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Pen and Brush Club (N.Y. City). Unitarian. Republican-voted in Colo. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. of Woman's Political Union.

HENRY, Helen Natalie, Mills College, Cal. Registrar, Mills Coll.; b. Canton, China, Sept. 22, 1879; dau. Rev. Benjamin C. Henry, D.D., and Mary Ward (Snyder) Henry; grad. prepara- tory dep't Univ. of Wooster (0.); Univ. of Cal. B.L. 03 (mem. Alpha Omicron Pi). Teacher Cal. high schools, 1905-08; president's assistant, 1908-09: registrar since 1909, Mills Coll. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. Prytanean Honor Soc. (Univ. of Cal.), Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnæ, Y.W.C.A., Nat. Geographic Soc. Recreation: Tennis, philately.

HENRY, Kate Kearney (Mrs. James L. Henry), 2021 I St., Washington, D.C.

Born Washington, D.C., April 30, 1840; dau. John A. Kearney, U.S.N. (surgeon), and Mary M. (Forrest) Kearney; grad. Georgetown Fe- male Sem., 1858; m. Washington, 1859, Capt. James L. Henry; children: Mrs. Kate K. Mason, Malcolm Henry, J. William Henry. Charter mem. D.A.R. (has been vice-pres., general cor. sec., general and State regent). Regent Mary Washington Chapter; delegate to Continental Congress (on several committees). Pres. United States Daughters of 1812, Colonial Dames Soc., Gaudeloupe Soc., Ass'n for Preservation of Vir- ginia Antiquities. Episcopalian. Mem. Wash- ington Club, Colonial Dames Club. Opposed to woman suffrage. Identified with various organi- zations of the church.

HENRY, Mary Gibson (Mrs. John Norman Henry), 1906 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Jenkintown, Pa., Aug. 15, 1884; dau. J. Howard and Susan W. (Pepper) Gibson; ed. by private governess and Miss Irwin's School, Phila- delphia, Pa.; m. April 14, 1909, Dr. John Norman Henry; children: Mary Gibson, Josephine Nan- crede, John Norman Jr. Protestant Episcopal. Recreation: Gardening. Clubs: Acorn, Sedgely.

HENRY-RUFFIN, Margaret Ellen-see Ruffin, Margaret Ellen Henry.

HENSLEY, Sophia Almon (Mrs. Hubert Arthur Hensley), Melfort, Foxcombe Hill, Oxford, England.

Author, lecturer; b. Bridgtown, Nova Scotia; dau. Henry Pryor and Sarah Frances (DeWolfe) Almon; descendant of Cotton Mather through Mather Hyles; ed. in England and France; spe- cial studies in literature under C. G. D. Roberts (then prof. literature, Kings Coll., Windsor, N.S.); m. Halifax, N.S., April 25, 1889, Hubert Arthur Hensley; children: Emily Gwendolyn Almon, b. 1891; Dorothea Rangeley, b. 1894; Mather Almon, b. 1895. Resident of N.Y. City from 1890. Pres. Soc. for Study of Life, N.Y. City, 1896-1904; pres. N.Y. Mothers' Club, 1905; sec. N.Y. State Assembly of Mothers, 1898-1900; officer in Woman's Press Club, N.Y. City, 1899. Lecturer before women's clubs on: Heredity, Child Culture, The Children of the Tenements, etc. Believer in Single Tax, municipal owner- ship, social tolerance, religious freedom and equal suffrage. Author: A Woman's Love Letters; Love and Co., Lt'd; The Heart of a Woman (poems); Princess Mignon (children's musical plays): Women and the Race (under pen-name "Gordon Hart"); also contributions to magazines and newspapers.

HENSHAW, Flora Alice Newlin (Mrs. Barclay W. Henshaw), 3147 W. Twenty-eighth Av., Denver, Colo.

Born Indiana, Sept. 3, 1867; dau. John M. and Rebecca (Branson) Newlin; ed. Kansas State Univ., A.B. '89; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1890-91 (P1 Beta Phi); m. Lawrence, Kan., Sept. 13, 1894, Barclay W. Henshaw; children: Mildred, Newlin, Lydia, Leland, John, William, Joseph, Flora. Teacher (mathematics) Lawrence High School, 1891-94. Mem. Friends Church. Progressive.

HENSHAW, Julia W. (Mrs. Charles Grant Hen- shaw), 1508 Robson St., Vancouver, British Columbia, Can.

Born Durham, England; dau. William and Lucy (Durham) Henderson; ed. in England, France and Germany; m. Montreal, Can., Charles Grant Henshaw; one daughter: Doris (m. W. Grant Morden). Author and botanist, lecturer, musical and dramatic critic. Mem. Imperial Order Daughters of the Empire. Author: Moun- tain Wild Flowers of America. Contributor of special articles to current British and American magazines. Mem. Church of England. Recrea- tions: Shooting, fishing. Mem. Woman's Musical Club, Alpine Club of Canada, Georgian Club, Women's Canadian Club, Country Club. Expert flower photographer. Against woman suffrage.

HENSON, Nellie Emery (Mrs. Charles Frank- lin Henson), Paola, Kan.

Born Paola, Kan., Dec. 27, 1872; dau. William Allen and Francis (Roberts) Emery%; ed. Paola High School; teacher in and near Paola over seven years; m. Jan. 20, 1896, Charles Franklin Henson. Club woman. State treas. Kan. Fed. Women's Clubs; also mem. Scholarship Com- mission. Active in social life; most active in Cradle Roll and primary work of Methodist Church, also active missionary worker. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Progressive Repub- lican. Recreations: Walking, automobiling. Mem. Pleasant Hour Club, Busy Bees, Paola Musical Club, Kan. Women's Day Club.

HENTON, Harriet, Peru Republican, Peru, Ind.

Newspaper writer; b. Peru, Ind.; dau. Coleman and Caroline (Skinner) Henton; ed. Peru High School, Univ. Extension courses in literature and art. Appointed chairman State Press Com., Ind. Federation of Clubs, 1912-13. Mem. editorial staff of Peru Republican; special writer for city papers; interested in civic improvement, educa- tional and conservation work of Ind. Federation of Clubs, club work; organized League and planned course of study for Peru Drama League, of which is pres. (branch Drama League of America). Mem. Peru Art Club. Recreations: Music, reading, art drama, excursions in the open air. Favors woman suffrage.

HEPBURN, Elizabeth Newport (Mrs. Charles Levin Hepburn), The Lexington, 144 East 22d St., N.Y. City.

Writer for magazines, short stories, essays, verses; dau. John Ellison and Julia (Hull) New- port; ed. private schools in Virginia, and at the Corcoran Art School in Washington; m. Baltimore, Md., April 12, 1899, Charles Levin Hepburn, lawyer, now practising in N.Y. City. Has written essays, verse, and short stories for the Outlook, Everybody's, Smith's Magazine, Munsey, The Red Book, The Atlantic, The N.Y. Times; also other magazines and newspapers. Recreations: Walking, reading. Favors woman suffrage; marched in two parades; mem. The Woman's Suffrage Study Club; has published suffrage articles.

HEPBURN, Katharine Houghton (Mrs. Thomas N. Hepburn), 133 Hawthorne St., Hartford, Conn.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., Feb. 2, 1878; dau. Alfred A. and Caroline (Garlinghorse) Houghton; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B., A.M., 1900; m. Balti- more, Md., June 6, 1904, Thomas N. Hepburn; children: Thomas Houghton, b. 1906; Katharine Houghton, 1909; Richard Houghton, 1911. Mem. of Publication Com. of Conn. Soc. of Social Hygiene. Favors woman suffrage; pres. Conn. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1910-11 (now on its Exec. Board); pres. of Hartford Equal Fran- chise League. Became interested in the suffrage question through studying the causes of prosti- tution in this country and abroad.

HERBEN, Grace Foster (Mrs. Stephen J. Her- ben), Orange, N.J.

Born Lanark, Ill., Sept. 19, 1864; dau. Rev. John O. Foster, D.D., and Caroline A. (Bolles) Foster; ed. Northwestern Univ., B.L. '89; Alle- gheny Coll., M.A. '90 (mem. Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Phi); m. Park Ridge, Ill., May 27, 1891, Rev. Stephen J. Herben, D.D.; children: George Foster, b. Mar. 17, 1893; Stephen Joseph Jr., b. Mar. 14, 1897. Interested in Woman's For- eign and Home Missionary Societies of the Methodist Episcopal Church; founded College Dep't 1905. Favors woman suffrage; contributor to various publications. Mem. Woman's For- eign Missionary Soc., Woman's Home Mission- ary Soc., D.A.R., Laurean Soc., Anonian Soc.,