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��POWKIX. LoHie Gertrude Hanmcher (Mrs.

Isaac X. Powell), 6826 Bennett Av., Chicago.

Born Lexington, Ind., Oct. 12, 1867; dau. .John Riley and Margaret (Van Deusen) Hamacher; ed. Richmond (Me.) High School, Synodical Coll. of Pulton, Mo.; grad. of instrumental music from same college; m. Richmond, Mo., X'^eb. 6, lS9o, Isaac N. Powell; one son: Donald H. Mem. of various religious, social and philanthropic socie- ties. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Connected with United Charities of Chicago. Mem. Parents' and Teachers' Ass'n of Bowen High School; cor. sec. Bryn Mawr Y/oman's Club of Chicago; mem. Arche Club of Chicago.

rOWELL, Maud (Mrs. H. Godfrey Turner),

1402 Broadway, N.Y. City.

Violinist; b. Peru, 111., Aug. 22, 1868; ed. public schools of Aurora, 111.; studied music in Chicago, later in Lreipzig, Paris and Berlin; pupil of William Lewis, Henri Schradieck, Dancla and Joachim; m. 1904, H. Godfrey Turner. Played as soloist with the Thomas Siedl, Gericke, Nikiscb, Damrosch, and other orohestras; violin soloist with New York Arion Soc. iu tour of Germany and Austria, 1S92; tour of British Isles and the Continent of E)urope, 1899-1901, 1903-05; South Africa, 1905. Organized the Maud Powell Trio, 1908. Contributor to various magazines.

POWELL, Nancy MoreU (Mrs. Willis B.

Powell), Drawer 407, Tampa, Fla.

Born Holland, Mich., Feb. 28, 1880; dau. John and Mary (Swanson) Morell; ed. St. Louis (Mo.) public schools; m. Buffalo, N.Y., May 24, 1898, Willis B. Powell; one son, Maxine Morell Powell. Interested in civic work, playgrounds, city beau- tifying. Press correspondent Fla. State Woman's Confederation; corr. sec. Tampa Civic Ass'n. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recrea- tions: Golf, automobiling, floriculture. Mem. Tampa Automobile and Golf Club and several social and religious clubs.

POWELL, Sarah Harrison, 5 West Biddle St.,

Baltimore Md.

Writer; b. Fairfax Co., Va. ; dau. Edward Burr and Cordelia Sothoron (Arn.strong) Powell; ed. private schools at Leesburg, Va. Mem. Md. Soc. Colonial Dames of Am. and Nat. Soc. of D.A.R. Special writer for the pre«s. Favors woman suffrage.

POWERS, Carol Hoyt (Mrs. Leland T. Powers),

4 Regent Circle, Brookline, Mass.

Teacher; b. Boston, Mass., 1868; dau. William J. and Juliette (Merrill) Hoyt; ed. Boston; m. Somerville, Mass., Dec, 1495, Leland T. Powers (well-known public reader and Interpreter of Dickens); children: Haven Merrill, Leland Hoyt. Christian Scientist.

POWERS, Emma Hardy (Mrs. W. Irving Pow- ers), Lyndonville, Vt.

Born Goshen, N.H., Feb. 22, 1863; dau. Charles and Lucy J. (Blood) Hardy; ed. Wconsocket (R.I.) schools and grad. Nashua (N.H.) High School, and took four-year course in art with W. P. Phelps, well-known artist; m. Nashua, N.H., Oct. 5, 1885, W. Irving Powers; one daugh- ter: Theia Hardy. State chairman of education of Vt. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, four years; Vt. State chairman of Nat. Education Ass'n, three years. Past matron of Esther Chapter Order Eastern Star; past grand officer of Grand Chapter of Vt. Order of Eastern Star. Past pres. Lyndouville Village Improvement Soc. Mem. Episcopal Church. Mem. St. John de Crevecour Ch.'tpter, St. Johnsbury (Vt.) D.A.R., Vt. Botani- cal Club, Vt. Bird Club, Lyndon Union Club (past pres.).

PO^'NTER, Clara E. (Mrs. Charles W. M. Poyn- ter), 1749 Washington St., Lincoln, Neb. Born Waynesburgh, Pa., Feb. 4, 1876; dau. James W. and Mary H. (Minor) Axtell; grad. Pittsburgh Central High School, Vassar, A.B. '02 (Phi Beta Kappa); graduate work (fellow) in Institutional history, Univ. of Neb.; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma; m. Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 3, 1907, Dr. Charles W. M. Poynter. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Christian Church. Mem. Faculty Women's Club of the Univ. of Neb.

��POYNTER, Mary Auffusta MasOU (Mrs. Hugh E. Poynter), Ottoman Public Debt, Constanti- nople, Turkey.

Born Windsor, N.Y. ; dau. S. A. and Nancy A. (Sago) Mason; ed. Windsor Acad, and Bingham- ton Woman's Coll.; m. Constantinople, Oct., 1905, Hugh E. Poynter (son of Sir Edward Poynter of the Royal Acad.). Author: With the Seasons, 1S97; frequent contributor of verse and prose to American magazines.

POYNTZ, Juliet Stuart, Barnard College, Colum- bia Univ., N.Y. City.

College lecturer; b. Omaha, Neb., Nov. 25, 1SS6; dau. John J. and Alice E. (Stewart) Poyntz; grad. Barnard Coll.; Columbia Univ., A.B. '07; Phi Beta Kappa, '06; highest final general honors, '07; A.M. '10; London School of Economics, Lon- don Univ., 1910-11; Oxford Univ., Oxford, Eng., 1911-12. Mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma. Special investigator for the U.S. Immigration Commis- sion in industrial centers, 1908-09; ass't in modern history, Barnard Coll., 1909-10. Interested in the scientific study of social questions and in move- ments for social reconstruction. Favors woman suffrage. Lecturer for various suffrage organiza- tions, N.Y. City. Contributor to various maga- zines; author of Report on Immigrants in Mil- waukee for the U.S. Immigration (Commission, 1909; Introduction to Monograph on Seasonal Trades, London School of Economics Series, 1912. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Oxford Anthropo- logical Soc. Mem. Lyceum Club, London; Soc. of Am. Women in London, Women's University Club, N.Y. City. First holder of the English scholarship given by the Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs of the U.S. of America. PRAGER, Anna Goslin (Mrs. Sidney Prager), Roswell, N.Mex.

Born Ottawa, 111., Nov. 6, 1S69; dau. Louis and Henrietta (Rels) Goslin; ed. Dallas, Tex., at a private school; m. Dallas, Tex., Jan. 22, 1896, Sidney Prager; children: Willard L. Prager, b. Jan. 12, 1897; Louis M. Prager, b. Aug. 19, 1903; Myron S., b. Oct. 17, 1905. Vocal and instrumen- tal music teacher; taught at New Mexico Musi- cal Inst., Roswell, N.Mex.; supervisor of music in Dallas public schools. Against woman suf- frage. Jewess. Active mem. the Mothers' Club; sec. of Century Ass'n. Has charge of book club of 20 members; mem. Woman's Club, Order Eastern Star.

PRANG, Mary Dana Hicks (Mrs. Louis Prang), 45 Centre St., Roxbury, Mass. Born Syracuse, N.Y., Oct. 7, 1836; dau. Major and Mrs. .4.gnes A. L. (Johnson) Dana; grad. Allen Sem., Rochester, '52; Rochester Univ., 1850-52; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, '85; Har- vard Univ., special student, 1887; Harvard- Lowell courses, 1910-12; m. (1st) Oct. 7, 1856, Charles S. Hicks; (2d) Apr. 15, 1900, Louis Prang (died June 14, 1909); one daughter: Margaret Hicks, b. March 21, 1857. Supervisor of drawing, Syracuse, N.Y., 1868-78; editor the Prang Educa- tional Co., Boston, 1878-1900; director the Prang Normal Classes, 1885-1900. Interested in single tax movement, public art education, Fabyan Socialist, ideal Anarchist, anti-imperialist, equal suffrage; interested in working women. Charter mem. of Equal Suffrage for Good Government Ass'n, Boston; pres. Roxbury Woman Suffrage Club, 1911-12. Author: The Kindergarten, the True Basis for Art Education; The Prang Pri- mary Course, First and Second Years, 18S9. Joint author with Louis Prang: Color Instruc- tion; joint author with John S. Clark and Wal- ter S. Perry: The Prang Complete Course in Art Education, books 1-12; The Prang Shorter Courses in Art Education, books 1-6; Manuals for Complete and Shorter Courses, parts 1-6; The Prang Elementary Course in Art Education, books 1-12; Manuals for Elementary Course, parts 1-6. Unitarian. Mem. Progressive Party. Mem. Mass. Floral Emblem Soc, Onondaga Historical Ass'n (Syracuse), Anti-Imperialist League (Bos- ton), Mass. Single Tax League (Boston), Eastern Drawing Teachers Ass'n, Western Drawing Teachers Ass'n, School Voters' League (Boston), Public School Art League, Drama League. Rec- reations: Works of art, music, drama, dancing, travel. Mem. Social Art Club, Syracuse (pres.

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