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Women of The West
Wyoming

DOWNEY, June E., (Miss), born in Laramie, Wyoming, July 13, 1875. Professor, Psychology, University of Wyoming. Writer of numerous articles in psychological journals, American Journal of Psychology, Psychological Review, Journal of Applied Psychology. Main topics of research: Dextrality and Its Implications, Will-Temperament Testing, Psychology of Handwriting, Literary Esthetics. Author: "The Heavenly Dykes," "Graphology and the Psychology of Handwriting," "Will-Temperament and Its Testing," "Plots and Personalities" (with E. E. Slosson), "The Kingdom of the Mind." Member: Sigma Xi, American Psychological Ass'n. Home: 1003 Grand Ave., Laramie, Wyo.

GAY, Dale Pickett (Mrs. Guy J.), born in Rockford, Iowa, June 25, 1891, daughter of John Robert and Sarah C. Pickett, a resident of Wyoming for seventeen years. Married to Guy J. Gay. Children: Geraldine, Genevieve, Betty Ann, Helen Eileen. Clubwoman. President of Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs; active in all club work; interested in Red Cross work and Child Health Conferences. Member: Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs, Casper Departmental Club, Casper Woman's Club, D. A. R., O. E. S. (Past Matron). Home: 612 South Park Street, Casper, Wyoming.

HEBARD, Grace Raymond, Dr., born in Clinton, Iowa, July 2, 1861, resident of Wyoming for 45 years. Instructor, University of Wyoming. Member of Advisory Board of Wyoming State Historical Department and Health Ass'n., head of Dept. of Political Economy and Sociology, University of Wyoming. Member: State Fed. Women's Clubs, Pi Beta Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Gamma Mu, American Ass'n. of University Women, American Ass'n. of University Professors, Rune Thorn Chapter of American Quill Club, American Ass'n. Advancement of Science, Wyoming Bar Ass'n., D. A. R., Colonial Dames, Wyoming Professional and Business Women's Club. Home: 318 So. 10 St., Laramie, Wyoming.

HILL, Evelyn Corthell, (Mrs. John A.), born in Laramie, Wyoming, May 4, 1886, daughter of Nellis Eugene and Eleanor Corthell, a native resident of Wyoming. Married to John Arthur Hill. Children: Robert Morris, John Marshall, Ross Corthell, Nellis Eugene, Evelyn. Artist. Noted as landscape painter. Member: Laramie Women's Club, American Ass'n. of University Women. Home: 264 N. 9th Street, Laramie, Wyoming.

JOHNSON, E. Joy, (Mrs. L.), born in South Wales, in 1876, daughter of Rev. Joseph and Elizabeth Hancock, a resident of Wyoming for 40 years. Married to Lawrence Johnson. Children: Harleigh L., Ihla G., Avaley L. A graduate of Blackford School of Character. Writer. Has done Western poetry and prose on facts. Author: "Foreman of the J. A. 6." (Dedicated to the People of the West, with a preface by former Governor Bryant B. Brooks). Home: Lusk, Wyoming.

JOSENDAL, Bertha Imhof (Mrs. Oddmund), born in Chicago, Illinois, July 6, 1879, daughter of Adam Imhof and Wilhemina Dulm Imhof, a resident of Wyoming since 1903. Married to Oddmund Josendal. Children: E. Harold, Willa Gertrude, Christine, Louisa, Victor and Virgil (twins). Former school teacher. Very active in civic, church and club affairs. Corresponding Secretary, Wyoming Federation of Women's Clubs. Member: Casper Woman's Club, Woman's Departmental Club (former president), 0. E. S., Lincoln Republican Club. Home: 1016 South Center St., Casper, Wyoming.

MARTIN, Minnie J. (Mrs.), born in Clarinda, Iowa, January 11, 1872, daughter of Wm. Edward and Amanda Davis Jackson, a resident of Wyoming for forty-eight years. Married to Lemuel E. Martin. Children: Lona E., Edward. Superintendent of State Girls Industrial School. Has been very active in American Legion Auxiliary affairs. Member: American Legion Auxiliary. Home: Sheridan, Wyoming.

MORTON, Katharine A. Ammon, (Mrs.), born in Brown County, Kansas, October 4, 1879, daughter of Andrew and Louella Bell Ammon. Married to Robert Alexander Morton. A graduate of Hiawatha High School, later a student at Northwestern University. State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Former teacher in the schools of Cheyenne. From 1917-18, served as the only woman member of the Wyoming State Council of National Defense, acting as secretary of the council; president, Wyoming State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1913-17; in 1921, elected State President of the Wyoming State Teachers' Ass'n; interested in advancing the school system to a higher plane. Member: Gamma Phi Beta Sorority, Cheyenne Woman's Club, Wyoming State Teachers' Ass'n. Home: Cheyenne, Wyoming.

ROSS, Nellie Tayloe, (Mrs.), born 1880, in St. Joseph, Missouri, daughter of James Wynns and Elizabeth Blair

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