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BOOLE—BORGLUM

George III. as lieutenant in French and Indian War; others were selectmen in early history of Boston.

BOOLE, Ella Alexander (Mrs. William H. Boole), 1429 Av. H, Brooklyn, N.Y.

President Woman's Christian Temperance Union State of N.Y.; b. Van Wert, Ohio, July 26, 1858; dau. Col. Isaac N. and Rebecca (Alban) Alexander; grad. Van Wert High School, Univ. of Wooster (O.), A.B., A.M., Ph.D.; m. Van Wert, O., July 3, 1883, Rev. William H. Boole, D.D.; one daughter: Florence Alexander Boole. Taught in High School at Van Wert five years, during which time conducted teachers' institutes and taught modern Greek at Island Park Assembly, Indiana. State officer in W.C.T.U. of N.Y. State, serving as cor. sec, first vice-pres., sec. of the Young Woman's branch, and State pres. Served as cor. sec. of Woman's Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, U.S.A. 1903-09. Now for second time pres. State W.C.T.U. Does suffrage work through W.C.T.U. Franchise Department. Writings are principally in the form of inspiration leaflets and pamphlets on missionary and temperance work. Presbyterian. Mem. Woman's Press Club, N.Y. City, D.A.R.

BOOMSLITER, Alice Ella Colgan (Mrs. George Paul Boomsliter), 707 W. Green St., Urbana, Ill.

Former teacher; b. Philadelphia; grad. Girls' High School, Philadelphia, 1902; holder of city scholarship at Bryn Mawr Coll., 1902-06, A.B. '06; m. 1910, George Paul Boomsliter. Private tutor and teacher of English and French in Radnor High School, Wayne, Pa., 1906-07; principal Colgan School, Phoenixville, Pa., 1907-08; teacher of English in Girls' High School, Philadelphia, 1908-10.

BOOTH, Evangeline Cory, 122 W. 14th St., N.Y. City.

Commander of Salvation Army in America; b. in England; dau. William Booth, founder and general of Salvation Army (died 1912), and Catharine (Mumford) Booth; ed. in London, Eng. Formerly commanded field operations of the Army in London for five years; was principal International Training Colleges for same period; commenced work in the slums of London, which is now in operation all over the world under flag of the Salvation Army; commanded the Salvation Army in Canada for eight years, during which time organized and equipped a party of officers and nurses for opening the Salvation Army work in the Klondike, taking the party personally, 1898, as far as Chilkoot Pass; later visited Dawson City, where she was the guest of the Governor at the Government House, and was escorted by a detachment of the Northwest Mounted Police at all of her public appearances; spoke in the largest halls in Canada and Newfoundland; since 1904 in command of the entire Salvation Army work in the U.S. of A. and its possessions. Has traveled extensively, visiting the different centers and inspecting the work, and has spoken in the largest public halls of the country. Has also traveled in the interests of the Salvation Army in France, Switzerland, the Scandinavian countries, Germany, and other countries, conducting services and inspecting the army work in her capacity of traveling commissioner. Has composed words and music of many of the Salvation Army's choicest melodies; writes for Salvation Army publications and some public prints. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Riding, swimming.

BOOTH, Mary Ann, 60 Dartmouth St., Springfield, Mass.

Microscopist; b. Longmeadow, Mass., Sept. 8, 1843; dau. Samuel Colton and Rhoda (Colton) Booth. Lecturer in many of the large cities of this country. Favors woman suffrage. Editor and contributor to various scientific magazines. Congregationalist. Mem. Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences, N.Y. Microscopical Soc., Am. Microscopical Soc., D.A.R., Nat. Geog. Soc; fellow A.A.A.S. and Royal Microscopical Soc., London. Recreations: Photography, photomicrography. Active mem. Women's Club (Springfield, Mass.); hon. mem. Woman's Club, Longmeadow, Mass.

BOOTH, Maud B. (Mrs. Ballington Booth), 34 West 28th St., N.Y. City.

Minister of the Gospel; b. Limpsfleld, Surrey, Eng.; dau. Rev. Samuel and Maria (Beddome) Charlesworth; ed. Belstead, Eng.; m. London, Eng., Sept. 16, 1886, Ballington Booth; children: Charles Brandon, Myrtle Theodora. Connected with Ballington Booth as leader and organizer of the Volunteers of America, independent organization — not connected with Salvation Army. Started Volunteer Prison League for the aid of our country's prisoners 1896. Author of children's stories: Sleepy Time Stories; Lights of Childland; Twilight Fairy Tales; After Prison What? Did the Pardon Come Too Late? The Curse of Septic Soul Treatment; Wanted—Anti-Septic Christians. Recreations: Sailing, gardening. Mem. Women's Athletic Club of Chicago, Woman's Press Club of N.J.

BOOTH, Rejoyce Ballance Collins (Mrs. Charles Maclay Booth), 510 Alameda St., Vallejo, Cal.

Born Chicago, Ill., July 28, 1876; dau. Holdridge Ozro and Mary (Ballance) Collins; ed. Marlborough School, Los Angeles, and high school, Peoria, Ill.; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '98 (mem. Alpha and Philosophical Socs.); post-grad, work in U.S. history, Bradley Polytechnic Institute, Peoria, Ill.; m. Peoria, Ill., April 4, 1910, Charles Maclay Booth. Teacher in Peoria, Ill.; San Antonio, Tex., and Los Angeles, Cal. College settlement worker among Mexicans and Italians in Los Angeles. Mem. Mayflower Soc, D.A.R., Colonial Dames of America, Soc. of Colonial Governors, Smith College Alumnae Ass'n; worked for suffrage before the election which gave women the suffrage in California; pres. of Vallejo New Era League, a woman's political study club. Progressive Republican. Mem. New Era League of Cal., Smith College Club of Southern Cal., College Women's and Marlborough Clubs (Los Angeles). Presbyterian.

BORDEN, Fanny, 618 Rock St., Fall River, Mass.

Librarian; b. Fall River, Mass.; ed. in schools of Fall River; Vassar Coll., A.B. '98; N.Y. State Library School, 1898-1900, B.L.S. '01. Ass't librarian Bryn Mawr Coll. Library, 1901-03; associate librarian, Smith Coll. Library, 1903-05; reference librarian of the Vassar College Library since 1910.

BORDEN, Lucie Elizabeth (Mrs. Arthur Borden), Maplehurst, Concord, N.H., and W. Ninety-third St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. Hopkinton, N.H.; dau. Samuel Smith and Ellen Maria (Cutter) Page; ed. Colby Acad, and Wellesley Coll.; mem. Wellesley Coll. faculty (French dep't), 1881-85; m. Sept. 2, 1885, Arthur Borden; one daughter: Marguerite Borden. Edited Chicago daily paper and religious and scientific weekly. Interested worker for sociology in the practical colonization of the masses as developed by the Coöperative Unity of Lee Co., Florida. Translator of Renan, de Guérin, de Nerval, etc. Author: The Awakening and other short, stories. Mem. D.A.R. (Mary Murray Chapter), N.Y. City. Mem. Woman's Press Club, N.Y. Wellesley Club; founder and pres. Sévigné Club of Denver (honored by French Government for advancement in language and literature); mem. Woman's Club of Denver. Favors woman suffrage. Republican; voted in Colorado.

BORDEN, Sarah Hildreth Ames (Mrs. Spencer Borden), Interlachen, Fall River, Mass.; summer, Les Abrias, Gloucester, Mass.

Born Lowell, Mass.; dau. Gen. Adelbert Ames, U.S.A., and Blanche (Butler) Ames; ed. Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and was for two years at Bryn Mawr Coll.; m. Spencer Borden Jr. of Fall River, Mass.; children: Blanche Butler Jr., b. 1902; Joan, b. 1907; Ames, b. 1909.

BORGLUM, Emma Vignal (Mrs. Solon H. Borglum), studio, 367 Lexington Av., N.Y. City; home, Rocky Ranch, Norwalk, Conn.

Art Jeweler; b. Paris, France, Mar. 4, 1868; dau. Jean and Lydie (Letalle) Vignal; ed. Paris, France, degree Brevet superieur; m. Paris, Dec