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��tral Industrial Inst., Columbia, N.C., 1902-03. Pres. Y.W.C.A. of Ottumwa. Methodist. Active tn church work. Recreation: Motoring. Mem. A.rt Club.

LA GARDE, Fannie D. (Mrs. Louis A. La Garde), 2624 Woodly PI., Washingtvon, D.C. Born Bastrop, Tex. ; dau. R. W. and S. A. (Jones) Neely; ed. Franklin, Ky. ; m. Franklin, Ky., 1879, Dr. Louis A. La Garde, U.S.A., at the beginning of his career of army officer (retired with rank of colonel, April 15, 1913); children: Richard Neely, Louis A. Jr. Mem. Washington Club. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

LAGERCRANTZ, Ava dp, Carnegie Hall, 883 Seventh Av., N.T. City. Portrait and miniature painter; b. Carlscrona, Sweden; dau. Vice- Admiral G. R. and Nedvig Otilia (Llndstrom) de J>agercrantz ; ed. in Swe- den, studied art in Paris with Jules Lefebvre, Benjamin Constant, Tony Robert Fleury. Has exhibited in Paris Salon and various countries abroad, and in the United States. Painted King Oscar II and Princess Therfese of Sweden; was called back in 1908 to Stockholm to paint King Gustaf V (miniature) ; has painted other royalties and many noted people. Resident of N.Y. City since 1903. Mem. N.Y. Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage.

LAIDIiAW, Harriet Burton (Mrs. James Lees Laidlaw), 6 East 66th St., N.T. City (summer, Hazeldean, Sands Point, L.I., N.Y.). Teacher; b. Albany, N.Y., Dec. 1, 1874; dau. George and Alice (Wright) Burton; ed. Albany High School; N.Y. State Normal Coll., B.Pd. and M.Pd. ; 111. Wesleyan Univ., Ph.B.; Barnard B.A. ; matriculated at Columbia for Ph.D., but married and did not finish; m. N.Y. City, Oct. 25, 1905, James Lees Laidlaw; one daughter: Louise Burton. Chairman Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n Board; chairman Borough of Manhattan of Woman Suffrage Party. Has written suffrage flyers, leaflets and magazine articles. Mem. Peace Soe., N.Y. Probation Soc, Children's Aid Soc, Child Labor Ass'n (State and Nat.), etc.; Woman's Trade Union and many suffrage so- cieties. Recreations: Golf, motoring, sailing, housekeeping, flo^wers, gardening. Mem. Woman's University Club.

LAING, Mary Elizabeth, 134 Newbury St., Bos- ton, Mass. Teacher; b. North Hebron, N.Y., 1854; dau. Uzziel Durham and Jane (Reynolds) Lalng; ed. Oswego Normal School; Cornell Univ., A.B.; Ziirich (Switzerland), Jena (Germany), one semester each), Gottingen one year. First prin- cipal of Froebel Acad., Brooklyn; head of dep't of psychology and child study, Oswego Normal School. Mem. Boston Soc. for Equal Suffrage and Good Government. Author: Reading, a Manual for Teachers. Episcopalian. Progressive in politics. Mem. Am. Ass'n for Labor Legisla- tion, Boston Discussion Club. Instructor and specialist in applied psychology; now also en- gaged in compilation of school text-books.

LAIRD, Elizabeth Rebecca, Mt. Holyoke Coll., So. Hadley, Mass. Prof, of physics; b. Owen Sound, Can., Dec., 1874; dau. John G. and Rebecca (La Pierre) Laird; ed. London (Ont.) Collegiate Inst, Univ. of Toronto, B.A. '96 (honor course mathematics and physics), Bryn Mawr Coll., Ph.D. '01; stu- dent at Univ. of Berlin, 1898-99; Univ. of Cam- bridge, 1909. Professor of physics at Mt. Holyoke Coll. since 1905 (head of dep't since 1903). Meth- odist. Mem. Am. Physical Soc., A.A.A.S. Rec- reations: Walking, climbing, reading.

LAIRD, Gertrude S. J. (Mrs. George Allen Laird), Royalton, Vt. Born Randolph, Vt., June 10, 186i?; dau. Ira Maurice and Emily A. W. (Washburn) Jones; ed. Randolph (Vt.) schools; m. Randolph, Vt., Oct. 6, 1887, George Allen Laird. Supt. of Sunday School, treas. of Missionary Soc, sec. of Nat. Soc. Colonial Dames of America in the State of Vt. Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, Washington, D.C; Col. Israel Converse Chapter D.A.R., Randolph, Vt. ; Vt. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Congregationalist. Against woman suf- frage.

LAIRD, Nellie Hazeltine Andrews (Mrs. Fred M. Laird), 3900 Fifth Av., Altoona. Pa. Born Warren, Pa., 1884; dau. Charles Jackson and Jennie (Hazeltine) Andrews; ed. Titusville High School; Pa. State Coll., B.S., and Woman's Med. Coll. (mem. Berzelius Chemistry Sec.) ; m. Feb. 13, 1909, Wilmington, Del., Fred M. Laird; children: Richard Howard, Kathryn Jane. Teacher of chemistry and lecturer on pure food, Fort Edward Coll. Inst., 1904-05; head science dep't at Red Bank High School, 1906-07; head science dep't at Williamson Trade School, 1908-09. Active in pure food Investigations. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Am. Chemical Soc. Recreation: Athletics.

LAJOIE, Marie G6rin (Mrs. H. G6rin Lajoie), 33 Sherbrooke St., W., Montreal, Can. Born Oct. 19, 1867; dau. Sir. Alexander and M. L. (Globensky) Laeoste; ed. Hochelaga Convent; m. January 11, 1887, H. G^riu Lajoie, K.C.; children: Marie (B.A.), Henri (advocate), Al- exander (law student), Leon (medical student). Mem. various charitable societies and leader of la Federation Nationale St. Jean Baptiste (nat. organization of Catholic French Canadian women) ; promoter of professional societies like Catholic Teachers Ass'n, Shop Girls' Ass'n, Manufactures' Girls' Ass'n, Office Girls' Ass'n, Business Women's Ass'n, Canadian Women's Artistic Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Writer in Le Coin du feu, Le Journal de Frangoise, and furnishes many articles to other papers; has de- livered many addresses every year in public meetings. Author: A Treatise in Every Day Law (written in French, 1902; translated in En- glish same year), book used in schools of Province of Quebec. Catholic. Among first to give lectures on law in normal schools of Mon- treal, and various academies; was appointed professor in law at the les Ecoles Menageres Pro- vinciales and at I'Ecole superieure pour les jeunes filles (branch of Laval Univ.). Title of Officier d' Academic conferred upon her by French Government after publication of her book.

LAKE, Harriet Isadora, 205 Third Av., N.E., Independence, Iowa. State Regent; h. Independence, Iowa; dau. Col. Jed and Sarah (Meyei) Lake; ed. Independence, Univ. of Mich., Boston School of Expression (Kappa Kappa Gamma). Corr. sec. Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1903-05; chairman Child Labor Com., 1907-11: Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs (Iowa Sec), 1905-07; chairman Outlook Com., 1907-10; trustee Free Public Library since 1905; treas. Scholarship and Loan Board, Iowa Fed. of Wom- en's Clubs. Mem. Iowa Historical So<;., Colonial Dames of America, P. E.G., Iowa State Regent D.A.R., 1908-11; vice-pres. Gen., 1911-15 (founded Penelope Van Princes Chapter), mem. Ladies' Literary Cluib, Independence, Iowa. Recreations: Painting, dancing, boating. Episcopalian.

LAKE, Leonora Marje (Mrs. O. R. Lake), 2354 Albion PI., St. Louis, Mo. Speaker; b. Cork, Ireland, Aug. 13, 1849; dau. John and Honor (Brown) Kearney; ed. in public school, but chiefly self-educatted: ro,., 1st, in N.Y. City, 1871, Prof. W. E. Berry (died 1881); 2d, in Missouri, ISSO, O. R. Lake; children: Ma- rion Frances and William Standish Berry (both deceased), Charles Joseph Berry. After death of her first husband she ^e^ame a wage earner, and joined Knights of l.a'oor, 1884; was elected general investigator of y/omeii'a work and con- ditions in 18S6, and held position four years, until marriage, traveling all over tae country where women and children were employed, gathering statistics, making them known from the plat- form, bringing about many needed reforms. Mother of the Pa. State Factory Law, first to advocate seats tor saleswomen when not em- ployed. Favors woman suffrage. Has written articles in daily and weekly publications. Cath- olic. Life mem. and vice-pres. -at-large The Queen's Daughters; life mem. National W.C.T.U., mem. and an officer 15 years. National Catholio Total Abstinence Soc; mem. Internat. Lyceum Ass'n. Recreations: Doing Chautauqua and lyceum work. Has been with Redforth Lyceum Bureau six years, and is known as "Mother Lake."