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138 ) Browne; ed. Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore; A.B. Bryn Mawr Coll., Pa., 1898; M.D. Woman's Med. Coll., Baltimore, 1912. City physician, 1903-12. Catholic. Mem. D.A.R., Med. and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland, Am. Med. Ass'n, Nat. Geographic Soc. Mem. Coll. Club, Social Service Club. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWNE, Nina Eliza, 44 Pinckney St., Boston, Mass.

Librarian; b. Erving, Mass., Oct. 6, 1860; dau. Charles Theodore B. and Nancy Smith Chapman Browne; ed. public schools, Amherst, Mass., Smith Coll., Mass., A.B. '82; A.M. '85; post-grad, course, 1882-83; grad. Columbia Univ. Library School '89; Bachelor of Library Science (B.L.S.) Univ. State of N.Y., '91. Assistant Columbia Library, 1888-89, New York State Library 1889-92; libarian Library Bureau, Boston, 1893-96; ass't sec. and sec. Publishing Board Am. Library Ass'n, 1896-09; registrar Am. Library Ass'n, 1889-09; ass't Harvard Coll. Library, 1911—. Resident of social settlements, 1893-97; treas. Religious Soc, 1906—; sec. various college Alumnae organizations. Compiler of Bibliography of Hawthorne, 1905; editor Catalogue of Officers, Graduates and Non-graduates of Smith Coll., 1875-1905-06; joint editor A.L.A. Index to Portraits, 1906. Mem. Am. Library Ass'n, Mass. Library Club, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Woman's Trade Union League. Clubs: Twentieth Century, College (Boston). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWNE, Mary Catherine, 20 Arden St., N.Y. City.

Vocalist and teacher; b. North Adams, Mass., April 30, 1886; dau. Isaac S. and Elizabeth A. (Tobin) Browne; ed. Drury Acad., North Adams, Mass.; private vocal teachers in North Adams, Boston and N.Y. City; Columbia Univ. courses in music. Made concert tour covering 22 States in year 1906; went to Panama for U.S. Government, summer of 1906, with concert company; director of Euterpe Glee Club, New London, Conn., four years. Teacher of music in high schools of New London, Conn.; vocal teacher in New London and New York City; director of choral clubs; lecturer on folk-music and professional singer, contralto. Interested especially in social service and all reforms tending to higher advancement, of women. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise League, New London, Conn.; served on the Exec. Board of same and as chairman of Entertainment Com. Congregationalist. Recreations: Swimming, walking. Mem. Saturday Club of New London, Conn.

BROWNE, Mary Nicholson, 510 Park Av., Baltimore, Md.

Physician; b. Baltimore, Nov. 30, 1879; dau. B. Bernard Browne, M.D., and Jennie Nicholson Browne; grad. Bryn Mawr School, '95; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '99; Woman's Med. Coll., M.D. '02. Obstetrician and gynecologist. Favors woman suffrage. Roman Catholic. Mem. Colonial Dames and College Club.

BROWNE, Matilda, Indian Field Road, Greenwich, Conn.

Artist; b. Newark, N.J., May 8, 1869; dau. Leonard P. and Matilda (Culver) Browne; studied art in Paris, France, and Holland; has taken Dodge and Halgarten prizes; honorable mention Columbian Exposition. Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage.

BROWNE, Orva M., 35 36 A St., San Diego, Cal.

Deputy county sup't of schools; b. Topeka, Kan., Dec. 23, 1878; dau. Payne and Louise (Downer) Browne; ed. Coronnado (Cal.) High School and Univ. of Cal., Berkeley, Cal. Mem. D.A.R. and College Woman's Club. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive Republican.

BROWNE, Rose Lane (Mrs. George W. Browne), Athens, Tenn.

Writer; b. Athens, Tenn., Jan. 30, 1859; dau. Gen. James T. and Quintina (Moss) Lane; ed. chiefly in private schools, finishing at Ward's Sem., Nashville, Tenn., receiving degree of Mistress of English and French Literature; m. Athens, Tenn., 1890, George W. Browne; children: Elsworth, Virginia Lane, Quintene Lucy, Vivian Rose. One of the only two advocates of woman suffrage in her home town, where it requires considerable courage to declare in favor of it. Occasional writer of prose and verse. Mem. Christian Church. Democrat. Mem. D.A.R., Parent-Teacher Ass'n. Recreation: Reading.

BROWNE, Sarah Alice, 66 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Teacher; b. Bath, Me., Mar. 9, 1855; dau. Edwin R. and Eliza A. (Alexander) Browne; ed. public schools of Boston; Smith Coll., A.B. '81 (mem. Alpha Soc); grad. student at Mass. Inst. Technology and Collège de France, Paris. Teacher in public schools of Boston four years before entering college; in private schools since 1881; principal Classical School for Girls at 66 Marlborough St., 1887-1911. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Charter mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; mem. Copley Soc. of Boston, Women's Education Ass'n of Boston, Circolo Italiano, Bacon Soc. of London. Charter mem. College Club of Boston; mem. Twentieth Century Club.

BROWNELL, Eleanor Olivia, Misses Shipley's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Assistant principal the Misses Shipley's School; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 25, 1876; dau. Silas B. and Sarah (Sheffield) Brownell; ed. Beverly School, N.Y. City; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '97; grad. student Columbia Univ., 1897-98. State sec. N.Y. and N.J. Com. Y.W.C.A., 1905-07; head New School, Utica, N.Y., 1909-11; ass't principal the Misses Shipley's School, 1911-13. Mem. Bryn Mawr Club and Barnard Club (N.Y. City), College Club (Philadelphia). Presbyterian.

BROWNELL, Jane L. Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Educator; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., May 13, 1860, dau. Franklin Clinton and Mary Ballantine (Mather) Brownell; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '93, A.M. '94; fellow in political science, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1893-94. Teacher of mathematics, Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, Md., 1894-1902; associate mistress, same school, 1897-1902; associate principal, Miss Florence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., 1902-06; head of the Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., since 1906. Director of Consumers' League of Eastern Pa. Author: The Significance of a Decreasing Birth-Rate (published 1894 in Annals of Acad. of Political and Social Science). Mem. Acad, of Political and Social Science, College Club, Philadelphia; Woman's University Club, N.Y. City; Merion Cricket Club, Haverford, Pa. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. College Equal Suffrage League of Philadelphia.

BROWNELL, Lucy Pearce, 8 Whitfield Court, Newport, R.I.

School teacher; b. Boston, Mass., July 27, 1871; dau. John R. and Rebecca Earl (Brownell) Brownell; ed. Girls' Latin School, Boston; Wellesley Coll., B.A., '94; student Yale Summer School, 1907. Since 1895 instructor in Rogers High School, Newport. Interested along literary, sociological and educational lines. Mem. and former cor. sec Newport Civic League. Pres. Current Topic Club, Newport. Active in Sunday-school work. Congregationalist. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, College Settlement Ass'n, Consumers' League, New England Ass'n of Teachers of English, Art Ass'n of Newport, College Club of Boston, R.I. Wellesley Club.

BROWNING, Eliza Gordon, 1644 N. Delaware St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Librarian; b. Fortville, Ind.; dau. Woodville and Mary Anne (Brown) Browning; ed. in public and private schools. Librarian Indianapolis Public Library, 1892; twice pres. Indiana Library Ass'n; mem. Council of Am. Library Ass'n; newspaper and magazine writer. Mem. Y.W.C.A., D.A.R.; State chairman Com. of Welfare of Women and Children. Mem. Indiana Historical Soc, Art Ass'n, Woman's Franchise League. Club: Fortnightly Literary. Episcopalian. Democrat. Favors woman suffrage.

BROWNING, Elizabeth Sophia Bradley (Mrs. Philip Embury Browning), 23 Edgehill Road, New Haven, Conn.

Born New Haven, Conn., May 29, 1871; dau.