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106 Blake; children: Aldrich, Ledyard. Favors woman suffrage. Clubs: Women's University (Grand Rapids), Women's University (N.Y. City).

BLAKE, Katherine D. Umsted, 100 Lexington Av., N.Y. City.

Educator, writer; b. N.Y. City, July 10, 1858; dau. Frank Geoffrey Quay Umsted and Lillie (Devereux) Blake; ed. Miss Walker's School, St. Mary's School; grad. Normal Coll., '76; studied at School of Pedagogy, N.Y. Univ., 1887-88. Principal of Public School No. 6, 1894. Organized the first evening high school for women in N.Y. City, 1897. Chairman com. of teachers and principals that framed and presented to Mayor Grace the monster petition asking for the appointment of women on Board of Education. Called together the committee of women teachers and principals who made the first effort to secure adequate salaries for city teachers. Spoke in reply to ex-President Roosevelt when he addressed the Nat. Educational Ass'n. Compiled the first statistics showing the number of dark and badly lighted rooms in public schools. Contributor to periodicals, verse and prose. Vice-pres. Ass'n Women Principals of N.Y. City; mem. Special N.Y. City Com. of Nat. Educational Ass'n, Exec. Com. Normal College Alumnae; charter mem. Soc. Political Study. Favors woman suffrage.

BLAKE, Leslie Appleton (Mrs. Arthur Blake), Dedham, Mass.

Daughter Henry Miles and Alice Leslie (Appleton) Knowles; ed. Miss Winsor's School, Boston; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B.; m. "Burntwood," Dedham, Sept, 7, 1910, Arthur Blake of Boston (Harvard '92). Mem. Drama League of Boston, Dedham branch of Woman's Auxiliary Civil Service League; subscribing mem. Boston Art Museum. Clubs: Bryn Mawr (Boston), Bryn Mawr (N.Y. City), Cohasset Golf, Contentment (Dedham), Herford. Unitarian.

BLAKE, Lillie Devereux (Mrs. Grenfill Blake), The Roslyn, 101 W. Eighty-fifth St., N.Y. City.

Author; b. Raleigh N.C., 1835; dau. George Pollock and Sarah Elizabeth (Johnson) Devereux; ed. Miss Opthorp's School, New Haven, Conn., and had course of studies in Yale Coll.; m. (1st) 1855, Frank G. Q. Umsted (died 1859); (2d) 1866, Grenfill Blake; children: Elizabeth Johnson Umsted, Katherine Devereux Umsted. In 1869 became interested in movement for enfranchisement of women, to which has been largely devoted. Contributor to Harper's, the Atlantic, Frank Leslie's, North American Review, the Forum, and others. Author: Southward, 1859; Rockford, 1863; Fettered for Life, 1874; A Daring Experiment, 1883; also numerous stories and articles. In 1883 delivered series of lectures (in reply to Lenten Discourses on Women by Rev. Morgan Dix, D.D.), which were printed under title of Woman's Place To-Day, 1894. Founder and pres. N.Y. Legislative League; pres. N.Y. City Mother's Club; hon. pres. Soc. Political Study. Took a leading part in the Constitutional Convention campaign, spoke before Suffrage Com. of convention, and directed much of work in N.Y. City. Was first person to demand that Columbia College be opened to women students. Episcopalian. Has traveled all over France, England and Ireland. Recreations: Music and embroidery, reading and walks.

BLAKE, Mabelle B., 24 Greenville St., Roxbury, Mass.

Social worker; b. N.Y. City, Oct. 19, 1880; dau. Edwin A. and Amanda H. (Wilson) Blake; ed. in Brooklyn, N.Y., at Packer Inst., Adelphi Acad., Adelphi Coll., A.B. Trained for social work with Associated Charities of Boston; then became dist. sec. of Associated Charities; gen. sec. of Boston Soc. for the Care of Girls since 1908. Interested in music. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Folk dancing, walking. Mem. Twentieth Century and Monday Evening Clubs (Boston), Woman's Municipal League of Boston.

BLAKE, Mary Katharine Evans (Mrs. William McKendree Blake), The Berkeley, Minneapolis, Minn.

Author; b. Rockport, Ind., Aug. 31, 1859; dau. Joseph Smith and Mary Caroline (Cotton) Evans; ed. Rockport (Ind.) Collegiate Inst.; m. Rockport, Ind., Aug. 28, 1876, William McKendree Blake. Author: Heart's Haven; The Stuff of a Man.

BLAKE, Sue Avis, Merion, Fa.

Instructor in physics, Smith Coll.; b. Boston, Mass., Oct. 9, 1875; dau. Barton Fisk and Mary Elizabeth (Manning) Blake; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '98, A.M. '1900. Fellow in physics, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1906-07; graduate student in physics, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898-1900-04-06; fellow in physics, Univ of Pa., 1907-08. Associate mem. Am. Physical Soc. Congregationalist.

BLAKELY, Delora Edith Wilkins (Mrs. Gould B. Blakely), Suite 3, Kendart Apartments, Salt Lake City, Utah.

Club woman; b. Mt. Pleasant, Ia., June 19, 1864; dau. James Shields and Emma (Miller) Wilkins; ed. Academic and Normal Teachers' Training School, Mt. Pleasant, Ia.; m. Fremont, Neb., April 14, 1897, Gould B. Blakely. Taught several years in public schools in Nebraska and later in Salt Lake City. Vice-pres. Utah Fed. of Women's Clubs; gen. chairman of State hospitality for entertainment of biennial visitors to 1912 convention; State chairman Gen. Fed. Endowment Fund Com. Interested in religious, social and philanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. P.E.O. Sisterhood. Mem. Monday Night Literary of Salt Lake City, composed of men and women; the Am. Woman's League. Actively interested in charitable ass'ns of S.L.C., on boards of control, etc.

BLAKEMORE, Lizzie McFarland (Mrs. W. T. Blakemore), Box 16, Hopkinsville, Ky.

Born Yazoo City, Miss., July 30, 1851; dau. John McFarland and Virginia (Blanton) Ireland; ed. at home by governesses and tutors; m. July 14, 1874, Maj. W. T. Blakemore; children: Allen Bruce, John McFarland, Virginia Elizabeth, Page Blanton. Active in civil, religious and social matters. Has done newspaper work and acted as correspondent. Mem. Civic League, School Improvement League, ex-pres. of the Ky. Division of United Daughters of the Confederacy. Presbyterian. Favors qualified suffrage. Democrat.

BLAKER, Adelaide Marion Cornell (Mrs. Ernest Blaker), 402 Oak Av., Ithaca, N.Y.

Born Kansas City, Kan., July 23, 1878; dau. Dudley Emerson and Annie M. (Speck) Cornell; ed. high school, Kansas City, Kan.; Miss Barstow's School for Girls, Kansas City, Mo.; Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.; m. Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 1, 1900, Ernest Blaker; one daughter: Marion Adelaide, b. Nov. 18, 1505. Corresponding sec. of Visiting Nurse Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., Child Study Club, Campus Club of Cornell Univ., Cornell Equal Suffrage Club, Housewives' League of Ithaca.

BLAKESLEE, Adeline Graves (Mrs. Edwin A. Blakeslee), Galien, Mich.

Born Grand Rapids, Mich., May 23, 1873; dau. John B. and Frances (Greene) Graves; grad. Grand Rapids High School, '91; grad. in music, Benton Harbor Coll., '94; m. Galien, Mich., May 18, 1898, Edwin A. Blakeslee; children: Marian (deceased), Eleanor, Adeline, Edwin A. Director of music Benton Harbor Coll., 1895-97. Interested in Needlework Guild of America; organized Benton Harbor Branch Needlework Guild, June 11, 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist. Mem. D.A.R., Algonian Chapter (St. Joseph and Benton Harbor, Mich.); charter mem. Daughters of Assoli (Benton Harbor, Mich.), 1897; charter mem. Friday Culture Club (Galien, Mich.), 1903; Monday Musicale (Benton Harbor and St. Joseph). With aid of Friday Culture Club of Galien, organized Berrian County Fed. of Women's Clubs, Nov. 23, 1907.