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Reed, Emilie Mckim

was born May 10, 1840, in Baltimore, Md. She represented Maryland in the Woman's Pavilion in the Centennial exposition of 1876; was a member of the board of lady managers at the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago; and was appointed by the governor of Maryland as chairman of the woman's committee for Maryland for the Atlanta exposition. For seventeen years she has been president of the Baltimore Decorative Art society; and secretary and vice-president respectively of the National and Maryland Society of Colonial Dames of America.

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