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BSTERBROOK— EVANS

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��the Railway Age Gazette, Factory, the Com- mercial Vehicle, etc. Mem. Woman's City Club of Chicago. ESTERBROOK, Edith Marsh, Brattleboro, Vt.

Private secretary; b. Brattleboro, Vt., May 7, 1877; dau. Oscar D. and Eaia C. (WetheroU) Ds- terbrook; ed. North St. School, Brattleboro, Vt. ; Smith Coll., A.B. '98. For past ten years has been private sec. to head of biological dep't, Mass. Inst, of Technology. Life mem. Smith Coll. Alumnai Ass'n; mem. Smith Students' Aid Soc. and Boston branch Smith Coll. Alumnae. Recreation: Travel (including a European tour, a Mediterranean cruise, a journey around the world and journeys to California and Alaska). Mem. Circolo Italo-Americano Appalachian Mountain Club, Green Mountain Club, Vt Audu- bon Soc. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage. ESTERLY, Elizabeth Norcross (Mrs. Henry

Minor Esterly), 376 North Thlrty-flrst St.,

Portland, Ore.

Born Carlisle, Pa., Dec. 22, 1872; dau. George and Lioulse (Jackson) Norcross; ed. Metzger Inst., Carlisle, Pa.; student with Fraulein Theilen, Leipzig, Germany; Miss Mary E. Stevens' School, Germantown, Philadelphia, and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '97; student in Hanover, Germany, 1900-01; m. Portland, Ore. Dec. 30, 1908, Henry Minor Esterly; children: Henry Nor- cross, b. July 1, IfllO, Louise Jackson, b. April 3, 1912. Teacher of German in Portland Acad., Portland, Ore., 1897-1900, 1901-08. Honorary cor- responding sec. for Oregon for Bryn Mawr Coll. ESXES, Frances York (Mrs. Almeron H. Estes),

Mendon, Mich.

Housewife; b. Philadelphia, N.Y., June 17, 1853; dau. Francis Danforth and Hannah (Haworth) York; ed. Philadelphia public schools. Hunger- ford Coll. Inst., Howland Coll., Union Springs, N.Y., specialized in music; m. Mendon, Mich., May 11, 1875, Almeron H. Estes; children: EJva (now Mrs. CoUard), Francis Danforth. Has taken great interest in civic work and in county prob- lems in St. Joseph Co., Mich., and interested in the public library. Sec. Mendon Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Congregationalist. Mem. King's Daugh- ters. Mem. Woman's Club of Mendon (pres. 2 years). Bridge Whist Club, Fortnightly Club. Recreations: Travel, automobiling. Former ma- tron Mendon Chapter Order Elastern Star 6 years (2 years pres. county organization). EURITT, Edith Jones (Mrs. Guilford Dudley

Buritt), Virginia School for the Deaf, Staun- ton, Va.

Teacher, b. Cambridge, Md. ; dau. James and Margaret (Radclifte) Jones; ed. at W. F. Inst, of Staunton, Va.; studied art for two sessions under E. D. Stuart; received medal in art at W. F. Inst., 1886; m. Camhridge, Md., Aug. 18, 1886, Guilford Dudley Euritt. Taught In W. F. Inst. a. Staunton, Va. ; Central Female Coll., Tuska- loosa, Ala., and Virginia School for the Deaf at Staunton. Interested in educational work, civic betterment, and art. Mem. Ladies' Aid to Y.M.C.A., King's Daughters, District Nurses' Ass'n and church societies; Women's Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress, Audubon Society, Chair- man Art Com. of Virginia Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1911-12. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage. EVAKS, Adelaide Rebecca, 4017 Delmar Av.,

St. Louis, Mo.

Private school principal; ed. in school of Miss Mary E. Stevens, Germantown, Philadelphia; holder of Mary E. Stevens' scholarship, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1905-06; grad. Washington Univ., St. Louis, A.B. '09. Teacher of mathematics and science In St. Charles (Mo.) High School, 1906-07; private tutor and demonstrator in zoology, Washington Univ., St. Louis, 1908-09; principal of private school, Ivens Llys, St. Louis, since 1910. EVANS, Blanche Estelle Kabler (Mrs. Richard

Bacon Evansi — see Kahler-Evans, Blanche

Estelle. EVANS, Edith J. Clagrgett (Mrs. John Waln-

wrlght Evans), Palmyra, Mo.

Former teacher; grad. Synodical Coll., Fulton, Mo., A^. 1900; Univ. of Texas, B.L. '04; Bryn

��Mawr Coll., graduate student in English, phil- osophy and biology; m. 1908, John Wainwright Evans. Teacher of English in Port Arthur (Tex.) High School, 1905-07; ass't to principal in high school, Stambaugh, Mich. EVANS, Eliza, office, 816 Lumber Exchange,

Minneapolis, or State Capitol, St. Paul, Minn.;

liome, 3637 Tenth Av., S., Minneapolis, Minn.

Lawyer; b. Minneapolis, Minn., Mar. 7, 1887; dau. David J. and Christy (Sutherland) Evans; ed. Univ. of Minn., LL.B., LL.M. Has been ap- pointed as the woman mem. of the new Minne- sota Minimum Wage Commission. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Political Equality Club of Min- neapolis; also of the 1915 Suffrage Club; chair- man of the legislative committee. EVANS, EUza T. Sparc (Mrs. D. W. Evans),

10527 Armour St., Cleveland, Ohio.

Born Galena, 111.; grad. Rockford (111.) Sem. {now college), 1860; m. Rev. D. W. Evans (Pres- byterian clergyman); five children. Instructor in mathematics and literature, Rockford Sem., for some time after graduation; later was principal for two years of Warren Acad, and principal and teacher of art in Union Acad., Los Angeles, Cal., 1887-91. Contributor to newspapers and maga- zines. EVANS, Ebnira L,ee (Mrs. Dwight Durkee

Evans), 941 Goodrich Av., St. Paul, Minn.

Born St. Louis, July 16, 1885; dau. WUliam Henrie and Matilda (McCartney) Lee; ed. Mary Inst, (a dep't of Washington Univ.), St. Louis; m. St. Louis Cathedral, April 18, 1906, Dwight Durkee Evans (Harvard, '01); one daughter: Mary Lee Evans, b. Jan. 27, 1911. Catholic. EVANS, Elsa £U7.abeth, Tottenvllle, S.I., N.T.

Teacher; b. Hermon, N.Y., April, 1866; dau. George and Jemima (Day) Evans; grad. Potsdam Normal School, with lecture courses in Columtoia Univ. Mem. Collegiate League, Woman Suffrage Party; worthy matron Huguenot Chapter Order Eastern Star, Amaranth Court; sec. Staten Island Chapter D.A.R. ; mem. Interborough Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Fifth Assembly Dist. leader, Richmond Borough, N.Y. Baptist. Rec- reations: Gardening, walking, boating. Mem. Philemon Literary and Historical Soc, S.I. Women's Franchiee Club, Philemon (literary) Cluh. EVANS, Florence Wilkinson (Mrs. Wilfrid Muir

Evans), care William Cleaver Wilkinson, 5630

Woodbum Av., Chicago, III.

Writer; b. Tarrytown-on-Hudson, N.Y. ; dau. William Cleaver and Harriet (Richardson) Wil- kinson (dau. of Prof. John Richardson of Roch- ester and Madison Universities); ed. Wellesley Coll., B.A.; studied Univ. of Chicago; mem. Zeta Alpha, Wellesley Coll.; m. Hyde Park, Chi- cago, 111., Sept. 16, 1909, Wilfrid Muir Evans of Richmond, England (painter). One son: Chris- topher Evans, b. June 1, 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Author (novels): The Lady of the Flag-Flowers; The Strength of the Hills; The Silent Door. Plays: Two Plays of Israel. Poems; The Far Country; The Ride Home; also short stories and poems In current periodicals. Rec- reations: Walking, horseback, rowing, foreign travel. Mem. Poetry Soc. of America. Mem. Lyceum Club, London. For the years 1910-13 traveling in Europe, with prolonged stays In Paris, Normandy, Florence, Italy.

EVANS, Margaret J., 109 Winona St., Northfleld,

Minn.

Prof, and dean of women; b. Utlca, N.Y., Jan. 9, 1842; dau. Daniel Morris and Sarah (James) Evans; ed. Utlca, N.Y., and Winona, Minn.; gryd. at Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis., A.B. '69; A.M. '72; L.H.D. '98; studied in Berlin and Paris, 1878-79; in Berlin, Heidelberg and Oxford, 1892-93, also three summers in France and Ger- many. Instructor at Fox Lake Sem. (now Mil- waukee Downer Coll.), 1869-70; preceptress and instructor at Lawrence Univ., 1870-74; prof. Eng- lish literature and dean of women in Carleton Coll., Minn., 1874-1908. Pres. Woman's Congrega- tional Board of Missions of Minn, from 1879; first woman mem., and for first year only woman mem. of Am. Board of Commissioners for For- eign Missions; speaker at International Congre-

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