WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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LA FORCE, Carolina Bousquet (Mrs. William Brooks La Force), 427 W. Fourth St., Ottumwa, Iowa.

Born Iowa; dau. Pierre Henri and Sara Marie (Scholte) Bousquet; granddaughter of Rev. Hendrick Pieter Scholte, who brought a company of about 300 people from Holland in 1847, and founded the town of Pella, Iowa, which remains distinctively Dutch to this day; grad. Central Univ. of Iowa, A.B. '92; graduate student in German, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1894-95; Iowa Coll., A.B. '96, A.M. '97; m. 1904, Dr. William Brooks La Force. Instructor in German in Lake Erie Sem., Painesville, Ohio, 1897-98; teacher in Central Industrial Inst., Columbia, N.C., 1902-03. Pres. Y.W.C.A. of Ottumwa. Methodist. Active in church work. Recreation: Motoring. Mem. Art Club.

LAKE, Harriet Isadora, 205 Third Av., N.E., Independence, Iowa.

State Regent; b. Independence, Iowa; dau. Col. Jed and Sarah (Meyer) Lake; ed. Independence, Univ. of Mich., Boston School of Expression (Kappa Kappa Gamma). Corr. sec. Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1903-05; chairman Child Labor Com., 1907-11; Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs (Iowa Sec.), 1905-07; chairman Outlook Com., 1907-10; trustee Free Public Library since 1905; treas. Scholarship and Loan Board, Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs. Mem. Iowa Historical Soc., Colonial Dames of America, P.E.O., Iowa State Regent D.A.R., 1908-11; vice-pres. Gen., 1911-15 (founded Penelope Van Princes Chapter), mem. Ladies' Literary Club, Independence, Iowa. Recreations: Painting, dancing, boating. Episcopalian.

LAMBERT, Lillian Vitalique, Iowa State Teachers College, Cedar Falls, Ia.

Professor of English, Iowa State Teachers Coll.; b. Austin, Minn.; dau. John and Vitalique (Bernier) Lambert; grad. Penn. Coll., Oskaloosa, Ia., Ph.B. '95; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.M. '06; grad. work in English, Bryn Mawr, 1906-07; received grad. scholarships in English both at Univ. of Chicago and Bryn Mawr; studied also at Oxford, Eng., 1905. Prof. English, Iowa State Teachers Coll. Favors woman suffrage. Has published short stories and essays in various periodicals, Chautauquan, Modern Culture, The National Magazine, Bird Lore, Education, etc. President Iowa Northeastern State Teachers Ass'n. Recreations: Walking, golf, story writing. Formerly mem. of Woman's Club, Des Moines.

LANGSTAFF, Cora E. (Mrs. W. L. Langstaff), Charles City, Iowa.

Born Itasca, Ill., 1858; dau. Theodore and Susan (Batchelder) Pierce; ed. Ill. State Univ. and Iowa Normal School, Cedar Falls, Iowa; m. Belmond, Iowa, 1881, W. L. Langstaff; children: Nellie H., Madge, Corinne. Pres. W.C.T.U.; pres. Cultus Club, 1910-12; worthy matron, Order of Eastern Star; mem. Missionary Soc. and other church organizations. Recreation: Gardening. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage.

LOUTHAN, Florence S. (Mrs. B. S. Louthan), Sutherland, Ia.

Born Clinton, Ia., 1860; dau. Abel and Mary Frances (Brown) Smiley; ed. high school, Tama City, Ia., and college, Vinton, Ia.; m. Dysart, Ia., Sept. 17, 1878, B. S. Louthan, M.D.; children: Myrtle, Ruby, Beulah, Elmira, Lenora Myrtle. Music teacher. Interested in church, Sunday-school and club work. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Worthy Matron of Order of Eastern Star for six years; has been pres. of the Monday Club, Home Culture Club, and Music and Art Circle of Sutherland, Ia. Mem. State Health Com. Ia. State Fed. of Women's Clubs.