WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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ELLIS, Katharine Ruth, Charles City, Iowa

Author: b. Charles City, Iowa; ed. in schools of Charles City, Iowa,  and Vassar Coll., A.B. '01. Volunteer librarian of Charles City Library, 1904. Author: The Wide-Awake Girls; The Wide-Awake Girls in Winsted; also magazine contributions.

ELLYSON, Selma Daum (Mrs. C. W. Ellyson), Alta, Iowa

Born Sumner, Iowa, 1876; dau. J. C. and C. C. (Koehler) Daum; ed. West Liberty (Iowa) High School, '93; State Univ. of Iowa, Ph.B. 1900; m. Albert Lea, Minn., 1907, Dr. C. W. Ellyson; one son: Craig Daum, b. 1908. Principal of high school at Manning, Iowa, 1900-03; held chair of mathematics in high school at Albert Lea, Minn., 1903-07. Mem. of State Health Com. in Fed. of dWomen's Clubs; mem. Alta. Library Board. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian (pres. Ladies' Aid Soc.). Mem. Library Ass'n, Cemetery Ass'n. Recreations: Automobiling, cardplaying, tennis, reading, walking. Mem. Woman's Club of Aalta, Iowa; State Federation of Women's Clubs.