Vassar Coll., A.B. '89; attended Harvard Summer School; m. Stockbridge, Mass., July 17, 1895, Edward Gaylord Bourne, prof. of history in Yale Univ. (died 1908); four sons, one daughter. Teacher in English dep't Vassar Coll. and English dep't Women's Coll. of Western Univ. before marriage. Author of translation of The Voyages and Explorations of Samuel de Champlain, 1604- 1616; also stories and articles in magazines.
BOURNE, Mary Joy, 661 E. 170th St., N.Y. City.
Teacher; b. Paterson, N.J.; ed. in schools of N.Y. City and Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900; Brown Univ., A.M. '03. Teacher, South Orange, N.J., 1903-04; Reading, Mass., 1904-05; Melrose, Mass., 1905-07; N.Y. City High School since 1907.
BOUTON, Emily St. John, 2139 Glenwood Av., Toledo. Ohio.
Author, journalist; b. New Canaan, Conn.; dau. Daniel Webb and Almina (St. John) Bouton; ed. Binghamton, N.Y., Sandusky High School (valedictorian) '57. Taught literature in Central High School of Chicago two years; later in high school at Toledo. Became editorial writer upon Toledo Blade, 1879, received wide recognition for signed articles upon power of thought in shaping life. Worker in societies advocating religious freedom; one of founders and supporters of Industrial Home for Working Girls, Toledo; lecturer, in recent years, upon literary subjects and their influence upon great movements for humanity's good. Mem. Executive Board of Toledo Suffrage Soc. Author: Health and Beauty; Social Etiquette; Life's Gateways; The Life Joyful. Mem. Toledo Woman's Ass'n; Ohio Newspaper Ass'n; honorary mem. Educational Club of Toledo; Wauseon Woman's Club and Sorosis; Emerson Class and Writers' Club of Toledo.
BOUTON, Rosa, Ocean Beach, San Diego, Cal.
Professor of home economics; b. Albany, Kan., Dec. 19, 1869; dau. E. F. and Fannie (Waldo) Bouton; ed. State Normal Scheol, Peru. Neb.; Univ. of Neb., B.S. '91, M.A. '93. Was several years adjunct prof. of chemistry in Univ. of Neb.; resigned that position to become prof. home economies and head of the dep't of home economics, which she built up to a regular four years' college course dep't, leading to B.Sc. degree; resigned 1912. Has lectured on home economics before farmers' and teachers' institutes and women's clubs; mem. National Home Economics Ass'n; was mem. of the Advisory Board of Y.W.C.A., Univ. of Neb. Contributor to agricultural and educational journals, chiefly on subjects related to home economics. Author (Home Study Series): No. 1, Convenient Kitchens. No. 2, Food a Factor in the Home; Cereals and How to Cook Them.
BOUTWELL, Georgiana A., Groton. Mass.
Born Groton, Mass., May 18, 1843; dau. Hon. George Sewall and Sarah Adelia (Thayer) Boutwell; ed. in public school and Lawrence Acad., Groton, and work under private teachers and Normal School, Salem, Mass. Taught school one term in Lunenburg, Mass., and was a substitute teacher one term in preparatory class of Roxbury Latin School. In Dec, 1862, went with parents to Washington (where her father served as Congressman, Secretary of the Treasury and U.S. Senator) and for 30 winters spent the whole or part of the winter there. While there was several years mem. of the Miner Fund for the Education of Colored Youth In the Dist. of Columbia, and one of the Building Com. of Miner Normal School Building. Appointed by Gov. of Mass., 1877, one of three women on the Advisory Board of Women for Inspection of the Institutions of Tewksbury, Monson and Westboro (the first board of women appointed by the State), and following the success of this board a law was passed making women eligible as members of managing boards of State institutions and she was appointed a trustee for the institutions of Tewksbury and Bridgewater, resigning after two years' service. Favors woman suffrage; during residence in Washington used her influence for employment of women in the departments, especially the Treasury Department. Author of magazine and newspaper articles. Unitarian. Mem. Colonial Dames; regent Groton Chapter Daughters of the Revolution; mem. Historical Soc. of Groton; first pres. Groton Improvement Soc; mem. of School Committee of Groton for several years; first pres. Groton Woman's Club, organized March, 1813.
BOUVÉ, Pauline Carrington (Mrs. Thomas T. Bouvé), Boston Globe Office, Boston, Mass.
Journalist, author; b. Little Rock, Ark.; dau. Gen. Albert Rust (civil engineer and surveyor on Government survey of Indian Territory and Ark.; mem. U.S. Congress and brig.-gen. C.S.A.) and Anne Bouldin (Cabell) Rust; ed. by private tutors and governesses in Virginia; m. July 14, 1898, Thomas T. Bouvé; one daughter: Anne Winston Cabell Bouvé, b. May 19, 1900. For years engaged in journalism and literature; now mem. of the staff of the Boston Sunday Globe. Author: Their Shadows Before (short novel); Pilate's Wife (serial in The Congregationalist); A Little Northern Light (Eskimo play, produced in Boston, April, 1910); won Black Cat prize for story An Unrepealed Law, 1904; first prize for child's poem in Vick's Family Magazine, 1905: Legends of the Pole People (The Circle); Brave Moustache, ballad (Youth's Companion); Miracle Stories of Science (Young People's Weekly); the Golden Fleece (translation from the French of Amedeé Achard), also poems, serials, stories, etc., in many periodicals. Lectures: Dickens' Little Folks and Grown-Ups; Southern Silhouettes; The Shakers and Their Passing; Boston, Old England, and others. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.
BOUVET, Jeanne Marie, 3743 Ellis Av., Chicago, Ill.
Teacher; b. Belley, near Lyons, France, May 2, 1864; dau. Joannès Masino and Adelphine (Bertrand) Bouvet; English education at St. Mary's School (Episcopal), Knoxville, Ill., grad. 1881; French studies at the Sorbonne, Paris. Began professional career as teacher of French, English and history at St. Mary's School; went to Chicago in 1890 and taught In high school until 1907. Traveled abroad and in America; student of literature and art. During residence in Paris as student at the Sorbonne, made special study of Government school methods in France and visited training schools for women teachers at Fontenay-sous-Roses and Sèvres: makes translations. Author: Exercises in French Syntax and Composition, Fleurs des Poêtes et des Prosateurs Français; Outlines for Class or Individual Study in French History, Art and Literature Since the Renaissance. Favors woman suffrage.
BOUVET, Marie Marguerite, Reading, Pa,
Author, teacher; b. New Orleans, La., Feb. 14, 1865; dau. Jean Francis and Adelphine (Bertrand) Bouvet; ed. Loquet-Leroy Female Inst., New Orleans; St. Mary's Coll., Knoxville, Ill. Engaged as a teacher of French and literature. Author: Sweet William; Prince Tip Top; Little Marjorie's Love Story; A Little House in Pimlico; A Child of Tuscany; My Lady; Tales of an Old Chateau; Bernado and Laurette; Clotilde; The Smile of the Sphinx. Honorary mem. Women's Club (federated), Reading. Pa.
BOVAIRD, Emma Griffith (Mrs. Joseph H. Bovaird), 198 South Av., Bradford, Pa.
Born Petroleum Center, Pa.; dau. Theodore M. and Alfretta (Smawley) Griffith; ed. Bradford (Pa.) public schools. Cornell Univ. (Alpha Phi); m. Bradford, Pa., Feb. 27, 1900, Joseph H. Bovaird. Interested in civic work, philanthropy, in work with attendance officer of the public schools; directly responsible for the success of two constructive "safe and sane" Fourth of July celebrations. Works in Junior Cooperative League, corresponding to League of Good Citizenship elsewhere. Mem. Children's Aid of Pa., Northwestern Tuberculosis League; cor. sec. Woman's Literary Club; pres. City Improvement Ass'n; chairman Juvenile Court Com. of Pa. State Federation. Recreations: Country club, golf, bowling. Presbyterian.
BOWDEN, Angie Burt (Mrs. Edmund Bowden), 1534 Eighteenth Av., Seattle, Wash.
Born San Francisco, Cal., May 6, 1862; dau.
