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Part Taken by Women in American History


president of Mills College, California since 1909. Is the author of "Public School Libraries," and "A Reference Library for Teachers of English," "Handbook of English Composition," and is one of the conspicuous educators of the country.

SARAH PLATT DECKER.

President of the Woman's College of Denver and ex-president of the General Federation of Woman's Clubs. One of the most important women in the country.

HESTER DORSEY RICHARDSON.

Born in Baltimore. Is the daughter of James Levin and Sarah Ann Webster Dorsey. Married Albert Leverett Richardson January 27, 1891. Has written on Maryland history and is engaged in historical and genealogical research. Represented the Executive Department of Maryland in the historical work at the Jamestown Exposition in 1907. Was the founder of the Woman's Literary Club of Baltimore; member of the Colonial Dames; historian of the Baltimore Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution; incorporator of the Maryland Original Research Society and was secretary of the General Federation of Women's Clubs from 1901 to 1905.

ANN LOUISE WOLCOTT.

Was born in Providence, Rhode Island, May 25, 1868. Student at Wellesley College. At one time principal of Wolfe Hall, Denver, Colo. Founder of Wolcott's School, Denver. A member of the Archaeological Institute of America; also of the State Forestry Association of Colorado, Colonial Dames, National Congress of Mothers, and prominent in the school of American Archaeology. One of the leading educational women of the West.

KATHERINE ELIZABETH DOPP.

Born at Belmont, Wisconsin, March 1, 1863. Daughter of William Daniel and Janet Moyes Dopp. Student of the schools of Wisconsin and of the University of Chicago. Principal and teacher in several of the normal schools of Wisconsin and Illinois. Principal of the Training Department of the State Normal School, Madison, South Dakota, in 1896, and of the training department of the Normal School of the University of Utah in 1898. Instructor in Correspondence Study Department of Philosophy since 1902; lecturer in Educational Extension Division since 1894 of the University of Chicago. Has written several educational works, industrial and social histories, "The Tree Dwellers," "The Early Cave Men," and "The Later Cave Men," articles and reviews in educational and sociology journals.

FLORENCE AMANDA FENSHAM.

Born in East Douglass, Massachusetts, May 25, 1861. Daughter of Hon. John and Sarah Alice Fensham. Student of the Chicago Theological Seminary,