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Women of The West
California

sylvania, daughter of John J. and Adda B. Singlaub, a resident of California for twenty-one years. Married to Willis Moore Brooks. Children: Phillips Moore, J. Comet. Active in all civic and club affairs. Secretary, Board of Directors, Torrance Hospital Ass'n. Has taken very much interest in P.T.A. work. Member: Torrance Women's Club, L. A. Cosmos Club, International Artists' Club of L. A. Home: 1328 Portola Ave., Torrance, Calif.

BROUGHTON, Esto (Miss), born in Modesto, California, a daughter of J. R. and Jennie Broughton. Lawyer and newspaper correspondent. State chairman of California Fed. of Women's Clubs. Graduate of University of California. Member of California Legislature (Assembly), 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925. Member: D.A.R., Modesto Improvement Club. Address: 428 Forum Building, Sacramento, Calif.

BROUSSEAU, Kate, (Miss), born in Ypsilanti, Michigan, daughter of Julius and Caroline Yakeley Brousseau, a resident of California since 1877. Educated at L. A. High and L. A. State Normal Schools; studied at University of Minnesota, University of California, University of Chicago Law School, in Grermany and in Paris. Docteur de L'Universite de Paris, 1904. Professor of Psychology, Mills College. Made psychological survey of inmates of Sonoma State Home for the Feebleminded, 1914-15, giving tests to about 1400 children; served in French Army, 1917-19, as directrice des Foyers du Soldat, on Lorraine Front; with French Army of Occupation in Germany and in devastated districts of Northern France; assistant to Dr. Toulouse in examination of street railway employees, Paris, 1917; awarded commemorative medal by French Government, 1920. Author: “Education des Negres aux Etats-Unis,” “Mongolism, a Study of the Physical and Mental Characteristics of Mongolian Imbeciles.” Member: American Ass'n. for the Advancement of Science, American Ass'n. of University Professors, American Ass'n. of University Women, American Women's Overseas League, Ligue d'Hygiene Mentale of Paris. Home: 2617 Cole St., Oakland, Calif.

BROWN, Adelaide (Miss), M. D., born July 19, 1868, in San Francisco, California, daughter of Henry Adams and Charlotte Blake Brown. Physician. A. B., Smith College, 1888. Member of California State Board of Health; member of Stanford University Medical Faculty. Secretary and president of Medical Milk Commission for seven years chairman of Public Health, S. F. Civic Center. Member: Town and Country Club, Woman's City Club, Fortnightly, American Association of University Women, S. F. Civic Center. Home: 45 16th Ave., San Francisco, California.

BROWN, Annie Florence (Miss), born in Yokohama, Japan, daughter of Capt. John W. and Mrs. Matilda Delger Brown, a resident of California for thirty-five years. President, Oakland Forum. Graduated from the University of California. Has traveled extensively through Europe. Former president of Oakland Board of Education; at that time, instrumental in reorganizing of local school department. Co-founder and developer of Alameda County Tuberculoisis Ass'n. Del Valle Farm, Livermore, was built for the purpose of preventing tuberculosis among children. Has studied health problems and was the originator of Public Health Center of Alameda County. For many years on Council of U. C. Alumni Ass'n. Member: Women's Faculty Club, of the University of California, Oakland Forum, S. F. City Club, S. F. Town and Country Club, American Ass'n. of University Women, etc. Home: 600 29th St., Oakland, Calif.

BROWN, Charlotte M. (Miss), born in Eureka, California, daughter of Nathaniel N. and Emma F. Brown, a resident of Los Angeles for 33 years. Librarian, University of Southern California since 1908. Graduate, L. A. Public Library School, 1905; organizer and president of College and University Librarians' Conference of Southern California 1926-27. Member: O. E. S., Historical Society of Southern California, American Library Ass'n, California Library Ass'n, L. A. Museum Patrons' Ass'n. Home: 4210 Denker Avenue, Los Angeles, California.

BROWN, Ivadell (Mrs. J. Edgar), born in Sturgis, Michigan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Langley, a former resident of Buffalo, N. Y., living in California for about thirteen years. Married to J. Edgar Brown. Musician and vocalist. Music chairman, Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club. On Audition Board of Hollywood Bowl. Broadcasts over radio. Member: Santa Monica Bay Woman's Club, L. A. Cosmos, L. A. Manana Club. Home: 125 Wavecrest Ave., Venice, Calif.

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