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216 from Cooper Union. N.Y.; gold medal from Corcoran School of Art; honorable mention, Julian's School in Paris; pres. Am. Woman's Art Ass'n of Paris; founder and originator of Cours Critcher (a school of painting in Paris). Now instructor of painting in Corcoran School of Art, Washington, D.C. Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Washington Artists, Am Woman's Club, N.Y.; the Federation of Fine Arts Soc, Nat. Geographic Soc.

CRITCHLEY, Bertha May, 236 Forest St., Cleveland. Ohio.

Teacher; b. Cleveland, Ohio; grad. Cleveland (Ohio) High School, '83; Vassar Coll., A.B. '87; graduate work in Cornell Univ., 1897-99; Univ. of Wis., 1899-1900. Teacher in St. Louis, Mo., 1887-89; High School, Cleveland, 1889-97, and again since 1900.

CRITTENDEN, Lisia Alice Van Valkenburg (Mrs. Albert R. Crittenden), 1031 Forest Av., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Born LeRoy, N.Y., Feb. 6, 1879; dau. John Henry and Alice Elizabeth (Wilkin) Van Valkenburg; ed. Ann Arbor High School. '95. "A" diploma; Univ. of Mich., A.B. '99 (Phi Beta Kappa); Am. School of Classical Studies in Rome; m. Rome, Italy. June 20, 1901, Albert R. Crittenden; children: Charles Van Valkenburg, b. May 11, 1903; James Albert, b. May 7, 1910 (died Dec. 20, 1912); Alice Elizabeth, b. Aug. 18, 1911 (died Dec. 24, 1912). Mem. Woman's Club of Ann Arbor (music lecturer), Missionary Soc. of Congregational Church, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae {Forestry Com. and Drama Com.), Woman's League, Univ. of Mich (student problems, housing, etc.), Y.W.C.A., Univ. of Mich, (social work and mission study class). Favors woman suffrage. Author of articles for college publications, lectures given about the State Illustrated with stereopticon. Congregationalism Mem. Private Club of College Women, meeting weekly to study good literature, Dante, Milton, Greek Tragedy, Iliad, etc.

CROCKER, Ethel Willard (Mrs. William H. Crocker), Burlingame, Cal.

Born Stockton, Cal.; dau. Simon Willard and Caroline Elizabeth (Barker) Sperry; ed. public school, high school and boarding schools; m. Stockton, Cah. Oct. 6, 1886, William H. Crocker; children: Ethel Mary, William Willard, Helen Victoria, Charles. Interested in all religious, social and philanthropic activities. Mem. D.A.R.; mem. Exec. Council Woman's Welfare Dep't of Nat. Civic Federations. Mem. Town and Country and Century Clubs of San Francisco, Colony Club of N.Y. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

CROCKETT, Caroline Clark (Mrs. Sidney Scales Crockett). 730 Belmont Av., Nashville. Tenn.

Born Paris, Henry Co., Tenn., Oct. 18, 1867; dau. Achilles Venable and Mary Eliza (Wilson) Clark; ed. Tenn. Female Coll., Franklin, Tenn., and two years abroad under tutors; m. Nashville, Tenn., Jan. 1, 1894, Sidney Scales Crockett, M.D.; one son: Sidney Scales Crockett Jr., b. Oct. 15, 1911. Chairman Public Interests Dep't, Centennial Club, Nashville; interested in Victor Juvenile Court of Nashville; vice-pres. Nashville nti-Tuberculosis League; mem. Com. of 100 on Public Health; director Nat. Infant Mortality Ass'n; mem. Com. of 15 of the Pure Food Dep't of Nat. Civic Federation; chairman Health Dep't otf Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy. Favors woman suffrage. Writer on health subjects for club magazines. Mem. Peabody Woman's, Vanderbilt Woman's, Query and Centennial Clubs of Nashville. Especially interested in promoting sane health education through the splendid machinery of the women's clubs and next In local child welfare work.

CROCKETT, Emma Godwin Dickinson (Mrs. J.Shiles Crockett), Pocomoke City, Md.

Born Pocomoke, April 25, 1858; dau. William S. and Cynthia (Primrose) Dickinson; ed. Newtown High School, Pocomoke, Md.; studied French and music under private professors; finished and made debut in Montgomery. Ala.; m. June 24, 1886, J. Shiles Crockett of Princess Anne, Md.; one daughter: Margaret, b. 1892, at Cumberland, Md. Organized and is pres. Civic Club of Pocomoke: State pres. Woman's Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress; organized Sunshine Soc. in Pocomoke; chairman Edgar Allen Poe Ass'n of Worcester Co.; chairman Francis Scott Key Ass'n for Worcester Co.; mem. Consumers' League, Am. Forestry Ass'n; chairman of Home and School League of Pocomoke. Honorary director Woman's Hospital of Maryland, Baltimore. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. Home and Foreign Missionary Societies, King's Daughters; mem. Shakespeare Club of Princess Anne. Recreation: Reading, music, fancy work.

CROCKETT, Esther M., 154 Parkside Av.. Brooklyn, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Cedar Keys. Fla., May 22, 1883; dau. Frank Prentice and Lizzie (Berry) Crockett; ed. public schools and Girls' High School, Brooklyn; Cornell Univ., A.B. '03 (N.Y. State scholarship). Worked in elementary schools of N.Y. City 1903-11; appointed ass't teacher of English, Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct., 1911. Mem. Lewis Av. Congregational Church, Cornell Women's Club of N.Y. City. Recreations: Swimming, tramping, reading.

CROCKETT, Helen Ware (Mrs. Montgomery A. Crockett). 9 Powder House Road, Medford, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., July 19, 1859; dau. Albert F. and Edith (Ware) Sise; ed. Boston, Miss Ireland's private school; m. Medford, Mass., Mar. 24, 1886, Dr. Montgomery A. Crockett; children: Albert Sise Crockett, b. Oct. 17, 1889: Gilman Kimball, b. Jan. 10, 1892. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Sec. of St. Paul's (Buffalo, N.Y.) Branch Girls' Friendly Soc.; vice-pres. of diocesan organization of same for 16 years.

CROFT, Effie McCall, 166 Hendrie Av., Detroit, Mich.

Physician and surgeon; b. Aylmer, Ont.; dau. Leander and Edith M. (McCall) Croft; grad. Cleveland Medical Coll., 1896 (mem. Hahnemannian Soc); interne in Woman's Homoeopathic Hospital, Philadelphia, 1896-97; since then practicing in Detroit. Mem. Fort Congregational Church; chairman of the Good Cheer League; social worker. Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Recreations: Lectures, musicals, boating, fishing, skating, dancing.

CROISSANT, Sarah J. Sands (Mrs. J. D. Croissant). 1717 Q St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born Wisconsin; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), '69; m. Rev. J. D. Croissant (Methodist Episcopal clergyman); one son. Taught in the public schools of Wisconsin previous to marriage. Has traveled extensively at home and abroad. Methodist Mem. D.A.R. (has served as charter regent and as sec. for Dist. of Columbia). Former mem. of various clubs in Washington, D.C.

CROMER, Mary Elizabeth, 8 Forest Av., Vermilion, S.Dak.

Teacher; b. Chicago, Ill., April 17, 1890; dau. Jeremiah Clinton and May (Miner) Cromer; ed. Oberlin Acad. (grad. June, 1906); Smith Coll., A.B. '12. Teacher of English in the high school at Elkpoint, S.Dak., since September, 1912. Interested in Sunday-school; teacher of boys. Favors woman suffrage. Congregatlonalist. Recreations: Dancing, swimming, canoeing, baseball.

CROMMELIN, Emiline Gifford, 78  E. Fifty-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Educator, author; b. Orange, N.J.; dau. Robert Oscar and Adaline Maria Crommelin; grad. Orange High School. Teacher in Collegiate School for Boys, N.Y. City. Author: Famous Legends, 1904.

CROMPTON, Alice Hastings (Mrs. George Crompton), Worcester, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., Mar. 2, 1874; dau. Dr. William H. H. and Maria (Davis) Hastings; ed, Boston private schools; m. Boston, April 11, 1896, George Crompton of Worcester, Mass.;