Women of The West
Washington
ington State Fed. of Women's Clubs. First Vice-president, Y. W. C. A. Member of States Council of the Child Welfare Committee of America, N. Y.; also member of Women's Correlation Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Member: Manito Study Club (charter), The Presidents' Council (charter), Business and Professional Women's Club, Spokane Community Welfare Fed. (charter), Ladies of Rotary. Address: 716 Old National Bank Bldg., Spokane, Wash.
WEYERHAEUSER, Anna Mary, (Mrs. J. P.), born in Holbrook, Massachusetts, May 7, 1862, daughter of Elihu Adams and Ann Maria White Holbrook, former resident of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois. Married to John Phillip Weyerhaeuser. Children: Elizabeth, Frederick, Phillip, Jr. Philanthropist. Formerly a school teacher in Moline, Illinois; for ten years a business woman. Chairman, American Red Cross of Tacoma and Pierce County; chairman of Public Health Nursing Ass'n.; member of Board, National Y. W. C. A. Member: Aloha Club, Red Cross, Y. W. C. A., American Ass'n. of University Women. Home: Haddawey Hall, Tacoma, Wash.
WHITEHEAD, Reah (Miss), born in Kansas City, Missouri, daughter of Stanley E. and Esther Whitehead, a resident of Washington for thirty-seven years. Lawyer and Justice of the Peace. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney for four years; elected Justice of the Peace (four terms); prepared Drafts of Bills for and assisted in procuring passage of laws for Women's State Reformatory and Filiation Proceedings. On Board of Travelers Aid. Member: League of Women Voters, Women's University Club, Women's City Club, Seattle Business and Professional Women's Club, Seattle, State and National Bar Associations, Legislative Council of Washington, Women's Pioneer Auxiliary, W.C.T.U., American Woman's Ass'n (Honorary Member), Board of Washington Society of Mental Hygiene, Phi Delta, legal sorority. Address: 412 County City Bldg., Seattle, Wash.
WIGGINS, Myra Albert (Mrs.), born December 15, 1869, in Salem, Oregon, daughter of John H. and Mary Holman Albert. A resident of Washington for twenty years. Her grandmother came as a missionary to Oregon and sailed around the Horn in 1838. Married to Frederick Arthur Wiggins. Children: Mrs. Reuben G. Benz. Mrs. Wiggins is a painter of note and pictorial photographer. A singer and vocal teacher. Exhibits paintings at Northwest Artists' Exhibitions, Seattle. Her pictorial photographic prints have been hung in the London Salon, Paris Salon, in Hamburg, Vienna, Brussels, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, etc. Her poetry has appeared
in magazines and periodicals; has set several of her lyrics to music. Interested in dramatics. Member: American Fed. of Artists, American Artists Professional League, Seattle Fine Arts Society, Ladies Musical Club (Yakima), Toppenish Woman's Club. Home: Pearue St., Toppenish, Wash.
WILSON, Mabel Zoe, (Miss), a native of Athens, Ohio, daughter of Amos Joseph and Sarah Elizabeth Wilson, former resident of Ohio and New York, living in Washington for the last 26 years. Librarian. Organized and developed a teachers' professional library in the State Normal School, Bellingham, Wash. Developed and taught a course of instruction for teachers in research methods and study technique. Organizer of school libraries; lecturer on library subjects; author of library bulletins. Member: American Library Ass'n, Pacific Northwest Library Ass'n, Albany, N. Y., State Library School Ass'n, National Educational Ass'n, Washington Educational Ass'n, Twentieth Century Club, and other non-professional clubs. Home: Library, State Normal School, Bellingham, Wash.
WORTH, Amy, (Mrs. Harry), born in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1888, daughter of Charles and Frances Aldrich, resident of Washington for eight years. Married to Harry I. Worth. Composer. Has published thirteen songs in last 5 years. Composer of "Little Lamb," "The Shepherd," "The Time of Violets," "The God in the Garden," "Daisies," "The Song of the Angels," "Midsummer," "Gavotte Marianne," "Pierrot," "Song of Spring," "Israel," "Summer Afternoon," "The Little Betrothed." Interested in Settlement Music Schools. Member: Musical Art Society, Ladies Musical Club, P. E. O., League of American Pen Women, Monday Practice Club, Fine Arts Society, Pacific Northwest Academy of Arts. Home: 1614 35th Avenue, Seattle, Washington.
WRIGHT, Rose Abel (Mrs.), born in Fernhurst, Sussex, England, daughter of George and Annie Amelia Abel, a former resident of Kansas, living in the state of Washington for the last
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