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PREFACE

ARIZONA

The Making of the Arizona Flag — Mattie L, Williams . 3 Woman's Supreme Achievement — Rev. Nona L. Brooks . 4 Biographies of Arizona Women 5 CALIFORNIA The Pioneer Women of California — Mariana Bertola, M. D, 9 Jane Lathrop Stanford — Jessie Knight Jordan ... 10 The Women of the West — Minna McGauley .... 11 Activities of the University Women of California — Mrs. Harry Kluegel ... 12 In the Field of Service — Dr. Mavd Wilde 16 Biographies of California Women 17 COLORADO Chipeta — Lilian White Spencer 101 Mesa Verde National Park — Virginia Donaghe McClurg . 103 Women in Music — Catherine E. Van Valkenburg . . . 104 Biographies of Colorado Women 108 IDAHO Pioneer Women of Idaho — Iren£ Welch Grissom , , . 113 Women Educators of Idaho — Alma E. Plumb . . . .115 Idaho is Interested in a Fort Hall Monument — Dr. Minnie F. Howard . . . .117 Biographies of Idaho Women 119 MONTANA Women of Montana — Sophia Holmes Adams .... 129 Women of Montana — Mary Brennan Clapp .... 130 Women of Montana — Mrs. A.J. Buchen 130 Biographies of Montana Women 131 NEVADA Women op Nevada Interested in Politics — Felice Cohn 135 Western Women in Government — Reah Whitehead . . 13€ Biographies op Nevada Women 139 NEW MEXICO Women of Nev7 Mexico — Maud Hwncock Prichard . . . 143 Woman Suffrage and Jury Service IN New Mexico — Jennie Fortune 146 Bio<3iAPHi£s of New Mexico Women 146 ​OREGON

Women of Oregon — Marian Miller (Edith Knight Hill) . 152 Pioneer Women of the West — Sheba Hargreaves . . .153 The Last Frontier — Lois Randolph 155 Biographies of Oregon Women 156 UTAH The Pioneer Women of Utah — Amy Brovm Lyman . . 167 Art in Utah in Pioneer Days — Alice Louise Reynolds . . 170 Biographies of Utah Women 171 Page WASHINGTON Women of Washington — Mary J. Elmendorf .... 181 Activities of Washington Women — Helen Norton Stevenson 182 Women and the Winning of the Northwest — Mrs. James S. McKee 184 Biographies of Washington Women . . . . . . 187 WYOMING Women of Wyoming — Cora M. Beach . . . ... 207 Politician or Diplomatist? — Grace Raymond Hebard . . 209 The Women of Tacoma — Alice D. Engley Seek . . . 210 The Western Woman — Her .. Opportunity— A^treZm Henry Reinhardt . . . .212 Biographies of Wyoming , Women 213 ILLUSTRATIONS Eminent Women of Arizona ........ 1 Eminent Women of California 9 Eminent Women of Colorado 101 Eminent Women of Idaho and Montana .... 113 Eminent Women of the West . 129 Eminent Women of Nevada and California . . . . 135 Eminent Women of New MIexico 143 Eminent Women of Oregon 151 Eminent Women of Utah and Wyoming . . . . 167 Eminent Women of Washington 181

FOR SOME TIME PAST librarians, newspaper editors, club women, educational institutions, leading book sellers, chambers of commerce and other civic associations have expressed the need for a book containing the names of those women of the western states who have rendered special services and contributed in any way to the public welfare in their respective communities. With women's sphere of influence and activity constantly broadening, there is no doubt that a publication of this kind will find a ready welcome in a very large number of our best homes. Complying with the urgent request for such a publication, we have, as a fitting tribute to the leading women in the westem section of the United States, compiled and edited the present volume. The 1928 edition of WOMEN OF THE WEST contains approximately eleven hundred biographical sketches of those women whose activities in the civic, art, social, literary, church, school, political and business life of their community or state, have qualified them for a place in this reference work. In selecting the names, we have been guided by the advice of state and city officials, librarians, chambers of commerce, newspaper publishers, educators, and others who are familiar with local conditions and whose judgment has been considered competent and unbiased. Mere membership in clubs or societies did not serve as sufficient qualification for a place in this book. Those women who have done something of a creative, constructive or "outstanding" nature have been accorded due credit for their work. Authors, prominent teachers and school officials, women in public offices, workers in the Parent-Teachers movement, librarians, successful women in the business and professional world, those active in club and fraternal circles and all others "who have really accomplished something," have been given recognition in WOMEN OF THE WEST.

It will be readily understood that it was necessary to omit certain names. Quite a number of women should have been included in this list, but various reasons account for these omissions. Questionnaires were sent to those who had been recommended for entry, but not all of them were returned to us with the necessary information and the names had to be left out. Certain names, no doubt, were never suggested to ​us and they, of course, will not appear in this volume. Others who had supplied us with the required data had to be omitted, since further investigation disclosed the fact that their past or present activities would not entitle them to representation. We hope that the next edition will be complete in every respect, but we feel that the present volume, with all its unavoidable shortcomings, will fill a long-felt need.

We shall welcome suggestions for improvement in further editions. We invite those who consider themselves eligible to a place in WOMEN OF THE WEST, to communicate with us at an early date. A standard questionnaire will be sent to them upon request. If they qualify, their names will be included in the next edition.

Advertising matter does not appear in WOMEN OF THE WEST, and "write-up" material has not been solicited. Those whose biographies appear were not compelled to purchase a copy of the book. Not a line of space has been paid for.

Photographs of those who have contributed special articles to this edition, will be found in the illustrated sections preceding the various state lists.

We consider WOMEN OF THE WEST a real, up-to-date, comprehensive reference work for the following reasons: (1) the field of women's activities in the western states has never been covered before; (2) entries were made solely on merit; (3) not a line of space has been paid for; (4) eighty per cent of the eleven hundred biographies appearing on these pages, are published for the first time; (5) the arrangement is systematic, geographical by states and alphabetical by names; (6) all information contained in this issue was obtained from original and authentic sources.

We appreciate and acknowledge, herewith, the splendid cooperation and kind assistance of all those who have made it possible for us to compile this work, and we hope that it will serve its useful and well-meant purpose.