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The Blue Book of Iowa Women A History of Contemporary Women

Compiled by Winona Evans Reeves, 1914.

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MRS. GEORGE MARTIN KERNS

Mrs. Leona Gertrude Kerns was born in Towanda, Ill., in 1878, the daughter of John A. Miller and Alice Salina Chaney.  She was educated in the Illinois Wesleyan University B. S., a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority.  On April 23, 1906, at Bloomington, Ill., she was married to George M. Kerns, an architect of Ottumwa, which city is their home.  She is prominent in society and in club life.  She is a member of Art Club, Tourist Club and Fortnightly Club.  She has served the Art Club as president and has been secretary of the other two.  She is a member of the Play Ground Association and of two social clubs.  She is a member of the Presbyterian church and believes in Equal Suffrage.
 

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