Craven, Sidney Gilder. Interested in domestic missions and various philanthropies, and when a young girl at U.S. Sanitary Commission. Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, Women's Municipal League. Mem. Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage.
DE KERMEN, Madame Valerie Louise, 31 W. Ninety-third St., N.Y. City.
Professor, lecturer; b. Paris, 1857; dau. Louis and Bazin de la (Chesnays) Chantrelle; ed. Paris, privately; obtained the superior diploma at Sorbonne, Paris; m. Paris, 1878, Count Henry Tancrede de Kermen (no-w deceased); children: Alta Gracia, b. 1886, and one deceased. Has had success in lecturing in French and English; has been in relation with some great men, among others Edmund Rostand. Professor of French and lecturer in French and English. Favors woman suffrage; second vice-pres. Joan of Arc Woman Suffrage League. Author: The Meaning of Chanticler; Maeterlinck, or the High Road (now in press), and several articles in different Socialist papers. Socialist. Mem. Branch No. 14 Socialist Party, Riverside Hall. Resident in America about 20 years; naturalized as American citizen, 1912.
DeKOVEN, Anna Farwell (Mrs. Reginald DeKoven), 1025 Park Av., N.Y. City.
Writer; b. Chicago, Ill.; dau. Hon. Charles B. (U.S. Senator) and Mary E. (Smith) Farwell; ed. Lake Forest Univ. (valedictorian) A.B.; m. Lake Forest, Ill., May 1, 1884. Reginald DeKoven (distinguished composer); one daughter: Ethel LeRoy DeKoven (married N.Y., 1911, H. Kierstede Hudson). Author: By the Waters of Babylon; Life of John Paul Jones; A Sawdust Doll. Translator of Pierre Loti's Iceland Fisherman (Pècheur d'Islande) in Laurel Crowned Series. Had a musical salon in N.Y. City, where the artists of the Metropolitan and Manhattan Opera companies sang. Mem. Colony Club, N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage.
DE KRAFFT, Frances Blatchford, 1834 I St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Clerk; b. Quincy, Ill., Mar. 23, 1855; dau. Rear Admiral J. C. P. de Krafft, U.S. Navy, and Elizabeth Sellers (Pearson) de Krafft; ed. in private schools and with masters in languages and music. Has been 22 years in Navy Dep't in responsible positions; now in Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Republican.
DE KROYFT, Susan Helen Aidrich (Mrs. William De Kroyft), Dansville, N.Y.
Authoress; b. Rochester, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1818; dau. Obed and Melintha Hart (Potter) Aldrich; ed. Westfield (N.Y.) Acad. and Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N.Y. (valedictorian); m. Rochester, N.Y., July 25, 1845, William De Kroyft, M.D. Widowed on wedding day by a carriage accident, and awoke blind one month later. Studied music until first book was published. With an amanuensis traveled all over the U.S. and Canada. Author: A Place in Thy Memory; The Story of Little Jakey; Mortara; The Soul of Eve; The foreshadowed Way. Honorary mem. Shakespeare Club of America and England (Stratford). Recreation: Reading. Episcopalian.
DELAFIELD, Elizabeth Ray, 5 W. Fiftieth St., N.Y. City.
Born N.Y. City, Sept. 15, 1872; dau. Dr. Francis and Katherine (Van Rensselaer) Delafield; ed. at home. Pres. of the Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions, diocese of N.Y.; sec. of the Bryson Day Nursery. Protestant Episcopal. Favors woman suffrage.
DE LAGUNA, Grace Andrus de Leo (Mrs. Theodore de Leo de Laguna), Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Teacher of philosophy; b. East Berlin, Conn., Sept. 28, 1878; dau. Wallace R. and Annis (Mead) Andrus; grad. Cornell Univ., A.B. '03, Ph.D. '06; m. Tacoma, Wash., 1905, Theodore de Leo de Laguna; children: Frederica, Annis, Wallace. Associate in philosophy, Bryn Mawr Coll. Joint author (with husband) of Dogmatism and Evolution.
DE LA MATER, Jacqueline Montague Newton (Mrs. Van Ness De Lamater), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Former teacher; b. Oberlin, O., Jan. 15, 1875; dau. James King and Frances (Estabrook) Newton; ed. Univ. of Cal., Ph.B. '98 (Phoebe Hearst scholar); grad. student Univ. of Cal., 1898-99; grad. student Cornell Univ., 1900-01; m. Washington, D.C, Oct. 20, 1904, Van Ness De Lamater, M.E.; children: Frances Anna. b. Dec. 7, 1905; Van Ness, b. Dec. 23, 1907; Edward Estabrook and James Newton (twins), b. Jan. 24, 1912. Former teacher at Benecia, Cal.; Berea Coll., Ky., 1899-1900; Philippine Islands (appointed by Cornell Univ.), 1901-02; Campbell High School, Cal., 1902-04. Unitarian. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, College Club of Plainfield, N.J.
DE LA MOTTE, Anna Christesen (Mrs. Johannes de la Motte), 70 S. Tenth St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Physician; b. Denmark, April 1, 1862; dau. Martin A. and Johanna (Cramer) Christesen; ed. Höhere Tōchterschule in Souderburg, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and Cornell Univ., M.D. 1900; m. 1883, Johannes de la Motte; adopted son: Charles E. de la Motte. Attached to Williamsburg Hospital Dispensary (Brooklyn), pediatrics and gynecology, 1903-09. Engaged in general medical practice in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mem. Y.W.C.A., Child's Welfare Soc. Favors woman suffrage (occasional speaker for cause). Unitarian.
DELAND, Ellen Douglas, Dedham, Mass.
Author; b. Lake Mahopac, N.Y., Sept. 3, 1860; dau. Thorndike and Elizabeth (Rawle) Deland; ed. in private school, N.Y. City, Interested in literary, philanthropic and social life. Trustee Dedham Public Library. Vice-pres. Woman's Auxiliary of St. Paul's Parish, Dedham, Mass. Mem. Dedham Discussion Club, Boston Authors' Club. Author: Oakleigh; In the Old Herrick House; Alan Ransford; Josephine; A Little Son of Sunshine; Miss Betty of New York; Malvern; A Successful Venture; Kathrine; Three Girls of Hazlemere; The Friendship of Anne; The Girls of Dudley School; The Fortunes of Phoebe. Also several monologues which she gives in public and short stories in magazines. Recreations: Gardening, walking, bicycling, reading. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Boston Equal Suffrage Ass'n of Good Government.
DE LAND, Helen Parce, Fairport, N.Y.
Born Fairport, N.Y.; grad Smith Coll., B.L. '92. Teacher Stetson Univ., De Land, Fla., 1894-96; Medina (N.Y.) High School, 1896-99; since then engaged in business life. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. Pres. Historical Club of Fairport.
DELAND, Margaretta Wade (Mrs. Lorin Fuller Deland), 35 Newbury St., Boston, Mass.
Author; b. Allegheny, Pa., Feb. 23, 1857; dau. Sample and Margaretta (Wade) Campbell; ed. private schools and Pelham Priory, N.Y.; m. May 12, 1880, Lorin Fuller Deland. Author: An Old Garden and Other Verses; John Ward—Preacher; Florida Days; Sidney; Tommy Dove and Other Stories; Philip and His Wife; Old Chester Tales; The Wisdom of Fools; Dr. Lavendar and His Friends; The Common Way; An Encore; The Awakening of Helena Richie; R. T.'s Mother and Some Other People; The Way to Peace; The Iron Woman; The Voice. Recreation: Gardening. Unitarian. Favors conditional or qualified woman suffrage.
DELANO, Aline P. (Mrs. James H. Delano), 42 Shepard St., Cambridge, Mass.
Lecturer, translator; b. Archangel, Russia; dau. Paul and Eudoxia (Shafrov) Kuzmistchev; grad. Patriotic School for Daughters of Nobility, St. Petersburg, Russia; m. St. Petersburg, Russia, Jan. 1, 1900, James H. Delano (U.S.N.; died 1900). Since death of husband engaged as translator from French and Russian. Lecturer on Russian literature. Has translated Victor Hugo's Ninety-Three, Tolstoi's The Kingdom of God Is Within You; Resurrection and other works, as well as Rubinstein's Autobiography and various works of other Russian authors. Unitarian. Republican.
