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WILMERDING-WILSON Soc. and for Presbyterian Board of Publication. Has been actively engaged in temperance work. Presbyterian. Mem. W.C.T.U. WILMERDING, Georgiana L. (Mrs. John C. Wilmerding), 19 W. Thirty-first St., N.Y. City. Born N.Y. City; dau. Charles A. and Georgiana L. (Coster) Heckscher; ed. in N.Y. City by governesses and professors; m. N.Y. City, John C. Wilmerding (died 1903); children: Georgiana (Mrs. Ansel Phelps), Edward Coster. Against woman suffrage. Episcopalian. WILMOT, Alta E., Van Dyck Studios, 939 Eighth Av., N.Y. City. Miniaturist and portrait painter; b. in Mich.; dau. Charles Tracy and Catherine (North) Wil- mot; ed. New York and Paris, receiving medals in drawing and design. Exhibitor in London, Paris, New York, Philadelphia and Chicago. WILSHIRE, Mary (Mrs. Gaylord Wilshire), Heathside, Hampstead Heath, London, Eng- land. Writer; b. N.Y. City, May 1, 1880; dau. Judge W. E. McReynolds and Jane (Washington) Mc- Reynolds; ed. schools of N.Y. City; m. April 10, 1904, Gaylord Wilshire; one son, Logan Gay- lord, b. Aug. 29, 1907. Active in Socialist organ- izations in N.Y. City and more recently in London, where she is identified with the Syndi- calist movement. Favors woman suffrage. Con- tributor to Wilshire's Magazine and other pub- lications. Syndicalist. Recreations: Golf, moun- taineering. 891 suffrage. Has written a book of travel for children: In Eastern Wonderlands; also travel articles in magazines. Episcopalian. Favors suffrage for those women who wish it; person- ally indifferent. WILSON, Ella Calister (Mrs. Daniel Munro Wilson), Kennebunk, Me. Born Boston, Mar. 22, 1851; dau. George_and Lucy (Guernsey) Handy; ed. Boston Girls' High and Normal School and some private teaching: m. Boston, 1873, Rev. Daniel Munro Wilson; children: Helen C., Marjorie, Ronald Munro. Taught school in Boston until marriage. Spe- cially interested in educational matters. Favors woman suffrage. Author: A Royal Hunt; Peda- gogues and Parents; and several smaller things and short stories. Unitarian. WILSON, Ellen Axson (Mrs. Woodrow Wilson), The White House, Washington, D.C. Born Savannah, Ga.; dau. Rev. Edward and Margaret J. (Hoyt) Axson; ed. private schools in Ga., and Art Students' League, N.Y. City; m. Savannah, Ga., June 24, 1885, Woodrow Wil- son; children: Margaret Woodrow, Jessie Wood- row, Eleanor Randolph. Interested as member in various religious and philanthropic associa- tions, State and local. Presbyterian. Mem. N.J. Soc. of Colonial Dames of America and the Artists' Guild of Philadelphia. Recreation: Landscape painting. Mem. Present Day Club, Princeton. WILSON, Elmina, 452 W. 149th St., N.Y. City. Structural engineer; b. Harper, Ia., Sept. 29, WILSON, Alda Heaton, 452 W. 149th St., N.Y. 1870; dau. John C. and Olive (Eaton) Wilson; City. Architect; b. Harper, Ia., Sept. 20, 1873; dau. John C. and Olive (Eaton) Wilson; ed. public school, Iowa State Coll., grad. B.C.E., '94; special student in architecture, Mass. Inst. of Technol- ogy; two years' travel and study in Europe (mem. Pi Beta Phi). Favors woman suffrage. Mem. College Equal Suffrage League, Woman Suffrage Party, Woman's Political Union. Rec- ed. public school, Iowa State Coll., grad. B.C.E. '92, C.E. '94; special work at Cornell and Mass. Inst. of Technology and two years in Europe (mem. Pi Beta Phi). Ass't prof. of civil engi- neering at Ia. State Coll.; now designing struc- tural steel frame work of tall buildings in N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman's Suffrage Party, Coll. Equal Suffrage League, Woman's Political Union. Recreations: Tennis, golf, horseback riding. Mem. N.Y. Alumnæ Club of Pi Beta Phi, Iowa New Yorkers, Round Table Club. Goldfield and Indian WILSON, Emily Rambo Anderson (Mrs. C. Colket Wilson), Malvern, Pa. reations: Tennis, horseback riding. Mem. N.Y. Alumnæ Club, Pi Beta Phi, Iowa New Yorkers Club, Round Table Club. WILSON, Bird M., Springs, Nev. Lawyer; b. Sandoval, Ill., May 20, 1874; dau. Hazen and Susan (Dean) Wilson; ed. high school, Fort Madison, Ia.; Univ. of Cal., LL.B. First woman admitted to practice in U.S. Courts of California. Active in securing legislation for betterment of women and children and conserva- tion of forests and waters. Favors woman suf- frage. Vice-pres. State Equal Franchise Soc. of Nevada. Pres. Esmeralda Co. Franchise Soc.; organizer of suffrage clubs and active worker. State regent D.A.R. Recreations: Ranching, re- claiming desert, music. Unitarian. Mem. Cali- fornia Club (San Francisco), Goldfield Woman's Club; vice-pres. Nev. Fed. Women's Clubs; mem. Tamalpals Conservation Club. WILSON, Caroline Hardy (Mrs. Henry P. Wil- son), 152 William St., New Bedford, Mass. Born Dedham, Mass., July 19, 1867; dau. Am- brose and Mary (Macy) Hardy; ed. New Bedford High School and Swain School, New Bedford; m. New Bedford, Jan. 22, 1886, Henry P. Wilson; children: Edna, Elsie, Henry, Mary, Edward, Gertrude, Caroline, Elliot, Olive. Teacher of il- literate immigrant Portuguese women; one of the six on the new limited school board. Inter- ested in the education, physical, mental and moral welfare of children. Pres. New Bedford Woman's Club. Recreations: Gardening, fruit culture. Episcopalian. WILSON, Charlotte Chaffee (Mrs. John Cham- berlain Wilson), Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Born Rutland, Vt., July 12, 1876; dau. Col. William R. Gibson, U.S.A., and Frances L. (Thrall) Gibson; ed, public and private schools in Leavenworth, Kan.; San Antonio, Tex. and Philadelphia, Pa.; m. London, Jan. 31, 1908, John Chamberlain Wilson; one daughter: Eliza- beth, b. Nov. 20, 1909. Children's librarian, Washington Co. Free Library, Hagerstown, Md., Oct. 1902, to Dec., 1907. Favors woman Born Morristown, Pa., May 11, 1863; dau. A. Jackson and Helen S. (Rambo) Anderson; ed. Miss Hayman's private school, Morristown, and Woman's Med. Coll., Philadelphia; m. Bridge- port, Conn., Oct. 12, 1887, C. Colket Wilson; children: Helen Colket Jr., Winfield Jackson, Emily, Dana. Pres. local branch Home and School Ass'n. Episcopalian. Vice-pres. Woman's Guild of Washington Memorial Chapter, Valley Forge. WILSON, Ethel Brown (Mrs. Guy Wilson), Laurel, Neb. Born Adell, Ia., Dec. 1, 1879; dau. Milliard T. and Nancy Isabell (Ross) Brown; ed. Nob. State Univ. two years, Univ. of Washington, A. B., cum laude, 1909; also normal diploma; m. Camas, Wash., July, 1910, Guy Wilson. Teacher, prin. of Ward School, Prosser, Wash.; ass't prin. and teacher of English, Waterville, Wash. Presby- terlan. Active in Sunday-school and missionary society. Mem. P.E.O. Sisterhood, Y.W.C.A., Alumni Ass'n of Univ. of Washington. Mem. Laurel Tuesday Club. WILSON, Flora, The Portland, Washington, D.C. Professional singer; b. Cedar Rapids, Ia., 1877; dau. James (Secretary of Agriculture) and Esther (Wilbur) Wilson; grad. Iowa State Coll.. B.A. '94; studied music in Chicago Conserva- tory and in N.Y. City, and five years in Paris; Instructors in Paris, Julian and Jean de Reszke; sang in concert in London, Paris, Lucerne, Monte Carlo and all principal cities of U.S. for three years. Interested in helping blind of Washington, and has frequently read to theni in the pavillon at the Congressional Library. Favors woman suffrage. Made severai suffrage speeches in Cal. prior to vote that resulted in franchise Oct. 10, 1911. Author: Out of the Storm; also articles on the Monticello contro- versy. Presbyterian. Recreations: Horseback

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