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PERIN— PERKINS

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��Comm'n of State Fed. of Churches. Mem. Mil- waukee Council of Philanthropies. Favors woman suffrage; has lectured and campaigned for It In Wis. Author of law treatise: The Sources of the Constitution of Kansas. Protestant. Republican (voted for President while in Wyoming). Mem. D.A.R. Recreation: Camping (conducts summer camp for working girls). Mem. City Club of Milwaukee.

PEKLN, noremce Nightingale Hobart (Mrs. George Landor Perlu), 23 Naples Road, Brook- line, Mass.

Author; b. Brookline, Mass., Aug. 17, 1S69; dau. George W. L. and Lydia Maria (SawtelleJ Ho- bart; ed. State Normal Coll., Salem, Mass.; m. Boston, Mass., Nov. 6, 1901, Rev. George Landor Perin, Univerealist clergyman. Author: The Optimist's Good Morning, 1907; The Optimist's Good Night, 1910.

PERXNE, Tyler Cooke (Mrs. George Corbln

Ferine), Catonsvllle, Md.

Bom Virginia, ]878; dau. Charles W. and Jose- phine (Rogers) Cooke; descendant of the Cookes of Cooke's Point, Md., the Benn«tt8 of Md., and the Tylers of Va. Ed. in this country and abroad; m. Washington, D.C., 1904, George Cor- bln Ferine (great-great-grandson of John Augus- tine V/ashington, oldest brother of General George Washington); children: Washington Corbin, Anne Washington, Mary Ball Washington. Mem. Ca- tonsvllle Country Club. Episcopalian.

PERKINS, Agues Frances, Wellesley College,

Wellesley, Mass.

Teacher; b. Oxford, N.Y.. Oct 20, 1875; dau. Gerrit Henry and Frances (Willcox) Perkins; ed. Oxford Acad, and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '98; A.M. '99. Teacher of English, Miss Baldwin's School, Bryn Mawr, 1898-1901; teacher of English, the Holman School, Philadelphia, 1902-06; instruc- tor in English, Wellesley Coll., 1906-11; assoc. prof, of English, Wellesley Coll., 1911—; prof. English, American Coll. for Girls, Constantinople, 1912 — . Author: Introduction to the Study of Rhetoric, 1903; Ineffective Teaching in English; Wasteful Repetition in the Study of English Texts; Some Obstacles in the V/ay of Cooperation in English (Nation, 1906-07). Editor of Vocations for the Trained Woman (published by Woman's Educational and Industrial Union, Boston, 1910). Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Alice Snlliran (Mrs. T. H. Dudley Perkins), Haddonfleld Road, Moorestown, N.J. Bom Moorestown, Burlington Co., N.J.; dau. Joseph T. and Sarah Collins (Rogers) Sullivan; grad. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '04 (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Moorestown, N.J., Oct. 16, 1909, T. H. Dudley Perkins. Pres. Y.W.C.T.U., 1908-11; Equal Suffrage; mem. Board of Man- agers of Children's Summer Home at Cinnamin- son, N.J. ; mem. of Philanthropic Com. of Phila- delphia, Yearly Meeting of Friends, 1908-12. Fa- vors woman suffrage.

PERKINS, Angle Warren (Mrs. Charles A. Per- kins), 1547 W. Clinch Av., Knoxvl'.le, Tenn. Born Danielson, Conn., Nov. 6, 1854; dau. Ly- sander and Marcia (Mason) Warren; ed. Wes- leyan Univ., A.B. '76; A.M. '79; first woman to receive the degree of A.B. In Nerw England (mem. Sigma Rho); m. Sept. 19, 1883, Charles A. Per- kins; children: Marcia W., Margaret W., Alice R. S., Warren A. Taught at Wellesley, 1879; then dean of women at I^awrence Univ., Appleton, Wis., three years; dean of women, Univ. of Tenn., 1897-99. Has been pres. twice of Ossoll Circle; pres. Tenn. Fed. four years; mem. Board of Di- rectors Gen. Fed, of Women's Clubs for four years; during two of those years was correspond- ing sec.; was pres. Women's Missionary Societies of Union Presbytery, terms for five years (16 societies). Author: San DIcgo to Sitka. 1903; Onr Year Abroad, 1912. Presbyterian. Member Mis- sionary Soc, Pastor's Aid Soc., Faculty Club, Y.W.C.A., Brookside Settleme-nt Work, Sunshine Soc., Antl-Tuberculosls Soc. Recreation: Run- ning an auto. Clubs: Writers', Nicholson Art Ijeague, Athens Circle, Tennessee Press, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, City Beautiful. Favors woman suffrage.

��PERKINS, Delia Foote fMra. Cyrus E. Perkins), 327 Washington St., Grand Rapids, Mich. Bom Olcott, Niagara Co., N.Y. ; dau. Elijah and Olivia (Luce) Foote; prad. from Grand Rap- Ids High School, '66; m. Grand Rapids, Sept. 20, 18(7, Judge Cyrus Edward Perkins; children: Mabel Helen, Edward Foote. Taught in high school, Gr.ind Rapids, before marriage. Mem. (ex-pres.) Ladles' Literary Club of 500 members, doing literary and philanthropic work; mem. and ex-pres. High School Alumni Ass'n; organized the Reviewer, a club which has been in existence nearly 30 years; organized and is pres. of Grand Rapids Art Ass'n; organized Mich. State Fed. of Art, the first one in the country; chairman of committee for writing history of Mich. State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Congregatlonallst. Mem. D.A.R., Playground Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Drama League, St. Cecilia Musical Society, Pioneer Workers of the General Federation of Women's Clubs. Recreation: Travel.

PERKJNS, Edna Broeh (Mrs. Roger Grlswold Perkins) 1481 E. Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio. Bom Cleveland, Ohio, Mar. 25, 1880; dau. Charles F. Brush (inventor of the Brush electric arc light, the electric storage battery, etc.) and Mary Ellen (Morris) Brush; ed. Hathaway Brown School, Cleveland; Miss Hersey's School, Boston, and special courses In College for Women, of Western Reserve Univ.; m. Nov. 14, 1905, Roger Grlswold Perkins; children: Charles Brush, Roger Grlswold Maurice. Volunteer work in Associated Charities and the Anti-Tuberculosis League. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Suffrage Party, chairman of county organization work; mem. College Equal Suffrage League. E>piscopalian. Mem. Conference of Charities and Correction; contributing member of several phil- anthropic organizations.

PERKINS, EUzabeth B. (Mrs. Thomas G. Per- kins), 67 Irving Place, Buffalo, N.Y. Bora Buffalo, N.Y., Oct. 15, 1861; dau. Edward M. and Maria G. (Smith) Atwater; ed. Mrs. Will- iams' private school, Buffalo; m. April 20, 1883, Thomas G. Perkins; two daughters: Mrs. Marion Perkins Spaulding, Mrs. Mildred Perkins Town- send. Bpiacopalian. Strong aniti-euttraglBt.

PERKINS, Emma Maude, 2125 Adelbert Road,

Cleveland, O.

College professor, lecturer; b. Winchester, N.H.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '79. Teacher, Central High School, Cleveland, O., 1879-92; since then in the College for Women of Western Reserve Univ. as asso. prof, of Latin, 1892-93, and prof, of Latin since 1893. Well known lecturer and blic speaker.

PERKINS, Florence Tobey (Mrs. George Wlns- low Perkins), 136 Blue HIII Av., Boston, Mass. Bora Boston, Aug. 23, 1873; dau. James W. and Lydia Catherine (Morrill) Tobey; ed. private school, four years; Girls' Latin School, six years; Wellesley Coll., A.B.; m. Boston, Jan. 28, 1903, George Winslow Perkins. Interested in settle- ment work, open-air schools, welfare work. Pa- voTs woman suffrage. EJpiscopalian. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnffi, Boston City Fed., Mass. State Fed. Clubs: Roxburghe, New England Women's, College, Lend-a-Hand.

PERKINS, Frances, 164 Wavorly Place, N.Y.

City.

Social worker; b. Boston, Mass., Apr. 10, 1882; dau. Frederick W. and Susan (Bean) Perkins; ed. in public schools of Worcester, Mass., Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. '02; Univ. of Pa., Columbia Univ., A.M. Sec. Philadelphia Research and Protective Ass'n, 1907-09; exec. sec. of Con- sumers' League of N.Y. City, 1910-12; exec. sec. of Com. on Safety of N.Y. City since 1912. In- terested In handicrafts, modelling and sculpture, sesthetlc dancing, dramatics, biological studies and organic chemistry. Favors woman suffrage; mem. and speaker for Woman Suffrage Party. Mem. B'd of Directors of the Consumers' League of N.Y. City; mem. Holyoke Alumnae Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnse, Am. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, the Little Club, N.Y. City.

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