Thomas Henry Jr., Louise, Melanie, Sarah, Elizabeth, Eleanor. Pres. of Mission Soc. of First Presbyterian Church; mem. boards of Old Ladies' Home and Y.W.C.A., and other religious and philanthropic organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Motoring, travel.
ATKINS, Mrs. Albert L., Dexter, Me.
Born Ripley, Me., Nov. 27, 1865; dau. Richard Nutter Jr. and Lucy Ann (Tripp) Nutter: ed. Dexter High School, Farmington (Me.) State Normal School; m. Dexter, Me., Oct. 27, 1890, Albert Lewis Atkins; one daughter: Attalena Atkins. Cor. sec. of Me. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Congregrationalist. Mem. Order of Eastern Star, Woman's Literary Club, Sunshine Club.
ATKINSON, Alice Minerva, Holicong, Bucks County, Pa.
Historical writer; b. Holicong, Pa.; grad. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '88; Cornell Univ., A.B. '89; Univ. of Pa., A.M. '93, Ph.D. '95. Author: European Beginnings of American History; An Introduction to the History of the United States, 1912.
ATKINSON, Dorothy Bridgman (Mrs. Frederick G. Atkinson), 308 Ridgewood Av., Minneapolis, Minn.
Born St. Paul, Minn., June 22, 1890; dau. George H. and Mary B. (Elliott) Bridgeman; ed. Wellesley College, B.A. '10 (Phi Sigma); m. Minneapolis, Minn., April 18, 1911, Frederick G. Atkinson: one daughter: Mary Elliott, b. 1912. Against woman suffrage.
ATKINSON, Eleanor, 4939 Vincennes Av., Chicago, Ill.
Writer; b. Rensselaer, Ind.; dau. Isaac M. and Margaret (Smith) Stackhouse; ed. Indianapolis Normal Training School; m. Indianapolis, Ind., Mar. 14, 1891, Francis Blake Atkinson; children: Dorothy Blake, 1892; Frances Eleanor, 1899. Entered newspaper work 1887, writing under pen name of Nora Marks on Chicago Tribune. After marriage special and syndicate work. Editor The Little Chronicle (current events weekly for use of schools) 1900-07; then in magazine and book work. Author: Mam'zelle Fifine (historical novel), 1903; The Boyhood of Lincoln, 1908; Lincoln's Love Story, 1909; The Story of Chicago, 1910; Vol. V, Students Ref. Work, 1911; Greyfriars Bobby, 1912; A Loyal Love, 1912. Mem. Chicago Historical Society, Lincoln Fellowship of N.Y. City. Unitarian. Thinks women should vote, but not actively interested.
ATKINSON. Elizabeth Bispham Page (Mrs. Robert Whitman Atkinson), Heath Hill, Brookline, Mass.
Born Philadelphia; dau. Edward Augustus and Josephine Augusta (Bispham) Page; ed. Philadelphia; m. Philadelphia, 1904, Robert Whitman Atkinson; children: Alice Tucker, Eliot Heath, Samuel Greenleaf. Occasional contributor to periodicals. Episcopalian.
ATKINSON, Florence Lewis (Mrs. Robert Atkinson), The Buckingham, St. Louis, Mo.
Born St. Louis; dau. Judge Edward A. and Parthenia (Bransford) Lewis; ed. Lindenwood Coll., Mo.; m. Robert Atkinson; one son: Robert Lewis Atkinson. Favors woman suffrage. Pres. Mo. Equal Suffrage Ass'n; vice-pres. St. Louis Equal Suffrage League. Episcopalian. Pres. Wednesday Club of St Louis (literary). Prominent in social, musical and literary activities.
ATWATER, Adeline Lobdell (Mrs. Henry Atwater). Highland Park, Ill.
Born Chicago, 1887; dau. Edwin Lyman and Anne (Philpot) Lobdeli; ed. Dearborn Sem., Chicago; Mt. Vernon Sem., Washington, D.C.; m. Chicago, Mar. 29, 1910, Henry Atwater; children: Edith, Barbara Jane. Pres. Maternity Circle of Hahnemann Hospital, Chicago; interested in Lincoln Centre and Frederick Douglass Centre, Chicago. Club: Highland Park Woman's. Recreations: Riding, swimming, dancing, golf, tennis. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.
ATWATER, Caroline Swift (Mrs. E. S. Atwater), Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Born Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1857; dau. Charles W. and Mary (Messier) Swift; ed. by governess and in private schools; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '77 (commencement salutatory address; Phi Beta Kappa); m. 1880, Edward S. Atwater; children: Morton, Lucy Lovell, Eliot, Evelyn. Pres. Orphan Home; vice-pres. Associated Charities; director of Woman's Exchange and Day Nursery; ex-president Vassar Alumnae Association; ex-regent of Mahwenawasigh Chapter D.A.R. Against all but limited suffrage for men and women. Mem. Women's University Club (N.Y. City). Donor of Swift Memorial Infirmary to Vassar Coll., in memory of her father, who a charter trustee.
ATWATER, Helen Woodard, 226 Washington St., Middletown, Conn.
Nutrition Investigator; b. Somervllle, Mass., May 29, 1876; dau. Prof. Wilbur Olin Atwater (distinguished chemist) and Marcia (Woodard) Atwatur; ed. at schools in America and Europe and at Smith Coll. B.L. '97. Has been connected with the nutrition investigations of the Office of Experiment Stations of the U.S. Dep't of Agriculture, first at Middletown, Conn., and later at Washington, D.C; assisting especially in editorial work. Author of Farmers' Bulletin, U.S. Dep't of Agriculture: Bread and Breadmaking; Poultry as Food; The Principles of Food and Nutrition (in collaboration with Prof. W. D. Atwater), also occasional articles in periodicals. Congregationalist. Mem. Home Economics Ass'n, Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, College Club (Boston), and various social organizations at Middletown, Conn. Identified with various forms of philanthropic work, such as hospital aid, local civic improvement. Consumers' League, etc.; also church work and literary clubs.
ATWOOD, Euna Clum, 15 Gramercy Park, N.Y. City; winter, Southport, N.C.
Editor; b. Troy, N.Y., June 3, 1856; dau. John Henry and Mary Andrus (Belding) Clum; ed. private schools and boarding schools, and six months in Lawrence Univ., Appleton, Wis.; m. Chicago, Ill., 1872, R. F. M. Atwood. Spends much of time in North Carolina, where she has land and other interests. Interested in helping out in the educational problem of children in North Carolina and other States. Editor and half owner of the Southport News, Southport, N.C. Favors woman suffrage, Democrat in politics (has voted in West). Mem. Nat. Arts Club and Forum Club (N.Y. City), Nat. Soc. of Patriotic Women of America, Woman's Welfare Dep't of Nat. Civic Federation, Woman's Democratic Club of N.Y. City.
ATWOOD, Gertrude Pearson (Mrs. William F. Atwood), 85 Montgomery St., Bangor, Me.
Born Bradford, Me., May 17, 1875; dau. Nathaniel and Ella Alwilda (Smith) Pearson; direct descendant on paternal side of John Robinson, the Puritan divine, who incited the Pilgrims to come to America; grandniece, on maternal side, of Lot M. and Anson Peasley Morrill, both former Governors of Maine; ed. in schools of Bradford and Bangor and by private teachers; m. Bangor, Me., Dec. 24, 1900, William Francis Atwood; one son: William Francis Atwood, Jr., b. Dec. 29, 1910. Pres. Nineteenth Century Club of Bangor, 1906-09; v.-p. Maine Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1911-12; v.-p. Maine Peace Soc., 1912—. Director Penobscot (Me.) Chapter Red Cross Soc., 1910-12. Mem. Executive Committee of Maine Com. of Department of School Patrons of Nat. Education Ass'n. Sec. Good Samaritan Home Ass'n (State charitable institution for wayward girls); sec. Bangor Anti-Tuberculosls Ass'n, and mem. Board of Directors of Association's Clinic. Mem. Board of Directors of Nineteenth Century Club, Bangor, 1912-13. Congregationalist. Favors restricted suffrage.
ATWOOD, Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. Clarence L. Atwood), St. Cloud, Minn.
University extension lecturer; b. Owatonna, Minn.; dau. C. S. and Mary Elizabeth Crandall; grad. Pillsbury Acad., 1882; attended Cornell Univ.; m. Owatonna, Minn., 1890, Clarence L. Atwood, of St. Cloud, Minn.; children: Marjorie Helen, Crandall Clarence, Allen Albert, Frederick Charles. Has been mem. of School Board and Library Board. Auditor State Federation of Women's Clubs, and chairman of its oommittees
