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��suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Am. Woman's League; Governor for Florida Am. Woman's Re- public, Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Equal Suffrage Club. NEALE, Eugenia Fowler (Mrs. Mahlon Kem-

merar Neale), Upper Lehigh, Pa.

Born Stamford, Baltimore Co., Md. ; dau. Jobn Henry and Anne (McEndree) Fowler; ed. St. Timothy's School, Catonsville, Maryland, '97; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '01, A.M. '02; fellow in physics, 1903; m. N.Y. City, July 21, 1909, Mahlon Kemmerer Neale. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. VEAXE, H. Mary GUlespie (Mrs. James B.

Neale), Hotel Schenley, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Bom Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. J. J. and Eleanor (Moore) Gillespie; ed. Pleasant Hill Sem., salu- tatorian: m. (1st) Frederick M. Magee (died 1894); children: Mrs. J. V. Scaife, James M. Magee, Eleanor G. Magee, Baroness Riedl de Riedenau, Rev. John G. Magee; m. (2d) Pitts- burgh, Pa., James B. Neale. Mem. Art Soc, Pwentieth Century Club, Pittsburgh Golf Club. Episcopalian. NEABING, NelUe Marguerite Seeds (Mrs. Scott

Nearingr), 5222 Laurens St., Germantown,

Philadelphia, Pa.

Born German town. Pa., Apr. 4, 1886; dau. John Adam and Emma Belle (Boyd) Seeds; grad. Philadelphia High School, '04 (scholarship to Bryn Mawr); Bryn Mawr Coll., B.A. 'OS; L'niv. of Pa., M.A. '10; candidate for Ph.B. at Univ. of Pa.; m. Germantown, Pa., June 20, 1908, Scott Nearing; children: John (died), John Seott, b. 1912. Sec. Pa. Branch of Nat. Am. College Eonai Suffrage Ass'n, 1910-13; pres. Arden Branch of Delaware Equal Suffrage Ass'n; delegate to Nat- Suffrage Convention, Louisville, Ky., 1911. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Co-author (with Scott Nearing) of Woman and Social Progress, 1912; author of articles in Ladies' Home Journal: Four Important Things a Woman May Do in the Home, May, 1912; When a Girl is Asked to Marry, Mar., 1912. Protestant Episcopal. Socialist. Mem. Bryn Mawr Alumnae Ass'n. Recreations: Swimming, hockey, tennis, music. Club: Germantown Hockey Club. NEAVE, Maud Killam, Chentu, China.

Medical missionary; b. Yarmouth, Nova Scotia; dau. Hon. Frank Killam, mem. of First and Second Parliaments (House of Commons) of Canada, and Ellen (Hood) Killam; ed. in Yarmouth schools and in Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children, M.D. '95; licensed to practise by Univ. of State of N.Y., 1896. Conducted sanitarium in N.Y., 1896; registered as physician in Nova Scotia; Bent as medical missionary by the Woman's Methodist Missionary Soc. of Canada, and has Bince been stationed at Chentu, China. On visit home delivered numerous lectures on China.

NEEDHAM, Bessie Pierce (Mrs. Edwin Locke

Needham), S. Ashburnham, Mass.

Born Erzeroum, Turkey, Nov. 15, 1872; dau. John Edwin and Elizabeth A. (Gray) Pierce; ed. Constantinople, Turkey; Newton (Mass.) High School; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '96; m. Spencer, Mass., Nov. 23, 1900, Edwin Locke Needham; children: Rachel P. (died). Burton P., Leslie A., Sewell E., Roger G., Eunice L. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist.

NEEDHAM, Mrs. Janet Grant, "Lindencrest,"

Orillla, Ontario.

Educator; b. Orilla, Ont. ; dau. Rev. George Grant, M.A., Presbyterian, and his wife was a daughter of Rev. Donald McKenzie, who was the pioneer Presbyterian minister of Upper Canada; grad. from Toronto Coll. of Music. Was principal of the Ottawa Ladies' College, 1904-08. Presbyterian.

NEELY, Carrie Blair, 4929 Greenwood Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Chicago, Ill.; dau. John C. and Mary E. (Crosby) Neely; ed. Dearborn Sem., Chicago. Treas. Service Club since 1901; treas. Kenwood Improvement Ass'n, 9 years; chairman Exec. Com. Dearborn Sem. Alumnae Ass'n; on Com. Conservation of Nat. Resources of D. A.R. ; mem. D.A.R., Dames of the Loyal Legion Soc., Anti- Cruelty Soc, Am. Forestry Ass'n, Am. Red Cross Soc, Am. Humane Ass'n, Little Theater ot (Chicago. Recreations: Tennis, golf, riding, swimming, motoring, skating, music (violin), carpentry, wood and leather carving, electricity, gardening. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Ama- teur Musical Club, Junior League, Woman's Athletic Club, Kenwood Country Club. Western tennis champion four years; Middle States tennis champion three years; Ill. State champion, sin- gles and doubles.

NEFF, Elizabeth Hyer (Mrs. William B. NefE),

Tynewald, Gates Hill, Ohio.

Born Greenfield, 0.; dau. Jacob and Amanda C. (Sayer) Hyer; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; m. Cleveland, O., William B. Neff. Interested in a social settlement; mem. Friendly Inn in Hay Market Dist. of Cleveland; chairman of the board and has been director for past year. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Altars to Mammon, 1908; Miss Wealthy, Deputy Sheriff, 1912; also articles for Century. Everybody's and McClure'a magazines.

NEFF, Mrs. Mary Lawson, 4 Marlon Terrace,

Brookline, Mass.

Physician; b. Bellwood, Pa., Dec. 4, 1862; dau. Orr and Mary E. (Marshall) Lawson; ed. Wilson Coll., Pa., A.B.; State Univ. of Iowa, M.D. 1900; post-graduate work at Univ. of Cal. ; Univ. of Iowa, psychology; m. Bombay, India, Oct. 15, 1888, Francis Neff; children: Dorothy Lawson, Philip Van Devander. Has done some special work in neurology, including an appointment in the neurology clinic out-patient dep't of Cornell Medical Coll., N.Y. Interested in care of the insane, developing new methods for normalizing the life of patients in institutions; speaks on this subject before clubs and societies. Has written several articles in medical journals, a few in literary magazines. Mem. Am. Folk-Lore Soc. and some medical societies. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

NEGLEY, M. AUce, 305 N. Negley Av., E. E.,

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Bom Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. George G. and Eliza (Johnson) Negley; ed. Pa. Coll. for Women, Pittsburgh, Pa. Mem. Presbyterian Church and active in its work.

NEGLEY, Georgina G., 305 N. Negley Av.,

Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa.; dau. George G. and Eliza J. (Johnson) Negley (great-grandfather, Alexan- der Negley, of Swiss ancestry, was the first white settler in the East liberty Valley, the residential section of Pittsburgh (having mi- grated from Eastern Pa. he settled in 1778 on a farm which is now the site of Highland Park); ed. Pa. Coll. for Women, Pittsburgh, A.B. Mem. Alumnos Ass'n of Pa. CoU. for Women. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Identified with the various interests of the Eiast Liberty Presby- terian Church (founded by grandoarents, Jacob and Anna Barbara Negley).

NEIBLINGEB, Emily Hartwell (Mrs. Henry I.

Neidlinger), 44 Fifth St., Oswego, N.Y.

Bom Richmond, Va., 1870; dau. DeWitt Clinton and Charlotte (Porter) Hartwell; ed. private schools of N.Y. City; Vassar Coll., A.B.; Rad- cliffe Coll.; Berlin and Paris; ai. Boston, 1S96, Henry I. Neidlinger; children: Charlotte, Hart- well, Theodore, Margaret Neidlinger. Interested in (ihlld Labor Welfare work. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Progressive. Mem. Woman's University Club, N.Y. City.

NEIHABDT, Mona (Mrs. J. G. Neihardt), Ban- croft, Neb.

Sculptor; b. N.Y. City, May 26, 1884; dau. Ru- dolph V. and Ada (Ernst) Martlnsen; ed. Dres- den, Germany and Paris, France; studied sculp- ture under F. E. Elwell, 1903; under Rodin, Paris, 1906; m. Omaha, Neb., November, 1908, J. G. Neihardt; children: Enid-Volnia, b. 1911; Sigurd, b. 1912. Exhibited at Paris Salon, 1907. one life-size figure of maiden, one portrait bust of a man. Sociallet.

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