WWW Index

Woman's Who's Who of America
New York: American Commonwealth Company, 1914. 

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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ANDERSON, Henrietta E. (Mrs. Charles P. Anderson), Alta Ia.

Born Winterset, Ia., Aug. 5, 1859; dau. Solomon and Sarah J. (Harlan)  Pontions; ed. country schools of Buena Vista Co. Taught a few terms  in country; m. Alta, Ia., Nov. 19, 1879, Charles P. Anderson;  children: Merritt W., b. July 30, 1883; Edith G., b. Aug. 30, 1887.  Mem. Christian Church. Recreations: Traveling, auto trips. Mem. La  Coterie Club.

ANDREWS, Sophia Maxwell Dolson (Mrs. L. F. Andrews), 302 Forty-second St., Des Moines, Ia.

Born Elmira, N.Y., Apr. 27, 1829; dau. John Dolson (Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted under Gen. Washington at Newburgh, 1777) and Elizabeth (Carr) Dolson; ed. in branch of Univ. of Mich. then located at Kalamazoo (now Kalamazoo Coll.), 1843-50; m. (1st) 1851, C. L. Crittenden; (2d) Kalamazoo, Mich., 1861, L. F. Andrews; children: Mrs. Lillian c. Bishop, b. Nov. 23, 1851; Frank Mill Andrews, b. Jan. 28, 1867 (now architect in N.Y. City). Teacher in schools and seminaries in Mich. during early years of life. First woman elected to a seat as an accredited correspondent in Iowa Legislature, where represented the Chicago Journal for several sessions. Long identified with church work, charities and literary culture in Des Moines. Baptist. Republican. Mem. D.A.R. (was first regent of Abigail Adams Chapter, Des Moines); hon. mem. Daughters of the Revolution. Charter mem. Des Moines Woman's Club; charter mem. Kalamazoo Library Club (organized 1855 and still in existence); organized Madeline de Scudery Club (literary), 1884 (still its pres. and leader); mem. Press and Authors' Club of Des Moines; elected hon. vice-pres. Iowa State Fed. Women's Clubs, 1907.

AVERILL, Edith Alice Sherman (Mrs. Glenn Mark Averill),  213 S. Twelfth St., Cedar Rapids, Ia.

Born Iowa; ed. Rockford (Ill.) Coll., class of '90, B.A. '02; m. Glenn  Mark Averill of Cedar Rapids, Ia. Was director of the gymnasium at Rockford Coll., two years. Interested in Y.W.C.A., Sunshine Mission Work and Children's Home at Cedar Rapids, Ia. Ex-pres. Ladies' Choral  Soc. Mem. Tourist Club (literary).