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Rh William, Robert, Richard. Writer of verse. Winner of Kathryn Lee Bates National Poetry Contest of 1927, sponsored by the General Fed. of Women's Clubs. Her poetry has been published in Harper's Monthly Magazine, etc. Former secretary, Missoula County Fed. of Women's Clubs; chairman. Program Committee, Missoula Women's Club; 1926-27, chairman of Press Committee, National Council of Catholic Women, St. Anthony Branch; at one time a teacher and newspaper reporter. Member: Missoula Woman's Club, National Council of Catholic Women. Home: 537 South First St., Missoula, Montana.

RANKIN, Jeannette, born near Missoula, Montana, June 11, 1880, daughter of John and Olive Pickering Rankin. Ex-Congresswoman. B. S., University of Montana, 1902; student. School of Philanthropy, New York City, 1908-09. Social worker, Seattle, 1909. Active in woman suffrage movement in Washington, California, and Montana. Field secretary, National American Suffrage Ass'n. Chairman, Montana State Suffrage Committee in successful campaign, 1914. Member of 65th Congress, 1917-19. First woman elected to United States Congress. Home: Missoula, Montana.

RUSSELL, J. R. (Mrs.), born in Missouri, November 18, 1846, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Forbis, a resident of Montana for forty years. Married to the late Reverend J. R. Russell. Children: Lialah, Ebia, Theo, Charlotte, France. One of the pioneer women of the state of Montana; has always taken interest in civic, church and club problems; was active in organizing and building local Woman's Club. Member: D. A. R., Literary Club. Home: 849 West Gueste St., Butte, Montana.

STARK, Mary Fleischhauer (Mrs.), born in Berlin, Ontario, formerly lived in Livingston, Montana, daughter of Mr. C. J. and Mrs. E. Fleischhauer, a resident of Helena for about six years. Married to Judge Albert P. Stark, Associate Justice of Supreme Court of Montana. Children: Albert, Jr., Irma, Russell. Active in club and civic affairs. Chairman, Scholarship Committee Montana Fed. of Women's Clubs. Member: P. E. O., O. E. S., Helena Woman's club. Home: 516 Harrison Ave., Helena, Montana.

STERNFELS, Ida Estelle (Miss), a native of San Francisco, California, daughter of B. H. and Jennie Gallick Sternfels, a resident of Montana since childhood. Assistant librarian of Public Library. Specializes in reference work. Member: Montana State Library Ass'n. Home: Virginia Apts., Butte, Montana.

THOMAS, Edwin S. (Mrs.), born in Lyons, Michigan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Van Valkenburg, a resident of Montana for nineteen years. Married to Edwin Stanton Thomas. Children: Lillian, Mildred. Interested in all civic and club affairs. For eight years secretary of the Montana » State Board of Charities and Reform, Past president of Helena Woman's Club. Member of the State Executive Board, Montana Fed. of Women's Clubs. Member: Helena Woman's Club. Home: 824 Sixth Ave., Helena, Montana.

TRUMPER, May (Miss), born in Jeffersonviile, Ohio, daughter of Samuel P. and Maria Louise Hidy Trumper, a resident of Montana for 28 years. State Superintendent of Public Instruction since 1917. Former high school teacher, Granville, O.; principal of High School, Bryan, O.; Teacher in Flathead County High School at Kalispell, Montana; County superintendent of schools, Flathead County, Montana. Secretary of State Board of Education; member of State Textbook Commission. Member: D. A. R., P. E. O., American Ass'n of University Women, National Society for Study of Education, National Council of Education, National Council of Administration Women in Education. Home: Blackstone Apts., Helena, Montana.

WARING, Ann Katherine (Mrs.), born in Davenport, Iowa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glaus Henry Gvettsch, a resident of Montana for eight years. Married to Clarence Leslie Waring. Public Health nurse. Field nurse with Montana State Board of Health for six years. Chairman, Child Welfare Division, Montana Federation of Women's Clubs. Chairman, Child Welfare Division, P. T. A. Congress, Member: Billings Woman's Club, P. T. A. Home: Acton, Mont.

WESSEL, Louis (Mrs.), a native of New York State, a former resident of Los Angeles, California, living in Montana for nineteen years. Married to Louis Wessel. Children: Hubert, Donald, Richard, Ella May, David. Teacher of Unity Principles. An active worker in all civic undertakings. Home: 301 S. Black, Bozeman, Montana.