The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-03-11
Who's Who Among Women Members Of Democratic
 Executive Committee

director of the Y. W. c. A. and vice. president of the Woman's Welfare League of St. Paul.
 Mrs. John K. Ottley is a Missisip- plan by birth. Her husband, who is president of the Fourth National Bank of Atlanta, is associated with her in many philanthropic activities, and their home, Joyeuse, in Peaehtree road, Atlanta, is the center of social interests. Mrs. Ottley is director in the Georgia Federation of Women's Clubs, and has been prominent in the ratification movement among the suffrag gists of her State. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. As as sociate committee woman of the Democratic National Committee she has been untiring in her work. Her appointment to the executive com mittee will give her a chance to ex- tend her usefulness to the Demo- cratic party.
 Miss Elizabeth Marbury is the daughter of one of the original mem bers of Tammany Hall, who was an associate of John Rigelow, Samuel Tilden and Abram S, Hewitt in the days when women had no interest Ill | and has been long established as a most successful authors representa- tive. She has been twice decorated by the French Government for serv- ices rendered French authors. She has been a contributor to many maga- zines and produced a number of plays.
 From the day the United States en- tered the war, Miss Marbury devoted herself to the welfare of our soldiers, sailors and marines. In June, 1919, she was designated by Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, to carry abroad to American soldiers the story of the farm movement and to point out to the men in the service that millions of unclaimed acres re- main within the boundaries of their own country. Under the auspices of the Knights of Columbus and direct ed by General Pershing, Admiral Long and General Allen, she travelled 450O miles. Miss Marbury is a speak CT of convincing power and has great executive ability.
 Mrs. Beverley B. Munford, who is a resident of Richmond, Va, has been interested in many movements that mean progress for women, and she devoted herself to the effort to secure the admission Of women to the State University at Charlottesville She attended every session of the Vir- ginia legislature for ten years, and re- gently has been relieved from her long task by the fact that the uni versity board passed resolution giv- ing women the coveted entrance priv ilege next autumn Mrs. Munford is a trustee of Sweetbriar College and of Fish University. During the war she was a member of the War Work Council of the Y. w. c. A. Mrs. Overton G. Ellis was born and l reared in Kansas City and has been a resident of the State of Washington for a number of years. She is the l wife of Overton G. Ellis, associate l judge of the State Supreme Court, t. whom she was marrier shortly after ! he went west from Missouri. Theil
 home in Olympia focuses many in | terests, for both judge and Mrs Ell: have been connected with the prin, l cipal public movements of theil l State. Since women have had the l franchise in Washington Mrs Eli.
 has accepted all the responsibilities ot l citizenship and has been prominen in the Democratic party
 1 Miss Caroline Ruutz-ReeS is ar l educator of most progressive views, z 1 writer, speaker and thinker of grea 1 independence. She was born in Eng land, but educated principally in the l Uited States. She chose teaching a: l a profession, and after number O years as an instructor obtained col l lege degrees from St, Andrews, Scot | land; from the Ecoles des Hautes, il 1 France, and from Columbia Univer 1 sity. She has published a study O | the French renaissance and is an oc l casional contributor to reviews ant journals. She is the founder O
 Rosemary Hall, famous school fo 1 girls in Greenwich, Conn. Miss Ruutz
 Rees has served on the board of tn
 National Woman Suffrage Association
 and was a delegate to the Interna
 tional Suffrage Convention at Buda 1 pest in 1911. During the war she wa | chairman of the Connecticut branc1
 of the Woman's Committed Counc
 Of National Defense. She is asso
 ciate committeewoman of the Demo cratic National Committee and nov ] enjoys the added honor of a place O.
 the executive committee.