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��ROTAN— ROWLAND

��BOTAN, Kate Stnnn McCall (Mrs. Edward Ro- tan), 1503 Columbus St., Waco, Texas. Born Mt. Vernon, Ky./ Mar. 27, 1851; dau. Judge James L. K and' Eliza Anne (Sturm) McCall; ed. Waco (Tex.) Female Coll.; m. Aug. 22, 1869, Ed-ward Rotan; children: Antoinette, Anne Sturm, George Vallandigham, Katharine Livingston, Frances. Pres. Home Ass'n for Homeless Women and Children; vice-pres. Con- gress of Mothers; mem. Woman's Club of Waco. Favors woman suffrage. Has written short arti- cles on- philanthropy and the betterment of social conditions in Texas, prison reform, etc. Pres- byterian. Mem. State Board of Charities and Correction, D.A.R., Soc. of Colonial Dames, Noname, Philo and Hueco clubs. Was the first pres. of Texas State Fed. of Women's Clubs in 1897.

BOTE, Mary Kmeger (Mrs. Alvin F. Rote), 502 West Av., Monroe, Wis. Born Neenah, Wis., Sept. 23, 1858; dau. William and Mary (Haag) Krueger; ed. Neenah public schools, and Univ. of Wis.; m. Neenah, Wis., Dec. 24, 1885, Alvln Franklin Roto; one son: Robert Lewis Rote, b. Jan. 12, 1888, Active worker in Unitarian Church and Sunday-school and local women's clubs, having been pres. and sec. ; active in securing lecture courses for local community, private charities and a cleaner city; has been pres. and sec. of First District Fed. of Clubs; now first vlce-pres. State Fed. of Wo- men's Clubs; has represented her district on the State exec, board for two years. Unitarian. Fa- vors woman suffrage; organized local Monroe Suffrage Club, 1912; acted as its sec.; also on the advisory board. Instrumental in the Introduction of manual training and domestic science into the Monroe schools.

BOTH, Helen Bernheim (Mrs. Albert S. Roth), 1014 Third Av., Louisville, Ky. Probation ofllcer; b. Louisville, Ky. ; ed. Flex- ner School, Louisville; Miss Florence Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, Pa., and Bryn Mawr Coll., 1904-06; m. 1908, Albert S. Roth. Probation oflBcer, Louisville Juvenile Court, 1907-08, and Cincinnati Juvenile Court, 1908-09. BOTHENBEBG, Theresa, 1004 Twenty-second Av., Meridian, Miss.

Born Meridian, Miss., Aug. 3, 1888; dau. Marks and Rosa (Threefoot) Rothenberg; grad. Ran- dolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Va., A.B. '08 (mem. Am Sam local). Jewish. Mem. Southern Ass'n College Women, Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Recreation: Walking. Mem. Little Fortnightly (literary club), Swastika (card) Club

BOUNDS. Dora Madeleine, 415 W. 118th St., N.Y. City.

Teacher of English; b. Calais, Me., Aug. 27, 1873; dau. Charles Bean and Harriet N. (Chase) Rounds; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '96; Colum- bia Univ., M.A. '10; Cambridge Univ., England, '12. Teacher of English Leache-Wood School, Norfolk, Va., one year; English, Livington-Park Sem., Rochester, N.Y. ; English, high school, Rochester, N.Y., nine years; English, Washing- ton Irving School, N.Y. City, three years. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Recreations: Walking, rowing, swimming, traveling in Eng- land and on continent of Europe. Mem. Wom- an's Graduate Club (Columbia Univ.), Woman's English Graduate Club (Columbia Univ.), Round Table (N.Y. City).

BOWE, Alice Ethel, 808 Park Place, Hampton, Va.

Teacher; b. Hampton, Va., 1884; dau. Joseph F. and Sarah L. (Crockett) Rowe; ed. Hampton Coll., 1897-1903; Cornell Univ., 1903-07, A.B. '07. Since graduation, on teaching staff of Hampton College (for girls and young ladies), at Hampton, Va.

BO WELL,, Henrietta Kingrdon (Mrs. Hubert N. Rowell) 1820 Falrvlew St., Berkeley, Cal Born La Porte, Plumas Co., Cal.; dau. Henry and Jane (Hodge) Kingdon (both English), Cali- fornia pioneers; ed. State Normal School, San JosS, Cal; Cooper Med. Coll., San Francisco, Cal., M.D. '90; m. San Francisco, Jan. 3, 1892, Hubert N. Rowell, M.D. ; children: Alice Ruth,

��b. Jan. 29, 1893; Richard Kingdon, b. May 25. 1894. Served as interne in Children's Hospital, San Francisco, 1891; has not practised since mar- riage. Pres. (three years) of Woman's Missionary Soc. of First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, Cal.; pres. (three years) Berkeley Fed. of Moth- ers' Clubs; mem. Alameda Co. Child Welfare League, Central Cal. Social Workers' Club, Cal. Children's Home Soc; now pres. Cal. Congress of Mothers; interested in promotion of public kindergartens. Favors woman suffrage. Presby- terian. Democrat. Mem. Ebell Club, Oakland.

BOWELL, Mary Coyne, Wesley Coll., Winni- peg, Man.

Lecturer in French and German, Wesley Coll., Winnipeg; b. London, Ont., Can.; dau. Joseph and Nancy (Green) Rowell; ed. Ont. Ladies' Coll., Whitby, and Victoria Coll., Toronto; A.B., To- ronto Univ., '98. Teacher of French and Ger- man, Ont., Ladies' Coll., Whitby, 1902-07, 1908-09; grad. student in French and German, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1907-09; studied in France and Ger- many, 1909-10; lecturer in Freiich and German, Wesley Coll., Winnipeg, 1910-13; grad. student in German, Univ. of Chicago (summer session), 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Spe- cially interested in Y.W.C.A. ; mem. Women's Canadian Club (Winnipeg), Women's Musical Ciub, Women's University Club, Social Service Club (Winnipeg).

BOWELL, Teresina Peck (Mrs. Wilfrid A. Rowell), 743 College St., Beloit^ Wis. Born Ithaca, N.Y., Nov. 9, 1872; dau. Prof. Tracy Peck (Yale Univ.) and Elizabeth (Hall) Peck; ed. New Haven (Conn.) High School; Smith Coll., B.L. '94; graduate student in Latin of Am. School of Classical Studies at Rome, Italy, 1898-99 (mem. Alpha, Smith); m. New Haven, Conn., June 5, 1907, Rev. Wilfrid Asa Rowell; one daughter: Teresina, b. Jan. 13, 1909. Taught English In private school. New Haven, 1896-98; private classes in Italian and history of art. New Haven, New London and Bridgeport, Ck)nn. and since 1898 at Beloit, Wis. Pres. Working Girls' Club. Settlement worker. Active in work of girls and women in Congregational Church at Beloit. Occasional speaker at meet- ings of college girls and Italian women. Author of articles on Titian's Sacred and Profane Love, in The Nation, Oct., 1903; A Favorite of the Flor- entines, In Lamp, Apr., 1901. Congregationalist. Mem. Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Smith Alumnae Ass'n, Smith Students' Aid Soc., League of Women Workers and four women's societies of First Congregational Church of Beloit, Wis. Recrea- tion: Walking. Clubs: Saturday Morning, Cir- eolo Italiano (New Haven), East EJnd (Beloit). Lived two years In Italy, one as daughter of the director of the Am. School of Classical Studies in Rome.

BOWLiAND, Eron Opha (Mrs. Dunbar Row- land), Jackson, Miss.

Born in Mississippi; dau. Benjamin B. and Ruth Hairston (Rowland) Moore; ed. by private tutors and public schools of Aberdeen, Miss.; took classical course under father, who was a graduate of LaG range Coll., and before the Civil War was associate editor with William L. Yancy; m. Nov. 20, 1906, Dr. Dunbar Rowland. Husband's ass't in the State Historical Dep't ten years. Much Interested In best club work and patriotic societies; historian in several pat- riotic societies; has assisted in all undertakings by women of the State, In Historical Woman's Study Courses. Opposed to woman suffrage. Has written many monographs on Mississippi his- tory; assisted husband in preparing many State historical publications; contributor of prose and poetry to various publications. Mem. Colonial Dames (ancestors' careers in Va. Colonial Coun- cil, in House of Burgesses, in Revolutionary and Civil wars). Recreations: Horseback riding, traveling, reading. '

ROWLAND, Helen^see Lutz, Rowland Helen. BOWLAND, Kate Mason, 115 W. Main St.. Richmond, Va.

Author; b. Detroit, Mich.; dau. Maj. Isaac S. and Catherine Armistead (Mason) Rowland; ed. by tutors and governesses, and two years at Tro?

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