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Mrs. James
Heiner Semple Came to Colorado in 1881. Her father was a distinguished attorney and one of the largest individual land owners of Louisiana, and represented that state at the Paris Exposition. A Daughter of the Confederacy, being a kinswoman of the late President Jefferson Davis. A descendant of the House of Stuart, and closely related to Baroness von Stocki of Berlin. Alumna of Wolfe Hall. "My Dear mother"-J.A. Semple. |
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Miss
Victoria Eugenia Semple A daughter of the Confederacy, related to ex-President James Buchanan. Miss Semple is a descendant of Colonial and Revolutionary ancestry; an extensive traveler; a member, since its reorganization, of St. Margaret's Guild. St. Mark's Episcopal Church; was educated in the schools of Denver; sister of the compiler of this volume. |
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Mrs. John F.
Shafroth One of the most popular of Colorado's many brilliant and accomplished women. The wife of one of Colorado's most prominent citizens, who has represented the state as Governor and as United States Senator. A woman of distinctive charm and graciousness, who is sought after in both social and club life. A member of the Round Table, Mittwoch, and Monday Literary Clubs. An ideal mother and is justly proud of her fine sons. |
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Miss Hattie
Louise Sims Received her musical education from Madame Viardot-Garcia in Paris, and the great Maestro Lamperti in Italy. She was soloist for the Worcester Music Festivals, the Handel and Hayden, Boston Symphony, and also for the Philharmonic, Oratorio, and other New York societies. In Denver, she was prominently known as conductor of the Tuesday Musical Club, and is the leading teacher of singing in this city. |
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Mrs. Eben Smith Came to Colorado in 1860. With her husband she crossed the plains nine times before the railroad was built. They resided many years in central City, Boulder and Leadville, where Mr. Smith engaged in mining. Eighteen years ago she came to Denver and engaged in charitable work: The Old Ladies' Home, Children's Hospital, Home for the Aged Poor, and private charities. Died December 26, 1909. |
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Mrs. Louie F.
Spratlen A beautiful matron, of whom Colorado is proud. Posed as Queen Louise of Prussia after the famous portrait by Grassi that hangs in the Hohenzollern Museum of Berlin. She is called the most beautiful woman in Colorado. A woman of the rarest tact and grace of manner, as well as the possessor of wonderful loveliness. She suggests the famous Circassian beauties in her melting, dark eyes, her vivid coloring, and her hair of purple-black shadows. |
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Ellen Terry Strong By her faith, loyalty and self-denial, she assisted her father to success in the famous "Sunnyside" Mines. Business men have recognized her as an equal and she is often spoken of as a "born financier." While she makes Denver her home, her heart is in the mountains. |
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Mrs. Henry M.
Teller Mrs. Teller went as a bride to Central City in 1862. In 1876 she accompanied her husband, ex-Senator Teller, to Washington where she spent most of the time until his retirement. Active in several charities, she was especially interested in the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist church. |
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Mrs. Joseph
Addison Thatcher Mrs. Thatcher came from St. Louis to Central City, Colorado, in 1865, and was married the same year to Joseph A. Thatcher, now one of Denver's most prominent bankers. She was a charter member of Woman's Club, and St. Luke's Hospital Board. on Board of Young Woman's Christian Association, and West Central Territorial Committee. |
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Mrs. J.F. Vaile As Miss Anna Louise Wolcott she has been, for many years, one of the prominent educators of the state. Founded, and has since conducted, the Miss Wolcott School for Girls in Denver. A Regent of the State University since 1910; she is also one of the Board of Managers of the American School of Archaeology, at Santa Fe, New Mexico. In January, 1913, she married Mr. Joel F. Vaile. |
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Frances Belford
Wayne A native of Colorado, who has been a special newspaper writer for eight years. Her girlhood was spent in Washington, while her father was Congressman. For a year she was Dramatic Critic for the "Chicago Examiner" and is at present a writer for the "Kansas City Post" and "Denver Post." She is a member of the Woman's Press Club. |
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Mrs.
Julia Von Der Lieth Welles Widely known for benevolence. A member of First Charter Convention City and County Denver. A charter member of the Woman's Club, and her plans, for raising the money on bonds to build the Woman's club House, were accepted. Organized the Young Ladies' Clio Club. Valued member of Denver Woman's Press Club and President of Colorado Traveling Library Commission at time of death. |
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Mrs. Frank B.
Whipple A prominent member of the social life of this city. Daughter of James Archer, President of the Denver Gas Company and the Denver Water Company until his death, in 1882. Mrs. Whipple is on the Board of Directors of the Young Women's Christian Association and the St. Luke's Hospital and is the President of the Denver Dumb Friends' League. |
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Mrs. James Day
Whitmore President of the Woman's Club, 1899-1904, and the Colorado Federation of Women's Clubs, 1906-08. Seven years Chairman of the Philanthropic Committee of the Woman's Club. Vice-Chairman, in 1912, of the Republican State Central Committee, and Director of the Woman's Bureau of the Republican National Committee for Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho, and Utah, in 1912. Member of the D.A.R., Colonial Dames, and Mayflower Descendants. |
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Ella S. Williams Resident of Colorado since 1884 and a leading factor in establishing its most important lines of philanthropic work. Has been President of the Old Ladies' Home, Children's Hospital, and of the State Board of Charities and Corrections. Founder and life President of the Jacob Downing Home for the Aged. Through her efforts the State home for Mental Defectives was established. Member Colorado Chapter, D.A.R., and Mayflower Society. |
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Mrs. Harry M.
Williamson Belongs to one of the older Denver families. Daughter of Dr. and Mrs. J.B. Cory, sister to Mrs. E.P. Costigan and Mrs. J.B. Stott. Mrs. Williamson is prominent socially and in church circles. An enthusiastic member of the Mothers' Congress, to which she rightfully belongs, because her chief interest and pleasure is in her home and in her family of beautiful children. |
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Helen Marsh Wixson Best known through her excellent achievement as State Superintendent of Public Instruction, and in the Woman's Club of which she was a charter member. Mrs. Wixson has been actively engaged in philanthropic, educational, and literary work for many years, and is widely and favorably known as a newspaper and magazine writer. She was for five years the President of the Denver Woman's Press Club. |