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��B.A. '81; m. Dexter, Me., Dec. 25, 1882, Charles Thaxter Shaw of Montreal; children: Charles Brackler, Elizabeth Marcia, Herbert Thaxler, Douglas Archibald. Mem. Unitarian Church. Pres. Ladies' Morning Musical Club six years; pres. of several college clubs. Favors woman suffrage.

SHAW, Ellen Eddy, 609 W. Twenty-seventh St.,

N.Y. City.

Editor, teacher; grad. Tufts Coll., B.S., with one year's work in Med Dep't of Tufts Coll. (mem. Alpha Kappa Gamma, Tufts). Supervisor of nature work, Ethical Culture School, N.Y. City. Editor children's garden department of Garden Magazine. Editor Nature Dep't in Country Life in America; lecturer on children's gardens. Author: Gardening (in Children's Li- brary of Work and Play).

SHAW, Flora Madlena Matheson, Montreal Gen- eral Hospital, Montreal, Can.

Graduate nurse, lecturer; b. Perth, Ontario; dau. Henry D. and Flora (Matheson) Shaw; granddaughter of Hon. James Shaw and Hon. Roderick Matheson, both Senators of Canada; ©d. in schools of Perth, Ontario; grad. Montreal Gen. Hospital and Columbia Coll., N.Y. City. For- merly lady sup't of Montreal Gen. Hospital; now lecturer on domestic science in Montreal Gen. Hospital. SHAW, Florence DeGraff (Mrs. N. Archibald

Shaw, Jr.), 3 W. Elghty-flrst St., N.T. City.

Principal Hamilton Inst.; b. Washington, D.C., Mar. 31, 1865; dau. Major C. M. and Helen De- Graff Scholefield; ed. Utica (N.Y.) Acad., Norfolk (Va.) Coll., special courses in Columbia Univ. ; m. Portchester, N.Y., June, 1S8S, N. Archibald Shaw Jr.; children: Archibald Robert, Donald Scholefield. Teacher, Holly Springs, Miss., 1883; Hamilton Inst, for Boys till 1902; now principal Hamilton Inst, for Girls, N.Y. City. Lecturer on child training. Favors woman suffrage. Con- gregationallst. Mem. Sorosls, Browning Soc, Nat. Arts Club; honorary mem. Empire State Soc. SHAW, Harriett McCreary (Mrs. Thomas W.

Shaw), 1528 Fifth Av., W., Seattle, Wash.

Artist and lecturer on art; b. Fayettevllle, Ark., Mar. 17, 1865; dau. Cortez and Julia (Waters) Jackson ; ed. Univ. of Ark. ; grad. with highest honors at Denver School of Fine Ails; pupil of G. Piatt, Art Inst., Chicago; Magda Heuerman, Chicago, and Samuel Richards, Munich; m. St. Louis, Mo.,. 1885, Thomas W. Shaw (deceased); one daughter: Mrs. Duncan McGregor, of Seattle, Wash. Instructor in Den- ver School of Fine Arts; received silver medal on ivory miniatures at St. Louis Louisiana Pur- chase Exposition and gold and silver medals on oil portraits at Seattle (Alaskan-Yukon-Paciflc) Exposition, in which was director of exhibits In Woman's Building, and lectured in Fine Arts Building. Chairman of Art Committee ol, Wash- ington State Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Art Com. Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs, 1909-12. Inter- ested for philanthropy in connection with art work; gives night lessons at Y.W.C.A., and free scholarships to talented poor boys and girls. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Outlines of American Painting. Lectures on: Modern Dutch Painting, Modern EJnglish Painting, Modern French Painting, Modern German Painting, Am- erican Figure and Mural Painting, AmBrican Landscape Painting; Some Influences and Hopes of Modern Painting; Judging the Modern Pic- tures from the Modern Standpoint; Christ in Modern Painting; French Impressionism; The Art of Washington and the Northwest; The Necessity and Practical Value of General Appreciation of Art. Assisted in compiling handbook of Muni- cipal Art in America. Mem. Christian Church. Democrat (voter). Hon. mem. Nat. Art Soc; mem. Am, Fed. of Arts, Woman's Century Club. Has delivered a very large number of lectures to arouse a more general interest in history of art. SHAW, Julia Williamson (Mrs. William A.

Shaw), Ardwick, Md.

School teacher; b. Greenville, S.C, 1869; dau. Prank A. and Anna S. (O'Hear) Williamson; ed. Avery Normal Inst., Charleston, S.C, Ot>erlln

��Coll., Chautauqua, N.Y., Teachers Coll. (N.Y.) Summer Schools; hl Philadelphia, 1896, William A. Shaw, of Durham, N.C. ; one son: William A. Shaw, b. 1898. Taught domestic science two years in Knoxville, Tenn., five years In Hamp- ton Inst, Hampton, Va. Became a widow after two years and Ave months of married life. Be- c^ame teacher of domestic science in Manual Training High School, Washington, D.C. After a year promoted ass't director of domestic science, which position has held since, in charge of colored schools. Interested in the betterment of the home. Interested in training teachers of home economics. Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Home Economics Ass'n, Eastern Manual Train- ing Ass'n and Nat. EMucational Ass'n. Recrea- tions: Out-door life. SHAW, Alutha Cornelia, 870 Thorn St., Sewick-

ley. Pa,

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 31, 1878; dau. Cor- nelius and Adele (Frazler) Shaw; ed. private and public schools of Allegheny, Pa.; Westminster Coll., preparatory; Alinda, preparatory; Welles- lej Coll., B.A. 19O0 (mem. Phi Sigma). Inter- ested in literature, amateur dramatics, etc. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal Franchise Fed. of Western Pa., Woman Suffrage Party of Allegheny County. Presbyterian. Mem. of va- rious literary, dramatic and philanthropic so- cieties. Mem. Wellesley Club of Pittsburgh, Woman's Cluh of Sewickley Valley, College Club of Pittsburgh. SHAW, Mary, 108 W. Forty-fifth St., N.T. City.

Actress; b. Wolfeboro, N.H. ; dau. Levi W. Shaw; grad. from Boston high schools and taught for a time in public schools. Began stage career in a minor part in extravaganza at the Boston Museum, remaining two years with that company; then went with Augustin Daly, and later supported Fanny Davenport; was leading woman With Mme. Modjeska four years, an especially notable feature being her work as Queen Elizabeth in Mary Stuart; afterward with Mrs. Fiske, and following that created the part of Roxy in Frank Mayo's production of Pudd'n- head Wilson; played a season with Joseph Jeffer- son and afterward starred with Edmund Collier and Eben Plympton in a Shakespearian reper- toire. Was first American actress to introduce Ibsen's work to the general American public, creating, in this country, the part of Mrs. Alving in Ibsen's Ghosts at the Manhattan Theatre, N.Y. City; also played Mrs. Warren in Mrs. Warren's Profession at its initial performance in America (Oct., 1905), N.Y. City, followed by other successes. SHAW, Mary Edna, 523 W. 122d St., N.T. City.

High school teacher; b. Ilion, N.Y., Aug. 15, 1881; dau. Francis Eugene and Juliette (Havl- land) Shaw; grad. Ilion High School, '98; Cornell Univ., A.B. '02; Potsdam State Normal School, '03. Taught in Watervliet (N.Y.) High School four years; examiner of mathematics In EMucation Dep't at Albany for two years. Taught in Will- iam Penn High School, Philadelphia; now teacher of mathematics In Bryant High School, N.Y. City. Treas. Mathematics Ass'n of Teachers for the Middle States and Maryland. Unitarian. Mem. Delta Gamma (High School). Recreations: Walking, swimming, rowing. SHAW, Mary Stephens (Mrs. Ralph Martin

Shaw), 2632 Prairie Av., Chicago, 111.

Born in Iowa; dau. R. D. and Louise (Brier) Stephens; ed. Coe College, Cedar Rapids, la., and Bryn Mawr Coll. ; m. Geneva, Switzerland, 1896, Ralph Martin Shaw; one son: Ralph Shaw. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Wo- man's Club, Woman's Athletic Club, City Club, Young Fortnightly, Wednesday Club. SHAW, Nellie de Bertrand (Mrs. E. Brunswick

Shaw), Victoria, B.C., Can.

Writer; b. Fredericton, N.B., Mar. 13, 1874; dau. Charles H. and Maria (Raymond) -Lugren; of United Empire Loyalist stock on both sides; ed. in schools of Fredericton, N.B.; m. E. Bruns- wick Shaw. Lived for some time in the Yukon country of Alaska and the Canadian Northwest. Writer of short stories and travel sketches In magazines of Canada, England and U.S. An- glican.

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