WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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DARLING, Mae Sherman (Mrs. George W. Darling),309 W. Main St., Marshalltown, Ia.

Born Marshalltown, Ia., Dec. 1871; dau. Charles Winslow and Laura (Taylor) Sherman; ed. Grinnell Coll., Ph.B.; m. Marshalltown, Sept. 30, 1903, George W. Darling. Mem. Visiting Nurse Ass'n. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., Marshall Co. Hist. Soc. Mem. Country Club, Marshalltown Woman's and Entre Nous clubs. Chairman Fifth Dist. Iowa Federation Women's Clubs.

DEWEY, Sara Rousseau (Mrs. A. R. Dewey), 202 N. Second St., Washington, Ia.

Born Washington, Ia., Nov. 5, 1850; dau. Dr. W. H. and Electa (Atwood) Rousseau; ed. Washington graded schools and Washington Acad.; m. Washington, Ia., May 20, 1873, A. R. Dewey (lawyer, holding office of district judge the last 12 years of his life); children: Mabel R. (Mrs. J. C. Brooking of Colorado), Charles A. (lawyer practicing in Washington, Ia.). Interested in all societies of church, in which has held various offices; also philanthropic and local work. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Republican. Pres. Supreme Grand Chapter P.E.O.; mem. Eastern Star (was first worthy matron), also since 1886 of Wednesday Afternoon Reading Class (composed of Chautauqua graduates) and Nineteenth Century Club of Washington, Ia.

DODGE, Caroline Louise, 244 Fifth Av., Council Bluffs, Ia.

Lawyer; b. Council Bluffs, Ia., Mar. 25, 1866; dau. Nathan Phillips and Susan C. (Lockwood) Dodge; ed. Smith coll., B.A. '90; N.Y. Univ. Law School, LL.B. (mem. Alpha Soc., Smith Coll.). Has practiced in Council Bluffs, Ia., since graduation from N.Y. Univ. Law School. Pres. of Associated Charities of Council Bluffs, Ia. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem. Omaha Soc. of Fine Arts, French History Study Club, Council Bluffs Woman's Club.

DODSON, Louise M. (Mrs. Frank W. Dodson), 1071 Twenty-second St., Des Moines, Ia.

County recorder; b. Kingston, Pa., Oct. 8, 1865; dau. T. and Elizabeth (Bettridge) McDonough; ed. Kingston High School, 1881, second class honor; attended Wyoming Sem.; Bloomsburg Normal Coll., 1884 (mem. Philologean); m. Shickshinny, Pa., Dec. 23, 1887, Frank W. Dodson; children: Lenore, b. Nov. 28, 1888; Lincoln, b. Feb. 22, 1894; Wesley, b. Jan. 23, 1900. Elected by the people to office of County Recorder of Polk Co., Iowa; made a record as a reform public officer and as a result was continued in same office 10 years, instead of usual four; chief reform was in improving and enforcing jury laws of the county. Mem. Eastern Star, Pythean Sisters, Des Moines Women's Club, Woman's Cooperative League (pres.). Methodist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Political Equality League, Votes for Women League, Business Woman's Suffrage Ass'n.

DOLLIVER, Louise Pearsons (Mrs. Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver), 915 Second Av., Fort Dodge, Ia.

Born Hartford, Vt.; dau. George Read and Wealthea (Porter) Pearsons; grad. Dana Hall, '83; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '89; m. Nov. 20, 1895, Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver, U.S. Senator (died Oct. 15, 1910); children: Margaret Eliza, b. 1900; Frances Pearsons, b. 1901; Jonathan Prentiss, b. 1905. Taught in Presbyterian Coll., Fort Dodge, Ia., 1890-91; Northwestern Acad., Evanston, 1893-95. Historian general D.A.R., 1903-06; organized Fort Dodge Chapter D.A.R.; organized Webster Co. Historical Ass'n and Pioneers' Day, also Y.W.C.A.; charter mem and assisted in organizing Woman's Congressional Club, Washington, D.C.; mem. board of Rust Training School, Washington, D.C. Favors woman suffrage. As historian general of the D.A.R. compiled volumes 18 to 26, inclusive, of the Lineage Books of the D.A.R. Methodist. Republican. Mem. Collegiate Alumnae Ass'n, Rust Training School for Nurses, Washington; pres. Y.W.C.A. board at Fort Dodge, Ia.; mem. Woman's College Club, Woman's Congressional Club, Fort Dodge Country Club.

DOLLIVER, Margaret Gay, Morningside, Sioux City, Ia.

Dean of women; b. Kingwood, W.Va.; dau. James J. and Eliza Jane (Brown) Dolliver; ed. Cincinnati Wesleyan Coll., A.B. '86; grad. student Northwestern Univ., 1905-06. Teacher in Fort Dodge (Ia.) public schools, 1886-90; now dean of women, Morningside Coll. Interested in the founding of small denominational colleges and in work among the young women of America of a social and religious nature. Against woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. D.A.R., P.E.O. Soc. of America; and various societies of the M.E. [Methodist Episcopal] Church; active in the Woman's Home Missionary Soc. and Y.W.C.A. for college girls. Recreations: Out-door sports. Pres. Sioux City Woman's Club; mem. Sorosis Club of Morningside, Ia.; State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Sister of the late U.S. Senator Jonathan Prentiss Dolliver.

DUNLAP, Flora, Roadside Settlement, Des Moines, Ia.

Settlement worker; b. Pickaway Co., O., Feb. 27, 1874; dau. Samuel W. and Mary (Hyde) Dunlap; ed. Miss Phelps' Private School, Columbus, O. Head resident Roadside Settlement, Des Moines, Ia. since Oct., 1904. Mem. Des. Moines School Board, first woman elected. Vice-pres. Votes for Women League of Des Moines; mem. State Executive Com., Iowa Ass'n for Equal Suffrage; Iowa representative Nat. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Nat. Conference Charities and Corrections, Nat. Child Labor Ass'n, Woman's Trade Union League. Mem. Des. Moines Woman's Club.