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610 OLMSTED, Millicent, 2234 E. Forty-third St., Cleveland, O.

Editor, author; b. Cleveland, O.; dau. Henry Sanford and Helen (Bishop) Olmsted; ed. Miss Mittleberger's School for Girls, Cleveland. In editorial work in Cleveland two years with the Plain Dealer and three years with the Leader until 1905; since then connected with monthly magazines as editor of children's department; contributor to leading juvenile magazines. Author: Land of Never Was—Adventures of Great-A, Little-A and Bouncing-B, 1908; Land of Really True—being the Everyday Life of Great-A, Little-A and Bouncing-B, 1909. Mem. Ohio Women's Press Club.

OLNEY, Elizabeth Williams, 17 Exchange St., Providence, R.I.

Born Providence, R.I., Apr. 28, 1868; daughter of Albert Henry and Frances Elizabeth Olney; grad. Providence High School, 1886. Was teacher in public schools, Providence, R.I., five years. Secretary of Humane Education Com. of R.I. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1895-1904; sec. since incorporation in 1904 of the R.I. Humane Education Soc. Lecturer on humane topics before schools, clubs and societies. Mem of Rhode Island Institute of Instruction, Audobon Soc. of Rhode Island, R.I. Soc, for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Evangelical in faith and devoted to home and* foreign missionary work.

O'MAHONEY, Katharine A. O'Keeffe (Mrs. Daniel J. O'Mahoney), Lawrence, Mass.

Writer, lecturer; born in Ireland; dau. Patrick and Rose (Gore) O'Keeffe; brought to America by parents when one year of age; ed. in parochial school and Lawrence (Mass.) High School (valedictorian). 1873; also studied under private tutors, specializing in Irish history; m. Lawrence, Mass., July 9, 1895, Daniel J. O'Mahoney. Taught history and literature for several years; established and until her marriage edited and published the Sunday Register (Catholic weekly). Made an extensive tour of Europe in 1884, and since then has been a lecturer with a large range of topics. Founded and was first pres. of Orphans' Friends' Society. Author: Allegory—Faith of Our Fathers; Catholicity in Lawrence; A Longfellow Night; A Moore Night; Historic Women; Learned Women of the Catholic Church; Famous Irish Women. Roman Catholic. Mem. Essex County Branch of the Am. Fed. of Catholic Societies, Ladies' Auxiliary of Ancient Order of Hibernians (ex-pres.). Founder and former pres. Aventine Club (Lawrence).

O'NEIL, Barbara Blackman (Mrs. David N. O'Neil), 6300 Forsyth Road, St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Sept. 3, 1880; dau. George and Carrie B. (Horton) Blackman; ed. St. Louis High School and Washington Univ. Art School; m. St. Louis, 1903, David N. O'Neil; children: David, b. 1904 (died 1908); George Blackman, Horton, Barbara Blackman. Mem. auxiliary boards of several charitable organizations. Favors woman suffrage; pres. St. Louis Equal Suffrage League.

O'NEILL, Anne Wade, 701 S. Sixth St., Chickasha, Okla.

College prof.; b. Columbus, Miss.; dau. Thomas J. and Mary (Wade) O'Neill. Editor Wonder World Magazine; State Parliamentarian of Okla. Federation of Women's Clubs; prof, history and economics, Oklahoma Coll. for Women. Founder of the Scholarship movement among the organized women of Oklahoma; Oklahoma club woman representative on the Patrons Com. of the Nat. Educational Ass'n. Youngest State parliamentarian in U.S. Has traveled much in Europe and America. Worked in first Oklahoma Legislature for creation of State Coll. for Women, and in succeeding Legislatures for the institution. When no funds of the State were available for opening the College for Women the first year, took the matter in hand and raised public subscriptions to run the institution until the special session of the Legislature provided for it. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

O'NEILL, Laura Holtz (Mrs. John O'Neill), 316 N. California St., Indianapolis, Ind.

Art teacher; b. Tiffin, O.; dau. of Lewis E. and Ann E. (Umsted) Holtz; grad. Ottawa (Ohio) High School; studied art under Prof. L. S. Thompson, Marshall T. Fry, Prof. F. B. Aulich, E. Aulich, George Leykauf, M. M. Mason, and Otto Punch; m. Indianapolis, John O'Neill. Received the highest award given for ceramic art at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo, N.Y.; also highest given at Universal Exposition, St. Louis. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Department Club, Indiana Fed. of Clubs, Indiana Ceramic Club. Has taught various branches of art since 1880, including oil, water colors, china, pottery, tapestry and design.

O'NEILL, Susan Cecilia, 131 Cook St., Waterbury. Conn.

Lawyer; b. Waterbury, Conn.; dau. John and Mary (Fitzpatrick) O'Neill; ed. Convent Cong, de Notre Dame, Waterbury, Conn.; N.Y. Univ. Law School, L.L.B. '97. Admitted to Conn. Bar, June 29, 1898; admitted to and practiced before Supreme Court of U.S. at Washington, April 24, 1904; tried and argued cases in Bridgeport, New Haven, Hartford, and Waterbury, Conn.; first woman to argue cases before the Supreme Court of State of Conn. (April 18, 1901). Principal work outside of legal practice is to establish Juvenile Court in Conn.; chairman Juvenile Court Com. of the Conn. Congress of Mothers. Mem. St. Mary's Hospital Aid Soc. (one of the incorporators and director); mem. Advisory Board Associated Charities. Mem. Women Lawyers' Club. Roman Catholic. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Exec. Com. Waterbury Equal Franchise League.

OPDALE, Nellie Mann (Mrs. Julius H. Opdale), 25 Newton St., Marlboro, Mass.

Minister; b. New Lisbon, Wis., May 17, 1860; dau. Larnard and Jeannette (Taylor) Mann; grad. Racine (Wis.) High School, 1879; attended Summer Divinity School at Harvard; special student of psychology at Clark Univ., 1908-12; m. Racine, Wis., Aug. 23, 1883, Julius H. Opdale (lawyer, died May 4, 1892); one son (died in infancy). Was licensed to preach in 1894; ordained into the Universalist ministry, 1895, at Hartford, Wis.; held pastorates at Hartford, Muknonago and La Crosse, Wis.; Orono, Me.; pastor of the First Universalist Church of Marlboro, Mass., since 1907. Taught before marriage in the public school of Racine, Wis., 1879-83; was chairman of the Fellowship Com. of the Universalist Church, 1898-1902; was district sup't of Universalist Church in Maine, 1904-06; was district pres. of Mass. Missionary Ass'n, 1907-09. Active for several years in W.C.T.U. and in local humane societies and Associated Charities. Has sermons and occasional articles in denominational papers and in tract form. Mem. Mass. Woman's Missionary Ass'n of Universalist Church, Marlboro W.C.T.U., Central Mass. Ministerial Ass'n, Daughters of Rebecca (past noble grand); now chaplain of the local lodge, Mass. State Rebecca Assembly; mem. Woman's Ministerial Ass'n. Recreation: Travel. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n for two years, 1893-94; was a State lecturer for Wis. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Occasional lecturer before woman's clubs on Child Life, Sex Hygiene, Alcoholism, etc.

OPP, Julie—see Faversham, Julie Opp.

OPPENHEIM, Josie Greve (Mrs. Ansel Oppenheim), Waldorf-Astoria, N.Y. City, and care of Herman Oppenheim, Bound Brook, N.J.

Born Johnstown, Pa.; dau. Herman and Maria (Lindemann) Greve, both of German birth; in early childhood removed with parents to Viroqua, Wis.; attended Miss Dowling's private school there, and later St. Clara's Acad, (convent), Benton, Wis.; after leaving school, family lived at Sparta, Wis.; m. Sparta, Wis., June 21, 1869, Ansel Oppenheim, lawyer, real estate dealer, financier and later vice-pres. Chicago Great Western Railway, and identified with large interests in St. Paul, Minn.; children: Herman (lawyer and former ass't corporation attorney of St. Paul, now conducting a successful farm near Bound Brook, N.J.), Lucius Julius (mem. N.Y.