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BIGELOW, May Tower (Mrs.), B. L., M. D., born in Minnesota, April 13, 1866, daughter of Myron and Lucretia Tower, a resident of Colorado for thirty-four years. Married to Charles Wesley Bigelow. Children: Maurice, Florence, Ruth, Lucretia. Physician. On Board of City Fed. of Women's Clubs; Chairman, Sanitation Woman's Bureau. Past Matron, O. E. S. Former member of State Legislature. Holds office in several organizations. Past president, West Side Woman's Club. Fallon, American Medical Society. Member: State and County Medical Ass'n, Denver Art Ass'n., Denver Woman's Club, American Art Ass'n, American Ass'n of University Women, etc. Home: 15 Pearl St., Denver, Colorado.

BLACK, Helen Marie (Miss), born in Washington, D. C,, daughter of H. M. and Palma Black, a resident of Denver for seventeen years. Dramatic critic. Rocky Mountain News. Specializes in feature writing and dramatic criticism. Lectures on journalism, dramatics and famous people. Has been a radio lecturer and now conducts a weekly radio movie club. Member: Denver Women's Press Club, Denver Community Players, Little Theater, Research Discussion Club. Home: 1302 Williams St., Denver, Colorado.

BROOKS, Nona L. Rev., (Miss), native of Kentucky, former resident of West Virginia, living in Colorado for forty-six years. Pastor of Denver First Divine Science Church. For fourteen years. President Colorado College of Divine Science; President Federation of Divine Scientists; nine years' actively in International New Thought Alliance. For seven years secretary of Colorado Prison Ass'n. Studied at Wellesley College, Boston University, and Home College, San Francisco. Graduate of Southern College. Has established an enviable reputation as a woman theologian. Home: 645 Lafayette St., Denver, Colorado.

COLLINS, Marie Richey (Mrs.), born in Leadville, Colorado, May 16, 1896, daughter of John Charles and Mona Richey, a resident of Denver for ten years. Married to Lawrence Collins. Advertising Manager, Daniels & Fishers Stores Co. Formerly a reporter on Denver Times. Attended University of Colorado. Press agent in United War Work Campaign. Chairman, Women's Division International Advertising Convention which was held in Denver in 1927. On the Board of Directors of Denver Advertising Club. Member: Denver Women's Press Club, Denver Advertising Club, Quota Club. Home: 1174 St. Paul, Denver, Colorado.

DIEMAN, Clara Leonard Sorensen (Mrs. Chas. A.), born in Indianapolis, Indiana, daughter of Stoughton G. and Caroline Barth Leonard, a resident of Denver, Colorado, temporarily residing in Houston, Texas. Married to Charles A. Dieman, architect. Children: Niels Leonard Sorensen. Sculptor. Lecturer on art before clubs and schools. At present, executing all sculpture decorations for exterior of new Denver Nat'l Bank Bldg. for Fisher and Fisher, architects. Secretary, Denver Civic Art Commission (2 years). Member: Chicago Art Institute (alumnae), member of Indiana and Colorado Artists Societies. Address: 3901 Main St., Houston, Texas. Home: 720 Logan St., Denver, Colorado.

FLYNN, Sopha Nelson (Mrs. M. H.), born in Sweden, January 25, 1873, a resident of Colorado for 31 years. Married to Martin Henry Flynn. Very active in church and fraternal work; at present Worthy Grand Matron, O. E. S., State of Colorado, the highest office in the state. Member: O. E. S., Grand Junction Woman's Club, Western Federation of Women's Clubs. Home: 1221 Ouray Ave., Grand Junction, Colorado.

GILMORE, Iris Pavey, (Mrs.), a native of Villa Ridge, Illinois, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. B. Pavey, a resident of Colorado for the last eight years. Married to Harold McKinley Gilmore. Dramatic Teacher and Director. Educated at Schuster-Martin Dramatic School, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dramatic Director, Radio Station, KOA, Denver, for 4 years. Teacher, Lamont School of Music. Member: Altrusa Club (National), Sigma Alpha Lata (National Music Fraternity), P. E. O. Sisterhood. Home: 1316 E. Eleventh Ave., Denver, Colorado.

GILPIN, Laura, (Miss), born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 22, 1891, daughter of Frank and Emma Miller Gilpin. Artist. Photographer. Graduate from Clarence White School, New York City; exhibits in photographic exhibits, here and abroad, since 1917. Print division of the Congressional library owns 10 prints of photography

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