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Rh DWIGHT, Minnie Ryan (Mrs. William G. Dwight), 166 Elm St., Holyoke, Mass.

Journalist; b. Hadley, Mass., June 22, 1873; dau. Patrick and Katherine (Reilly) Ryan; ed. Hopkins Acad., Hadley; grad. 1889; studied much since in English and German; special work in these branches at Mt. Holyoke, 1895-96; m. Nov. 5, 1896, William G. Dwight; children: Helen M., Laura S. and William. Actively engaged in all phases of newspaper work with Holyoke Daily Transcript since 1891. One of the founders and since 1906 director of Holyoke Tuberculosis Ass'n; one of founders of Playgrounds Ass'n in Holyoke and since 1910 mem. of Holyoke Playgrounds Comm'n; one of founders and since 1911 director of Holyoke Infant Hygiene Ass'n; director of Holyoke Y.W.C.A. Mem. board of managers of Holyoke Home for Aged People; one of founders and two years vice-pres. Holyoke Civic Improvement Ass'n; in 1912 elected mem. of Day Nursery Com. of Holyoke Ass'n of Charities. Mem. Shakespeare Club (literary).

DWYER, Ada—see Russell, Ada Dwyer.

DWYER, Margaret Adelaide, Philips Av., Pigeon Cove, Mass.

Journalist; b. Pigeon Cove, Mass., Aug. 18, 1857; dau. William and Joanna (Fitzgibbon) Dwyer; ed. Rockport; grad. Chautauqua Coll., N.Y., '92. Engaged for 27 years on home paper (weekly); 23 years on Gloucester (Mass.) Daily Times; also writer of poetry. Sec. and treas. of Reading Circle Woman's Club, 12 years; officiated with State and Nat. Fed. of Women's Clubs; sec. of Improvement Soc. 23 years; affiliated with Mass. Civic League; sec. of Auxiliary to Hospital Ass'n; mem. New England Woman's Press Club Ass'n. Catholic.

DYE, Eva Emery (Mrs. Charles H. Dye), Oregon City, Oreg.

Author; b. Prophetstown, Ill.; dau. Cyrus and Caroline (Trafton) Emery; ed. Oberlin Coll., A.M.; m. July, 1882, Charles H. Dye, attorney; children: Emery C, Trafton M., Everett W.. Evangeline. Favors woman suffrage. Author: McLoughlin and Old Oregon; The Conquest; McDonald of Oregon. Congregationalist.

DYER, Malvina Adeline, Prairie Grove, Ark.

Teacher; b. Prairie Grove, Ark.; dau. Joel Sater and Laura Caroline (Townsley) Dyer; grad. Univ. of Ark., A.B. '94; Cornell Univ., M.A. '01; held grad. scholarship in English philology at Cornell Univ., 1900-01. Prof. English and German, West Florida Sem., Tallahassee, Fla., 1895-1900; instructor in English Nat. Female Sem., Tahlequah, Okla., 1906-07; instructor in Latin, French and German, 1908-09; Ala. Synodical Coll., Talladega, Ala.; instructor in Latin and German, Business and Normal Coll., Chillicothe, Mo., 1909-10; instructor in English and German, Presbyterian Coll. for Women, Charlotte, N.C., 1910-11. Active in church work; teacher in Sabbath-school; interested in Missionary Soc. Mem. Southern Presbyterian Church. Mem. Rebekah Order. Was charter mem. of Tallahassee (Fla.) Literary Club, 1898.

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EACKER, Helen N., Millo Building, Lawrence, Kan.

Born Sheridan, N.Y., Oct. 11, 1851; dau. John and Lydia (Keach) Eacker; grad. Mt. Carroll Sem., with collegiate diploma, '77. Has taught in Iowa. Ill., Colo., Kan. and Okla. For 12 years had charge of the public schools of Delphos, Kan., and four years county sup't. Sunday-school teacher; has occupied pulpit many times. Mem. for years of Woman's Relief Corps, Rebekah Lodge of I.O.O.F., Social Service League and church organizations. Favors woman suffrage; recording and exec. sec. at headquarters during campaign in 1912, which gave political equality in Kansas. Mem. M.E. Church. State sec. Progressive Party.

EAGAN, Katherine Livingston (Mrs. Denis Eagan), Jacksonville, Fla.

Born Fond du Lac, Wis.; dau. Edward Bayard and Phoebe A. (Curtis) Livingston; ed. Packer Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y. ; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Denis Eagan; children: May (Mrs. Louis H. Mattair), Elizabeth Livingston (Mrs. Eugene Cowles Pomeroy). Interested in the St. Luke's Hospital, Jacksonville, Fla., and one of its first directors; founded the Home for the Aged; State pres. Woman's River and Harbor Congress; State pres. George Washington Memorial Building. Contributor of short articles to local papers, principally on existing evils in regard to the poor unfortunates in jails, and other articles on humanitarian lines. Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors, National Welfare Dep't of Needlework Guild, Southern Sociological Congress; was only lady manager from Fla. to Jamestown Exposition; eligible to all patriotic societies through ancestors. Was founder and organizer, and now mem., Woman's Club of Jacksonville; mem. Empire State Soc, N.Y. City. Recreations: Bridge, motoring, theatre, music. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Equal Franchise League of Florida.

EAGAN, Mary Helen, 104 Madison Av., N.Y. City.

Editorial assistant; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 22, 1885; dau. William and Mary Eagan; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. '08 (Phi Beta Kappa). Worked for Immigration Commission, 1908-10; special agent, Bureau of the Census, 1910-11; Alexander Inst., 1912—. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Immigration Situation in Australia (report of the Immigration Commission).

EAGLESFIELD, Carina B. Campbell (Mrs. James T. Eaglesfield), 3319 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Author; b. in Ohio, 1857; dau. Edward Porter and Margaret Davy (Murphy) Campbell; studied five years in Germany; two years in France; two years' tour of the world; studied at Univs. of Leipzig and Berlin; diplomas from five schools; grad. Univ. of Mich., B.A. '79; m. James T. Eaglesfield; children: Robert Davy, Margaret, Carina, Dorothea, Virginia. Interested in music: studied piano to enter professional field; founder and director of the People's Concert Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Books Triumphant and Books Militant; has written much for the magazines, ethical, educational and musical essays. Presbyterian. Recreations: Fishing, rowing, walking, golf. Mem. Woman's Club, German Literary, French Conversation, French Alliance, Matinee Musicale and one small private club.

EAMES, Emma, Metropolitan Opera House, N.Y. City.

Prima donna; b. Shanghai, Aug. 13, 1867. Made debut in Paris, Grand Opera, 1889; Convent Garden, London, in role of Marguerite in Faust, 1891. Has sung regularly in London and N.Y. City since 1893. Officer d'Académie (French); jubilee medal.

EARL, Clara (Mrs. Robert Earl), 745 York St., St. Paul, Minn.

Born St. Paul, Minn., 1879; ed. St. Paul and Vienna in piano, voice and general public school education; m. St. Paul, Minn., June, 1900, Dr. Robert Earl; children: May Lillian, John Robert. Pres. of Class of Young Women with 100 mems.; pres. Ladies' Auxiliary, East Side Commercial Club; mem. Board of Directors, Y.W.C.A., St. Paul, Minn.; Sunshine Soc.; Philathea Soc. Compiling and publishing a cook book for her church. Recreations: Traveling, automobiling. Baptist.

EARL, Elizabeth Claypool (Mrs. Morell J. Earl), 1812 Western Av., Connersville, Ind.

Born Germantown, Ind., June 25, 1856; dau. Austin B. and Hannah Ann (Petty) Claypool; ed. by governess in private school and at Glendale Coll.; m. Connersville, Ind., Oct. 9, 1878, Morell J. Earl. Especially interested in library organization and management; was chairman of the legislative com. that secured for Indiana a Public Library Commission in 1899; appointed by Gov. Mount the woman mem. of the commission, and has been reappointed by each succeeding governor (vice-pres. of commission since organization); vice-pres. Connersville Library