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Rh Coll., Grinnell Coll., Univ. of Chicago, Northwestern Univ. Mem. Am. Historical Soc, Browning Soc. (hon. mem.), the Shakespeare Soc, the Playgoers, the Mary Arden Soc, the Poetry Soc of America, The Writers (N.Y. City). Recreations: Mountain climbing, wood carving, illumination. Mem. Sierra Club (Cal.), Ogontz Club; founder of Open Door Sunday lectureship at Chicago Women's Club, Lyceum (London and U. S.), Chicago Woman's Club of N.Y.

CROWDER, Mattee Saunders (Mrs. Arthur Campbell Crowder), 705 N. State St., Jackson, Miss.

Born Jackson, Miss., Aug. 17, 1879; dau. Robert L. and Annie (Robinson) Saunders; grad. Miss Gary's School for Girls, Baltimore, Md., 1896; m. Jackson, Miss., Aug., 1899, Arthur Campbell Crowder; one son: Arthur Campbell Crowder Jr. Interested in social activities, music and piano. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Music, driving, bridge whist. Mem. Bridge Club, Music Club, Chaminade Club.

CROWELL, Evelyn Walker (Mrs. John W. Crowell, Kings Hill, Walden, N.Y.

Born Mekinock, N.D., July 19, 1886; dau. Francis Little and Margaret (Walker) Hall; ed. Walden (N.Y.) High School; m. Walden, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1905, John W. Crowell. Pres. Walden Woman's Club, Walden, N.Y. ; sec. Ladies' Soc. of Reformed Church. Mem. Hudson River Chapter, Order Eastern Star, Newburgh, N.Y., Ladies' Soc of Reformed Church, Quassaick Chapter, D.A.R. (Newburgh), Athenia Club, Washington, N.Y. Member Dutch Reformed Church.

CROWELL, Grace Wenham (Mrs. Wilbur Saunders Crowell), Forest Cliff Drive, Lakewood, O.

Born Cleveland, O., May 6, 1872; dau. Arthur J. and Melvina M. (Putnam) Wenham; ed. West High School, Cleveland, O., 1886-90; Smith Coll., B.L. '94; (mem. Phi Kappa Psi), Western Reserve Univ., M.A. '96; m. Cleveland, O., Feb. 11, 1902, Dr. Wilbur Saunders Crowell; one daughter: Jean. Assistant in English, Western Reserve Univ., Cleveland, O., 1895-96; teacher of English, Miss Mittleberger's School, Cleveland, 1896-1901. Mem. Dist. Com., West Side Dist., Cleveland Associated Charities from start till 1910; now mem. Lakewood Dist. Com. of same. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Consumers' League Exec Com. for several years; mem. the Novel Club, 1897-1911; pres. Cleveland College Club for one year.

CROWELL, Lena Annie (Mrs. Ezra Francis Crowell), Kings Hill, Walden, N.Y. Providence, R.I.

Born Providence, R.I., July 28, 1863; dau. John H. and Mary E. (Horton) Monroe; ed. Providence grammar and high schools, grammar and English; m. Providence, R.I., May 18, 1886, Ezra Francis Crowell; one son: Allan Harris (b. May ), 1887, died Dec 27, 1911). Mem. St. John's Episcopal Church, Providence, and Church of the Holy Spirit Mission at Fruit Hill; pres. Ladies' Aid for 10 years. Founder and for 8 years Pres. Ladies' Auxiliary of North Providence Improvement Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Vincent Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Girls' Friendly Soc, Ladies' Aid, Woman's Auxiliary and Missionary Soc. of the Church. Served three years as chairman Civic Com. R.I. State Federation of Women's Clubs.

CROWL, Mabel Robinson, Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Wellsboro, Pa., May 15, 1876; dau. Andrew and Frances A. (Purdy) Crowl; ed. Ithaca High School; Cornell Univ., A.B. '01. Taught five years in colleges in the South; organized the C. C. Publishing Co. (publishing music); now pres. of the same. Has made a valuable autograph collection. Mem. of several literary societies. Recreation: Farming.

CROWLEY, Mary Catherine, 408 W. 130th St., N.Y. City.

Author, editor; b. Boston, Mass.; dau. John Colman and Mary J. (Cameron) Crowley; ed. Acad. of Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, N.Y. City. Translator of French, German, Spanish, and editor of MSS. Favors woman suffrage. Author: A Daughter of New France, 1901; The Heroine of the Strait, 1902; Love Thrives in War, 1903; In Treaty with Honor, 1906. Also juveniles: Merry Hearts and True, 1889; Happy-Go-Lucky, 1890; Apples Ripe and Rosy, 1893; The City of Wonders, 1894; Short Stories, 1897; An Every Day Girl, 1900. Recreations: Housekeeping, travel, study of languages. Writes sometimes under pen-name "Janet Grant." Lived much of time in Boston; some time abroad; and Detroit, Mich, 1893-1903; since then N.Y. City. Authority on early history of Detroit; one of collaborators on Memorial History of Detroit, 1903. Editor Catholic Mission Magazine and the Annals, 1907-12. Lecturer N.Y. Board of Education Courses, four years, on Art and Literature.

CROWNINSHIELD, Mary Bradford (Mrs. Arent Schuyler Crowninshield), The Anchorage, Seal Harbor, Me.

Author, composer; b. Geneva, N.Y.; dau. Hon. John Melancthon and Sarah Elizabeth (Hopkins) Bradford; privately educated; m. Dresden, Germany, July 27, 1870, Arent Schuyler Crowninshield, U.S.N., who attained rank of rear-admiral and died May 27, 1908; one son: Caspar Schuyler Crowninshield, b. 1871 (died 1910). Composer of music, including several hymns; contributor to the leading magazines. Novelist. Author (pen-name, "Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield): All Among the Lighthouses; The Ignoramuses; Where the Trade Wind Blows; Plucky Smalls; Latitude Nineteen Degrees; The Archbishop and the Lady; Valencia's Garden; San Isidro.

CROXALL, Agnes Brown (Mrs. Morris Le Grand Croxall), Box 51, Rockville, Md., or care Disbursing Clerk, U.S. Navy Dept., Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C; dau. John Sullivan and Emeline (Brown) Croxall; ed. in music and languages by private instructors and holds Normal School diploma; m. N.Y. City, Sept. 17, 1903, Morris Le Grand Croxall. Interested in all religious, social and philanthropic matters; mem. Y.W.C.A., Washington, D.C. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage Ass'n of Montgomery Co., Maryland. Co-editor (with Miss Kate Mason Rowland) in bringing out The Journal of Julia LeGrand, New Orleans, 1861-63 (published 1911); contributor to Press. Episcopalian. Regent Janet Montgomery Chapter, D.A.R.; mem. United Daughters of the Confederacy, League of Am. Pen Women, Nat. Genealogical Soc (chairman Membership Com.), Colonial Dames. Recreations: Music, reading, motoring, gardening, civics, etc. Second vice-pres. of the Woman's Club of Bethesda, Md. State chairman D.A.R. for marking Braddock Trail through Maryland, chairman Md. Soc. for Preservation of Historic Spots, Nat. Soc. D.A.R. and State chairman for Ocean to Ocean Highway over the Old Trails.

CRUIKSHANK, Katharine Adams (Mrs. Robert J. Cruikshank), 21 Hackfeld Road, Worcester, Mass.

Teacher; b. Lowell, Mass., April 21, 1862; dau. Charles A. and Annette (Sawyer) Adams; ed. Lowell and Worcester schools; Worcester High School, '81; State Normal School at Worcester '85, Cornell Univ., special student, 1894-95; m. (1st) Dec 25, 1886, Lester T. Crook (divorced 1892); (2d) April 16, 1901, Robert J. Cruikshank; children: Stuart Adams Crook, David Gordon Cruikshank, Rosamond Cruikshank. Taught in Mass. schools for eight years. Mem. First Universalist Church for 32 years. Recreations: Dancing, cards, reading, walking, music. Mem. Woman's Club of Worcester, Mothers' Child Study Circle.

CRUMB, Geneva, 5463 Maple Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born Bloomfield, Mo., 1872; dau. D. Starks and Ellen (Peck) Crumb; ed. Kirkwood Sem., Hosmer Hall and Wellesley Coll., B.A. '97 (mem. Shakespeare Soc). Assistant to father in real estate business. Has held office and done active work in Neighborhood House (settlement); has managed local lectures by Admiral Peary and Admiral Evans. Has written a few newspaper articles, chiefly championing the cause of