GRACE RAYMOND HEBARD.

GRACE RAYMOND HEBARD.
The life record of Grace Raymond Hebard is an illustration of the trend of modern progress and the attitude of the public toward the activity of women in the world's work. Miss Hebard has had marked influence over public thought and action in Wyoming for a number of years. She was born in Clinton, Iowa, July 2. r861, a daughter of the Rev. George Diah Alonzo and Margaret E. Dominick (Marven) Hebard. She was graduated from the Iowa State University in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Science and in 1885 her alma mater conferred upon her the Master of Arts degree. She won the Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Illinois Wesleyan University in 1893 and prior to this time she became an active factor in the world's work, first serving as draftsman in the office of the United States surveyor general and in the United States land office at Cheyenne, Wyoming, from 1882 until 1891. She then became librarian of the University of Wyoming and has been head librarian of the State University at Laramie since 1893. Throughout her entire life she has kept in close touch with the trend of modern thought and progress and has been a close student of many of the vital problems that affect mankind at large. Since 1908 she has been head of the department of political science and economy of the university. In 1898 she was admitted to the Wyoming bar and she is the first and only woman in Wyoming to attain that honor. She is again and again found in those gatherings where the best thinking men and women of the state are met in the discussion of significant problems. She was a member of the committee of three that drew up the petition in 1889 asking the constitutional convention of Wyoming to adopt the woman suffrage clause. For many years she has been a recognized force in advancing woman suffrage and she is closely identified therewith in every way and is not only an ardent supporter of woman suffrage but has made many public speeches on its behalf, not only in Wyoming but in the surrounding states, and is ever ready to devote herself in every way possible to the furthering of the cause. In 1891 she was chosen a trustee of the University of Wyoming and was active in the management and direction of that institution until 1904. She was made a member of the committee to mark the Overland Trail through Wyoming. She has been the president of the Wyoming, State Library Association and is state historian of the Colonial Dames of Colorado. She was also state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her political support is given to the republican party, while her religious faith is that of the Congregational church. Miss Hebard is perhaps most widely known outside of Wyoming through her writings. She is the author of The History and Government of Wyoming, published in 1904; The Pathbreakers from River to Ocean, published in 1911; Sacajawea, Pilot for Lewis and Clark, published in 1907; and The First Woman Jury, in 1913. She is a frequent contributor to magazines and papers upon questions of suffrage, education and pioneer history. She wields a facile pen and her descriptive powers have made her writings of the greatest interest. On questions calling for logical treatment she is equally strong and there are few clearer thinkers in all the west. She belongs to Pi Beta Phi, having connection with Zeta Chapter, and she is a member of the Laramie and Cheyenne Woman's Clubs. In a word she is identified with all those great movements which are factors of public progress and improvement and the breadth of her interests marks hers as one of the strongest intellects of the state.

The life record of Grace Raymond Hebard is an illustration of the trend of modern progress and the attitude of the public toward the activity of women in the world's work. Miss Hebard has had marked influence over public thought and action in Wyoming for a number of years. She was born in Clinton, Iowa, July 2. r861, a daughter of the Rev. George Diah Alonzo and Margaret E. Dominick (Marven) Hebard. She was graduated from the Iowa State University in 1882 with the degree of Bachelor of Science and in 1885 her alma mater conferred upon her the Master of Arts degree. She won the Doctor of Philosophy degree in the Illinois Wesleyan University in 1893 and prior to this time she became an active factor in the world's work, first serving as draftsman in the office of the United States surveyor general and in the United States land office at Cheyenne, Wyoming, from 1882 until 1891. She then became librarian of the University of Wyoming and has been head librarian of the State University at Laramie since 1893. Throughout her entire life she has kept in close touch with the trend of modern thought and progress and has been a close student of many of the vital problems that affect mankind at large. Since 1908 she has been head of the department of political science and economy of the university. In 1898 she was admitted to the Wyoming bar and she is the first and only woman in Wyoming to attain that honor. She is again and again found in those gatherings where the best thinking men and women of the state are met in the discussion of significant problems. She was a member of the committee of three that drew up the petition in 1889 asking the constitutional convention of Wyoming to adopt the woman suffrage clause. For many years she has been a recognized force in advancing woman suffrage and she is closely identified therewith in every way and is not only an ardent supporter of woman suffrage but has made many public speeches on its behalf, not only in Wyoming but in the surrounding states, and is ever ready to devote herself in every way possible to the furthering of the cause. In 1891 she was chosen a trustee of the University of Wyoming and was active in the management and direction of that institution until 1904. She was made a member of the committee to mark the Overland Trail through Wyoming.
She has been the president of the Wyoming, State Library Association and is state historian of the Colonial Dames of Colorado. She was also state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Her political support is given to the republican party, while her religious faith is that of the Congregational church.
Miss Hebard is perhaps most widely known outside of Wyoming through her writings. She is the author of The History and Government of Wyoming, published in 1904; The Pathbreakers from River to Ocean, published in 1911; Sacajawea, Pilot for Lewis and Clark, published in 1907; and The First Woman Jury, in 1913. She is a frequent contributor to magazines and papers upon questions of suffrage, education and pioneer history. She wields a facile pen and her descriptive powers have made her writings of the greatest interest. On questions calling for logical treatment she is equally strong and there are few clearer thinkers in all the west. She belongs to Pi Beta Phi, having connection with Zeta Chapter, and she is a member of the Laramie and Cheyenne Woman's Clubs. In a word she is identified with all those great movements which are factors of public progress and improvement and the breadth of her interests marks hers as one of the strongest intellects of the state.