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Cleveland, Cynthia Eloise

lawyer, lecturer, was born Aug. 13, 1845, in Canton, N. Y. She received her education in the public schools, and at the Medina academy. She has been eminently successful as a lawyer, lecturer and writer; was vice-president of the Woman's National Temperance union, and director of the American Author's guild.

She lectured in 1884 on the public platform in behalf of Grover Cleveland. She is the only woman ever appointed to classified service from civil service register upon the law examination. She now is auditing money order accounts in Washington, D. C. She is the author of a political novel entitled See Saw, or Civil Service in the Departments; and Is It Fate? a