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68 BAIRD, Jean Katherine, Renovo, Pa.

Writer; b. Renovo, Pa., March 12, 1872, dau. Wm. Preston and Mary Tamson (Hughes) Baird; ed. High School, Lock Haven Normal, Ada Univ., and private tutors, principally the latter. Teacher at Lock Haven Normal; connected with Chautauqua Press one year; contributes to Smart Set, Ladies' Home Journal, Youth's Companion, Sunday School Times; editor and short story writer for a score of Church and S.S. publications. Books: Danny; Cash Three; Elizabeth Hobart; The Honor Girl; Second Sixty-Five; Little Rhody; The Boy Next Door; The Heir of Baracha; Hester Series (The Coming of Hester, Hester's Counterpart, Hester's Wage Earning). Pres. Alumni Ass'n, Normal School, Lock Haven, Pa. Recreations: Walking, skating, boating. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

BAIRD, Jennette Fergus, 239 W. Seventieth St., N.Y. City.

Lawyer; b. N.Y. City; dau. John and Agnes (Russell) Baird; ed. N.Y. Univ., LL.B. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage League of N.Y. City. Pres. Alumnae Ass'n of Women's Law Class of N.Y. Univ. Mem. the New Yorkers, Post Parliament, Current Events Club, Legislative League, N.Y. State Women Government Club.

BAIRD, Lucy, 1135 S. Fourth St., Louisville, Ky.

Principal and owner of girls' school; b. Sept. 12, 1871; dau. James W. and Martha A. Howard Baird; grad. Girls' High School, Louisville, Hampton Coll., Louisville, Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. 1896. Teacher of history in Miss Hill's School for Girls, Philadelphia, 1896-1905; teacher of history in Sample Collegiate School, Louisville, Ky., 1905-10; principal and owner Sample Collegiate School, 1910. Mem. Am. Acad. Political and Social Science, Am. Historical Ass'n, Ohio Valley Historical Ass'n, Nat. Geographic Soc, Woman's Club and Monday Afternoon Club, Louisville. Episcopalian. Believes in non-partisan school suffrage only.

BAKEMAN, Caroline (Mrs. Percival R. Bakeman), Chow Chung, China.

Missionary; b. Port Elgin, New Brunswick, Can.; dau. late J. Hanford Read; ed. Wellesley Coll. and Northfleld Sem.; m. Chelsea, Mass., July, 1906, Rev. Percival R. Bakeman. Left for China under the auspices of the Baptist Mission Union, Sept, 1906.

BAKER, Aimee Cevilla, 450 Eldorado St., Appleton. Wis.

Artist; b. Appleton Wis., Dec. 7, 1870; dau. Albert and Hannah (Stevens) Baker; ed. Ashland High School; Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis.; Art Inst, and Acad, of Fine Arts, Chicago. Engaged as teacher of drawing in Northland Acad., Ashland, Wis., and in Appleton public schools; Lawrence Coll., and in portrait and designing work in Chicago. Mem. Unitarian Church and connected ass'ns. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality League of Appleton, Wis. Mem. Monday Club, Ashland, and NovelHistory Club, Appleton.

BAKER, Annie Cunningham (Mrs. George W. Baker), 4516 Ross Av., Dallas, Tex.

Born Gadsden, Ala., June 10, 1871; dau. Joseph L. and Elizabeth Cunningham; ed. Gadsden public school; m. Gadsden, Ala., June 22, 1892, George W. Baker; children: George Jr., b. Aug. 26, 1893; Wilson Kirby, b. June 13, 1900. Pres. two years Dallas Free Kindergarten Ass'n; vice-pres. City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Against woman suffrage. Contributor to newspapers. Methodist. Mem. Young Ladies' Soc. of church. Recreation: Musical work of all kinds. Pres. three years Wednesday Morning Choral Club.

BAKER, Bertha Kunz (Mrs. L. B. Baker), 155 E. Twenty-second St.; business address, care J. B. Pond Bureau, Metropolitan Life Building, N.Y. City.

Lecturer and reader; b. Erie, Pa.; dau. Jacob and Caroline (Weiss) Kunz; ed. public schools, private study in Europe; m. Oct. 5, 1893, Dr. L. B. Baker, physician and lawyer (died Feb. 26, 1907). On lecture staff of Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Chicago, Univ. of Pa. and other leading universities; also, Chautauqua and Lyceum courses. Author: Studies in the Art of Expression. Mem. Inst. of Arts and Sciences, N.Y. Historical Soc., Drama League of America. Recreations: Flower gardening, sketching, photography, walking and mountain climbing. Mem. Century Theatre Club. Favors woman suffrage.

BAKER, Blanche Hutchinson (Mrs. John H. Baker), 976 Delaware Av., Buffalo, N.Y.

Born Buffalo, April 9, 1876; dau. Edward Howard and Jeanie B. (Ganson) Hutchinson; ed. Buffalo Sem., '95; m. Buffalo, Oot 24. 1900, John Henry Baker; children: Sarah H., Jean W., John H., Edward Folsom, Barbara. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Church Home League, Children's Aid Ass'n, Y.W.C.A.

BAKER, Caroline Isabel, 194 Salisbury St., Worcester, Mass.

Born Massachusetts; grad. Smith Coll., B.L.'93; Radcliffe Coll., M.A. '02. Teacher in Franklin Acad., Malone, N.Y., later in Worcester (Mass.) Classical High School; since 1903 instructor in English in Smith Coll.

BAKER, Charlotte Le Breton Johnson (Mrs. Fred Baker), Point Loma, Cal.

Physician; b. Newburyport, Mass., Mar. 30, 1855; dau. Nicholas and Caroline (Pettingell) Johnson; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '77, A.M. '88; Univ. of Mich., M.D. '81; m. Newburyport, Mass., Mar. 30, 1882, Dr. Fred Baker; children: Mary Caroline, Robert Henry. Student physician at Sherburn Reformatory, 1878-79; practicing medicine since graduation; pres. San Diego Co. Med. Soc., 1896; ex-vice-pres. Southern Cal. Med. Soc; ex-county pres. of W.C.T.U., and now honorary pres. of San Diego W.C.T.U.; pres. of Y.W.C.A. for three years and now honorary pres.; legislative chairman of League of Social Workers. Mem. Anti-Tuberculosis Soc, (Children's Home, Associated Charities, Joint Com. for Welfare of Working Women and Girls. Pres. of Point Loma Assembly (woman's club). Recreations: Boating, swimming. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive Republican. Pres. of San Diego Co. Equal Suffrage Organization; led in the local campaign for suffrage, which won the ballot in 1911.

BAKER, Cornelia (Mrs. Wilson G. Baker), 216 East Superior St., Chicago, Ill.

Author; dau. William and Electa McGhee; ed. Wesleyan Coll., Cincinnati, Ohio; m. Chicago, Wilson C. Baker. Literary work has been the writing of short stories and serials and making translations from the French, Spanish and Italian prose and verse. Completed in 1911 a series of four hundred children's stories for a syndicate. Author: Coquo and the King's Children; The Queen's Page; The Court Jester; Young People in Old Places; The Magic Image from India.

BAKER, Eleanor Robinson, 469 Fourth Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Writer, teacher; b. Eddington, Me.; grad. Vassar, A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '99. Teacher St. Mary's School, N.Y. City, 1899-1907; Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., since 1907. Author of magazine articles: The Battle of Harlem Heights, Dame Fashion's Rendezvous, etc.

BAKER, Elizabeth Gowdy (Mrs. Daniel B. Baker), 898 Madison Av., N.Y. City.

Portrait painter; b. Xenia, Ohio; dau. Rev. George W. and Ellen (Graham) Gowdy; ed. Monmouth Coll.; studied art at Cooper Inst, (medal). Art Students' League, Philadelphia Academy, Boston, Paris, Rome and Florence (charter mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Daniel B. Baker; one son: William Munford Baker. Painter of portraits in oil and water color, being the first to combine the transparency of pure aquarelle work with strength in serious life-size portrait work. Mem. National Arts Club, Iowa New Yorkers; pres. Daughters of Ohio.

BAKER, Ellen Gillette (Mrs. Samuel W. Baker), 449 Fifth St., Manletee, Mich.

Born Venice, Shiawasse Co., Mich., Dec. 20, 1850; dau. Jason C. and Harriet (Card) Gillette; ed. district school, Corunna High School, Normal