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��mouth (now the First Congregational Church) ; organized and now honorary pres. of the Needle- worli Guild of America. Has been pres. of the Indianapolis Orphans' Asylum seven years and a mem. of the Board of Trustees of the Indian- apolis Free Kindergraten and Children's Aid Soc. 24 years, serving nine years as sec. and four years as pres. It was during her presi- dency that the General Assemibly passed a bill authorizing a tax of one cent on each $100 for the support of free kindergartens. Appointed, 1899, by judge of the Circuit Court charter mem. of Marion County Board of Charities and Cor- rection (now its pres.); appointed by Governor, 1901, mem. of the Board of Managers of the institution then known as the Ind. Industrial School for Girls and Woman's Prison; resigned in 1909 to become mem. Board of State Charities; took an active part in the separation of the two depariments and the transfer of the girls to the new buildings on the farm, near Clermont. Is prominent in the club life of the city and State; mem. of the principal organizations working for social betterment. Mem. Exec. Com. of the Children's Bureau (recently organized), Y.W.C.A., McCulloch Club, Mutual Service Ass'n and the Mothers' Aid Soc, all of Indianapolis; mem. Board of Trustees of Oxford College for Women. Against woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. the Indianapolis Woman's Club (literary). Woman's Department Club, Contemporary Club, Oxford College Club. EliBERT, Ella Lavinia (Mrs. Samuel George

Elbert), 1014 King St., Wilmington, Del.

Born Washington, D.C., Oct. 10, 1865; dau. Daniel Arthur and Margaret (Vaughan) Smith; ed. public schools (graded and Rogers' high schools), Newport, R.I.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '88, M.A. '92; m. Newport, R.I., Dec. 27, 1899, Samuel George Elbert, M.D., of Wilmington, Del.; one son: Samuel Elbert Jr., b. Oct. 16, 1900. Taught at Howard Univ., Washington, D.C., Sept., 1888, to Dec, 1899. Favors woman suffrage (with limitations). Episcopalian. Mem. Philadelphia Wellesley Club. El.DEK, Sa^an Blanchard (Mrs. Charles D.

Elder), 2221 Bralnard St., New Orleans, La.

Author; b. Fort Jessup, on the Sabine River, a frontier post between Texas and Louisiana, 1835; dau. Albert G. Blanchard (commanded Phoenix Co., La. Vols., and served through Mexican War and through Civil War as brigadier-general) ; ed. Girls' High School. New Orleans, and St. Michael's Convent, St. James Parish, La.; m. Charles D. Elder, brother of late W. H. Elder, archbishop of Cincinnati. Taught mathematics in New Orleans High School many years; was lit- erary critic for Morning Star (New Orleans), also staff writer on same. Became a Catholic and continued writing essays and historical sketches for New Orleans papers. Author: Character Glimpses of the Most Reverend W. H. Elder; Elder Flowers (poems). Has ready for press: A Mosaic in Blue and Gray; also Life of Abbe Rou- quette (poet priest and missionary of the Louisiana Choctaw Indians. EI.KINTON, Sarah West (Mrs. Joseph Elkln-

ton), Moylan, Pa.

Born Concordville, Pa., Nov. 3, 1854; dau. Benj. West and Mary Philips (Cope) Passmore; ed. Westtown Boarding School; Cornell Univ. one year; m. Concordville, Pa., June, 1884, Joseph Elkinton; children: Joseph Passmore, Mary Cope, Howard West, Frances D. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Interested in schools and peace work. Favors woman suffrage. Contributor to sectariau papers. Mem. Pocono Lake Preserve, Pocono, Pa., an unsectarian club for families especially with chil- dren. They have 3,500 acres, a lake, and are able to live unconventionally. ELKUS, SaTlUa Alice, Vassar College, Pough-

keepsie, N.Y.

Instructor of philosophy at Vassar Coll.; b. N.Y. City, 1874; dau. Isaac and Julia (Katske) Elkus; grad. Columbia Univ., B.S. '03; Ph.D. '08 (philosophy); student at Univ. of Munich, 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. of Collegiate Equal Suffrage Ass'n; Dutchess Co. Equal Suf- frage Ass'n. Author: Concept of Control 'thesis for Ph.D.).

��ELLERY, Eloise, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie,

N.Y.

College professor; b. Rochester, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '97; Babibott fellow, Cornell Univ., 1897-98; student Cornell, 1898-99; European fellow of Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Paris, 1899- 1900; Cornell, Ph.D. '02. Ass't 1900-01; teacher 1902-07; associate prof, history since 1907, Vas- sar College. EEEICOTT, Nancy Poultney, Hospital of the

Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research,

Sixty-sixth St. and East River, N.Y. City.

Registered nurse; b. Baltimore Co., Md., Feb. 17, 1872; dau. Thomas Poultney and Caroline Mackey (Allen) Blllcott; ed. Mrs. H. P. Lefebyre's School; Brjn Mawr School, Baltimore, Md.; grad. Johxis Hopkins Training School for Nurses, June 17, 1903, Sup't nurses Church Home and Infirmary, Baltimore, 1905-08; sup't Hospital of the Rockefeller Inst, for Med. Research, 1909-. Mem. Protestant Episcopal Church. ELLINWOOD, Eliza M., 313 N. James St.,

Rome, N."5;.

Physician; b. Athol, Mass.; dau. D. Austin and Priscilla A. (Mann) Ellinwood; ed. Mt. Holyoke .Sem., 1869-70; Univ. of Mich., med dep't, M.D. '76. Since graduation engaged in general practice of medicine at Rome, N.Y. Favors woman suf- frage. Unitarian. Mem. Oneida Co. (N.Y.) State Med. Soc. ELIvIOTT, Ada Josephine, 2 Russel Apartments,

Dayton, O.

Born Dayton, O., Jan. 10, 1852; dau. Hender- son and Rebecca (Snavely) Elliott; ed. city school; grad. high school with honors. Inter- ested in club, religious, social and philanthropic activities. Methodist. Mem. church societies, Women's Christian Ass'n, King's Daughters and Emerson Club. ELLIOTT, Elizabeth Shippen Green (Mrs.

Huger Elliott), 24 Concord Av., Cambridge

Illustrator; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. Jasper and Elizabeth S. (Bonde) Green; ed. Phila- delphia; studied art at Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts and with Howard Pyle at Drexel Inst.; m. Phila- delphia, June 3, 1911, Huger Elliott. Work has been for the Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Com^panion, the Century, St. Nicholas, etc.; for the past eleven years her work has appeared exclusively in Harper's Magazine. Episcopalian. Mem. Internat. Soc of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, London; Philadelphia Water Color Club, Phila- delphia Fellowship, Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts; Philadelphia Plastic Club, Philadelphia Contem- porary Club, N.Y. Water Color Club, N.Y. Soc. of Illustrators. Received bronze medal from St. Louis Exposition; won Smith prize and Beck prize. Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts; second prize, Corcoran Art Gallery of Washington. ELLIOTT, Gertrude (Lady Forbes-Robertson),

22 Bedford Square, London, W.C., Englaxid.

Actress; b. Rockland, Me.; dau. Thomas and Mary Adelaide (Hall) Dermot; sister of Maxine Elliott; ed. public school and Normal Coll., N.Y. City; m. Dec. 22, 1900, Johnston Forbes-Robert- son (recently knighted). First professional ap- pearance with Miss Rose Coghlan in 1894 as Lady Stutfield in A Woman of No Importance, and during same engagement as Pert in London As- surance and Mion in Diplomacy; after that was with Marie Wainwright's company for two years in repertoire, and then for two years with Nat C. Goodwin's company in various plays, but espe- cially successful as Madge in The Corwboy and the Lady and aiS Angelica Knowlton in Nathan Hale; went to London, 1899, opening at the Court Theatre as Princess Angela in A Royal Family; went with Forbes-Robertson, playing Ophelia to his Hamlet, in September, 1900, and after her marriage to him played female leads in his company until 1910, when she began starring alone under the management of Liebler & Co. in several plays, including the White Magic In 1912, and later in the same year produced Preserving Mr. Pannure at the Lyceum Theatre, N.Y. City, under Charles Frohman. Has since been playing with Forbes-Robertson on his farewell tour.

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