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Women of The West
Nevada

mills and manufacturing establishments. From 1919–22 Inspector, Child Labor Tax Division, U. S. Treas. Dept. Always active in civic and governmental affairs. State secretary, Nevada League of Women Voters. Home: P. O. Box 622, Carson City, Nevada.

COHN, Felice, (Miss), a native of Carson City, Nevada; resident of Reno for the last 5 years. Daughter of Morris and Pauline Sheyer Cohn. Attorney-at-law; admitted to practice in Nevada, Calif., Colo., and all United States Courts, including United States Supreme Court. Assistant, U. S. District Attorney, 1913; Hearings Attorney, U. S. Land Office, 1918-22 (first and only woman to hold said position); United States Referee in Bankruptcy for State of Nevada. Member: Reno Business and Professional Women's Club, Washoe County Bar Ass'n., Nevada State Bar Ass'n., American Bar Ass'n., National Women Lawyers Ass'n. Office: 14-15 Gray-Reid Building. Home: Colonial Apts., Reno, Nevada.

FLANIGAN, Minnie, (Miss), born in Owego, New York, October 23, 1878, daughter of James and Mary Flanigan, resident of Nevada for 27 years. Society Editor, Nevada State Journal. Was active in the campaign for woman's suffrage in the state of Nevada; past president of Twentieth Century Club. Member: Reno Club, Business and Professional Women's Club, Twentieth Century Club, American Penwomen. Home: 429 West Second Street, Reno, Nevada.

FRANZMAN, Mary C., (Mrs.), a native of Chask, Minnesota, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Souter, a resident of Nevada for 23 years. Married to John Franzman. Children: Herbert J., Eugene R., George W. Very active in Mother Clubs and for 13 years President of Ladies Aid in Reno. Elected 1928, Republican Nat'l Committeewoman and one of the organizers of the Women's Suffrage Movement, vice chairman of the Republican County Committee. Member: Republican Club (president), Women's Citizen Club, W. C. T. U. Home: P. O. Box 222, Reno, Nevada.

HAZLETT, Fanny G., (Mrs.), a native of Massachusetts, daughter of Stephen and Joan Whitcomb Gore. For 67 years a resident of Nevada. Married to the late Dr. John C. Hazlett. Children: Gertrude H. Randall. Pioneer. Writer. Crossed the plains in 1862 to Nevada in the days of the Comstock Mines. Has contributed considerably to newspapers. Member: Elderberry Club. Home: 701 University Ave., Reno, Nevada.

HUMPHREY, (Mrs. Frank Ellis), born in Lodi, California, January 26, 1874, resident of Reno, Nevada, for 14 years. Married to Frank Ellis Humphrey. Children: Marion Bender, Frank Ellis, Jr. Very active in club work in California; Grand President, Native Daughters of the Golden West; for several years executive secretary Native Sons and Daughters' Central Committee on Homeless Children; member of Board of Governors of Nevada State Industrial School for 12 years; served as president, Mary S. Daten Mothers' Club, Junior High School P. T. A., Twentieth Century Club. Member: Monday Literary Club, Senior High School P. T. A., Business and Professional Women's Club, Latimer Art Club. Home: 467 Ralston Street, Reno, Nevada.

JACOBS, Gussie, (Mrs.), a native of Russia, former resident of California, for the last 16 years living in Nevada. Married to Solomon S. Jacobs. Children: Joseph N. Takes part in many civic activities. President, Temple Emanu-El Sisterhood. Member: Rebekahs, Woodcraft, B. B. Auxiliary. Home: 779 W. 5th St., Reno, Nevada.

KENT, Rachel Fitch, (Mrs. C. H.), born in Renssalaer, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1898. A former resident of California but living in Reno, Nevada for the last eight years. Married to Clarence Hammond Kent. Instructor in English, University of Nevada. At present Chapter Regent, Nevada Sagebrush Chapter D. A. R. Member: Twentieth Century Club, Woman's Faculty Club of University of Nevada, American Ass'n of University Women. Home: 612 W. 5th St., Reno, Nevada.

MARTIN, Anne Henriette (Miss), born in Empire City, Nevada, September 30, 1875, daughter of William O'Hara and Louise Stadtmuller Martin. Publicist. A. B., University of Nevada. A. B., A. M., Stanford University. Studied at Columbia, in London and in Leipzig. Professor of history and lecturer on art history, University of Nevada. Traveled in Europe and Orient. Active in woman's suffrage movement in Nevada. The first woman member of Nevada Educational Survey Commission (1915). Ran twice on Independent ticket for U. S. Senator from Nevada. Has written many articles on economical, political and suffrage

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