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��Dep't for Women, Norristown State Hospital, since 1909. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc.

SPENCER, Elizabeth Dwight (Mrs. H. N. Spen- cer), 2725 Washington Av., St. Louis, Mo. Born Colleton Co., S.C, Nov. 8, 1841; dau. Isaac Marion and Martha (Porcher) Dwight; ed. Charleston and Barhamville, S.C; m. Charleston, S.C, Julv 6, 1887, Dr. H. N. Spencer. Mem. Soc. Colonial Dames, D.A.R., United Daughters of the Confederacy; pres. St. Louis Confederate Monument Ass'n. Against woman suffrage.

SPENCER, Ema, 161 N. Fourth St., Newark, O. Pictorial photographer; b. Brownsville, 0., 1862; dau. Benjamin Franklin and Susan (Por- ter) Spencer; ed. Newark (0.) High School (valedictorian). Medal and diploma Internat. Exposition, Turin, Italy, 1902; medals Internat. Expositions Wiesbaden, Germany, 1903, and Hamburg, Germany, 1911. Represented in Inter- nat. exhibitions in London, Philadelphia and Buffalo, N.Y. Trustee Newark Public Library. Favors woman suffrage. Author of articles con- tributed to photographic magazines, and article in Ohio Magazine, Sept., 1906, A New England Town in Ohio; conducted three dep'ts in Sunday Advocate (Newark, 0.), 1893-94. Many of her photographs have been reproduced in art maga- zines.

SPENCER, Emily Meredith Read (Mrs. Edwards Spencer), 11 W. Sixteenth St., N.Y. City. Born Albany, N.Y. ; dau. John Meredith and Delphine Mar;e (Pumpelly) Read; ed. Convent of the Assomption, Paris, France; m. (1st) New- port, R.I., 1884, Francis Aquila Stout; (2nd) 1894, Edwards Spencer, Paris, France. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Protestant Episcopal Church. Republican. Mem. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants, "descendants of Signers of the Declaration of Independence; fellow Am. Geo- graphical Soc. ; mem. Am. Red Cross, N.Y. Women's League for Animals, Am. Museum of Natural History, Ladies' Kennel Ass'n of America.

SPENCER, Gertrude Armstrong, The Cumber- land, Avondale, Cincinnati, O. Secretary of business corporation; b. Cincin- nati, 0., June 25, 1874; dau. Myron A. and Ger- trude (Armstrong) Spencer; ed. Bartholomew Classical School, Cincinnati, O. Sec. the M. A. Spencer Ck). (wholesale opticians). Contributor of short stories and descriptive letters in various journals; local correspondent for two journals. Presbyterian. Mem. Audubon Soc. of Ohio. Recreation: Horseback riding.

SPENCER, Gertrude Longworth (Mrs. George A. Spencer), 2512 Fourteenth Av., S., Seattle, Wash. Teacher; b. Port Austin, Mich., May 3, 1881; dau Philip and Anna E. (McLean) Winsor; ed. Seattle. Wash.; m. June 19, 1901, George A. Spencer. Deputy county sup't of schools for three years. Has been chairman of Welfare Dep't of City Fed. of Women's Clubs for two years; active in welfare and philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Re- publican. Mem. Order Eastern Star: pres. Pro- gressive Thought Club; mem. Pa. Study Club.

SPENCER, Grace Ione, 111 Oneida St., Utlca, N.Y. Teacher; b. Utica, N.Y. ; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900. Teacher in Cobleskill (N.Y.) High School, 1900-03; Nyack, 1903-05; Utica Free Acad, since 1905.

SPENCER, Lilian Graham (Mrs. Richard Frank- lin Spencer), 255 W. 90th St., N.Y. City; sum- mer cottage, Annisquam, Gloucester, Mass. Born St. Louis, Sept. 12, 1855: dau. James and Sarah Ann (Graham) Wilson; ed. St. Louis, Eliot School, High School, Normal School, 1864-74; m. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 23, 1878, Richard Franklin Spencer; children: Vivien, b. Sept. 16, 1879 (died July 12, 1884); Graham Parks, b. Sept. 20, 1882; Florence Katherine, b. Sept. 13, 1886; Dorothy Lilian, b. Feb. 28, 1892. Mem. Church of the Messiah (St. Louis), Eliot Soc. (St. Louis), Wednesday Club (St. Louis), Woman's Whist Club (St. Louis). Unitarian. Recently became permanent resident of N.Y. City.

��SPENCER, Margaret Smith Henry (Mrs. Albert Spencer), Ferwood Villa, Waterbury, Vt. ; win- ter, Waldorf Astoria, N.Y. City. Born Waterbury, Vt., Jan. 31, 1850; dau. Syl- vester and Laura Almira (Blusi) Henry; ed. Hochelaga Convent, Montreal; m. London. Eng- land, Jan. 27, 1903, Albert Spencer. Episcopalian. SPENCER, Mary Acheson (Mrs. Charles H. Spencer), 719 Amberson Av., Pittsburgh, Pa. Born Pittsburgh, Sept. 24, 1863; dau. Judge Marcus W. and Sophie (Reiter) Acheson; ed. Pittsburgh private schools; grad. Pa. Coll. for Women, B.A. ; m. Pittsburgh, Nov. 6, 1883, Charles H. Spencer; children: Adeline, Kate, Ethel, Marcus, Mary, Charles, Elizabeth. Trus- tee of Pa. Coll. for Women. Presbyterian. Mem. Pittsburgh Auxiliary of the American McAll Ass'n, College Club of Pittsburgh.

SPENCER, Mary Case, Newcomb College, New Orleans, La. Teacher; b. Vidalia, La.; dau. William Brain- erd and Henrietta (Elam) Spencer; grad. New- comb Coll., B.A. '92; Cornell Univ., M.A. '95 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma). Ass't prof, of physics, Newcom-b Coll., 1895-01; prof, mathe- matics, Newcomb Coll., since 1901. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Southern Ass'n of C!ol- lege Women, New Orleans Acad, of Science, Newcomb Ckill. Alumns Ass'n, Era Club of New Orleans, New Orleans Country Club.

SPENCER, Mary R. (Mrs. Lorillard Spencer), 507 Madison Av., N.Y. City. Born Newport, R.I.; dau. Frederic P. and Julia E. (Simpson) Sands; m. Sept. 19, 1905, Lorillard Spencer; one son: Lorillard Spencer Jr.

SPICER, Mabel Alberta, 42 3 Weber St., Colorado Springs, Colo. Teacher, writer; b. College Springs. Iowa; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '99; Internat. Guild, Paris, France, 1907. Teacher Manila, P. I., 1901-06. Writer of short stories in magazines and news- paper articles.

SPICER-SIMSON, Margaret (Mrs. Theodore Spicer-Simson), 3 rue Campagne, ISre, Paris, France. Miniature painter; b. Washington, B.C., Mar. 6, 1874; dau. E. L. and Caroline (Gutenrath) Schmidt; ed. in Washington, D.C. ; art student in Berlin under Kuaus, and in Paris under Boutet de Monvel and Carriere; m. Washington, July 1, 1896, Theodore Spicer-Simson. As painter of miniatures has painted portraits of many no- table people, maintaming a studio in Paris. Frequent exliibitor at the Pans Salon and the Royal Academy in London; also exhibitor at I'Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1900.

SPINK, Mary Angela, 1140 E. Market St., In- dianapolis, Ind. Physician; b. Washington, Ind., Nov. 18, 1863; dau. Urban and Rose A. (Morgan) Spink; ed. St. Simon's Acad., Washington, Ind.; Medical Coll. of Ind., M.D. '87; post-graduate course in mental and nervous diseases, N.Y. Post-Graduate School. Pathologist Central Indiana Hospital for Insane, 1886-87: with Dr. William Baldwin P'letcher established the Dr. W. B. Fletcher Sanatorium, Indianapolis, 1S88; became sup't after Dr. Fletcher's death in 1907 (now pres.). Mem. Ind. State Board of Charities since 1903. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Fran- chise League of Ind., Equal Suffrage Ass'n, Civic League. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, State and (bounty medical societies, Herron Art Inst, Contemporary Club, Country Club, Progressive Club. Recrea- tions: Golf, swimming, boating.

SPITZER, Nellie Tefft (Mrs. Sherman Clark Spitzer), 220 S. Euclid Av., Oak Park, 111. Born Elgin, Ill., Feb. 24, 1874; dau. Dr. Leslie E. and Susan (Belyea) Tefft; grad. Elgin High School; Univ. of Chicago, A.B. '97: m. Elgin, 111., Aug. 16, 1899, Sherman Clark Spitzer; chil- dren; Sherman T., Alan L., Helen E. Congrega- tionalist. Progressive Republican. Mem. church societies. Recreations: Golf, driving, out-door diversions. .Mem. Nineteenth Century Club, Drama League of America, the Alumnae Club of the Univ. of Chicago and Alumni Ass'n of University of Chicago. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Chicago Political Equality League.

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