WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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CARLETON, Lillian Stewart (Mrs. John Jay Carleton),  522 Fremont St., Iowa Falls, Iowa.

Born North Branch, Mich., May 15, 1873; dau. Robert James and Rhoda (Orr) Stewart; ed. Iowa Falls public schools and stenographic course in summer school of Ellsworth Coll. (never used it professionally); m. Iowa Falls, Iowa, May 23, 1904, John Jay Carleton; children: Wendell Stewart, b. June 19, 1906; John Robert, b. Oct. 17, 1908. Taught district school one year; was salaried church singer for a few years in home town and later sang soprano solos in M.E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church at Vancouver, B.C. Interested in the work of all the seven church denominations of home town, though mem. of none; assists all church and philanthropic societies. Mem. City Federation of Women's Clubs and was delegate to district biennial convention of Iowa Federation at Cedar Falls. Mem. Progress Club (literary).

CARTER, Zoe Hamilton (Mrs. Frank Carter, Jr.), Anita, Iowa.

Teacher of china painting and librarian; b. Dayton, Ia., Sept. 17, 1889; dau. Jed Ellsworth and Victoria Ella (Scot) Hamilton; ed. West View High School, Lake City (honor student); grad. Drake Univ., Des Moines; m. Des Moines, June 15, 1910, Frank Carter, Jr. Teacher of Normal school music, Drake Univ.; supervisor of music and drawing in public school, Anita, Ia.; china painter; librarian, Anita Public Library. Interested in local civic improvement, established public library, Anita, Ia. Mem. Library Ass'n. Pres. of Anita Literary Club and Chautauqua Club.

CARY, Martha Bryant (Mrs. James H. Cary), Schaller, Iowa.

Grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '81; m. Oct. 8, 1883, James Hussey Cary; children: Alice (Mrs. James Andrews Newlands), b. Aug. 16, 1884 (A.B. Smith, 1906). Since 1908 actively engaged in the effort to secure for Esperanto due recognition by press and leaders of public opinion in the U.S.; sec. U.S. Esperanto Ass'n.

CHASSELL, Mary Calkins (Mrs. E. D. Chassell), Le Mars, Ia.

Born Wyoming, Ia., Dec. 13, 1865; dau. Dr. M. H. and Lucinda (Louden) Calkins; ed. Mt. Carroll (Ill.) Sem.; Chicago and Boston; pupil of Mme. Hall, George C. Osgood, Frank L. Robertshaw; m. Dec. 19, 1906, E. D. Chassell. Once had charge of vocal music dep't in Cedar Valley Sem., Osage, Ia.; Drake Univ., Des Moines, Ia.; Bethany Coll., Topeka, Kan. Was cor. sec. Iowa State Federation of Women's Clubs; now chairman of its music com. Mem. D.A.R. and P.E.O., Des Moines, Ia. Clubs: Des Moines Women's, Review.

CLARK, Mable Peters (Mrs. Hiram P. Clark), Hawkeye, Ia.

Born Hawkeye, Ia., Feb. 10, 1885; dau. Arthur B. and Addie (Chapman) Peters; grad. Hawkeye High School, with class poem, 1901; m. West Union, Sept. 4, 1906, Hiram P. Clark. Teacher and clerk previous to marriage. Pres. Junior Ladies' Aid Soc., M.E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church. Mem. of Order of Eastern Star; pres. the History and Travel Club of Hawkeye for two years.

CLARK, Margaret Vaupel (Mrs. G. Hardy Clark), E. Fourth St., Waterloo, Ia.

Physician; b. Pleasant Ridge, Iowa; dau. John Christian and Clara (Sandganger) Vaupel; ed. public and private schools, University of Wis., Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, Hahnemann Med. Coll. of Chicago, M.D. post-graduate courses in London, Berlin, Vienna; m. Humboldt, Iowa, June 28, 1886, G. Hardy Clark, M.D.; mem. Public Health Education Committee of Am. Medical Ass'n, Social Hygiene Com. of General Federation of Women's Clubs, Public Health Com. of Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs; med. director Baby Health Contests. Mem. Public Library Board (chairman of its Book Com.), Board of Church Trustees, Iowa State Ass'n Charities and Correction; W.C.T.U. Mem. Executive Com. Waterloo Political Equality Club. Unitarian. State Suffrage Soc., State Audubon Soc., Am. Med. Soc., Iowa State Med. Soc., Women's Professional League, Waterloo Civic Soc. (chairman), Waterloo Women's Club, Chicago Woman's Club. Recreations: Travel, nature study.

CLARKE, Rachael Chadsey, 566 Fifteenth St., Des Moines, Ia.

Principal of Miss Clarke's School; b. Rushville, Ill., Nov. 9, 1860; dau. Felix G. and Jerusha N. (Chadsey) Clarke; ed. Smith Coll., A.B. '81, A.M. '83 (charter mem. Alpha Soc.). Director in the Univ. State Bank. Club: Golf and Country. Recreation: Archery. Episcopalian.

CLEOPHAS, Kirsti Nerby (Mrs. Edwin Cleophas), Kensett, Ia.

Teacher of voice and piano; b. in Norway, July 26, 1863; dau. Brynjulf and Gertrude (Levorsen) Nerby; ed. in Kensett, Iowa public school, St. Olaf Coll., Northfield, Minn., 1880-81, where began study of music (Chicago Musical Coll.); grad. in voice and piano, 1903, having previously studied privately at St. Paul, Minn.; Christiania, Norway; Houston, Texas, and at Salt Lake City (under a Leschetizky pupil); m. Kensett, Iowa, May 31, 1882, Edwin Cleophas; children: Gertrude Christene, b. June 23, 1883; Cornelia Beatrice, b. Apr. 29, 1885. Made successful concert tour through Iowa, Minn., and N.Dak. during summer of 1906, assisted by two daughters, Gertrude (pianist), and Cornelia (violinist). Organist in Norwegian Lutheran Church, Kensett, Ia., over six years. First pres. Lutheran Church Aid Soc., organized 1884; first pres. Kensett Woman's Club, organized 1909. Daughter Gertrude has studied piano from childhood, won honors at Chicago Musical Coll. (gold medal on graduation, 1903), student six years with Mme. Fannie Bloomfield Zeisler, 1904-09; since then studying with Theodore Leschetizky at Vienna, Austria.

COKENOWER, Katharine Eleanor Stalford (Mrs. James W. Cokenower), 1002 Forest Av., Des Moines, Iowa.

Born Rochelle, Ill., April 2, 1866; dau. George Horton and Minerva J. (Hollenback) Stalford; ed. Simpson Coll., Indianola, Ind.; Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 1896; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma; m. Mar. 4, 1891, Dr. James W. Cokenower. Mem. Board of Directors Home for the Aged, Boy's Club Board, Board of Salvation Rescue Home, Board of Directors of Garden Club. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Votes for Women League. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. Order Eastern Star No. 89, Abigail Adams Chapter D.A.R. Mem. Hyperion Club, Des Moines Women's Club; cor. sec. of City Federation, Chauncey Depew Club; pres. of the Soc. of the Hall in the Grove; mem. of Progressive Circle, Chautauqua Union. Active in all Chautauqua affairs and clubs for betterment of living.

COLEGROVE, Emma Ridley (Mrs. Chauncey P. Colegrove), Cedar Falls, Ia.

Born Grinnell, Ia., Dec. 28, 1866; dau. Charles A. and Maria Anna (Brown) Ridley; father descended from ancient family of Ridleys of Northumberland, Eng. (to which Bishop Ridley, the martyr, belonged), through Capt. Marke Ridley, who came to Mass. about 1660, and whose descendants, settling in Bowdoin and Searsport, Me., took part in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812 and the Civil War; ed. Ia. State Teachers Coll., B.Di. '88, Univ. of Mich., B.A. '92, Radcliffe Coll., M.A., '96; m. Grinnell, Ia., Aug. 29, 1899, Prof. Chauncey P. Colegrove, Sc.D. (now vice-pres. Ia. State Teachers' Coll.); children: Marian Emma, Donald Ridley and Catherine Anna. Prin. high school, Perry, Ia., 1888-89; ass't Ia. State Teachers Coll., 1889-90; prof. history Ia. State Teachers Coll., 1892-99. Pres. Mothers' Council; cor. sec. Upper Ia. Conference for Women's Home Missionary Soc.; also district pres. of same; mem. W.C.T.U. Frequently makes addresses on social and religious topics. Against woman suffrage. Author: Outlines and Studies in U. S. History; introduction in Hart's Source Book for U.S. History. Methodist. Mem. Soc. D.A.R., Cedar Falls Tuesday Club; recording sec. Iowa Congress of Mothers.

COLLINS, Mary Clementine, 612 N. 13th St., Keokuk, Ia.

Clergyman, missionary; b. Alton, Ill., Apr. 18, 1846; dau. Ephriam and Margaret (Lewis) Collins; ed. Keokuk (Ia.) public and private schools, M.A. Ripon Coll., Ripon, Wis. An ordained minister, ordained at Keokuk, 1898; missionary to Sioux Indians since 1875. Has helped in all the reformations if the Government's dealing with Indians for more than three decades; has lectured in almost every State in the Union on the Indian, his possibilities and his needs, and religion. Author of many leaflets and magazine articles: Children of the Prairie; Thirty Years With the Indians; What the Indian Child is Taught in the Old Life; etc. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. D.A.R., Genealogical Soc. of Mass., Alumni of Ripon Coll. Recreations: Horseback riding, driving, croquet and boating. Has lived since 1875 on an Indian Reservation, speaks the Sioux language; made collections of Indian cooking utensils, arms and dress. Studied their customs and religions. Has been a regular attendant at the Mohonk Conference and is recognized by the Indians as a Medicine Woman.

CONARD, Laetitia Moon (Mrs. H. S. Conrad), Grinnell, Iowa.

Born Fallsington, Pa., 1871; dau. James H. and Elizabeth (Balderston) Moon; ed. Westtown Boarding School (Pa.); Smith Coll., A.B. '94; A.M. '97; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.D. '99; Ecole des Hautes Etudes, Sorbonne, Paris, 1897-98; m. Philadelphia, Pa., 1900, Henry S. Conard; children: Elizabeth Moon, Rebecca, Alfred Fletcher. Non-resident instructor in comparative religion in Univ. of Chicago, correspondence study dep't, 1905: in philanthropic work in social and educational lines in Grinnell, Ia., 1907-12; in Philadelphia with the Soc. for Organizing Charity and in the Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae in educational, charitable and social movements, 1900-04; interested in the religion of uncivilized people. Author: Les Idees des Indiens Algonquins relatives a la vie d'outre-tombe, Revue de l'Histoire des Religions; The Idea of God Held by North American Indians; A Visit to Quinault Indian Graves; various articles in local papers and magazines on Indian religion and on practical social and religious questions. Mem. Grinnell Mothers' Ass'n, Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae (Nat.), Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n of Doctors of Philosophy of Chicago, Westtown Alumni Ass'n (Westtown School, Pa.), Dep't of School Patrons of the Nat. Education Ass'n. Recreation: Camping. Mem. Society of Friends. Favors woman suffrage.

COOK, Helen Noyes Currier (Mrs. Roy Arthur Cook), Independence, Ia.

Born Iowa City, Ia., Oct. 1, 1876; dau. Amos Noyes and Celia A. (Moore) Currier; grad. State Univ. of Iowa, '96, B.Ph., M.A. (Phi Beta Kappa); m. Iowa City, June 6, 1906, Roy Arthur Cook; one daughter: Elizabeth. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Recreations: Walking, driving, reading.

COOLEY, Clara Aldrich (Mrs. D. N. Cooley), 1394 Locust St., Dubuque, Ia.

Born in Vermont, 1830 (of Colonial ancestry); ed. in Chester, Vt. and Newbury Acad. at Montpelier, Vt.: m. Judge D. N. Cooley (now deceased); children: Mrs. F. W. Becker (Chicago), Mrs. J. F. Douglas (N.Y. City), Mrs. C. W. Bassett (Baltimore), H. W. Cooley (Chicago). Has been active as leader in literary, church and philanthropic societies; organizer and originator of clubs, including the Monday Afternoon Club, which she founded 22 years ago and over which she still presides at the age of 83, and also founder of the Dubuque Woman's Club, established 1876. In recognition of her work as a pioneer club woman of the Middle West she has been elected an honorary member of Sorosis (N.Y. City), and the Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, at its biennial meeting at St. Paul, elected her an honorary vice-pres. of the Federation. Honorary State Regent of Iowa D.A.R. Mem. Am. Economic Ass'n, Am. Acad. of Political and Social Science, Nat. Geographical Soc.; life mem. Mary Washington Ass'n, and was one of the first officers of the Ass'n for the Advancement of Women, of which the late Julia Ward Howe was president.

COWAN, Isabel Eliot, Rodney, Ia.

Physician; b. Cabin Hill, N.Y., Oct. 12, 1871; dau. Andrew and Sarah (Campbell) Cowan; ed. Coe Coll., Cedar Rapids, Ia.; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. Chief Nurse, U.S. Army, stationed at Presidio, Cal., two years, 1899-1901; resident physician, Converse Coll., Spartenburg, S.C., three years, 1892-95; now practicing at Rodney, Ia. Congregationalist. Sabbath-school worker. Favors woman suffrage.

CRONK, Clara L. K. (Mrs. C. H. Cronk), Bloomfield, Iowa.

Physician and surgeon; b. Paisley, Can., Feb. 4, 1863; dau. William and Matilda (Tiers) Patterson; ed. public school and high school of Rock Island, Ill.; m. Bloomfield, Ia., July 31, 1904, C. H. Cronk, M.D. Chairman of Com. on Public Health Among Women for Davis County; has written several articles and read before Davis County Med. Soc. Med. examiner for Royal Neighbors of America, also Am. Order United Workmen and Yeomen. Has given talks on hygiene to the Bloomfield High School. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. Davis County Med. Soc., Am. Med. Ass'n, Des Moines Valley Med. Ass'n.