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Rh Poet's Chantry, 1912. Lecturer at Catholic Summer School, Cliff Haven, N.Y. Catholic. Mem. Alliance Française, Am. Catholic Historical Soc.

BREHM, Marie Caroline, 74-77 Conestoga Building, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Lecturer; b. Sandusky,O.; dau. William Henry and Elizabeth R. (Rhode) Brehm; ed. public schools, Sandusky; private instruction in languages and civics. Sup't Franchise Nat. W.C.T.U. seven years; State pres. Ill. W.C.T.U. five years; scientific lecturer for Temperance Com. of General Assembly of Presbyterian Church, six years. Interested in Social Center, Cad's Hill, Chicago; Presbyterian foreign and home missionary work, Christian Endeavor and Sunday-school Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; sup't suffrage dep't Nat. W.C.T.U., 1896-1903; mem. Chicago Political Equality League. Has written leaflets and tracts, newspaper articles and orations for young people's oratorical contests. Presbyterian. Mem. Scientific Temperance Federation, U.S.A., Irish Bible Temperance Soc, Loyal Temperance Legion. Recreations: Rowing, embroidery, travel. Mem. Chautauqua Woman's Club. Has been on lecture platform 21 years; lectured in Ireland, in Belfast and other cities, London, Edinburgh, Berlin and The Hague; represented U.S. Government at World's Congress on Alcoholism in London, in 1911; represented Internat. Church Temperance Fed. of U.S. at the World's Congress at The Hague.

BREM, Marion Wolcott Winkler (Mrs. Walter Vernon Brem), Colon Hospital, Cristobal, Canal Zone, Panama.

Registered nurse; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. 1900; student Johns Hopkins Hospital School for Nurses, 1903-05; m. Aug. 3, 1905, Walter Vernon Brem; children: Phylis, b. June 29, 1906 (died July 11, 1906); Laura, b. Sept. 3, 1907; Gwendolyn, b. Oct. 18, 1908. Engaged professionally at the Colon Hospital at Cristobal, Canal Zone.

BRENDLINGER, Margaret Robinson, Norwalk, Conn,

Principal private school; b. Port Perry, Pa.; dau. Peter Franklin and Hannah Emily (Brown) Brendlinger; ed. high schools of Pottsville, Pa., and Yonkers, N.Y., Vassar, A.B. '95. Taught at Mrs. Mead's School, Hillside, Norwalk, Conn., Poughkeepsie High School, 1895-99, 1899-1901; out of school work, living in Philadelphia, 1901-08; principal Hillside School, Norwalk, Conn., 1908-. Mem. Charity Organization Soc, Philadelphia; Norwalk Day Nursery, Civic League of Norwalk, Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, Vassar Alumnae Ass'n, Phi Beta Kappa Soc; pres. College Club of Philadelphia, 1904-09; pres. Woman's Club of Norwalk, 1911-, Norwalk Equal Franchise League. Mem. Woman's Univ. Club, (N.Y. City), Vassar Club (Philadelphia), Woman's Club of Norwalk. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BRETT, Margaret Strong (Mrs. Philip M. Brett), 901 Lexington Av., N.Y. City.

Born St. Paul, Minn.; dau. Freeman Poole and Margaret (Gray) Strong; grad. Burnham School, Northampton, Mass., '94; education finished abroad: m. St. Paul, Feb. 27, 1906, Philip M. Brett; children: Margaret Gray, Philip Milledoler Jr. Favors woman suffrage.

BREUIL, Elizabeth Donner Van der Veer (nom de plume "Beta Breuil"), care Vitagraph Co. of America, E. Fifteenth St. and Locust Av., Flatbush, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Author and editor of scenarios; b. N.Y. City, 1876; dau. Frank F. and Ray E. (Moore) Van der Veer; ed. the Misses Graham's School, N.Y. City; the Misses Virgin's School, Dresden, Germany; m. (1st) 1893, Frank M. Willard, of Philadelphia (died 1903); (2d) 1903, Hartmann Breuil (died 1908). Entered business world February, 1910, as ass't editor of Vitagraph Co. of America; in 1911 became editor-in-chief of same. Interested in elevating the standard of motion pictures, classical and educational films, helping Fresh Air Fund through photoplays. Author: The Battle Hymn of the Republic; Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; Rook of Ages; Auld Lang Syne; Mario's Swan Song; White Rose Leaves; By Way of Mrs. Browning; Easter Babies, and 228 others. Christian Scientist. Recreations: Tennis, dancing, swimming. First woman editor in this line of business to hold position.

BREVITT, Jessie, 144 Wilson St., Baltimore, Md.

Physician; b. Baltimore; ed. in Baltimore schools, Woman's Med. Coll. of Baltimore, M.D., 1889; graduate student in chemistry and physiology, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1889-90. Lecturer on chemistry, Woman's Med. Coll., Baltimore, 1890-93, and chief of Eye and Ear Clinic, 1893-95; in active practice as physician in Baltimore, 1895-1900.

BREWER, Amy Waller (Mrs. Edward Harris Brewer), 1345 Astor St., Chicago, Ill.

Born Chicago, Aug. 21, 1884; dau. William and Louise (Hamilton) Waller; ed. Kirkland School in Chicago, Miss Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry; m. Chicago, Jan. 17, 1906, Edward Harris Brewer; children: Louise Hamilton, Corinne Harris. Vice-pres. Junior League of Chicago, 1912-13. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, golf. Mem. Woman's City Club, the Scribblers' Club.

BREWER, Annette Fitch (Mrs. A. F. Brewer), Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., Ohio.

Writer; b. Ashtabula, Ohio; dau. Edward Hubbard and Alta D. (Winchester) Fitch; ed. Lake Erie Sem., Painesville, Ohio; m. Jefferson, I. C. Brewer; one son: Curtis Brewer 5th, b. Aug. 15, 1899. Spoke at farmers' institutes and women's clubs during winter of 1912-13 in favor of equal suffrage. Favors woman suffrage; first paid State organizer, 1913, in Ohio. Author: The Story of a Mother Love; Dorothy Violets; short stories, poems and newspaper work. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, D.A.R. (Western Reserve Chapter, Cleveland, Ohio), Equal Suffrage League.

BREWER, Elizabeth Hale, Stockbridge, Mass.

Teacher, missionary; b. New Haven, Dec. 1, 1847; dau. Rev. Josiah and Emilia Anna Field Brewer; grad. North Granville Sem. (salutatory), '67; Vassar, A.B. '73; Beloit Coll., A.M. '96. Taught six years North Adams, Mass.; three years in Vassar Coll., 1884-87; private schools in Providence and Ill.; missionary teacher in St. Paul's Inst., Tarsus, Asia Minor. Author of accounts of travel, in various papers; Peculiar Caves of Asia Minor (Geographical Magazine). Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

BREWER, Estelle Hempstead Manning, 1330 Columbia Road, Washington, D.C.

Born Frankfort, Ky., 1882; dau. William Thompson and Clarissa (Campbell) Manning; adopted daughter of Willis Brewer of Ala. (Congressman, author and planter); ed. in Ky. and Washington. Novels: Hafiz; Treason of the Blood; formerly on staff of Washington Post. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Letter writing, golf, tennis. Democrat in political views.

BREWER, Grace D. (Mrs. George D. Brewer), 209 S. Cherokee St., Girard, Kan.

Newspaper writer; b. Livingston, Ia., June 22, 1881; dau. J. R. and Sarah (Holmes) Babbitt; ed. Des Moines (Ia.) public schools; Ruskin Coll., Trenton, Mo.; m. Livingston, Ia., Dec. 30, 1903, George D. Brewer. Has been connected with Appeal to Reason six years. Belongs to the Am. Federation of Labor; mem. of Socialist Party; sec. of branch in Girard, Kan.; mem. Woman's Nat. Com. of Socialist Party. Author of short stories, and of articles dealing with social problems. Recreations: Cribbage, whist, walking. Interested in woman suffrage, helping in campaign for suffrage in Kansas. Mem. Crawford County High School Board.

BREWER, Mary Grey Morgan (Mrs. Francis Ezra Brewer), 41 Hamilton Av., New Brighton, S.D.

Born Crawfordsville, Ind., Sept. 21, 1875; dau. William Wilson and Phoebe Jane (Dunbar) Morgan; grad. Crawfordsville High School. '92; Indiana Univ. A.B. '95 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Crawfordsville. Ind., Sept. 1, 1897, Francis Ezra Brewer; one daughter: Barbara. Taught in Anderson and Indianapolis, Ind., 1895-