WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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KANE, Grace Miriam Wilson (Mrs. George F. Kane), Anthon, Ia.

Born Leigh, Ia., Oct. 1, 1879; dau. J. M. and A. E. (Whipple) Wilson; ed. Convent at Orlando, Fla.; Elgin (Ill.) Acad.; Taunton (Mass.) Acad.; Swain Art School, New Bedford, Mass.; m. Lake City, Ia., May 1, 1902, George F. Kane; children: Herst Wilson, Grace Whipple. Specially interested in maintaining the Anthon Public Library founded by Anthon Woman's Club, in which she is serving second year as pres. Mem. Order Eastern Star. Recreations: Painting (china and water colors), reading, music. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

KELLEY, A. Lillian Clark (Mrs. Charles H. Kelley), Charles City, Iowa.

Born Illinois; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), '78; m. July 31, 1884, Charles H. Kelley (then of Forrest City, Iowa, judge of the 12th Judicial Dist. of Iowa); two daughters (one deceased). Active mem. of the Woman's Relief Corps. Was identified as officer with several clubs and societies in Forrest City, including the Chautauqua Club, University Extension Club, Tourist Club and others. Congregationalist; interested in Sunday-school and Ladies' Aid work.

KIBBEY, Minnie Gertrude (Mrs. William Beckford Kibbey), Kibbey Bldg., Marshalltown, Ia.

Born Boston, Mass., May 28, 1855; dau. John and Amelia (Welch) Federken (of ancient English and old Colonial lineage); ed. in Boston and Hingham High School and Shakford private finishing school and under governesses and private tutors, travel and study abroad; m. East Boston, Oct. 17, 1878, Dr. William Beckford Kibbey; children: W. B. Jr., Richards Carroll, Biscoe Albertson, Harold Sturtevant, Gerald Sturtevant, Gladys Gertrude. Mem. Ladies' Episcopal Guild, Iowa Children's Home; chairman State Com. and mem. Nat. Com. Children of the Republic; Nat. Historical Research Soc., D.A.R. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Ethical Development of Religion; Appeals for Children of the Republic Work; poems and travel articles. Class poet of Hingham High School Alumnae and editor of paper for several terms. Episcopalian. Mem. Mary Washington Memorial Ass'n; mem. Colonial Dames of America; mem. State Com. on Child Study of Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames Resident in Iowa; pres. Rebecca Bates Soc., Children of the Am. Revolution, Underhill Soc. of N.Y., Golf and Country Club, Twentieth Century Club, Marshalltown Historical Soc. Clubs: Hawthorne Literary (ex-pres.); pres. Der Deutsche Unterhaltungs Kreis; vice-pres. City Fed. of Woman's Clubs; historian and ex-regent Spinning Wheel Chapter D.A.R. First directress Children of the Republic (club for boys in Iowa, organized by her in 1908; now nine clubs); also organized first society Sons of the Republic in Virginia. Recreations: Horseback riding, rowing, swimming, walking, dancing, theatre, reading, travel.

KIMBALL, Ellen Imogen Hayward (Mrs. William Hale Kimball), 206 Mississippi St., Davenport, Iowa.

Born Davenport, Iowa; ed. in schools of Davenport and Vassar Coll., A.B. '96; m. Davenport, Iowa, Sept. 19, 1900, William Hale Kimball; two sons. Former pres. Tuesday Club of Davenport, Iowa.

KINNEY, Charlotte Pearl Conkright (Mrs. Charles Arthur Kinney), Des Moines, Ia.

Jan. 7, 1886; dau. George W. and Emma (Childs) Conkright; ed. Ionia public school; Art Inst. of Chicago (academic); Art Inst. Normal Course; m. July 21, 1913, Charles Arthur Kinney. Prof. of drawing and painting, Art School of Drake Univ., 1909-10; director of art, 1910-12; lecturer on art; won several competitions for book and magazine illustrations. Interested in various societies for the preservation of Am. birds, humane societies, etc. At present preparing the manuscript for outlines for the Teaching of Art in the Public Schools; author of several articles on different phases of art teaching and art education. Mem. Art Students' League, Alumni of Chicago Art Inst., Professional Woman's League, League for Medical Freedom. Recreations: Sketching, boating, hunting with a camera, studying birds and animals in their natural haunts. Christian Scientist. Against woman suffrage.

KIRCHER, Effie Irene (Mrs. Henry Edward K[ir]cher), Hawarden, Ia.

Born Ames, Iowa, Jan. 13, 1871; dau. William H. and Lovenia (Campbell) Ross; ed. Hawarden Normal Schools; m. Hawarden, Ia., Dec. 8, 1897, Henry Edward Kircher; one son: Carl Ross Kircher. Was a teacher in the county schools for nearly ten years; helped organize Sunday-schools in rural districts. Was organist in the Christian Church at Boone, Ia., one year; Christian Church at West Pullman, one year; Baptist Church at Hawarden, two years. Mem. of the Ladies of the Maccabees of the World; sec. local lodge over five years. Pres. Twentieth Century Club for four years. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat.