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Rh COOCH, Mary Evarts (Mrs. J. Wilkins Cooch), Newark, Del.

Born Passumali, Madras Presidency, Southern India, June 18, 1849; dau. Rev. Edward and Nancy Allyn (Foote) Webb; ed. Protestant Seminary, Montreal, Canada, conducted by Mrs. Eleanor H. Lay (valedictorian); m. Glasgow, Del., Apr. 12, 1871, J. Wilkins Cooch; children: Caroline (Mrs. W. S. Schoofield), Francis Allyn, Edward Webb, Levi Hollingsworth. Interested actively in missionary matters (home and foreign) of the Presbyterian Church. Mem. D.A.R. (State Vice-Regent); sec.-treas. and historian of Cooch's Bridge Chapter. Presbyterian.

COOK, Alice Carter (Mrs. O. F. Cook), Lanham, Md.

Born N.Y. City, April 8, 1868; dau. Samuel F. and Alantha P. (Pratt) Carter; ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., Syracuse Univ. Ph.D., Cornell Univ. M.S.; m. Huntington. N.Y., Oct. 11, 1892, O. F. Cook; children: Samuel Carter, Robert Carter, Elizabeth, Helen Moore. Taught botany in Holyoke Col., 1880-92. Author of articles in Popular Science Monthly, Botanical Gazette, American Anthropologist, Ladies' Home Journal. Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae. Recreations: Horseback riding, music, swimming, croquet.

COOK, Alice Helena, Catawba College, Newton, N.C.; home, Forestville, Chautauqua Co., N.Y.

Teacher; b. Forestville, N.Y., 1877; dau. Albert C. and Augusta A. (Chadsey) Cook; grad. Forestville High School, '95; Univ. of Mich., A.B. 1900. Taught at North East, Pa., in eighth grade for two years; high school one year; Forestville High School, one year as preceptress; Woman's Coll., Frederick, Md., five years. Head of Latin and Greek, Catamba Coll., Newton, N.C. (now in third year as lady principal). Mem. Y.W.C.A., also pres. of North Baptist Missionary Soc. while teaching at Frederick. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist.

COOK, Elizabeth Christine, 83 Pomeroy Terrace, Northampton, Mass.

College teaching; b. Northampton, Mass., July 29, 1876; dau. Benjamin Ely and Anna Elizabeth (Smith) Cook; grad. Northampton High School, '94, Smith Coll., A.B., '99, Columbia Univ., A.M., '02, Ph.D., '12. Head English Dep't Asbury Park High School, 1903-08; ass't in English Dep't Barnard Coll., 1909-12; Instructor in English, Teachers Coll., 1912. Editor of Dramatization of Silas Marner, made by the Class of '07, Asbury Park High School. Her Doctor's Dissertation, published in the Columbia Literary Studies, was Literary Influences in Colonial Newspapers (1704-50). Pres. of Woman's English Club of Columbia Univ., 1911-12. Recreations: Swimming, walking, gardening, reading, opera, theater. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

COOK, Elizabeth Ellsworth, 160 Waverly Place (office, care Harris, Forbes & Co., 56 William St.), N.Y. City.

Business woman; b. Winona, Minn., Sept. 4, 1884; dau. Chas. Button and Lucy Hawley (Ellsworth) Cook; ed. in public schools and high school of Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell Univ., A.B., '08. Sec. to Edward T. Perine, ex-head of the Audit Co. of N.Y., 1905-07; entered employ of Harris, Forbes &. Co., bonds, Sept, 1908, working in sales dep't. Mem. Phi Beta Kappa. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres. of the Women's Political Union.

COOK, Ellen Parmelee, Smith Coll., Northampton, Mass.

College professor; b. Ripon, Wis., June 21, 1865; dau. Elisba W. and Martha M. (Smith) Cook; ed. Ripon Coll., Wis., Smith Coll., B.S., '93, Columbia Univ., A.M., '06, Univ. of Berlin, 1897-98. Assistant and instructor in chemistry. Smith Coll., 1890-1906; associate prof. chemistry, Smith Coll., 1906. Congregationalist.

COOK, Georgiana Hemingway (Mrs. Joseph Cook), Woodland Road, Auburndale, Mass.; (summer) Cliff Seat, Ticonderoga, N.Y.

Born New Haven, Conn.; dau. Willis and Teresa (Fries) Hemingway; ed. New Haven private schools; m. New Haven, Conn., June 30, 1877, Joseph Cook (author and noted founder of the Boston Monday Lectureship (died 1901). Chiefly interested in foreign and home missions and the temperance and peace movements. Favors woman suffrage. Edited a volume of Joseph Cook's poems, called Overtones, and a centennial address on the founding of Ticonderoga, N.Y. Congregationalist. Executive officer Woman's Board of Missions, Boston; mem. Patriotic League, Boston; Peace Soc, New York Historical Soc, D.A.R. Made a tour of the world, 1880-83, with husband, who lectured in Great Britain, India, Japan and Australia.

COOK, Helen Noyes Currier (Mrs. Roy Arthur Cook), Independence, Ia.

Born Iowa City, Ia., Oct. 1, 1876; dau. Amos Noyes and Celia A. (Moore) Currier; grad. State Univ. of Iowa, '96, B.Ph., M.A. (Phi Beta Kappa); m. Iowa City, June 6, 1906, Roy Arthur Cook; one daughter: Elizabeth. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Walking, driving, reading.

COOK, Isabel Vernon (Mrs. Jerome C. Cook), Colonial Studios, 39 W. 67th St., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. Lafayette Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.; dau. Thomas Vernon and Ianthe (Steele) Vernon; ed. Adelphi Acad. and at Miss Porter's, Farmington, Conn.; m. Jerome Canfield Cook. Studied at New York League and with Jules Blache and Simon in Paris. Lecturer on art and travel. Mem. Farmington Soc. Recreation: Travel; has lived in China, Japan, India, London and Paris at various times. Mem. New York Art Club, League of Patriotic Women, National Arts Club, and many others. Favors woman suffrage.

COOK, Marguerite (Mrs. David C. Cook), 105 N. Gifford St., Elgin, Ill.

Editor; b. Chicago, 1853; dau. Thomas and Patience Jane (Evans) Murat; ed. Chicago Normal School (teacher's life certificate); m. Chicago, 1874, David C. Cook; children: George E., David C., Jr. Was teacher in Chicago; editor since 1878. Active in philanthropic work, teacher of Young Men's Bible Class, sup't of primary dep't in M.E. Sunday-school for 30 years; pres. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc, 25 years; pres. of Primary Sunday-school Union, 14 years. Mem. Board of Settlement work. Ed. Primary Sunday-school Teacher, Junior Sunday-school Teacher, Lesson Picture Roll. Mem. Every Wednesday Literary Club of Elgin, Los Angeles Friday Morning Club (since it began), Elgin Woman's Club (life mem.), Chicago Woman's Club, 1877-78. General (or National) sec. of Young People's Dep't of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Recreation: Travel.

COOK, Martha M. Giltner (Mrs. Vincent Cook), 426 Fifth St., Portland, Ore.

Daughter Jacob 8. and Martha M. (Hause) Giltner; ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '85; m. Vincent Cook. Vice-pres. Portland Equal Suffrage League; mem. of Board of Directors of College Equal Suffrage League. Editorial writer on topics of the day, as suffrage, educational and social problems Presbyterian. Mem. Ladies' Relief Soc, Old People's Home, Women's Union.

COOK, May Estelle, 306 N. Kenilworth Av., Oak Park, Ill.

Teacher; b. Chicago, May 26, 1865; dau. Edward and Josephine (Halbert) Cook; ed. Wellesley Coll., A.B.; Chicago Univ., A.M. Mem. Wellesley Shakespeare Soc Book reviewer for Chicago Dial. Congregationalist. Recreations: Music, tennis. Clubs: Nineteenth Century, Oak Park, Suburban, Civics (Oak Park), Chicago Coll., Chicago Woman's City, Wellesley Club.

COOK, Minnie Gathright (Mrs. Henry Lowell Cook), "The Wayland," Milwaukee, Wis.

Born Louisville, Ky.; dau. Owen and Eliza (Austin) Gathright; ed. in Louisville and Univ. of Wis.; m. Louisville, Ky., June 23, 1890, Henry Lowell Cook. Interested in historical research, especially the early history of the Middle West. Has spent years in the study of the manuscript documents in the archives of Great Britain, Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Va., the manuscript collections in the historical libraries of the Univ. of Wis. and the Univ. of Cal., besides numerous private collections. Has in