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GROSSMAN, Althea Somerville (Mrs. E. M. Grossman), 4137 Magnolia Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born St Louis, April 4, 1880; dau. William and Harriet Bordan (Pullis) Somerville; ed. Wellesley, 1897-98; Univ. of Chicago, 1898-1901, Ph.B. '01; Washington Univ., 1881-1902, A.M. '02; m. St Louis, June 17, 1911, E. M. Grossman (lawyer); children: Althea and Mary (twins). Mem. Self-Culture Hall Ass'n; sec. Mo. Com. for Social Legislation; mem. Board Directors St. Louis Woman's Trade Union League; mem. Board of Governors of St. Louis Equal Suffrage League. St Louis correspondent for The Survey. Recreations: Gardening, dramatics. Mem. St. Louis Wednesday Club, St Louis Artists' Guild, St. Louis Players' Club.

GROSVENOR, Rose Dimond Phinney (Mrs. William Grosvenor), 51 Prospect St., Providence, Beacon Hill, Newport, R.I.

Born Bristol, R.I.; dau. Theodore and Rose (Dimond) Phinney; ed. by governesses and tutors; m. Newport, R.I., 1882, William Grosvenor; children: Alice Mason (Mrs. Dudley Davis), Caroline (Mrs. G. M. Congdon), William, Rose Phinney (Mrs. George Peabody Gardner, Jr.), Robert, Anita D., Theodore P. Interested in social and philanthropic work; much interested in general literature and education. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R. and various philanthropic societies. Recreations: Riding, motoring, swimming. Mem. Art Club, Agawam Hunt Club and Chilton Club (Boston).

GROTE, Frances Fitzgibbon (Mrs. Ludwig I. Grote), Crafton, Pa.

Born Bradford, Pa., Feb. 13, 1883; dau. William and Gertrude (Grace) Fitzgibbon; ed. Carnegie public school, Dilworth Hall, Pittsburgh, Pa. Coll. for Women, Pittsburgh, A.B. '05; m. Carnegie, Pa., June 29, 1908, Ludwig I. Grote. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Monday Club of Carnegie, College Club of Pittsburgh.

GROVER, Eulalie Osgood, 23 S. Prospect St., Oberlin, O.

Writer of juvenile books; b. Mantorville, Minn., June 22, 1873; dau. Rev. Nahum Wesley and Frances (Osgood) Grover; grad. St. Johnsbury Acad., '91; studied in Germany and Paris, 1898-1900, with work at the Sorbonne and the College de France; special study in Europe during the year 1900. Author: The Sunbonnet Babies' Book; The Overall Boys; The Outdoor Primer; Kittens and Cats; The Art Literature Primer and First Reader; The Folk Lore Readers. Congregationalist Favors woman suffrage.

GROW, Caroline Windsor (Mrs. David R. Grow), 3510 Evanston Av., Chicago, Ill.

Sec. Nat. Anti-cigarette League, Chicago; b. North Scituate, R.I.; dau. Hon James Augustus and Caroline Curtis (Davis) Windsor; grad. Wheaton Female Sem., Norton, Mass., 1855; m. Chicago, 1866, David R. Grow; children: Alice Walbridge, Caroline Windsor. Teacher Wheaton Female Sem., Norton, Mass.; associate principal Stanford Female Sem.; editor Elite News; business manager Arkansas Traveler; business manager Woman's Temperance Publishing Ass'n and of the Union Signal. Sec. Nat. Anti-cigarette League. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Progressive in politics. Mem. Woman's City Club of Chicago.

GRUBB, Violet Burd (Mrs. E. Burd Grubb), Kearney, N.J.

Born in England; dau. Thomas and L. G. (Messister) Sopwith; ed. in England; m. London, Nov. 3, 1891, Gen. E. Burd Grubb; children: Edward Jr., b. Mar. 20, 1803; Margaret Shippen (died), Violey Dorothea, Burd. Gen. and Mrs. Burd Grubb lived in Spain in 1891-92, where Gen. Burd Grubb was U.S. Minister. She was decorated by the Queen Regent of Spain with the Order of Noble Ladies of Maria Luisa. Mem. Soc. of Ladies of Grand Army of the Republic. Episcopalian.

GRUMBINE, Annette Farwell (Mrs. Samuel Grumbine), 144 E. Walnut St., Titusville, Pa.

Former teacher; b. Ischua, N.Y., May 22, 1855; dau. John Davis and Caroline (Richardson) Farwell; grad. high school, Titusville, Pa., June 10, 1872; m. Turners Falls, Mass., Sept. 5, 1888, Samuel Grumbine (lawyer of Titusville, Pa.). Active in church and charitable work. Favors woman suffrage. Communicant of Episcopal Church. Mem. W.C.T.U., D.A.R. One of the organizers and first pres. of Titusville Woman's Club, an organization working along literary and musical lines, also for civic improvement of the town and advancement of the community.

GRUNDY, Blanche (Mrs. J. G. Grundy), 1015 Sixth Av., Des Moines, Ia.

Born Belmond, Ia., June 24, 1869; dau. G. G. and Juliet I. (Rosecrans) Pritchard; ed. St. Mary's Inst., Prairie du Chien, Wis.; m. Belmond, Ia., Jan. 2, 1888, J. G. Grundy. Principal of high school, Eagle Grove, Ia.; 16 years in Eagle Grove schools. Pres. Des Moines Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1910-11; pres. Des Moines Boys' Club Board, 1910-13; mem. Des Moines Women's Club Board, 1911-13; pres. Eagle Grove Women's Club, 1902. Mem. Votes for Women League, Des Moines Political Equality Club. Matron of Order Eastern Star, Eagle Grove, Ind., 1903-05. Clubs: Women's, Review, Unity Circle, Chauncey Depew.

GUERBER, Helena Adeline, 150 Piermont Av., Nyack, N.Y.

Author, teacher; ed. Paris, France. Author: Myths of Greece and Rome; Stories of the Wagner Operas; Story of the Thirteen Colonies; Contes et Légendes, French Method; Märchen und Erzählungen, German Method; Stories of Shakespeare's Tragedies, How to Prepare for Europe; Legends of the Rhine; Yourself, Manual of Physiology. Episcopalian.

GUERNSEY, Alice M., 150 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.

Editor and writer; b. Rindge, N.H., April 16, 1850; dau. Rev. Joseph Warren and Lucy Anna (Tucker) Guernsey; grad. State Normal School, Salem, Mass.; post-graduate work at Wellesley Coll. Teacher in State Normal Schools of New Hampshire, Vermont and Minnesota and in high school and academy. Editor of The Young Crusader for the W.C.T.U. and books and leaflets. Ass't for several years on The Silver Cross (organ of the King's Daughters and Sons). Editor and business manager of the general publications of the Woman's Home Missionary Soc. of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Author: Under Our Flag; Citizens of To-Morrow; Home Mission Readings; A Queen Esther Round Robin.

GUERRIER, Edith, 18 Hull St., Boston, Mass.

Librarian; b. New Bedford, Mass., 1870; dau. George Pearce and Emma L. (Ricketson) Guerrier; ed. in private schools at New Bedford and Concord, Mass.; business college in Atchison, Kan.; grad. Montpelier (Va.) Sem., '91; courses in Radcliffe Coll. Children's librarian since 1896. Leader at Library Club House, Boston, since 1909. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Wanderfolk in Wonderland; occasional contributor to magazines.

GUILD, Winifred Agnes (Mrs. Roy Bergen Guild), 1325 Clay St., Topeka, Kan.

Born Mantorville, Minn., July 6, 1869; dau. John Jacob and Gertrude (Scoville) Everhard; grad. Kasson (Minn.) High School and Winona (Minn.) State Normal School; m. Seneca, Kan., June 21, 1898, Rev. Roy Bergen Guild; children: William Everhard, Roland Bergen, George Scoville. Pres. Woman's Home Missionary Fed. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republican.

GUINEY, Louise Imogen, Longwall Cottage, Oxford, England.

Author and editor; b. Boston, Jan. 7, 1861; of ancestry Irish, Scots, French; only child of Gen. Patrick Robert Guiney (of the Army of the Potomac) and Janet Margaret (Doyle) Guiney; ed. private schools in Boston, Elmhurst (Academy of the Sacred Heart), Providence, R.I., and private tutors. Since 1885 contributor of essays and poems to Harper's, Scribner's, the Atlantic, McClure's and other Am. magazines. For many years past resident in Oxford, England. Author: Songs at the Start, 1883; The White Sail and Other Poems, 1887; Monsieur Henri (de la Rochejaquelein), a Footnote to French History, 1892; Patrins, 1897; A