WWW Index

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

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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VAIL, May Belle Sherriff (Mrs. John D. Vail), 411 South Third St., Marshalltown, Iowa.

Born Whitewater, Wis., Mar. 15, 1861; dau. Charles and Elizabeth (Loxley) Sherriff; ed. Whitewater; Wis. State Normal School, 1876-79; Chautauqua course, 1888-91; m. Whitewater, Wis., Sept. 27, 1881, John D. Vail; children: Ethel E., Valrosa Vivian. Active worker in civic improvement work in city, also public playgrounds movement. Was pres. Woman's Club, 1911-12. Organized two large mothers' clubs in ward schools. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Mem. Marshall County Historical Soc.; mem. Marshalltown Woman's Club, Witenagemote Club, City Fed. of Women's Clubs (pres.), Education Com. of State Fed. of Women's Clubs.

VAN TASSEL, Anna Belle Aldridge (Mrs. R. D. Van Tassel), Sioux City, Iowa.

Minister; b. Elwood, Ind., July 19, 1873; dau. John M. and Catharine (Copher) Aldridge; grad. St. Lawrence Univ., '97; B.D. '99; completed teachers' course in the Am. Univ. at Harriman, Tenn.; m. North Montpelier, Vt., Oct. 16, 1902, Rev. R. D. Van Tassel; children: Raymond De Estein, Wenona Belle. Took divinity course at Canton Theological School; ordained 1897; received call to pastorate of Universalist Church at Natural Bridge, N.Y.; remained there two years; accepted the pastorate at East and North Montpelier, Vt., for three years. Since marriage has done supply work at Mukwonago and Augusta, Wis., and lectured occasionally; subjects: Industrial Training; Home Economics; The Public Schools of To-day; The Efficient Education of Women. Chairman School Com., Civic League of Rochester, Minn.; with com., established free med. inspection in the public schools of Rochester, Minn.; also an ungraded dep't, where the backward and sub-normal children receive special instruction. Had charge of anti-tuberculosis campaign, 1911. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist. Progressive. Mem. W.C.T.U., Independent Order of Good Shepherd, Civic League, Child Rescue League. Recreations: Camping, boating, fishing.

VAN WERDEN, Helen R. DeKalb (Mrs. Louis P. Van Werden), Leon, Ia.

Business woman; b. DeKalb, Ia., June 29, 1869; dau. Benjamin Drew and Margaret A. (Smith) DeKalb; ed. Keokuk (Ia.) High School, Humeston (Ia.) Normal Coll. (valedictorian of class); m. DeKalb, Ia., June 29, 1898, Louis P. Van Werden; children: Charles DeKalb, Benjamin Drew DeKalb, Helen DeKalb. Cashier Bank of Weldon, Weldon, Ia., for nine years; has done a loan business for past 25 years. Much interested in schools and measures for their improvement. Methodist. Pres. Cemetery Ass'n, Leon, Ia.; mem. New Century Club; sec. Civics Ass'n.

VOLDENG, Sadie Rosemond (Mrs. M. Nelson Voldeng), Cherokee, Ia.

Born Taylorville, Ill., Sept. 39, 1874; dau. Capt. W. E. and Caroline (Bumgardner) Rosemond; ed. Independence (Ia.) High School; Berlin, Germany, and Paris, France; m. Independence, Ia., Sept. 19, 1895, M. Nelson Voldeng, M.D. (sup't of the State Hospital), Cherokee, Ia.; children: Weir Nelson, b. Jan. 2, 1900; Karl Edward, b. Dec. 19, 1904. Identified with various religious, social and philanthropic activities; auditor of Iowa Baby Health Contest Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; ex-sec. Woman Suffrage League, Cherokee, Ia. Presbyterian. Recreations: Tennis, horseback riding. Mem. Woman's Club of Cherokee.