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Rh years in Tuolumne County Free Library, and director of small community theatres and at present, children's librarian, Echo Park Branch L. A. Public Library. Lectures on children's literature. Home: 1086½ Kensington Road, Los Angeles, Calif.

STERRETT, Edna, (Mrs. Roger), a native of Ohio, a resident of California for the last 27 years. Married to Roger Sterrett. Writer. Teacher. Chairman of Education, California Fed. of Women's Clubs. Motion Picture chairman, California Fed. of Women's Clubs, L. A. District. Former president. College Women's Club. Writer of verse, one-act plays and short stories. Member: Women's University Club, Southern California Women's Press Club. Home: 4612 Welch Place, Los Angeles, Calif.

STEVENSON, F. Josephine (Miss), born in Oil City, Pennsylvania, daughter of Walter R. and Mary E. Hunt Stevenson, a resident of California for thirty-three years. Attomey-at-law. Was admitted to the Bar in 1918; has practiced most of the time since then, specializing in probate work. Served one year as president of the Women Lawyers Club, and four years as corresponding secretary. State Chairman of Uniform Laws of National League of Women Voters (1920-21). Former president of Pasadena Business and Professional Women's Club; for one year, state organization chairman of the State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs. Member: State and County Bar Associations, Women Lawyers Club, Kappa Beta Phi (national legal sorority), Pasadena Business and Professional Woman's Club, Woman's Civic League of Pasadena, League of Women Voters of L. A. Home: 3817 E. California St., Pasadena, Calif.

STILSON, Mary E. (Mrs. W. W.), bom October 10, 1854, in Evansville, Indiana, daughter of Fielding and Mary M. Johnson, a resident of California for forty-three years. Married to the late Wm. Wallace Stilson. Children: Fielding J., Carroll A. Active in club and civic affairs. Organizing President of Music Schools Settlement, Past State Regent, D. A. R. Founder of Cabrillo Chapter D. A. R. Has held offices in several organizations. Member: Friday Morning Club, D. A. R., Ruskin Art Club (charter member), etc. Home: 807 S. Berendo St., Los Angeles, Calif.

STOERMER, Grace S. (Miss), a native of Los Angeles, California, and a graduate of St. Mary's Academy and L. A. High School. Very active in civic and club life of the community. Head of Women's Banking Dept., Bank of Italy. At one time secretary of California Legislature. Past Grand President, N. D. G. W. Member: Soroptimist, L. A. Advertising Ass'n., Business and Professional Women's Club, Women's Athletic Club, Women's City Club, etc. Address: Bank of Italy, 7th and Olive Sts., Los Angeles, Calif.

STOKES, Emma S. W., (Mrs. A. W.), born near Lodi, California, in 1875, a life-long resident of the state, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Wilkinson. Married to Albert Walter Stokes, D. D. S. Owns and operates a ranch in the San Joaquin Valley. Civic worker and philanthropist. Organizer of Builder's Club. Member: To Kalon Club (past president), Presidents' Assembly, Aviation Club (president). Builder's Club, Western Women's Club (director), City and County Fed. of Women's Clubs (past president). Home: 1890 Grove, San Francisco, Calif.

STOVEL, Isabel Seal (Mrs. H. R.), born in Oakland, California, daughter of Alfred Blake and Jessie Livingstone Cobbledick Seal, a resident of San Francisco for twenty-five years, three years spent in travel and study. Married to Hubert Roy Stovel. Musician. Teacher of violin. Violin Department, Oakland Settlement, Oakland, Calif. (1914-18); Violin Department, Dominican College, San Rafael, Calif, (since 1922). Secretary, San Francisco Civic Ass'n for Maintaining Welfare and Recreation Work in the Army and Navy hospitals, prisons, and other institutions. Secretary and one of organizers of City of San Francisco Music Week, now a national movement. Member: San Francisco Chapter of Pro-Musica Inc. for the Advancement of Modern Music (treasurer). Pacific Musical Society, S. F. Musical Club, S. F. Music Teachers Ass'n, League of Business and Professional Women. Address: 607 Third Ave., San Francisco, Calif.

STRACK, Lilian Holmes (Mrs.), born in Missouri, daughter of William W. and Margaret Holmes, a resident of California for two years. Married to Henry J. Strack. Author of monologues and platform material. Formerly teacher of expression and public speech. Published work comprises both original writings and collaborations, catering to dramatic schools, expression departments of colleges, and high school public speaking.