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70 BAKER, Sarah Pfeil (Mrs. Elisha Brown Baker), 221 Prospect St., Herkimer, N.Y.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 15, 1882; dau. Philip M. and Elizabeth (Wagner) Pfeil; ed. Pittsburgh public schools and high school; Pa. Coll. for Women, A.B.; m. Pittsburgh, Nov. 28, 1906, Elisha Brown Baker. Methodist. Mem. College Woman's Club, Schenectady, N.Y.; Progressive Literary Club, Herkimer, N.Y. Before marriage was actively engaged in settlement work in Pittsburgh.

BAKER, Virginia, Warren, R. I.

Teacher and author; b. Warren, R.I.; dau. William Loughead and Emmeline (Maxwell) Baker; ed. at home by private teachers. Teacher in the public schools of Warren. R.I. Writer of numerous historical sketches published in various magazines. Especially interested in study of thr Colonial and Revolutionary periods of R.I. history. Author: History of Warren, R.I., in the War of the Revolution, 1776-1783; Massasoit's Town, Sowame in Pokanoket. Also writer of poems and of fiction dealing with New England life, past and present; also stories and serials for juveniles as well as contributions to several educational magazines.

BALBACH, Julia Anna (Mrs. Edward Balbach), Bernardsville, N.J.

Born Newark, N.J., Feb. 23, 1852; dau. Peter F. and Anna B. (Miltz) Nenninger; ed. at home by tutors, at Moravian Sem., Bethlehem, Pa., also Dulon's School in N.Y. (mem. Alumnae, Bethlehem Sem.); m. Jan. 21, 1869, Edward Balbach; one daughter: Julia Anna Marguerite, b. Apr. 20, 1870. For years society leader in Newark, N.J.; interested in philanthropic societies until removed to N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Cupid Intelligent, 1909 (for club propaganda); Woman's Proper Status as Citizen, 1902; wrote a kindergarten paper for the New Century Study Circle (later published in The Club Woman), 1904, which did good work in attracting attention to the need of kindergartens, public institutions and playgrounds. Episcopalian. Recreations: Music, landscape gardening. Clubs: N.Y. Woman's Press, Minerva, Rubinstein, Phalo, West End Republican, New Yorkers, Dixie, Rainy Day.

BALCH, Emily Greene, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass.

Economist; b. Jamaica Plain, Mass.; dau. Francis Vergnies and Ellen M. (Noyes) Balch; ed. Miss Ireland's and other private schools, Bryn Mawr Coll., B. A. '89 (European scholar of that year) Connected with opening season of Denison House (college settlement), Boston, Mass., 1892-93; mem. Municipal Board of Trustees for Children (in charge of pauper and neglected children, truants and juvenile offenders) 1897-98; ass't in economics, 1896-97, instructor, 1897-1903, assoc. prof. of economics and sociology since 1903, Wellesley Coll. Mem. Mass. State Commission on Industrial Education, 1908-09. Wrote monograph: Public Assistants of the Poor in France, 1893; Our Slavic Fellow Citizens, 1910. Interested in social reform. Favors woman suffrage. Formerly vice-pres. Boston Equal Suffrage League for Good Government. Unitarian. Acting pres. Boston Women's Trade Union League. Recreations: Travel, books. Mem. College Club of Boston.

BALCH, Eugenia Hargous Macfarlane (Mrs. Edwin Swift Balch, 311 S. Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Towanda, Pa.; dau. James and Mary (Overton) Macfarlane; ed. Vassar Coll. (art school diploma); m. Towanda, Pa., Oct. 5, 1904, Edwin Swift Balch. Mem. of Associate Com. of Women of Pa. Museum and School of Industrial Art; director Morris Refuge Ass'n. Studied painting in Paris at Académie Julian, with Jules Lefebvre and Tony Robert-Fleury; also with Ferdinand Humbert. Exhibited several times at Paris Salons, viz.: Société des Artistes Français (Champs Elysées) and Société Nationale des Beaux Arts (Champ de Mars), also at Paris Exposition of 1900. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R., Acorn Club, Plastic Club, Contemporary Club.

BALCH, Marion Casares, Prince St., Jamaica Plain, Mass.

Bacteriologist; ed. Miss Folsom's School, Boston, Mass.; Miss Florence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. 1902. Teacher of Latin and science, 1904-05, and of science, 1905-07, in St. Agnes' School, Albany, N.Y. Laboratory worker in bacteriology. Harvard Med. School, since 1910.

BALDING, Martha Joab (Mrs. Robert Hollister Balding), 2416 N. Tenth St., Kansas City, Kan.

Born Pomeroy, 0.; dau. William and Nancy (Crow) Joab; ed. Terre Haute (Ind.) High School; studied art with John Phillips (portrait painter), Chicago; Carl Hecker Art School, N.Y. City, and with Madame LaPrince, Jumel Mansion, N.Y. City; m. Terre Haute, Ind., Robert Hollister Balding (died Feb. 28, 1910). Society woman. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. of State and Nat. Suffrage Ass'n; has been very active in the work, but has declined various offices; managed campaign in Miami Co., Kan., 1892. Progressive. Mem. Board of Trustees of Public Library, Paola, Kan., ten years; pres. Pleasant Hour Club, and founded the Up-to-Date Club, 1897; mem. Federation of Clubs of Topeka and vicinity. State and Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs, Shakespeare Club and prominent in founding the Ceramic Club of Topeka, 1900-01, mem. History Club and Council of Clubs, Kansas City, Kan. (chairman of art dep't three years); mem. Athenaeum, Kansas City, Mo; director of art dep't and extension class for study of dramatic art (mem. board of managers). Recreations: Riding and driving.

BALDWIN, Adele Clagett (Mrs. Newland Baldwin), Manila, P.I.

Born Washington, D.C., Aug. 20, 1885; dau. Howard Clare and Mary (Du Hamel) Clagett; ed. Mount de Sales Acad, of Visitation, Baltimore, Md., and in Paris, France; m. Manila, P.I., May 21, 1910, Newland Baldwin; one son: Barry Baldwin, b. June 4, 1911. Against woman suffrage. Catholic.

BALDWIN, Alice Mary, "High Croft," Acworth, N.H.

Teacher; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. 1900, A.M. '02; graduate student, Sorbonne, Paris, 1902; Columbia Univ., 1902-03; Bryn Mawr, 1908-09. Teacher of languages, Fargo (N.Dak.) Coll., 1903-05; teacher of German, history and English, Baldwin School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., since 1905.

BALDWIN, Clara Frances, 605 Portland Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Librarian; b. Lake City, Minn., Mar. 9, 1871; dau. Benjamin C. and Ann C. (Atkinson) Baldwin; grad. St. Paul public schools, '87; Univ. of Minn., B.L. '92 (Delta Gamma). Ass't Minneapolis Public Library, 1892-99; sec. Minn. Public Library Commission, 1900—. Mem. Minn. Alumni Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, American Library Ass'n, Minnesota Library Ass'n, State Art Soc., Women's Civic League, Twin City Library Club. Presbyterian.

BALDWIN, Mrs. Clara Waters, Lewis Apartments, Muskegon, Mich.

Born Portland, Me.; dau. William H. and Belle Jane (Quindlin) Waters; ed. public schools of Springfield, Mass.; grad. High and Normal schools of Newark, N.J.; grad. (gold medal) Chicago Musical Coll.; m. Chicago, 1878, Byron Baldwin. Teacher of music. Has been an organist in Mich. Av. M.E. Church in Chicago, and Grace M.E. Church in Brooklyn, N.Y. Cor. sec of Mich. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1911-13; rec. sec. of Y.W.C.A. (charter mem.), Muskegon, Mich.; rec. sec. Visiting Nurse Ass'n of Muskegon, Mich. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Art Ass'n of Muskegon, Mich.; ex-pres. Muskegon Woman's Club; mem. Travelers' Club of Muskegon.

BALDWIN, Helen, 39 E. 31st St., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Canterbury, Conn., Nov. 14, 1865; dau. Dr. E. and Sarah H. (Mathewson) Baldwin; ed Thayer Acad., Braintree. Mass.; grad. Wellesley Coll., A.B. '88; in Med. Dep't Univ. of Mich,, 1889; Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y,