CHAPTER II.

THE WOMEN WHO CONTROL.
Generally Known as the Board of Lady Managers of the World's Columbian Exposition— A Large Number of Prominent Women Among the Members — Names and Residences and Official Positions.
HE Board of Lady Managers was created by Act of Congress, approved April 25, 1890. It consists of 117 members, with alternates — eight at large, two each from the several states and territories and District of Columbia, and nine from the City of Chicago. Its members were selected by the World's Columbian Commission. The Board has general direction and supervision of the representation of women at the Ex- position. OFFICIALS OF THE BOARD. — President — Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago. Vice-Presidents—First, Mrs. Ralph Trautmann, of New York; Second, Mrs. Edwin C. Burleigh, of Maine; Third, Mrs. Charles Price, of North Craolina; Fourth, Miss Katherine L. Minor, of Louisiana; Fifth, Mrs. Beriah Wilkins, of the District of Columbia; Sixth, Mrs. M. D. Thatcher, of Colo- rado; Seventh, Mrs. Flora Beall Ginty, of Wisconsin; Eighth, Mrs. Margaret Elaine Salisbury, of Utah; at large, Mrs. Russell B. Harrison, of Nebraska. Vice-Chair- man of Executive Committee — Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, of Indiana. Secretary — Mrs. Susan Gale Cooke, of Tennesee. »
LADY MANAGERS AT LARGE. — Mrs. D. F. Verdenal, NewYork; Mrs. Mary Cecil Cantrill, Georgetown, Ky.; Mrs. Mary S. Lockwood, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. John J. Bagley, Detroit, Mich.; Miss Ellen A. Ford, NewYork; Mrs. Mary S. Harrison, Omaha, Neb.; Mrs. Ida Elkins Taylor, Philadelphia, Pa.; Mrs. Rosine Ryan, Austin, Texas. Alternates — Mrs. Benjamin C. Truman, Los Angeles, Cal.; Mrs. Nancy Huston Banks, Morganfield, Ky.; Mrs. James B. Stone, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Schuyler Colfax, South Bend, Ind.; Miss Helen A. Peck, Kansas City; Miss Caroline E. Dennis, Auburn, N. Y.; Mrs. George R. Yarrow, Philadel- phia, Pa,; Mrs. Caroline Willis Ladd, Galveston, Texas.
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. — Lady Managers from States — Alabama — Miss Hattie Toney Hundley, Mooresville; Mrs. Anna M. Fosdick, Mobile. Alternates- Mrs. Sallie H. Bush, Birmingham; Mrs. Irene W. Semple, Montgomery.
Arkansas — Mrs. James P. Eagle, Little Rock; Mrs. Rollin A. Edgerton, Little Rock. Alternates— Margaret M. Ratcliff, Little Rock; Mrs. William B. Empie, Newport.
LADY MANAGERS, RESIDENTS OF CHICAGO.
1. MBS. POTTER PALMER. 2. MRS. SOLOMON THATCHER. JR.
8. MRS. JAMES A. MULLIGAN. 4. FRANCIS DICKINSON, M. D. 5. MRS. M. E. M. WALLACE 6. MRS. MYRA HRADWELL. 7. MRS. JAMESR. DOOLITTLE, JR. 8. MRS. MATILDA B. C ARSE.
9. MARTHA H. TEN EYCK. 10. MRS. MARGARET I. SANDERS. 11. MRS. LEANDER STONE.
12. MRS. GEN. A. L. CI^ETLAIN. 13. FRANCES E. WILL ARE.
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California — Mrs. Parthenia P. Rue, Santa Rosa; Mrs. James R. Deane, San Francisco. Alternates— Mrs. Isaac L. Requa, Piedmont; Mrs. Frona E. Wait, San Francisco.
Colorado— Mrs. Laura P. Coleman, Buena Vista; Mrs. M. D. Thatcher, Pueblo. Alternates— Mrs. Annie B. Patrick, Leadville; Mrs. Susan R. Ashley, Denver.
Connecticut— Miss Frances S. Ives, New Haven; Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, Hartford. Alternates— Mrs. Amelia B. Hinman, Stevenson; Mrs. Vir- ginia T. Smith, Hartford.
Delaware— Mrs. Mary Richards Kinder, Milford; Mrs. J. Frank Ball, Wil- mington. Alternates — Mrs. Mary E. Torbert, Milford; Mrs. Theodore F. Arm- strong, Newark.
Florida — Mrs. Mary C. Bell, Gainesville; Miss E. Nellie Beck, Tampa. Alternates — Mrs. Chloe Merrick Reed, South Jacksonville; Mrs. H. K. Ingram, Jacksonville.
Georgia — Mrs. Wm. H. Felton, Cartersville; Mrs. Charles H. Olmstead, Savannah. Alternates — Miss Meta Telfair McLaws, Augusta; Mrs. Geo. W. Lamar, Savannah.
Idaho — Mrs. Anna E. M. Farnum, Hauser Junction; Mrs. Joseph C. Straugh- an, Boise, City. Alternates— Mrs. Louise L. Barton, Moscow; Mrs. Ella Ray Miller, Pocatello.
Illinois — Mrs. Richard J. Oglesby, Elkhart; Mrs. Frances Welles Shepard, Chicago. Alternates — Mrs. Marcia Louise Gould, Moline; Mrs. Isabella L Candee, Cairo.
Indiana — Miss Wilhemine Reitz, Evansville; Mrs. Virginia C. Meredith, Cambridge City. Alternates — Miss Susan W. Ball, Terre Haute; Miss Mary H. Krout, Crawfordsville.
Iowa — Mrs. Whiting S. Clark, Des Moines; Miss Ora Elizabeth Miller, Cedar Rapids. Alternates — Mrs. Ira F. Hendricks, Council Bluffs; Miss Mary B. Hancock, Dubuque.
Kansas — Mrs. Jennie S. Mitchell, Topeka; Mrs. Hester A. Hanback, Topeka. Alternates — Mrs. Sara Blair Lynch, Leavenworth; Mrs. Jane H. Haynes, Fort Scott.
Kentucky — Miss Jean W. Faulkner, Lancaster; Mrs. A. C. Jackson, Coving- ton. Alternates — Miss Sarah F. Holt, Frankfort; Mrs. Alice B. Castleman, Louisville.
Louisiana — Miss Catherine L. Minor, Houma; Mrs. Belle Hamilton Perkins, New Orleans. Alternates — Mrs. Bowling S. Leathers, Steamer Laura Lee, New Orleans; Mrs. W. W. Carre, New Orleans.
Maine — Mrs. Edwin C. Burleigh, Augusta; Mrs. L. M. N. Stevens, Portland. Alternates — Mrs. Sarah H. Dixby, Showhegan, Miss Helen M. Staples, Hanover.
Maryland — Mrs. William Reed, Baltimore; Mrs. Alexander Thomson, Mt. Savage. Alternates — Mrs. J. Wilson Patterson, Baltimore; Miss Eloise Roman Cumberland.
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Massachusetts — Mrs. Rufus S. Frost, Chelsea; Mrs. Jonas H. French, Bay, View. Alternates — Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, Cambridge; Miss Mary Crease Sears, Boston.
Michigan — Mrs. Eliza J. Pendry Howes, Battle Creek; Mrs. Angell, Ann Arbor. Alternates — Mrs. Frances P. Burrows, Kalamazoo; Miss AnnaM.Cutcheon Detroit.
Minnesota — Mrs. Frances B. Clarke, St Paul; Mrs. H. F. Brown, Minneapolis. Alternates — Mrs. P. B. Winston, Minneapolis; Mrs. M. M. Williams, Little Falls.
Mississippi — Mrs. James W. Lee, Aberdeen; Mrs. John M. Stone, Jackson. Alternates — Mrs. George M. Buchanan, Holy Springs; Miss Varina Davis, Beau- voir.
Missouri — Miss Phoebe W. Couzins, LL.B., St Louis; Miss Lillian Mason Brown, Kirkwood. Alternates — Mrs. Patti Moore, Kansas City; Mrs. Annie L. Y. Orff, St. Louis, care of Chaperone Magazine.
Montana — Mrs. Eliza Rickards, Butte City; Mrs. Clara L. McAdow, Helena. Alternates— Mrs. Laura E. Howey, Helena; Mrs. Marian D. Cooper, Bozeman
Nebraska — Mrs. John S. Briggs, Omaha; Mrs. E. C. Langworthy, Seward. Alternates — Mrs. M. A. B. Martin, Beatrice; Mrs. Lana A. Bates, Aurora.
Nevada— Miss Eliza M. Russell, Elko; Mrs. M. D. Foley, Reno. Alternates — Miss Mary E. Davies, Genoa; Miss Jennie Torreyson, Carson City.
New Hampshire — Mrs. Mira B. F. Ladd, Lancaster; Mrs. Daniel Hall, Dover- Alternates — Mrs. Frank H. Daniell, Franklin Falls; Miss Ellen J. Coles, Lake village.
New Jersey — Miss Mary E. Busselle, Newark; Mrs. Martha B. Stevens, Hoboken. Alternates — Mrs. Jas. W. Compton, Newark; Mrs. Amanda M. Smith, Newark.
New York — Mrs. Ralph Trautmann, New York City; Mrs. William Kissam Vanderbilt, New York. Alternates — Mrs. John Pope, New York City; Mrs. A. M. Palmer, New York.
North Carolina — Mrs. George Wilson Kidder, Wilmington; Mrs. Charles Price, Salisbury. Alternates — Mrs. Sallie S. Cotton, Falkland; Miss Virginia Stella Divine, Wilmington.
North Dakota— Mrs. S. W. McLaughlin, Grand Forks; Mrs. W. D. McConnell, Fargo. Alternates — Mrs. Alice Vineyard Brown, Lisbon; Mrs. Frances C. Holley, Bismarck.
Ohio — Mrs. Mary A. Hart, Glendale; Mrs. Walter Hartpence, Harrison. Alternates — Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, Warren; Mrs. Asa S. Bushnell, Spring- field.
Oregon — Mrs. E. W. Allen, Portland; Mrs. M. Payton, Salem. Alternates • — Mrs. Anna L. Riggs, Portland; Mrs. Hattie E. Sladden, Eugene.
Pennsylvania — Miss Mary E. McCandless, Hays, Pittsburg; Mrs. Harriet Anne Lucas, Philadelphia. Alternates — Mrs. Samuel Plumen Franklin; Mrs. W. S. Elkins, Philadelphia.
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Rhode Island— Mrs. Amey M. Starkweather, Pawtucket; Miss Charlotte Field Dailey, Providence. Alternates— Mrs. Geo. A. Mumford, Pawtucket; Miss Loraine Pearce Bucklin, Providence.
South Carolina — Miss F. Cunningham, Charleston; Mrs. Ellery M. Brayton, Columbia. Alternates — Mrs. Clark Waring, Columbia; Miss Carrie A. Perry, Walhalla.
South Dakota — Mrs. John R. Wilson, Deadwood; Mrs. Helen Morton Barker, Huron. Alternates — Mrs. Minnie Daniels, Watertown; Mrs. Marie J. Gaston, Deadwood.
Tennessee — Mrs. Laura Gillespie, Nashville; Mrs. Susan Gale Cooke, Knox- ville. Alternates — Mrs. Carrington Mason, Memphis; Mrs Charles J. McClung, Knoxville.
Texas — Mrs. Ida Loving Turner, Forth Worth; Mrs. Mary A. Cochran, Dallas. Alternate— Mrs. Kate Cawthorn McDaniel, Anderson.
Vermont — Mrs. Ellen M. Chandler, Pomfret; Mrs. Elizabeth V. Grinnell, Burlington.' Alternates — Mrs. Minna G. Hooker, Battleboro; Mrs. Theresa J. Cochrane, Groton.
Virginia — Mrs. John Sergent Wise, Richmond; Mrs. K. S. G. Paul, Harrison- burgh. Alternates — Mrs. Mary H. Drewey, Westerner; Miss Mattie P. Harris Stanton.
Washington — Mrs. Melissa D. Owings, Olympia; Mrs. Alice Houghton, Spokane Falls. Alternates — Mrs. Chauncey Wright Griggs, Tacoma; Miss Joseph- ine H. Stimson, Colfax.
West Virginia — Mrs.W. Newton Linch, Martinsburg; Miss Lily Irene Jack- sun, Parkersburg. Alternates — Mrs. George W. Z. Black, Halltown; Miss Anna M. Mahan, Fayettville.
Wisconsin — Mrs. Flora Beall Ginty, Chippewa Falls; Mrs. William P. Lynde, Milwaukee. Alternates — Mrs. Samuel S. Fifield, Ashland; Mrs. J. Montgomery Smith, Mineral Point.
Wyoming— -Mrs. F. H. Harrison, Evanston; Mrs. Frances E. Hale, Cheyenne. Alternates — Mrs. Elizabeth A. Stone, Evanston; Miss Gertrude M. Huntington, Saratoga.
LADY MANAGERS FROM TERRITORIES. — Alaska — Miss A. K. Delaney, Juneau; Mrs. Alonzo E. Austin, Sitka. Alternates — Miss Maxwell Stevenson, Juneau; Mrs. Lena Vanderbier, Sitka.
Arizona — Mrs. Thomas J. Butler, Prescott, Miss Laurettu Lovell, Tucson- Alternates — Mrs. Geo. Hoxworth, Flagstaff, Mrs. H. J. Peto, Tombstone.
New Mexico — Mrs. Franc Luse Albright, Albuquerque; Mrs. Edward L. Bartlett, Santa Fe. Alternates — Miss Lucia Paria, Albuquerque; Mrs. Louise Dakin Campbell, Eddy.
Oklahoma — Mrs. Marie P. Harmon Beeson, El Reno; Mrs. Genevieve Guthrie, Oklahoma City. Alternates — Mrs. Julia Wallace, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Mary McNeal, Guthrie.
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Utah — Mrs. Thomas A. Whalen, Ogden; Mrs. Margaret Elaine Salisbury, Salt Lake City. Alternates — Mrs. Susie B. Emery, Park City; Miss Maggie Keogh, Salt Lake City.
FROM DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. — Mrs. John A. Logan, Washington; Mrs. Beriah Wilkins, Washington. Alternates — Mrs. Emma Dean Powell, Washing- ton; Miss Emma C. Wimsatt, Washington.
LADY MANAGERS FROM CHICAGO. — Mrs. Bertha M. Honore Palmer, Mrs. Solomon Thatcher, Jr., River Forest ; Mrs. L. Brace Shattuck, Mrs. James A. Mulligan, Frances Dickinson, M. D., Mrs. M. R. M. Wallace, Mrs. Myra Bradwell, Mrs. James R. Doolittle, Jr., Mrs. Matilda B. Carse. Alternates— Mrs. Sarah M. Hallowel, Mrs. George L. Dunlap, Mrs. William Kimball, Mrs. Annie C. Meyers, Martha H. Ten Eyck, Mrs. Margaret Isabelle Sandes, Ravens- wood, 111., Mrs. Leander Stone, Mrs. Gen. A. L. Chetlain, Frances E. Willard, Evanston, 111.
OIL PAINTING— LANDSCAPE— FRAU SCHROEDER, GERMANY.
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