BARSTOW, Clara Gerrish (Mrs. Donald McLean Barstow), 675 Congress St., Portland, Me.
Dancing teacher; b. Saco, Me., Feb. 10, 1879; dau. Charles Oliver and Julia Perkins (Jordan) Gerrish; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '02; Gilbert Summer Normal School of Dancing, '09; Faulhaber Summer Normal School of Dancing, '11; m. Portland, Me., July 30, 1904, Donald McLean Barstow, M.D. Mem. the Colonial Dames of the State of N.Y., Alumnae Ass'n of Smith Coll., College Club, Boston. Favors woman suffrage.
BARTELME, Mary M., Cook County Court House, Chicago, Ill.
Lawyer; m. Chicago, Ill.; ed. Cook County Normal School; taught school for eight years, then studied law, becoming student in Law School of Northampton Univ., grad LL.B., and admitted to bar of Illinois by the Supreme Court; admitted to practice also in U.S. courts, 1899. Early in legal career was appointed by Probate Judge Christian C. Kohlsaat to investigate matters connected with Juvenile estates; appointed, 1898, by Gov. Tanner, public guardian of Cook County, in which office she made such a record that she has been reappointed by each succeeding Governor. Appointed by the Juvenile Court of Cook County to hear testimony in cases against girls and report her findings and recommendations to the court for action, and in that capacity has heard and practically determined many cases. The separation of this division, in which the evidence is heard and disposition of cases is made by a woman, has been found very effective in securing reformation and improvement in delinquent girls. She also has a private practice; was first woman honored by being invited to address the Illinois Bar Ass'n at an annual meeting. Favors woman suffrage and was president of Chicago Suffrage Club, 1907. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club; pres. Chicago Business Women's Club; mem. Civic Club.
BARTHOLOMEW, Ethel Hague (Mrs. Niles C. Bartholomew), 36 Highland Av., Buffalo, N.Y.
Born Albany, N.Y., July 28, 1866; dau. William Wilberforce and Sarah Wilcomb (Crockett) Hague; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '89; m. Niles Cheney Bartholomew, lawyer; children: Ruth, Donald Hague. Engaged in city missionary work at Ruggles St. Baptist Church, Boston, 1895-96; pres. Board of Managers and chairman House Committee of the College Crêche, Buffalo, N.Y. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, American Peace and Arbitration Soc. Against woman suffrage until such time as an educational qualification for both men and women shall be possible.
BARTLETT, Alice Elinor ("Birch Arnold"), 1796 Vinewood Av., Detroit, Mich.
Author; b. Delavan, Wis., Sept. 4, 1849; dau. Joseph Bowne and Sophronia E. (Braley) Bowen; ed. Univ. of Wis.; m. Leavenworth, Kans., Sept. 28, 1876, J. M. D. Bartlett; children: Donald Bowen, Faith Alice (Mrs. Morse). Was six years with Chicago Herald, three years with Chicago Chronicle, four years Detroit Journal and writer of specials for numerous other papers and magazines; dramatic reader, often giving own poems in public. Author: Until the Daybreak, 1877; A New Aristocracy, 1888; The Spirit of the Inland Seas, 1901; The Mystery of the Monogram, 1904; Birch Leaves, 1905; The Individual (in preparation); also much verse and prose in newspapers and periodicals. First pres. Detroit Press Club (served five years); mem. Mich. Woman's State Press Ass'n, Wolverine Press Club, Nat. Press Ass'n. Recreations: Traveling, painting, sculpture. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat.
BARTLETT, Amanda S. (Mrs. George H. B. Bartlett), Gaithersburg, Md.
Born Laytonsvllle, Md.; dau. Ulysses and Julia (Riggs) Griffiths; ed. at home by tutors and governesses; m. Baltimore, Md., Nov. 15, 1872, George H. B. Bartlett; children: Vashti R., Alice Riggs, G. Burnap, Harry G. Protestant Episcopal.
BARTLETT, Dora Tripp (Mrs. Frederic Clay Bartlett), 2901 Prairie Av., Chicago.
Born White Plains, N.Y., Oct 7, 1879; dau. Daniel J. and Lucie (Sutherland) Tripp; ed. by German governess at home; studied at Munich and Paris (Viti School); m. White Plains, Oct. 4, 1898, Frederic Clay Bartlett; one son: Frederic Clay. Mem. Board of Chicago Home for the Friendless. Antiquarian Soc. of the Art Institute, Woman's City Club of Chicago, Legal Aid Soc, Three Arts Club. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Ill. Equal Suffrage Ass'n, North Side Suffrage Ass'n. Episcopalian. Clubs: Woman's City, Scribblers.
BARTLETT, Genevieve Kinne (Mrs. Charles J. Bartlett), 183 Bishop St., New Haven, Conn.
Club woman; b. Ypsilanti, Mich., Jan. 14, 1866; dau. Dr. Amasa Farrington and Jennie (Bristol) Kinne; ed. Univ. of Mich., A.B. '90; m. Ypsilanti, Mich., July 6, 1898, Dr. Charles Joseph Bartlett; children: Florence Adelaide, Genevieve Rachel, Marshall Kinne. Mem. Civic Federation of New Haven. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.
BARTLETT, Harriet Tuttle (Mrs. Frank W. Bartlett), 619 Orville Av., Kansas City, Kan.
Born Trenton, Ill., July 20, 1860; dau. James Edwards and Almira (Cary) Tuttle (direct descendant of Jonathan Edwards of Princeton, N.J., on father's side); ed. Cheyenne (Wyo.) High School; college course by correspondence; School of Oratory, Kansas City, Mo.; m. Cheyenne, Wyo., July 21, 1877, Frank W. Bartlett; children: Pearl Bartlett-Mackenzie, Frank W. Bartlett Jr. Has lectured upon Biblical subjects, sociological and industrial conditions, etc.; lectured at several Chautauquas. Pres. of Council of Clubs of Kansas City, Kan.; vice-pres. of Annie Besant Study Club; teacher of metaphysics and Biblical symbolism; local sec. Order of the Star of the East; sec. Am. Fed. of Human Rights. Has written many times for papers and magazines; now getting out a volume on Biblical Symbolism. Chairman of the Kans. State Fed. of Women's Clubs Com. on Social and Industrial Conditions; mem. Mary Tenny Gray Travelers Club, Gunsaulus Chautauqua Club, Portia Club. Recreation: Philanthropic work of different sorts. Christian Mystic. Favors woman suffrage. Republican; mem. of Suffrage organization; has always voted, first in Wyo. and later in Kansas (in municipal matters).
BARTLETT, Helen, Peoria, Ill.
Educator; b. Peoria, Ill.; dau. Amos P. and Sarah (Rogers) Bartlett; ed. Newnham Coll., Univ. of Cambridge, England; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '92, A.M. '93, Ph.D. '96; student in Berlin, 1882-84, 1896, 1905. Instructor in German and French, Portland (Ore.) Acad., 1896-97; dean of women and head of modern language dep't Bradley Polytechnic Inst., Peoria, Ill., 1897-1910; also ass't prof. German, 1897-1904, and prof. German since 1904 In same. Author: The Metrical Division of the Paris Psalter, 1896. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae.
BARTLETT, Jane Wetherell (Mrs. J. Henry Bartlett), Tuckerton, N.J.
Born Philadelphia, Pa.; dau. John M. and Mary (Smith) Wetherell; grad. Cornell Univ., B.S. '82; graduate work in Univ. of Pa. and Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland); m. Philadelphia, 1893, J. Henry Bartlett. Has held several positions in the Society of Friends in Philadelphia; clerk of Monthly and Quarterly Meeting, etc. Author of translation of Zone Tariffs for American Acad. of Political and Social Science. Favors woman suffrage.
BARTLETT, Lillie Harral (Mrs. Charles E. Bartlett), 1220 W. Main St., Durant, Okla.
Piano teacher; b. Honey Grove, Tex., Feb. 2, 1875; dau. Leonard H. and Virginia (Lane) Harral; ed. Female Inst, Sherman, Tex.; Cincinnati Coll. of Music, Ohio; m. Dallas, Tex., 1896, Charles B. Bartlett; children: B. Laine, Charles Harral. Piano teacher. Southeastern State Normal, Oklahoma; chairman of music. Fourth Dist. Oklahoma; conductor of Music Conference State Federation of Women's Clubs. Interested in various religious and philanthropic activities.
