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16, 1888, Robert Harrison Cornish; children: Margaret Beach, b. Sept. 4, 1889; Ruth Harrison, b. Nov. 7, 1891; Robert Sanford, b. May 9, 1894. Teacher Norfolk (Conn.) Classical School, 1884-86; Wallingford (Conn.) High School, 1886-88.

CORNWELL, Martha Jackson, Virginia Av., West Chester, Pa.

Sculptor; b. West Chester, Pa., Jan. 29, 1869; dau. Robert Thompson and Lydia (Jackson) Cornwell; ed. high school and at West Chester (Pa.), Normal School, West Chester; School of Design, Philadelphia; Art Students' League, N.Y. City; pupil of Augustus Saint Gaudens. For ten years had studio at 152 W. Fifty-seventh St., N.Y., and works chiefly in portraiture; now at West Chester, Pa. Has made a water trough at West Chester, Pa., several portraits in low relief, and portrait medallions; also several small bronze statuettes, principally of children. Mem. Board of Directors of West Chester Public Library. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Fellowship of Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Art Students' League, N.Y. City. Recreation: Golf. Mem. West Chester Golf and Country Club.

CORRICK, Jeannette R. Trowbridge (Mrs. John H. Corrick), Culbertson, Neb.

Editor, former teacher; b. Hamilton, O., Nov. 26, 1861; dau. Rev. William A. and Mary A. (Pease) Trowbridge; ed. Cincinnati High School and Cal. Normal School; m. Ottumwa, Ia., Sept. 26, 1885, John H. Corrick of Burlington Hawkeye. Teacher until marriage; lived in San Jose, Cal., 10 years; for past 10 years in Western Nebraska. Now associate editor of Culbertson Banner and Palisade Times (both owned by husband). Mem. Neb. State Press Ass'n. Active in church work; mem. W.C.T.U.; much interested in conservation, civics and civil service reform. Favors woman suffrage. Christian. Past State pres. Rebekah Assembly I.O.O.F. of Neb.; mem. Woman's Relief Corps, Home Culture Club, Golden Rod Club, Woman's Club; State officer in Neb. Fed. of Women's Clubs (vice-pres. Fifth Dist.).

CORSON- WHITE, Ellen Pawling (Mrs. Eben Wesley White), 216 S. Fifteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Physician; b. Norristown, 1874; dau. John J. and Rebecca Pawling (Freedley) Corson; grad. Wellesley Coll, '97; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., '02; mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota; m. Norristown, Sept. 9, 1904, Dr. Eben Wesley White; children: John J. Corson White, b. Dec. 8, 1905; Henry Freedley Corson White, b. June 5, 1907. Instructor nervous diseases, Polyclinic Hospital and College for Graduates in Medicine, 1906-09; ass't pathologist, Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, Philadelphia, 1910-11; pathologist, bacteriologist and serologist, Orthopedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, Philadelphia, 1912-13. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Studies with Wassermann Reaction; Review of Serum Reactions, etc. (in collaboration with Dr. S. D. W. Ludlum); also in collaboration with Dr. Leo Loeb, various papers on experimental cancer research; monograph: Manual Therapy in Some Minor Disorders, a study of the venom of the Heloderma for presence of antibodies. Episcopalian. Mem. Philadelphia Pathological Soc, Philadelphia Neurological Soc., Philadelphia County Med. Soc.

CORT, Lottie Ambler, 89 Division Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Physician; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 25, 1860; dau. William King and Charlotte A. (Conklin) Cort; ed. Brooklyn grammar and academic schools, with private teachers, and in the N.Y. Med. Coll. for Women, M.D. '83. Elected sec. of Memorial Hospital Staff, 1886, continuing till 1912; treas. of Memorial Hospital staff; pres. Memorial Dispensary staff 25 years. Mem. St. John's M.E. Church, Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality League of N.Y., N.Y. State Woman's Suffrage Ass'n, King's Co. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, Elizabeth Cady Stanton League of Brooklyn. Mem. Kings Co. Med. Ass'n, N.Y. State Homoeopathic Soc, Am. Institute of Homoeopathy. Mem. Chiropean Club of Brooklyn, Woman's Club of Chautauqua, N.Y.

CORTTSSOZ, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson (Mrs. Royal Cortissoz), 31 W. Tenth St., N.Y. City.

Writer; b. N.Y. City; ed. N.Y. City schools; m. Royal Cortissoz, literary editor and art critic of N.Y. Tribune. Editor: Edmund Clarence Stedman Library of American Literature (11 vols.). Author: Songs and Lyrics.

CORWIN, Mary Beatrice (Mrs. Edwin M. Corwin), 49 Bodman Building, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Publisher; b. Eddyville, Ky.; dau. David Strauss and Anna Maria (Herr) Holman; grad. Xenia (Ohio) High School; student of Teachers' course and special studies in Lebanon (Ohio) Normal School; student at Antioch Coll.; course in elocution, Cooper Inst., Dayton, Ohio; m. Xenia, Ohio, Nov. 25, 1884, Edwin M. Corwin; one daughter: Louie Estelle, wife of Dr. Darwin B. Pond, Chicago. Former teacher Ohio public schools; journalist and publisher in Cincinnati, Ohio, for 15 years; editor and publisher Club Woman's Magazine five years. Editor "Woman's Clubs" Dep't Daily Cincinnatian-American. Mem. Civic and Suffrage Clubs; actively engaged in W.C.T.U.; mem. Am. Branch of Folk-Lore Soc. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Susan B. Anthony Club and Harriet Taylor Upton Study Club, Cincinnati. Author: How the Promise Was Kept and Other Stories; poems: A New Year's Retrospect; The Old Cathedral; A Birthday Roundelay; The Amulet and the Pearl; When Amaryllis Calls Her Family; A Rose Leaf; Tiny Lou; Ode to the Old Bell, etc. Non-sectarian.

CORY, Sarah Morris (Mrs. Frank Cory), 123 W. Forty-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Artist; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 21, 1852; dau. Alfred and Elizabeth Morris (Van Bokkelen) Roe; ed. Miss Ballou's private school (took five prizes on graduation); Art Schools of Nat. Acad, of Design (honorable mention); studio of Walter Satterlee (money prize) ; School of Applied Design for Women (medal); m. (1st) Nov. 29, 1869, Newton Hoff; (2d) Dec. 2, 1873, Frank Cory. Has exhibited paintings in Paris and other cities. Expert lantern slide colorist. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Equal Suffrage League of N.Y., Soc. for Political Study. Episcopalian. Democrat. Mem. D.A.R., U.S. Daughters of 1812, Order of Eastern Star, Professional Woman's League, Daughters of Rebecca. Mem. Union Literary Club, Woman's Democratic Club, Fortnightly Club, Shakespeare Club.

COSBY, Charlotte Malvina (Mrs. Frank Carvill Cosby), Washington, D.C.

Born Chestertown, Md.; dau. Samuel Wright and Harriet M. (Chapman) Spencer; ed. Mount Holly, Philadelphia; m. Frank Carvill Cosby (Pay Director, U.S. Navy); children: Spencer Frank Clark, Arthur Fortunatus. Mem. Army and Navy League, Washington Club, Woman's Welfare Dep't Nat. Civic Fed. Episcopalian.

COSGROVE, Henrietta C. (Mrs. Aruna Phelps Cosgrove), Joplin, Mo.

Writer, philanthropist, political worker; b. Eckford, Mich., Feb. 9, 1849; dau. William Jackson and Clarissa C. (Dresser) Jackson; ed. common schools and Prof. Olney's School, Fairbury, Ill.; m. South Bend, Ind., Aruna Phelps Cosgrove; children: Chester Colfax, Helen Mar Cosgrove (Strohm). Originator of the movement for Mother Pension Laws in U.S., which have been adopted in several States; vice-pres. for Mo. of the Southern Conference on Woman and Child Labor; inclined to socialism. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres. Suffrage League. Author of Amateur Art, a general book of instruction for beginners in art, especially in oil, water color and china painting. Progressive in politics.

COSTIGAN, Mabel Cory (Mrs. Edward P. Costigan), 1642 Detroit St., Denver, Colo.

Born Patchgrove, Wis., Aug. 28, 1873; dau. Dr. J. B. and Amanda (McLean) Cory; ed. Denver grade schools, East Denver High School, Denver Normal and Preparatory School; m. Denver, Colo., June 12, 1903, Edward P. Costigan. First vice-pres. of the Woman's Club of Denver; historian of Colo, branch of Nat. Congress of Mothers; mem. Board of Directors of the Woman's Public Service League of Denver; pres.