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Women of The West
California

Delegate to Republican National Convention at Cleveland in 1924; California's one representative in Washington at Notification Ceremonies for President Coolidge in 1924. Has served as chairman of several important committees of different women's clubs. Member of State Board, P. T. A. Member: National Ass'n of Deans of Women, Western Ass'n of Deans of Women, Women's Athletic Club, Republican Study Club. Address: 855 N. Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

LAWRENCE, Jeanette, (Mrs. Richard K.), a native of Sierra Co., Calif., daughter of the late Chas. and Sarah V. Heintzen, a resident of Sacramento for 18 years. Married to Richard Kay Lawrence. Children: Chas. Josef Carey, Richard Lawrence. Writer and speaker; organizer, for two years president of Sacramento Branch League of American Penwomen; president P.E.O.; president Tuesday Club; past State Chairman of Literature, C. F. W. C. Poems published in newspapers and magazines; poem to “California's Sacred Sons” decorated by Louise Tessin Artist, presented to Sacramento Memorial Auditorium, now hangs in Memorial Hall of the building. Author: “My Service Flag,” “The Unknown Soldier,” “American,” “Wings of Triumph,” “The American Comet,” and other poems. Very active in women's club work, well-known dramatic reader and lecturer. "Pine Songs of the Sierras" will be published soon. Author of several pageants. Member: Penwomen, Calif., Writers Club, Woman's Forum, Tuesday Club, Daughters of the Nile, O. E. S., L. W. Charity Club, American War Mothers. Home: 918 Mission Way, Sacramento, Calif.

LEE, Alice, (Miss), a native of Westport, New York, daughter of Francis L. and Sarah M. Lee, former resident of Massachusetts, living in California for the last 26 years. Active in all civic work. President of the San Diego Museum. Director of the Open Forum; honorary director, Women's Civic Center; president, Community Service; director of the Natural History Museum. Member of Civic Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Member: San Diego Wednesday Club. Home: 3564 Seventh St., San Diego, Calif.

LEIGHTON, Kathryn Woodman, (Mrs.), born March 17, 1876, in Plainfield, New Hampshire, daughter of Alfred and Maria Thomas Gallup Woodman, a resident of California for eighteen years. Married to Edward Everett Leighton. Children: Everett Woodman. Artist, painter. Former vice-president of California Art Club; at present Chairman of the Art Committee. Has exhibited in various art galleries. Her canvases of the ceremonial life and figures of the Blackfeet Indians have earned the place of art connoisseurs. Her paintings are vividly colored in the barbaric splendor of the Indian regalia. Her paintings of Glacier National Park scenic spots have won national recognition. Member: Friday Morning Club (Life member), West Coast Arts, Artland Club, California Art Club. Home: 1633 W. 46th St., Los Angeles, California.

LEWIS, Cora Deal, (Mrs.), a native of Massachusetts, daughter of Charles W. and Helen M. Finch Deal, resident of California for the last 27 years. Children: Nancy, Stanley Hale, Mrs. J. A. Helm. Active in civic and political affairs. Chairman of Juvenile Court Committee for 10 years; parliamentarian of Woman's Republican Club; president, P. T. A.; director, Woman's City Club; for 11 years a member of Housing Commission; has acted on City Planning Committee and Public Welfare Committee of Los Angeles County for a number of years. Has taken an active part in every political campaign. Member: Friday Morning Club, South Coast Civic League, L. A. Woman's City Club, Woman's Republican Club. Home: 2232 West 28th St., Los Angeles, Calif.

LEWIS, Lena Morrow (Mrs.), born in Monmouth, Illinois, daughter of Reverend T. G. and Mrs. Mary Ann Morrow, for many years a resident of California; also spent five years in Alaska. Married to the late Arthur M. Lewis. Managing Editor, “Labor World”. State Secretary of Socialist Party. California Socialist party candidate for United States Senator, 1928. Took part in suffrage amendment campaigns in South Dakota and Oregon. Was the first national organizer of the Woman Suffrage Ass'n. to officially present the cause of suffrage before the Labor Unions of Chicago, Ill., and later specialized in work with the Unions in the Oregon campaign of 1900. Has spoken all over the United States in the interest of the Socialist Party. In 1916-17, was editor of the Alaska Labor Union organ. First woman to be elected to the office of member of the National Executive Committee of the

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