painter and sculptor. Work entered la general exhibitions of this country aad in Paris, France. Eikiblted In Paris Salon, 1889 and 1890; second place of honor for large pic- ture In Nat. Acad, of Design, N.Y., 1891. Uni- tarian. Republican. Pres. Liberal Art Leagne; vice-pres. Ladles' Art Soc, N.Y. CMty.

PELTIER, Florence (Mrs. Seth Ellis Pope). 396 St. John's Place, Brooklyn, N.Y. ; professional address, care of John F. Leonard, Box 40, Station L., Brooklyn, N.Y. Writer; b. Port Gibson, N. Y., June 22, 1862; dau. Pierre Desnoyers Peltier, M. D., and Maris (Reed) PelUer; ed. Hartford Female Sem., Gen- esee Wesleyan Sem.; also special studies in Med. Dep't., Boston Univ., Mass. Inst, of Tech- nology, Boston, and short course at Columbia Univ.; m. (1st), Hartford, Conn., Aug. 16, 1890, Arthur C. Perry; one son, David Clinton Perry, b. Aug. 11, 1891; m. (2nd), Boston, April 2, 1904. Seth Ellis Pope. Literary reviser and critic, contributor to standard magazines; former lit- erary editor of The Connecticut Magazine, alsc department editor in other publications; reader for several publishing houses. Author: Tora'f Happy Day; The. Little Maple Tree; A Japanese Garland. Interested In studying children; cul- tivating love of the beautiful and courtesy In American children; animal protection; psychi- cal research, psychology. Active In suffrage work; has occasionally addressed audiences on suffrage for women; granddaughter of Emily Parmley Peltier Collins, a noted pioneer wxlter and lecturer on woman suffrage (first woman In the world to present a petition for woman suf- frage to any body of men representing govern- ment— N.Y. Legislature, 1848— founder of th« first suffrage society In N. Y. State, and "origi- nal daughter" of the Revolution, and a nurse in the Civil War). Theosophlst. Founder Thurs-

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��day Club, Hartford, Conn. ; former mem. Qulncy (Mass.) Women's Club, New England Women's Press Club, Boston; hon. mem. Shakespeare Club, Quincy, Mass.; mem. American Women's Club, Berlin, Germany. Recreations: Riding, cooking, shooting at target, piano-playing. PE^IBERTON, Virginia Carroll (Mis. Walter H. Pemberton) 303 E. Sixth St., Little Rock, Ark.

Born Carrollton, Warren Co., N.C., June 5, 1S56; dau. Thomas and Mary Ann Virginia (Daly) Carroll; mem. of the alumnae class of 1873 of Southern Female Coll., Petersburg, Va.; m. Ash- land, Va., Sept. 11, 1878, Walter H. Pemberton, of Little Rock, Ark. (lawyer; prosecuting attorney of Sixth Judicial Dist., three terms). Mem. Woman's Board of Home Missions Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from 1896 until merged into the Woman's Council, 1910; now mem. of Standing Com. of Missionary Council on Educa- tional Institutions and Literature. Mem. of Ladies' Advisory Board Methodist Orphanage, Little Rock. Sustaining mem. Y.W.C.A.; active mem. Southern Sociological Congress; mem. Woman's Auxiliary to the Ark. History Camm'n. Author: Letters from Italy, Switzerland and Germany. Contributor to papers, religious and secular. Recreations: Driving, flower gardening, walking. Mem. Esthetic Club (musical and lit- erary). Little Rock; charter mem. Hawthorne Book Club; mem. Memorial Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy.

PEXDERGAST, Ella Worth (Mrs^. George Henry Pendergast), Somerville, Mass. Born Boston, July 25, 1851; dau. Ira Allen and Emily Thompson (Jones) Worth; ed. High School, Charlestown, Mass., grad. '68; m. Bos- ton, 1873, George Henrj' Pendergast. Life mem. B'd of Directors of the Hunt Asylum for Desti- tute Children. Active in patriotic organizations; mem. D.A.R. (former regent Bunker Hill Chap- ter); was instrumental in organizing the Jona- than Thompson Soc. of Children of the Am. Revolution. PENDLETON, Ellen Fitz, Wellesley, Mass.

President of Wellesley Coll.; b. Westerly, R.I., Aug. 7, 1864; dau. ELOch B. and Mary Ette (Chapman) Pendleton; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '86; M.A. '91; grad. student Newnham Coll., Cambridge, Eng., 1889-90; hon. Litt.D. Brown, '11; hon. LL.D., Mount Holyoke Coll., 1912. In- structor in mathematics, 18S8-1901; sec. of col- lege, 189T-1901; dean and assoc. professor of mathematics, 1901-11; president, from 1911, Wel- lesley Coll. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumna, A.A.A.S., Mass. Peace Soc, Senate of Phi Beta Kappa, Women's University Club i.N.Y. City), College Club (Boston), Lyceum Club (London). Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. PENDLETON, Mary Fay (Mrs. Joseph H. Pen- dleton), Marine Barraj^ks, Portsmouth, N.H. Born Newport, R.I., Nov. 20, 1863; dau. William Wirt Fay (for 36 years prof, of English at the U.S. Naval Acad.) and Julia Griswold (Phillips) Fay; m. Joseph H. Pendleton, colonel U.S. Ma- rines; children: Helen Fay Pendleton Cole, Edgar Bache Pendleton. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Soc. D.A.R. ; organized and was first regent of Alaska Chapter, D.A R., and for four years wns pres. of the Woman's Reading Club of Sitka, Alaska. PENFIFFD, Adele Ernst (Mrs. Charles Orrin Penfieldi, Delhi, N. Y. ; temporary, 1097 Green St., San Francisco, Cal.

Born Milwaukee, Dec. 27, 1875; dau. Henry and Ida (Sehwabe) Ernst; grad. high school, St. Paul, '94; m. N.Y. City, June 12, 1906, Charles Orrin Penfleld; one son: James Kedzie 2d. Graduate nurse before marriage; graduated from St. Luke's, Duluth, Minn., '96; practised in N.Y. City for 12 years. Interested In all things per- taining to the advancement and betterment of the town. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Village Improvement Soc. of Delhi, N.Y. (pres. two years). Clubs: Tourist, Wednesday (Delhi, N.Y.), Equal Suffrage Clut). PENFIELD, Anne Wightman (Mrs. Frederic Courtland Penfleld). 787 Fifth Av., N.Y. (?ity, and American Embassy, Vienna, Austria- Born Philadelphia; dau. William Wightman, Dhemical manufacturer; privately educated; m.

��(1st) R. S. C. Walker, mem. of Congress; (2d) 1908, Frederic Courtland Penfleld (author, diplo- mat, now ambassador of U.S. to Aus^tria). Be- came assistant to her father in the management of his great business affairs and property inter- ests, mastering them in such completeness that when he died in 1904, she took active charge and managed the business without any diminution of efficiency, having become sole heir to the |60,- 000,000 estate. Interested in various charities and philanthropies and also in music and art. Catholic. PENFIELD, E. Jean Nelson (Mrs. William

Warner Penfleld), 7 30 B. 242d St., N.Y. City.

Born Green castle, Ind., Nov. 4, 1872; dau. Franklin P. an-^ Eliza Jean (Brannan) Nelson; grad. De Pauw Univ., Ph.B. ; winner of interstate oratorical contest, 1892, only woman who has ever taken this honor, 63 colleges competing (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma, Nat. pres. 1900-02) ; student Metropolitan Conservatory of Music, 1893-95; m. GreencasUe, Ind., Dec. 15, 1897, Judge William Warner Penfleld; children: Jean Louise, William Warner Jr. (both deceased). Lecturer and col- lege examiner of manuscripts; teacher of par- liamentary law; singer. Chairman Woman Suf- frage Party, N.Y. City; chairman nat, com. to establish the representative district form of or- ganization for suffrage work throughout the country. Author: Penfield's Parliamentary Law Chart. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Daughters of 1812, Sorosis, Westchester Woman's Club, Daughters of Indiana in N.Y. PENFIELD. Georgia May, 329 W. 112th St.,

Morningside Park East, N.Y. City.

Born Savannah, Ga. ; dau. Smith Newell and Sarah Elizabeth (Hoyt) Penfleld; descendant of WilliaxQ Penfleld ffrom Wales, 1632), Peter Pen- field (captain in War of the Revolution), and of Simon Hoyt (from England, 1628) and of Walter Hoyt, one of the owners of the town of NorwaJk, Conn.; ed. St. John's School, Miss Anne Brown's School, Evelyn Coll., Princeton, N.J., B.A. In- terested in the Indians, Sabbath observance, mis- sions and education. Episcopalian. Mem. N.Y. City Indian Ass'n, St. John's School Society, Anne Brown Alumnae Ass'n, Woman's Nat. Sab- bath Alliance (of which she is recording sec). College Women's Club. Recreations: Walking, piano. PENFIELD, Sarah Elizabeth Hoyt (Mrs. Smith

Newell Penfleld), 329 W. 112th St., N.Y. City.

Born Brimfleld, 111.; dau. Ephraim and Frances Jane (Brown) Hoyt; flrst ancestor in America, Simon Hoyt, Charlestown, 1628; m. Henry, 111., Smith Newell Penfleld; children: Clara Josephine (deceased), Georgia May, Mary (deceased). In- terested in church work. Author of the tune, "Columbia," written for the words of My Coun- try, 'tis of Thee. Episcopalian. Mem. N.Y. City Indian Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, (Col- lege Women's Club. PEN"N, Philena BI., Amelia, Ohio.

Teacher; dau. Elijah C. and Mary A. (Foster) Peon; related to William Penn, founder of Penn- sylvania, and Bishop R. S. Foster of Ohio; ed. Amelia (Ohio) High School; Longley's Business Coll.. Cincinnati, Ohio. Interested in general philanthropic work of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Ex-pres. the Cler- mont County Fed. Woman's Clubs, the County Club (literary and philanthropic). PENNELL, HannaJi Sharpless. Wawa, Pa.

Teacher of languages; b. Wawa, Pa., April 4, 1878; dau. Joseph and Deborah Stackhouse (Yar- nall) Pennell; grad. Westtown (Pa.) Boarding School, '96; Cornell Univ., B.A. '06; foundation scholar at Bryn Mawr Coll., '10, Phi Beta Kappa (mem. Alliance Frangaise). 'Teacher of Latin and French at Westtown Boarding School, 1903- 05, 1906-09, and at Friends' School. Germantown, Pa., 1911-13. Mem. of Religious Society of Friends. PENNIMAN, Ann Elizabeth (Mrs. WiUiani

Frederic Penniman), Savannah, Ga.

Born Thomasville, Ga., June 9, 1845; dau. Dr. S. Samuel and Mary Frances (Bryant) Adams; grad. Thomasville Inst., '60; m. Thomasville, May 17, 1866, William Frederic Penntman; chil- dren: Mary Sybil (Mrs. C. B. L^oyd), Julia Au-

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��gusta (Mrs. E. D. Walter), Bertha Estelle, Edna Gertrude, Ellen Plsher, William Frederick, Eliza- beth. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Against woman suffrage. PENNTMAN, Harriet Wilson Dashane (Mrs.

George Dobbin Pennlman), Roland Park P.O.,

Baltimore County, Md.

Born Baltimore Co., Md., Nov. 15, 1864; dau. John Alexander and Elizabeth Marion (Duke) Dushane; ed. Baltimore and Baltimore Co. by private lessons entirely in French, Grermau, drawing, singing, music, English, etc., by maa- ters; m. Baltimore, Oct. 28, 1S90, George Dobbin Penniman; children: John Alexander Dushane, George Dobbin Jr., Harriet Wilson Dushane, Elizabeth Marion Dushane, Nicholas Griffith. Alto in church choir. Mem. St. Paul's Guild House, Woman's Guild, Church of the Redeemer, the Monday German. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames. Recrea- tions: Swimming, gardening, ■whist, dancing, reading, camping, society. Clubs: Arundel, Bal- timore Country, Woman's Whist.

PENNIMAN, Helen Alison Eraser (Mrs. Nich- olas Griffith Penniman), 609 Cathedral St., Baltimore, Md.

Artist; b. N.Y. City, Mar. 26, 1882; dau. Gilbert Henry Cameron (H.B.M. consul-general at Balti- more) and Josephine (Kellogg) Fra^er; ed. by tutors and governesses in N.Y. City, Paris, Miinich, Stuttgart. Florence, -Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Munich (3iuircoal Club (Baltimore), first prizes for portrait in oil, 1912 and 1913, and first prize for figure painting, 1913; m. Nov. 26, 1902, Nicholas Griffith Penniman. Has played 25 different r61es in amateur theatricals in 45 performances, besides about a dozen other ap- pearances in vaudeville, pantomime, solo dances, etc. Active in Woman's Junior League of the National Junior Republic. Mem. Colonial Dames, Women's Auxiliary Md. Civil Service Reform Ass'n, Baltimore Country Club, Wednesday Club (dramatic), Circolo Italiano, Elkridge Dramatic Club. Recreations: Riding, driving, travel, swim- ming, music, acting, dancing, motor-boating. Episcopalian. Favors limited franchise for botk Bexes.

PENNIMAN, Sarah Ella, 488 Broadway, Law- rence, Mass.

Born Lawrence, Mass., May 20, 1868; dau. John B. and Sarah (Sawyer) Penniman; ed. Lawrence public schools; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '93, M.A. '95, and grad. in organ and harmony from Wel- lesley Coll. School of Music, '95; Harvard Sum- mer School, and a course at Andover Theological Seminary. Interested in aJl work for dumb ani- mals. Mem. Mass. Soc. for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Lawrence Dumb Animal Soc, College Club (Boston). Recreations: Reading, music, travel, and doing for animals. Congre- gationalist. Aginst woman suffrage.

PENNINOrON, Jeanne GiUespie, "Cedar Crest,"

Abington, Mass.

Editor, writer; b. New Castle Co., Del.; dau- Benjamin Franklin and EtoJly L. (Jester) Pen- nington; ed. by governess at home, in public schools of Del. and Md. and Liggltt Sem., De- troit. Author: The Sea of Circumstance; Some Marked Passages; Of Varying Fragrance; com- pilations: Don't Worry Nuggets; Philosophic Nuggets; Good Cheer Nuggets; Primers of Peace. Editor of To-Day. Unitarian. Mem. Southern Industrial Educational Ass'n, Women's All'ance, Social League of N.Y. City. Recrea- tions: Music, motoring, walking, driving. Op- posed to woman suffrage. PENNINGTON, Mary Engle, St. Davids, Pa.;

office, 1833 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa,

Bacteriological chemist; b. Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 8, 1872; dau. Henry and Sarah B. (Malony) Pennington; ed. Univ. of Pa., entered 1S90, re- ceived certificate of proficiency, was a student In Towne Scientific School, Ph.D., Univ. of Pa., '95; university fellow in botany, 1895-96; fellow In physiological chemistry, Yale, 1897-99; researcb worker, dep't of hygiene, Univ. of Pa., 1898- 1901. Pres. Philadelphia Clinical Laboratory since 1900. Bacteriological chemist, 1905-07, and since then chief of the Food Research Labora-

��tory of Bureau of Chemistry, U.S. Dep't o! Agriculture. Was director of the Clinical Laboratory of the Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., Philadelphia, 1898-1906; bacteriologist of the Municipal Laboratory of Philadelphia, 1904-07. Contributor to scientific and medical Journals. Mem. Am. Chemical Soc, Soc of Biological Chemists; fellow Am. Ass'n for Advancement of Science; mem. Philadelphia Pathological Soc, Sigma Xi and the Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.

PENNINGTON, Millie H. (Mrs. Joseph Wyatt

Pennington), Maywood, Ind.

Born Portage, Wis.; dau. WHliam Robert and Martha (Bengess) Wild; ed. in public high school of Iowa and Dresden (Germany) Woman's Coll.; m. Pierce City, Mo., Apr. 15, 1874, Joseph Wyatt Pennington; one son: R. Montrevor. In- terested in religious, philanthropic and social work of Indianapolis, In civics and sanitation and the new Housing law. Favors woman suf- frage. Contributor to various magazines and newspapers. Recreations: Out-door sports and floriculture. Pres. Zetathea Club (literary), which was flrst to take up social service, study social hygiene and the menace of the social evil to the home. PENNTBACKEB, Anna J. Hardwicke (Mrs.

Percy V. Pennybacker), 2606 Whitls Av.,

Austin, Texas.

President of General Federation of Women's Clubs, 1912-14; b. Petersburg, Va., May 7, 1861; dau. John B. and Martha J. (Dews) Hardwicke; grad. of Classical High School, Leavenworth, Kan.; State Normal Coll., Tex.; m. Tyler, Tex., Oct., 1884, Percy V. Pennybacker (died 1889); children: Bonner, Percy, Ruth. Principal of high school, 1884-94; speaker on various educa- tional topics; on board of directors of Confer- ence for Education In Texas. Interested in helping young people who are striving for an education. Author: History of Texas (used for 20 years in public schools of the State), Mem. Am. History Club, Austin; pres. Texas Fed. Women's Clubs, 1901-03; treas. Gen. Fed. Wom- en's Clubs, 1904-06; auditor Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1906-08; chairman Endowment Com., 1911; elected pres. Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs at San Francisco, 1912. Recreations: Reading, work- ing, riding, traveling, theatre. Episcopalian.

PENNYPACKEB, Anna M. W., Pennypackers

Mills, Schwenkvllle, Pa,

Registered nurse; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 22, 1876; dau. Hon. Samuel W. Pennypacker (gov- ernor of Pa., 1963-07) and Virginia E. (Broomall) Pennypacker; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '97; grad. of Pa. Hospital Training School for Nurses, Philadelphia, '03. Did visiting nursing through the summer months of 1910, '11 and '12, at the Visiting Nurse Society, Philadelphia. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Protestant Episcopal Church, Ckvnsumers' League, Home and School League of Philadelphia; non-resident mem. Col- lege Club of Philadelphia. PENBOSE, Mary Demingr Shlpman (Mrs.

Stephen B. L. Penrose), 41 College Av., Walla

Walla, Wash.

Born Hartford, Oonm, July 27, 1868; dau. Nathaniel and Mary Caroline (Ro4)inson) Ship- man; ed. Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn.; m. Hartford, June 17, 1896, Stephen B. L. Penrose (pres. Whitman Coll.); children: Mary Demlng Frances Shlpman, Clement Biddle, Nathaniel Shlpman, Vlrg^lnla, Stephen Beaaley LInnard Jr. Interested In foreig;n missions, Sunday-school, college students, Y.W.C.A. Con- gregationalist. Republican. Mem. various col- lege, literary and social societies. Mem. Art Club of Walla Walla, Washington; cor. mem. Saturday Morning Club (Hartford, Conn.); mem. Farmington Lodge Soc; nat. pres. of Y.W.C.A. of U.S.A., 1913-15; mem. at large D.A.R. PENTECOST, Iklarion Wentworth (Mrs. Ernest

H. Pentecost), "Barrack Tor," Topsilold, Mass,

Born Shanklln, Isle of Wight, England, June 3, l&TC; dau. Thomas Wentworth and Catharine Car- nelia (Cooke) Pelrce; ed. Mrs. Shaw's private school, Boston, Mass.; m. Topsfleld, Mass., Nov. 17, 1908, Commander Ernest H. Pentecost (Royal Naval Reserve) ; one son : Richard Wentworth,

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��b. April 29, 1911. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R., Mass. Horticultural Soc, Mayflower Club, New Riding Club, Palmetto Club.

PENTBEATH, Ida Shctts (Mrs. John William Pentreath), 395 Warburton Av., Tonkers, N.T. Born Yonkers, June 13, 1869; dau. John Chris- tian and Ida Antonia (Kiister) Shotts; ed. Yon- kers private schools and the Mary A. Burnham Classical School for Girls, Northampton, Mass.; m. Yonkers, Nov. 21, 1S94, John William Pent- reath. Dep't (State) senior vice-pres., sec. and pres. of the Woman's Relief Corps (auxiliary to the G.A.R.); also chairman Nat. Exec. Board of the Woman's Relief Corps. Favors woman suf- frage. Episcopalian. Mam. Nat. Staff Ass'n of the Woman's Relief Corps. Recreations: Read- ing, walking, traveling.

PEPPER, Annie Grassle (Mrs. George Dana Boardman Pepper), Waterville, Me. Born Mains of Kildrummy, Scotland; dau. George and Elizabeth (Field) Grassie; ed. public schools in Bolton, Mass., and at Mt. Holyoke Sem., South Hadley, Mass.; m. Bolton, Mass., Nov. 29, 1860, George Dana Boardman Pepper, distinguished educator and theologian (died Jan. 29, 1913); children: Charles Hovey, b. Aug. 27, 1861; George Field, b. Sept. 5, 1866 (died July 8, 1867); Jessie Elizabeth, b. Mar. 20, 1874; Annie Hutchinson, b. Nov. 6, 1875. Teacher in Barre and Petersham high schools before marriage. Has done a great deal as public speaker for missions, temperance and other philanthropies, as well as clubs. Favors woman suffrage, mak- ing numerous addresses on subject, and took part in hearing in Maine State Legislature, 1911. Baptist. Progressive in politics. Mem. W.C.T.U., Waterville Woman's Club.

PEPPER, Julia, 13 Chapln Av., Providence,

R.I.

Director of kindergartens; b. Providence, R.I., Feb. 28, 1868; dau. Harvey W. and Sarah (Griggs) Pepper; ed. Providence public schools and train- ing school for kindergartners, Providence, R.I. Conducted private kindergarten, Brunswick, Me., 1889-92; principal of public school kindergarten, Providence, R.I., 1892-1912. Ertrector of kinder- gartens. Providence, since 1912. Baptist Pres. R.I. Kindergarten League three years; sec. of R.I. Ex Club three and a half years; treas. R.I. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, two years, 1911-li. Against woman suffrage.

PEQUIGNOT, Mary Boland (Mrs. George Alexis

Pequignot), 26 Floyd St., Winthrop, Mass.

Teacher; b. Leominister, Mass., Mar. 8, 1852; dau. Lawrence and Brigitta Boland; ed. Lancas- ter (Mass.) Acad.; State Normal School, Fram- ingham, Mass., grad. 1876; Mass. Inst. Tech- nology, three years' work; Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, Md., lecture courses in medicine, course m practical hygiene (laboratory). In Mass. Inst. Technology did much special work in chemistry and 'biology; studied in Harvard Univ. Summer School (organic chemistry) ; studied French and German in the Berlitz School and with private teachers; also painting and ("rawing; ra. Boston, Mass., Sept. 1, 1900, George Alexis Pequignot. Teacher in public grammar schools of Boston, eight years; private teaching for the past twenty years of chemistry, biology, physiology and dietetics (the latter in training schools for nurses). Taught in training school for nurses, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md. ; Mass. General Hospital, Boston, Maes.; Boston City Hospital, seventeen years; Newton (Mass.) Hos- pital, Elliot Hospital, Keene, N.H., twelve years; Memorial Hospital, Brattleboro, Vt. ; Waltham (Mass.) Training School for Nurses, dietetics chiefly, lectures and laboratory. Interested in general educational and hygienic subjects. Au- thor: Handbook of Invalid Cooking (under name "Mary A. Boland"); contributor of articles on scientific subjects to various magazines and newspapers. Mem. Nat. George. Soc, A.A.A.S., Harvard Univ. Teachers' Ass'n, Women's Edu- cational and Industrial Union, Am. Home Eco- nomics Ass'n, Mass. Inst. Technology Alumni Ass'n, Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government, Mass. State Equal Suffrage League.

��PERCrVAI., Olive, 906 Union Tnist Building,

Los Angeles, Cal.

Fire underviTiter, author; b. Sheffield, 111., July 1, 1868; dau. John Howard and Helen (Mason) Percival; grad. public schools, Sheffield, 111., and Cleveland. Mem. the Japan Soc. of London; the Japan Soc. of N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Msxico City— An Idler's Note Book; Leal Shadows and Rose Drifi; Short Stories of Chinese Life in America. Congregationalist. Democrat. Mem. L.OS Angeles Chapter D.A.R. Recreation: Gardening. Mem. the Friday Morning Club.

PERCY, Elizabeth Sutton (Mrs. John Crocker Percy), 16 Osborne Terrace, Newark, N.J. Bom Ch«noa, 111., Oct. 6, 1879; dau. Silas H. and Mary (Gager) Sutton; ed. Friends' Sem., N.Y. City; Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '03 (Delta Sigma Rho); m. June 28, 1904, John Crocker Percy: one daughter; Sarah Elizabeth. Mem. of The Religious Soc. of Friends; interested in Its various lines of philanthropic work. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnje. Favors woman suffrage.

PERCY, IsabeUe Clark, 152 Grand Av., Oak- land, Cal.

Artist; b. Alameda, Cal., 1882; dau. George W. and Emma (Clark) Percy; grad. Mark Hopkins Art School; Teachers Coll., N.Y. Studied paint- ing in Europe with Frank Brangwyn and Alex. Robinson; five pictures being in the Paris Salons of 1910 and 1911, one receiving a mention. Has exhibited for 10 years in N.Y. City, Philadelphia, Gal., Germany and Paris (never had a picture re- fused); has designed about 150 book plates. Taught design and composition in Cal. School of Arts and Crafts at Berkeley. Interested in ultra- modernism, the new movement in art, music, drama and literature. Is in touch with many of the advanced writers in Germany; admires the Italian Futurists and is an ardent admirer of Gordon Craig and Reinhardt in their attempts to modernize the stage. Favors woman suffrage. Interested in theosophy. Generally votes Repub- lican (sometimes Socialist). Mem. Nat. Crafts- man Soc, Alumni San Francisco Art Ass'n, Cal. Arts and Crafts Soc. and Cal. Sketch Club. Recreations: One time held record for long dis- tance swim at lionterey, Cal.; traveling, paint- ing, lithography.

PERCY, Mrs. Mary Cruttenden, 254 W. 76th St., N.Y. City; foreign address, care of Brown, Shipley & Co., 123 Pall Mall, London. Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Dr. Alexis Henry Cruttenden, physician and surgeon, and Julia (Stephenson) Cruttenden; ed. high school, Bath, N.Y., and private tutors; grad. Cooper Art School in 1880, with honors: studied in Art League in N.Y. City and in Europe; in charge of art work in Brekeley School, 1884-92; m. Bath, N.Y., Sept. 20, 1892, Welton C. Percy, lawyer. For years man- ager Bloomington Day Nursery Ass'n, and inter- ested in establishing the School for Mothercraft. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal Franchise Soc. N.Y. City, N.Y. State Suffrage Ass'n. Au- thor: Symbolism in Art (a brochure). Episco- palian. Mem. Armstrong Aas'n, N.Y. City His- tory Club, N.Y. Probation Ass'n, Woman's Muni- cipal League of N.Y., League for Political Edu- cation, N.Y. Peace Soc. Recreation: Travel; spends between four and five months of every year in Europe. Mem. Barnard Club, MacDowell Club.

PERDUE, Rosa M., 469 Hanover St, Milwaukee,

Wis.

Editorial writer; b. Perdueville, near Paxton, 111., Mar. 27, 1870; dau. Thomas S. and E. Jennie (Edwards) Perdue; grad. Univ. of Kansas, B.A. 1900 (awarded history fellowship for 1901), M.A. '01, and elected to fellowship in economics in Univ. of Wis. ; held Social Settlement FelloT^shlp in Chicago, 1902; principal high school, Evanston, Wyo., 1895-97; factory inspector for State of Wis., 1907-10; editorial writer for Milwaukee Journal, 1910-12; editor Working Girls' Page of Milwaukee Free Press, 1913—. Pres. Y.W.C.A. in college days; treas. Wyoming State Teachers' Ass'n, 1895-97; founder of Big Sister movement in Wis., and now conducting a working girls' home. Only woman mem. of the Social Service

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Comm'n of State Fed. of Churches. Mem. Milwaukee Council of Philanthropies. Favors woman suffrage; has lectured and campaigned for it in Wis. Author of law treatise: The Sources of the Constitution of Kansas. Protestant. Republican (voted for President while in Wyoming). Mem. D.A.R. Recreation: Camping (conducts summer camp for working girls). Mem. City Club of Milwaukee.

PERIN, Florence Nightingale Hobart (Mrs. George Landor Perin), 23 Naples Road, Brook- line, Mass.

Author; b. Brookline, Mass., Aug. 17, 1869; dau. George W. L. and Lydia Maria (SawtelleJ)Hobart; ed. State Normal Coll., Salem, Mass.; m. Boston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1901, Rev. George Landor Perin, Universalist clergyman. Author: The Optimist's Good Morning, 1907; The Optimist's Good Night, 1910.

PERINE, Tyler Cooke (Mrs. George Corbin Perine), Catonsville, Md.

Born Virginia, 1878; dau. Charles W. and Josephine (Rogers) Cooke; descendant of the Cookes of Cooke's Point, Md., the Bennetts of Md., and the Tylers of Va. Ed. in this country and abroad; m. Washington, D.C., 1904, George Corbin Perine (great-great-grandson of John Augustine Washington, oldest brother of General George Washington); children: Washington Corbin, Anne Washington, Mary Ball Washington. Mem. Catonsville Country Club. Episcopalian.

PERKINS, Agnes Frances, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. Teacher; b. Oxford, N.Y.. Oct 20, 1875; dau. Gerrit Henry and Frances (Willcox) Perkins; ed. Oxford Acad, and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '98; A.M. '99. Teacher of English, Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, 1898-1901; teacher of English, the Holman School, Philadelphia, 1902-06; instructor in English, Wellesley Coll., 1906-11; assoc. prof, of English, Wellesley Coll., 1911—; prof. English, American Coll. for Girls, Constantinople, 1912 —. Author: Introduction to the Study of Rhetoric, 1903; Ineffective Teaching in English; Wasteful Repetition in the Study of English Texts; Some Obstacles in the Way of Cooperation in English (Nation, 1906-07). Editor of Vocations for the Trained Woman (published by Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, 1910). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Alice Sullivan (Mrs. T. H. Dudley Perkins), Haddonfield Road, Moorestown, N.J. Born Moorestown, Burlington Co., N.J.; dau. Joseph T. and Sarah Collins (Rogers) Sullivan; grad. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '04 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Moorestown, N.J., Oct. 16, 1909, T. H. Dudley Perkins. Pres. Y.W.C.T.U., 1908-11; Equal Suffrage; mem. Board of Managers of Children's Summer Home at Cinnaminson, N.J. ; mem. of Philanthropic Com. of Philadelphia, Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1908-12. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Angle Warren (Mrs. Charles A. Perkins), 1547 W. Clinch Av., Knoxville, Tenn. Born Danielson, Conn., Nov. 6, 1854; dau. Lysander and Marcia (Mason) Warren; ed. Wesleyan Univ., A.B. '76; A.M. '79; first woman to receive the degree of A.B. In New England (mem. Sigma Rho); m. Sept. 19, 1883, Charles A. Perkins; children: Marcia W., Margaret W., Alice R. S., Warren A. Taught at Wellesley, 1879; then dean of women at Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis., three years; dean of women, Univ. of Tenn., 1897-99. Has been pres. twice of Ossoll Circle; pres. Tenn. Fed. four years; mem. Board of Directors Gen. Fed, of Women's Clubs for four years; during two of those years was corresponding sec.; was pres. Women's Missionary Societies of Union Presbytery, terms for five years (16 societies). Author: San Diego to Sitka. 1903; Our Year Abroad, 1912. Presbyterian. Member Missionary Soc, Pastor's Aid Soc., Faculty Club, Y.W.C.A., Brookside Settlement Work, Sunshine Soc., Anti-Tuberculosis Soc. Recreation: Running an auto. Clubs: Writers', Nicholson Art League, Athens Circle, Tennessee Press, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, City Beautiful. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Delia Foote (Mrs. Cyrus E. Perkins), 327 Washington St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Born Olcott, Niagara Co., N.Y. ; dau. Elijah and Olivia (Luce) Foote; grad. from Grand Rapids High School, '66; m. Grand Rapids, Sept. 20, 1877, Judge Cyrus Edward Perkins; children: Mabel Helen, Edward Foote. Taught in high school, Grand Rapids, before marriage. Mem. (ex-pres.) Ladies' Literary Club of 500 members, doing literary and philanthropic work; mem. and ex-pres. High School Alumni Ass'n; organized the Reviewer, a club which has been in existence nearly 30 years; organized and is pres. of Grand Rapids Art Ass'n; organized Mich. State Fed. of Art, the first one in the country; chairman of committee for writing history of Mich. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., Playground Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Drama League, St. Cecilia Musical Society, Pioneer Workers of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Recreation: Travel.

PERKINS, Edna Brush (Mrs. Roger Griswold Perkins) 1481 E. Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio. Born Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 25, 1880; dau. Charles F. Brush (inventor of the Brush electric arc light, the electric storage battery, etc.) and Mary Ellen (Morris) Brush; ed. Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland; Miss Hersey's School, Boston, and special courses in College for Women, of Western Reserve Univ.; m. Nov. 14, 1905, Roger Griswold Perkins; children: Charles Brush, Roger Griswold Maurice. Volunteer work in Associated Charities and the Anti-Tuberculosis League. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Suffrage Party, chairman of county organization work; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Episcopalian. Mem. Conference of Charities and Correction; contributing member of several philanthropic organizations.

PERKINS, Elizabeth B. (Mrs. Thomas G. Perkins), 67 Irving Place, Buffalo, N.Y. Born Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1861; dau. Edward M. and Maria G. (Smith) Atwater; ed. Mrs. Williams' private school, Buffalo; m. April 20, 1883, Thomas G. Perkins; two daughters: Mrs. Marion Perkins Spaulding, Mrs. Mildred Perkins Town- send. Episcopalian. Strong anti-suffragist.

PERKINS, Emma Maude, 2125 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, O. College professor, lecturer; b. Winchester, N.H.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '79. Teacher, Central High School, Cleveland, O., 1879-92; since then in the College for Women of Western Reserve Univ. as asso. prof, of Latin, 1892-93, and prof, of Latin since 1893. Well known lecturer and public speaker.

PERKINS, Florence Tobey (Mrs. George Winslow Perkins), 136 Blue Hill Av., Boston, Mass. Born Boston, Aug. 23, 1873; dau. James W. and Lydia Catherine (Morrill) Tobey; ed. private school, four years; Girls' Latin School, six years; Wellesley Coll., A.B.; m. Boston, Jan. 28, 1903, George Winslow Perkins. Interested in settlement work, open-air schools, welfare work. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Boston City Fed., Mass. State Fed. Clubs: Roxburghe, New England Women's, College, Lend-a-Hand.

PERKINS, Frances, 164 Waverly Place, N.Y. City. Social worker; b. Boston, Mass., Apr. 10, 1882; dau. Frederick W. and Susan (Bean) Perkins; ed. in public schools of Worcester, Mass., Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '02; Univ. of Pa., Columbia Univ., A.M. Sec. Philadelphia Research and Protective Ass'n, 1907-09; exec. sec. of Consumers' League of N.Y. City, 1910-12; exec. sec. of Com. on Safety of N.Y. City since 1912. Interested In handicrafts, modelling and sculpture, aesthetic dancing, dramatics, biological studies and organic chemistry. Favors woman suffrage; mem. and speaker for Woman Suffrage Party. Mem. B'd of Directors of the Consumers' League of N.Y. City; mem. Holyoke Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, the Little Club, N.Y. City.


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��PERKINS, Janet Russell, Royal Botanic Mu- seum, Konlgrln Lulsastrasse, 6-7, Dahlem be! Berlin, Germany.

Botanist; b. La Fayette, Ind., Mar. 20, 1853; dau. Cyrus Grosvenor and Jane Rose (Hou^h- teling) Perkins; ed. private schools; Univ. ol Wis., B.S. '72; Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, Ph.D. Author of three monographs on Monimi- aceffi and other higher tropical plants in Englcr'a Botanische Jahrbucher; also Part TV. Monimi- acese for Das Pflanzenreich, 1901; Fragmenta Floral PhillppLnab ^Contributions to the Flora of the Philippine Islands), three Fasicles, 1904- ; Styracaoese for Das Pflanzenreich, 1907, publieiied by Royal Prussian Academy; Monimiace« for Das Pflanzenreich, 1911. Mem. Deutsche Bo- tanische Gesellschaft, GeseJlschaft fur Erdklind, Berlin; Botanische Verein filr Provlaz Branden- burg, Freie Vereinlngung filr Systematik Pflanzengeographie.

PERKINS, Lucy i'itch (Mrs. Dwlght H. Per- kins), 2319 Lincoln St., Evanston, 111. Illustrator, writer; b. Maples, lad., July 12, 1865; dau. A. H. and Elizabeth (Bennett) Fitch; ed. Kalamazoo (Mich.) High School; Art School, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; m. Hopklnton Mass., Aug. 18, 1891, Dwight H. Perkins; children: Eleanor Ellis, Lawrence Lincoln. Taught la Art School, Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, four y^are. Author: A Book of Joys; The Goose Girl; The Dutch Twins; The Japanese Twins. Illu8tratx«-: Dandelion Classics, and many books for children. Decorator: Chicago Beach Hotel. Undenomina- tional in religion. Clubs: Chicago Woman's, Chicago Soc. of Artists, Little Room, London Lyceum. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Mary Smytb, Olney Av. and Wister St., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa. Artist; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. Dr. E. Stan- ley and Sarah (Smyth) Perkins; ed. Schmidt's Pestalozzi School, Philadelphia; Philadelphia pub- lic schools; Philadelphia School of Design; Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts; studied in Paris under Simon-Cottet. Awarded the Elkins Traveling Scholarship from Philadelphia School of Design, 1901; Mary Smith prize from Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, 1907; head of art dep't of Converse Coll., Spartanburg, S.C., 1907-11. Mem. Fellowship of the Pa. Acad of Fine Arts. FaTors woman Fuffrage.

PERETNS, Mertie Aldrich (Mrs. Alfred B. Per- kins), 21 Lincoln St., Hallowell, Me. Born Hallowell, Me., 1879; dau. Seth S. and Prances (Downs) Aldrich; ed. Wlnthrop (Mass.) High School: Mt. Holyoke Coll. (non-graduate, class of '01); m. Hallowell, Me., 1905, Alfred B. Perkins. Formerly a teacher. Junior vice-pres. Dep't of Maine Ladies' of the G.A.R.; actively engaged in working for the interests of Civil War veterans. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Parnassus Literary Club of Hallowell. PERKINS, Miriam Nancy Shelton Rogers (Mrs. Charles Albert Perkins), 964 Pelhamdale Av., Pelham Manor, N.Y.

Born Connecticut; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '90; Cornell Univ., A.M. '92; student of Greek and comparative philology, Columbia Univ., 1890-91; student, Yale, 1893-94; Berlin Univ., 1894-95; Heidelberg Univ., 1895-96; Munich Univ., 1896-97; m. Bridgeport, Conn., Nov. 27, 1903, Charles Albert Perkins, lawyer; one son: Albert Rogers, b. Aug. 27, 1904.

PERKINS, Mrs. Rebecca Clarendon Talbot, 268 Gates Av., and 1161 Fulton St., Brooklyn, N.Y. Real estate agent; b. Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Joseph and Bli/.a (Clarendon) Talbot; ed. public school, Brooklyn; grad. of Chautauqua; kept up Chautauqua work 10 years after graduating; m. Brooklyn, Sept. 5, 1895, A. Ludlow Perkins. Fa- vors womaja suffrage; pres. Kings Co. Woman Suffrage Ass'n; prea. People's Political Equality League; vice-chairman 11th Assembly Dlst. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. lias edited the only woman suffrage edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle and the Brooklyn Daily Times; keeps the Chat, Newsletter, the Wave (Rockaway Beach), and the Brooklyn papers supplied with suffrage matters gratuitously for her love for the cause. Episcopalian. Recreation: Suffrage work. Has

��conducted her own real estate office for over 2J years; first woman appointed notary public in Kings Co., N.Y.

PERKINS, Sarah Annie, care New England

Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass.

Teacher and writer; b. Lewiston, Me., Oct. 1, 1842; dau. Rev. Gideon and Mary (Dunham) Perkins; grad. Maine State Sem. (now Bates Coll.), A.B. '60. Taught in Maine State Sem. six years and elsewhere; since 1896 on teaching staff of New England Conservatory of Music, Boston. Was for about fifteen years connected with edi- torial staff of the Morning Star (Free Baptist weekly). Free Baptist.

PERKINS, Susan E. II. (Mrs. Samuel Elliott Perkins), 1011 N. Pennsylvania, St., Indianap- olis, Ind.

Born La Salle, 111. ; dau. Volney G. and Mary (Hitchcock) Hatch; ed. I^ake Geneva Sem., Wis.; Butler Coll., Indianapolis; Oxford (O.) Coll.; m. Jiily 11, 1877, Samuel EUiott Perkins; children: Samuel Elliott III., Volney H. (deceased). Treae. Woman's Auxiliary of Diocese of Indianapolis, 1895 — ; pres. Parlor Club last 10 years; mem. Flower Mission Day Nursery Ass'n, Free Kin- dergarten Ass'n, Y.W.C.A. ; sec. Woman's Dep't Club; mem. Caroline Scott Harrison Chapter D.A.R. ; sec. for Ind. of Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs: mem. Over the Teacups Club, organized in 1880. Episcopalian. Sec. and treas. McAll Mission Ass'n of France.

PERRETT, Antoinette Rehmann (Mrs. Galen J.

Perrett), 492 .Mt. Prospect Av., Newark, N.J.

Architect, writer; b. Newark, N.J., Mar. 4, 1880; dau. Carl F. and Marie J. (111.) Rehmann; ed. Vassar, A.B. '01; m. Dec. 26, 1907, Galen J. Perrett (artist and illustrator). Art chairman N.J. State Fed.; pres. Woman's Club, Newark, N.J., and of the College Woman's Club of Essex Co., N.J. ; chairman Civic Art Contemporary Club, of Newark, N.J. Favors woman suffrage. Architectural editor of Good Housekeeping Maga- zine (contriljutor for four years) ; Music Room Dep't in Musician about two years; series on Children's Rooms In St. Nicholas; articles on do- mestic architecture, garden architecture, fur- nishings, color, decoration, for various magazines. Progressive. Mem. Maria Mitchell Nantucket Ass'n, Vassar Alumnae. Recreations: Horseback riding, tennis, canoe cruising and tramping.

PERRINE, Graca HalbeH; (Mrs. Willson Hamil- ton Perrine), 1130 Lake Shore Drive, Evans- ton, III.

Bom Blnghamton, N.Y., Sept. 11, 1868; dau. Delancey Morrell and Sarah R. (Morgan) Hal- bert; ed. Binghamton public and high schools; Wells College, '90; m. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 23, 1899, Wilteon Hamilton Perrine; one daugh- ter: Sarah Gertrude, b. Feb. 12, 1901. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Repuiblican.

PERRY, Mrs. Aaron, 134 E. Auburn Av., Mt.

Auburn, Cincinnati, O.

Art promoter. President of the Auxiliary Ass'n of Women, whose work resulted in the founding of the Cincinnati Art Museum.

PERRV, Alice Maud (Mrs. Charles Montague Perry), West Cottage, Rldgefteld, Conn. Born London, England, April 7, 1858; dau. Frederick and Elizabetii (Fletcher) Green; ed. London, England; m. N.Y. City, Charles Mon- tague Perry. Interested In kindergarten and educational matters; was sec. of the Woman's Public Educational Ass'n at its inception in N.Y. City; was sec. of the Consumers' League at its start. Favors woman suffrage. Was sec. of Woman's Suffrage Ass'n of Ridgefleld, Conn., at its start. Magazine writer; author: Understand- ing People Through the Stars; Kindergarten Sunday-school Service. Episcopalian. Recrea- tions: Camping out in the woods and out-door life, gardening.

PERRY, Clara Greejileaf, 176 Marlborough St.,

Boston, Mass.

Artist; b. Ixmg Branch, N.J., Aug. 22, 1871; dau. Nehemiah and Emily Stlmson (Gardner) Perry; ed. Mrs. Quincy Shaw's private school, Boston; art education In Boston Art Museum

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