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��of Central Council and Exec. Com.)- Mem. Cos- mopolitan Club (vice-pres. 1912 — )) Recreation: Gardening. Congregationalist. LEE, Margaret, 344 Lafayette Av., Brooklyn,

N.T.

Author; b. N.Y. City; dau. Joseph and Mary Georgina (Rea) Lee; ed. N.Y. City by private tutors and at finishing school, Grade A cer- tificate, qualifying to teach in public schools. First novel took prize of |l,00u offered, in 1865, by James Gordon Bennett of the N.Y. Herald for a distinctively American novel. It was pub- lished in the Weekly Herald under the title of Arnold's Choice. In 18S9 Mr. Gladstone read her novel of Divorce. He arranged "with Macmillan & Co. for its republication in England, chose the title of Faithful and Unfaithful and reviewed it tor the Nineteenth Century of February, 1889. Mem. Writers' Club of Brooklyn. Author: Arnold's Choice; Dr. Wilmer's Loss; Lorimer and Wife; Marriage; Divorce; Lizzie Adriance; Romance of the Russells; Separation; The Brooklyn Bachelor; A Brighton Night; The Master Chivalry; The D'Estimanvilles; The Tongue of the Woman; Love and Shekels; A Broken Engagement; One Touch of Nature; also, 1913, serials in The Trend Magazine: Gallatin, and The Wanderer; also numerous other serials. Episcopalian. Recreations: Music, whist, chess, walking. In 1899 wrote and circulated a petition for perpetual copyright, which was read in the Senate by Senator Lodge, and the bill was pre- sented by him in the Senate and by Congressman Driggs of Brooklyn in the House. LEE, Marguerite Thouron, 66 W. Ninety-fifth

St., N.Y. City.

ScieLce teacher; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 20, 1871; dau. Stephen Girard and Georgianna (St. John) Lee; ed. Cornell Univ., B.S. '94; New York Univ., A.M. 'O-t; Columbia, Ph.D. '13. Ap- pointed head of dep't of biology in Girls' High School, Brooklyn, 1906. Sec. School Garden Ass'n of N.Y. ; mem. Biochemical Ass'n, Nat. Geographic Ass'n, A.A.A.S., Biology Teachers' Ass'n of N.Y., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnee, Women's University Club, Cornell Women's Club, Columbia Women's Graduate Club. Recreations: Farming, photography. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. LEEBRICK, Kate, S2 W. Sixth St., Peru, Ind.

Evangelist and missionary; b. Dublin, Ind., May 1, 1842; dau. John N. and Matilda (Fritchey) Leebrick; ed. Dublin Acad. Has seen over 1,000 persons converted at the meetings she conducted or assisted in; among the num'ber are five minis- ters. Was one of the Crusaders of 1872; has been missionary to Noonsack Indians in Wash- ington (State); was sent out by the Woman's Home Missionary Soc. of the Methodist Church to take charge of the Pawnee Indian Mission at Pawnee, Okla. Mem. Woman's Home Mission Soc, Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc., W.C.T.U. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. LEECH, Caroline Apperson (Mrs. James An- derson Leech), 1249 First St., Louisville, Ky.

Club woman; b. Mt. Sterling, Ky., April 2G, 1859; dau. Richard and Harriet Selman (Rogers) Apperson; ed. Sayre Inst., Lexington, Ky. ; m. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 30, 1873, James Anderson Leech; one daughter: Carolyn Apperson. Taught large Bible classes; worked with unfortunate girls; pres. of Nominating B'd for Police Matrons, worked in the Legislature for the passage of a Police Matrcm Bill; has done much legislative work for the Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs; inter- ested in church missionary societies and local missionary unions. Mem. State and local Child Labor Ass'ns, Consumers' League; ex-pres. Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs; prts. Out-door Art League; chairman com. in Woman's Club; chair- man Industrial Com. Ky. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1896. Pres. Y. W.C.T.U., 1883-SS. Mem. Woman's Club, Chautauqua, N.Y. ; Progressive League for Women; first vice-pres. Ky. Fed. Women's Clubs, Fincastle Chapter D.A.R. Recreations: Country life, traveling. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; former pres. Suffrage Ass'n, Louisville; ■daairman of various committees in the same; chairman Platform Com. for Am. Nat. Suffrage Ass'n, 1911. Progressive In politics.

��LEEK, Elizabeth Austin (Mrs. William Preston

Leek), 431 Park Av., Racine, Wis.

Born Aurora, 111., Mar. 17, 1866; dau. Benjamin F. and Louisa (Austin) Hill; grad. Northwestern Univ., M.A. '87, later Ph.B. (mem. Alpha Phi); m. Evanston, 111., Nov. 23, 1887, William Preston Leek; children: Raymond, Wilbur, Marie Louise. Lecturer for Wis. Suffrage Ass'n. Author of several poems and contributor to papers and magazines. Methodist. Mem. Am. Home Eco- nomics Ass'n, D.A.R., Daughters of 1812, Beloit City Federation, Ooterie, Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. LEEMIVG, Mrs. Thomas t., 858 Carroll St.,

Brooklyn, N.Y. ; country home, Germelwyn,

Glen Cove, L.I.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Leonard J. and Melvina (Grandy) Busby; ed. Packer Collegiate Inst., Brooklyn; Florence, Italy; m. Glen Cove, L.I., May 28, 1S9S, Thomas L. Leeming; children: Helen Schuyler, Leonard Busby, Thomas L. Jr. Chairman of the Ways and Means Com. of the Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Soc. ; chairman of the Edward Richardson Kindergarten. Mem. Board cf the Sheltering Arms Nursery, Board of the Flower and Fruit Guild, Woman's Muni- cipal League (mem. the Court Com.), Probation Soc, Civitas Club. Recreations: Riding, motor- ing, traveling. Baptist. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of N.Y., Ways and Means Com. of Woman Suffrage Party of Brooklyn. LEEPER, Laura Ferguson (Mrs. S. Harper

Leeper), 30 E. Washington St., Media, Pa.

Born Robesonla Furnace, Pa.; dau. Nathaniel and Amanda (Davennort) Ferguson; ed. Wells Coll., Aurora, N.Y., 1884; m. Reading, Pa., June 5, 1890, Rev. S. Haider Leeper; children: Mary, Harper Ferguson, Amanda Davenport. Inter- ested in religious work, especially the missions to lepers in India and the West. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Shut-In Soc, missionary societies (home and foreign). Eastern Ass'n of Wells Coll. LEET, Marj- Garrett (Mrs. William H. Leet),

245 Liberty St., Conneaut, O.

Born Chester, Pa., 1874; dau. William T. and Mary (Sines) Shoemaker; ed. Pettie Inst., Hights- town, N.J. ; m. Philadelphia, 1899, William H. Leet (now mayor of Conneaut); children: Oliver Dickinson, Mary Evelyn. Pres. 19th Century Club of (ionneaut, O. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Mystic Circle. LEFEVRE, Lily Alice (Mrs. John M. Lefevre),

Vancouver. B.C.. Can.

Author ("Fleurange"); b. Kingston, Ont. ; dau. R. P. Cooke, C.E., and Anna (Plunkett) Cooke; m. Dr. John M. Lefevre. Contributor to the press of Montreal and Vancouver; winner of the Montreal Witness Prize of ?100 for the best poem with reference to the first Winter Carnival. Author: The Lion's Gate and Other Verses, 1S95; also several lyrics which have been set to music. LEFFERTS, Sara Tawney (Mrs. John A. Lef-

ferts^. 421 "R'estminster Av., Elizabeth, N. J.

Born Gettysburg, Pa. ; dau. John E. and Sara Studebaker (Boblitz) Tawney; ed. Boston schools and by private tutors, but principally by her father; rn. Washington, D.C., June 1, 1896, John A. Lefferts: one daughter: Mildred T. First vice-pres. N.Y. Browning Soc. Author of a set of children's books: The Cinnamon Bear Series; also continbuted articles on the poetry of Robert Browning, and has given Browning readings. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. LEFROT, Sallie Watson (Mrs. Jeffrey Arthui

Letroy), 305 W. Franklin St., Richmond, Va. Born Richmond, Va.; dau. John H. and Me- linda M. (Fox) Montague; ed. Southern Female Sem. ; m. Jeffrey Arthur Lefroy; one daughter: Helena Trench Lefroy, b. Aug. IS, 1878 (m. Clif- ford Randolph Caperton). Episcopalian. Mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames in State of Va., tha Woman's Club (Richmond).

LEGGE, Charlotte M. (Mrs. Orr Legge), 208 S, Lincoln Av., Denver, Colo.

Born Davenport, la., 1838; dau. Wheeler and Nancy (Allen) Hedges; ed. in Cincinnati and St

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