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Adams, Mrs. Mary Newbury

the wife of the late Judge Austin Adams, of Dubuque, Iowa, was born Oct. 17, 1837, in Peru, Ind. In 1868 she was urged to speak before a class of girls graduating from the Lombard university of Galesburg, Ill.; and since that time her life has been devoted to the advancement of women. She has been vice-president of the Iowa Suffrage association; trustee of the Humboldt college, Iowa; vice-president of the association for Advancement of Women for nearly a quarter of a century; and has lectured extensively before women graduates.