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Rh of moving picture shows of Pennsylvania by State legislation; has brought similar measures before the State legislatures of eight other States Organized Nat. Legal Regulation League (of which is pres.), one of the strongest organizations in the U.S. for the purpose of legal regulation of moving picture shows; appeared before Pa. Board of Pardons in behalf of 18-year-old moving picture murderer, Bishie, by special permission of Governor Tener and invitation of the board; succeeded in getting commutation of sentence. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Suffrage Club. Author: Good Health for Women and Children. Methodist. Mem. Florence Crittenden Mission, Civic Club and Nat. Council of Women (chairman amusement dep't).

DAVIS, Kate Embry Dowdle (Mrs. Samuel Preston Davis), 523 East Capitol Av., Little Rock Ark.

Born Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 2, 1871; dau. Robert Allen and Rebecca Aylette (Taylor) Dowdie; ed. Russellville, Ky., and Searey, Ark., A.B. at Galloway Coll., Searey, Ark.; m. Morrilton, Ark., Nov. 16, 1893, Samuel Preston Davis; children: Samuel Preston Davis Jr., Allen Dowdle, Rebecca Dowdle Davis. Active in church work, patriotic societies and social life. Regent of the Nicholas Headington Chapter U.S. Daughters of 1812 that presented a library to the battleship Arkansas. Favors woman suffrage. Author of several club papers, which have been published; one on Albert Pike, the Poet-Soldier, was published complimentary by the Albert Pike Consistory (Masonic). Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Mem. Va. Soc. of Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R., United States Daughters of 1812, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Y.W.C.A. Mem. AEsthetic Club (oldest club in Arkansas).

DAVIS, Katharine Bement, Bedford, N.Y.

Superintendent N.Y. State Reformatory for Women; b. Buffalo, N.Y.; dau. Oscar B. and Frances (Bement) Davis; ed. Rochester Free Acad.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '92 (Phi Beta Kappa); graduate work in Barnard Coll., 1892-93; fellow in political economy and sociology, 1897-98, Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. 1900; European fellow of New England Women's Educational Ass'n at Univs. of Berlin and Vienna, 1898-99. Former teacher Montague Heights, Brooklyn; taught science in Dunkirk (N.Y.) High School, and head worker in College Settlement, Philadelphia, 1893-97; since 1901 sup't N.Y. State Reformatory for Women at Bedford, N.Y., which cares for more than 400 girls. Writer of articles on college settlement work and practical sociology.

DAVIS, Lucia, 2517 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.

Social worker; b. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 7, 1880; dau. Caleb Sheldon and Mary Elizabeth (Blackman) Davis; ed. Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '02. Tutored at Bryn Mawr School; taught in private school, Albany, N.Y.; worker in Lawrence House Social Settlement, Baltimore, Md. ; field sec. Md. Soc. of Social Hygiene; independent worker later. Mem. College Club, Baltimore; Social Service Club. Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage.

DAVIS, Lucy, 1822 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '85. Interested in educational and philanthropic enterprises; trustee of the Penn School, Frogmore, S.C.; sec. of Visiting Nurse Society of Philadelphia. Mem. Society of Friends.

DAVIS, Lucy Belle Sizer (Mrs. F. M. Davis), Muskogee, Okla.

Parliamentarian; b. Rosendale, Wis.; ed. State Normal School, Oshkosh, Wis.; specialized in parliamentary law and usage there, and later in private study; m. Beatrice, Neb., 1893, Francis Marion Davis (lawyer); one daughter, Dorothea DeZosier. Removed with family to Muskogee, Okla., in 1901. In political campaign of 1896 was an ardent supporter of Bryan, and sec. of a Silver League composed of 700 women; since settling in Muskogee has been active in church, club and W.C.T.U. work. Has served as territorial vice-pres. and parliamentarian of Fed. of Women's Clubs of Indian Territory; city attorney for Club Women's City Council; now State parliamentarian of W.C.T.U.; chairman 3rd Dist. Legislative Com. State Fed.; pres. City Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Art Club (dep't club, which does and exhibits actual work); pres. the New Century Club (literary), the Parliamentary Club and W.C.T.U.; graduate of Chautauqua Circle and ardent student in the Shakespeare Club and Ladies' Saturday Music Club. First promoter of Camp Fire Girls of America in Muskogee and as guardian organized first camp. Contributor to press. Recreations: Painting, oil, water color and ceramic. Mem. M.E. Church, South; many years in Sunday-school and choir work. Favors woman suffrage.

DAVIS, Lucy Pryor McIlwaine (Mrs. Arthur Kyle Davis), Southern Female College, College Place, Petersburg, Va.

Born Petersburg, Va., July 4, 1867; dau. Robert Dunn and Lucy (Atkinson) McIlwaine; ed. St. Paul's School; m. Nov. 12, 1890, Arthur Kyle Davis (pres. of Southern Female Coll.); children: Lucy McIlwaine, Caroline Robinson, Arthur Kyle Jr. Charter mem. and historian of Frances Bland Randolph Chapter D.A.R.; chairman Va. State Historical Com. D.A.R.; mem. Historical Research Com. and Historic Sites Com. Nat. Soc. D.A.R. Author of sketch of Frances Bland Randolph and of annual historical reports of the Va. D.A.R. Mem. Woman's Club of Petersburg; vice-pres. Petersburg Hospital; mem. Colonial Dames of America in the State of Va.

DAVIS, Lydia Martin (Mrs. Nathaniel French Davis), 159 Brown St., Providence, R.I.

Born Providence, R.I., May 18, 1849; m. Dec. 23, 1878, Nathaniel French Davis, A.M., LL.D.; children: Harvey N., b. June 6, 1881; Grace L., b. June 21, 1885 (died Nov. 7, 1886). Congregationalist. Vice-pres. R.I. State Fed. Women's Clubs. 1901-03; mem. R.I. Women's Club, Ex-Club of R.I., Providence Art Club.

DAVIS, Mrs. M. Louisa Robbins, 73 Commonwealth Av., Boston.

Daughter Rev. Chandler Robbins, D.D., and Mary Eliza (Frothingham) Robbins; m. Boston, 1869, Edward Livingston Davis (now deceased). Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, Soc. of Descendants of Colonial Governors, Soc. of Colonial Dames.

DAVIS, Mrs. Mary B. Gale, 2003 Columbia Road, Washington, D.C.

Principal the Lucia Gale Barber School of Rhythm and Correlated Arts; b. Whiting, Vt.; dau. Daniel Amory and Rosetta Cynthia (Austin) Gale; post-grad. N.Y. Univ., Pd.M. "04; numerous summer schools and colleges — a year Lowell course, Mass. Inst. Technology, Boston; a year Teachers Coll. (mem. of Pi Alpha, N.Y. Univ. School of Pedagogy); m. Geo. Davis (lawyer, deceased); two daughters: Ella May (deceased), Celestial (deceased). Model and normal training teacher and supervisor. Now teacher, writer and lecturer, promoting the Lucia Gale Barber system of rhythm and physical training and other advanced educational ideas and methods in private school. Author: Elementary Inductive Geography, and numerous articles in educational papers and magazines. Congregationalist and New Thought. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n, Washington Soc. of the Fine Arts, Twentieth Century Club, District Mothers' Congress, Mothers' Club, First Congregational Church, Indian Ass'n, Soc. for Study of Sex Hygiene, Monday Evening Club.

DAVIS, Maud Shepherd (Mrs. Claude Bernard Davis), 9137 South Robey St., Beverly Hills, Chicago, Ill.

Born Chicago, Ill., Aug. 6, 1873; dau. Abram Liddon and M. Annie (Ryan) Shepherd; ed. Chicago public schools; Rock Coll., Dallas, Tex., and private schools; m. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 1. 1893, Claude Bernard Davis. Pres. Chicago Culture Club; past matron Order of Eastern Star, past pres. Woman's Auxiliary of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church of Chicago; mem. Ill. Colony Club, D.A.R. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Motoring, golf. Active in philanthropic and church work.