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Comm'n of State Fed. of Churches. Mem. Milwaukee Council of Philanthropies. Favors woman suffrage; has lectured and campaigned for it in Wis. Author of law treatise: The Sources of the Constitution of Kansas. Protestant. Republican (voted for President while in Wyoming). Mem. D.A.R. Recreation: Camping (conducts summer camp for working girls). Mem. City Club of Milwaukee.

PERIN, Florence Nightingale Hobart (Mrs. George Landor Perin), 23 Naples Road, Brook- line, Mass.

Author; b. Brookline, Mass., Aug. 17, 1869; dau. George W. L. and Lydia Maria (SawtelleJ)Hobart; ed. State Normal Coll., Salem, Mass.; m. Boston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1901, Rev. George Landor Perin, Universalist clergyman. Author: The Optimist's Good Morning, 1907; The Optimist's Good Night, 1910.

PERINE, Tyler Cooke (Mrs. George Corbin Perine), Catonsville, Md.

Born Virginia, 1878; dau. Charles W. and Josephine (Rogers) Cooke; descendant of the Cookes of Cooke's Point, Md., the Bennetts of Md., and the Tylers of Va. Ed. in this country and abroad; m. Washington, D.C., 1904, George Corbin Perine (great-great-grandson of John Augustine Washington, oldest brother of General George Washington); children: Washington Corbin, Anne Washington, Mary Ball Washington. Mem. Catonsville Country Club. Episcopalian.

PERKINS, Agnes Frances, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Mass. Teacher; b. Oxford, N.Y.. Oct 20, 1875; dau. Gerrit Henry and Frances (Willcox) Perkins; ed. Oxford Acad, and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '98; A.M. '99. Teacher of English, Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, 1898-1901; teacher of English, the Holman School, Philadelphia, 1902-06; instructor in English, Wellesley Coll., 1906-11; assoc. prof, of English, Wellesley Coll., 1911—; prof. English, American Coll. for Girls, Constantinople, 1912 —. Author: Introduction to the Study of Rhetoric, 1903; Ineffective Teaching in English; Wasteful Repetition in the Study of English Texts; Some Obstacles in the Way of Cooperation in English (Nation, 1906-07). Editor of Vocations for the Trained Woman (published by Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, 1910). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Alice Sullivan (Mrs. T. H. Dudley Perkins), Haddonfield Road, Moorestown, N.J. Born Moorestown, Burlington Co., N.J.; dau. Joseph T. and Sarah Collins (Rogers) Sullivan; grad. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '04 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Moorestown, N.J., Oct. 16, 1909, T. H. Dudley Perkins. Pres. Y.W.C.T.U., 1908-11; Equal Suffrage; mem. Board of Managers of Children's Summer Home at Cinnaminson, N.J. ; mem. of Philanthropic Com. of Philadelphia, Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1908-12. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Angle Warren (Mrs. Charles A. Perkins), 1547 W. Clinch Av., Knoxville, Tenn. Born Danielson, Conn., Nov. 6, 1854; dau. Lysander and Marcia (Mason) Warren; ed. Wesleyan Univ., A.B. '76; A.M. '79; first woman to receive the degree of A.B. In New England (mem. Sigma Rho); m. Sept. 19, 1883, Charles A. Perkins; children: Marcia W., Margaret W., Alice R. S., Warren A. Taught at Wellesley, 1879; then dean of women at Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis., three years; dean of women, Univ. of Tenn., 1897-99. Has been pres. twice of Ossoll Circle; pres. Tenn. Fed. four years; mem. Board of Directors Gen. Fed, of Women's Clubs for four years; during two of those years was corresponding sec.; was pres. Women's Missionary Societies of Union Presbytery, terms for five years (16 societies). Author: San Diego to Sitka. 1903; Our Year Abroad, 1912. Presbyterian. Member Missionary Soc, Pastor's Aid Soc., Faculty Club, Y.W.C.A., Brookside Settlement Work, Sunshine Soc., Anti-Tuberculosis Soc. Recreation: Running an auto. Clubs: Writers', Nicholson Art League, Athens Circle, Tennessee Press, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, City Beautiful. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Delia Foote (Mrs. Cyrus E. Perkins), 327 Washington St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Born Olcott, Niagara Co., N.Y. ; dau. Elijah and Olivia (Luce) Foote; grad. from Grand Rapids High School, '66; m. Grand Rapids, Sept. 20, 1877, Judge Cyrus Edward Perkins; children: Mabel Helen, Edward Foote. Taught in high school, Grand Rapids, before marriage. Mem. (ex-pres.) Ladies' Literary Club of 500 members, doing literary and philanthropic work; mem. and ex-pres. High School Alumni Ass'n; organized the Reviewer, a club which has been in existence nearly 30 years; organized and is pres. of Grand Rapids Art Ass'n; organized Mich. State Fed. of Art, the first one in the country; chairman of committee for writing history of Mich. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., Playground Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Drama League, St. Cecilia Musical Society, Pioneer Workers of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Recreation: Travel.

PERKINS, Edna Brush (Mrs. Roger Griswold Perkins) 1481 E. Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio. Born Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 25, 1880; dau. Charles F. Brush (inventor of the Brush electric arc light, the electric storage battery, etc.) and Mary Ellen (Morris) Brush; ed. Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland; Miss Hersey's School, Boston, and special courses in College for Women, of Western Reserve Univ.; m. Nov. 14, 1905, Roger Griswold Perkins; children: Charles Brush, Roger Griswold Maurice. Volunteer work in Associated Charities and the Anti-Tuberculosis League. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Suffrage Party, chairman of county organization work; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Episcopalian. Mem. Conference of Charities and Correction; contributing member of several philanthropic organizations.

PERKINS, Elizabeth B. (Mrs. Thomas G. Perkins), 67 Irving Place, Buffalo, N.Y. Born Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1861; dau. Edward M. and Maria G. (Smith) Atwater; ed. Mrs. Williams' private school, Buffalo; m. April 20, 1883, Thomas G. Perkins; two daughters: Mrs. Marion Perkins Spaulding, Mrs. Mildred Perkins Town- send. Episcopalian. Strong anti-suffragist.

PERKINS, Emma Maude, 2125 Adelbert Road, Cleveland, O. College professor, lecturer; b. Winchester, N.H.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '79. Teacher, Central High School, Cleveland, O., 1879-92; since then in the College for Women of Western Reserve Univ. as asso. prof, of Latin, 1892-93, and prof, of Latin since 1893. Well known lecturer and public speaker.

PERKINS, Florence Tobey (Mrs. George Winslow Perkins), 136 Blue Hill Av., Boston, Mass. Born Boston, Aug. 23, 1873; dau. James W. and Lydia Catherine (Morrill) Tobey; ed. private school, four years; Girls' Latin School, six years; Wellesley Coll., A.B.; m. Boston, Jan. 28, 1903, George Winslow Perkins. Interested in settlement work, open-air schools, welfare work. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Boston City Fed., Mass. State Fed. Clubs: Roxburghe, New England Women's, College, Lend-a-Hand.

PERKINS, Frances, 164 Waverly Place, N.Y. City. Social worker; b. Boston, Mass., Apr. 10, 1882; dau. Frederick W. and Susan (Bean) Perkins; ed. in public schools of Worcester, Mass., Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '02; Univ. of Pa., Columbia Univ., A.M. Sec. Philadelphia Research and Protective Ass'n, 1907-09; exec. sec. of Consumers' League of N.Y. City, 1910-12; exec. sec. of Com. on Safety of N.Y. City since 1912. Interested In handicrafts, modelling and sculpture, aesthetic dancing, dramatics, biological studies and organic chemistry. Favors woman suffrage; mem. and speaker for Woman Suffrage Party. Mem. B'd of Directors of the Consumers' League of N.Y. City; mem. Holyoke Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, the Little Club, N.Y. City.