R.I. Federation of Clubs for ten years); also in Sunshine work for Providence Branch, Internat. Sunshine Soc. Clubs: R.I. Women's, Four-Leaf Clover. Universalist.
CONGDON, Laura D. (Mrs. Winsor D. Congdon), 209 Harrison St., Newton, Kan.
Born Howard, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1850; dau. Benjamin and Lucinda (Emerson) Jacobs; ed. common schools in Ill.; m. Sedgwick, Kan., Dec. 14, 1875, Winsor D. Congdon; children: Morris Headly, b. Oct. 20, 1877; Orville Garfield, b. Sept. 4, 1881. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Aid Soc, Auxiliary Soc. of Bethel Hospital, Harvey Co. Historical Soc. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of short stories: Ad Astra per Aspera; A Christmas Cupid; Thanksgiving Day on Salem Hill; A Knight of Gideon. Methodist. Republican. Mem. Themian Club (literary), Dist. and State Fed. of Women's Clubs. Has acted as special and regular correspondent of Western newspapers.
CONGER, Charlotte Metcalf (Mrs. Conger), The Cordova, Washington, D.C.
Writer; b. Orland, Me., June 25, 1860; dau. Samuel P. and Harriet E. (Grendle) Brown; ed. in private schools in Washington, by governesses and two years at Vassar Coll.; m. Washington, D.C, Jan. 14, 1879, Frank B. Conger (divorced); children: Charlotte West, b. Jan. 5, 1881 (died Jan. 8, 1882); Omar D., b. Jan. 10, 1883 (Pay Corps. U.S.N.) ; Emilie W., b. Oct. 16, 1886 (m. Ward Brown, architect); Franklin B., b. Nov. 28, 1889 (midshipman, U.S.N.); Gwyneth H., b. May 17, 1891 (m. A. W. Fitch, lieutenant, U.S.N.); Harriet Grendle, b. Feb. 17, 1893. Mem. Vassar Students' Aid Soc, Consumers' League. Has written for leading papers and magazines.
CONGER, Emily Bronson (Mrs. A. L. Conger), Akron, Ohio.
Doctor of Osteopathy; b. Peninsula, O., May 7, 1843; dau. Hiram Volney and Ruth Lenora (Ranney) Bronson; ed. Rev. Emerson's private coll., Am. School of Osteopathy, Kirksville, Mo.; started coll. at Des Moines Sept., 1898; m. Peninsula, O., Nov. 1, 1864, Col. A. L. Conger; children: Kenyon E. Irving (deceased), Arthur L., Latham H. Practiced osteopathy in Philippine Islands and in ten or twelve other States. Enlisted in many activities of Protestant Episcopal (St. Paul's) Church for 44 years; very active in Relief Corps, Eastern Star and Bethany Shrine. Author: An Ohio Woman in the Philippines. Pres. Nat. Axis Club (Osteopath); vice-pres. Am. Osteopath Ass'n, 1906-07. Recreations: Music, organ, harp, piano, chimes. Favors woman suffrage; holds meetings at home and attends public meetings.
CONGER, Sarah Pike, 105 S. El Molino Av., Pasadena, Cal.
Born Painesville, O., July 24, 1842; dau. Edward William and Laura (Burridge) Pike; grad. Lombard Coll. '63, Bryant and Stratton Business Coll. Chicago, '64; grad. Mass. Metaphysical Coll., Boston, 1901 A devoted student of Chautauqua Circle and an advocate of progressive education for young and older people (mem. Zetecalian Soc., Lombard Coll.); m. Galesburg, Ill., June 21, 1866, Major E. H. Conger (died 1907); children: Laura, Lorentus. Accompanied her husband on his public services as minister to Brazil and China and ambassador to Mexico. Decorated by Empress Dowager of China with special Order of the Double Dragon, on departure from China, 1905. Worker in Associated Charities; mem. Boards of Charity Institutions, Homes for Children and Aged, and Fallen Women, Des Moines, Ia., and for Aged Destitute Women in Peking, China. Sunday-school teacher and advocate of individual thinking and investigation. Worker in the W.C.T.U. organization. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Letters from China (with particular reference to the Empress Dowager and women of China), 1909. Christian Scientist. Republican (a voter).
CONKLIN, Lena D. Wells (Mrs. George L. Conklin), Oxnard, Cal.
Journalist; b. Waupun, Wis., Feb. 17, 1858; dau. Cornelius and Julia (Buttles) Wells; ed. Waupun; m. Waupun, 1880, George L. Conklin; children; Marie, Cornelius, Shirley, Dorothy. Taught in public schools of Waupun before marriage; now engaged in editorial work. Pres. various church societies, Fraternal Aid (insurance), Tuesday Club of Ventura, Cal., Monday Club of Oxnard. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. Recreations: French, music, out-door sports.
CONKLIN, Viola Percy, 265 Henry St., N.Y. City.
Settlement worker; b. N.Y. City; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '97, and N.Y. School of Philanthropy summer course, 1905. Was ass't agent of the N.Y. Charity Organization Soc, 1905-07, and since 1907 has been sec. and treas. of the Henry St. Settlement, N.Y. City. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae; Smith Coll. Club of N.Y.; Alumnae Ass'n of N.Y. School of Philanthropy.
CONKLING, Grace Walcott Hazard (Mrs. Roscoe Platt Conkling), Apartado 253, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Graduate Smith Coll., B.L. '99; student of physical geography in Harvard Summer School, 1899; music and language in Univ. of Heidelberg, Germany, 1902-03, and Paris, 1903-04; m. Sept. 18, 1905, Roscoe Platt Conkling; one daughter: Elsa, b. Feb. 2, 1909. Tutor South Woodstock, Conn., 1899-1901; teacher of English, Latin and Greek, Graham School, N.Y. City, 1901-02.
CONKLING, Mabel Viola Harris (Mrs. D. Paul B. Conkling), Burleigh Hill, Boothbay, Me.
Sculptor; b. Boothbay, Me., Nov. 17, 1871; dau. Charles Thomas and Orissa Edna (Prebel) Harris; ed. Boothbay Harbor High School, Rudy Inst. and Julian, Vitti, Whistler and Colorossi Academies, Paris; m. Boothbay, Me., Dec. 26, 1901, David Paul Burleigh Conkling; children: Pauline Burleigh, Natalie Burleigh. Work exhibited in Paris Salon, Paris Exposition, 1900; St. Louis Exposition, International Exposition at Rome, Nat. Acad. of Design, Pa. Acad. of the Fine Arts. Mem. Am. Numismatic Soc Recreations: Riding, driving, swimming, golf, forestry. Favors woman suffrage.
CONNELLY, Emma M., 41 E. 29th St., N.Y. City.
Writer; b. nr. Louisville, Ky.; dau. John Douthett and Mary (Thacher) Connelly; ed. private seminaries at Georgetown, Ky., and Louisville. On staff of Louisville Courier-Journal prior to 1880, when went to N.Y., since then engaged in magazine and newspaper work, as contributor of serials and short stories. Favors woman suffrage. Interested in the Labor and Capital Contest. Mem. Baptist Church. Recreations: Music and painting. Author: Tilting at Windmills; Story of Kentucky (in "Story of the States" Series); In China Land, etc.
CONNELY, Bertha Lillian, Fifty-third and Berks Sts., Wynnefield, Philadelphia, Pa.
Doctor of medicine; b. Pleasantville, Pa., Jan. 31, 1863; dau. Judge James Lowrey and Sarah J. (Mitchell) Connely; ed. Foster School, Clifton Springs, N.Y.; the Burnham School, Northampton, Mass.; Smith Coll., A.B. '84; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '97; Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland, 1892-93. Has two nieces, who are her wards; Amy Connely, Eleanor Connely. Has certificate from Zurich Univ. Med. School for two semesters' work in anatomy, physiology, embryology, histology; practiced medicine two years in Denver, Colo.; was on the obstetric staff of the Arapahoe Co. Hospital, being the second woman ever appointed to its service. Favors woman suffrage; during residence in Colorado voted for McKinley and Roosevelt. Methodist Episcopal. Republican. Mem. Alumnae Ass'n of the Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa. Recreations: Out-door exercise, traveling. Mem. the College Club, Philadelphia. Worked in the medical clinics at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia and the Woman's Med. Coll. Hospital of Philadelphia until 1905.
CONNOLLY, Louise, Hobart Av., Summit, N.J.
Teacher, editor, lecturer; b. Washington, D.C., 1862; dau. Thomas C. and Margaret (Williams) Connolly; ed. Washington Normal School, George Washington Univ. (Columbian Coll.), B.S. and M.S. Served as supervisor of schools, Newark, N.J.; sup't of schools, Summit, N. J.; editor, University Publishing Co.; editor with D. C. Heath & Co. Educational expert, Newark Free Public Library. Favors woman suffrage; mem.
