AYER, May Hancock (Mrs. James C. Ayer), Shadowland, Glen Cove, N.Y.
Born Syracuse, N.Y., Nov. 25, 1873; dau David Hayes and Mary E. (Candee) Hancock; ed. Keble School, Syracuse, N.Y.; State Normal School, Oswego, N.Y.; Convent of the Sacred Heart, Manhattanville, N.Y.; m. (1st) Jan. 15, 1896, Richard C. Boyd; (2d) April 2, 1907, James C. Ayer; children: Richard Boyd-Ayer, b. Sept. 2, 1898; Frederick Ayer, b. Dec. 29, 1908. Interested in general social and philanthropic work. Recreations: Golf, gardening, bridge. Episcopalian. Favors woman suffrage.
AYERS, Henrietta P., Akeley Hall, Grand Haven, Mich.
Science teacher; b. Iowa; grad. Rockford Coll., B.A. '98. Taught two years in Kalamazoo (Mich.) Sem. and since then has been teacher of science and ass't principal of Akeley Hall, Grand Haven, Mich. Episcopalian.
AYERS, Mary Frances, 3709 Portland Av., Minneapolis, Minn.
Librarian; b. Enfield, N.Y.; dau. William W. and Elizabeth (Gillett) Ayers; grad. Cornell Univ. B.L. Four years a teacher of piano in the North Western Conservatory of Music (Minneapolis); fifteen years as assistant in the public Library of Minneapolis; active in Mission study and work of Woman's Welfare League. Baptist. Progressive in politics. Mem. College Women's Club. Recreations: Symphony concerts and orchestral concerts (quartettes), walking for vacation trips.
AYRES, Alice Stanley Taylor (Mrs. Philip W. Ayres), Waban, Mass. (summer, Franconia, N.H.)
Born Newton, Mass., 1866; dau. Timothy D. and Mary M. (Kenrick) Taylor; ed. Newton public schools, Smith Coll. A.B. '89 (mem. Alpha Soc); m. Newton, Mass., 1899, Philip W. Ayres; children: Ruth W., b. 1901; Dwight T., b. 1907. Before marriage was teacher in Miss Morgan's School, Portsmouth, N.H.; registrar of the Associated Charities of Lynn, Mass., and later general manager of the Society for Organizing Charity, Providence, R.I. Unitarian. Independent in politics; favors woman suffrage.
AYRES, Anna C. Marston (Mrs. D. Ayres), Fort Plain, N.Y.
Born Gaysville, Vt., Jan. 5, 1862; dau. Moses and Ellen M. (Adams) Marston; grad. Univ. of Minn., B.L. '83, followed by a year's graduate work at Cornell, 1892-93 (Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Minneapolis, Sept. 1, 1898, Dr. Douglas Ayres; one son: Douglas. Teacher, 1883-98, in Lake City (Minn.) High School, Minneapolis public schools, Clinton Liberal Inst., Fort Plain, N.Y., and the Misses Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Alumnae, Cornell Alumnae Ass'n (Utica branch).
AYRES, Helen (Mrs. Steven Beckwith Ayres), Spuyten Duyvil, N.Y. City; during Congressional session, 1620 Massachusetts Av., Washington, D.C.
Born Dunkirk, N.Y., May 4, 1869; dau. Charles S. and Lesteyrie (Morse) Thompson; ed. Westfield (Mass.) State Normal School; m. Steven Beckwith Ayres (mem. of Congress from the Bronx District of N.Y., 1911-13); one daughter: Janette. Pres. for 1913 of Woman's Nat. Democratic League, organized June 1, 1912, for the promotion of the principles of Democracy and to assist in the election of the nominees of the Democratic Party; the first permanent national political organization ever established for and by women exclusively; annual meeting, Jan. 8; in each year. The organization makes a special feature of the study course. Second vice-pres. Nat. Congressional Section of Woman's Welfare Dep't of the Nat. Civic Federation, an organization the membership of which is composed exclusively of wives of members of Congress. Mem. D.A.R. and Congressional Club. Episcopalian.
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BABB, Alta Woody (Mrs. Charles Daniel Babb Homer, Champaign Co., Ill.
Born Homer, Ill., Oct. 25, 1867; dau. Ancil Clayton and Rachel Margaret (Page) Wood; grad. Homer High School; studied music and attended Illinois Woman's College at Jacksonville, Ill. (Phi Nu Soc); m. Homer, Ill. Charles Daniel Babb; one daughter: Margaret Elizabeth, b. Jan. 5, 1899. Has been pres. of Presbyterian Aid Soc. for six years; was pres. Missionary Soc.; has been much interested in State and National charity conventions, and the village library. Mem. D.A.R. (Champaign, Ill.) Daughters of 1812 (Chicago). Clubs: Champaign County Country, Homer Woman's; has been pres., sec, treas., and district vice-pres; now cor. sec. 19th Dist (Ill.) Federation. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.
BABB, Deborah Bertha White (Mrs. Benjamin F. Babb), Ivor, Va,
Born North Carolina; grad. Guilford (N.C.) Coll., B.S. '97; grad. scholar and student in English and mathematics, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1897-98; m. 1901, Dr. Benjamin F. Babb. Principal Woodland Depot High School, Woodland, N.C, 1898-1900; principal Corinth Acad., Conly, Va., 1900-01.
BABBITT, Juliette M. (Mrs. Charles Henry Babbitt), 933 Massachusetts Av., N.W., Washington, D.C.
Writer; b. Hancock Co., Ill.; dau. Joseph and Susanne Younger; removed to Iowa in childhood and educated there; m. Magnolia, Iowa, Dec. 19, 1863, Charles Henry Babbitt. Washington correspondent of many Western papers and at various times representative in Washington of publications in N.Y. City and Boston. Has written many short stories, special articles and regular Washington letters for magazines, newspapers and syndicates. Mem. League of Am. Pen Women (librarian 1898-1900; vice-pres. 1900-01; pres. 1901-02; historian and chairman Board of Directors, 1902-03).
BABBITT, Mary Brigham King (Mrs. Eugene Howard Babbitt), Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H.
Lecturer; b. Barnstable, Mass.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '82; m. Concord, Mass., Sept. 16, 1891, Prof. Eugene Howard Babbitt; two sons, one daughter. Teacher, Indianapolis, Ind., 1883; Minneapolis, Minn., 1883-84; Girls' High School, Boston, Mass., 1885-91. Since 1906 engaged as lecturer.
BABBITT, Mary Edith Tarbox (Mrs. Le Roy Nathan Babbitt), Dobbs Ferry-on-Hudson, N.Y.
Born Pomfret, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '96; graduate scholar, 1896-97; m. June 30, 1905, Le Roy Nathan Babbitt. Computer astronomical dep't Columbia Univ., 1898-1902; teacher Kemper Hall, Kenosha, Wis., 1902-05.
BABCOCK, Birnie (Mrs. William F. Babcock), Little Rock, Ark.
Author; b. Unionville, O., Apr. 28, 1868; dau. H. N. and Lottie R. Smade; resident of Arkansas since 1878; ed. in Little Rock, Ark.; m. Apr., 1886, William F. Babcock, now deceased. Engaged in newspaper work in Little Rock on staff of the Arkansas Democrat, later becoming editor and proprietor of the Arkansas Sketch Book, a quarterly publication. Author: The Daughter of a Republican, 1900; The Martyr, 1900; Justice to the Woman, 1901; At the Mercy of the State, 1902; An Uncrowned Queen—Story of the Life of Frances E. Willard, 1902; With Claw and Fang—A Fact Story in a Chicago Setting, 1911; contributor to magazines. Has been active in W.C.T.U. work; favors woman suffrage.
BABCOCK, Josephine, 7350 Union Av., Chicago, Ill.
Journalist; b. Washington, Iowa, Nov. 19, 1882; dau. Nathan Lee and Ophelia Almira (Smith) Babcock; ed. Washington (Iowa) public schools, Washington Acad., Iowa Wesleyan Univ.; mem. Alpha Xi Delta. Active in Woman's Club movement. Particularly interested in Sunday School
