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��MAYO-SMITH— MEAKER

��Istry till 1900, since then a newspaper woman and lecturer, forming classes for the minute study of Ibsen and modern drama a specialty.

MAYO-82VIITH, Mabel (Mrs. Richmond Mayo- Smith), 305 W. Seventy-seventh St., N.Y. City. Born Brooklyn, N.T., Aug. 1, 1863; dau. Gordon Lester and Emily Ellswort (Fowler) Ford; ed. Brooklyn, N.Y. ; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., June 4, 1884, Richmond Mayo-Smith; children: Lucia, Anabel, Richmond. Mem. Colonial Dames of the State of N.Y., Barnard Club. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

MEAI), Ada Wing (Mrs. Albert Davis Mead), 28 3 Wayland Av., Providence, R.I. Born N. Charleston, N.H. ; dau. Albert Thomas and Emma (Atwell) Wing; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '87; Brown Univ., A.M. '98; m. July 2, 1902, Albert Davis Mead, prof, biology Brown Univ. Head Dep't of Biology, Western Coll., Oxford, Ohio, 1890-92; teacher history and mathematics, Monson Acad., 1892-95; instructor in hygiene and sanitary science. Women's Coll., in Brown Univ., 1896-1900; ass't professor of physiology and sani- tation in same, 1900-01. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, The Naples Table Ass'n, Sigma Xi, R.L Women's Club.

MEAD, Elizabeth Storrs (Mrs. Hiram Mead), Oberlln, Ohio.

Former college president; b. Conway, Mass., May 21, 1832; dau. Charles Eugene and Sarah Williston (Storrs) Billings; ed. in seminary, Ipsrwich, Mass. ; received honorary degrees of A.M., Oberlin, 1890; Smith Coll., L.H.D. 1900; m. South Hadley, Mass., Aug. 5, 1858, Rev. Hiram Mead (died 1881). In conjunction with sister conducted a small private school at Andover, Mass., 1842-58; Instructor in English composition, Oberlin Coll., 1881-83; teacher, Abbott Acad., Andover, Mass., 1883-89; pres. Mt. Holyoke Acad, from 1890 to 1900, when resigned and retired. MEAD, Emily Fogg: (Mrs. Edward Sherwood Mead), Longlands, Holicong-, Pa. Born Chicago, lU., Aug. 28, 1871; dau. James Leland and Elizabeth Bogart (Lockwood) Fogg; ed. public schools and Lake View High School, Chicago; Wellesley Coll., 1889-91; Univ. of Chicago, 1895-97, A.B. '97; fellow in political science, Bryn Mawr ColJ., 1897-98; fellow by courtesy and grad. scholar, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898-99; fellow In sociology, Univ, of Pa., 1899- 1900 (mem. Shakespeare Soc., Wellesley); m. Philadelpnia, June 1, 1900, Edward Sherwood Mead; children: Margaret, Richard, Katharine (died 1901), Elizabeth, Priscilla. Interested in public schools, vocational education and country life movement. Writer of The Place of Advertis- ing in Modern Business, 1901; The Italian on the Land, 1907: articles in New International Ency- cloi>£edia, few articles and book reviews; won Hart, ShaSner & Marx prize on subject of Agri- cultural Possibilities of the United States. Mem. College Club of Philadelphia, Ass'n of College Alumnje. Recreation: Walking. Agnostic; in- terested in New Thought. Favors woman suf- frage. Progressive Republican. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League.

MEAD, Kate Campbell Hnrd (Mrs. William Ed- ward Mead), 165 Broad St., Middletown, Conn. Physician; b. Danville, Quebec, Can., April 6, 1867; dau. Edward Payson and Sarah Elizabeth (Campbell) Hurd; grad. Newburyport (Mass.) High School, '83; studied with tutors in Can. and Newburyport for two years; grad. Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '88; spent one year as interne in New England Hosp. for Women and Children, Boston; one year's study in Paris, Stockholm and London, followed by three years at Johns Hopkins Hospital in graduate study; m. New- buryport, Mass., June 21, 1893, William Edward Mead. Medical director of Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, 1890-93; consulting gynecologist to Middlesex Co. Hosp., Middletown, Conn.; State sec. of Conn, for Health Education Dep't of Am. Med. Ass'n. Vice-pres. District Nurse Ass'n; mem. of boards of several philanthropic societies; lecturer to nurses of Middlesex Hosp.; also lec- tures on health topics or on travel; school phy- lician; active in milk station work. Author: Im- pressions of Nauheim: also articles in newsnaners

��and many medical articles, including The Medi- cal Inspection of Schools, and articles on feeding of infants, reports of milk stations, and hygiene for women, published in medical journals. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Connecticut Med. Soc. (elected 2d vice-pres. 1913) and county medical socie- ties. State Social Hygiene Soc, Soc. for Preven- tion of Infant Mortality, Middlesex Co. Anti- Tuberculosis Soc., City Leagues for various phil- anthropies. Mem. Monday Club, University Club, Thursday Club. Recreations: Traveling in Eu- rope, music, art, literature. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

MEAD, I.ncia Ames (Mrs. Edwin D. Mead), 39

Newburg St., Boston, Mass.

Lecturer, writer; b. May 5, 1856; dau. Col. Na- than P. and Elvira (Coffin) Ames; ed. in Chicago schools, Salem (Mass.) schools anl private in- structors; m. Sept. 29, 1898, Edwin D. Mead. Several times a delegate to Internal. Peace Con- gress; lectured in various European capitals and colleges and universities. Interested in education of negroes and immigrants; trustee of a school in Ala. for colored children; student of economics and social questions; for many years a visitor in Associated Charities; interested in promoting friendly relations with China and Japan; a stu- dent of Emerson and the idealistic school of phil- osophy. Author: Great Thoughts for Little Thinkers, Memoirs of a Millionaire; Milton's England; To Whom Much is Given; Patriotism and the New Internationalism; Swords and Plow Shares. Mem. Am. Peace Soc, Mass. Forestry Ass'n, Consumers' League, Boston Equal Suf- frage Ass'n for Good Government, Woman's Mu- nicipal League, Woman's Educational and Indus- trial Union, Soc. for Advancement of Colored People, Trade Union League, Am. School Peace League. Clubs: 20th Century (Boston), Rox- burghe (Roxbury, Mass.). Recreation: Travel- ing (13 trips to Europe). Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage (for 10 years pres. Mass. Suf- frage Ass'n); chairman of peaee and arbitration dep't of Nat. Ass'n Woman's Suffrage Ass'n; di- rector of Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n for Good Government; originated the annual New Voters' Rally. jrEADEB Lucie Claflin (Mrs. Charles A.

Header), 66 Benefit St., Providence, R.I.

Born Pawtucket, R.I., May 12, 1876; dau. Os- mond H. and Lavinia B. (Robley) Briggs; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '99; m. Pawtucket, R.I., May 21, 1901, Rev. Charles A. Meader; children: Robert Osmond, b. Sept. 25, 1902; Lucie Elizabeth, b. Feb. 1, 1912. Episcooalian. Mem. Girls' Friend- ly Soc. of America, D.A.R., R.I. Wellesley Club, Intercollegiate Alumnse Ass'n, Pawtucket Wom- an's Club.

MEAGHER, Jennie Elizabeth (Mrs. Mark

Charles Meagher), 445 Riverside Drive, N.Y.

City; summer. East Williston, L.I., N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Henry and Eliza- beth (Van de Water) Webb; ed. in Chicago; m. Omaha, Neb., Sept. 28, 1886, Mark Charles Meagher; one son: Mark Charles Meagher, b. April 22, 1888. Mem. of Dr. Thomas Slicer's (Unitarian) church. Interested in literature, art and the woman question, larger opportunities and greater liberty for women. Mem. N.Y. Browning Soc. Favors woman suffrage. MEAKER, Isabelle Jackson (Mrs. John W.

Meaker, Jr.), 2431 Pioneer Rd., Evanston. 111.

Bom Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1874; dau. James and Mary Frances (Lowrey) Jackson; grad. Woodward High School, Cincinnati, '92; special work in history and economics with P. V. N. Myers, Univ. of Cincinnati, 1893-94; m. Evanston, 111., OcL 29, 1903, John W. Meaker, Jr.; chil- dren: Martha, Barbara. For three years taught defective children in private homes. Assisted Dr. Oscar King, Chicago alienist, in cases of hys- terical girls, curing them by a system of educa- tion. Originated idea of the Drama League of America, and was one of its founders; served as first chairman of its educational committee for one year; vice-pres. Drama Club of Evanston (parent organization of the League). Favors woman suffrage. Author of short stories and ed- ucational articles. Interested in mental science.

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