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Rh 1905-10; instructor in zoology, 1910-. Mem. College Settlements Ass'n, Public Education Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Author of several papers on zoological research published in various biological journals. Unitarian. Mem. Associate Alumnae of Barnard College. Recreations: Tennis, swimming, dancing.

DEERING, Mabel Craft (Mrs. Frank Prentiss Deering), 2709 Larkin St., San Francisco, Cal.

Born Rochelle, Ill.; dau. Richard C. and Eleanor Eugenie (Coolbaugh) Craft; ed. Univ. of Cal., B.Ph., LL.B.; m. Oakland, Calif, Nov. 22, 1902, Frank Prentiss Deering; daughter: Francesca Craft Deering. Mem. of Com. which furnishes certified milk to foundling babies of San Francisco. Author: Hawai Nei, 1899 (book of travels in Hawaii); short stories in Atlantic, St. Nicholas, Collier's, Leslie's Weekly, Munsey's. Mem. Francisca Club, Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Bridge, riding, swimming. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; director in Coll. Equal Suff. League (Northern Cal. Branch); director S.F. Center, Cal. Civic League; State Press chairman for Cal. of Cal. State Suff. Ass'n. Democrat.

DE FOREST, Charlotte Burgis, Kobe College, Kobe, Japan.

Missionary educator; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '01, M.A. '07; student of zoology, Cold Spring (L.I.) Laboratory, summer 1902. Ass't sup't Walker Missionary Homme, Auburndale, Mass., 1902-03. Since 1003 missionary of the American B'd in Japan; located in Sendai for Japanese language study, 1903-04; since 1904 teacher at Kobe College; acting principal, 1910-12; head of Bible and Evangelistic Dep't. Mem. Smith College Alumnae Ass'n.

DE FOREST, Marian, 26 Irving Place, Buffalo, N.Y.

Newspaper writer and dramatist; b. Buffalo, N.Y.; dau. Cyrus H. and Sarah Germain (Sutherland) de Forest: ed. Buffalo Sem. Engaged in newspaper work; now dramatic editor Buffalo Express; dramatized Louise M. Alcott's Little Women, running in N.Y. (season of 1912-13) with second company in town. Mem. the Scribblers of Buffalo, Graduates' Ass'n of the Buffalo Sem. Episcopalian.

DE FOREST, Mrs. Nora Blatch, 15 West Ninety-first St., N.Y. City.

Civil engineer, editor; b. Sept. 30, 1883; dau. William Henry and Harriot (Stanton) Blatch; grad. Cornell Univ., 1905, civil engineer; elected to Sigma Xi (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. N.Y. City, February, 1908, Lee DeForest (divorced February, 1912, New Rochelle, N.Y.); one daughter: Harriot Stanton DeForest, b. June 19, 1909. Draftsman Am. Bridge Co., 1905-06; ass't engineer with Board of Water Supply, 1907-09; chief draftsman with Radley Steel Connection Co., 1910-12. In December, 1912, went altogether into suffrage work, speaking, organizing, etc. Gen. sec. of Women's Political Union and editor of Woman's Political World. Agnostic. Junior mem. Am. Soc. of Civil Engineers; mem. Cornell Soc. of Civil Engineers, Sigma Xi Alpha Chapter, Cornell Alumnae Ass'n. Recreations: Swimming, tennis. Mem. Women's University Club.

DE GARMO, Mrs. Frank, 6186 Washington Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Lecturer, educator, organizer; b. in Kentucky; dau. D. and Sarah Jane (Wingler) Odonnell; grad. high and normal schools, with graduate university work; m. Warrensburg, Mo., 1890, Frank De Garmo; two daughters: Mary Cora and Margaret Frances. Taught in high school and State normal school before marriage; founded Girls' Training School for Neglected Children at Shreveport, La.; promoted the first juvenile court law for Louisiana; secured the teaching of domestic science in Shreveport and Monroe public schools of Louisiana; with a few friends founded the Model Farm Propaganda at the State Fair of La., consisting of a model five-room cottage, completely decorated and furnished by children of the public schools of Shreveport, La., also model one-room school-house, where two systems of kindergarten training were demonstrated, together with window gardens, school gardens and playgrounds all connected by a model road. Organized Louisiana Congress of Mothers and Missouri Congress of Mothers at the time it became a branch 1911-12. Originator "Baby Show" or Baby Contest idea and system of report cards for registration of births simultaneously in schools and Boards of Health. Author: World's Baby Eugenic Almanac for Parents; The Home Credit, or Parent-Teacher Partnership Report Card; Road Cadet Patrol and Junior Home Builders, or Pick and Shovel Club for Girls; Road Log or Questionaire; Plan for Developing Country Child Welfare by Publicity, Education, Demonstration, Legislation; joint author (with Dr. Caroline Skina) of Eugenic Text-Book for Parents, Physicians and Teachers; writer of numerous bulletins for teaching use of the fireless cooker in preparing hot school luncheons; leaflets on improving public wagon roads, etc. Presbyterian. Mem. U.S. Daughters of 1812 (Missouri Chapter), Nat. Education Ass'n, Nat. Country Life chairman Nat. Congress of Mothers. Recreations: Music, art, travel. Mem. Authors' Club, Shreveport, La.; mem. State Fed. of Louisiana, Tuesday Club of St. Louis, Mo.

DE GOZZALDI, Mary Isabella—see Gozzaldi, Mary Isabella de.

DeGRAFF, Emma Christine (Mrs. Arey J. DeGraff), Pattersonville, N.Y.

Born Fonda, N.Y., Jan. 12, 1870; dau. Archibald A. and Laura J. (Mann) MacLauchlin; ed. Schenectady Classical Inst., '89; Cornell Univ., special course, 1890-91 (mem. Delta Gamma); m. Fort Hunter, N.Y., Jan. 26, 1897, Arey J. DeGraff; children: William Raymond, b. Sept. 4, 1898; Archibald Clifford, b. Feb. 4, 1902 (died Feb. 15, 1903). Teacher in public schools, 1892-97. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Pres. Pattersonville Book Club.

DeGROFF, Minnie Emily (Mrs. Edward E. DeGroff), Watertown, S.Dak.

Born Austin, Minn., Dec. 25, 1875; dau. Luman and May (Burgess) Carter; ed. high school and summer normal; m. Austin, Minn., Oct. 1, 1895, Edward E. DeGroff; children: Marguerite, Kenneth Carter, Mark Edison, Elbert Nordeau. Pres. First Dist. Minn. Fed. Women's Clubs (resigned). Teacher of oratory and elocution; connected with Watertown Business Coll. as teacher of oratory. Favors woman suffrage. Public speaker and often talks to clubs and club women on suffrage question. Methodist. Mem. Eastern Star and Rebekah lodges. Teacher of scientific temperance instruction in W.C.T.U. Recreations: Occasional trips to larger cities, picnics with children, motoring and out-door sports. Mem. Round Table (Watertown); has organized study clubs for the country women in her district.

DeHAAS, Alice Preble Tucker (Mrs. Maurits F. H. de Haas), 939 Eighth Av., N.Y. City.

Marine portrait and miniature painter; b. Boston, Mass.; dau. Edgar and Mary A. (Preble) Tucker (great granddaughter Commodore Edward Preble, U.S.N.); studied with M. F. H. de Haas, N.A., and William Chase, N.A., also others, and at Julien's, Paris; second wife and widow of the distinguished marine painter, Maurits F. H. de Haas, N.A. Mem. Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames of N.Y., Ass'n of Women Painters and Sculptors (formerly Woman's Art Club of N.Y.). Won marine prize in Woman's Art Club of N.Y., 1912. Exhibited at Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis, 1904 (miniatures), Art Inst, of Chicago, N.Y. Water Color Soc, N.Y. Water Color Club, Nat. Acad. of Design, N.Y. City, Soc. of Miniature Painters, Philadelphia Art Club and Philadelphia Acad. of Fine Arts, St. Louis Museum, Boston Art Club, Portland (Me.) Art Museum, Am. Fed. of Arts, Corcoran Art Gallery (Washington), Art Club of Erie, Pa.

DE KAY, Minna Craven (Mrs. Sidney Brooks de Kay), 50 W. Ninth St., N.Y. City.

Born N.Y. City, 1844; dau. Alfred Wingate and Maria (Schermerhorn) Craven; ed. Miss Gibson's School of N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, 1871, Sidney Brooks de Kay; children: Eckford Craven, Janet