Arts Club, Woman's Bar Ass'n, Browning Club. Congregationalist. Recreation: Gardening. Favors woman suffrage.
CARPENTER, Florence Welles (Mrs. Elbert Lawrence Carpenter), 314 Clifton Av., Minneapolis, Minn.
Born Fulton, Ill., Sept. 6, 1867; dau. Edwin Pillsbury and Isabella (Griswold) Welles; prepared for college at home; grad. Wells Coll., A.B. '87; m. June 4, 1890, Elbert Lawrence Carpenter; children: Lawrence, b. May 16, 1891; Leonard, b. July 28, 1902. Trustee of Wells Coll.; mem. exec. com. Minneapolis Associated Charities, the Pension Com., The Friendly Visitors' Conference, and various religious and philanthropic committees of Board of Directors' Children's Symphony Concert Soc Presbyterian. Mem. Minneapolis Soc. of Fine Arts, Soc. of Colonial Dames, etc. Recreations: Golf, horseback riding. Mem. The Minikahda Country Club, the Layfayette Country Club, Woman's Club of Minneapolis. Against woman suffrage.
CARPENTER, Grace Eleanor White (Mrs. Frank F. Carpenter), 424 Arroyo Terrace, Pasadena, Cal.
Born Providence. R.I.; dau. Albert Charles and Anna M, (Cooke) White; ed. Lincoln School, Providence, R.I.; m. June 26, 1912, Frank Faron Carpenter. Club: Agawam Hunt, Providence, R.I. Episcopalian.
CARPENTER, Hannah Thayer, 276 Angell St., Providence, R.I.
Teacher of music; b. Providence, R.I.; ed. Miss Wheeler's School, Providence; Bryn Mawr Coll., A. B. '98; student of music, 1899-1909. Teacher of music since 1909. Sec. R.I. Ass'n for Collegiate Education of Women, 1905-06; vice-pres. Social Service League since 1907; treas. 1904-07; pres. North End Junior Working Girls' Club, Providence, 1907-09.
CARPENTER, Imogene Hand, 1324 Main St.. Racine, Wis.
Born Racine, Wis., Apr. 30, 1867; dau. Elbert O. and Margaret S. (Budd) Hand; ed. Racine High School; grad. McMynn's Acad., Univ. of Wis. B. A. (first honors, also special honors in French) (mem. and ex-pres. Delta Gamma Sorority); m. Oct. 3, 1889, Charles R. Carpenter, Racine, Wis.; children: Russell, Elbert, Charles, Scofield, Pres., 1911, Alumni Ass'n Univ. of Wis. (first woman to be pres. of Alumni Ass'n of a co-ed. university). Mem. Presbyterian Church. Trustee for life of Taylor Orphan Asylum. Head administration Dep't of Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage. Vice-pres. Racine Woman's Club.
CARPENTER, Julia Wiltberger, 2636 Park Av., Cincinnati, Ohio.
Physician; b. Cincinnati; dau. Dr. Isaac Bates and Susan (Ellmaker) Carpenter; grad. Woman's Med. Coll., Philadelphia; interne 1 year in Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia; 2 years at McMicken Univ. of Cincinnati, studying practical chemistry; 2 years in hospitals of Vienna and Paris. Began practice in Cincinnati Nov., 1878. Mem. Cincinnati Acad. of Medicine (twice its vice-pres.), Cincinnati Obstetrical Soc. (pres. 1902), Ohio State Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n. Writer for medical societies and medical journals.
CARPENTER, Lucy A. Boone (Mrs. George Benedict Carpenter), 1018 N. State St., Chicago, Ill.
Born Chicago. Ill., Jan. 30, 1852; dau. Levi Day Boone (early settler (1836) of Chicago, and mayor 1851) and Louise Matilda (Smith) Boone; ed. Dearborn Sem., 1869; m. Chicago, May 25, 1871, George Benedict Carpenter; children: Marian Louise, Susie Tappen, George B. Her husband, who founded Central Music Hall, died in 1882, and she became sec. and agent Central Music Hall Co., and lessee of hall, 1882-92; then retired. Interested in religious, social, philanthropic and club activities. Author of essays and poems. Club: Chicago Woman's (pres. 1904-06), Amateur Musical (pres. 1893-95), City (Chicago Woman's); pres. Chicago Woman's OutDoor Art League, two years; incorporator and first pres. Civic Music Ass'n of Chicago, 1913. Favors woman suffrage.
CARPENTER, Mary Frances, 21 E. Wilson St., Madison, Wis.
Librarian; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '90; student of Hebrew, Univ. of Wis., 1895-97; honorary fellow (Hebrew), 1898. Librarian of Superior (Wis.) Normal School, 1898-1903; reviser in Library School, Madison, Wis., since 1907. Mem, Am. Library Ass'n.
CARPENTER, Mary Noel (Mrs. James M. Carpenter), 4930 Berlin Av., St. Louis, Mo.
Born St. Louis, Mo., May 3, 1874; dau. Henry Martyn and Julia Edward (Graves) Noel; ed. St. Louis, Mo. (Mary Institute), and in Boston, Mass; m. St. Louis, Oct. 27, 1896, James M. Carpenter Jr.; children: James M., Noel, Henry Clarkson. Interested in religious activities. Mem. Wednesday Club. Recreations: Tennis, outdoor life. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.
CARPENTER, Minnie Chamberlain (Mrs. Gilbert Congdon Carpenter), 233 Medway St., Providence. R.I.
Formerly church and concert singer; b. Norwich, Conn., Feb. 21, 1869; dau. William Tyler and (Russell) Chamberlain; ed. Norwich Acad.; m. Norwich, Conn., Nov. 29, 1893, Gilbert Congdon Carpenter; children: Mary Elizabeth, Gilbert Jr., Harriet, Francis, Victoria. Mem. and formerly vice-pres. Chaminade Club; mem. Metacomet Golf Club. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage.
CARR, Henrietta A. (Mrs. E. W. Carr), 22 Spruce St., Ashtabula, O.
Physician; b. Newport, Mich., Dec. 13, 1868; dau. Joseph and Clara (Colburn) Carr; ed. Albion Coll., Mich.; Univ. of Mich., M.D. '92 (mem. A.E.I.); m. May 11, 1905, E. Whitney Carr. For thirteen years after graduation practiced medicine at Eaton Rapids, Mich., later at Ashtabula, O.; not now in active practice. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Order Eastern Star.
CARR, Imogen Mathewson (Mrs. George W. Carr), 29 Waterman St., Providence, R.I.
Born Providence, R.I.; dau. Bradford Nelson and Harriet Rogers (Hart) Mathewson; ed. Providence, R.I.; m. Providence, April 17, 1871, Dr. George W. Carr. Episcopalian.
CARR, Laura Whipple (Mrs. Alvah Lemuel Carr), 3727 Burke Av., Seattle, Wash.
Lecturer; b. Saegerstown, Pa,, Nov. 9, 1870; dau. A. J. and Hannah Jane (Carr) Whipple; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.S. '93; m. Lynn, Mass., 1907, Alvah Lemuel Carr. Before marriage taught literature and German in Central High School, Kansas City, Mo.; since marriage has been lecturing upon literary subjects, especially modern drama and fiction. Much interested in work of the Drama League of America, acting on its Publicity Com.; also on educational matters, on Nat. Educational Legislation Com. of Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; represents A.C.A. of State on School Patrons Com. of Nat. Educational Ass'n; represents Northwest on Graduate Council of Wellesley. Mem. A.C.A. (director of Seattle branch), D.A.R., Wellesley Club of Western Washington, Woman's Century Club (federated), leader of drama dep't. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Independent.
CARR, Sarah Pratt (Mrs. Byron O. Carr), 1678 Sacramento St., San Francisco, Cal.
Writer; b. in Maine, 1850; dau. Robert Henry and Louisa (Merrill) Pratt; ed. common schools of California; m. Carlin, Nev., 1872, Byron O. Carr; children: Mary Louise Carr, George Pratt Carr (deceased). Wray Torrey Carr (deceased). For six years actively engaged as a Unitarian minister in missionary work in California and for a short time in Washington. Interested in civic and social uplift work in California and Washington for better education, purer life, etc. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The Iron Way (a historic novel of the building of the first Trans-Continental Railway); The Cost of Empire, which is the "book" for Narcissa (a grand opera having its successful premiere in Seattle in 1912); The Billy To-morrow Series (four vols.), boys' books; also short stories, essays and short librettos. Unitarian. Formerly Republican, now Democrat of Woodrow Wilson type.
