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Women of The West
Oregon
of Chicago, 1906-07. Member of local Medical Ass'n., President of local Business and Professional Women's Club. Member: American Medical Woman's Ass'n, National Fed. of Business and Professional Women's Clubs, University Woman's Club, etc. Home: Masonic Bldg., Roseburg, Oregon.
SNEDICOR, Jane, (Miss), born in Tecumseh, Michigan, December 12, 1875, daughter of Horace Carpenter and Helen Adams Snedicor, resident of Oregon for the last 22 years. Interior Decorator. Organizer and first president of Medford Garden Club; state chairman, Conservation and Thrift, D. A. R., also Highway Beautification Committee. Artist and teacher of art. Member: D. A. R., College Woman's Club, Medford Garden Club, Western Art Ass'n. Home: 526 W. 10th St., Medford, Oregon.
SOLOMON, Rachel Applegate (Mrs.), born in Klamath County, Oregon, November 23, 1887, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. O. C. Applegate. Her father was a pioneer and staunch friend of the Indians. Educator. For fifteen years high school teacher; very active in church work. Has held office in several clubs and fraternal organizations. Member: D.A.R., O.E.S., American Association of University Women, Delphian, Women's Library Club, Women's Auxiliary, U.C. M.S. Home: 426 N. 7th St., Klamath Falls, Oregon.
SPAULDING, Nettie M. (Mrs. W. L.), born in Oregon City, Oregon, August 9, 1889, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. R. Miller, a life-long resident of the state. Married to Walter L. Spaulding. Children: Leone. Very active in civic and club affairs. Member: Salem Woman's Club, Y. W. C. A., McDowell Club, American Legion Auxiliary. Home: 1726 Court St., Salem, Oregon.
SPURLIN, Mary Jane, (Miss), a native of Virginia, daughter of D. A. and Daisy Marie Spurlin, resident of Oregon for the last 15 years. Lawyer. Was first woman judge of Oregon. President, City Fed. of Women's Clubs. Member: Business and Professional Women's Club, Soroptimist Club, Women's Convalescent Home Board, League of Women Voters, Phi Delta Delta, Professional Woman's League. Address: 315 Platt Building, Portland, Oregon.
STRAHAN, Kay Cleaver, (Mrs), born in La Grande, Oregon, 1888, daughter of Dr. Alonzo and Mrs. Laura Bryson Cleaver, a resident of Portland for 33 years. Married to William Nicholas Strahan. Author. Has contributed short stories to Colliers, American, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Delineator, Munsey's, etc. Author: "Peggy Mary", "Something That Begins with 'T'", "The Desert Moon Mystery", "October House". Home: 1084 Wilson St., Portland, Oregon.
STUART, Bertha, (Miss), a native of Clinton Iowa; daughter of Edwin Chatfield and Laura Hayden Stuart; former resident of Chicago; living in Oregon for the last 38 years. Interior Decorator. Student at Chicago Art Institute and Cooper Union (New York); designer for New York publishers for ten years; has been decorator for the last 14 years. Member: D. A. R., Professional Woman's League. Home: 380 E. 24th St., No., Portland, Oregon.
THACHER, Jane (Mrs.), born in Jackson, Michigan, September 13, 1885; a resident of Oregon for 19 years. Married to W. F. Goodwin Thacher. Children: Elisabeth Goodwin, Janet Byrne. Pianist and head of Piano Department, University of Oregon. A pupil of Carl Pfleger and Theodor Leschetizky. Former National Music Advisor, Mu Phi Epsilon. Home: 1992 University Ave., Eugene, Oregon.
TINGLE, Lillian Ella, (Miss), a native of Sheffield, England, daughter of Alfred and Mary Elizabeth Tingle, a resident of Oregon since 1905. Teacher. Writer. Head of Department of Household Arts, University of Oregon, since 1917. Former Principal of Girls' Polytechnic School of Portland; 1908-17, Supervisor of Domestic Science of Portland schools (high school and grades); has traveled extensively in Europe and the Orient. Member of Staff and special writer on Home Economics subjects for The Oregonian, also travel letters, 1906 to present date. Has contributed to Good Housekeeping, American Cookery and other magazines. Member: American Home Economics Ass'n, American Ass'n of University Women, P.T.A., Professional Woman's League of Portland, International H.P.P.D., International Home Economics Ass'n and others. Home: 470 East 14th St., Eugene, Oregon.
UNRUH, Ada Wallace, (Mrs.), a native of Indiana, daughter of John H. and Lucy A. Wallace, former resident of Kansas; for the last 43 years living in Oregon. Married to Albert A.
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