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��L.EAF, Elizabeth Trenchard (Mrs. E. Bowman

Leaf), 2027 Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa,

Born Fairton, N.J., Nov. 6, 1866; dau. Richard and Bmlly fWhitaker) Trenchard; ed. Ivy Hall Sem., Bridgeton, N.J.; m. Bridgeton, N.J., Oct. 10, 1894, E. Bowman Leaf; children: Harriet Clay Leaf, Prances Trenchard Leaf. Vice-pres. Philadelphia Ass'n for the Protection of Colored Women; mem. Council Travelers' Aid Soc, Nat. Com. on Immigration under Dep't of Social and Industrial Justice of the Progressive Party, Nat. I^eague on Urban Conditions Among Negroes {mem of Exec. Board). Mem. Equal Franchise Ass'n. Protestant Episcopalian. Mem. Civic Club. LEAHY, Louise Harrington (Mrs. William D.

Leahy), 1751 Q St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born Colusa, Cal.; dau. William Pearce and Sally Hooper (Tennent) Harrington; ed. Southern Home School, Baltimore, Md.; Miss West's School, San Francisco; m. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 3, 1904, William D. Leahy; one son: Will- iam Harrington Leahy. Episcopalian. Repub- lican. LEAKEY, Jcannie Clara Drake (Mrs. Louis

Leakey), 308 E. Fifteenth St., N.T. City.

Born Panama, N.Y.; ed. in schools of West- field, N.Y., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '80; m. April 2, 1888, Louis Leakey. Teacher Hasbrouck Inst., Jersey City, N.J., 1880-84; sup't girls' dep't of same, 1884-88; co-prinoipal and partner Arundell Acad., N.Y. City, 1882-92; Erie (Pa.) Acad., 1894- 96. Sec. Leakey Aluminum (3o., London, Eng- land, 1896-1906. L.EABNED, Ellin Craven (Mrs. Frank Learned),

48 W. Ninth St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. New Jersey; dau. Captain Tunis AugTistus Macdonough (iraven, U.S.N., and Marie Louise (Stevenson) Craven; ed. private schools, N.Y. City; studied art at Art Students' League; m. in Trinity Chapel, N.Y. City, Apr. 12, 1893, Frank Learned. On editorial staff The Churchman, 5890-94 and 1896-99; The Delineator, 1899-1907; contributor The Ladies' World, 1907-13. Against woman suffrage. Author: Ideals for Girls, 1905; The Etiquette of Ne-w York To-day, 1906. Episcopalian; associate Girls' Friendly Soc. in America; associate of The Sisterhood of St. Mary. Recreation: Traveling. LEABNED, Mary Poppleton (Mrs. Myron L.

Learned), "Walden," Florence, Neb.

Born Omaha, July 23, 1873; dau. Andrew Jack- son and Caroline L. (Sears) Poppleton; ed. Katherine Aiken School for Girls, three years; Anne Brown School, N.Y. City (class poet); m. Omaha, Neb., April 18, 1893, Myron L. Learned, attorney. For four years music critic of the Omaha Daily Bee; writer of occasional criti- cisms for other publications. Singer (mezzo- soprano); pupil of Gottlieb Federlein, N.Y.; Clara S. Cotton and Thomas J. Kelly, Omaha; Mary Miinchhoff, Bsrlin. Pres. 2 years, director 6 years Tuesday Morning Musical Club; vice- pres. Mendelssohn Choir-Thomas Orchestra May Festival (Omaha). Author: To the Girl Who Sings (book); editor (-with Louise McPherson) of "The Pebble," a magazine, and half owner of the Pebble Shop. Mem. Nebraska Soc. of Colonial Dames (Exec. Board), Nebraska Ornithological Soc; director Omaha Soc. of Fine Arts; director Visiting Nurse Ass'n; mem. Social Settlement Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Anne Brown AlumnEe Ass'n, N.Y. Recreations: Driving, gardening. Mem. Garden Club. LEARNED, VIctorine Upshur (Mrs. Billings P.

Learned), New London, Conn.

Born N.Y. City; dau. RO'bert Charles and Adeline (Geer) Wetmore; ed. at home by tutors and governesses; ra. (1st) 1862, John H. Draper (son of Simon Draper); (2d) 1893, Billings P. Learned; children: Amy Wetmore (Draper), May, Edith Lewis (Draper), Clark. Interested in all local charities of church and hospital; pres. of three societies. Protestant Episcopalian. LEAROYD, Mabel Woodbury, 122 Pine St., Dan-

vers, Mass.

Educator; b. Dan vers, Mass., Dec. 11, 1870; dau. L. Elmer and Adeline (Woodbury) Learoyd; ed. Danvew public schools; Northfleld Sem.;

��Wellesley Coll., B.A. '94 (mem. Agora Sorority); special work at Cornell. Teacher of classics and mathematics, 1894-95, McLean Sem., Simsbury, Conn.; teacher mathematics, Mt. Hermon, Mass., 1895. In Y.W.C.A. work, N.Y. City, 1899; in charge of Y.W.C.A. Settlement, East Side, N.Y. City, 1900; principal Northfleld Bible School, 1904-06. Against woman suffrage. Wrote final thesis on The Continued Story, a Study of the Imagination (Am. Journal of Psychology). Mem. Interdenominational Church. Mem. College Club, Boston.

LEABY, Olffa Ciishins (Mrs. Timothy Leary), 44 Burroughs St., Jamaica Plain, Mass. Physician; b. Boston, 1878; dau. Ernest W. and Mary M. (Ralenowski) Gushing; ed. Chauncey Hall School, Boston; Berkeley School, special student; Mass. Inst, of Technology, one year; Tufts Coll. Med. School, M.D. (mem. Zeta Phi); m. Boston, 1901, Dr. Timothy Leary; children: Olga Gushing, Deborah Gushing. Instructor in pathology and bacteriology, 1901; ass't prof. Tufts Coll. Med. School, 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Professional Woman's Club.

LEASE, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, 1543 Slocum Park,

Brooklyn, N.Y.

Lecturer, writer, lawyer; b. Ridgeway, Pa., Sept. 11, 1853; dau. Joseph P. and Mary Eliza- beth (Murray) Clyens; ed. St. Elizabeth's Acad., Alleghany, N.Y.; removed to Kansas, studied law and became active in politics; admitted to Kansas bar. Became a recognized leader and the orator of the Farmers' Alliance movement and later in the Populist Party, leading in the campaign which resulted in the defeat of Sena- tor John J. Ingalls and the election of William A. Peffer to the U.S. Senate in 1891; was ap- pointed pres. Kansas State Board of Charitiea (first woman to hold such a position In United States). Noted as orator; was selected to make the oration on Kansas Day at the World's Co- lumibian Expos.ition, 1893; represented Kansas in Nat. Conference of Charities and Correction; vice-pres. Daughters of Isabella, 1893; vice-pres. Nat. Peace Congress, 1893. Lecturer for years on political economic subjects; also writer for many magazines. Advocate of woman suffrage.

LEASUBE, Lida Powers (Mrs. John H. Leas- ure), 350 W. Seventh St., Auburn, Ind. County sup't of schools; b. near Kingston, De- catur Co., Ind.; dau. Jonathan and Mary (Hood) Powers; ed. Spring Hill Acad.; grad. Indiana State Normal School; med. dep't Univ. of Mich., '88; m. Dec, ISSO, John H. Leasure, Auburn, Ind.; children: Mrs. Flossie E. Richwine, J. Kent. Practised medicine in Angola, Ind., until 1902; removed to Auburn, Ind., and entered school work; county sup't of schools, 1911—. First woman elected to any office in State of Indiana (politically). Has worked for moral up- lift and social betterment in various ways lo- cally. Worked for establishment of public li- brary In Auburn; helped to secure Eckhart Pub- lic Library. Mem. Library Board. Favors woman suffrage. Has written fugitive articles and poems. Presbyterian. Former mem. West- ern Ass'n of Writers. Honorary mem. Ladies' Literary Club of Auburn; mem. W.C.T.U.

LEATHERBEE, Frances Crane (Mrs. Robert W.

Leatherbee). 2B59 Michigan Av., Chicago

(summer. Lake Forest), 111.

Born Chicago, Nov. 8, 1887; dau. Charles R. and Cornelia (Smith) Crane; ed. Univ. of Chicago and Bryn Mawr Coll. (Mortar Board Univ. of Chicago); m. Chicago, Jan. 4, 1907, Robert W. Leatherbee, of Boston; children: Charles William, Robert William. Interested In Chicago Lylng-In Hospital, Children's Memorial Home, Allendale Farm, Chicago Home tor Boys, Immigrants' Pro- tective League and other various philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Riding, golf, tennis.

LEATHERMAN, Minnie Wells, Raleigh, N.C.

Librarian; b. Louisville, Ky; dau. O. T. and Mary Elizabeth (Lord) Leatherman; ed. public schools, Louisville, Ky.; special student Univ. of Louisville; grad. Pratt Inst. School of Library Science, 1909. Cataloguer Louisville Free Public

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