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��Club, Washington, D.C. ; pres. Harmony Musical Club, Washington, D.C; mem. Political Equality Club, Buffalo, N.Y. Ardent advocate of suf- frage for women.

SMITH, Frances Wheeler (Mrs. Clement McDon- ald Smith), Hastings, Mich.

Born Woodland, Mich., Apr. 3, 1850; dau. Milo Thatcher and Amanda (Halght) Wheeler; ed. common schools, Hastings High School; m. Hastings, Mich., May 17, 1871, Clement McDon- ald Smith; children: Shirley Wheeler, Gertrude Josephine, Donald David. Sup't Sunday-school; pres. Foreign Missionary Soc. ; pres. Hastings Woman's Club for 15 years. Chairman Lecture Course Com. ; vlce-pres. and charter mem. Mich. Soc. for the Relief and Prevention of Tubercu- losis. Mem. Health Com. Mich State Fed. of Women's Cluibs. Favors woman suffrage. Metho- dist. Recreations: Out-door life, reading. Charter mem. and second pres. Hastings Women's Club. Has been director, treas., first vlce-pres. and pres. of Mich. State Fed. Women's Clubs, two years each. Was delegate to St. I*aul and Boston biennial meetings of the Gen. Fed.; delegate to the Nat. Peace Conferenc* in Chicago. SMITH, Gena, "Edgehlll," Windsor, N.S.. Can.

Educator; b. Eton, Bucks, England; ed. pri- vately and at St. Stephen's College, Windsor, England; passed several Univ. of Cambridge ex- aminations. Taught for several years at St. Stephen's High School, Windsor, England; was head mistress of that school, 1897-1901, resigning to come to Canada at request of Rt. Rev. Andrew Hunter Dunn, D.D., Bishop of Quebec, to reopen King's Hall, the church school at Compton, P.Q.; remained at its head until 1905; since taien lady principal of Edgehlll Church School for Girls at Windsor, N.S. Mem. Church of England; delegate to Anglican Church Congress, Halifax, N.S., 1910. SMITH, Gertrude, 252 Woodford St., Portland,

Me.

College Instructor; b. Portland, Me.: grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '97, A.M. "03. Teacher, Port- land, Me., 1898-99; Englewood, N.J., 1900; In- structor Vassar Coll., 1902-07 and since 1909. BSnTH, Gertrude E. Dietrich (Mrs. Herbert

Knox Smith), Cathedral Av. and Woodley

Lane, Washington, D.C.

Bom Hastings, Neb., Aug. 18, 1880; dau. Charles Henry and Elizabeth (Slaker) Dietrich; ed. Convent of Visitation, Hastings; Ursuline Convent, Duderstadt, Germany, and B^thune, France; Convent de I'Assomption, Pans, France; Morgan Park, 111.; Lake Forest, 111.; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. ; m. Farmington, Conn., Sept. 29, 1908, Herbert Knox Smith. Interested In work of Woman's Welfare Dep't of Civic Fed.; in the Consumers' League, in the promotion of con- servation and work of the Associated Charities and Soc. for Prevention of Tuberculosis. Clubs: Bryn Mawr, N.Y. City; Bryn Mawr, Washington; P.E.O., Hastings, Neb.; Bachelors' Lawn Tennis, Washington. SMITH^ Gladys Ffouike (Mrs. Edward Chapman

Smith), 2 Hillside Av., Summit, N.J.

Bom Philadelphia, Apr. 29, 1881; dau. Charles Mather and Sarah A. (Gushing) Ffouike; ed. Dobbs Ferry, Miss Master's School; m. Wash- ington, Oct. 17, 1901, Edward Chapman Smith of Philadelphia; children: Gladys Chapman, Gwen- doline Ffouike. Since marriage has traveled abroad and in California. Devotes most of spare time to painting. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Athletic sports, tennis, ewlmmlng, dancing. SMITH, Grace Cobum (Mrs. George Otis Smith),

2137 Bancroft Place, Washington, D.C, and 2

Coburn Av., Skowhegan, Me.

Born Skowhegan, Me., Sept. 10, 1S71; dau. Stephen and Helen S. (Miller) Coburn; ed. Colby Coll. A.B. '93 (Sigma Kappa); George Washing- ton Univ., A.M. 1900; m. Skowhegan, Me., Nov. 18. 1896, George Otis Smith (director U.S. Geo- logical Survey); children: Charles Coburn, Joseph Coburn, Helen Coburn, Elizabeth Coburn, Louise Coburn. Traveled and studied In Europe, 1893- 96; interested In missionary, temperance and DhilanthroDlc movements. Grand pres. Sigma

��Kappa, 1909-12. Mem. D.A.R., W.C.T.U., De- scendants of the Mayflower, College Women's Club, Twentieth Century Club. Baptist. Favora woman suffrage. S»nTH, Graeme McGregor (Mrs. Rutledga

Smith), Cookeville, Tenn.

Editor; b. Lebanon, Tenn., Mar. 1, 1875; dau. Capt. Andrew Donelson and Eudora Anderson (Lebanon) McGregor; grad. Cumberland Univ. (coll. for young ladies), Lebanon, A.M. salutator- lan of class, through making best grade; m. Lebanon, May 14, 1896, Rutledge Smith; children: Albert, McGregor, Eudora Anderson. Taught two years (until marriage), afterward assisted husband in editing Cookeville Press, of which ha^ had entire charge since 1910. Pres. League ol Southern Women Writers; pres. Current Topie Club of Cookeville; ex-pres. Tenn Woman's Presa and Authors' Club; chairman Book Com. ol Cookeville Library; press correspondent State W.C.T.U. ; mem. Presbyterian Missionary Soc. and Guild. Has written several strong articlea against woman suffrage; writes for newspapers and magazines. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. Cumberland Chapter D.A.R. of Nashville; sec. Cookeville Chapter United Daughters of Con- federacy. SMITH, Hannah, 117 W. 5Sth St., N.Y. City.

Teacher of music; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., 1849; dau. Edgar M. and Amanda (McPhail) Smith; ed. Packer Inst, Brooklyn. Author: Music — How It Came to Me What It Is; Founders of Music; Rhymes and Rhythms, and about a hundred pianoforte pieces and songs by various publishers. Congregationallst. Favors woman suffrage. SMITH, Harriet Louise Goetsch (Mrs. Charles

M. Smith), 910 S. Ninth St., Lafayette, Ind.

Born Watertown, Wis., 1S72; dau. Henry and Louise (Deuschle) Goetsch; ed. Watertown Higlu School, Milwaukee Normal School, Univ. of Wis., B.L. '97; m. Chicago, 1903, Prof. Charles M. Smith (ass't prof, physics, Purdue Univ.); one son: Edward Baldwin. Principal Primary Dep't of Normal School at Whitewater, Wis., 1892-95; teacher of German and Latin at Manitowoc (Wis.) High School, 1897-1900; German at Aurora (111.) High School, 1900-03. Favors woman suf- frage. Unitarian. Recreations: French, German. Mem. La Classe Frangaise, University Club (Pur- due Univ.). SMITH, Harriet Lummis (Mrs. William M.

Smith), 2630 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md.

Author; b. Auburndale, Mass.; dau. Henry and Jennie (Brewster) Lummls; ed. Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis., A.B. and first honors in class; m. Appleton, Oct. 11, 1905, William M. Smith. Author: The Girls of Friendly Terrace; Peggy Raymond's Vacation (books for girls, published by L. C Page & Co., Boston). Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore. Has contributed to many magazines, including Mc- Clure's, Munsey's, Delineator, Harper's Bazar, Independent, Smart Set and many juvenile periodicals. Youths' Companion, St. Nicholas, and leading religious periodicals. SMITH, Helen Evertson, Sharon, Conn.

Writer; b. Sharon, Conn., Aug. 22, 1839; dau. Robert Worthington Smith (M.D.) and Gertrude L'Estrange (Bolden) Smith; ed. at home. Liter- ary activities have been mostly in editorial and semi-editorial positions, or writing for maga- zines. Author: Colonial Days and Ways, 1912. Congregatlonalist. Mem. Sharon Woman's Club. During Civil War was a constant worker for the Sanitary Commission, since then has been Inter- ested in missions.

SMITH Helen Fairchild, 33 Ayrault St., New- port, R.I.

Teacher; b. Middletown, Conn., Sept. 21, 1836; dau. Augustus W. Smith, LL.D. (prof, of astron- omy in Wesleyan Univ., Middletown, Conn.; pres. of same institution; commissioned prof, of mathematics In the U.S. Navy, at Annapolis, Md.) and Catharine R. (Childs) Smith; ed. private lUtors and in private schools, Lawrence Coll., Appleton, Wis., M.A. '81; Syracuse Univ., Lltt.D. '89. Private teacher; called to Wells College, Aurora, N.Y., 1876, as lady principal and prof, of English literature; became dean of Wells

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