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262 Alumnae Ass'n, Bartholomew Alumnae Ass'n, The Quills, Cincinnati Woman's Club, College Club, Riding Club. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League.

DUNIWAY, Abigail Scott (Mrs. Benjamin Charles Duniway), 292 Clay St., Portland, Ore.

Suffrage leader, lecturer, writer; b. Groveland, Ill., Oct. 22, 1834; dau. John Tucker and Ann (Roelofson) Scott; privately educated, chiefly self-taught; crossed the plains in ox-team in 1852; m. Lafayette, Ore., Aug. 2, 1853, Benjamin Charles Duniway (died 1896); one son: Clyde Augustus Duniway, b. Nov. 2, 1866 (now pres. Univ. of Mont.). Lived on ranch for several years; later in business in Portland; writer; proprietor of the New Northwest, 15 years, until 1886. A pioneer worker for equal suffrage in the Pacific Coast States for 40 years; has addressed legislatures and conventions and given popular lectures on the subject. President and director for over 30 years of Oregon Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Author: Captain Gray's Company (story); David and Ann Matson and Other Poems; From the West to the West—Across the Plains to Oregon; also author of the Centennial Ode read at the Lewis & Clark Exhibition at Portland, Ore., in 1905. Mem. Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs (hon. pres.), Women's Club (Portland).  DUNK, Edith Watkins (Mrs. Alfred Owen Dunk), 99 Chicago Boulevard, Detroit, Mich.

Born Cleveland, O., 1876; dau. Gilbert A. and Phoebe Richmond (Crooks) Watkins; ed. Lasell Sem., Auburndale, Mass.; Wells Coll., Aurora, N.Y., A.B. '98; m. Detroit, Mich., 1901, Alfred Owen Dunk; one daughter: Dorothy Watkins Dunk. Chairman of Housewives Welfare, organized by the Detroit Federation of Women's Clubs (aim to reduce cost of living and to legislate and enforce laws affecting food supplies). Has made a study of interior decorating and the collection of fine mahogany furniture. Vice-pres. Political Equality and Civic League; cor. sec. and press chairman Wayne Co. Organization for Equal Suffrage. Mem. D.A.R., Wells Alumnae Ass'n, Political Equality and Civic League, Coll. Equal Suffrage Soc, Wayne Co. Organization for Equal Suffrage, Twentieth Century Club, Coll. Club. Recreations: Bridge whist, gardening, automobiling and cooking.

DUNKLIN, Hallie Milburn (Mrs. W. W. Dunklin), Galveston, Tex.

Journalist; b. Columbia, Tex., June 28, 1860; dau. Benjamin F. and Mary Elizabeth (Milburn) Atkins, educated by tutors and governesses and at Salem Acad., N.C.; m. Jan. 22, 1875, Dr. William Watkin Dunklin (distinguished physician and second sergeant Company E, Fourth Texas Regiment in Hood's Texas Brigade, C.S.A.), who died Jan. 25, 1888; children: William Alanson, b. Nov. 14, 1875 (died July 14, 1880); Marion B., July 31, 1877; Richard, b. July 21, 1879; William Watkin Jr., b. Nov. 19, 1884; Jack Rust, b. Aug. 9, 1877. First woman proprietor and editor of a daily newspaper in Texas (Waco Daily Telephone); associate editor The Southland (monthly); editress of Confederate Soldier and Daughter, published at Dallas, Tex.; contributor to many Texas papers. First woman nominated in political convention (as county sup't) in Texas. Chairman and one of organizers of the first public library in Galveston, Tex.; one of principal organizers of the Girls' Industrial School, Denton, Texas; pres. Texas Woman's Press Ass'n of Waco; pres. Woman's Press Club; pres. Sorosis of Texas; sec. Gov. Sul Ross Memorial Ass'n (Waco); sec. Sterling Robertson Chapter Daughters of the Republic of Texas; sec. Dietrich Musical Club (Waco, Tex., and Chicago); pres. Demorest County, Waco. Founder and honorary life pres. of Dixie Club, N.Y. City; historian Texas Club, N.Y. City; mem. Woman's Press Club and Theatre Club, N.Y. City, D.A.R., Colonial Dames, United Daughters of Confederacy, Democratic Club, Travelers' Club, W.C.T.U., College Women's Club; chairman Membership Com. in Congress of State Societies.

DUNLAP, Flora, Roadside Settlement, Des Moines, Ia.

Settlement worker; b. Pickaway Co., O., Feb. 27, 1874; dau. Samuel W. and Mary (Hyde) Dunlap; ed. Miss Phelps' Private School, Columbus, O. Head resident Roadside Settlement, Des Moines, Ia., since Oct., 1904. Mem. Des. Moines School Board, first woman elected. Vice-pres. Votes for Women League of Des Moines; mem. State Executive Com., Iowa Ass'n for Equal Suffrage; Iowa representative Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Nat. Conference Charities and Corrections, Nat. Child Labor Ass'n, Woman's Trade Union League. Mem. Des. Moines Woman's Club.

DUNLAP, Mary Stewart, 110 S. Sierra Bonita Av., Pasadena, Cal.

Artist; b. Zanesville, O.; dau. Robert Nesmith and Martha (Gillespie) Dunlap; ed. Putnam Sem., Zanesville, O., and in four years' residence and study in Europe; medals have been awarded for both oil and water colors; has traveled 25,000 miles in the interests of art in the past 17 years. Greatly interested in religious and temperance work. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Robin's Kisses; Christmas Cards (all verses). Clubs: Sorosis (N.Y. City); Monday Afternoon (Springfield, O.). Progressive Republican.

DUNLAP, Nora Burt (Mrs. Henry M. Dunlap), Savoy, Ill.

Lecturer; b. Coshocton, O., 1856; dau. Thomas and Mary L. (Chapin) Burt; ed. public and high schools of Ill.; Univ. of Ill.; grad of Chautauqua; m. Urbana, Ill., July 5, 1877, Henry M. Dunlap; children: Mabel Grace, Clarence, Daisy (all deceased). Lecturer on domestic science before schools, women's clubs, farmers' institutes, since 1895; pres. Ill. State Domestic Science Ass'n of State Farmers' Institute, 1910-13; pres. district school 12 years. Writer on domestic science for agricultural and educational journals and magazines. Mem. Champaign and Urbana Women's Club, Champaign Co. Domestic Science Club, D.A.R, Unitarian. Progressive Republican. Pres. 1912 Equal Suffrage Ass'n of Champaign Co., Ill., and has delivered addresses favoring suffrage.

DUNLEVY, Rita Ehrmann, 328 W. 57th St., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Cincinnati, O., Sept., 1863; dau. David Blake and Suzette (Ehrmann) Dunlevy; ed. public school of Lawrenceburg, Ind.; Miss Rounds' School for Girls, Brooklyn; N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women, M.D. '88. Descended from a family of physicians on mother's side, extending in an unbroken line for over 300 years; grandfather and his three brothers were the pioneer homeopathic physicians of the Middle West and Louisville; mother was the first woman physician in the family; brothers practicing physicians. Was house physician in N.Y. Med. Coll. and Hospital for Women; dispensary physician; later staff physician in same hospital; prof. in the coll. and visiting physician to Baptist Home for Aged. Mem. County Med. Soc. of N.Y., Am. Inst, of Homeopathy, Internat. Hahnemann Soc.

DUNN, Augusta Blun (Mrs. Matthew F. Dunn), 201 York St., East, Savannah, Ga.

Born Savannah, Ga., Aug. 31, 1866; dau. Capt. Henry and Catherine (Savage) Blun; ed. St. Vincent's Acad., Savannah; Mt. St. Vincent-on-Hudson, N.Y. (grad. '85); m. Savannah, Aug. 9, 1893, Dr. Matthew F. Dunn; children: Henry Mitchell, b. April 30, 1895; Matthew Francis Jr., b. Oct. 31, 1896 (died Nov. 16, 1903); Lawrence Blun, b. Sept. 24, 1898; Catharine Savage, b. Mar. 1, 1901; Helen Augusta, b. Dec. 27, 1905; Mary Francis, b. April 15, 1910. Interested in various religious, social and philanthropic activities. Mem. Daughters of Isabella, Alumnae Ass'n of Mt. St. Vincent, Parents'-Teachers' Ass'n, Savannah Kindergarten Club. Catholic.

DUNN, Lillian Cecilia, 15 Bedford Rd., Schenectady, N.Y.

Teaching; b. Troy, N.Y., Nov. 20, 1881; dau. John and Mary (Gaffney) Dunn; ed. Cornell Univ., A.B. '03. Critic teacher, Plattsburg Normal School, 1906-09; teacher of mathematics, Trenton High School, 1909. Favors woman suffrage. Roman Catholic. Mem. Y.W.C.A. Mem. 