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84 BATES, Theodora, 35 Brewster St., Cambridge, Mass.

Teacher; b. Massachusetts; ed. in private school in Cambridge, Mass.; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '05; graduate student, 1905-06, A.M. '07; student in Paris, France, 1908-09. Teacher of French and German, Friends' Acad., New Bedford, Mass., 1906-08; teacher of French in Miss Madeira's School, Washington, D.C., and instructor in English, history and gymnastics in Holton Arms School, Washington, 1910-11.

BATTELS, Mary Miller (nee Mary Howell Miller), Ashtabula, Ohio.

Physician; b. Covington, Ky., July 29, 1860; dau. William B. and Emily (Howell) Miller; ed. Miss Armstrong's School, Cincinnati, O., Grand River Inst., Austinburg, Ohio, Univ. of Mich., M.D. '89; post-graduate work in Dr. Knapp's Ophthalmological Clinic, N.Y. City; m. Austinburg, O., Jan. 16, 1895, William P. Battels. Physician and surgeon, specializing on eye, ear, nose and throat. Sec. Ashtabula Co. Med. Soc.; mem. Cleveland Med. Library Ass'n, Ohio State Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, National Acad, of Ophthalmology and Oto-Laryngology. Mem. Woman's Fortnightly Club of Ashtabula. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Ashtabula Suffrage Ass'n.

BAUM, M. Louise, 108 Gainsboro St., Boston, Mass.

Journalist; b. Tidioute, Pa.; dau. A. Clarke and Josephine (Stone) Baum; ed. private schools and high school, Syracuse, N.Y.; W. F. Whitney Internat. School of Music, Boston and Florence, Italy, private teachers in English and languages. Formerly in church and concert singing, writing on music and teaching; special editorial work, Ginn & Co.; manager Whitney Internat. School, Florence; now at present in editorial dep't of Christian Science Monitor. Favors woman suffrage. Author of translations of operas, oratorios and songs for music, original poems and verses for children; Adventures of Grillo (translated from Candèze), a book for children. Christian Scientist. Progressive. Mem. Cecelia Soc. of Boston, New England Woman's Press Ass'n, Good Government Ass'n, Mass. Equal Suffrage League, Twentieth Century Club of Boston, Discussion Club. Recreation: Singing.

BAUMANN, Annie Rose Greene (Mrs. Albert V. Baumann), 613 Croghan St., Fremont, O.

Born Fremont, O., May 15, 1869; dau. Judge John Lynde and Emma E. (Shaw) Greene; grad. Fremont High School, '87; m. Fremont, O., Jan. 16, 1889, Albert V. Baumann; children: Albert V. Jr., Elsie Elizabeth. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. D.A.R., Soc. of New England Women, U.S. Daughters of 1812, Ohio. Mem. Cosmopolitan Club. Ex-State pres. Ohio Daughters of 1812; ex-regent Col. George Croghan Chapter D.A.R.; past pres. Cosmopolitan Club; ex-State chairman of Patriotic Education, D.A.R.

BAUMANN, Frances Osgood (Mrs. Edward S. Baumann), 7 39 Lincoln Av., Winnetka, Ill.

Born Chicago, 1875; dau. James Stone and Alice (Saunders) Osgood; ed. public schools, Chicago; Smith Coll., B.A. '98; Radcliffe Post-Graduate, '99; Berlin Univ., '02; m. Chicago, Sept. 2, 1907, Edward S. Baumann; children: Edward Osgood, James Osgood. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman's Club of Winnetka.

BAUMGARTNER, Helen Morgan (Mrs. Otto C. Baumgartner), Rockport, Ind.

Teacher; b. Rockport, Ind., Aug. 29, 1877; dau. David H. and Clara (Wright) Morgan; ed. Coll. of the Sisters of Bethany, Topeka, Kan., A.B.; m. Topeka, Kan., June 22, 1904, Otto C. Baumgartner, M.D. Taught mathematics six years in high school. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Friday Night Club, Rockport Woman's Club; chairman First District Ind. Fed. of Clubs, 1911-15.

BAWDEN, Sarah Elizabeth, Creed Av., Queens, LI., N.Y.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '94; student of education and English, Columbia Univ., summer of 1900. Private tutor, 1894-96; teacher in Bayonne (N.J.) High School, 1896-1905; since 1905 teacher of English and music in Manual Training High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.

BAXTER, Blanche Weber (Mrs. William Baxter), 1037 Madison St., Syracuse, N.Y.

Retired actress; b. Cicero, Onondaga Co., N.Y.; dau. Zebulon and Emma R. (Gage) Weber; ed. Syracuse High School, 1879; became mem. of Daly's Stock Co., 1879; m. Jersey City, 1894, William Baxter; one daughter: Ramona, b. 1895. Has supported nearly all of the prominent stars. Mem. Shakespeare Club, Irving Circle. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Political Equality Club of Syracuse.

BAXTER, Martha Wheeler, 58 West 67th St., N.Y. City, and Lenox, Mass.

Portrait painter; b. Castleton, Vt.; dau. William Wallace and Mary Cornelia (Lillie) Baxter; ed. Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Art Students' League, N.Y. City; Delecluze and Julian Academies, Paris; also with Mme. Debillemont, Chardon, Mlle. Schmitt, of Paris, and Signor F. Sartorelli, Venice; received honorable mention at Universal Exposition, Paris, 1900. Has exhibited at most of the large exhibitions in this country, also many in Europe—both international and local. Ass't sec. of Art Workers' Club for Women; rec. sec. of Women's Art Club of N.Y. ; on the Hanging Committee of Katherine Lorillard Wolfe Club. Clubs: Women's Art Club, American Federation of Arts, Fellowship of the Pa. Acad. of Fine Arts, Art Workers' Club for Women, Katherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Students' Club. Recreations: Music and singing. Episcopalian.

BAYARD, Orlena Hunting (Mrs. Andrew Herbert Bayard), 397 Lafayette Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Albany, Oct. 31, 1870; dau. Nelson (M.D.) and Elizabeth (Tole) Hunting; ed. Albany High School; m. Albany, Oct. 15, 1890, Andrew Herbert Bayard; children: Roy Hunting, Helen Margaret. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recreation: China decoration. Was pres. Ingleside Literary Club during residence in Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y.

BAYLISS, Clara Kern (Mrs. Alfred Bayliss), 225 W. Carroll St., Macomb, Ill.

Author; b. near Kalamazoo, Mich, 1848; dau. Manasseh and Caroline (Harlan) Kern; ed. Hillsdale Coll., B.S., M.S.; later took special course in composition and rhetoric in Univ. of Chicago; m. Michigan, 1871, Alfred Bayliss, long State sup't of public instruction of Ill., and later Western Ill. State Normal School (died 1911); children: Clara Kern Bayliss, Jr., Zoe. Engaged in literary work for several years; has contributed to Chicago daily papers and to several magazines. Author: In Brook and Bayou; Lolami, the Little Cliff Dweller; Lolami in a Pueblo City; Evolution of the Boy; The Little Cliff Dweller; Two Little Algonkin Lads; Old Man Coyote. Mem. Folk-Lore Ass'n; trustee Springfield Boy's Club and Home for the Friendless; mem. D.A.R., and of one literary and one musical club, though not a musician; Child Circle (Macomb, Ill..), Ill. Congress of Mothers; was chairman Education Committee of Federated Clubs for two years; chairman of Education Committee of the Mother's Congress and delegate to the International Mothers' Congress. Interested in education, eugenics and general progress of mankind; favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Reading, music, cards and outdoor rambles.

BEACH, Amy Marcy Cheney (Mrs. Henry Harris Aubrey Beach), 28 Commonwealth Av., Boston, Mass.

Composer and pianist; b. Henniker, N.H., Sept. 5, 1867 (Colonial ancestry); dau. Charles Abbott and Clara Imogen (Marcy) Cheney; first studies were under her mother, from whom she inherited her musical ability; by age of seven could play difficult music, including Beethoven and Bach, and played several times in public in N.H.; when eight was taken to Boston, where she attended W. L. Whittemore's private school and afterward studied under Ernest Parabo, Junius W. Hill of Wellesley Coll., and Carl Baermann; almost all of her work in harmony,