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42, Nov. 4, 1868; dau. G. W. and Caroline (Nichols) Alexander. Instructor in English in School of Methods at Indiana Univ.; lecturer at Summer School of South Knoxville, Tenn. Author: Child Classic Readers; Graded Poetry Readers; Alexander Spellers, Alexander-Derby Arithmetic. Mem. Contemporary Club, Art Ass'n. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; director Woman's Franchise League of Indiana.

ALEXANDER, Grace Caroline, 807 North Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Author; professional manuscript reader; b. Indianapolis 1872; dau. George N. and Caroline (Nichols) Alexander; ed. Indianapolis High School. Music critic and editorial writer on staff of The News, Indianapolis, 1891-1903. Author: Judith, a novel, 1900. Episcopalian. Mem. Contemporary Club.

ALEXANDER, Harriet L. (Mrs. William C. Alexander), 1043 F St., Salida, Colo.

Born Newport, Ky., Sept. 27, 1882; dau. John Dunn and Cora (Davis) Wright; grad. New Castle High School, and awarded scholarship to Oxford Coll., Ohio; m. New Castle, Ind., July 2, 1907, William C. Alexander; past president of Tuesday Evening Club of Salida, now sec.; chairman State Institutions Committee of Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs, the main object of which is to arouse public sentiment for higher standards, and to endeavor to show the necessity of eliminating partisan politics from the management of our State institutions. Presbyterian. Republican voter in National, independent in local politics; favors woman suffrage.

ALEXANDER, Hattie Caroline Beringer (Mrs. Horace Clement Alexander), 34 Washington St., Chicago, Ill.

Physician; b. Waterford, Pa.; grad. Lapeer (Mich.) High School, '76; Vassar, A.B. '80; Univ. of Mich., M.D., '83; m. Lapeer, Mich., Feb. 25, 1884, Horace Clement Alexander; one son, one daughter. Practised medicine at Lapeer, Mich., 1883-84; Chicago, 1884-1900. Mem. Internat. Med. Congress, 1906 and 1908. Author: Degeneracy and Malthusianism; Correction of Degeneracy; Legal Aspects of Epilepsy. Fellow Chicago Acad, of Medicine.

ALEXANDER, Mary Corlinda Batcheller (Mrs. Robert Alexander), 5500 Wayne Av., Germantown, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Lowville, N.Y.; dau. Sewel Barney and Mary (Lanpher) Batcheller; ed. Lowville Acad, and Genesee Coll.; m. Lowville, Robert Alexander, lawyer, of Philadelphia; children: Mary A. Truitt, Charles Robert, Alice (deceased). Mem. of Founders and Patriots of America, Colonial Dames of America, New England Soc, Philadelphia Chapter D.A.R., Nat. Soc. of Patriotic Women; mem. Council of Travelers' Aid Soc. Presbyterian.

ALEXANDER, Orline St. John (Mrs. Lawrence D. Alexander), New Canaan, Conn., and N.Y. City.

Born in Virginia; m. June 12, 1866, Lawrence D. Alexander (stock broker); children: St. John, Orline, Lucy, Lawrence D. Jr. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n, United Daughters of Confederacy, Post Parliament, Colonial Dames of America, Equal Franchise Soc.

ALEXANDER, Virginia, 301 W. Green St., Ithaca, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Laporte, Ind.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '89; Cornell Univ., A.M. '99. Teacher in Oxford (Ohio) Coll., 1890-04; South Bethlehem, Pa., 1894-95; N.Y. City, 1895-97; College of St. Elizabeth, N.J., 1899-1903; in Western High School, Washington, D.C., since 1903.

ALFORD, Ora Wadsworth (Mrs. T. S. Alford), 547 Humbolt St., Denver, Colo.

Born Baldwin, Kan., Mar. 6, 1871; dau. Robert Bruce and Harriet (West) Wadsworth; worked way through school and taught at age of 17; ed. Ottawa Coll., '88; grad. Baxter Springs Normal, '92; studied drafting under private tutor; m. McCune, Kan., May 25, 1898, T. Sherman Alford; children: Stanley (adopted), b. 1904; Harriet, b. 1905. At age of 40 went to Boston and took special work at Mass. School of Technology on architectural rendering; studied civic planning. Favors woman suffrage; sec. Woman's Non-Partisan Political League; mem. Commission Government Com. to draft charter amendments. Contributor to magazines on architectural subjects, humanitarian issues and the single tax. Baptist. Independent. Mem. Direct Legislation League, Public School League, Ward Civic Club. Recreations: Drafting, civic planning, architecture. Mem. Woman's Club of Denver, 1900-06; Clio, 1903-05. Organizer of East Side Extension to Woman's Club and of Public School League; organized a Ward Civic Club, composed of women and men. Mem. City Art Commission.

ALGEO, Sara MacCormack (Mrs. James Walker Algeo), 394 Angell St., Providence, R.I.

Born Cohasset, Mass., June 13, 1876; dau. John and Sarah (Clements) MacCormack; ed. Boston Univ., A.B. '99; Brown Univ., A.M. '11; m. Newton, Mass., Sept. 19, 1907, James Walker Algeo. Teacher before marriage. Active in R.I. Working Women's Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; pres. R.I. College Equal Suffrage League. Has done journalistic work and public speaking. Congregationalism Mem. Progressive Party. Mem. R.I. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae and numerous philanthropic organizations; interested in working women's problems and suffrage activities. Recreations: Tennis, horseback riding, boating, farming. Mem. East Side Tennis Club, Metscomet Golf Club.

ALGOE, Margaret Tracy, 713 Oak St., Flint, Mich.

Teacher; b. Flint, Mich., Jan. 13, 1867; dau. John and Emily (Tracy) Algoe; ed. Flint High School; Wellesley Coll., B.S. '88; studied abroad 1892-93; graduate student Chicago Univ., 1899 and 1912; Olivet Coll., A.M., 1910. Teacher in Flint High School, 1893-95, 1897-1905, 1911-13; dean of women, Olivet Coll., 1905-11; instructor of German, Univ. of Colo., 1910. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres. Flint Equal Suffrage Ass'n, 1912-13. Presbyterian. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n, Flint (Mich.) Twentieth Century Club.

ALLAN, Sarah Campbell, 222 Rutledge Av., Charleston, S.C.

Physician; b. Charleston, S.C, Dec. 7, 1861; dau. James and Amey S. (Hobcraft) Allan; ed. Charleston Female Sem.; Woman's Med. Coll., N.Y. City, M.D. '94; post-graduate work in Johns Hopkins Univ. Resident physician for summer, 1895, at Thomas Wilson Sanitarium, Baltimore. Appointed, 1895, ass't physician to State Hospital for Insane, Columbia, S.C, resigned Nov., 1906. Interested in church work, civic work, Y.W.C.A., playgrounds and matters relating to health and sanitation. Presbyterian. Mem. Bible Soc, Benevolent Soc, Nat. History Soc Recreations: Driving, reading. Mem. Civic Club. Resigned from active professional life on account of illness of parent; has never engaged in private practice.

ALLEN, Ada Mary Eaton (Mrs. Ralph Allen), Delanan, Ill.

Born Philo, Champaign Co., Ill.; dau. Lucius and Lucy (Cleveland) Eaton; ed. Ill. State Univ., 1874-77; m. Philo, Ill., Sept. 3, 1879, Ralph Allen; children: Edith Louise, Pascal, Fred., Jonathan, Ralph, Lucy, Hester, Harriet, Theodore, Eloise. Favors woman suffrage. Has been mem. of the M. M. Soc. for 30 years, and P. C. of Green Valley societies of a social and improving nature. Mem. Missionary Baptist Church. Has been pres. for two years of Delaware Woman's Club; mem. Friends in Council.

ALLEN, Alice Ranney (Mrs. Thomas Allen), 12 Commonwealth Av., Boston, Mass.

Born Boston, Mass., Sept. 30, 1862; dau. Hon. Ambrose A. and Maria D. (Fletcher) Ranney; ed. Boston public schools, grammar and Girls' High School, private courses; m. Oct. 23, 1884, Boston, Thomas Allen; children: Thomas, Erle, Robert Fletcher, Dorothy Fletcher. Interested in work of Boston Women's Municipal League, also mem. Women's Education Ass'n of Boston, Chilton Club (Boston), Musical Art Club. Recreations: Out of door occupations. Unitarian. Against woman suffrage.