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234 DAVIS, Minnie S., 192 High St., Hartford, Conn.

Writer, lecturer; b. Baltimore, Md., Mar. 25, 1835; dau. Rev. Samuel A. and Mary (Partridge) Davis; ed. Green Mountain Liberal Inst., South Woodstock, Vt. Author: Marion Lester; Clinton Forest; Rosalie; Ideal Motherhood; Living Counterparts; A Study of Vibration. Lecturer for years on mental science.

DAVIS, Nellie E. (Mrs. Frank E. Davis), 427 N. Eighth St., La Crosse, Wis.

Born Berlin, Wis., July 17, 1862; dau. Joshua David and Emily M. (Freeman) Crowther; ed. Mankato (Minn.) High School and Normal; m. Fairmont, Minn., Oct. 7, 1885, Frank E. Davis, inventor; children: Homer Allan, b. July 4, 1890; Harold Marvin, b. Aug. 27, 1892. Congregationalist. Mem. Woman's League of Congregational Church, Mission Study Class, La Crosse Country Club. Mem. (pres., 1911-12) Twentieth Century Club, Drama League of La Crosse, Wis., and several committees of Wis. Fed. of Women's Clubs.

DAVIS, Nellie Verrill (Mrs. Samuel P. Davis), Carson City, Nev.

Writer; b. Greenwood, Me.; dau. George Washington and Lucy (Hillborn) Verrill; ed. Norway (Me.) High School; m. (1st) San Francisco, Cal., Aug. 20, 1866, Henry R. Mighels; (2d) Carson City, Nev., July, 1880, Samuel P. Davis; children: Henry R. Mighels, Philip Verrill Mighels (distinguished novelist, died Oct. 13, 1911), Bessie and Roy R. Mighels, and Lucy Sylvia and Ethel H. Davis. Long identified with newspaper work, chiefly correspondence and short stories. Interested in general charities. Mem. Pythian Sisters, Woman's Relief Corps, King's Daughters; State pres. of Am. Red Cross Soc. Mem. Leisure Hour Club. Favors woman suffrage.

DAVIS, Norah, Huntsville, Ala.

Novelist: b. Huntsville, Ala., 1873; dau. Zebulon Pike and Williametta (Eason) Davis; ed. Huntsville, Ala. Clerk U.S. Court, Northern Dist. of Ala. Author: Tbe Northerner; The World's Warrant; Wallace Rhodes.

DAVIS, Susan Topliff (Mrs. Archibald Hunt Davis), 1220 Peachtree St., Atlanta, Ga.

Born Elyria, O., Dec. 14, 1862; dau. John Adams and Caroline (Beers) Topliff; ed. Elyria High School, class of '82; Oberlin Conservatory of Music; Smith Coll., class of '86; m. Elyria, O., Sept. 3, 1889, Archibald Hunt Davis; children: Archibald Hunt Jr., John Topliff, Noah Knowles. Pres. Atlanta Presbyterial Union; second vice-pres. Georgia Synodical Union; vice-pres. Ladies' Aid Soc; pres. Presbyterian Hospital Ass'n; on board directors Y.W.C.A. Author of articles and addresses in magazines and periodicals. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames; charter mem. of Atlanta Woman's Club; charter mem. Atlanta Free Kindergarten and several other social clubs.

DAVIS, Susie Burdick, Green Bay, Wis.

Instructor; b. Milton, Wis., June 30, 1881; dau. M. Eugene and Euphenia (Vincent) Davis; ed. Milton Coll., A.B. 1900, A.M. '05; grad. Northwestern Univ. School of Oratory, '05. Public reader, producer of Shakespearian plays. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Plays for Boy Scouts of America; Real Scout Life; The Friendless Freshman. Baptist. Recreation: Out-door sports, interested in photography.

DAVISON, Sarah M. (Mrs. George Millard Davison), The Principia, St. Louis, Mo.

Born Washington, D.C.; dau. M. and Amy (Kibbey) McNutty; ed. Washington (D.C.) High School; Cornell Univ., A.B.; m. Washington, D.C, 1894, George Millard Davison (educator); one daughter: Amy Dorothea Davison. Interested in education of young people and in the Intercollegiate Bureau of Occupations of N.Y. City. Mem. Cornell Women's Club (N.Y. City).

DAWES, Anna Laurens, Pittsfield, Mass.

Author; b. North Adams, Mass., May 14, 1851; dau. Henry Laurens and Electa (Sanderson) Dawes; ed. Maplewood Inst., Pittsfield, Mass., Abbott Acad., Andover, Mass. Interested in various Indian, Church, missionary, philanthropic, and literary organizations. Opposed to woman suffrage; vice-pres. Mass. Soc. Opposed to Further Extension of Suffrage. Author: Modern Jew; How We Are Governed; Life of Charles Sumner; contributor to various journals, magazines, etc. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. Wednesday Morning Club of Pittsfield, Country Club of Pittsfield, Abbott Acad. Club.

DAWSON, Agnes Wakefield Learned (Mrs. Percy Millard Dawson), 902 Baldwin Av., Ann Arbor, Mich.

Born Boston; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '94; student Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass., 1896; Mass. Gen. Hospital (nursing), 1879-99; m. April 8, 1901, Percy Millard Dawson; children: Emily, b. July 18, 1902; Helen, b. May 12, 1904; Margaret, b. Oct. 1, 1906; Ruth, b. Sept. 1, 1909. Teacher in private school, St. Louis, Mo., 1894-97; Phillips School, 1899-1900. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n.

DAWSON, Mary, 549 W. 129th St., N.Y. City.

Editor, writer; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. William and Margaret (Sweeney) Dawson; ed. Convent Sacred Heart, Philadelphia; Georgetown Convent, Georgetown, D.C, and private courses in Philadelphia, Pa., and Paris, France. Five years ass't woman editor on The Press, Philadelphia; two years editor Woman's Section, North American, Philadelphia. Has strong interest in all matters relating to prevention of cruelty to animals. In favor of woman suffrage, but opposed to extreme militant methods. Author (in collaboration): The Book of Frolics; The Book of Parties and Pastimes; also many short stories in Lippincott's, Munsey, Black Oat, Red Book, and other magazines; now on the editorial staff of the Butterick publications. Recreations: Country walks, botany, Persian cats, reading (particularly the sources of medieval history, antiquities, biography and the poets). Speaks French fluently, reads German, Italian and Latin; has traveled in France and Italy.

DAWSON, Susie Starke (Mrs. Luther Dawson), 9 E. Franklin St., Richmond, Va.

Born Richmond, Va.; dau. Patrick Henry and Arabella G. (Clarke) Starke; ed. Richmond Female Inst.; m. Richmond, June, 1896, Luther Dawson; one son: P. H. Starke Dawson. Mem. D.A.R. (Commonwealth Chapter), Daughters of the Confederacy (Lee Chapter), Woman's Club, Country Club. Baptist.

DAY, Anne Marjorie, 216 Midway St., Providence, R.I.

Teacher; b. Seekonk, Mass., July 18, 1875; dau. James William and Anne Reid (Allen) Day; ed. Classical High School and Grammar School, Providence, R.I. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '98. Taught in Lowell (Mass.) High School, 1890-1905; Classical High School, Providence, R.I., 1905-13; now head of English dep't. Engaged in mission work among ex-prisoners. Was sec. of College Club in Lowell. Favors woman suffrage. Has had several poems printed in newspapers and small periodicals. Congregationalist. Mem. of various educational ass'ns. Recreations: Golf, tennis, walking, dancing, music, writing. Mem. College Club of R.I.

DAY, Cornelia M. (Mrs. LaMott Day), Sidney, Delaware Co., N.Y.

Born Genoa, Cayuga Co., N.Y., May 10, 1859; dau. William and Rachel G. (Weeks) Jenkins; ed. Albany State Normal Coll.; m. King Ferry, N.Y., Aug. 29, 1888, La Mott Day; one son: Frank Halbert. Teacher before marriage. Only woman mem. Board of Trustees Congregational Church, Sidney, N.Y., for past six years; re-elected at last meeting. Has been clerk of board during this time; mem. of Board of Trustees, Sidney Public Library; treas. of same. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Monday Club of Sidney (pres. for 2 years). Received nomination for rec. sec. N.Y. State Federation of Women's Clubs, 1912. Mem. D.A.R. (Col. Israel Angell Chapter, New Berlin, N.Y.).

DAY, Elizabeth Dike Lewis (Mrs. Clive Day), 44 Highland St., New Haven, Conn.

Writer; b. Bethel, Me., Aug. 5, 1873; dau. Charlton T. and Nancy (McKeen) Lewis; ed. Brearley School; Smith Coll., A.B. '95, M.A. '98; Sorbonne College de France (mem. Alpha Soc.); m. Morristown, N.J., June 30, 1904. Clive Day,