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44 Smith Coll. A.B., and by European travel and study in seven trips abroad. Teacher in Allen School, West Newton, and principal of The Misses Allen School, 1904. Member of a family of educators and professional people, and her father, who founded the Allen School for Boys in West Newton, was an educator, reformer and philanthropist of Mass. for 80 years. Director Pomeroy Home for Orphan Children, Newton, Mass.; sec. and treas. West Newton Journey Club; vice-regent Lucy Jackson Chapter D.A.R., of Newton; mem. Twentieth Century Club of Boston; mem. and has been officer in the College Club of Boston, Smith College Club, and Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Director Boston Equal Suffrage Club. Unitarian. Recreations: Tennis, driving, riding, sailing.

ALLEN, Lulu Pearl Jeffers (Mrs. James A. Allen), 312 W. Eighty-third St., N.Y. City.

Born in Kentucky; ed. schools of Covington, Ky.; m. Covington, Oct. 31, 1900, James A. Allen (lawyer). Mem. Christian (Disciples) Church. Director N.Y. City Fed. of Women's Clubs, Century Theatre Club, Dixie Club, Political Study Club, Minerva Club, Rainy Day Club, Forum, Woman's Press Club.

ALLEN, Lydia Jeannette McMillan (Mrs. George W. Allen), Box 188, Cazenovia, N.Y.

Born La Porte, Ind., Oct. 8, 1853; dau. Rev. John and Elisabeth Catherine (Walton) McMillan; ed. by private instruction up to 1865, Methodist Episcopal Coll., Pittsburgh, Pa., 1866-68; prepared for Vassar Coll. by the late Dr. James Newell, of Pittsburgh, 1869; Vassar Coll., 1870-74, A.B. '74; m. Pittsburgh, Pa., June 21, 1876, George W. Allen, of St. Louis; children: Thomas Allen, 3d, of N.Y. City, b. Sept. 8, 1877; Clare (Mrs. Charles H. Haskins, of Cambridge, Mass.), b. March 6, 1881; Elisabeth Walton (Mrs. James B. Mennell, of London, Eng.), b. Oct. 1, 1882; George Walton Holker Allen, of Cazenovia, N.Y., b. Nov. 19, 1889, and Whitelaw Reid Allen, of Cazenovia, N.Y., b. Feb. 26, 1891. Very deeply interested in the Child Labor Ass'n and its works. Donor of Allen Senior and Junior French prizes, Morristown School, Morristown, N.J. Mem. Circle of Friends of the Medallion, Acad, of Political Science and of the Owahgena Club of Cazenovia, N.Y. Episcopalian. Opposed to woman suffrage. Recreations: Travel, motoring.

ALLEN, Mabel Stanley Calef (Mrs. Charles Rollin Allen Jr.), 172 Spring St., Saratoga Springs, N.Y.

Born Providence, R.I.; dau. George C. and Emma (Sanders) Calef; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '96; student in French of Franco-English Guild, Paris, 1899-1900; m. Nov. 9, 1904, Charles Rollin Allen Jr.; children: Stanley Calef, b. Sept. 28, 1905; Lucy Emma, b. July 11, 1907; Charles Rollins, b. Sept. 7, 1910. Teacher, Millis, Mass., 1897-98; Providence (R.I.) Classical High School, 1900-02. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

ALLEN, Margaret Pinckney Jackson (Mrs. Arthur Moulton Allen), 84 Upton Av., Providence, R.I.

Born Roselle, N.J.; grad. Vassar, A.B. '01; m. June 1, 1904, Arthur Moulton Allen. Teacher Nat. Cathedral School, Washington, D.C., 1901-02; actress in N.Y. City, 1902-03.

ALLEN, Martha Elizabeth Moore (Mrs. J. D. Allen), 155 N. Bellevue Boulevard, Memphis, Tenn.

Born on homestead farm in Jay Co., Ind., Nov. 16, 1849; dau. Samuel and Leah McKay (Phillips) Moore; ed. in public schools; one year in Miss Lou Barton's Girls' School of Indiana; diploma from Chautauqua, N.Y., 1880-84; m. Grant Co., Ind., June, 1869, J. D. Allen; one son: Junius D. Allen, b. 1870. Interested in temperance and suffrage work. State sup't in narcotics under W.C.T.U.; State pres. Equal Suffrage League of Tenn., 1906-12; delegate to three W.C.T.U. and two suffrage national conventions. Author: Rambles with Christian Endeavors (a pamphlet); also numerous articles on temperance and suffrage. Christian Scientist. Recreations: Driving through parks, country rambles. Mem. Nineteenth Century Club, Civic League.

ALLEN, Martha Meir (Mrs. James E. Allen), Forest Hills Gardens, Long Island, N.Y.

Writer, research worker; b. Owen Sound, Ontaria, Can.; dau. Jonn H. and Ellen Meir; ed. Owen Sound High School; some college work privately; m. Owen Sound, Can., June, 1880, Rev. James E. Allen; children: Georgia, Roy, Martha. Came to N.Y. State to live in 1885. Read paper by request before Section on Hygiene of American Med. Ass'n, June, 1906; United States Government delegate to Congress on Alcoholism held in London, July, 1909. Author of book: Alcohol a Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, used as a reference book in all the medical libraries of United States and Canada; also many pamphlets on effects of alcohol and drugs, and leaflets showing dangers of drugs in soft drinks. Sup't of Med. Temperance for the World's and Nat. W.C.T.U.; mem. A.A.A.S.; mem. Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies of M.E. Church. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Mary, Deerfield, Mass.

Photographer, illustrator; b. Deerfield, Mass., May 14, 1858; dau Josiah A. and Mary (Stebbins) Allen; ed. Deerfield Acad.; Westfield Normal School. Favors woman suffrage. In association with her sister, Frances, does illustrating and pictorial photographic work.

ALLEN, Mary Adele, 206 Pine St., Holyoke, Mass.

Teacher, writer; b. in Mass.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '86; student Greek archaeology, Yale, 1896-1903. Teacher, Holyoke High School, 1886-91; teacher of Greek, Minneapolis, Minn., 1891-92; New Haven (Conn.) High School, 1892-1905; Holyoke High School, head History Dep't, 1905-06; head Classical Dep't since 1909. Author: The Plain Path, etc. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae.

ALLEN, Mary Dayton, Ramadan, Persia.

Physician; b. Oneonta, N.Y., Sept. 29, 1884; dau. Horace Hews and Frances Adelia (Fitch) Allen: ed. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B.; Johns Hopkins Medical School, M.D., Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Omega Alpha (honorary fraternity), Zeta Phi (medical). After graduation in 1910, resident house officer, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1910-11. Appointed missionary to Persia, 1911; now in charge of Whipple Memorial Hospital, Hamadan, Persia, under Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. Favors woman suffrage.

ALLEN, Mary Findlay (Mrs. Yorke Allen), 41 Ridgewood Rd., S. Orange, N.J.

Born Baltimore, Md., Nov. 9, 1881; dau. John L. and Mary (Keesey) Findlay; ed. Southern Home School, Baltimore; m. Towson, Md., Oct. 20, 1906, Yorke Allen; children: John Findlay, Carolyn Yorke Allen.

ALLEN, Mary Jane, San Diego, Cal.

Born Medina, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1841; dau. Stephen Wilson and Clarissa (Marvin) Hill; ed. in schools of Ohio; m. (1st) Oct. 16, 1864, George W. Patterson, who died Feb. 16, 1879; (2d) Oct., 1885, Seymour W. Allen, who died June 11, 1900. Engaged as school teacher for fifteen years before marriage. Active in church and philanthropic work;, raises flowers and distributes to sick and infirm. Helped organize the Stockton (Kan.) Congregational Church; was choir leader and sup't of Sunday-school. Extensive traveler. Congregationalist. Lived until recently in Osborne, Kan., whence removed early in 1913 to California.

ALLEN, Mary Montague Ferry (Mrs. E. C. Allen), Box "A," Park City, Utah (winter, 525 W. Highland Av., Redlands, Cal.)

State Regent D.A.R.; b. Ferrysburg, Mich., Feb. 27, 1853; dau. Charles William Montague and Jeannette (Hollister) Ferry; grad. Ipswich (Mass.) Female Sem., '74 Musical education in Boston and Chicago; m. Grand Haven, Mich., Oct. 1, 1879, E. C. Allen; children: William Montague Allen, 1883; Kate Harwood Allen-Anderson, 1888. Teacher of music; later organist and chorus conductor; these professional cares gradually relinquished save for occasional church service. Lived until marriage at Grand Haven, Mich., for ten years at Ludington, Mich., for 24