Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-10
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Tennessee can boast of but two women law
yers.
There are $50 living graduates of Bryn Mawr
college
mining company composed entirely of wo-
men is being organized at Marquette, Mich.
In China ladies are attended by servants
who hold umbrellas over their heads
Miss Estelle Finch is the first woman to be
naturalzed by the Japanese home department
She was born and brought up in America, but
has been connected with the Seamens mission
at Yokosul<a-
Mrs. Catherine Bell is editor of the Cannon,
Canyon City, Colo; her own housekeeper. pro-
baton officer in her home county, president of
the board OF country visitors special agent to
the county commissioners humane officer and
secretary Of the local Humane society. She is
the widowed mother OF three, whom she sup
ports and cares for we'll.
Miss Alice M. Robertson of Muskogee Is head
of a postoffice of the first class and has just
been reappointed for four years.
1t has been said that Frances Willard,
through her ability to organize the women of
the World into little bands and unions known
as the W. I. u. has done more towards
educating them into public spiritedness than
all other agitations combined
II is said that the leader OF the young Turk
ish party Ahmed Ria Bey, inspired and aided
by his sister, a well known author. will shortly
found in Constantinople a national college for
young women. The sultan has granted a site
for the buildings at Foon6ookli, and the scope
of the college will shortly be discussed in par
lament. The American college for girls in
Constantinople has for years been doing ad-
mirable work. and the number of Turkish girls
attending 1t has greatly increased since the
coming in of the new political regime
Mrs James L. Case OF Chicago hopes to cross
the Atlantic in a balloon with her husband.
The start will be made October l in New York
city, and Mr.. and Mrs. Case expect to cross
the Atlantic IN six days. Mr.. Case won an in
ternational race last July in Chicago.
Miss Kate Gordon of New Orleans, as presi-
dent of the Juvenile court circle, is leading a
movement to establish state industrial school
providing manual training for boys and girls.
She proposes tax of 70 cents on every $1,000
to gay the expenses, The women taxpayers of
louisiana, who have right to vote on all
questions relating to taxation, have pretty gen.
orally let 1t be known that they are willing to
pay their share to establish the school.
Miss Charlotte Mansfield is an African trav-
eIer who will make her way from the Cape to
Cairo but she is not the first woman who has
explored Africa. Among others are Lady
Baker. Miss H. M. Kingsley. Mrs. Jane Moir.
Miss Flora Wilson, daughter of ex-Secretary
OF Agriculture James Wilson, who has been
studying In France for four years. is soon to
make her appearance in this country in grand
orera. She is to give concert on April IA.
Addressing the Forum club In San Francisco,
DR.. Annie G. Lyle told the members that of
all the professions medicine is the most essen
TALLY feminine. She said that for centuries
women did al the medical work. asserting that
10 per cent of the physicians of San Francisco
are women