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The Blue Book of Iowa Women A History of Contemporary WomenCompiled by Winona Evans Reeves, 1914. |
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MRS. JOHN ALEXANDER BERRYJennie Iowa Peet, born Feby. 5, 1866, in Fairview, Ia.,
is the daughter of Wilbur Riley and Sarah Ellen Gillilan Peet, both of
Revolutionary descent. Her mother was a native of West Virginia
and her father was born in Iowa territory. She was educated in the
public schools and in the Epworth Seminary. For seven years after
graduating she taught in the public schools. On July 7, 1887, at
Troy Mills she was married to John Alexander Berry. She is a
member of the Presbyterian church and of the Home Missionary and the
Chapel Society connected with it. Mrs. Berry is one of the leading
patriotic women of this state. She has held almost every local
office and state office in Woman's Relief Corps which is an auxiliary to
the Grand Army of the Republic. She has served this organization
as the National President in 1909-1910. When we remember that the
organization has a membership of 167,000 we appreciate the honor which
was given Mrs. Berry. She is now a member of the committee on
revision of national law and is president of "The Past
Department President's Association." She is regent of Ashley
Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. She was for three
years president of the Cedar Rapids Woman's Club and has been chairman
of several of its departments. She has served the Iowa Federation
of Women's Clubs as corresponding secretary and has been chairman of
several state committees. She was a prominent factor in securing
the passage of a law for the appointment of a woman factory inspector to
better labor conditions. She has contributed many articles to
patriotic publications and has done a great deal to promote patriotic
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