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Rh CULVER, Helen, Lake Forest, Ill.

Philanthropist; b. Little Valley, N.Y.; dau. Lyman and Emeliza (Hull) Culver; grad. Randolph Acad., N.Y., 1853; established private school at Sycamore, Ill., 1853; principal primary school and teacher in grammar and high schools, Chicago, 1854-61; matron Military Hospital at Murfreesboro, Tenn., under the Sanitary Commission, 1863; entered real estate business with her relative, Charles J. Hull, of Chicago, 1868, and after his death, in 1895, built and endowed the Hull Biological Laboratories of the University of Chicago; also founded the Helen Culver Fund for Race Psychology, 1910. Trustee of Hull House Ass'n from its organization in 1898. Favors woman suffrage.

CUMINGS, Mrs. Henry Harrison, Tidioute, Warren Co., Pa.

Born Rome, N.Y., April 25, 1846; dau. Andrew Jackson and Sarah (Rue) Sink; ed. public schools of Rome and Chicago, Ill.; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Apr. 17, 1867, Henry Harrison Cumings; children: Sadie C, Ralph H., Laura F., Benjamin Rue, Abigail L. Communicant of Episcopal Church. Much interested and active in D.A.R., of which is now State Regent of Pa. Mem. Com. of Nat. Highway from Coast to Coast. Mem. and past dep't pres. Woman's Relief Corps (has held some Nat. offices). Ex. mem. Andersonville Prison Board. Episcopalian, Mem. Shakespeare Literary Club, Tidioute, (Pa.) Nat. Council of Women, Philomel Club (musical), Warren, Pa., Mendelssohn Club (music) of Tidioute, Pa.

CUMMIN, Ellen Pearson (Mrs. Robert Irvin Cummin), 902 Summers St., Dayton, O.

Born Meadville, Pa., Dec. 10, 1849; dau. Gaylord and Anna (Pearson) Church; ed. private schools, Meadville, Pa., and Riverdale, N.Y.; m. Meadville, Pa., June 15, 1881, Robert Irvin Cummin; children: Gaylord Church, Edith Pearson, Hart, Pearson Church. Has been associated with various religious, social and philanthropic activities, and six years treas. and mem. Board of Managers of Dayton (O.) Y.W.C.A. Episcopalian. Mem. Dayton Country Club, Dayton City Club. Against woman suffrage.

CUMMING, Ellen King, Fredonia, N Y.

Teacher; b. Fredonia, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Fredonia, N.Y., and Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '96. Teacher Schuylerville, N.Y., 1897-98; Saratoga, N.Y., 1898-99; Plainfield, N.J., 1900-09.

CUMMING, Mary Gairdner (Mrs. Bryan Cumming), The Hill, Augusta, Ga.

Born Elberton, Ga., 1866; dau. Charles Shaler and Mary Gordon (Gairdner) Smith; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo.; m. The Hill, Augusta, Ga., 1889, Bryan Cumming; children: Mary Shaler, Joseph Bryan Jr. Interested in social and philanthropic work and in sociological questions, concentrates energies on Children's Hospital (pres.), also a library and tea room, conducted for the benefit of the hospital and known as Cranford Club (pres.). Episcopalian. Democrat. Recreations: Golf, general society, music. Mem. Country Club.

CUMMINGS, Anna S., Marshall College, Huntington, W.Va,

Teacher; b. Fairfax, Vt., 1860; dau. Mark A. and Jane A. (Park) Cummings; ed. Colby Univ., A.B., A.M.; grad. study Leland Stanford Jr. Univ., Univ. of Grenoble, Sorbonne Univ. of Paris (Sigma Kappa). Private and high school teacher until 1893; six years as lady principal at Vt. Acad., Saxton's River, Vt.; nine years as head of training dep't, Marshall Coll., Huntington, W.Va.; State Institute instructor for W.Va.; public speaker on educational questions. Mem. D.A.R., Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, State Labor Ass'n, State Educational Ass'n, Nat. Educational Ass'n. Mem. Huntington Woman's Club. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

CUMMINGS, Emily (Mrs. Willoughby Cummings), 44 Dewson St., Toronto.

Born Port Hope, Canada; dau. Rev. Dr. Jonathan and Isabel (Harper) Shortt; ed. Port Hope and Montreal private schools; m. Port Hope, 1871, Willoughby Cummings. Sec Nat. Council of Women of Canada; convener of Internat. Council at Toronto in June, 1909. Writer for ten years on editorial staff of Toronto Globe, also Canadian Magazine. Managing editor of official organ of the Women's Missionary Soc. of the Church of England in Canada. Recreations: Photography, bookbinding. First Canadian woman to receive an honorary degree from a Canadian Univ., King's Univ. (Nova Scotia) having given her the degree of D.C.L. in Sept., 1911, at the same time that honorary degrees were conferred upon the Bishop of London (England), Judge Macdonald, Hubert Castleton and others.

CUMMINGS, Lucretia Stow Cummings, Plantsville, Conn.

Born Southington, Conn.; ed. in schools of Plantsville, Conn.; Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '74; m. Plantsville, Conn., Oct. 18, 1876, William H. Cummings; two daughters, two sons. Editor of weekly paper, 1875-76; sup't of schools, Southington, Conn., 1906-07.

CUMMINGS, Mabel Homer, 71 Beacon St., Boston, Mass.

Principal of private school; b. Cambridge, Mass., March 28, 1872; dau. Charles H. and Harriet Elizabeth (Whiting) Cummings; grad. Brookline High School, 1891, Smith Coll., B.A. '95. Teacher Chestnut Hill School, Brookline, Mass., 1895-1901, and 1902-08; principal preparatory dep't Vollman School, Boston, 1908-09; associate principal Classical School for Girls, Boston, Mass., 1909-11; principal Classical School for Girls, 1911-12; principal Miss Cummings' School, since 1912. Author: Asgard Stories. Mem. Collegiate Alumnae, Nat. Geographic Soc.

CUMMINGS, Mary Augusta (Marston) (Mrs. Robert Fowler Cummings), 5135 Madison Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born New London, Conn., July 8, 1855; dau. Sanford Kingsbury and Sarah (Field) Marston; ed. Grand Prairie Sem., Onarga, Ill.; m. July 6, 1874, Robert Fowler Cummings; children: Lenore, Marion Marston, Austin Benjamin, Florence, Irene, Marston. Active in civic and philanthropic departments in church and clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Republican. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Arché Club, Travel Class (pres. 4 years), D.A.R., Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Chicago Colony of New England Women (1st pres. and now officer), Friendly Aid Soc. Served 2 years as chairman of a com. on State Board of 111. Federation of Women's Clubs.

CUNNING, Edith May Klett (Mrs. George Albert Cunning), Las Ammas, Colo.

Superintendent of schools; b. Colorado; ed. Univ. of Colorado, 1904-06; Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., 1906-07; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1907-08; m. 1909, George Albert Cunning. Sup't of public instruction of Bent County, Colorado, 1908-11.

CUNNING, Kate Disher (Mrs. C. E. Cunning), 334 N. Sixth SU New Philadelphia, O.

Former teacher; b. New Philadelphia, O., Aug. 7, 1858; dau. John and Martha (Parrish) Disher; grad. Philadelphia Union School, '76; taught in same for seven years; m. Uhrichsville, O., June 21, 1883, C. E. Cunning; children: Helen L. (wife of Rev. J. E. Weinland), Benjamin W. (actor). Vice-pres. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of M.E. Church, New Philadelphia, O. Pres. New Philadelphia Auxiliary to Union Hospital. Mem. Public Library Trustee Board (six-year term), Union Missionary Charity Board, Y.W.C.A. Exec. Com. Moravian. Recreation: Reading. Pres. Buckeye Club. Favors woman suffrage.

CUNNINGHAM, Anna, Smyrna, Del.

Born in Delaware; dau. Dr. John H. and Sarah Elizabeth (Catts) Cunningham, grand-daughter of Gen. John W. Cunningham (general in War of 1812) and great-granddaughter of Capt. Allan Cunningham of the Revolutionary Army, who was a graduate of Trinity Coll., Dublin, and came to America in 1765; ed. in Delaware. Has written short history of Delaware. Mem. United States Daughters of 1812 (registrar, 1902-11, for the State of Delaware), Bridge Club, Whist