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40 and Mary (Lenox) Ford; ed. in city schools, Austin, Texas; m. Austin City, Texas, Sept. 24, 1884, F. W. Ahlday. Baptist. Democrat. Mem. Woman's Missionary Soc. (Baptist), United Daughters of Confederacy, local chapter J. E. B. Stuart. Recreation: Culture of flowers for personal pleasure. Mem. Mutual Improvement Club, Public Civic Improvement Ass'n. Advovates better protection of woman's property rights.

AHRENS, Mary A. (Mrs. Louis Ahrens), 5495 Cornell Av., Chicago, Ill.

Lawyer; b. Saffordshire, England, Dec., 1836; dau. William H. and Ann (Brown) Jones; ed. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, Ill., LL.B.; m. (1st) Galesburg, Ill., 1857, Philip Fellows; (2d) Louis Ahrens; children: Frank B., Fred B., Mary Louise. Settled an estate in Chicago for heirs in Sweden; won many suits where large interests were at stake; obtained favorable construction of statute from Supreme Court conferring the right of women to vote for school trustees. Active worker in M. E. Church, a singer and a Sunday-school worker; in 1893-94 fed many thousands of starving men and boys, and established a home for destitute women and girls in Chicago, Ill. Contributor to magazines. Charter mem. and one of organizers of Protective Agency for Women and Children, one of the five organizers of Ill. Women's Press Ass'n, twenty-seven years ago; pres. of Immediate Aid Soc. Mem. Physical Research Soc. and Grand Army Post. Recreations: Theatre, gardening, country life. Favors woman suffrage; Republican; pres. of Cook Co. Suffrage Ass'n; has lectured all through Ill. upon suffrage question. First lecture was entitled Equal Rights and Social Purity Forty Years Ago.

AIKEN, Carolyn Jones (Mrs. David Aiken), 710 Amberson Av., Pittsburgh. Pa.

Born Pittsburgh; dau. Rees and Catherine (Humbird) Jones; m. David Aiken Jr.; children: Catherine (Mrs. Reed), Rachel, Clara, Florence (Mrs. Smith), Grace. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Twentieth Century Club.

AIKEN, Edith Kenney (Mrs. James P. Aiken), 935 Military St., Port Huron, Mich.

Born Cleveland, O.; dau. Oscar F. and Melissa (McIntosh) Kenney; ed. Cleveland public schools; m. Cleveland, June 17, 1896, James P. Aiken, M.D. Mem. Christian Science Church; pres. Ladies' Library Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; active worker on committees. Progressive Republican.

AINSWORTH, Sarah Frances Anderson (Mrs. Henry A. Ainsworth), Moline, Ill.; winter, Daytona Beach, Fla.

Born Bucyrus, O., Nov. 5, 1849; dau. John and Mary (Andrews) Anderson; ed. Rockford Coll., Rockford, Ill.; was graduated from Normal course in 1869, when the school was Rockford Sem.; m. Uniontown, Pa., June 30, 1896, Henry A. Ainsworth. Taught at Rockford Sem. and Coll. 25 years; was financial sec. of college, 1885-1890; pres. of college 1890-96. Was pres. of the Free Kindergarten Ass'n in Moline, Ill., for six years until the kindergarten was made a part of the public school system. Mem. Associated Charities of Moline, Ill., until the Moline Women's Club engaged a woman to take charge of all relief work. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Progressive in politics. Mem. Ill. State Audubon Soc, Florida State Audubon Soc. Recreations: Music, drama, cards, motoring, observing birds. Mem. Woman's Club of Moline, Ill.; Palmetto Club of Daytona, Fla.; Sans Souci Club, Daytona Beach, Fla.; Chicago College Club.

AKINS, Zoë (Byrd), 2427 McLaren Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Author; b. Humansville, Mo., Oct. 30, 1886, dau. Thomas Jaspard and Elizabeth (Green) Akins; ed. at home; Monticello Sem., Godfrey, Ill., 1900-01; Hosmer Hall, St. Louis. Mo., 1902-03. Private sec. to father, Thomas J. Akins, for period in 1911-12, during his term as postmaster of St. Louis, Mo. Interested in amateur dramatics, social service, political and art movements. Author: Interpretations, a Book of First Poems, 1912. Represented in The Lyric Year, with poem entitled Lethargy, 1912; verse has appeared in Harper's, Century, Forum, and various magazines. Mem. St. Louis Artists' Guild. Clubs: The Players, the Dramatic Club, the Town Club, St. Louis. Recreations: Riding, walking, dancing, tennis, amateur dramatics. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage League.

ALBEE, Helen Rickey (Mrs. John Albee), Pequaket, N.H.

Writer and craft-worker; b. Dayton, Ohio, 1864; dau. James and Rosaltha (Jones) Rickey; ed. privately at home under governess; grad. Dayton High School, '81; studied designing in New York; m. Minneapolis, 1894, John Albee; lectures occasionally; contributor to magazines. Founded Abnákee Rug Industry, first industry of its kind 1897. Author: Mountain Playmates, 1900; Abnákee Rugs, A Manual on Rug-Making, 1901; Hardy Plants for Cottage Gardens, 1910; The Gleam, 1911. Mem. Nat. Geog. Soc. Recreations: Gardening, photography.

ALBEE, Maria Hawes, Bryn Mawr Coll., Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Teacher of Latin; b. New Haven, Conn.; ed. Hillhouse High School, New Haven; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '04; graduate student, Yale, 1904-06: graduate scholar in Greek, 1909-10, and graduate student, 1910-11; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.M. '10. Instructor in Latin, German and history in high school, New Haven, 1904-06; head of Classical Dep't and ass't principal Tudor Hall, Indianapolis, Ind., 1906-07; teacher at Latin in high school, New Haven, 1907-09; ass't in secretary's office, Yale Univ., 1908-09; teacher of Latin in Miss Wright School, Bryn Mawr, since 1909.

ALBERS, Minnie Martin (Mrs. Homer Albers), 55 Irving St., Brookline, Mass.

Born Gowanda, N.Y., Sept. 18, 1865; dau. Charles Henry and Sarah S. (Goodell) Martin; ed. Fredonia, N.Y.; m. Fredonia, N.Y., June 26, 1889, Homer Albers. Episcopalian. Mem. Salon Fancais de Boston, MacDowell Club.

ALBERT, Grace, The Students' Inn, Bryn Mawr. Pa.

Teacher; b. Philadelphia, Pa.; ed. Miss Gordon's School, Philadelphia; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '97: A.M. '03; graduate student, 1901-02 and 1904-08; graduate scholar in history and economics and politics, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1902-03; fellow in history and student Univ. of London; engaged in research work in the Public Record Office, London, and Univ. of Oxford, 1903-04. Teacher of Latin, 1899-1901; of history, 1905-06, and sec., 1901-92, and since 1906 head of Dep't of History in the Misses Shipleys' School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

ALBERTSON, Lucy Durfee Clark (Mrs. William C. Albertson), 55 Lafayette St., Geneva, N.Y.

School principal; b. Marion, Wayne Co., N.Y., July 10, 1865; dau. Isaac A. and Sarah (Durfee) Clark; received classical diploma from Geneseo State Normal School, 1886; grad. Univ. of Mich. A.B. 1891 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Lakeville, N.Y., Aug. 31, 1892. William C. Albertson; one son: Robert Durfee Albertson. Teacher of Latin and Greek in Baldwinsville High School, 1886-1888; teacher of geometry. Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N. Y., 1892; teacher of Teachers' Training Class, Monticello, N.Y., 1906; principal Prospect Av. Public School, Geneva, N.Y., 1906. Presbyterian. Progressive in politics. Mem. Political Equality Club and College Club; favors woman suffrage.

ALBRECHT, Jennie Butler (Mrs. J. M. Albrecht), Tiskilwa. Ill.

Born Tiskilwa, Ill.; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), 1871; m. Tiskilwa. Ill., J. M. Albrecht. Taught in public schools of Tiskilwa for five years previous to marriage; has since lived on a farm. Mem. Order Eastern Star (was First Worthy Matron for three years of Sharon Chapter). Mem. Woman's Club (has been sec. and pres.).

ALBRIGHT, Evelyn Mary, 5600 Drexel Av., Chicago, Ill.

Teacher; b. Sidney, O., May 1, 1880; dau. Lewis