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ANDERSON—ANDREWS

Carol, Donald Slater. For ten years pres. Woman's Home Missionary Soc. of Baptist Church, Newton Centre; for four years of Newton Centre Woman's Club: a director in Newton Hosp. Aid Ass'n; also a manager in Boston branch of McAll Ass'n. Baptist. Mem. Wednesday Club of Newton Centre 18 years; greatly interested in social and philanthropic movements.

ANDERSON, Mrs. William C., Winnsboro, Tex.

Born Ft. Worth, July 14, 1879; dau. John Thomas and Marguerite (Little) Hall; ed. Greenville, Tex.; m. Winnsboro, Tex., Nov. 21, 1897. William C. Anderson. Has been pres. Woman's Missionary Soc. of Methodist Church three years (mem. 15 years). Pres. Standard Club two years (charter mem.); sup't and founder of Winnesboro Flower Show for two years. Methodist Mem. Carnegie Library Board of Trustees ever since it was built. Recreations: Swimming, automobile riding, horseback riding. Pres. Winnsboro City Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Social Service.

ANDERSON-GILMAN, Wilma, concert pianiste (see Gilman, Wilma Anderson.)

ANDERTON, Elizabeth Palmer (Mrs. William Bancroft Anderton), 825 Madison Av. N.Y. City.

Born at Ravenswood, N.Y., family country seat on East River; dau. Walter Bowne and Mary E. (Story) Palmer; ed. in private schools in N.Y. City and Women's Law Classes of N.Y. Univ.; m. N.Y. City, May 7, 1885, Dr. William Bancroft; children: Walter Palmer, Alice, Dorothy, Ruth. Mem. Women's Auxiliary of the Orthopaedic Hospital; interested in work for the blind and in educational matters relating to young children. Favors woman suffrage, but believes in an educational propaganda only. Episcopalian. Mem. Colony Club and of D.A.R. through Walter Palmer, who came from England in 1629. Finished French scholar; reads all the latest plays and books as they come out. Recreations: Fond of walking in all kinds of weather; loves music.

ANDREWS, Eliza Frances, 419 E. First St., Rome, Ga.

Author, botanist, lecturer; b. Washington, Ga., Aug. 10, 1840; dau. Judge Garnett and Annulet (Ball) Andrews; ed. Ladies' Sem., Washington, Ga., LaGrange (Ga.) Coll. A.B. '57, Hon. A.M., Wesleyan Female Coll, Macon, Ga., '82, Principal Girls' High School, Yazoo City, Miss., 1873-74, Girls' Sem., Washington, Ga., 1874-81; staff correspondent Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, 1883-85; ass't prof, natural science (botany, physiology) Wesleyan Coll., Macon, Ga., 1885-96. Frequent contributor to magazines (Chautauquan, Cosmopolitan, Century, Arena, International Socialist Review). Author: A Family Secret, 1876; A Mere Adventure, 1878; Prince Hall, 1882; Botany All the Year Round (widely circulated school textbook of botany), 1903; War-time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1908; A Practical Course in Botany, 1911; also serials: How He Was Tempted, The Story of an Ugly Girl, The Mistake of His Life, as well as humorous sketches, short stories, political and scientific papers and A Memorial Day Ode, Haunted and other poems. Socialist. Mem. Ala. State Library Ass'n, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and various clubs, scientific societies, etc. Favors woman suffrage.

ANDREWS, Elizabeth M., 87 Hawthorne Av., Yonkers, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Yonkers, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Yonkers, N.Y.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '94. Teacher in Catlettsburg (Ky.) High School, 1894-96; Miss Bennett's School, Irvington-on-Hudson, 1896-97; since 1897 in Yonkers (N.Y.) High School.

ANDREWS, Elizabeth Moffett (Mrs. L. B. Andrews). 3772 Washington St., Kansas City, Mo.

Teacher; b. Jo Daviess Co., Ill., Nov. 3, 1849; dau. James and Isabella (McCall) Moffett; ed. district school; Galena Normal School; Mt. Carroll Seminary; teacher; m. in Jo Daviess Co., Ill., Mar. 20, 1878, Lewis Benjamin Andrews. Mem. of and interested in W.C.T.U. 30 years; board mem. of Y.W.C.A., State Board of Charities and some local philanthropies. Mem. Kansas City Athenaeum (pres. one year and first vice-pres. one year). Presbyterian. Prohibitionist. Mem. of the Kansas City (Mo.) Suffrage Ass'n for 20 years.

ANDREWS, Emma Dixon (Mrs. T. Hollingsworth Andrews), 1028 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia, April 26, 1853; dau. Joseph Edward and Martha Archer (Thomas) Dixon; ed. Sacred Heart Convent, Eden Hall, Sacred Heart Convent, Manhattanville, N.Y., grad. Jan., 1890; m. Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1875, Dr. T. Hollingsworth Andrews Jr.; children: T. Hollingsworth, J. Dixon. Originator of Woman's Whist League; mem. Colonial Dames Alumni of Manhattanville. Interested in protection of little children. Favors woman suffrage. Author of memoirs and essays and genealogy for families. Roman Catholic. Recreations: Music, languages, gardening, painting, embroidering.

ANDREWS, Ethel Montgomery, 367 Grand Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Photographer; b. Jersey City, N.J., 1879; dau. William and Adele Montgomery (Oscanyan) Andrews; grad. of Cornell Univ., B.S. 1900 (Kappa Kappa Gamma). Engaged in business as photographer in Brooklyn, N.Y. Episcopalian.

ANDREWS, Evangeline Walker (Mrs. Charles McLean Andrews), 424 St. Roman St., New Haven, Conn.

Born London, Eng., Jan. 1, 1870; dau. John Crawford and Laura Marion (Seymour) Walker; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll. A.B. and graduate student; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., June 19, 1895, Charles McLean Andrews, now Farnham prof, of Am. history at Yale Univ.; children: Ethel Andrews, b. 1897, John Williams Andrews, b. 1899. Mem. of Executive Committee of George Junior Republic and of the Council of Lowell House Settlement of New Haven, Conn. Editor-in-chief of the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Quarterly; originated and produced twice (1900 and 1906) the Elizabethan May-Day Festival, which has become a regular function of Bryn Mawr College, being given every fourth year; about to publish a historical document, The Journal of a Lady of Quality. Mem. Lawn Club, New Haven, Conn., Bryn Mawr College Club, N.Y. City. Recreations: Tennis, fishing, tramping and climbing. Episcopalian. In favor of suffrage for women based on property and educational qualifications.

ANDREWS, Fannie Fern (née Phillips). 406 Marlborough St., Boston, Mass.

Lecturer, social worker; b. Margaretville, N.S., Sept. 25, 1867; dau. William Wallace and Anna Maria (Brown) Phillips; grad. Salem (Mass.) Normal School, 1884, A.B., Radcliffe Coll., 1902, attended Harvard Summer School several terms; m. Lynn, Mass., July 16, 1890, Edwin G. Andrews. Has been active in organizing parents' associations in the Boston schools since 1902; lecturer and writer on the international peace movement and on educational topics. Organizer and sec. Am. School Peace League; sec. Boston Home and School Ass'n; mem. Council of Nat. Education Ass'n; special collaborator U.S. Bureau of Education; director Am. Peace Soc; mem. Nat. Peace Council, Internat. Peace Bureau (Berne, Switzerland), Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, New England Women's Press Ass'n, N.Y. Peace Soc., Am. Soc. for Judicial Settlement of Internat. Disputes; cor. mem. Bureau International de Fédérations d'Instituteurs. Mem. commission to investigate from a world viewpoint the subject of Peace; Second World's Christian Citizenship Conference, June 29-July 6 1913 (Portland, Ore.); appointed by U.S. Government Am. delegate to Internat. Conference on Education at The Hague, 1913. Mem. Twentieth Century Club, College Club (Boston).

ANDREWS, Georgina I. S., Pine Lodge, Granite Springs, Westchester Co., N.Y.

Lecturer, teacher; b. Toronto, Ont., Canada, dau. William and Letitia Harriet (Stewart) Andrews; ed. Toronto private schools. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Progressive. Interested in coöperative philanthropies; active in all social reforms along philosophic, spiritual