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NEILSON, Anita, Lawrence, L.I.

Born on 15th St., N.Y. City; dau. Alfred and Annie F. (Embler) Neilson; ed. by governess and in private schools of N.Y. City and Lawrence, L.I.; studied in School of Applied Design, N.Y. City. Mem. Governing Board of N.Y. City, Con- sumers' League since 1899 (sec. two years). Has lived at Hartley House Settlement and has been a mem. of the Charity Organization and State Charities Aid, and has done church work. Sec. 29th Assembly Dist. (N.Y. City) of Woman Suf- frage Party; mem. Equal Franchise League. Has worked for other suffrage organizations at Albany and N.Y. City. Episcopalian.

NEILSON, Nellie, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass.

Professor of history; b. Philadelphia, 1873; dau. William George and Mary (Cunningham) Neilson; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '93; A.M. '94; Ph.D. '99; held resident fellowship in history, 1894-95; Coll. Alumnæ Ass'n fellowship, 1895-96. Reader in English, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1900-02; instructor in history, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1902-03; prof. his- tory, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1903-. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League of Mass. Author: Economic Conditions on the Manors of Ramsey Abbey (Philadelphia), 1899; Customary Rents (Oxford Studies in Social and Legal History, II.). Episcopalian. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Am. Economic Ass'n, the Selden Soc.

NEILSON, Sarah Claypoole Lewis (Mrs. Thomas Neilson), 325 S. Twelfth St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Philadelphia; dau. William D. and Sarah (Claypole) Lewis; m. Oct. 11, 1849, Thomas Neil- son; children: William D., Robert Henry, Sarah, Thomas Rundle, Lewis, Emma Florence, Mary Alice Lewis. Opposed to woman suffrage. Prot- estant Episcopal. Mem. D.A.R., Soc. of Colonial Dames.

NELLIS, Emma Virginia McAfee (Mrs. D. C. Nellis), Palantine Hill, Topeka, Kan.

Born Leavenworth, Kan., June 28, 1855; dau. Hon. (Rev.) J. B. McAfee, M.A., and Anna Rebecca (Fowler) McAfee; ed. Washburn Coll. and Bethany Coll., Topeka; m. Mar. 4, 1874, Judge D. C. Nellis; children: Luther McAfee, Celeste Birdella (Mrs. H. D. Ryus), Anna Marie (Mrs. A. C. Phillips). Favors woman suffrage. Republican. Mem. Sorosis Club, Good Government Club, Kansas Authors' Club.

NELSON, Candis Jane, Shenandoah, Iowa.

Teacher; b. Tipton, Ind.; dau. Sandford W. and Margaret (Alexander) Nelson; ed. Western Normal Coll., B.D. 1900; Univ. of Neb., A.B. '05, A. M. '10; has done work of Ph.D. in Univ. of Cal. and Univ. of Neb. Holds high-school teaching credentials in Cal., and several life diplomas from other States. Teacher of method in Western Normal Coll.; principal of a ward school five years at Lincoln, Neb. Principal of Normal dep't and prof. of education, Greenville (Ill.) Coll. Supervisor of practice and prof. of education and psychology, Neb. Wesleyan Univ.; fellow in Am. history and ass't in psychology, Univ. of Neb.; ass't prof. of education and psy- chology in Valley City (N.Dak.) State Normal. Favors woman suffrage; State sup't of fran- chise of North Dakota; charter mem. and pro- moter of the Votes for Women League. Con- tributor to periodicals on Childhood and Health, The Physical Child, Moral Education, How Chil- dren Spend Their Money, Who Is To Blame, Women and the Rural Schools, a monograph on The Fifteenth Amendment, a source investiga- tion, and many other topics. Methodist. Mem. W.C.T.U. and Y.W.C.A.

NELSON, Clara Albertine, Delaware, Ohio. Professor French, .Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; b.

Tiffin, Ohio, Apr. 4, 1852; dau. Alexander and Jane Z. (Morrison) Nelson; ed. Baldwin Univ., Berea, Ohio, and Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '72, A.M. '96; student in Germany, 1895, and at the Sorbonne and Collège de France, 1902-03 (diploma). Head of French dep't, Ohio Wesleyan Univ., since 1896; also lec- turer on history of art. Lecturer before women's clubs; mem. territorial com. of Y.W.C.A, Edited Bornler's La Fille de Roland, with introduction 593 of and notes, 1909. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n America, Nat. Geographic Soc., Monday Club and Shakespeare Club (Delaware, Ohio).

NELSON, Elsie Coates (Mrs. William Marbury Nelson), West Chesapeake Av., Towson, Baltimore Co., Md.

Born Philadelphia, Oct. 12, 1872; dau. George M. and Laura (Lloyd) Coates; ed. Miss Irwin's private school, Philadelphia, and Bryn Mawr Coll. m. Philadelphia, Sept. 15, 1902, William Marbury Nelson; children: Cleland Kinloch, Laura Lloyd, George Morrison Coates. Interested in all church questions and church movements, notably in missions and societies for welfare of bables and children. Interested in athletics. Protestant Episcopal. Democrat.

NELSON, Helen Stearns (Mrs. Milton G. Nelson), Franklin, N.Y.

Born Norwich, Conn., Nov. 4, 1885; dau. Will L. and Lucinda (Lewis) Stearns; grad. Norwich Free Acad., '03; Cornell Univ., '08 (Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Norwich, Conn., Aug. 7, 1912, Milton G. Nelson. Taught one year at Baldwin School, Watertown, Conn.; three years at West Hartford High School, West Hartford, Conn. Congregationalist. Mem. College Junior Soc. (Raven and Serpent), College Senior Soc. (Der Hexenkreis); mem. Patrons of Husbandry (Grange).

NELSON, Merab Josephine (Mrs. Wilna O. Nelson), Union City, Ind. Greentown,

Nat. Sec. of Pythian Sisters; b. Ind., Nov. 16, 1857; dau. E. P. and Matilda C. (Beeson) Gallion; ed. Greentown, Ind., and later by private tutors; m. Greentown, Ind., March 27, 1878, Wilna O. Nelson (died May 15, 1891). Editor; established The Guest, Feb., 1895. Pre- viously principal of Primary Dep't in Oakville (Ind.) High School, 1884-88; photographer, 1888-93. Treas. Nat. Council of Women, 1906-10; delegate to Internat. Council of Women at Geneva, Switzerland, 1909; recording sec. Nat. Council of Women, 1911-. Nat. sec. Pythian Sisters since 1900. Favors woman suffrage. Christian Scien- tist. Mem. Local Council of Women of Union City, Ind.; chairman press com. of State (Ind.) Fed. of Clubs, 1913. Recreations: Books, dancing, driving, automobiling, horseback riding.

NELSON, Nellie Cynthia Chase (Mrs. Julius Nelson), New Brunswick, N.J.

Born Madison, Wis., 1860; dau. Samuel L. and Helen M. (Larkin) Chase; direct descendant of Samuel Chase, siguer of the Declaration of In- dependence; maternal grandfather was eight years Territorial treas. of Wis.; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.L. '82, M.L. in '84; m. Madison, Wis, 1888, Julius Nelson, Ph.D., prof. of biology in Rutgers Coll.; children: S. Max, Thurlow C., Theodora, Ingrid C., Marguerite H., J. Richards. Mem. Second Reformed Church of New Bruns wick, N.J.; pres. of Parent-Teachers' Ass'n of Rutgers Elementary School. Favors woman suf- frage. Recreations: Social functions, college circles, out-door picnics. Mem. Reading Circle.

NELSON, Olive Downing (Mrs. James Poyntz Nelson), 336 Linden Walk, Lexington, Ky.

Born New Orleans, La., May 24, 1868; dau. James and Mary (Downey) Downing (French and Irish ancestors); ed. Daughters' Coll., Har- rodsburg, Ky.; grad. Sayre Inst., Lexington, Ky., with honors for English, 1886; m. Lexington, June 22, 1893, James Poyntz Nelson of Oakland, Hanover Co., Va. (land manager and real estate agent of Chesapeake and Ohio Railway). Inter- ested in helping the poor. Favors woman suf- frage. Author of literary articles and also of various translations (French and Spanish); also original short stories (English) for local news- papers. Episcopalian. Recreations: Gardening, dairying, music and travel.

NESBITT, Elsie Hoopes (Mrs. Will Curtis Nes- bitt), 2216 Gilpin Av., Wilmington, Del.

Born Wilmington, Del., Sept. 20, 1885; dau. Edgar M. and Elizabeth (Osborne) Hoopes; ed. Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass.; m. Oct. 30, 1908, Will Curtis Nesbitt; one daughter, Elizabeth Louise. Woman suffragist. Presbyterian. Mem. Wilmington Country Club.