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��STRONG, Anna Louise, 508 Garfield Av., Seattle, Wash. Social worker; b. Friend, Neb., Nov. 24, 1885; dau. Sydney and Ruth (Tracy) Strong; ed. Bryn Mawr, one year; Germany, one year; Oberlin, A.B. '05; Chicago Univ., A.M., Ph.D. (magna cum laude), '08. Organized "Know Your City" Institutes in Seattle, Portland, Walla Walla, Spokane, 1909-10. Employed in New York and Chicago Child Welfare Exhibits, 1911. Director of Child Welfare Exhibits in Kansas City, North- ampton, St. Louis, Montreal, Louisville, 1911-12. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Psychology of Prayer; The Song of the City; The King's Palace; Bible Classics (co-editor); Boys and Girls of the Bible. Congregationalist. Recreations: Long walks in winter, camping in summer.

STRONG, Beulah, 875 Main St., Worcester, Mass. Painter and teacher; b. New Orleans, Dec. 20, 1866; dau. John Dwight and Delia (Morris) Strong; ed. Art Students' League, 1886; Academie Julian, Academie Colarossi, Academie Delecluze, all of Paris, 1887-91. Exhibited in Old Salon, 1888, portrait of Miss T. (drawing); in New Salon, 1890, Le Trousseau, Le Marmiton, La Grande Soeur. Illustrated Aunt Jane of Kentucky, and in part The Land of Long Ago (Both by Eliza Calvert Hall). Episcopalian. Taught painting, Potter Coll., Bowling Green, Ky., 1893-1901; Bel- mont Coll., Nashville, Tenn., 1902-05, and Smith Coll. since 1907.

STRONG, Elsie, 222 E. Fifteenth St., N.Y. City. Librarian of American Institute of Social Service; b. Hudson, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1874; dau. Rev. Josiah and Alice (Bisbee) Strong; ed. Greenwich Acad., Oberlin Coll., Ph.B. '99. Mem. N.Y. Branch of L.L.S. Alumnae Ass'n of Oberlin Coll, Gramercy Neighborhood Ass'n, Woman Suffrage Party, captain Twelfth Assem- bly Dis't. Congregationalist. Mem. N.Y. Library Club.

STRONG, Isobel '(Mrs. Joseph D. Strong), "Greenacre," Santa Barbara, Cal. Writer; b. Indianapolis, Ind. ; dau. Samuel and Fanny (Van de Grift) Osbourne; studied draw- ing and painting under Tony Fleury at Julien studios in Paris; m. Monterey, Cal, 1878, Joseph D. Strong, portrait painter; one son: Austin Strong, playwright (author of The Drums of Oude; The Toymaker of Nuremburg; Rip Van Winkle). Was amanuensis to Robert Louis Stevenson during his stay in Samoa; was given the Order of Oceania by King Kalakaua; lec- tured for three years under Major Pond. Inter- ested in politics and the work the women are doing in Cal., in prison labor and the experi- ments now being made in the various States to make prisons self-supporting. Author: Memoirs of Vailima; Vailima Table Talk; The Girl from Home (novel); Little Life of Robert Louis Stevenson; also short stories and articles in the magazines. Mem. Nat. Com. on Prison Labor, Cal. Women's Democratic League, Santa Bar- bara Country Club. Recreations: Private thea- tricals, gardening, painting. Favors woman suffrage; was vice-pres. of the Suffrage Ass'n of Santa Barbara until Cal. won the suffrage. Democrat.

STRONG, Julia Worthington, 50 Washington Av., Northampton, Mass. Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '93: student of history, Chicago Univ., 1904. Teacher in high schools, Greenport, L.I., N.Y., 1893-94; Hubbards- ton, Mass., 1894-95; Athol, Mass., 1895-1904; Mansfield, Ohio, 1904-05; Springfield (Mass.) Cen- tral High School, 1905-06; Technical High School since 1906. Mem. Smith College Alumnae Ass'n.

STRONG, Marie Livingston (Mrs. Philip Alexan- der Strong), 552 W. 141st St., N.Y. City. Born N.Y. City, July 24, 1878; dau. Paul F. and Susan I. (Bibby) Mottelay; ed. St. Mary's School (private) ; m. N.Y. City, 1905, Philip Alex- ander Strong; children: Gertrude Livingston, b. May 1, 1906; Julia Kane, b. Aug. 27, 1911. 'Favors woman suffrage. Roman Catholic. Recreation: Tennis.

��STRONG, Mary, Twenty-fourth and Binney Sts., Omaha, Neb. Physician, surgeon; b. Orford, N.H.; dau. Ephraim B. and Amanda J. (Page) Strong; ed. Orford public school to 1870; Orford Acad., 1870- 71; N.H. State Normal School, Plymouth, 1877; dep't of medicine and surgery, Univ. of Mich., M.D. '88. House physician Douglas Co. (Neb.) Hospital, 1896-98; obstetrician on staff of same, 1905—. Associate in obstetrics, Creighton Med. Coll., 1908—. Has been deaconess in Plymouth Congregational Church, Omaha; past matron Order Eastern Star. Attending physician to the Salvation Army Rescue Home, Omaha, for nearly 14 years and still holds position. Lecturer on moral, sexual and hygienic topics. Favors wo- man suffrage. Has written many medical papers in various journals, also articles in educational journals. Congregationalist. Mem. Tribe of Ben Hur, Omaha and Douglas Co. Medical Soc., Neb. State Med. Ass'n, Am. Med. Ass'n, Med. Soc. of the Missouri Valley. Recreation: Writing. Mem. Past Matrons and Patrons' Club, O.E.S.

STRONG, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Robert Hunter Strong), 2029 N. New Jersey St., Indianapolis, Ind. Born Sedalia, Mo.; dau. John Wiley and Sarah (Staples) Johnson; ed. public schools; m. Fayette- ville. Ark., Robert Hunter Strong. First vice- pres. and active mem. of welfare dep't, Woman's Department Club; chairman of the Charity Com. for Ind. State Fed. of Clubs. Favors woman suffrage; mem. (former director) Franchise League of Ind. Mem. Order of Eastern Star, Monday Club, Over the Teacups Club.

STRONG, Susan de Lancey Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Alan Hartwell Strong), 2036 Delancey Place, Philadelphia, and "Inwood," New Brunswick, N.J. Born N.Y. City, June 24, 1851; dau. John Cul- len and Cornelia (Codwise) Van Rensselaer; ed. at home and in Europe by tutors and gov- ernesses; one year at Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn.; m. Grace Chantry, N.Y. City, Apr. 17, 1893, Alan Hartwell Strong (now general attorney Pennsylvania R.R.); one daugh- ter: Sylvia de Lancey Van Rensselaer, b. Oct. 11, 1904. Active in social life; was volunteer worker Hampton Inst., Va., and (College Settlement, Rivington St., N.Y. City; served several terms as pres. New Brunswick Improvement Soc, and chairman Middlesex Co. Com.; chairman N.J. Nat. Episcopal Cathedral Com. Owner of Fort Crailo (the Yankee Doodle House), Rensselaer, N.Y., which will be given to the public even- tually. Mem. Consumers' League of N.J., D.A.R., Huguenot Soc, Colonial Dames of N.Y. and Holland Dames; engaged in historical and genealogical research; collaborated in transla- tion from the Dutch of Van Rensselaer-Bowier Papers (published by N.Y. State Library), 1908; also original contributions to Historic Families of America, 1907.

STROTHER, Emily Viele (Mrs. Thomas Nelson Strother), Ruxton, Md. Born N.Y. City, Mar. 18, 1868; dau. Gen. Eg- bert L. and Teresa (Griffin) Viele (sister of Her- man Knickerbocker Viele, the author, and of Francis Viele, French poet); ed. Sacred Heart Convent in Paris, France; m. Washington, D.C., May 22, 1890, Thomas Nelson Strother; children: Emily Nelson, b. Aug., 1895; Therese, b. July, 1898; Elsie, b. July, 1900. Creator of entertain- ments, got up tableaux vivants for country church and cleared $200; six French lectures at her house, three dancing classes lately for grown people and entertains continually though informally. Episcopalian. Recreations: Reading, travel.

STROUT, Sarah Willard (Mrs. Joseph M. Strout), 201 Pleasant Av.. Portland, Me. Born Portland, Me., Aug. 28, 1858; dau. Capt. William and Sarah Richards (Marrier) Willard; ed. public schools of Portland, with special courses on important lines of work; m. Portland, Sept. 17, 1879, Dr. Joseph M. Strout. Has been chairman and held office in many important com- mittees in both city and state; chairman of Conservation in State Fed.; has induced much

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