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Women of The West
California

Calif. Library Ass'n 1923-24. Member: Civic League, Business and Professional Woman's Club. Home: 1278 E. Orange Grove Ave., Pasadena, Calif.

DUDLEY, Elaine Anderson, (Mrs.), born in Garden City, Kansas, February 18, 1889, a daughter of John W. and Victoria M. Hendrix Anderson, a resident of California for eight years. Married to Robert Yerby Dudley. Children: Jewell W., Patricia Lee. Executive Secretary, Woman's Auxiliary, Goodwill Industries. For several years a teacher of dramatic interpretation in New York City. Has devoted the last few years to Americanization and Philanthropic studies; lectures on these subjects before Women's Clubs and civic organizations. Member: Business Women's Club of Goodwill Industries, etc. Home: 1721 W. 24th St., Los Angeles, Calif.

DUNN, Mabel B. (Mrs.), born in Ventura, California, daughter of Judge and Mrs. Nehemiah Blackstock, a resident of Los Angeles for twenty years. Children: Oliver, Gerald. Active in club affairs. Curator of Shakespeare section of Highland Park Ebell. Member: Highland Park Ebell, Friday Morning Club, Kate Tupper Galping. Home: 5409 Pasadena Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

DUNSMOOR, Nannie C. (Mrs.) M. D., born November 17, 1860, in Clarksville, Tennessee, daughter of Louis and Ann Straus, a resident of California for 53 years. Graduate, L. A. High School. Married to Dr. John M. Dunsmoor. Children: Dr. Robert M. Physician and Surgeon. Chief Surgeon L. A. Receiving Hospital. Member of the Hollywood Hospital Staff. Medical examiner of Pacific Mutual Life Insurance Co. Member: Professional Women's Club (past president), Friday Morning Club, O.E.S., Women's Athletic Club, Soroptimist, Alpha Epsilon Iota (former president and past treasurer). Address: 925 Pacific Mutual Bldg., Los Angeles, California.

DuPUY, Pearlretta, (Mrs. Robert G.), a native of Waterloo, Iowa, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Zachariah H. Weller, a resident of California since 1887. Married to Robert G. DuPuy. Instructor, lecturer, parliamentarian. Former president of San Pedro Woman's Club; first vice-president of Robert Parliamentary Club. Active in civic and club affairs. Charter Member: L. A. Women's Athletic Club, San Pedro Women's Club, L. A. Ebell, Republican Study Club, General Henry M. Robert Parliamentary Club, San Pedro Golf and Country Club, California Bridge Club. Home: 4074 Bluff Place, San Pedro, California.

EAGER, Caroline B. (Mrs.), born May 15, 1862, in Newport, Rhode Island, a resident of California for twenty-one years. Occupied in teaching Igorots of the Philippine Islands; supports a school in the islands for the education of those children; educates twelve Igorots in this country. Former supervisor of music in public schools, Rhode Island. Has contributed to Boston Daily Globe and several eastern magazines. Member: American Woman's Club, Paris, France (charter), American Woman's Club, London, England, Saturday Morning Club, Kobe, Japan (honorary, founded same in 1914), Friday Morning Club (life). Southern California Women's Press Club, American Pen Women, Dickens Fellowship, Descendant of Mayflower, D. A. R., English Speaking Union, etc. Home: 2511 Third Ave., Los Angeles, Calif.

EBBETS, Charlotte Penniman (Miss), born in San Francisco, California, daughter of Arthur Mercein, a California pioneer, and Charlotte White Penniman Ebbets, a resident of Santa Barbara for nine years. Head of Home Economics Department, Santa Barbara State College. Teacher for twenty years. During the World War. Director of Home Economics in Food Administration of California. For two years dietitian in New York Hospital. Connected with various educational institutions. Member: D. A. R., California chapter, American Home Economics Ass'n, Fortnightly Club, Strollers Club, Business and Professional Women's Club of Santa Barbara. Home: 2003 Alameda Padre Sierra, Santa Barbara, Calif.

EDSON, Katherine Philips, (Mrs. Charles Farwell), born in Kenton, Ohio, January 12, 1870, daughter of Dr. William H. and Mrs. Harriet Carlin Phillips. Married to Charles Farwell Edson. Children: Kathanane, Dr. Phillips J., Charles Farwell, Jr. A resident of California since 1890. Member and executive officer of California Industrial Welfare Commission. Interested in industrial, philanthropic and public health problems; active worker in woman suffrage movement. Author of minimum wage bill for women, enacted by California Legislature, 1913. Member: S. F. Woman's Athletic Club, Berkeley Woman's Faculty Club, L. A. Woman's Athletic and Friday Morning Clubs. Business address: 620 State Bldg., San

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