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��Ass'n; was pres. of Fed. of Mothers' Clubs, 1910-11. Recreation: Outdoor exercise. Methodist. GENTH, Lillian, 27 W. 67th St., N.T. City (sum- mer, Falls Village, Conn.).

Artist; b. Philadelphia; dau. Samuel E. and Matilde (Rebsher) Gcnth; ed. in private schools of Philadelphia and Philadelphia School of De- sign (won European fellowship. 1900); studied under James Whistler, Paris (studied in Europe 2 years). Awarded Mary Smith prize, Pa. Acad., Philadelphia, 1904; Shaw prize, Nat. Acad, of Design. N.Y. City, 1908; gold medal Am. Art. Soc, Philadelphia. 1907; bronze medal, Exposiclon Internacional, Buenos-Aires, 1010; iirst Hall- garten prize, Nat. Acad. Design 1911. Fellow of Pa. Acad, of Pine Arts; associate Nat. Acad, of Design. Represented in Cremer Collection, Dortsmund, Germany; Carnegie Inst. (Pitts- burgh). Philadelphia Art Club, Detroit Club, F:ngineers Club (N.Y. City), Nat. Gallery (Wash- ington, D.C.), Brooklyn Inst, Metropolitan Mu- seum of Art. Favors woman suffrage. Presby- terian. Club: National Arts, N.Y.City. GENTRY, Elizabeth Butler, 2600 Troost Av., Kansas City, Mo.

Born Mexico, Mo., Oct. 1, 1874; dau. Richard and Susan E. (Butler) Gentry; ed. Monticello Sem.; Univ. of Mo. Chairman Nat. Old Trails Road Com. of Nat. Soc. D.A.R. ; pres. Woman's Nat. Old Trails Road Ass'n; hon. vtce-pres. Nat. Old Trails Road Ass'n. Hull House investigator of Chicago alley conditions; organized Kansas City Branch Consumers' League. Suffragist. Epis- copalian. Mem. Kansas City Chapter D.A.R., Colonial Dames of Mo., Mo. Peace Soc, Kansas City Historical Soc. Author (brochure): The Old Trails Road— The National Highway, 1911; pamphleteer and propagandist for the Old Trails Road as the National Highway; has created in- terest and aroused cooperation among leading men and women of the Trail States to urge the passage of the D.A.R. Bill in Congress to build this road as a memorial to the pioneer men and women who carried civilization from the Atlantic to the Pacific.

GENTRY, Susie, "Maplehurst," Franltlin, Tenn. Born Shelbyvllle, Tenn.; dau. Watson Mere- dith Gentry, M.D., and Martha A. (Jones) Gentry; ed. by private Instructors and at Battle- ground Acad, and Tenn. Female Coll. (grad.). Active in patriotic work; first woman in the South to celebrate Flag Day (June 14, 1895); first woman of South to take up work of locating tho graves of the soldiers of the Revolution and the War of 1812 buried in Tennessee and by her own efforts and suggestion has located the graves of 488 Revolutionary soldiers and 250 soldiers of the War of 1812 in Tennessee, and memorials have been placed in Tennessee as follows: Tablet to Gen. Felix K. ZoUicoffer at Nashville; memorial to the soldiers and site of the Battle of the Bluffs (fought 1781) at Nash- ville; memorial to John Donelson and his party on their arrival at Nashville (1780); and at Franklin, Tenu., tablet to 61 Revolutionary sol- diers burled in Williamson County; memorials to Rev. Gideon Blackburn, to Bishop James Hervey Otey (first bishop of Tennessee) and to Commodore Mathew Fontaine Maury, who was reared near Nashville. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R. (organizer and first regent of Old Glory Chapter; first historian Tenn. D.A.R.; State vice- regent, 1906-07); U.S. Daughters of 1812 (first State sec. of Tenn.), United Daughters of the Confederacy (first State registrar for Tenn.), League of Am. Pen Women, iled Cross, Tenn. Historical Soc, Ladies' Hermitage Ass'n, Ass'n for Preservation of Va. Aotiquities; founder of Watanga-Cuniiberland Settlers' Ass'n; mem. King's Daughters. Represented her county on Woman's Board of Tenn. Centennial, 1897. Pres- byterian. Composer of music: Befo' de War (banjo piece); Remembrance; The Voiceless Song; Toalta; The Shepherd's Daughter; The Hearanly Fold, etc. Artist; illustrator of The Oomlne <3t the Lord and other poems. News- paper and magaziae writer on historical lines; contributor to St»te papers and Southern maga- zines. Recreations : Reading, raising poultry for home use, collecting gourds. Has a collection

��of gourds of all times and nations, which was awarded a gold medal at the St. Louis Exposi- tion. Favors woman suffrage. GENCNG, Myrta Goodenougrh (Mrs. Lewell T.

Genung), Worcester, N.T.

Born Decatur, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1870; dau. Judson and Cassandra (Cooper) Goodenough; ed. Cor- nell Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '96; took graduate work in English 1898-99; m. Worcester, N.Y., June 2S, 1900, Lewell T. Genung, M.D.; children: Judson Whiton, Dorothy Coupcr. Taught Greek and English in high school, Dav- enport, la., 1896-98; taught in Worcester, N.Y., 1899-1900. Interested in Woman's H inie and Foreign Missionary Work of Congregational Church; was for two years a mem. Woman's State Board of Home Missions in Mo. (while re- siding in St. Louis); actively interested in W.C.T.U. In Worcester, N.Y. (local treas.). Fa- vors woman suffrage. Congregationallst. Mem. Fortnightly Club of Worcester, N.Y. (studying literary and domestic science topics). GENZMER, Sada Sevilla (Mrs. W. L,. Genzmer),

68 Orchard St., Plttsfield, Mass.

Born Ohio, Dec. 15, 1858; dau. Michael and Elysian (Slates) Sawvel; grad. Thiel Coll., Greenville, Pa., B.A. (first honor) '87; mem. Cllonian; m. Buffalo, N.Y., June 10, 1890, Rev. W. L. Genzmer; children: Frank B., George V., Paul R. Evangelical Lutheran. Mem. Lutheran League.

GEORGE, Alice N. (Mrs. Andrew J. George), 170 Brookllne Av., Brookllne, Mass. Lecturer; b. Milford, Mass., Dec. 28, 1866; dau. Melbourne A. and Lavinia (Nelson) Vant; grad. Wellesley, B.A. '87 (mem. Shakespeare Soc); m. Andrew J. George, Litt.D. (deceased 1907); one son: Robert H. George (M.A.). Pres. Brook- line Branch Ramahai Ass'n. Am. representative Nat. Trust (Eng.) for Preservation of Historical Places. Director College Club; mem. Research Com. of the Educational and Industrial Union; sec Boston Cooking School Corporation and Brookllne Education Soc Against woman suf- frage; organizing sec. Mass. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n; field sec. Nat. Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suf- frage. Episcopalian. Mem. Welfare dep't of Nat. Civic Federation, Woman's Trade Union League, Woman's Educational and Industrial Union (Boston), Am. Ass'n for Labor Legisla- tion, Mass. Child Labor Com., Ass'n of Colle- giate Alumnse. Recreation: Walking. Mem. Boston College Club.

GEORGE, Anne Everett, 1331 Connecticut Av.,

Washington, D.C.

Directress of Montessori School, Washington, D.C; b. Columbia, Mo., July 12, 1880; dau. Ben- jamin .Young and Adeline Colvin (Gilman) George; ed. Kansas City High School, Woman's Coll. (now Goucher Coll.), Baltimore (mem. Delta Gamma). Primary teacher Chicago Latin School, Chicago, 111.; first American study undtr Dottoressa Maria Montessori In Rome. Direct- ress first American Montessori School Tarry- town, N.Y. (for F. A. Vanderlip). Lectures at various places; founded school in Washington in home of Alexander Graham Bell. Favors woman suffrage. Translated from Italian into English the Pedogogia Scientiflca of Maria Montessori under title "The Montessori Method"; has written articles in McClure's and other publica- tions. Presbyterian. Recreations: Theater, opera literature.

GEORGE, Ella Martin (Mrs. H. H. George)

3120 5th Av., Beaver Falls, Pa.

Pres. Pa. W.C.T.U.; b. near Freeport, Pa., Dec 4, 1S50; dau. Thomas and Hannah (Arm- strong) Martin (Scotch-Irish descent on both sides); ed. in public schools of Pittsburgh, high schools, Curry's Normal School, Newel's lust • m. Wilkinsburg, Feb. 18, 1897, Rev. H. h' George, D.D. Taught in Moorhead School, Pitts. burgh; was superintendent of Sabbath-school in Pittsburgh. Labored 8 years as a public lec- turer under the auspices of Nat. Reform Ass'n. Favors suft'rage through W.C.T.U. dep't of franchise. Has written many essays and ad- dresses for public meetings; also articles for papers. Has written the notes on Sabbath-

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