WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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PARKER, Susan Duroe (Mrs. Byron L. Parker), Sioux Rapids, Ia.

Born in Wis. Aug. 13, 1859; dau. James J. and Agnes (Sands) Duroe; ed. neighborhood school and the Spencer (Ia.) High School; m. Clay Co., Ia., Feb. 26, 1879, Byron L. Parker; children: Frank B., Eugene S., Louis. Active in missionary socs., Sunday-school, Christian Endeavor Soc. and Ladies' Aid Soc.; church clerk for 15 years; has collected books, clothing, etc., to be sent to orphans' homes and boys' clubs in the cities. Congregationalist. On Child Labor Com. of Women's Clubs in district. Attended several district conventions and represented the Local Club on the program; delegate to many of the Congregational Church district associations, taking part on the program. Mem. Thursday Afternoon Club (pres. six years).

PATRICK, Dora Smith (Mrs. Robert Wayland Patrick), 1207 Jones St., Sioux City, Ia.

Born Lake City, Iowa, Mar. 22, 1869; dau. Peter and Sara A. (Bosley) Smith; ed. high school, Lake City, Iowa; Callanan School, Des Moines, Iowa; and Art Inst. of Chicago; m. Lake City, Iowa, Mar. 25, 1891, Robert Wayland Patrick. Interested in the Visiting Nurse Ass'n of Sioux City, Iowa; W. W. Charity Circle, Y.W.C.A., Crittenden Home, Boys' and Girls' Home. Mem. Rose Croix Chapter 400, O.E.S.; Sioux City Woman's Club, city Fed. of Women's Clubs; pres. Bryant Reading Club; vice-pres. Iowa Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Riverside Boat Club. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage.

PAYNE, Adaline Maria Brown (Mrs. William Pierce Payne), Nevada, Ia.

Born South Champion, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1834; dau. Orville and Lovisa (Phelps) Brown; ed. public schools and grad. State Normal School (Albany, N.Y.), July 1, 1854; m. S. Rutland, Jefferson Co., N.Y., Jan. 16, 1859, William Pierce Payne; one son: William Orson Payne, now editor of Nevada (Ia.) Representative. Taught in public schools and teachers' insts. from age of fourteen and a half; postal ass't in Lynn, Mass.; Clinton and Nyack, N.Y., for 13 years. Educated son to high school. Worked with husband, 1874-80, at Mitchell Sem., Mitchellville, Ia., and in high school, Nevada, Ia.; subsequently taught one year in Boone and many terms in teachers' institutes; in 1882 engaged with husband in conducting Nevada Representative at Nevada, Story Co., Ia.; were joined by son one year later, and continued the work ever since. Has habitually done editorial work, making specialty of local history and biography; of a dep't encouraging the literary efforts of busy women. Leader in club work, local and State; in village improvement through fed. of clubs; assoc. charities; sec. Story Co. Hist. Soc; promoter of interests of public library. Universalist. Republican. Pres. City Fed. for Village Improvement; mem. first Exec. Board Iowa Fed. Women's Clubs. Recreations: Research, gardening, lending a hand. Clubs: Nevada Woman's; Iowa Women's Press (Des Moines).

PECK, Maria Purdy (Mrs. Washington F. Peck), Oak Terrace, Davenport, Iowa.

Born Butler, Wayne Co., N.Y., Nov. 16, 1840; dau. Hon. Merritt and Amanda (Sears) Purdy; ed. in public and private schools of Western N.Y.; m. Butler, N.Y., 1865, Dr. Washington F. Peck (died Dec., 1892); children: Jessie Allen, Mary Alida, Robert Peck. Founder of St. Luke's Hospital Training School for Nurses. Author of series of historical sketches on Davenport and Its Environs (National Magazine), 1893; Fort Armstrong (Annals of Iowa), 1895; Black Hawk (Annals of Iowa), 1896; A Bit of Italy in May (Midland Magazine), 1896. Unitarian. Mem. Mayflower Soc.; past State regent Iowa D.A.R. (now chapter regent); pres. County Historical Soc.; mem. Am. Historical Soc., State Historical Soc. (Iowa), Founders and Patriots of America, United States Daughters of 1812; past vice-pres.-at-large of the Nat. Council of Women; mem. Davenport Acad. of Science; charter mem. George Washington Memorial Ass'n; pres. Clionian Club; organizer and first pres. Davenport Woman's Club. Favors woman suffrage.

PEIRCE, Hattie Wasmuth (Mrs. Paul S. Peirce), 17 W. Bloomington St., Iowa City, Ia.

Born Canton, Ill., Aug. 20, 1870; dau. Edward and Orpha (Ward) Wasmuth; grad. Ill. Wesleyan Univ., B.S. '91; later M.A. (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Pontiac, Ill., Aug. 22, 1896, Paul S. Peirce; one daughter, Faith, b. Jan. 23, 1909. Teacher of Latin and German in Pontiac Township High School; principal high school, Lewiston, Ill.; instructor in Latin and German, Hedding Coll., Abington, Ill. Sec. Women's Missionary Soc. of Congregational Church of Iowa City. Pres. Art Circle, Iowa City, 1911-12. Congregationalist.

PLUM, Margaret Budington (Mrs. Harry Grant Plum), Black Springs, Iowa City, Ia.

Born Kingston, N.Y.; dau. Henry Joseph and Anna Hawley (Trumpbour) Budington; ed. private school (Kingston); Kingston Acad. (valedictorian), '96; Vassar Coll., A.B. 1900; Univ. of Ill. Library School, 1900-01; mem. Beta Lambda (Ill.) Chapter, Kappa Kappa Gamma, later affiliated with Alumnae Chapter of Beta Zeta, at Iowa Univ.; m. Kingston, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1905, Harry Grant Plum (prof. European history in Univ. of Iowa); one daughter: Alice Katharine, b. Oct. 31, 1907. Cataloguer Cincinnati Univ. Library, 1901-02; cataloguer Iowa State Univ. Library, 1902; librarian State Historical Soc. of Iowa, 1902-05. Mem. Advisory Board of Univ. Y.W.C.A., 19th Century Club (Iowa City); former mem. Am. Library Ass'n. Interested in civic improvement and home economics. Mem. Am. Ass'n of Home Economics; life sec. of class of 1900, Vassar Coll. Writer of magazine articles and bibliographies in connection with library work; editor Annual Class Bulletin of Class of 1900, Vassar Coll. Mem. Reformed (Dutch) Church of America, now in Presbyterian Church. Recreations: Walking, reading. Mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae Ass'n, Vassar Coll. alumnae Ass'n. Against woman suffrage.

PRIEST, Alice Lucinda, 307 Elm St., Shenandoah, Iowa.

Born Northfield, Mass., 1866; dau. Dwight S. and Susan M. (Caldwell)  Priest; ed. Shenandoah (Iowa) High School, Northfield (Mass.) Sem., Harvard Annex, Cambridge, Mass.; Cornell Univ., B.L. '91. Teacher of history, Oregon State Normal School, 1892-85; head of English Dep't, Cal. State Normal School, 1895-97. Mem. and first sec. Board of Trustees of Shenandoah Public Library; mem. Soc. for prevention of Cruelty to Animals. For years State sup't of press work for Iowa Equal Suffrage Ass'n; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. Has contributed articles on co-education, literature and political subjects to various publications. Recreations: Walking, riding, camping. Part owner and manager of nearly one thousand acres of Iowa agricultural land and other business interests.