WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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GATES, Lenna Florence Alexander (Mrs. S. A. Gates), Leon, Ia.

Stenographer, teacher; b. Leon, Ia., Apr. 5, 1862; dau. Capt. Eli H. Alexander and Sarah A. (Flynn) Alexander; ed. Garden Grove Normal School, 1878-80; m. first, Mar. 21, 1882, Dr. D. A. Hustin; second, July 24, 1894, S. A. Gates; children: John A., b. Sept. 28, 1898; Florence E., b. March 28, 1903. School teacher four years; teacher of stenography and typewriting three years; active in church and Sunday-school work. Pres. Ladies' Aid Soc. seven years; mem. Amacitia Club ten years; treas. Relief Com. six years. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. P.E.O. Chapter W., Homestraders Lodge, Ladies of Charity. Recreations: Traveling, mountain climbing. Mem. Amacitia Club.

GHRIST, Jennie G. (Mrs. D. M. Ghrist), Ames, Iowa.

Physician; b. Ottumwa, Ia., July 4, 1870; dau. Alonzo and Margaret (Cross) Garrison; ed. Des Moines and Keokuk (Ia.) Med. Coll., M.D. (mem. Nu Sigma Phi, Coll. Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago); m. Story Co., Ia., 1891, D. M. Ghrist, M.D.; children: Orris E., David G. In 1910 took a trip around the world, visiting hospitals and studying the diseases and customs of people (especially women) of every country. Took some special work on diseases of women and children at Vienna. Has given several addresses on Missions of the Orient (the ones visited on her trip). Supporting and educating a child in India. Interested in the civic betterment of Ames; established the first sanitary drinking fountains on the streets and a rest room in Ames. Has addressed most of the Ames Women's Clubs at different times. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. Co. and State Med. Socs., Am. Med. Ass'n; pres. State Soc. of Ia. Med. Women, 1912. Recreations: Athletics, boating, golf. Mem. The Ames Golf and Country Club.

GLASPELL, Susan, Davenport, Ia.

Writer; b. Davenport, Ia., July 1, 1882; dau. Elmer and Alice (Keating) Glaspell; grad. Drake Univ., Ph.B. Author: The Glory of the Conquered; The Visioning; Lifted Masks. Formerly in newspaper work; now contributor to various magazines. Socialist. Favors woman suffrage.

GODDARD, Fannie Walbridge (Mrs. Louis A. Goddard), 321 S. Moore St., Algona, Iowa.

Born Plover, Wis.; dau. Allen A. and Sarah (Harvey) Walbridge; ed. Madison (Wis.) High School, '91; Univ. of Wis., B.L. '95, M.L. 1900; m. Philadelphia, 1902, Rev. Louis A. Goddard; children: Cosette, Mignonne, Allen, Bernice. Elocutionist in Madison, Reedsburg, Baraboo and other cities; public dramatic reader. Mem. Christian Endeavor, Sunshine Soc., Mission Club of Congregational Church, Baraboo, Wis. Recreations: Physical culture, fishing, rowing. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; worked at the polls all day election day at Baraboo, Wis., 1912; also made large political canvass previous to election. Removed from Baraboo, Wis., May, 1913, to Algona, Iowa, where her husband is now pastor of First Congregational Church.

GREENE, Martha T. (Mrs. J. H. Greene), 481 Locust St., Dubuque, Iowa.

Born Lansing, Ia., Feb. 24, 1859; dau. James W. and Nancy (Lemen) Thomas; ed. Rockford (Ill.) Coll., B.A. '81; m. Lancing, Ia., Jan. 21, 1885, Joel Henry Greene; children: James, Lois, Joel. Interested in missionary societies. Mem. Woman's Club (Dubuque). Recreation: Farm life in N. Dak. during summer. Presbyterian.

GREINER, Martha Nathalie, Central College, Pella, Iowa.

Teacher; b. Wurtemburg, Germany, 1869; dau. David and Nathalie (Yelin) Greiner; ed. Germany; Univ. of Mich., Ph.B. and A.M. (Phi Beta Kappa). Taught in high schools in Illinois, Bedford, Pa., also in colleges in Milwaukee, Wis., and Central College, Pella, Iowa. Favors woman suffrage. Author of a treatise on the Prose Style of Heine in the Pedagogical Monthly (Milwaukee). Lutheran.

GRUNDY, Blanche (Mrs. J. G. Grundy), 1015 Sixth Av., Des Moines, Ia.

Born Belmond, Ia., June 24, 1869; dau. G. G. and Juliet I. (Rosecrans) Pritchard; ed. St. Mary's Inst., Prairie du Chien, Wis.; m. Belmond, Ia., Jan. 2, 1888, J. G. Grundy. Principal of high school, Eagle Grove, Ia.; 16 years in Eagle Grove schools. Pres. Des Moines Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1910-11; pres. Des Moines Boys' Club Board, 1910-13; mem. Des Moines Women's Club Board, 1911-13; pres. Eagle Grove Women's Club, 1902. Mem. Votes for Women League, Des Moines Political Equality Club. Matron of Order Eastern Star, Eagle Grove, Ind., 1903-05. Clubs: Women's, Review, Unity Circle, Chauncey Depew.