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��founder Cleveland Kindergarten Training School; on boards of Associated Charities, Day Nursery and Free Kindergarten Ass'n, Cleveland Fed. for Philanthropy and Charity; Charities Clearing House, etc. Also interested in musical matters and on Board of Fortnightly Musical Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Cleveland Suffrage Soc. and on Exec. Board of Tarrytown Suffrage Soc. Presbyterian. Recreations: Motoring, travel, study.

WAKNEK, Keren Osborne (Mrs. Lucien C.

Warneri, 2 K. Forty-fifth St., N.T. City.

Born Scott, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1849; dau. Noah Humphrey Osborne and Eliza (Thompson) Os- borne; ed. N.Y. Central Acad.; Friendship Mu- sical Coll.; honorary A.M., Oberlin Coll. '02; m. McGrawville, N.Y., Apr. 12, 1868, Lucien Calvin Warner; children: Agnes (Mrs. S. C. Mastlck), Franklin Humphrey, Lucien Thompson, EliMbeth (Mrs. W. G. Gallowhue). Mem. Woman's Auxil- iary to Internat. Com. Y.M.C.A., Harlem Y.W.C.A., Broadway Tabernacle Soc. for Wom- an's Work; vice-pres. Woman's Home Missionary Union of State of N.Y., Actors' Alliance, N.Y. State Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Con- gregationalist. Mem. N.Y. Peace Soc, Travelers' Aid Soc, Audubon Soc, Army Relief Soc, Har- lem Relief Soc, Silver Cross Day Nursery, So- rosis Club, Sorosis Carol Club, Congregational Club.

WARNER, Lena A. (Mrs. E. C. Warner), 520

Scimitar Building, Memphis, Tenn.

Registered nurse; b. Grenada, Miss., 1868; dau. Capt. S. S. and Jane M. (Mayhew) Angevin; grad. St. Mary's School, Memphis; m. E. C. Warner (deceased). Chief nurse U.S. Army Nurse (3orps, Havana, Cuba, 1900-02; director Metropolitan Life Ins. Co. Nursing Dep't, Mem- phis; pres. Tenn. State Board of Examiners for Nurses; sec. Red Cross Nursing Service for Tenn.; pres. Memphis Visiting Nurse League; chairman Registration Com. for Va., W.Va., N.C., S.C, Ky. and Tenn. Mem. Woman Suf- frage Club of Memphis. Author: Nursing in the Fever Camps of Cuba. Episcopalian. Mem. West Tenn. Graduate Nurse Ass'n, Am. Nurses' Ass'n, Nat. Organization for Public Health, Memphis Social Workers, Associated Charities. Recreation: Fishing. Had charge of the yellow fever camps during the Mosquito investiga- tion, Quamatos and Mariano, Cuba; Columbia Barracks. WARNER, Lilian Honghton (Mrs. James Ward

Warner), 622 W. 113th St., N.Y. City.

Born Rahway, N.J. ; descendant of Sir Thomas Houghton of Lancashire, Eng., through John Houghton, Puritan, 1635, one of the founders of Lancaster, Mass. ; m. James Ward Warner. Mem. Nat. Soc. of New England Women and was com- piler of the New England Calendar, published by that society, 1911, and chairman of the old- fashioned county fair given by the society on the Hotel Astor Roof Garden, 1910. Mem, N.Y. Shakespeare Soc. and has written many Shake- speare papers, among them: Katharine of Aragon and Anne Bullen; Fairies of Shakespeare; Daugh- ters as Shakespeare Saw Thera. Presbyterian; has been pres. Young Women's Missionary Soc. of Rutgers Presbyterian Church and chairman of the Young People's work in connection with the Women's Presbyterial Home Missionary Soc. of N.Y. City. Mem. Federation of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage.

WARNER, Lillian Dale Baker (Mrs. Ernest Noble Warner), Merrill Springs Farm, Mad- ison, Wis.

Born in Town of Linden, Iowa Co., Wis.; dau. John U'glow and Elizabeth (Dale) Baker, td. Madison (Wis.) public schools and Univ. of Wis., A.B. '89; m. Madison, Wis., July 5, 1894, Ernest Noble Warner; children: John Clement, Elizabeth Dale, Ernest Noble Warner Jr. Active in pro- moting social and religious advancement in the commuuity; cooperating with others In develop- ment of social center activities with the country school house as the center. Conducts success- fully a small poultry plant and a two-acre orchard incidental to her home making; has farm home of 130 acres, half mile from Madison,

��operated as stock and dairy farm under a farm manager. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. First Congregational Church. Mem. Wis. Poultry Ass'n, Wis. Horticultural Soc, Woman's Club ol Madison.

WARNER, Lucy Hunt, 14 Green St., Northamp- ton, Mass.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '99; student of physical geography. Harvard Summer School, 1901, and of projective astronomy, Smith Coll., 1906-07. Demonstrator of astronomy and ofRc'ai tutor in mathematics and astronomy, Smith Coll., 1899-1900; teacher of mathematics and science, Northampton High School, 1900-03; taught mathematics, Howard Sem., West Bridge- water, Mass., 1903-06; principal Howard High School, 1904-06; demonstrator of astronomy. Smith Coll., 1906-07; teacher of mathematics, Springfield Technical High School, since 1907. Mem. Smith College Alumnae Ass'n. WARNER, Mary BeUe (Mrs. John F. Warner),

Sultan, Wash.

Born Gallatin, Mo., Oct. 6, 1864; dau. William A. and Mary E. (Yates) Johnson; ed. public schools, Gallatin, Mo. ; m. June 14, 1888, John Warner, Daleville, Ind. ; one son: Ellis Edwin, b. Mar. 18, 1890. Has done much Sunday-school and church work, socials, etc. Congregation- alist. Democrat. Past matron Order Elastern Star (Floral Chapter) ; past noble grand in Re- bekah Lodge (Sultan, Wash.). Recreation: Basket ball. Pres. Woman's Improvement Club of Sultan; mem. State Civic Com. WARNOCK, Amelia Beers, 216 Beverley St.,

Toronto, Can.

Journalist; b. Gait, Ont., Canada; dau. James and Katherine (Byard) Warnock; ed. Gait and Toronto, Can. Literary critic, Toronto Mail and Empire; editor Woman's Dep't Canadian Century Magazine; articles and sihort stories, Mem. Canadian Women's Press Clubs, Woman's Morning Music Club, Heliconian Club, Woman's Art Ass'n, Toronto. Famous for unique recitals on Canadian songs and Canadian literature, also professional singer. WARREN, Arietta L., Wooster, Ohio.

Teacher; b. Cleveland, O., Nov. 6, 1867; dau. Rolan N. and Lydia (Gleason) Warren; ed. high school, Wooster, O., 1881-85; Univ. of Wooster, 1885-89; Ph.B. '89; Bryn Mawr Coll., graduate student, 1891-92; Univ. of Mich., graduate stu- dent, 1895-98, Ph.D. '98; Am. School of Classical Studies, Rome, 1900-01 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta). Ass't in high school, Beaver Dam, Wis., 1889-91; ass't high school, Aurora, 111., 1892-95; preceptress and teacher of Latin Acad., Iowa Coll., Grinnell, la., 1898-1900; preceptress and teacher of Latin, State Normal School, Madison, S.Dak., 1902-08; instructor in Latin, Stanley Hall School, Minneapolis, Minn., 1910-11. Author of article (Wooster Quarterly, Vol. 21) : Progress and Prospects of Archaeological Discovery; also thesis for doctor's degree. The Ethics of Seneca. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. WARREN, Catherine Carter (Mrs. Howard C.

Warren), 133 Library Place, Princeton, N.J.

Born Feb. 27, 1874; dau. Henry C. and Mary (Foster) Carter; ed. by private tutoring, also in public high schools and special work at Chicago Univ. and Teachers Coll. (Columbia); m. N.Y. City, Apr., 1900, Howard C. Warren. Pres. N.J. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1911-13; Gen. Fed. Civil Service Com., 1910-14; director Women's River and Harbor Congress; director N.J. Child Labor Com. Contributor to General Federation Bulletin, and occasional magazine and newspaper articles on club work and civic problems. Pres. Present Day Club (Princeton); mem. the Con- temporary Club (Trenton), Century Club (N.Y. City). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Progreissive in politics. WARKEN, Clara Sizer Davock (Mrs. William C.

Warren), 173 North St., Buffalo, N.Y.

Bom Buffalo; dau. John and Charlotte (Lock- wood) Davock; ed. Buffalo Sem. and Ogontz School; m. Buffalo, April 2, 1891, William C. Warren; children: William C, Charlotte L., John D. Mem. Nat. Playground Ass'n, Con- sumers' League, Nat. Child Labor Ass'n, local

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��charities. Presbyterian. Mem. Twentieth Cen- tury and Garrett Clubs.

WARREN, Constance M. (Mrs. Joseph Warren),

28 Qulncy St., Cambridg-e, Mass.

Born Brookline, Mass., June 17, 1877; dau. Moses and Martiia (Finniley) Wiliiams; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01; m. June 19, 19C6, Joseph Warren; children: Joseph, Richard, How- land Shaw. Mem. Board of Managers Vincent Memorial Hospital, Perkins Inst, for the Blind, Friendly Visiting Com. for State Board of Chari- ties. Against woman suffrage. Author of several stories in magazines, Munsey's and others. Uni- tarian. Mem. Bryn Mawr Alumnae Ass'n, Par- liamentary Law Club, LfOngwood Cricket Club.

WARREN, Cornelia, Cedar Hill, Waltham, Mass. Born Waltham, Mass., Mar. 21, 1857; dau. Samuel Dennis and Susan Cornelia (Clarke) Warren; ed. private schools. Has a milk farm at Waltham, 148 acres, with 200 head of stock; farm certified by Cambridge Medical Improve- ment Soc, supplies milk to Boston, Cambridge, Brookline and Waltham. Author: Miss Wilton (a novel). Orthodox Congregationalist. Inter- ested in college settlements.

WARREN, Ina RusseUe, Evening News, Buf-

alo, N.Y.

Author, editor; b. Inverness, Scotland; dau. William F. and Margaret (RusseUe) Warren; ed. public and private schools, Auburn and BulTalo, N.y. Engaged in newspaper work; editorial writer Buffalo Evening News. Author: The Doc- tor's Window, 1898; Lawyer's Alcove, 1890; In Cupid's Court, 1900; In Friendship's Name, 1909; Mother's Love, 1911. Episcopalian. Recreations; Music, out-door sports. Identified with various charities.

WARREN, Lizzie Maude, The Hospital Cottages

for Children, Baldwlnville, Mass.

Physician; b. New Boston, N.H., Jan. 8, 1882; dau. James and Sarah (Farley) Warren; ed. New Boston High School, Tufts Coll. Med. School, M.D. '05 (mem. Alpha Delta Soc). Served in Mass. Homoeopathic Hospital, Boston Floating Hospital; now ass't physician at the Hospital Cottages for Children. Interested in work for Improvement among defective, delinquent and epileptic children. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Baldwlnville Woman's Club. WARREN, Louise Bird (Mrs. W. A. Warren),

730 Madison St., Evanston, III.

Bom Jefferson, Wis., Apr. 5, 1876; dau. George W. and Maria (Sawin) Bird; ed. public schools, Madison, Wis.; Univ. of Wis.; Drexel Art lust.; Univ. of Wis., A.B. honors in mathematics (mem. Pi Beta); m. Madison, Wis., Sept. 5, 1901, W. A. Warren; children: William, Marjorie, Louise Brayton. Mem. Church Guild, Drama Club. E)piscopalian. Mem. Parents' and Teachers' Ass'n. WARREN. Mary Whitson (Mrs. George Fred- erick Warren), Forest House, Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Chester Co., Pa.; dau. Theodore and Eliza (Rakestraw) Whitson; ed. Cornell Univ., A.B. '05; mem. Sigma Xi, honorary scientific soc. (mem. PI Phi, which joined at Swarthmore Coll., where first college year was spent); m. Itbaca, N.Y., George Frederick Warren; children: Stan- ley, Jean, Richard. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Friends Church. Mem. Cornell Univ. Alumnae Club, Cornell Woman's Suffrage League, W.C.T.U. WARREN, Maude Radford (Mrs. Joseph

Parker Warren), The Elma Hotel, Chicago,

111.

Author; b. Wolfe Island, Can.; dau. Captain J. H. and Anna (Healy) Radford; ed. Univ. of Chi- cago, Ph.B. '98; Ph.M. Instructor In Univ. of Chicago and in correspondence dep't; m. Chicago, 1907, Prof. Joseph Parker Warren. Mem. Univ. of Chicago Settlement League, Woman's Trade Union League. Author: King Arthur and His Knights; Composition and Rhetoric; The Land of the Living; Peter — Peter; also numerous articles and short stories in the best magazines. Epis- copalian. Recreations: Theatre, cards, rowing, swimming, walking. Mem. The Little Room, Drama League of America, Chicago Woman's Club. City Club. Every Day Club, Younji Fort-

��nightly Club, Friday Club, Lyceum Club. Favors woman suffrage.

WARREN, Nellie (Mrs. J. W. Warren), Leeds.

N.Dak.

Born Church's Ferry, N.Dak., Feb. 1, 1889; dau. Thomas and Abigail (Scott) Wardrope; ed. high school, took part in high school debates and won first prize in oratorical contest; m. June 3, 1908, J. W. Warren, M.D.; one son: Ralph Kenneth, b. Feb. 5, 1911. Active worker in Presbyterian Church; pres. Missionary Soc.; mem. N. Dak. Auti-Tul>erculosis Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Progressive Republican. Recrea- tions: Reading, athletics, tennis, automobiling. Mem. and pres. Alfredian Club.

WARREN. Ruth Annette, 234 Longmeadow St.,

Springfield, Mass.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '95; student of Latin, Greek and archaeology, Columbia Univ., 1898-1900, M.A. 1900. Teacher at West Bridge- water, Mass., 1896-97 and 1898-99; Finch School, N.Y. City, 1901-03; Nat. Cathedral School, Wash- ington, D.C., 1903-06; St. Margaret School, Buffalo, N.Y., since 1906. Mem. Smith College Alumnae Ass'n.

WARREN, Salome Machado (Mrs. Mlnton War- ren), 105 Irving St., Boston, Mass. Born Puerto Principe, Island of Cuba; dau. Juan Francisco and Elizabeth Frances (Jones) Machado; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. 'S3; m. Salem, Mass., Dec. 29, 1885, Prof. Minton Warren, then Latin prof, of Johns Hopkins Univ., later ot Harvard Univ. (died 1907); children: Minton Machado, Francisco Machado. Interested in higher education of women, music, and Romance languages. Mem. Clrcolo Italiano of Boston. Favors woman suffrage.

WARRICK, Lntle Burton (Mrs. S. K. War- rick), Scotts Bluffs, Neb.

Trained nurse; b. Grayson Co., Va. ; dau. Elijah Craig and Emma (Hill) Burton; ed. high school and Presbyterian Coll., Wythevllle, Va. ; m. Wytheville, Va., July 19, 1900, Stephen K. War- rick; children: Burton, b. 1901; Virginia, b. 1903; George, b. 1906; Lucile, b. 1909. Interested in church and charity work in the community in which located. Mem. Woman's Club. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

WASHBURN, Frances WUcox (Mrs. Frederick Leonard Washburn), 1112 Sixth St., S.E., Min- neapolis, Minn.

Born Plainvlew, Minn.; dau. Ozius and Martha (Stearns) Wilcox; ed. Mrs. Hayn's private school in Boston, Univ. of Minn., '86 (Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Minneapolis, 1887, Frederick Leon- ard Washburn; children: Martha Wilcox, Alice Julia. Mem. Woman's Club and Peripatetics (Minneapolis), Faculty Women's Club of Univ. of Minn. Recreations: Walking, skating, dancing, gardening. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; served on board of State Suffrage Ass'n as direc- tor of dep't of education; delegate from Woman's Club to State Fed. of Women's Clubs.

WASHBURN, Margaret Floy, Vassar College,

Poughkeepsle, N.Y.

Educator; b. N.Y. City, July 25, 1871; dau. Francis and Elizabeth (Davis) Washburn; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '91, A.M. '93; grad. scholar, 1892-93; fellow, 1893-94; Cornell Univ., Ph.D. '94. Prof, philosophy, Wells Coll.', 1894-1900; Warden Sage Coll., Cornell Univ., 1900-02; lecturer in psychology, Cornell, 1901-02; prof, philosophy, Univ. of Cincinnati. 1902-03; ass't prof philoso- phy, Vassar Coll., 1903-08; prof, psychology, Vas- sar, since 1908. Author; The Animal Mind; also articles in the Philosophical Review, Psychologi- cal Review, Am. Journal of Psychology, Mind, Philosophisehe Studien, etc. Translator of Wundfs Ethik, volumes II and III. Mem. Am. Philosophical Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.

W.»iSHBURN, Mary Nightingale, Greenfield.

Mass.

Artist; b. Greenfield, Mass., July, 1861; dau. William Barrett and Hannah (Sweetser) Wash- burn; ed. Greenfield High School; Smith Coll. Art School. Pres. Girls' Club. Congregationalist Against woman suffraee.

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��WASHBUBNE, Marion (Guyon) Foster (Mrs.

George Foote "Washburne), 107 Belfontalne

St., Pasadena, Cal.

Author, lecturer, educator; b. Northampton, Mass., Aug. 31, 1863; dau. Richard Norman and Anne (Halsted) Foster; grad. Central High School, Chicago, 18S1; Chicago Froebel Ass'n Trainias School, 1893: m. Chicago, June 22, 1886, George Foote Washburne, M.D. ; children: Nor- man Foster fdeceased), Carietcn Wolsey, Doro- thea, John Noble. As school editor of Chicago Evening Post conducted campa'^ v^hich resulted in giving Chicago its present :-7oniial School; as delegate from Little Deaf Child's League was instrumental in securing passage by 111. State Legislature of bill providing for public day school oral education of deaf. 111. State organizer and delegate of Nat. Congress of Mothers; for- merly on editorial staff of Harper's Bazar; associate editor of Mothers' Magazine; editor- in-chief Little Farms Magazine; formerly education editor Chicago Times-Herald and Chi- cago Tribune. Formerly editor course of study in the late Colonel Parker's Chicago Inst. ; writer, chiefly on educational subjects in magaaines and newspapers. Author: Success Library (Vol. II.), 1901; Everyday Essays, 1904; A Little Fountain of Life, 1304; Study of Child Life, 1907; Family Secrets; Mother's Year Book, 1908; The House on the North Shore, lSr09; Old Fashioned Fairy Tales, 1910. Formerly director of esoteric work in the Elgin (111.) branch of Oriental Esoteric Soc. ; student and non-professional lecturer on the philosophies and religions of East and West. Favors woman suffrage; former mem. Republican State Central Com. (woman's branch), Illinois, and Chicago Civic Elquality League; lecturer on suffrage in Illinois and Cal. Pres. Nat. Back-to- to-Land Ass'n; director Cooperative Common- wealth Co.; former mem. CJhicago Woman's and other Chicago clubs; now mem. F'riday Morning Club of Los Angeles. Recreations: Reading, music. WASSELL, BetUe McConaughey (Mrs. S. S.

Wassell), 719 Scott St., Little Rock, Ark.

Writer; b. Searcy, Ark., Oct. IS, 1859; dau. J. W. and Albina (McRae) McConaughey; ed. in Houston, Tex., at private school and by gov- erness, but chiefly taught by her father; m. Lit- tle Rock, Ark., Apr. 8, 1878, Samuel S. Was- sell: children: Frank John, Sam McConaughey, Hprbert Lynn. Promoter of first Reform School bill ever introduced into the Ark. Legislature; active in work for State Confederate monument; secured appropriation frjm Gen. Fed. United Daughters of Confederacy for a tablet to boy martyr, David 0. iSodd; organized and named the Keller Chapter, U.D.C. Made public speech, June, 1912, before the Democratic Convention, for a plank in the platform favoring prescr'nng the old State House. Active In all measures for welfare of women and children. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Sketch of David O. Dodd; Historical Sketches of Confederate Times; also of Southern Negro Folk Lore in Bulletin of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs (Apr., 1912); also nu- merous character Indian and negro sketches. Mem. Christ Church (Episcopal). Democrat Mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy, U.S. Daughters of 1812; State vice-regent D.A.R. Mem. D.A.R. Com. on Preserving Historic Places and also preventing the Desecration of the Flag.

WASSON, Pearl Randall (Mrs. Watson Lovell

Wasson), Waterbury, Vt.

Born Waterbury, Vt., Mar. 5, 1878; dau. George W. and Phoebe Bell (Gleason) Randall; ed. Waterbury High School and Abbot Acad., An- dover, Mtiss.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '01, senior Tree Day orator (Tau Zeta Epsilon) ; m. Water- bury, Vt., Oct. 11, 1905, Dr. Watson L. Wasson. Formerly teacher of English and history of art in Commonwealth Av. School for Girls, Boston, 1903-05. Interested in social service, church work, teacher In Sunday-school; formerly sup't of schools in Waterbury; former chairman educa- tion dep't State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. Eastern Star, Vt. Peace Soc. (director); mem. Vt, Woman's Teachers' Club, Hypatia Club of Waterbury, Teachers Retirement Fund Ass'n; prcs. Vt. State Fed. Women's Clubs, 1911-13.

��Recreations: Driving, dancing, tramping. Con- gregationalist.

WATERMAN, Annie Louise (Mrs. John Bar- nett Waterman), Ashland Place, Mobile, Ala- Bom Mobile, Ala., Aug. 5, 1878; dau. Thaddeua and Gertrude (Williams) Harrison; ed. Agnes Scott Inst., Atlanta, Ga., and Miss Huger's School, N.Y. City; m. MobUe, Ala,, Nov. 15, 1905, John Bamett Waterman; one son: Carroll Bar- nett Waterman. Founder of the Boys' Club of Mobile; organizer of Juvenile Court and active in probation school work. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Outside of domestic duties has centered efforts upon dependent and delinquent children.

WATERMAN, Sara Cliflford Brown (Mrs. James Sears Waterman), 676 St. Mark's Av., Brook- lyn, N.Y.

Born Elmira, N.Y., Nov. 14, 1852; dau. E. G. and Sarah M. (Van Wickle) Brown; ed. Moravian Sem., Bethlehem, Pa.; m. Riverside, Cal., Dec. 15, 1902, Dr. James Sears Waterman. Organizer of the Children's Christmas for Children or Red Stocking Com. in 1909, which provided in 1912 5,000 large stockings for children of the poor (they carry warm clothing, as well as candy and toys, and are filled by the children of the fortunate for those who would otherwise be overlooked). Mem. Juvenile Probation Ass'n, Woman's Municipal League, N.Y. City Visiting Com., also hospital connections, Brooklyn; Arm- strong Ass'n. Mem. Kosmos and Twentieth Cen- tury Clubs, Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century.

WATERMIRE, Emily G., Honey Grove, Tex.

Musician and composer; b. Sherman, Tex., Nov. 21, 1879; dau. Col. William Watermire of N.Y. and Georgia Cornelia (Forbes) Waterman of Georgia; ed. public and high schools and finished at Southwestern Univ., Georgetown, Tex., '98. Composer; has won honors. State and interna- tional, two gold medals from the Texas Fed. of Women's Clubs for her musical compositions (piano and voice) and a violin scholarship at the Kidd-Key Conservatory, Sherman, Tex. Has written many sacred hymns. Mem. Methodist Church. Recreation:" Painting, especially out- door sketching.

WATERS, Harriet Bishop (Mrs. William C.

Waters), 717 Grand St., Troy, N.Y.

Lecturer, editor; b. Jackson, Washington Co., N.Y. ; dau. B. Merritt Bishop (M.D.) and Annie W. (Stevens) Bishop; high school education, fol- lowed by extensive travel in this country and abroad; m. William C. Waters; one son: William C. Waters Jr. Made editor of the General Fed- eration Bulletin, oflScial organ of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1910; redesignated, June, 1912. Life mem. D.A.R.; mem. Nat. Soc. Daughters of the Empire State; mem. Nat. Soc. New England Women, N.Y. Press Club, Troy Civic League; organizer of Troy Girls' Club. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Has been platform speaker for 10 years, and club leader. Has lec- tured in many States of the Union on prison re- form and historical subjects.

WATERS, Yssabella, 265 Henry St., N.Y. City.

Nurse, social worker; b. Groton, Mass., Feb. 22, 1862; dau. Charles H. and Mary (Famsworth) Waters; ed. by private tutors at home. Regis- tered nurse; was in Spanish-American War, 1898- 99; went as sup't of the first 50 nurses to enter Havana, Cuba, before the American flag was raised in the island. Resident of the Henry St. Nurses' Settlement for 14 years. Author: Visit- ing Nursing in the United States. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

WATKINS, Blanche Bowman (Mrs. Edward G.

Watklns), 141 Chestnut St., Gardner, Mass.

Bom Littleton, N.H., July 30, 1869: dau. Curtis C. and Louise (Wetherell) Bowman; ed. Littleton High School; Smith Coll., A.B.; m. Littleton, N.H., Sept. 12, 1899, Edward G. Watkins; chil- dren: Helen Bowman, Jessica Goodrich, Curtis Gardner. Ckingregationalist. Mem. Smith Col- lege Club of Western Mass., College Club, Boat Club (Gardner).

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��WATKINS, Elsie Gardner (Mrs. Thomas Rich- ard Watkins), Memphis, Tenn. Born Union City, Tenn., July 29, 1887; dau. Russell Eugene and Ann (Cathey) Gardner; ed. in private school, Mary Inst., St. Louis, and Miss Bennett's and Mrs. Scoville's, N.Y. City; m. Chicago, June 6, 1911, Thomas Richard Wat- kins; one son: Thomas Richard Jr., ti. Oct. 8, 1912. Interested in applied psychology, and in Visiting Nurse Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Horseback riding, tennis, walking.

WATKLN'S, Henrietta Stokes (Mrs. Clarence A.

Watkins), 330 Owen Av., Lansdowne, Pa.

Born Philadelphia, July 7, 1875; dau. Charles Stokes, M.D., and Stella (Watson) Stokes; ed. Convent of Notre Dame, Philadelphia, and Na- mur, Belgium, Pensionnat Heger, Brussels; Agnes Irwin's School, Philadelphia; studied at Pennsylvania Acad, of Fine Arts; mem. Delta Kappa Psi of Philadelphia; m. June 21, 1910, Clarence A. Watkins; no living children. Mem. Limited Suffrage Soc. of State of Pennsylvania. Mem. Fellowship of Pennsylvania Acad, of Fine Arts.

WATKINS, Irene Wlckersham (Mrs. Charles Wesley Watkins), 4S Etna Av., Huntington, Ind.

Born Zanesfield, Logan County, Ohio, May 15, 1856; ed. Geneva Coll., class of '75; m. Zanesfield, Ohio, Nov. 8, 1S77, Charles Wesley Watkina (judge of 56th Judicial Circuit of Indiana, 1S94- 1900). Active in church and philanthropic inter- ests. Presbyterian.

WATIilNS, Susan, 58 W. Twelfth St., N.Y. City. Painter; b. in Cal. ; dau. James T. and Susan E. (Owens) Watkins; ed. in schools of California; Gibbon's School In N.Y. and studied in Paris. Has painted the portraits of many prominent people; her work has been exhibited in academy exhibitions in U.S. and abroad; has received many medals. Mem. Lyceum Club of London.

WATKINS, Virginia Steplienson (Mrs. M. Lee

Watkins), Keysvllle, Va.

Club woman; b. Lithonia, Ga., Feb. 4, 1875; dau. James M. and Eudora (Weaver) Stephenson; grad. Oxford College, Oxford, Ala., A.B. '92; m. Bowden, Ga., Aug. 12, 1896, M. Lee Watkins; children: Mildred, b. 1899; Dorothy, b. 1.904. Before marriage was teacher in Bowden Coll., Ga. Loader of religious organizations in Keys- ville Baptist Church, also teacher of Philathea class in the same church; interested In civic Work. Pres. Woman's Club, Keysvllle; auditor Virginia Fed. of Women's Clubs.

WATROUS, Elizabeth Snowden Nichols (Mrs. Harry Willson Watrous) ; studio, 222 W. Fifty- ninth St., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. N.Y. City; dau. William Snowden and Elizabeth (Erickson) Nichols; ed. N.Y. City private schools; m. N.Y. City, 1887, Harry Will- Bon Watrous. Studied art under Henner and Carolus Duran; exhibited In Academy in 1879. Manager N.Y. Diet Kitchen at Centre St. ; or- ganized Soc. for Advancement of Practical Endeavor of School Children. Author (novels): Ti (sketch of Adirondack life); It (society as seen from the baseinent). Episcopalian. Pres. Wo- man's Art Club of N.Y.

IVATKOUS, Grace Greenwood (Mrs. Cleve- land Watrous), 53 Beach St., East Orange, N.J.

Born Manchester, N.H., Mar. 15, 1876; dau. John A. and Jeannette (Thayer) Greenwood; ed. public schools of Lynn, Mass.; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '97; m. Lynn, Mass., Jan. 1, 1901. Cleveland Watrous; children: Cicely, b. Nov. 13, 1904; Jean- nette, b. Jan. 12, 1908. Has been identified with religious, social and philanthropic activities lu Lynn, Mass.; Schenectady, N.Y., and East Orange, N.J. Unlversalist. Pres. Starr Club of Lynn, Mass., 1899-1901 (now hon. mem.); Schenectady Woman's Club, 1901-02; Lynn Wo- men's Club House Corporation, 1904; mom. Women's University Club and Smith College Club (N.Y. City), Alumnre Ass'n of Smith Col- lege. Against woman suffrage.

��WATSON, Amelia Montagrue, "Wild Acres," East

Windsor Hill, Conn.

Water color painter; b. Ea-Tt Windsor Hill, Hartford Co., Conn., Mar. 2, 1856; dau. Reed and Sarah (Bolles) Watson; ed. private schools. Teacher of painting In Martha's Vineyard Sum- mer School for 20 years. Illustrated an edition of Henry D. Thoreau's Cape Cod in colors in 1896. Recreation: Travel. Painter of New Eng- land and Southern scenery. Pictures have been hung in the exhibitions of the Boston Art Club, the N.Y. Water Color Soc. and the Am. Water Color Soc.

WATSON, Annah Walker Robinson (Mrs. James

Henry Watson), Memphis, Tenn.

Born Springfield (near LouisTllle), Ky. ; dau. Archibald Magill and Mary Louise (Taylor) Rob- in.=;on, ed. in Louisville and Chicago; m. Louis- ville, Oct. 5, 1870, James Henry Watson; children: Archibald Robinson, James Henry, Katharine Davis, Elizabeth Lee. Author: A Royal Lineage; Passion Flowers; On the Field of Honor; Some Notable Families of America; The Victory (po«4n); The Champion Maid (serial); The Court of Queen Ismerelda (serial); Of Sceptred Race. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Nineteenth Century Club of Memphis, Tenn.; Order of the Crown of Aimeriea, Colonial Dames, United Daughters of the Confederacy.

WATSON, Elizabeth I-owe (Mrs. Jonathan Watson), Saratoga, Santa Clara Co., Cal. Ordained minister, lecturer; b. Solon, 0., 1842; dau. Abraham and Lucretia (Daniel.'') Lowe; ed. in public school of Leon, N.Y. Developed as an inspirational speaker at the age of 14; m. Titus- ville, Pa., Jonathan Watson; children: Will L., Victor Hugo, Evangeline, Lucretia E. Ordained minister of Progressive Spiritualists of Rochester, N.Y. Pastor of Religio-Philosophical Soc. of San Francisco for six years. Lectured in Aus- tralia, 1882-83. Active In work with King's Daughters. W.C.T.U. and Civic Center for ni"\- Ing of civic righteousness in city and couni.iy. Mem. Am. Peace Soc. and California Peace Ass'n, working for the establishment of Internal. Court of Arbitration. Pres. Cal. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1910-11, and led in the work that won woman suffrage in Cal.; was chairman of that campaign com. and interested in the work in other States. Republican. Contributor to newspapers. Au- tor: Song and Sermon. Mem. Civic Improvement Club, Friendly Inn Ass'n. Recreations: ^Vorking among flowers, garden work, open air games, driving good horses. Owns and manages a 25- acre fruit farm in Santa Clara Valley.

WATSON, Elizabeth Vila Taylor (Mrs. Albert Mortimer Watson), 400 Mt. Auburn St., Cam- bridge, Mass.; studio, 404 Fenway Studios, Boston, Mass.

Artist; b. Ne<w Jersey; dau. John Watson and Mary Elizabeth (Macdonald) Taylor; ed. by gov- erness and at Boston private school; grad. School of Drawing and Painting, Museum of Fine Arts; pupil of Messrs. Tarbell, Benson and De Camp; m. Plymouth, Mass., 1903, Albert Mortimer Wat- son. Received Sears prize at Museum School, bronze medal at Nashville Exposition; has ex- hibited at all the exhibitions of the country. Mem. Copley Soc, Boston. Catholic. Mem. Mu- sical Art Club.

WATSON, Esther Josephine, 11 Union St..

Greenfield, Mass.

Teacher; b. Amherst, Mass., Sept. 20. 1S.')9; dau. Oliver and Sarah (White) Watson: ed. Amherst public schools; Smith Coll., A.B. '82; Cornell Univ., A.M. '83; student of north European lan- guages, Gottingen, Germany, 1SS7-S9; student of French, Tours, summer of 1895; student of Ger- manics, Columbia Univ., 1910-11; has also at- tended various summer schools. Mem. of Eng- lish dep't. Smith Coll., 1883-87; head of dep't vl languages, Rhode Island State Coll.. 1892-1910. Congregationalist. Mem. Kappa Alpha Theta, Cornell Univ. Chrpter. Mom. .\ew England His- toric Genealogical Soc, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumna:. Alumna; Ass'n, Students' Aid Soc, Smith Coll.; honorary mem. of Every Tuesday Club, Kingston, R.I. Recreation: Geuealozy.

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��WATSON, Frederlca King Davis (Mrs. Thomas

Russell Watson). Plymouth, Mass.

Born Staten Island, N.Y., Mar. 15, 1869; dau. Andrew McFarland and Henrietta P. (Whitney) Davis; ed. San Francisco and Cam.bridge (Mass.) Echools; Radcliffe Coll. (special courses); ni. Cambridge, Mass., July 25, 1901, Thomas Russell Watson; children: Eleanor Whitney, b. 1902; Margery Willard, b. 1903; Frederlca Gore, b. 1905 Against woman suffrage; chairman of com. to represent Plymouth in Anti-Suffrage Soc. of Mass. Author of one pamphlet published by Nat. Historical Soc. of Boston, research work in Radcliffe. Unitarian. Mem. Mayflower Club of Boston. WATSON, Helen, Johns Hopkins Hospital,

Baltimore, Md.

Physician; b. East Braintree, Mass., Aug. 23, 1884 •' dau. Thomas A. and Elizabeth S. (Kim- ball) Watson; ed. Braintree public and high schools; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '05; Johns Hop- kins Univ., med. dep't., M.D. '10. Interne m medicine Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1910-11; ass t resident physician, 1911-12. Favors woman suf- frage. Presbyterian. Mem. Zeta Phi fraternity (women's medical, national). WATSON, ILucy Carlile, 270 Genesee St., Utlca,

Born Utica, N.Y., Feb. 10, 1855; dau. William Henry Watson, M.D., and Sarah Thompson (Carlile) Watson; ed. Utlca Free Acad. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Utica Political Equality Club Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Girls Friendly Soc. (pres. for several years of society in Central N.Y.),-Soc. Mayflower Descendants D A.R., Colonial Dames, State Chanties Aid Ass'n New Century Club of Utica (pres. 1899- 1903). WATSON, Mrs Mary Devereaux, Englewood,

N.J.

Writer; b. Marblehead, Mass.; dau. Gen. J. H. and Antoinette C. (Kelsey) Devereaux; ed. at home and in private school; widow. Magazine contributor, poems and short stories. Author (under maiden name): From Kingdom to Colony; Up and Down Sands of Gold, 1901; Lafltte of Louisiana, 1902. WATSON, Mary Eunice (Mrs. Albert Watson),

Mt. Vernon, 111.

Born Richview, 111., Jan. 7, 1861; dau. Newton Edward and Elizabeth (EJrwin) Way; ed. Mt. Vernon High School and St. Mary's Convent, near South Bend, Ind.; m. Mt. Vernon, 111., Aug. 12 1880, Albert Watson; children: Marina (now Mrs Alvin Hobbs Frazler of Rockford, 111.), Joel', Alice, Stanley. Has been active m mis- sionary work (both home and foreign). In anti- tuberculosis work and many forms of local char- itable work. Plays organ in Episcopal church. Many years interested and actively engaged in all work of the Federation of Women's Clubs, also sup't for the 23d Dist of State Good Roads Ass'n- has been vice-pres. of Public Library Board'. Episcopalian. Democrat. Recreations: Bridge, motoring, music, travel. Mem. Mt. Ver- non Woman's Club, Thimble Club, Round Table, Music Study Club, Women's Chorus and Bridge Club. Favors woman suffrage. WATSON, Mary J., 2829 Eleventh Av., E.,

Oakland, Cal. „ ^ ,„^„ ,

Physician; b. Steubenville, O., Sept., 1840; dau. John A. and Isabella (Robertson) Watson; ed. Private sem. and Hahnemann Medical Coll. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal., M.U. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Book Club of Oakland, Cal. WATSON, Mary Maud Carr (Mrs. Alfred E.

Watson), Hartford, Vt.

Born N.Y. City, April 6, 1865; dau. Walter S. and Mary Louise (Anderson) Carr; ed. public and private schools; m. Montpelier, Vt., July 3, 1883 Alfred B. Watson; children: Margery An- derson b. Dec. 18, 1887; Cedric Montgomery Watson, b. Aug. 25, 1889 (died April 3, 1890). Against woman suffrage. Congregationallst. Republican. Charter mem. of Wenona Chapter, No 43 Order of Eastern Star, White River Junction Vt; charter mem. of Thomas Chitten- flea Chanter of Daughters of American Revolu-

��tion, White River Junction, Vt; past regenl mem. of Vt. Soc. of Colonial Dames. Mem, Hartford Ladies' Reading Club, Loyal Club, White River Junction, Vt. Against woman suf- frage.

WATT, Gertrude B. (Mrs. Arthur Balmer Watt), Edmonton, Alberta, Can.

Journalist, author; b. Guelph, Ont. ; dau. John Hogg; ed. Loretto Acad., Hamilton, Ont,, and Brantford Coll.; m. Brantford, Ont, Arthui Balmer Watt, journalist. Formerly woman editor Woodstock (Ont.) Saturday Review; editoi woman's pages Edmonton (Alberta) Saturday News since 1905. Contributor to several Canadian and American newspapers, frequently under pen- name "Peggy." Author: A Woman in the West; Town and Trail. Mem. Canadian Women's Press Club (one of founders), Edmonton. WATT, Madge Robertson (Mrs. Alfred Tenny- son Watt), William Head, Victoria, B.C., Canada.

Born Collingwood, Ont.; dau. Henry Robertson (K.C.) and Bethia (Rose) Robertson; ed. Univ. of Toronto, B.A., M.A. (first honor art student); first place in English final year (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Collingwood, Ont., Alfred Tennyson Watt; children: Henry Robertson, Hugh Sholto. Sec. Advisory Board (women) Dep't of Agriculture of B.C. Mem. Senate Univ., B.C. Lecturer Women's Institutes (Dep't ol Agriculture). Mem. Provincial Executive of the King's Daughters. Mem. Com. Alexandre Club; pres. University Woman's Club; pres. Women'a Press Club; literary sec. Canadian Women'a Club, Victoria, B.C., and mem. Local Council oJ Women (all of Victoria, B.C.); sec. University ol Toronto Alumni Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality League, Victoria. Au- thor of Government bulletins; Southmost Van- couver Island, B.C.; Women's Institute of British Columbia. Contributor in N.Y. Press, World, Life, Recorder, Truth, Recreations, Toronto book reviews, Victoria B.C.) Times, and news- papers. Presbyterian. Mem. Daughters of the Empire, Soc. Prevention Cruelty to Animals. Recreations: Tennis, swimming, walking, garden- ing; Has made a special study of conditions of women in the country; has appeared before tech- nical commissions by request to speak on the need of technical education in the country. Represented City of Victoria woman's stand- point before the university commissions; first woman to take M.A. degree in Canada. WATTS, Mary Jennings Orton (Mrs. Oliver Pat- terson Watts), 114 Spooner St., Madison, Wis. Born Yellow Springs, O., June 15, 1868; dau. Edward and Mary (Jennings) Orton; ed. Welles- ley Coll., B.S. '90 (mem. Shakespeare Soc); m. Boston, Mass., June 28, 1900, Oliver Patterson Watts, Ph.D., assistant prof, applied electro- chemistry, Univ. of Wis. Trustee Unitarian Church, Madison, Wis.; mem. Exec. Board Madi- son Woman's Club; vice-pres. Madison Wellesley Club. Unitarian. Mem. Woman's Alliance, Uni- tarian Church; formerly sec. Free Kindergarten Ass'n of Waltham, Mass.; mem. of Educational Soc, Waltham, Mass., and Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnse. Recreations: Camping, yachting. Mem. Madison Woman's Club, Madison Wellesley Club. WATTS, Mary Stanbery (Mrs. Miles Taylor Watts), 24 32 Ingleside Place, Walnut Hills, Cincinnati, O.

Writer; b. Delaware Co., O., 1868; dau. John Rathbone and Anne (Martin) Stanbery; ed. three years at Convent of the Sacred Heart, Clifton, Cincinnati, O. ; m. Nov. 11, 1891, Miles Taylor Watts. Against woman suffrage. Author (novels): The Tenants; Nathan Burke; The Legacy; also short stories. Episcopalian. WAUGH, Ida, Redding Ridgre, Conn.; summer address, Bailey Island, Me.

Artist; b. Philadelphia; dau. Samuel B. and Mary (Mendenhall) Waugh; ed. Philadelphia and Academie Julien and Acad6mie Delficluse, Paris. Mem. Historical Soc. of Pa., fellow of the Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, Philadelphia. Has exhib- ited in Nat Acad, of Design, N.Y. City (Dodge prize), 1S96; World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; Paris Salon several times, Art Museum, Cin- cinnati, and Acad, of Fine Arts, PhiladelDhla.

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��WAUGH, Lura tee (Mrs. Edwin L. Waugh),

1234 Chase Av., Chicago, III.

Born N.Y. City, July 27, 1867; dau. Uri and Jane (Wiswell) Lee; ed. Rockford Coll., 111.; m. Delaware Lake, Wis., Sept. 30, 1890, Edwin L. Waugti; children: Dorothy Lee Waugh, Susan Lee Waugh. Mem. Rogers Park Congregational Church (chairman of Legislative Com.), Rogers Park Woman's Club. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationallst. Republican. WAY, Marie Wagener (Mrs. William Way), 138

Rutledge Av., Charleston, S.C.

Born Charleston, S.C, 1876; dau. George A. and Eleanor (Keys) Wagener; ed. Mary Baldwin Sem., Staunton, Va., with special honors add three medals in music and German; m. Charles- ton, S.C, Jan. 12, 1904, Rev. William Way; one son: William Jr. Active in religious and philan- thropic work. Episcopalian. WAYL.AND, Frances Mary Green (Mrs. Heman

Lincoln Wayland), 511 S. Forty-second St.,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Providence, R.I., May 20, 1840; dau. Timothy Ruggles and Cornelia Elizabeth (Arnold) Green; ed. private schools, Providence, R.I. ; m. Providence, R.I., Sept. 10, 1891, Rev. Dr. He- man Lincoln Wayland. Interested in McAll Mis- sions In France. Against woman suffrage. Bap- tist. Mem. Am. Acad, of Political and Social Science, Nat. Geographic See; mem. New Cen- tury Civic, Browning Club, Drama League, Pa. Soc. of New England Women. WEATHERLY, Josephine (Mrs. Albert Weath-

erly), 816 Merchant St., Emporia, Kan.

Writer; b. Prague, Bohemia; dau. Ignac and Frances (Welgert) Havernek; ed. Connersville (Ind.) High School, State Normal School, special training in music and English; m. Connersville, Ind., May 22, 1890, Albert Weatherly; children: Marie (violin teacher), Albert (cello virtuoso). Grand chief of degree of honor of the State of Kansas four years; pres. Woman's Relief Corps of Emporia; grand junior of Pythian Sisters of Kansas. Favors woman suffrage; local speaker In county affairs. Author: Parliamentary Law; After Strange Gods, and about 60 short stories published in current magazines and Sunday- school papers. Socialist. Recreation: Music. Has been pres. Seventh Dist. Club Federation; pres. Fourth Dist. Federation; pres. of City of Emporia Federation; pres. Parliament Club. WEAVER, Anna M. Sewell (Mrs. Charles Par- sons Weaver), 2010 Third Av., Louisville, Ky.

Organizer; b. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 4, 1866; dau. C W. and Sara S. (Miller) Sewell; ed. pub- lic schools of Louisville; m. Nov. 17, 1886, Charles Parsons Weaver; children: William Gaulbert, Jesse Sewell, Bennet Young, Effle Meddis, Emily Sara. Ex-pres. State Federation of Women's Clubs, during which time the educational activity of federation developed. Favors woman suf- frage and has talked for It In all the Kentucky counties. Has done occasional newspaper work. Mem. Woman's Auxiliary of St. Paul's (Episco- pal) Church. Mem. Woman's Club, Out-door Art League, Sorosis, Alumnae, Suffrage Ass'n, Humane Soc, Emergency Ass'n, Consumers' League.

WEAVER, Emily Poynton, 26 Bernard Av., To- ronto, Can.

Author; b. Manchester, England, 1865; dau. Richard Thomas and Elizabeth (Smith) Weaver; ed. at private schools in England. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Canadian History for Boys and Girls; Old Quebec— The City of Cham- plain; The Story of the Counties (Ontario); also Action: My Lady Nell; Price Rupert's Namesake; "The Trouble Man., etc., and contributions to Graphic (London), Toronto Globe, Canadian Magazine, etc. Mem. Equal Franchise League, Ontario Historical Soc, Women's Press Club, Women's Canadian Club. WEAVER, Jerrie .'Vrjyra, 808 E. Winchester

Av., Ashland, Ky.

Instructor In English, High School; b. Hunne- well, Ky.; dau. Daniel L. and Arjyra (Davis) Weaver; ed. Ashland public schools; Goucher Coll., A.B. '06. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Aahland Woman's Club. Twentieth Century Club.

��WEAVER, Lucile Anne Porter (Mrs. Ben Per-

ley Weaver), 215 W. Wayne St., Fort Wayne,

Ind.

Born Fort Wayne, Ind.; grad. high school. Fort Wayne, Ind., '98; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '02; m. Fort Wayne, Ind., 1903, Dr. Ben Perley Weaver. Pres. Fortnightly Club of Fort Wayne, Ind. WEAVER, Mima J., 4 37 Forest Av., Dayton, O.

High school teacher; b. Nat. Soldiers' Home, near Dayton, O., July 6, 1877; dau. Dr. James M. and Sarah Jemina (Jacobs) Weaver; grad. Steele High School, Dayton, '98 (honors); Ohio State Univ., Ph.B. '03, M.A. '10 (Phi Beta Kappa); fellow in English, Ohio State Univ., 1904-05 (mem. Delta Delta Delta). Interested In educational work, especially in English work In high schools. Has also been much Interested In and taken an active part in solving the problem of lunch rooms, self-sustaining, for pupils at- tending a single session high school in Dayton, O. This locally initial lunch room, where food excellent in quality and quantity is sold at a minimum price to the pupil, has proved so suc- cessful that the plan has been adopted by the other local high schools. Favors woman suf- frage. Episcopalian. Mem. Young Women's League of Dayton; Dayton Fruit and Flower Mission (philanthropic work). Recreations: Out- of-door sports, music Mem. Dayton Ass'n of College Women (pres. 1911; mem. of Advisory Council); pres. Helen Hunt Literary Club (Day- ton), 1911-13. WEBER, Lila Long-, Box 445, Osawatomle,

Kan.

Born Osawatomle, Kan. Sept. 29, 1880; dau. Albin and Ida M. (Roberts) Weber; ed. Osawa- tomle public schools; Kansas Univ., 1S96-97 and 189S-99. Eight years pres. of Osawatomle High School Alumni Ass'n; mem. local philanthropic organizations; officer in W.C.T.U., local, county and district. Pres. Miami Co. Suffrage Ass'n. Recreation: Walking. Mem. Monday Club (local), V/omen's Kansas Day Club. Taught five years in public schools of Osawatomie and Pittsburgh, Kan. Does local newspaper work. WEBER, Pearl Louise Hunter (Mrs. William

James Weber), Box 271, Hillsboro. Ore.

Born Toledo, O., Jan. 29, 1878; dau. Edgar Judson and Myra L. (Littlefield) Hunter; ed. public schools of Chicago; Armour Inst, of Technology; Univ. of Chicago, 1895-1901, Ph.B. '99; in 1897 won senior scholarship in Romance languages. In 1899 honorable mention honors In Romarce, special honors in philosophy; graduate scholarship in pedagogy; fellowship in phil- osophy, 1900; Cornell Univ. (Sage Coll.), 1901-02; Sage scholarship in philosophy at Cornell Univ., 1901-02; scholarship in public speaking, Univ. of <"hif:ago. Phi Beta Kappa, '99; m. Peckham, Okla.. Feb. 6, 1902, Rev. William James Weber; children: Clarence Adam, Ruth Irene, Rose Myra. Was principal of normal dep't and instructor in philosophy and elocution at Southwestern Coll Wlnfield, Kan., 1900-01; tutor in philosophy and elocution in same, 1903-05. Active in kindergar- ten work In M.E. Sunday-school and Loyal Tem- perance Legion work. State sec. of Loyal Tem- perance Legion In Oregon, 1909-10. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. W.C.T.U. Recrea- tion: Bicycling. Mem., sec and treas. Oregon Alumni Club of Univ. of Chicago. WEBSTER^ Anna Jenliinu (Mrs. I. Daniel

Webster), 3790 Fifth St., San Diego. Cal.

Bom Wilmington, Del., Jan. 7, 1867; dau. How- ard M. and Mary Anna (Atkinson) Jenkins; ed. Swarthmore Coll., Pa., A.B., '87; m. Gwynedd Pa., May 10, 1893, I. Daniel Webster; children: Dorothea, Agnes Elizabeth, Alan King, Philip Jenkins, Mariana. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Republican. Mem. Civic Ass'n, Anti-Tuberculosis League, San Dleea Club. WEBSTER, Elizabetii Rogrers Fox (Mrs. Daniel

Frederick Webster), 292 W. Main St., Water- bury, Conn.

Born Thomastown, Conn.; grad. Vassar Coll. A.B. '76 (Phi Beta Kappa); m. June 26, 1879, Daniel Frederick Webster (now deceased). Has published several short stories translated from the German.

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��tVEBSTER, Enphania M. C. (Mrs. Nathan Burnham Webster), Vlneland, N.J. Journalist; b. Norfolk, Va., Mar. 16, 1859; dau. Jolrn D. and Euphania Monroe (Cowling) Couper; ed. private schools, Norfolk, and grad. 1877 in full from Leache-Wood Sem. (highest honors); musical education (piano), Prof. Newton Fitz of Boston, 1865-73; organ, Prof. Anton Koerner; m. 18&3, N.'ithan Burnham Webster, of Vineland, N.J. Taught mathematics, Latin and dramatic art at Leache-Wood, 1877-83, and conducted the sacred music there, 1873-83. Tutored nervous and back- ward girls; held chair of Latin and mathematics. La Fayette Coll., Mo., 1883-84. Resumed work at Leache-Wood, 1884. Principal Miss Couper's srliijol for Young Ladies from founding until 1893. Prominent in social, musical and literary circles. Organist and conductor of choir First Baptist Church for three years, and at the McKendree Methodist Church until 1893; since then has been resident at Vineland, N.J. For thirty years specialist in developing retarded mentality; work continuing up to the present time in excluslye and limited home circle at residence, suburl>an to Vineland. Contributor to newspapers of essays, short stories, character sketches, etc. Organizer and life mem. of Wo- man's Club of Vineland; mem. Suffrage League of Vineland. Lecturer on educational topics, par- ticularly practical work with the mentally and morally deficient. Episcopalian. Outside of school hours was employed on encyclopaedic work for six years. Special training in care of the aged.

WEBSTER, Helen Livermore, Farmington, Conn. Educator, philologist, author; b. Boston, Mass., Aug. 1, 1S53; grad. Salem (Mass.) High School, Salem Normal School, Univ. of Zurich, Switzer- land, Ph.D. '89. Taught in high schools until 1886; Vassar Coll., 1889-90; prof, comparative philology, Wellesley Coll., 1890-99; principal of Wilkes-Barre (Pa.) Inst., 1899-1904. Author- Treatise on the Gutteral Question in Gothic (thesis for Ph.D.). Editor of The Legends of the Mic-Mac3, 1893.

SVEBSTEK, Jean, 55 W. Tenth St., N.T. City. Writer; b. Fredonia, N.Y., July 24, 1876; dau. Charles Luther and Annie (Moftett) Webster; ed. Lady Jane Grey School, Binghamton. '93; Vas- sar. A.B. '01. Author: When Patty Went to Col- lege, 1903; The Wheat Princess, 1906; Jerry Junior 1907; The Four Pools Mystery, 1902; Much Ado About Peter, 1909; Just Patty, 1911; Daddy Long Legs, 1912; contributor to magazmes. Mom. Women's UuiV'^rsity Club, Vassar Stu- flents' Aid Soc, Pen and Brush Club. Recrea- tions: Mountain climbing, horseback, golf. Since leaving college has spent much time abroad, liv- ing principally in Italy; in India, Japan and China, 1905-06.

IVEBSTEB, Jennie Josephine (Mrs. Lorin Web- ster), Holderness School, Plymouth, N.H. Born Springfield, N.H.; dau. Daniel Noyes and Calista A. (Richardson) Adams; ed. in high Bchool and by tutors; m. July 10, 1884, Rev. Lorin Webster, L.H.D. (rector and head master of Holderness School, Plymouth, N.H., since 1892); children: Harold Adams, Bertha Loraine, Jerome Pierce. Pres. Pemigewasset Woman's Club,' Plymouth, 1900-02, 1903-04; pres. N.H. Fed- eration of Women's Clubs, 1907-09; mem. Soc. for Protection of N.H. Forests; mem. N. H. Board of Am. Red Cross since 1909, Am. Home Eco- nomics Ass'u, N.H. Historical Soc; and other organizations, religious, philanthropic and char- itable. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Organized Asquamchumauke Chapter D.A.R., Plymouth, 1911 (regent from 1911). WEBSTER, Martha Farnliam (Mrs. Charles Ashley Webster), 2S4 N. Academy St., Gales- burg, III.

Born Galesburg, 111., April 27, 1846; dau. Eli and Jerusha Brewster (Loomis) Farnham; grad. Knox Coll., Galesburg, 111., '69; m. Burlington, Vt., June 15, 1881, Charles Ashley Webster. Ac- tive in woman's work in Central Congregational Church, Galesburg, III., in its various forms of activity; one of founders, sec. and treas. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants of Galesburg; one of

��organizers and sec. Knox Co. Historical Soc.; charter m&m. Rebecca Parke Chapter D.A.R. (has been regent, corr. sec, vice-pres., historian and registrar); mem. of State Com. D.A.R. Au- thor: Woman's Work In Knox County (In His- tory of Knox County) ; Seventy-five Significant Years (the story of Knox College, 1837-1912). Writer of historical papters and personal and character sketches of local celebrities — e.g., The Pioneer Women of Galesburg; Clark E. Carr, late Minister to Denmark; Mary Allen West, edi- tor, philanthropist, etc. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Mem. Knox Co. Historical Soc. One of founders of the Galesburg Fortnightly Club (organized February, 1893) and has held every office in gift of the club.

WEED, Helena Charlotte Hill (Mrs. Walter Harvey Weed), 38 Maple St., Norwalk, Conn. Geologist; b. Norwalk, Conn., Aug. 16, 1875; dau. Congressman Ebenezer J. and Mary EUen (Mossman) Hill; ed. Elizabeth Mead School, Nor- walk, Conn.; private tutors; Paris, France; Vas- sar Coll., A.B. '96, A.M. '02; Montana School of Mines, Butte, Mont.; m. Norwalk, Conn., Dec. 16, 1896, Walter Harvey Weed, geologist; children: Eleanor Hill, b. Aug. 24, 1898; Walter Harvey Jr., b. July 28, 1900; Mary Hill, b. Sept. 7, 1903. Has done editorial work as assistant to her hus- band in his professional work; field assistant in commercial examination work and scientific ex- ploration. Interested in civic and municipal work; chairman Publicity Com. in work which secured fire escapes in public schools of Conn. Resided in France, Germany and Italy, studying languages and the feminist movement. Mem. Civic League, Norwalk, Conn. ; Vassar Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Daughters, Founders and Patriots of America; was vice- pres. -general D.A.R., also State vice-regent of Montana and regent Norwalk (Conn.) Chapter. Mem. Chevy Chase (Md.) Club, Norwalk (Conn.) Country Club. Recreations: All forms of ath- letics. Presbyterian. "Ultimate Socialist." Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise League of N.Y., Conn. Equal Franchise Soc; chairman Legislative Com. of Norwalk (Conn.) Equal Franchise League; campaign speaker for suffrage.

WEED, Ida Belle Rosbrook (Mrs. Alfred Cleve- land Weed), 15 Seaton PI., N.E., Washington, D.C.

Born Pamclia, N.Y., Feb. 28, 1885; dau. Charles Wilton and Isabel M. (Gifford) Rosbrook; ed. Cornell Univ. of Law, LL.B., '06; m. Ithaca, N.Y., June 21, 1906, Alfred Cleveland Weed; one daughter; Isabelle Gifford Weed. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Cornell Women's Club of Wash- ington.

WEED, Nellie S. Jones (Mrs. Samuel Richards Weed), Hotel Chelsea, 222 W. Twenty-third St., N.Y. City.

Born Baltimore, Md. ; dau. David Walter and Mary Cabot (Newell) Jones; ed. public schools in N.H.; grad. Normal School, N.Y. City; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1859, Samuel Richards Weed; children: Walter Harvey, Nathan Her- bert, Edward Franklin. Founder Norwalk (Conn.) Historical Soc, Ladies' Union Aid (dur- ing Civil War) and Hospital Corps and Sanitary Fair; vice-pres. Congregational Club of Brook- lyn, Mayflower Soc, Sorosis; hon. and ex-regent Norwalk Chapter D.A.R.; mem. Colonial Dames, Nat. Soc. New England Women, Indian Ass'n of N.Y., Consumers' League, Soc. for Preservation of Historical Sites. Favors woman suffrage. Con- tributor to and publisher of Colonial Homes o( Connecticut, also various articles on patriotic subjects in current press. Congregationalist. Re- publican (progressive). Mem. Artists' Benevolent League. Recreations: Country tramps and trav- eling. Mem. Sorosis Club, Congregational Club, Woman's Club (Brooklyn). Chiefly interested in patriotic work and social uplift, especially bet- terment of immigrants.

WEED, Ruth Sarlssa, North Rose. Wayne Co..

N.Y.

Teacher; b. North Rose, N.Y., Apr. 21, 1885; dau. Addison and Ida (Cleveland) Weed; ed. Cornell Univ.; New Hartford High School; Cor-

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��nell Unly., A.B. 'C7. High school science teacher at Falrport, N.Y., and college prof, at Maryland Coll., 1910-12 (prof, natural science and higher mathematics). Mem. Presbyterian Church. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Recreation; Out-door sports.

WEEDEN, Aane Tillinghast, 81 Brown St., Providence, R.I.

Teacher of German, writer; b. Providence, R.I., June 9, 1S63; dau. William Grinnell and Mira Ome (Foster) Weeden; grad. Brown Univ., B.A. '94; M.A. '98; studied two yeers at Berlin Univ., Germany. Especially interested in amateur dra- matics; also In agriculture and farming, and law for the protection of animals. Contributor to magazines. Author of pamphlet: The Origin and Development of the Woman's College in Brown Univ.; assoc. editor of German text-book. Con- gregationalist. Mem. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; pres. R.I. branch of Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; pres. Brown Alumnae; mem. New Engiand Modern langruage Ass'n, R.I. Short Story Club, the Players (dramatic club). Has traveled extensively. WEEKS, Herma Letts (Mrs. Frank E. Weeks), 112 N. Byers Av., Joplin, Mo. Born Marshailtown, la., April 13, 1888; dau. Frank Crawford and Minnie (Smith) Letts; ed. Mrs. Somers' School in Washington, D.C. ; Briar- cliffe School at Briarcliffe Manor, N.Y. ; m. Evanston, 111., Oct. 16, 1909, Frank E. Weeks of Chicago; one son: Harvey Crawford, b. Aug. 28, 1912. Interested in Provident Ass'n and Y.W.C.A. Against woman suffrage. Presbyter- Ian. Recreations: Music, reading, golf. Mem. Travel Club, Music Club.

WEEKS, Imogene, 95 S. Mountain Av., Mont- clair, N.J.

Teacher: b. N.Y. City, Oct 10, 1871; dau. John Townsfend and Imogene (Frost) Weeks; grad. Montclair High School, '89; Smith Coll., B.L. '93 (Alpha Soc). Teacher of Latin and English in Montclair High School eleven years; teacher of Latin in Milton (Mass.) Acad, seven years; teacher in charge of dormitory of girls' school, Milton Aoad. Mem. of Exec. Com. of Private School Teachers' Ass'n of Boston. Mem. Con- sumers' League of N.Y. City, Mass. Peace Soc., College Settlements Ass'n of N.Y., Smith College Club of N.Y. Episcopalian. Favors woman suf- frage,

WEEKS, Mary Harmon (Mrs. Edwin R. Weeks), 34 08 Harrison St., Kansas City, Mo. Teacher and editor; b. Warren, O., April 22, 1851; dau. Charles R. Harmon and Mary (Hezlep) Harmon; ed. Warren (O.) schools, Acad, of Sis- ters of St. Joseph; m. Kansas City, Mo., Dec. 24, 1882, Edwin R. Weeks, consulting electrical en- gineer; one daughter: Ruth Mary (author of People's School), b. Feb. 21, 1886. Teacher of literature and mathematics for 17 years in Cen- tral High School, Kansas City, Mo. Editor of book of the Nat. Congress of Mothers, entitled Parents and Their Problems. Work in child Btudy and mother study; has organized hundreds of mothers' clubs and parent-teachers' ass'ns. Works for establishment of kindergartens, and humane education. Favors woman suffrage. Author of pamphlets: How to Organize and Carry On Mothers' Union (translated into Japanese); Mothers' Responsibility (translated Into French); Woman's Mission; Stories and Btory Telling; How to Tell the Story of Reproduction to Young Children; also newspaper articles. Unitarian. Mem. Humane Soc. of kansas City, Mo.; vice-pres. Nat. Congress of Mothers; first pres. Kansas City Athenseum. Mem. Kansas City Mothers' Union; chairman of Kansas City Conference of Parent-Teachers' Ass'ns.

WEEl-S, Bath Mary, S408 Harrison St., Kan- sas City, Mo.

Teacher: h. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 21, 1886; dau. Edwin Ruthven and Mary (Harmon) Weeks; ed. Central High School, Kansas City; Vassar Coll., B.A. 'OS; William Borden traveling fellow of Vassar Coll., 1909-10; N.Y. School of Philan- thropy, 1908 (summer term); Soziale Frauen Bchule, Berlin, Germany; winter quarter, 1910; university fellow in rhetoric, Univ. of Mich.,

��1912-13. Engaged in writing and sporadic work in the Woman's Trade Union League, Kansas City; prepared section on industrial education for Kansas City Child Welfare Exhibit. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The People's School, a study in vocational training (Riverside Series of Educational Monographs). Socialist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Aiumnce, Woman's Trade Union League, Associate Alumna of Vassar Coll., Con- sumer?' League, Phi Beta Kappa, Gamma Phi Beta. Recreation: Tramping. Especially inter- ested in problem of vocational training; spent a year abroad visiting the trade schools of Paris, Berlin and Miinich.

AVEEMS, Daisy Williams (Mrs. A. G. Weems), 3016 Eighth St., Meridian, Miss. Born Okolona, Miss., May 9, 1869; dau. C. C. and Ardena (Fallen) Williams; grad. Ward's Sem., Nashville, Tenn., '86 vreceived the ''l.OOO Medal," also German honor); m. Meridian, Mass., 1892, A. G. Weems; children: Albert W., Mai- lande W. Much interested in religious, philan- thropic, literary and patriotic work. Was pres. Miss. Fed. of Women's Clubs two years; was pres. Winnie Davis Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy, when that chapter organized the Miss, division U.D.C. Mem. King's Daugh- ters, Old Ladies' Home Ass'n, Euterpian Club, Matinee Musical Club, Woman's Aid and Mis- sionary Soc, Fortnightly Club. Baptist. WEEMS, Elizabeth W., 600 W. Worth Av.. Baltimore, Md.

Teacher; b. Loch Eden, Anne Arundel Co., Md. ; dau. Franklin and Mary M. (Bowie) Weems; ed. private school. Has been teacher in her own private school of shorthand and typewriting for a number of years, and now much interested in teaching Esperanto. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian.

WEGMANN, Sarah J. Boland (Mrs. William M. Wegmann), Bladen, Neb. Physician; b. St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 7, 1905; dau. John Thomas and Virginia Susan (Weatherford) Boland; grad. Central High School, Kansas City '99; Kansas City Hahnemann Medical Coll. '02- m. Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 25, 1905, William M.' Wegmann, M.D. ; one daughter: Virginia Susan. Actively engaged in practice of medicine In Kansas City, 1902-05; since then has practised in Bladen, Neb., confining work to office. Mem. Board of Elducation in Bladen. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Carrol Dunham Med. Soc, of Kansas City, Mo. Recreations: Automobiling, gardening. Mem. Woman's Culture Club of Bladen, Neb. WEICKSEL, Amelia, Perkasie, Bucks Co., Pa.

Physician, teacher, medical gymnast; b. War- ren, Pa., Mar. 21, 1861; dau. Rev. Henry and An- geline (Creager) Weicksel; ed. public school, Ringtown, Pa., and Philadelphia; Normal School Kutztown, Pa., 1881, M.A. ; Sargent's School of Physical Training, Cambridge, Mass., 1892-94; Woman's Med. Coll,, Philadelphia, 1900-04, M.D. Taught nine years in public schools; in private gymnasiums in Washington, D.C, for six years; in summer schools in Cambridge, .Mass., and N.Y. City three years; in Woman's Med. Coll. for two years. Favors woman suffrage. Luth- eran. Recreations: Gardening, music, fencing. WEIDENS.-VLL, Clara Jean, Laboratory of So- cial Hygl*ne, Bedford Hills, N.Y. Psychological research worker; b. Omaha, Neb.; dau. Jacob and Virginia McKennie (Patton) Weidensall; grad. Omaha High School, '99: Vas- sar Coll., A.B. '03; graduate .scholar and fellow in psychology In Univ. of Chicago, 1903-06, 1907- 08, Ph.D. '10. Instructor in psychology, Winona (Minn.) State Normal. 1905-06; demonstrator in psychology, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1906-07; since 1911 director psychological research. Laboratory of Social Hygiene, Bedford Hills, N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Chicago Chapter Sigma XI, Am. Psychological Ass'n. N.Y. branch of same, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnas. WElIiM.lN, /^dda Josephine (Mrs. Samuel Weidmani, 410 N. Henry St., Madison. Wis. Born Logansville Wis., Jan. 7, 1876; dau Henry L, and Mary Alice (Hulburt) Westen- haver; ed. High School, Richland Center, 1893; grad. Univ. of Wis. School of Music, 1898 (Delta

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��Delta Delta); m. Madison, Wis., Nov. 22, 1899, Samuel Weidman; children: Samuel H., John M., Robert H. Chairman of music dep't and mem. of Board of Directors of Woman's Club, 1912-13. Mem. John Bell Chapter D.A.R., Mu Alliance, Woman's Alliance of Unitarian Church. Mem. Woman's Club of Madison, Wis. WEIL, Adele Kahn (Mrs. Sidney G. Weil), 408 Bibb St., Montgomery, Ala. Born Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 4, 1873; dau. Maurice and Pauline (Menderson) Kahn; ed. pri- vate school public school, Bartholomew's private school in Cincinnati; m. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 22, 1898, Sidney G. Weil; children: Marion K., Maurice Kahn. Chairman of Sidney Lanier High School Improvement Ass'n; director from Gen. School Improvement A.<>s'n to City Fed. of Mont- gomery Women's Clubs; delegate from Seisame Club to City Federation. Joint author of Twen- tieth Century Cook Book; author of several short stories. Mem. Sewing Circle, Bridge Club, Ger- man Class. Mem. of Sesame Club. Recreations: Bridge, autoing, theatre. Jewess. Favors woman suffrage.

WEir,, Mamie Greil (Mrs. Leon Weil), 402 S. Lawrence St., Montgomery, Ala. Born Montgomery, Ala, July 27, 1875; dau. Jacob and Mena (Lobman) Greil; ed. private school and city high school; grad. New England Conservatory of Music, studied voice, languages; grad. New England Coll. of Oratory; m. Mont- gomery Ala., Jan. 10, 1900, Leon Weil, lawyer; children: Janice, b. 1902; Mena, b. 1905; Helen Blanche, b. 1907. Pres. two years City School Improvement Ass'n; pres. two years City Fed. of Women's Club«, cor. sec. two years; vice-pres. two years Ala. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Jewess. Mem. several social organizations. Sesame Club and Montgomery Music Glut).

WEIL, MathUde, 1730 Chestnut St., Philadel- phia, Pa.

Photographer; b. Philadelphia, 1871; dau. Ed- ward H. and Isabel R. (Lyons) Weil; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. Socialist. Clubs: College, Plastic, Socialist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franch. Soc, Coll. Equal Suffrage League. WELL, Sarah (Mrs. Solomon Weil). 204 Chestnut St., Goldsljoro, N.C.

Born Baltimore, Md., 1858; dau. Abram and Sophia (Rider) Einstein; ed. Boston public school; Acad, of Notre Dame; m. Boston, 1875, Solomon Weil; children: Edna, Lionel, Blanche, Helene. Pres. of Benevolent Soc. ; pres. Aid Soc. ; sec of Helpers Organization; mem. of Board of Directors of Hospital; mem. of N.C. Library Commission; vice-pres. of N.C. Fed. of Women s Clubs- mem. Special Com. on Legal Status of Women in Professions; Com. Library Extension of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. N.C. Historical Ass'n; pres. N.C. Library Ass'n; mem. N.C. Board of Trustees of Florence Crittenton Home; chairman Com. of Associated Charities; mem. Goldsboro Woman Club; chairman Li- brary Ckim. and chairman Civics and Betterment, N C Fed., and its representative on Library Commission. Mem. Country Club, two bridge clubs. Literary Soc. Hebrew. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

WELNHARDT, Emma Kantmann (Mrs. Allen John Weinhardt), 627 S. Seventh St., Terra Haute, Ind. . ^^ ,

Musician; b. Terre Haute, Ind.; dau. Charles J and Dorathea M. (Stein) Kantmann; ed. Ger- man and English Sem., Indianapolis; Wiley High School, Terre Haute; m. Terre Haute, 1891, Allen John Weinhardt; children: Robert A., Carl J., Allen John. Singer in church choirs, concert and oratorios. Mem. Terre Haute Civic League, Day Nursery, Needlework Guild. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Terre Haute Oratorio and Musical Club, State Com. of Par- ents' and Teachers' C:ubs of Indiana; organized the first Mothers' Club in -Terre Haute public schools, 1907 (pres. four terms). Mem. Clio Lit- erary Club (pres. two terms); mem. Exec. Com. WEIR, riorence Roney (Mrs. Will Weir), ISOl Corner Blaine St., Fourth Av., West. Queen Anne Hill, Seattle, Wash. A.uUior: b. WauDun. Wis.. 1861: dau. Lawrence

��and Eliza (McElroy) Roney; m. Waupun, Wis., 1883, Will Weir. Pres. Writers' Club of Seattle, Wash. Author: The Shingle Weavers (novel); The Hired Man (rUral comedy); The Romany ol Rabbit Run (novel); Britomart, the Socialist (novel); also short stories in McCiuie's, Mun- sey's, Associated Sunday Magazine, Black Cat, Youth's Companion, Christian Endeavor World, and mauy others. Recreations: Gardening, paint- ing in oils, fcknd of animals. Christian Scientist, Favors woman suffrage.

WEIR, Minnie Lorena (Mrs. Gilbert R. Weir),

1178 Bellaire St., Denver, Colo.

Born Port Perry, Ont., Can.; dau. Edward and Martha (Nott) Mundy; ed. Port Perry, Ont., graded and high schools; m. Oshawa, Ont., Gil- bert R. Weir. Interested in home missionary societies. Against woman suffrage. Presbyter- ian. Progressive (Bull Moose). Pres. Fourth Av. Woman's Club; mem. Denver Woman's Cluh of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Horseback riding, motoring, rowing, golf, skating.

WEISS, Nina McCarthy (Mrs. Adam J. Weiss). Del Norte, Colo.

Born Pocahontas, 111., June 21, 1873; dau. Florence J. and Laura (Cason) McCarthy; ed. in schools of Del Norte and Denver; m. June 18, 1902, Adam J. Weiss. Teacher ten years; treas. Board of Education six years. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Democrat. Mem. Satur- day Night History Club, Tretole Clef Club (past pres. of both); sec. Colo. Federation of Women'a Clubs.

WEISSE, Mary Churchill Ripley (Mrs. Faneuil Dunkin Weisse), 36 Gramercy Park, N.T. City. Art writer; b. N.Y. City, July 16, 1849; dau.- William and Lucy C. (Averill) Churchill; ed. Hillside Sem., Montclair, N.J.; S. S. Seward Inst., Florida, N.Y.; Packer Inst., Brooklyn; m. (1st) Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 9, 1870, George Hurl- but Ripley; (2d) Aug. 27, 1910, Faneuil Dunkin Weisse, M.D.; children: Elizabeth Ripley (Mrs. Frazer M. Moffat), Edith Ripley (Mrs. Percy W. Kennedy), Florence Ripley (Mrs. William H. Reynolds), Annah Ripley (Mrs. Clarence McK. Lewis), George Clinton Ripley, Ruth Rip- ley. Founder of several clubs for working girls in Brooklyn, N.Y., and San Francisco, Cal. Au- thor: Oriental Rug Book; Chinese Rugs (Tiffany Studios collection); Notable Antique Rugs (Tif- fany Studios collection); The Color Blue in Pot- tery and Porcelain; was ass't editor Old China two years. Has contributed to magazines on art topics. Mem. D.A.R., Japan Soc. of N.Y. and various literary societies. Mem. National Arts Club of N.Y. ; pres. Sketch Club, San Francisco, 1899-1900; mem. Cosmopolitan Club, N.Y. City. WEIST, Alice LonrfeUow CUley (Mrs. Harry Hibberd Weist), 190 Riverside Drive, N.Y. City

Born N.Y. City, Mar. IS, 1875; dau. John Kelley and Helen L. (Hutchins) Cilley; ed. Brearley School, 1887-93; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1893-97, A.B.; m. N.Y. City, Jan. 25, 1899, Dr. Harry Hibberd Weist; children: Helen Hutchins, b. 1900; John Rollln, b. 1902; Edward Cilley, b. 1909. Mem. Altar Guild of St. Agnes' Church, N.Y. City Visiting Com. of State Charities Aid Ass'n; mem. of Brearley League, D.A.R., Daughters of the Cincinnati, Bryn Mawr Club, Barnard Club. Recreations: Swimming, tennis. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

WEISTER, Alice (Mrs. G. M. Weister), 253 Whitaker St., Portland, Ore, Artist; b. Toronto, Can.; ed. Hamilton Coll., Canada; Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Colorossi and Delecluse schools, Paris, France; m. 1854, G. M. Weister. Art chairman of Ore- gon Federation of Women's Clubs; mem. The Big Sisterhood. Favors woman suffrage. Author (essays): Life Problem; Problems of Women. Democrat. Mem. Portland Art Class. Has ar- ranged a Women's Playground and Club House (in use one year) in connection with the Psychology Club (of which she is founder and pres.). Mem. Portland Woman's Club, Portland Press Club. Lecturer for parent and teacher circles, for' cluibs throughout the SUte.

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��WEITZ, Nettle Arthur Brown (Mrs. G. Langs-

dorf Weltz), 602 West 137th St., N.Y. City.

Musical composer; dau. Anson H. and Annie E. (Ide) Brown; high school education and pri- vate college course; m. N.Y. City, G. Langsdorf Weltz. After flUlng engagements with Reader In N.Y. and vicinity, playing as accompanist her i>wn compositions, climaxed professional career by giving The Red Fan Recital In Carnegie ?Iall. Composer: The Red Fan (an artistic conception of a true story set to music) ; The Idyl of an Orchard (romance) ; The Sea (humorous sketch of a Newport Girl) ; also several unpublished works; The Song of the Auto; Browning's All's W«ll With the World (from Plppa Passes). Clubs: Mary Arden Shakespeare, N.Y. Theatre, Fed. of Tlieatre Clubs, Oameo, Literary Study, also Nflfw BUigland Soc., Fortnightly Shakespeare Club, Portia Law Club. Recreations: Piano play- ing, aatomobiling. Baptist Favors woman suf- frage; mem. of suffrage organizations. WELCH, Emily Hamilton, 500 Washington Av.,

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Instructor of chemistry; b. Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 22, 1882; dau. Philip Henry and Margaret Wdles (Hamilton) Welch; ed. Proebel Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y., 1889-96; Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn, 1896-1900; Vassar Coll., A.B., 1900-04. Assistant In chemical laboratory, Vassar Coll., 19Ot-06; Instructor In chemistry, Packer Colle- giate InsL, 1905-10; head of dep't of chemistry, Packer Inst., since 1910. Settlement worker at Holy Trinity Guild House, N.Y., 1911-13. As- sistant In Brooklyn playgrounds, 1902-03. Favors woman suffrage Presbyterian. Mem. A.A.A.S., State Science Teachers' Ass'n, Associate Alum- nj6 of Packer Coll. Inst, Vassar Coll. WBIXJH, Mabel Rose, 55 East Fifty-ninth St.,

N.Y. City.

Artist; b. New Haven, Coan.; iau. Follansbee Q. and Rose P. (Merrill) Welch. Sec Am. Soc. of Miniature Painters, the Pa. Soc. of Miniature Painters, Art Students' League of N.Y., Woman's Art Club, Art Workers' Club. Favors woman ffuffrtige. WELCH, Phebe Mumford Lyon (Mrs. George

Cakes Welch), Fergus Falls, Minn.

Club woman; b. Newport, R.I.; dau. James Wheaton and Harriet (Crandell) Lyon; ed. pri- vate and public schools of Newport, R.I.; Nor- mal Sohool, Salem, Mass.; Quincy (Mass.) Train- ing School; m. Quincy, Mass., Sept. 28, 1882, Dr. George Oakea Welch; one son: Geoffrey Wheaton. Vlce-pres. of district and vice-pres. at large for Minn. State Fed. of Women's Clubs (also chair- man Art Dep't); treas. 1308-10, recording sec. 1910-13, Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs. Interested in club work, public libraries In small towns, In- dustrial work for insane women. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage. WELCH, Itoby Anna Cole (Mrs. James A.

Welclii, 15 George fat., Pawtucket, R.I.

Born Seekonk, Maes., Nov. 6, 1872; dau. Will- lam Marchant and Harriet (Perry) Cole; ed. R.I. State Normal School; Pawtucket City Training School for Teachers; m. Pawtucket R.I-, Apr. 24, 1895, James Albert Welch; one son: Leverett Cole Welch. Chairman Civil Service Reform Com. of R.I. State Fed. of Women's Clubs; chairman Com. on Public Interests of Pawtucket Woman's Club; historian Pawtuckot Chapter D.A.R. ; Christian Science Publication Com. for R.I.; clerk FMrst Church of Christ Scientist, of Provi- dence, R.I.; former mem. School Board, City of Pawtucket; Interested in educational and his- torical affairs. Mem. R.I. Normal School Alumni Ass'n, sec. of R.I. D.A.R., Pawtucket Chapter D.A.R., Pawtucket Woman's Club. Recreation: Automobiling. WELLEN8, Helen Miller, 102 W. Montgomery

Av., Ardmore, Pa.

Portrait painter; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. William H. and Mary R. (Welsh) Miller; ed. Glrton School and Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts; win- ner of first Toppan prize; mem. Fellowship Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts. Elxhibltor at annual exhibi- tions at Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, portraits and landscapes. Favors woman suffrage. Episco-

&allan. Mem. Woman's Missionary and Aux- lary Societies. Needlework Guild.

��WELLER, Rebecca Jane Jordan (Mrs. John

Archibald Weller). 211 Lee St.. Tampa, Fla.

Born Waterloo, Can.; dau. Henry D. and Emily P. (Raynold) Jordan; ed. common school; m. St. Louis, Mich., June 29, 1886, John Archibald Weller; children: LeFlie June, b. June 14, 1887; Frederick Henry, b. Dec. 1, 1888; Marguerite Wet- cott, b. Aug. 29, 1890. During Spanish-American War, 1897, when the 60,000 men were mobilized In Tampa, she vas known, because of her minis- trations as Gospel singer and comforter of the sick and dying, as the "little army mother." Following the war aided in founding a rescue home for fallen women, called the Door o* Hope, of which she was at one time pres. In lttU2 founded the music In the public schools c f Tampa, Fla., and v/aa their supervisor for two years; one of the women who helped bring to Justice and conviction the first white slave case tried In Fta. ; active in work for reforms in jail, prison and camp; aaeists with the services iu jail and stockade, regulaily held by the Salva- tion Army. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. M.K. Church. Mem. Friday Morning Musical Soc. as chorus director; pres. Hillsborough Co. Humane Soc., Tampa, Fla.; sup't of Fla, State Humane Ass'n. WELLES, Clara Klntner (Mrs. Fisher Welles),

Wyalusing, Pa.

Born Mehoopany, Pa., Aug. 27, 1865; dau. Moses S. and Elizabeth (Jacoby) Klntner; ed. Mansfleld (Pa.) Normal; m. Mehoopany, Pa., Mar. 27, 1890, Fisher Welles; children: Fisher, Clayton, John R., Clara K., Isabel K. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. of religious societies and Fortnightly Club. W£LL£^ Mary CroweU, Newlngton, Conn.

Sec. Consumers' League of Conn. ; b. New- lngton, Conn., Nov. 1, 1860; dan. Roger and Mercy Deiaao (Arken) Welles; ed. Hartford High School; Smith Coll., A.B. ; Yale Univ., Ph.D.; Univ. of Leipzig (mem. Alpha Soc., Smith). One year's study abroad In Germany and Greece; four months' investigation of trade schools in Ehirope; five years ass't prof, at Goucher Coll., Baltimore; two years instructor at Smith Coll. Nov/ engaged In legislative work, in lecturing iu Conn, on economic question and preparing articles for pillanthropic publlcaUons. Author: A Glance at Some Etiropean and American Vocational Schools (for Consumers' League); Contributions to the Study of Suppletlvwesen (Am. Journal ol Philology). Mem. Archaeological Inst, of Am., Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Nat. Child Liabor Com., Smith Students' Aid Ass'n, Smith College Crinb, College Club of Hartford. Con- gregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. In- dependent in politics. WELLMAN, Mrs. Francis L. — see Juch, Emma

Antonla Joanna.

WELLMAN, Mabel Thacher, Lewis Institute,

Chicago, III.

Assistant prof. In Lewis Inst, Chicago; b. Bos- ton; dau. Joeeph N. and Ellen Maria (Crowell) Wellman; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '95; studied at MasB. In«t. of Technology aad Univ. of Chi- cago (mem. Shakespeare Soc. at Wellesley). Taught in Brookline (Majs.) pal>llc schools, 1895- 1900; liockford Coll., IU., 1902-06; Lewis Inst., Chicago, 1906—. Mem. Am. Home Ecotomlca Ass'n; pres. Chicago Home EJconomics Ass'n, 1911-12. Swedeaborglan. WELLS, Alice Stebbins (Mrs. Frank Wells),

1449 W. Fifty-sixth St, Los Angeles, Cal.

Police woman; b. Manhattan, Kan., June 13, 1873; dau. Homer Pease and Sarah E. (Kinney) Stebbins); grad. High School, Atchison, Kan.; Hart (Conn.) Theological Sem., two years; m. Perry, Okla., Jan. 27, 1906, Frank Wells; chil- dren: Ramona Stebbins, Raymond Stebbins, Gardner Stebbins. Pastor's ass't Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, N.Y.. 1900; student-pastor in Maine during summer of 1901-02; pastor Perry, Okla., 1903-06; was appointed a regular police woman Sept. 13, 1910, having herself secured a passage of necessary legislation creating the po- sition. Looked to as the natural sponsor. Did much to spread and direct the police woman movement. Also founder and vlce-pres. of th«

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��Ltos Angeles Social Hygiene Soc. Well known throughout the U.S. and Canada as a lecturer and writer on police topics, social hygiene and abolition of the social evil. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. Friday Morning and Woman's City Clubs, W.C.T.U.

WELLS, Anna Holmes (Mrs. John Edwin Wells\ 2101 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa., and 911 Park Av., Belolt, Wis. Shakespearean recitals; b. Boston, Mass., July 9, 1S79; dau. Dr. Edmund Wales and Anna Keen (Coates) Holmes; ed. Friends' Central High School, Philadelphia, 1894; Nat. School of Elocu- tion and Oratory, Philadelphia, B.E. '95; Swarth- more Collei^e, B.L. 1900; Hiram (Ohio) Coll., M.A. '08; student at Yale Univ., l&lG-ll; m. Philadelphia, Feb. 12, 1904, Prof. John Edwin Wells. Specially active in connection with Shakespearian recitals and training college plays. Writer of several magazine articles. Mem. of literary clubs and societies connected with the institutes of which she is an alumna. Lutheran.

WELLS, Carclyc, Rahway, N.J.

Author; b. Rahway, N.J. ; dau. William Ed- mund and Anna (V/c>ociruff) Wells; ed. in public and high schools of Rahway, N.J. Continuously engaged in literary work from 1SS5. Mem. Colony Club (N.Y. City) ; Lyceum Club (LondonJ. Presbyterian. Bocks: At the Sign of the Sphinx (Vols. I and 11); The Jingle Book; The Story of Betty; Idle Idylls; Mother Goose's Menagerie; Folly in Fairyland; The Merry-Go-Round; A Nonsense Anthology; Children of Our Town; A Phenomenal Fauna; Abeniki Caldwell; Eight Girls and a Dog; The Pete and Poily Stories; Trotty's Trip; Polly in the Fcrest; The Gordon Elopement; A Parody Anthology; The Staying Guest; Folly for the V/ise; A Matrimonial Bu- reau; The Dorrance Domain; A Satire Anthology; ThF. Rubaiyat of a Motor Car; Dorrance Doings; A Whimsey Anthology; Rainy Day Diversions; Emily Erjmins Paperg; Fluffy Ruffles; The Coro- lyu Wells Year Book; The Happy Chaps; Rubaiyat of Bridge; The Clue; Seven Ages of Childhood; Pleasant Day Diversions; The Gold Bag; A Chain of Evidence; The Lovers' Baedeker; also series, The Patty Books, The Marjorie Books, and Dick and Dolly series.

WELLS, Gate Gilbert (Mrs. Charles W. Wells),

910 Jefferson St., Burlington, la.

Born Burlington, la., May 27, 1863; dau. W. Dallam Gilbert {lumber manufacturer and tim- berland owner) and Hetta Wells (Merrill) Gil- bert (descent from Devonshire branch of the English Gilbert family); ed. by private tutors; specialized in music; m. Davenport, la., Jan. 8, 1892, Charles W. Wells (prominent lumber manu- facturer and sec. Nat. Convention of Lumber- men; d:ed June 21, 1SG7) ; children: Gilbert, b. June 13, 1893; Catherine, b. Aug. 9, 1895 (died June 15, 1897). Interested in genealogical re- search, patriotic societies, music, literature, art and travel. Occasional contributor to news- papers and writer of letters of travel from many lands. Congregationalist; much • interested in church activities. Republican. Mem. Stars and Stripes Chapter D.A.R. (many times its regent); many times delegate to Nat. Soc. D.A.R. at Washington; several times State historian Iowa D.A.R.; hon. pres. Norman Circle, The King's Daughters. Recreations: Motoring, boating, en- tertaining young people. Pres. since 1900 of Burlington Musical Club (membership 600); was first chairman and is still mem. Music Com. of Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs; vice-pres. Bur- lington City Fed. Women's Clubs, Burlington Country Clu'b. Favors woman suffrage.

WELLS, Cora Agnew (Mrs. Wesley Pitt Wells),

24 Convers Av., Zanesvllle, O.

Born Knox Co., Ohio, April 3, 1866; dau. Henry Prathor and Mary Pierce (Bills) Agnew; ed. public schools; m. Oct. 9, 1889, Dr. Wesley Pitt Wells; children: Thomas Agnew, Joseph Brad- ford. Mem. and sec. Muskingum Chapter D.A.R. Ex-pres. Current Events Club, King's Students; mem. Membership Com. of Zanesville City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Read- ing, club work, auction bridge. Episcopalian.

��WELLS, Mrs. Dclphine B., G022 Monroe Av.,

Chicago, 111.

Lecturer; b. Bristol, Conn., Fob. 2, 1847; dau William G. and Josephine L. (Bicknell) Bartholo mew; ed. Kalamazoo (Mich.) Coll.; m. Kalama zoo, 1867, James M. Wells; children: Walter W. Julian P. Teacher in public schools; prin. West minister Sem., Fort Wayne, Ind. ; field sec. Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions, Chi caigo; lecturer at Chautauquas and summer schools. Interested In missions. Favors woman suffrage. Author of magazine articles and mis- sionary books. Presbyterian. Mem. Chautauqua (N.Y.) Women's Cluib. WELLS, Eaolse Stebbins (Mrs. John W. Wells).

Coudersport, Pa.

Born Coudersport, Pa., May 8, 1870; dau. Pierra A. and Mary E. (Mann) Stebbins; ed. Couders- port public schools; Buffalo Acad.; m. Coudersport, Pa., Sept. 26, 1893, John W. Wells; children: Katharine Mary, Walter Pierre, l-'a- vors woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. church societies, Soc. Hall in the Grova (Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle), D.A.R. Recreations: Bridge, embroidery. Mem. New Century Club, State Fed. Women's Clubs. WELLS, Emilie Louise, Vassar College, Pough-

keepsle, N.Y.

College instructor; b. Saugatuck, Mich.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; Babbott fellow, Univ. of Chicago, 1896-97. Teacher in Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., 1894-96; instructor in economics, Vassar Coll. since 1897. WELLS, Frances Gibson (Mrs. Walter A.

Wells), The Rochambeau, Washington, D.C.

Born in Tennessee, 1876; dau. Judge Henry R. and Frances (Reed) Gibson; ed. private schools in Knoxville, Tenn.; Miss Anable's, Philadelphia; m. Washington, D.C, June, 1899, Dr. Walter A. Wells; children: Eleanor Scoville, Frances Marian. Mem. Ladies' Board of Georgetown Univ. Hospital. Episcopalian. Mem. Washing- ton Club. WELLS, Georgina Betts (Mrs. T. Tileston

Wells), 52 E. Seventy-sixth St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, Nov. 13, 1868; dau. George F. and Ellen (Porter) Betts; ed. in private schools and by governesses; m. N.Y. (5ity, April 18, 1894, T. Tileston Wells; children: John, Geor- gina Lawrence. Against woman suffrage. Prot- estant Episcopal. WELLS, Haidee Elder (Mrs. Julius E. Wells),

De Van's Bluff, Ark.

Born • "Eldersley," Trenton, Tenn., Sept. 18, 1872; dau. Charles A. and Bell (Bright) Elder (great- great-granddaughter of James E. Slack, at one time vice-pres. of Princeton Coll. and founder of the Univ. of Cincinnati; granddaugh- ter of Joseph Eaton Bright, grad. Miami (O.) Univ.; pres. Brownsville Female Coll., Trenton (Tenn.) Female Inst, and Presbyterian Female Coll. of Jackson, Tenn.); ed. at home; studied music at Conservatory of Music, Chicago, and in Memphis, Tenn.; m. DeVall's Bluff, Ark., Aug. 4, 1898, Julius E. Wells (manufacturer; di- rect descendant of Josiah Bartlett, signer of the Declaration of Independence); children: Charles, Franklin, Julius Ezekiel Jr., Sarah Bright, Joseph Gardner, Joel McClintock. Chairman Health Com. of Prairie County (Ark.) Health Ijeague. Presbyterian-; mem. Home Missionary Soc, Foreign Missionary Soc. (pres. five years); pres. Woman's Club of DeVall's Bluff four years; musical director two years. Recreations: Em- broidery Circle, card parties. Against woman suffrage. WELLS, Helen Butler (Mrs. Helen A. Wells),

24i> West 105th St., N.Y. City.

Lecturer, writer; b. N.Y. State, 1862; dau. Dr. William Chauncey and Eunice (Robinson) Butler; ed. Syracuse High School and private teachers (Delta Delta Delta); m. Syracuse, N.Y. Arthur J. Wells; one son: Bertrand L. Wells. Lecturer for Dep't Agriculture of State of N.Y.; origi- nated the women's institutes iti N.Y. Slate and Delaware modeled after the Ontr.rio women's in- stitutes; organized child culture studii^s, leaflets for N.Y. State Grange; organized the Bands of Mercy in public schools of Syracuse., also many

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��women's clubs. Author (children's stories, books): King Kindness and the Witch, Miss Topsy— From Brazil, Peeps Into Fairyland, and majiy short stories; contributor to magazines and papers on ethical topics, and others pertaining to farmers' wives and their needs. Mem. Hu- mane Educational Soc, N.Y. State Grange, Soc. for Moral and Social Prophylaxis, Soc. for Pre- vention of Cruelty, Writers' Club, Theatre Club, Rest Club. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. William Uoyd Garrison Suffrage Ass'n.

WELLS, Mary Jane (Mrs. A. R. Wells), Welles- vllle, O.

Born Salineville, O., Nov. 5, 1854; dau. John C. ajid Jane (McLennan) Mcintosh; e(L Pa. Coll. for Women (Pittsburgh), A.B. '75; m. Nov. 6, ISTa, A. R. Wells; children: Edwin, Kenneth, BeuJah, Hugh, Louis, Wallace Nathan. Mem. of literary club and two missionary societies; mem. Board of County Visitors. Club: Twentieth Century (lit- erary). Recreations: Visits to Chautauqua, N.Y. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. WELLS, Vina Guyer (Mrs. R. C. Wells), Dennl- son, O.

Born Pennsylvania; dau. Isaac Guyer, a grad- uate of Allegheny Coll., Meadville, Pa. Father died in army and she was compelled to leave .school at twelve years of age; m. Dennison, 0., 1894, W. R. C. Wells. At fourteen started out to make her own living, and worked at various occupations. Went to Dennison, O., in 1884, and started on a small scale (capital $300) in the grocery business; afterward added dry goods and millinery; moved to larger quarters and increased steadily until she had the largest store in that saction of Ohio, acquiring valuable property;- re- tired in 1904. Presbyterian. Recreation: Travel. First vice-pres. of tie Review Club; mem. 1902 Club (both literary clubs) ; treas. Playground and Civic Imxirovement Ass'n. Against woman suf- frage. WEI^H, Lillian, Th-e Arundel, Baltimore, Md.

Physician, college professor; b. Columbia, Pa., March 6, 1858; dau. Thomas and Nancy Eunice (Young) Welsh; grad. Pa. State Normal School (Millersville), '75; Woman's Med. College of Pa. (Philadelphia), M.D., '89; post-graduate study in Zurich, Switzerland, 1889-90. Teacher in Pa. public schools, 1875-85; practising medicine in Baltimore since 1891. Professor of physiology and hygiene in Goucher College, Baltimore, since 1894. Mem. of Corporators of Pa. Med. College for Women, Philadelphia. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n., Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Mary land. Mem. College Club of Baltimore. WELT, Ida, IS West Eighty-third St., N.Y. City. Teacher; b. Vienna, Austria; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '91; Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland, Ph.D. '95; private docent, Univ. of Geneva, 1898-99. Ass't and lecturer, Univ. of Geneva, Switzerland, 1895-99; since then teacher in V/ash- ington Irving High School, N.Y. City. Author of thesis for Ph.D., and contributor of articles to chemical journals.

WELTON, Gertrude Webster, Nassau Hospital, Mineola, L.I.

Physician; b. Waterbury, Conn., Feb. 7, 1881; dau. George Richard and Ellen Cornelia (Web- ster) Welton; cd. St. Margaret's School, Water- bury, Conn., 189.0-99; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '03; .V.Y. Training School for Deaconesses, 190.3-05; Univ. of Mich., medical dep't, M.D. '10 (Sigma Xi '10; mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota, Alpha chapter). Interne N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Chil- dren, 1910-11; pathologist Nassau Hospital, Mineola, L.I., 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Church Ass'n for Advancement of the Interests of Labor. WELTY, Genevieve Leinhart, R.R. 4, Rockford, 111.

Teacher; b. Monroe, Hi., Aug. 9. 1870; dau. Calvin and Trocclia (Dawson) Welty; grad. Rockford Coil., A.B. '92. Taught since 1898 in various Southern schools for girls; Latin, Lex- ington Coll., Lexington, Mo., 1906-07; taught Latin, Logan Coll. for Girls, Russellville. Ky., 1908-13. Worker in Sunday-school and Y.W.C.A. Bocieties. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

��WELTY, Grace DeWitte, R.R. 4. Rockford, 111. Born Monroe. 111., Oct. 29, 1868; dau. Calvin and Trocelia (Dawson) Welty; grad. Rockford illl.) Coll., A.B. '91; graduate student Univ. of Wis., 1898-99, 1899-1900. Taught English, Clinton Coll., Ky., 1893-94; principal Dunkirk (Ind.) High School, 1894-96. Mem. local school board. Recreations: Skilled horsemanship, riding and driving. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage. WENDELL, May Dwight Foote (Mrs. Ten Byck Wendell), 1639 Connecticut Av., Wash- ington, D.C. ; Bummer, Lakelawn, Cazenovia, Madison Co., N.Y.

Born N.Y. City, July 12, 18<S; dau. Edward and Mary Otis Alger (Tyler) Foote; ed. Boston public school, the Prince School and Miss Fanny Hall's; passed Radcliffe examinations, also Barnard ex- aminations; m. St. Bartholomew's Church, N.Y. City, June 1, 1898, Ten Eyck Wendell; one son: Ten Eyck Jr., b. July 19, 1899. Very musical; has written children's songs, the best known Is Visitors, the words by Mrs. Payne Whitney (Helen Hay), published by Oliver Ditson, Boston. Particularly interested in civic societies and hav- ing the laws of the city enforced, showing what women can do without the vote and do it .well; against woman suffrage. Hon. vice-pres. of the District Ass'n Opposed to Woman's Suffrage, Washington, D.C. Episcopalian. Mem. May- flower Soc; sec. Colonial Dames of America of Chapter III in Washington, D.C. Recreations: Music, psychology, ethics, business laws. WENDEROTH, Fannie BeUe (Mrs. Fred G. Wenderoth), 1021 N. Thirteenth St., Fort Smith, Ark.

Born Montlcello, Ark., Mar. 4, 1863; dau. John Probert and Eimna Virginia (Jordan) Collier; ed. Montlcello and Pine Bluff, Ark., by university- bred tutors; m. Fort Smith, Ark., Fred. G. Wenderoth; children: Collier, Fred, James, Emily. Interested in charitable work, having given many years of gratuitous service to the hospital; was pros. Board of Lady Managers of Sparks Memorial Hospital ten years (resigned on account of ill health); mem. Daughters of the Confederacy and Fortnightly Literary Club. Has written for local papers in interest of the hos- pital and other articles of local interest, includ- ing culinary recipes which have been in family for generations (old Virginia recipes brought over from England).

WENDT, Julia Bracken (Mrs. William Wendt), 2S14 N. SIckel St., Los Angeles, Ca!. Sculptor; b. in Illinois: dau. Andrew and Mary (McNamara) Bracken; studied art at Chicago Art Inst; ass't to Lorado Taft for six years; m. William Wendt, landscape painter. Assisted with decorations for the World's Cclumbian Exposi- tion, and also executed several independent com- missions: The Statue of Illinois Welcoming the Nations, and many others. Favors woman suf- frage. Won prize in poster contest offered by Political Equality League of Los Angeies, Cal., 1911, in campaign which won suffrage for the State, and has written articles for same. In- dependent in politics. Recreations: Gardening, pets and out-door sports. Mem. Soc. of Western Artists, Chicago Soc. of Artists, Municipal Art League, Fed. of Arts, Numismatic Soc., Cal. Art Club, Fine Arts League, Allied Arts Center of Los Angeles.

WENTWORTH, Caroline Young, 75 Lincoln St.. Newton Highlands, Mass.

Physician: b. South Berwick, Me., Sept. 2, 1864; dati. Benjamin F. and Mary E. (Young) Wentworth; ed. high school and" Framingham (Mass.) Normal School; School of Medicine of Boston Univ., Ch.D. '94, M.D. '96. Since medical graduation engaged in practice at Newton High- lauds, Mass. Has served in Out-Patient Dep't of Mass. Homa3opathic Hospital. Mem. Am. Inst, of Homreopatliy, Mass. Homoeopathic Med.. Soc, Boston Homopoi atliic Med. Soc, Mass. Surgical and Gynecological Soc, Am. Health League. Mem. Twentieth Century Club (Boa- ton). Favors woman suffrage.

WEKGEL.VNl), A^neM M., University of Wyo- ming, Laramie. Wyo.

Professor of history and Spanish; b. Norway; came to U.S. 1890; naturalized citizen; £rad.

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