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��EVEKITT, Ella B., 1807 Spruce St., Philadel- phia. Pa,

Physician and surgeon; b. Danville, Pa.; dau. John and Eliza (Girton) Everitt; grad. Wilson Coll., A.B. '88, A.M. '91; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., '91. Resident physician, Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1891-92; sup't Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minn., 1892-93. Ass't physician, St. Peter State Hospital, St. Peter, Minn., 1893-96; chief resident physician. Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1897-1902. Professor of gynecology. Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., 1902-1. Consulting gynecologist to Bryn Mawr Coll.; attending gynecologist to the Woman's Coll. Hospital, Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia General Hospital. Interested in Christian edu- cation of women, advanced Bible study and teaching, mission work. Against woman suf- frage. Presbyterian. Mem. County Med. Soc, State Med. Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, fellow of Am. Acad, of Medicine. Recreations: Camping, read- ing, music. Mem. College Club of Philadelphia. EVERS, Helen Margaret, 11507 Mayfleld Road,

Cleveland, Ohio.

College instructor; grad. Washington Univ., St. Louis, A.B. '99; Univ. of Missouri, A.M. '02; fellow in Romance Languages, Univ. of Mo., 1902-03; fellow In Romance Languages, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1903-05, Ph.D. '05. Teacher of French in Gleim School, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1905-07; acting instructor 1905-06 and instructor in Romance Languages 1907-09, Univ. of Mo. ; instructor in Internat. Inst, for Girls, Madrid, Spain, 1909-10; instructor in Romance Languages, Coll. for Women of Western Reserve Univ., since 1910. Author: Critical Edition of the Disoours de la Vis de Pierre de Ronsard, par Claude Binet, 1905. EVVALD, Martha Robinson (Mrs. D. E. Ewald),

1211 Av. N, Brooklyn, N.T.

Dentist; b. Cleveland, O.; dau. Jere Em«rson and Mary Josephine (Carpenter) Robinson; grad. Univ. of Mich., D.D.S. '88; m. Cleveland, O., Sept., 1892, D. E. Ewald; one daughter: Harriot Robinson Ewald. Engaged in practice of den- tistry from graduation. EWART. Mary Kirkpatrick (Mrs. Frederick C.

Ewart), 403 Quaker Road, Edgeworth, Pa.

Born Allegheny, Pa., June 10, 1865; dau. John and Elizabeth (Jackson) Kirkpatrick; ed. public school. Allegheny; Allegheny Collegiate Inst.; m. Pittsburgh, Mar. 8, 1894, Frederick C. Ewart. Mem. Sewickley Valley Hospital Ass'n, Woman's Work Soc. of the First Presbyterian Church. Clubs: Allegheny Country (Edgeworth), Wo- man's of Sewickley Valley. Recreation: Golf. Presbyterian. EWING. Addle B. (Mrs. S. M. Ewlng), Bankel-

man, i"eb.

Born Xenia, 111., April 8, 1869; dau. Johnston and Louisa J. (Parks) Hamilton; ed. public schools; m. Mar. 8, 1888, S. M. Ewlng of Parks, Neb.; children: May B., Levine L., Henry J., Ida L., Hattie C, Annie Marie, Sammy, Merle, Florence, Gladys. Taught school two years in Neb. Interested in religious work. Mem. of the Order of the Eastern Star, Benkelman, Neb. Was pres. of Woman's Club at Parks, Neb. United Pre.sbyterian. Against woman suffrage. EWING, Amanda Woods (Mrs. G. C. Ewlng),

Enfield, Mass.

Born Enfield, Mass., Aug. 2, 1850; dau. Rufus D. and Isabella (Smith) Woods; grad Vassar Coll., A.B. '70; m. Enfield, Mass., April 20, 1882, George Clinton Ewlng; children: Katherlne, Rufus Dodd Woods, Marjorie. Organist and trustee of church, branch officer Hampshire Co. Missionary Soc. Mem. Mercy Warren Chapter D.A.R., Nat. Geographic Soc. Mem. Quabbln Club, Springfield College Club. Congregation- alist. Against woman suffrage. EWING, Margaret Wylie (Mrs. Edwin C.

Ewlng), Leatherwood, Wheeling, W.Va.

Writer; b. Wheeling, W.Va.; ed. in schools of Wheeling, W.Va., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '75; m. 1885, Edwin C. E>wing; three sons. Editor of church paper for six years; contributor of ar- ticles to various newspapers. Chairman of Press Com., W.Va. Fed. of Women's Clubs.

��EXALL, May Dickson (Mrs. Henry Exall), 1916

Ross Av., Dallas, Tex.

Born McKlnney, Tex., Aug. 14, 1859; dau. Joseph J. and Sarah (Epperson) Dickson; ed. Vassar Coll., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. ; m. Dallas, Tex., Nov. 9, 1887, Henry Exall; one son: Henry, Was active in organizing and establishing the Dallas Public Library (pres. Board of Trustees for nine years, now mem.); active In organizing and establishing a free public art gallery in Dallas. Interested In Y.W.C.A., Old Ladles' Home and other charities. Favors woman suf- frage. Presbyterian. Recreation: Auto riding. Pre«. Dallas Shakespeare Club since its organiza- tion in 1886; also interested In Drama League moveonent.

ETSTEB, Penelope Anna Blessing (Mrs. David A. S. Eyster), 2618 Hlllegass Av.. Berkeley, Cal. Author, journalist; b. Frederick, Me.; dau. Abraham and Mary M. (Ent) Blessing; ed. Bar- ley wood Sem., Md., and by private tutors; m. David A. S. Eyster of Harrisburg, Pa. ; children : Mary A. (now Mrs. Scott Elder), and Charles. Teacher of music, rhetoric and belles lettres. In various seminaries for several years. State lec- turer upon scientific temperance in colleges and public schools of Cal. Works among the Chinese. European traveler. Mem. various philanthropic societies. Former treas. Political Equality Club of Berkeley, Cal. Author: Sunny Hours; Chin- capin Charlie; On the Wing; Tom Harding and His Friends; A Colonial Boy; A Chinese Quaker; A Noted Mother and Daughter; Biography of Eliza Fryor; contributor to Harper's Magazine and others. Editor the Pacific Ensign. Lutheran (Evangelical). Republican. Mem. Cal. Club, hon. pres. Pacific Coast Woman's Press Ass'n, Twen- tieth Century Club, Berkeley W.C.T.U. Assisted in the purchase of Mt. Vernon (Washington's home) for the U.S.; was an officer of Great Sani- tary Commission during Civil War. Removed from Harrisburg, Pa., to San Francisco in 1876, and became prominent in its social and literary life. Pen name, "Nellie Blessing Eyster." Fa- vors woman suffrage.

��FABYAN, Eleanor McCormick (Mrs. Marshall Fabyan), 381 Commonwealth Av., Boston,

Bom Chicago, 111., Nov. 7, 1882; dau. William G. and Eleanor (Brooks) McCormick; ed. Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore; Bryn Mawr Coll., '04; m. Baltimore, June 3, 1908, Dr. Marshall Fabyan; one son: Marshall Jr., b. Nov. 15, I&IL.

FAELTEN, Marie Dewlngr (Mrs. Relnhold Fael- ten), 30 Huntington Av., Boston, Mass. Musician; b. San Francisco, Cal., April 26, 1870; dau. Charles Shumway Dewing, D.D., and Louisiana (Collins) Dewing; ed. public schools of Union, N.Y.; Tuscarora Acad. In Pa.; New Eng- land Conservatory of Music, grad. 1890; m. Bos- ton, Mass., 1896, Relnhold Faelten. Teacher of piano in Nerw England Conservatory, 1890-1897; sup't of Normal Dep't in New England Conserva- tory; associate founder with Mr. Carl and Mr. Relnhold Faelten Pianoforte School in Boston in 1897; still In active work In the school. Inter- ested In all matters of art and treasures of an- tiquity. Mem. Second Soc. of Unlversallsts of Boston. Clubs: Professional Woman's, Mac- Dowell. Recreations: Collecting antiques, Egyp- tian and Colonial antique furniture. Univer- sallst. Against woman suffrage.

FAHNESTOCK, Edith, Vassar College, Pough- keepsie, N.Y.

College instructor; grad. Western Reserve Univ., B.L. '94; student Univ. of Zilrich and Sorbonne, Paris, 1894-96; Mistress of Modern Languages, Miss. Industrial Inst, and- Coll., Co- lumbus, Miss., 1898-1901 and 1902-05; graduate scholar and fellow by courtesy In Romance languages, Bryn Mawr, 1901-02, and graduate scholar, 1906-07. Instructor In Romance lan- guages, Mt. Holyoke Coll., 1907-08; Vassar Coll., since 1908.

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��FAIRBANKS, Charlotte, St. Johnsbury, Vt.

Physician; b. St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '94; Yale Univ., Ph.D. '96; fellow in chemistry, Bryn Mawr, 1896-97; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D. '02. Instructor in chemistry, Wellesley Coll., 1897-99; physician, Philadelphia, 1902-08; St. Johnsbury, Vt., since 1908. FAIRBANKS, Cornelia Cole (Mrs. Charles War- ren Fairbanks), Indianapolis, Ind. Born Marysvllle, Ohio; dau. Judge P. B. Cole; grad. Ohio Wesleyan Univ., A.B. '72; m. Marys- vllle, Ohio, 1874, Charles Warren Fairbanks (U.S. Senator from Ind., 1897-1905; Vice-Pres. of the United States, 1905-09). Methodist. Mem. Nat Soc. D.A.R., of which was president-general, 1901-05: has been active in federated club move- ment and Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs; also in the promotion of the Junior Republic movement. FAIRBANKS, Rebecca Pike (Mrs. William P. Fairbanks), St. Johnsbury, Vt. Born Waterford, Vt., Nov. 8, 1841; dau. Dennl- son and Huldah (Johnson) Pike; ed. St. Johns- bury (Vt.) Aoad., with honors; m. St. Johns- bury Vt, Apr. 18, 1861, William P. Fairbanks; (died Dec. 15, 1895); children: Almira Taylor, b. 1865 (died July 26, 1903), Mabel, b. 1871; Joseph, b. 1881. Treas. eleven years and pres. nine years Woman's Home Missionary Union of Vt. ; pres. Brightlook Hospital Aid Ass'n. Mem, and former pres. St. Johnsbury Woman's Club and officer Woman's Interdenominational Home Mis- sionary Council. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R. ; actively interested in Vt State Fed. of Women's Clubs and also in General Fed. of Women's Clubs.

FAJRBBOOK, Iva Valeria Smith (Mrs. Joseph Henry Fairbrook), 1859 Chautauqua Boule- vard, University Park, Portland, Ore. Born Massachusetts; grad. 'Smith Coll., B.A. '95; m. May 2, 1908, Joseph Henry Fairbrook; one son: Warren Seelye, b. Dec. 19, 1909. Teacher, Marblehead (Mass.) High School, 1896; Milhury (Mass.) High School, 1896-98; private teacher (piano), Worcester, Mass., 1899-1908. FAIRBROTHER, Mary Lamkin Hatchett (Mrs. Al Fairbrother), Davis St., Greensboro, N.C. Newspaper writer; b. Lunenberg, Va. ; dau. Dr. R. J. H. and Sarah (Wilson) Hatchett; ed. Mechlenburg (Va.) Female Coll.; m. Henderson, N.C, Nov. 5, 1889, Al Fairbrother. Edited and pu'blishid the Southern Woman in Henderson, N.C, in 1S86. Interested in civic and social serv- ice. Episcopalian. Pres. Woman's Club of Greensboro, N.C. (departmental club). FAIRCHILD, Alice Bidwell (Mrs. George Har- vey Fairchild). 400 Duboce Av., San Fran- cisco, Cal.

Born Greenville, Cal.; dau. Henry Codman Bidwell (prominent mining man and pioneer of San Francisco and N.Y.) and Julia Shaw (Poole) Bidwell; ed. Field's Sem. and Snell's Sem., Oakland, Cal.; m. San Francisco, Aug. 19, i890, George Harvey Fairchild; children: HoUis Bid- well, George Harvey Jr. Mem. Recreation League, interested in City Beautiful movement, public playgrounds, juvenile courts. Congrega- tionalist. Non-partisan voter. Associate mem. State of Maine Soc. in Cal. Pres. San Francisco Colony of New England Women; mem. Corona Club (San Francisco). Favors woman suffrage. FAIRCHILD, (Mary) Salome Cutler (Mrs. Mil- ton Fairchild), 507 N. Charles St., Baltimore, Md.

Library lecturer; b. Dalton, Mass., June 21, 1855; dau. Artemas Hubbard and Lydia (Wake- field) Cutler; ed. Mt Holyoke Sem. '75, Univ. SUte of N.Y., B.L.S. '91; m. Troy, N.Y., July 1, 1897, Milton Fairchild, lecturer and author. Cata- loguer Columbia Coll. Library, and instructor in Columbia Coll. Library School, 1884-89; vice-direc- tor N.Y. State Library School, 1889-1905. Lecturer on Selection of Books and American Libraries since 1905. Was chairman of the com. in charge of the library exhibit of the World's Columbian Exposition (Chicago, 1893), and identified with the issuance of the A.L.A. Library catalogue. Au- thor: Children's Home Libraries, 1894; Scientific Study of Philanthropy, 1894; Function of the Library, 1901. Contributor to library journals.

��Am. Library Ass'n (vice-pres. 1894-95 and 1900-01; mem. Council 1892-98 and 1909 — ; Bibliographical Soc. of America, N.Y. State Library Ass'n. FAIRCHILD, NelUe Rebecca, 175 Governor St.,

Providence, R.I.

Born South Hadley Falls, Mass., Jan. 8, 1875; dau. Arthur Whittlesey and Ella M. (Hone) Fairchild; ed. Miss Wheeler's School, Provi- dence; Smith Coll., B.L. '98; graduate at Brown Univ. Interested in work for working girls; pres. of a Providence club; director in Nat. League of Women Workers; treas. R.I. Ass'n of Working Woman's Club. Congregationalist Mem. Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, and Smith Alum- nse Ass'n.

FAIRFIELD, Fanny Thompson Wagmer (Mrs.

Prank M. Fairfield), 10422 Lcmgwood Av.,

Chicago, 111.

Born Illinois; grad. Rockford Coll., B.A. 1900; m. Frank M. Fairfield (lawyer) ; one son. Mem. Bethany Union Church (Sunday-school teacher). Mem. Rockford Coll. Ass'n of Chicago (has been sec.). Mem. Morgan Park Woman's Club, Round Table Club (for child study).

FAISSLER, Jane Byers (Mrs. John Faissler),

608 Somonauk St., Sycamore, 111.

Born South Grove, DeKalb County, 111., 1871; dau. William M. and Jane (Adee) Byers; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.A. '96; children: Margareta Agata, Jane Frances, John Jacob, William Byers. Mem. Congregational Church. Mem. Athena Library Ass'n, Sycamore Woman's Club.

FALCONBRIDGE, Elizabeth Porter (Mrs. John Delatre Falconbridge), 22 Chestnut Park, To- ronto, Can.

Born N.Y. City, Mar. 8, 1879; dau. Rev. Samuel Munce and Eimily Augnista (Porter) Hamilton; ed. Mrs. Semple's Collegiate School, Louisville, Ky. ; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1896-98; m. Englewood, N.J., Apr. 27, 1905, John Delatre Falconbridge, M.A., LL.B.; one daughter: Emily Porter (deceased). Mem. Board of Y.W.C.A., mem. Y.W.C.A. Cafa- teria Com.; asso. of Georgina House (boarding home for business women) and representative of Georgina House on the Woman's Council; Inter- ested in work for women prisoners; mem. Pierian Literary Club. Presbyterian. Recreations: Canoeing, reading.

FALCONBRIDGE, Lady, Mary Phoebe, SO Isa- bella St., Toronto, Can.

Born Canada, May 2, 1850; dau. Hon. Robert Baldwin and Emily Louisa (Delatre) Sullivan; ed. Villa Maria, Montreal; m. April 15, 1873, Hon. Sir Glenholme Falconbridge (chief justice of the King's Bench); children: Madeleine St. George (m. Arthur Whyte Anglin), John Delatre, E^v•elyn M. (m. Vincejit J. Hughes, died 1909), Emilia (m. Robert Cassels), AdSle (m. Cawthra Mulock), Aimee (m. Major D. D. Young). In- terested In general philanthropic and charitable work. Against woman suffrage. Catholic. Hon. pres. St. Elizabeth Nursing Soc. Recreation: Music. Hon. pres. Toronto Ladies' Club, 1911. FALK, Elisabeth Vogrel (Mrs. Otto Herbert Falk), 426 Terrace Av., Milwaukee, Wis. Born Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 7, 1878; dau. Frederick Vogel, Jr., and Louise (Pfister) Vog^; ed. German-English Acad., Milwaukee; Dana Hall, Wellesley, Mass.; Wellesley Coll., B.A. 1900 (mem. Phi Sigma); m. Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 10, 1901, Otto Herbert Falk; children: Elisabeth Louise, Otto Herbert Jr. Board mem. of Mil- waukee Mission Kindergarten and Neighborhood Ass'n; mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. FALLOWS, Alice Katharine, care Edward H. Fallows, 30 Church St, N.Y. City. Author; b. Milwaukee, Wis.; dau. Rt. Rev. Samuel Fallows, D.D. (bishop Reformed Epis- copal Church), and Lucy Bithia (Huntington) Fallows; ed. (jhicago public and private schools; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '97 (mem. Alpha). Ass't to father in psycho-therapeutic church work, 1908; investigated psycho-therapeutic work in London and on the Continent, 1909-10. Author: The Point of View; Hygiene in Every Day Living; A Talk in Relaxation; contributor of prose and verse to Scribner's, Century, Harper's Bazar, Good Housekeeping, The Outlook, St

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��Nicholas, Youth's Companion, et<. Reformed Eptocopallan. Mem. Women's Univ. Club, Pen and Brush Club (N.Y. City). P'ANE, Fnusces Gordon — see Hanley, Frances

Gordon Fane). FAJTNrNG, Clara Elizabeth, 1107 Harmon Place, Minneapolis, Minn.

Editor; b. Manchester, N.H., Oct. 11, 1878; dau. John Thomas and Louise (Bensley) Fan- ning; ed. Central High School, Minneapolis, and Univ. of Minn., B.S. '01, M.A. '03 (mem. Kappa Alpha Thet»). Editor of Book Review Digest, 1905- . Editor of Kappa Alpha Theta, 1905-07. Editor and compiler: S€lected Articles on the Enlargement of the United States Navy; Selected Articles on Direct Primaries; Selected Articles on the Election of United States Senators; Se- lected Articles on Capital Punishment; Selected Articles on Conservation of Natural Resources. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnas, College Wo- man's Club, Minneapolis.

FANTON, Mary Annable, 142 E. Eighteenth St.; office, 6 E. Thirty-ninth St., N.Y. City. Editor; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 1, 1871; dau. W. H. and Isabel Agnes (Annable) Fanton; ed. Albany Female Acad. Special writer for the Sun, Her- ald, Tribune, Journal and on editorial staff of the Demorest Magazine, New Idea Woman's Maga- zine, Twentieth Century Home. Editor of the Woman's Home Companion; now managing editor of The Craftsman. Mem. Pen and Brush Club, MacDowell Club.

FARLEY, Grace Colvin (Mrs. Robert Emmet Farley), Hickory Hall, White Plains, N.Y. Born Elizabeth, N.J., Aug. 24, 1873; dau. Will- iam S. and Mary E. (Sentell) Colvin; ed. Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N.Y. ; m. Brooklyn, Dec. 1, 1897; Robert Emmet Farley; children: Colvin, b. 1S99; Theodore Sherman, b. 1902; Helen Eliza- beth, b. 1903. Mem. White Plains Presbyterian Church and Woman's Soc. Mem. White Plains Nursing Ass'n, Women's Auxiliary to White Plains Y.M.C.A.; for many years manager White Plains Hospital. Mem. New Century Club of White Plains, Mahopac Golf Club, Country Ten- nis Club of Westchester, N.Y. Recreations: Golf, tennis. Favors woman sufirage; mem. White Plains Woman Suffrage Ass'n. FAKMER, Lueile Merriman (Mrs. F. Malcolm Farmer), Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. Born New Haven, Conn. ; dau. Mansfield and Wanda (Kubale) Merriman; ed. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B.; graduate studies in Bryn Mawr and Colum- bia Univ. ; m. South Bethlehem, Pa., June 6, 1906, F. Malcolm Farmer (electrical engineer); one son: Allison, b. Mar. 29, 1909. Favors woman suffrage.

FARMER, Ruth Paul Capen (Mrs. Walter Harms Farmer), Washburn, Minn. Dramatic reader; b. Tufts College, Mass., May 19, 1870; dau. Elmer Hewitt and Mary Leavitt (Edwards) Capen; ed. Somerville (Mass.) public schools; Ijatin High School, Somerville, Mass.; Tufts Coll., A.B. '02 (received second prize In Goddard prize readings, 1900, and first prize in 1901 and 19021; studies for public speaking under Mr. Thomas Whittemore of Tufts Coll., 1902-05; mem. Alpha Omicron Pi (grad. pres. 1911-13); m. Winchester, Mass., Oct. 1, 1906, Walter Harms Farmer; one son: Elmer Capen, b. Jan. 24, 1908. Professionally engaged in general read- ing work before clutos, principally in the East, with occasional concert work. Played part of Fortune in Thomas Decker's lUa Fortunatus, given by the English dep't at Tufts Coll., June, 190G. Interested In civic improvement work, In the crusade against the White Slave traffic and in the work of the various dramatic leagues. Against woman suffrage. Universalist. Mem. Matthew Thornton Chapter D.A.R., Tufts Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Boston Alumnae of Alpha Omicron PI. Recreations: Amateur dramatics and general theatre-going, occasional golf, boat- ing, bridge. Former mem. Cornovla and Hep- torean Clubs of Somerville, Mass., and Criterion Club of Boston; mem. Nashaway Women's Club of Nashua, N.H., and College (5lub, Boston. FARNHAM, Coralyn Thompson (Mrs. LeRoy Dwlght Famham), Blngrhamton, N.Y. Born Catharine, N.Y.; dau. Jerome and Sarah

��M. (McCarty) Thompson; ed. Blralra Coll.;

Mme. Mears' School, N.Y. City; m. Candor, N.Y., Nov. 7, 1878, LeRoy Dwight Farnham; one son: Dwight Thompson. Regent of Tuscarora Chapter D.A.R. ; pres. Binghamton Colony of New Eng- land Women; pres. Monday Afternoon Club; director State Fed. Women's Clubs of N.Y. State; mem. Board of Managers Susquehanna Valley Home for Orphans, also Board of Managers of Home for Aged Women. Mem. Soc. of New England Women, D.A.R., Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Children and Animals, Civic Club, Monday Afternoon Club. Episcopalian. FARNHAM, Mary Frances, Pacific University, Forest Grove, Ore.

Teacher; b. South Bridgton, Me.; dau. Will- iam and Elizabeth (Fessenden) Farnham; grad. Mt. Holyoke Coll., '68; student Harvard Coll. Summer School, '96; Radcliffe Coll., 18^-96; Litt.D. Mt. Holyoke Coll. on 75th anniversary, 1912. Sup't Bridgton (Me.) schools, 1877-79; vice- principal Bloemhof School, (Jape of Good Hope, South Africa, lSSO-88; Forest Park Univ., St. Louis, Mo., 1891; Fryeburg Acad., 1892-95; dean of women and prof, of literature, Pacific Univ., Forest Grove, Ore., since 1S97. Interested in botany and bird study. Traveled in Europe, 1888, 1901. Vice-pres. Oregon Branch of Home and Foreign Missions (Congregational Church) ; trus- tee Scholarship Loan Fund, Oregon; director of Oregon Audubon Soc. Author: The Documen- tary History of Maine; The Farnham Papers (two volumes). Congregationalist. Progressive Republican. Mem. Multomah Chapter D.A.R. FARNSWORTH, Nellie Wing, State Normal, Valley City, N.Dak.

Director of domestic science; b. St. Paul, Minn. ; dau. George W. and Marion (Wing) Farnsworth; grad. State Normal, River Falls, Wis., '92; Stout Inst., Menomonie, Wis., 1905; had special education in music. Taught music in Madison, Wis., and Duluth (Minn.) Normal; later instructor in domestic science at Stout Inst. ; now director of domestic science. State Normal, Valley City, N.Dak. Has written arti- cles on home economics for publication. Congre- gationalist. Mem. Woman's Club, Music Club, Home Economic Ass'n. Has given many lec- tures on home economics and many demonstra- tions before women's clubs, farmers' Institutes and at Chautauqua.

FARR, Lucy Cheyney (Mrs. James M. Farr), 242 South Franklin St., Wllkes-Barre, Pa. Bom Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 19, 1871; d-au. Henry W. and Mary Catharine (Cheyney) Bartol; ed. Miss Case's and Miss Irwin's schools in Philadelphia; m. West Chester, Pa., Nov. 14, 1895, James M. Farr; children: Anne, James M. 3d, Jocelyn. Interested in church and hospital work. Presbyterian. Mem. Basket Soc, Sen- Night Club, Prout's Neck Country Club. Rec- reations: Tennis, golf, canoeing, swimming, walk- ing.

FARR, Virginia Whelen (Mrs. William W. Farr), Chestnut HIU, Philadelphia, Pa. Born Philadelphia, Oct. 19, 1879; dau. Kingston Goddard and Mary (Harbert) Whelen; ed. Phila- delphia private schools; m. April 23, 1902, William W. Farr, M.D.; children: John W., Mary W., Virginia F. Interested in music and patron of Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera. Against wo- man suffrage. Episcopalian. Recreations: Tennis, golf, walking, motoring. Mem. Philadelphia Cricket Club.

FARRABEE, Emma aiiller (Mrs. S. D. Farra- bee), 2402 N. Penn St., Indianapolis, Ind. Born Putnam Co., Ind.; dau. Humphrey D. and Harriet (Smith) Miller; ed. Nat. Normal Univ., Lebanon, O, and by private instructors in German, French and Spanish; m. Greencastle, Ind., S. D. Farrabee; one son, Belt D. Pres. Philomathean Club, which has pursued a care- fully arranged plan of study of Shakespeare's works for many years (pres. 13 years) ; State treas. D.R. since 1907; director of Indian- apolis Local Council of Women many years, vice-pres. three terms; mem. W.C.T.U. ; mem. Y.W.C.A. and Prasbyteriaxi Churoh. Favurs woman suffrage. Independeat Democrat. Mem. Philomathean Club, Lo>cal Council of Womaen.

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FARRAND, Florence Paul (Mrs. William How- School of Fine Arts, Washingttm Unlv St. ard Farrand), Washington, Conn. Louis, Mo.; m. Spencer, Mass., William Harlow Born Toronto, Can.; dau. E. R. and H. S. Farrington, 1884. Favors woman suffrage. For (Hickox) Paul; grad. Evanston (111.) High School 3 years, 1907-10, regular contributor to Keramic and went to private schools; m. Washington, Studio, a leading art journal. Unitarian. Rec- Conn., William Howard Farrand; children: reations: Music, painting, literature. Pres. Helen S., Clarence P., Burdette R. Mem. and North End Club (Chicago), 1911-13 (500 mem- former pres. Monday Club of Washington, a hers). Pres. Nat. League of Mineral Painters, literary federated club; Judea Chapter D.A.R., 1907-10. Mem. Municipal Art League of Chicago, Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. Against Woman's City Club, Political Equality League, woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Drama League of America.

FARRAND, Margaret K. Propert (Mrs. Livings- FARSON, Clara M. J. (Mrs. Robert Bruce Far- ton Farrand), Kanouse House, Boonton, N.J. son), St. Charles, 111.

Born Philadelphia, Jan., 1876; dau. William Born St. Charles, 111., 1851; dau. Stevens S.

and Margaret Propert (James) Carleton; ed. St. and Lovinia (Camp) James; ed. St. Charles,

Mary's School, N.Y., and Hanover, Germany; Normal School, Normal, 111.; private schools of

m. N.Y. City, Feb. 1, 1901, Livingston Farrand; Chicago, 111.; m. St. Charles, III., 1873, Robert

children: Margaret Propert, Louisa Wilson, John Bruce Farson; one son: Robert Bruce Farson

Farrand, Mary Dalton, Robert Kitchell. Chair- Jr., b. 1883. Interested in social and philan-

man of Women's Advisory Com., Board of Ed- thropic work. Pres. Fox River Political Equality

ucation of Boonton Public School; chairman League. First vice-pres. Civic League of St.

Visiting Nurse Co. Mem. Church of England. 'Charles; pres. Public Library Board of St.

Recreations: Horses, sailing, swimming, music. Charles. Mem. Chicago Women's Club, Every

FARRAR, Frances, East Av., Elmira, N.Y. Day Club, Chicago; Women's Club, St. Charles;

Miniature painter; b. Elmira, N.Y., 1855; dau. D.A.R. ; charter mem. Chicago Chapter and also

Charles S. Farrar (professor at Vassar and later of Ka.skaskia Chapter of Chicago; pres. 111. Fed.

"pres. Milwaukee Coll.) and Frances Ellen (Wor- of Women's Clubs and 111. sec. Gen. Fed. of

cester) Farrar; ed. Vassar Coll., and in art in Women's Clubs.

Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts and the Art Inst, of FASSETT, Bertha Chester (Mrs. James H. Fas- Chicago. Her father, to illustrate his teaching, sett), 14 Abbott St., Nashua, N.H. gathered a collection of lantern slides aggre- Bom North Hadley, Mass., June 2, 1871; dau. gating 24,000 non-duplicate views upon history Henry Erastus and Dora C. (Warner) Smith; and art. Upon his death she became owner and grad. Northampton High School, '89; Smith Coll., manager of these and adds this to her regular A.B. '93; studied in Paris, France; m. Nashua, professional work. Favors woman suffrage. N.H., June 23, 1897, James H. Fassett; one son: Congregationalist. Progressive. James Adams, b. June 3, 1904. Episcopalian. FARRAR, Geraldlne, 18 W. 74th St., N.Y. City. FAST, Ixjuisa Kimball, 115 N. Sandusky St.,

Grand opera singer; b. Melrose, Mass.; dau. Tiffin, Ohio.

Sidney D. and Henriette (Barnes) Farrar; ed. Librarian; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '98; stu-

Paris, Berlin and N.Y. City; decorated by King dent of French and German, Univ. of Heidelberg,

of Sweden and Emperor of Germany. At 19 Germany, 1895-99. Librarian of TlfiBn (Ohio)

made 13rst appearance. in grand opera at the Public Library since 1899. Mean. Am. Library

Royal Theatre, Berlin, Germany followed by Ass'n^ Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll.

-jngagements in Paris, Monte Carlo, Russia, Alumnee Ajss'n.

Sweden, N.Y. Metropolitan Opera House. Has ..^ATiTTi-xiTrT? /-■„ „«„„ aia:- ht„.u„„- *,, ,-.i,(

appeared in the most important prima donna ^tJeo^if*'' «^"Sene, 4746 Madison Av., Chl- soprano roles of grand opera with most distin- t«„„ A „..' „,.,•*„- ♦„-„ t„ii„ v m.. xn eiii^hpd success Protestant Teacher, writer, story teller b. Chicago, 111.. guisnea success, rrotestani. ^^ g^ ^^^,^ ^^^ Samuel and Cornelia B. FAItRAR, LUian K. N., 40 W. 96th St., N.Y. (Smith) Faulkner; ed. public school (eight City; summer home, Eltingville, L.l. grades), private school four years; grad. Ken- Physician; b. Newton, Mass.; dau. Jefferson wood Inst, then four years student at Chicago C. and Sarah Deane (Pond) Farrar; ed. Newton Kindergarten College. Was first storv-teller em- High School, Claverack Acad., Boston Univ., ployed by Board of Education in 1906, and went A.B. '96; Cornell Univ., A.M.; Med. Coll., M.D. fr^m school to school, and for five years has 1900. Interne N.Y. Infirmary; Post-Graduate told library stories at a branch station; now Univ. of Vienna; instructor in gynecology, N.Y. children's editor Chicago Sunday Tribune. Car- Post-Graduate Med. School and Hospital; chief j-iee on her work in the poorer districts of Chi- ef Gynecological Clinic, Post-Graduate Hospital cago and tells stories of different countries, Dispensary; ass't surgeon, Cornell Univ. Med. dressing in the costumes of these different na- Coll. Dispensary; examiner, N.Y. Life Insurance tionalities; work extends to various social set- Co., North American Life Insurance Co.; mem. tlements, schools and playgrounds. Writes a N.Y. County Med. Soc, Women's Med. Soc. of gtory each Sunday for the Chicago Sunday Trl- N.Y. City, Women's Med. Soc, Cornell Women's hune, retells old-folk stories and at times writes Club (N.Y. City), Boston Univ. Alumnae Ass'n. original stories; popularly known as "The Story Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Repub- Lady." Presbyterian. Progressive in politics, lican. Recreations: Out-door sports, walking, tennis, FARRENS, Lida Pond (Mrs. E. T. Farrens), sailing, rowing. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club, Clarinda, la. Chicago Kindergarten Club, Chicago Library Born Crajwford (3o., Pa., April 13, 1863; dau. Club, Story Teller's League; pres. Kenwood W. H. and Sarah (DeWolf) Pond; ed. Clarinda Country Club. Directs the work in kindergarten (la) High School, stood third in class, hence in her sister's school, the Faulkner School; for made class prophet; m. Crawford Co., Pa., Nov. many years has had classes instructing mothers, 29, 1883 E. T. Farrens; children: Paul Pond, teachers and librarians in the art of story teli- Margery. Served as assistant county clerk in ing; gives children's matinees in costume; gave Clarmda, la., after graduaUon from high school a large one in Astor Gallery at the Waldorf- until married. For four years Presbyterial pres. Astoria, N.Y. City, m March, 1913, and has of Home Missions for Osming Presbytery; has several special programs in costume for chil- been vice-pres. and cor. sec. to Presbyterian dren and grown-ups, which she presents at chil- Missionary Soc Contributor of poems to home dren's parties, club programs, Sunday-school papers. Mem. Ladies' Missionary Soc, Sorosis entertainments, etc.

Bible Class. Mem. (has been sec. and pres.) FAULKNER, Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs. Isaac N.

Current Events Club (literary). Birthday Cliib Faulkner), Hammond Vale, N.B., Can.

(social). Favors woman suffrage. Progressive. Teacher; b. Lakefield, N.B., Dec. 28, 1853; dau.

FARRINGTON, Mary Stone (Mrs. William Har- William and Frances C. (McCready) Sherwood;

low Farrington), 3823 Alta Vista Terrace, Chi- attended school at home in youth, at Bellelsle

cago. 111. ill vm. at Norton in 1873, at Mount Allison

Born Dudley, Mass., May 22, 1858; dau. Ladies' Coll. 1878-79, at Providence Normal

Tbomaa A. and Mary A. (Pimlott) Stone; ed. School '85; m. Lakefield, July 13, 1891, Isaac N.

public schools, Boston Normal Art School, Faulkner; step-children: Vinton L. and J. Ben-

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nett. Active in church and Sunday-school Marion Blanche. Began teaching at age of 16,

work. Author: Volume of poems — Sea Murmurs and waa for 5 years teacher in public schools

and Woodland Songs, 1903. Baptist. Mem. Wo- at Osage, la. After marriage resided for some

men's Inst. Recreations: Music, painting. Held time at Des Moines, removing, in 1892, to Sioux

the oflSce of postmistress of Lakefieid P.O., Rapids and a few years later to Storm Lake.

1871-91. Taught In various public schools of One of organizers, 1895, of Tuesday Club of

N.B., 1885-93. Storm Lake (pres. seven years). Club devoted to

FAUNCE, Sarah Edson (Mrs. William Herbert ".terary work and civic improvement, making

Perry Faunce), Providence, R.l. E'^s of pictures and statuary to Storm Lake

Born Somerville, Mass.; dau. Nathan W. and Public Library, and in the beautifying of the

Ellen (Orr) Edson; ed. In schools of Lynn, Mass., Lake Shore ajDd public parks °^J^°^F^ i^fii^-

and In State Normal School, Salem, Mass.; m. Patroness of Kappa Gamma Soronty of Buena

Lynn, Mass., June 18, 1884, William Herbert Vista Coll. Chairman Household Economics

Perry Faunce (slfice 1S99 pres. of Brown Univ.); Com., Iowa State Federation Women s Clubs

one son: Perry Edson, b. Nov. 25, 1898. Actively Congregationallst. Mem. Missionary and Lad es

identified with religious, social, philanthropic ^'^ ^l""^-, ^°n^^^ V^^ ^.^J'^'^f^L .Z K^lw^^^

and missionary Interests; for many years vice- day-school. Mem. board trustees and chairman

pres. Woman's Baptist Missionary Soc. Baptist Book Corn., Storm Lake Public Library from

A(?Hin<!t wotnan siiftraffo 'ts founding m 1906. Mem. state Lit. boc.

^.!.,^1 n^. . !^ !!', r.. „ ^ .,.. Chairman Northwest Sedition Iowa Library

1-AUST, Elsie Ada, 503-504 Hooper Building, ^gg'n Work along line of home economics has

Salt Lake City, Utah. jjggn chiefly with rural clubs and with the exten-

Physiclan and surgeon; b. Salt Lake City, Jan. gjoj, .^^ork of the State Coll. at Ames, la.; firm

14, 1865; dau. Henry Jacob and Elsie Ann advocate of the rural school as a social center;

(Akerley) Faust; grad. Univ. of Utah, '85; Coll. jj^s arranged and published two study programs

of Physicians and Surgeons of San Francisco, qq home economics for the use of clubs. Mem.

Cal., M.D. "08; passed State board in October, Home Economics Com. of Gen. Fed. of Women's

1908. Organized and became sec. of Woman's clubs

Med. Ass'n of Utah, 1910; placed on staff of ', „ ,,., o. xtt i.

Judge Mercy Hospital, 1913. Appointed med. FAWCETT, lidna Uagrue, 1348 Euclid St., Waah-

examlner for Woodmen of the World, Royal ington, D.C. „ ,, „ t ,o,. , <.

Neighbors of America, Ladies of the Maccabees, Botanist; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. 01; student

1910. Organized the Coronis Archiatri, a society of botany, Barnard Coll., 1902-03; research worker

for women of the Coll. of Physicians and Sur- in botany at Botanical Gardens. Bronx Park,

geons of San Francisco; served as pres. two N.Y. City, 1904-05; fellow Woods Hole (Mass.)

terms and sec. one term. Active worker during Biological Laboratory, summer of 1901. Teacher,

campaign for suffrage and before Constitutional Springfield (Mass.) public school, 1901-02; Miss

Convention when Utah was admitted as State. Keller's School, N.Y. City, 1902-05; scientific ass t

Mem. first campaign com. for Utah In 1900; in Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of

mem. Women's Democratic Club and sec. for Agriculture, Washington, D.C, since January,

five organizations in Democratic Party, 1898-99; 1906. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumna Ass'n.

chairman Press Com. of Utah in the Council of FAXON, Eudora Meade (Mrs. Henry Faxon,

Women. Has written articles in behalf of prohi- jr.), New Ray Block, Franklin, Mass.

bition, advancement of women and hygiene. Physician; b. Waterviile, Me.; dau. Alonzo

Democrat. Mem. Women of Woodcraft, Ladies and Hannah Vose (Cram) Draper; ed. Boston

of the Maccabees, Royal Neighbors of America, public schools, grammar, high and normal; med-

Salt Lake Esperanto Soc, Shakespeare Soc, jcal education at Boston Coll. of Physicians and

Salt Lake County Med. Soc, Utah SUte Med. Surgeons, M.D. '92; Tufts Medical, M.D. '94; m.

Soc, Am. Med. Ass'n, Sub-Corn. Med. Literature Boston, Mass., Sept. 19, 1865, Henry Faxon, Jr.;

of the Com. for Public Health Education Among children: Richard, Henry Meade, Dora Wini-

Women. Recreations: Literature, music. Has f^gd Faxon. M.D. (on staff of Taunton State Hos-

given lectures on hygiene, social questions, nurs- pHal). Engaged in general practice of medicine

ing. Taught school eight years. in Boston until 1907, when removed to Frank-

FAUST, Emma Beebe, 507 E. 7th St.. Little lin, Mass.. where she has since practiced as a

Rock, Ark. specialist in eye, ear, nose and throat. Mem.

Manager Woman's Dep't for Ark., Equitable Mass. Med. Soc.

Lite Assurance Soc of the U.S ; b Little ROck ; j^^y j^^ gg ^ Nlnety-flrst St., N.Y. City,

dau. John W. and Cora F. (Beebe) Faust; ed Concert pianist and teacher; b. Bayou Goula,

Mary Baldwin Sem Staunton Va Chicago and ^ ^ 2^ ^g^^ ^^^ j^^^ Charles Fay, D.D.,

Cook Co Normal, Chicago, 111 Teacher for 10 ^^^ ^^^^ (Hopkins) Fay (granddaughter of

years. Presbyterian. Mem. History Auxiliary judge Fay of Cambridge, Mass., and of Rt. Rev.

of Arkansas. Clubs: Colonial Dames United ^ ^ Hopkins, Bishop of Vermont); ed.

Daughters of Confederacy, Esthetic Club, - ■ -- ' -- ^~ '■ ■- ^-- - _" .. Y ~ ■' . -. - - . . . ,

Equitable

(now larg-,„. ., ._ ,_ . concert pic^.... .._ . .^ .... „.

Arkansas agency. Mendelssohn Glee Club In N.Y. City, 1876; played

FAVEKSIIAM, Julie Opp (Mrs. William Faver- with Theodore Thomas Orchestra at Cambridge,

sham), 214 E. Seventeenth St., N.Y. City, and Mass., 1877; was first to introduce piano con-

The Old Manor, Chuddlngfold, Surrey, Eng. certs with orchestra at the Worcester (Mass.)

Actress; b. N.Y. City; dau. John and Mary annual musical festivals. Has given concerts

(Dwyer) Opp; ed. convent, N.Y. City; m. Dec. and recitals in principal cities of U.S.; even-

oO, 1902, William Faversham; children: William 'ing lecture recitals in N.Y. City public schools,

Crozier, Philip Norman Faversham. Was five 1902-05; mem. of numerous women's musical

years leading lady with Sir George Alexander, clubs; pres. Women's Philharmonic Soc. of N.Y.

St. James Theatre, London; created role of City. Author: Music Study In Germany, 1881,

Marianne In Stephen Phillips' Herod in America, which has passed through 22 editions; has been

Co-starred with husband, William Faversham. translated into French and at request of Abbe

Author of a novellzation of Edwin Milton Royle's Liszt into German.

-The Squaw Man. Recreations: Golf, walking, j-^y j,^i, Louise Bostwlck (Mrs. Edwin

riding, tennis. Favors woman suffrage. RuJhven Fay), Bostwick Cottage, Stamford.

FAVIL.L.E, Cora Thomburg: (Mrs. Frederick F. Conn.

FavlUe), Storm Lake, la. Born Stamford, Conn., Sept. 17, 1850; dau.

Born Orchard. Mitchell Co., la.; dau. A. A. Leander and Hannah Elizabeth (Scofleld) Bost-

and (Gould) Thomburg; ed. public schools of wick; ed. graded schools two years, private tu-

Mitchell Co., la., and afterwards while teaching tors, studied with Prof. John McMuUan of

took four years in normal work; m. Orchard, Columbia Coll.; m. Stamford, Ck)nn., April 9,

la., Frederick F. FavlUe, then sup't of liools 1874, Edwin Ruthven Fay; one son: Charles

ftt Orchard, but latw a practising lawyer, now EJdey. Active in philanthropic and religious work

V.8. attoruey); children: Stanton Sherwood, in N.Y. City. Believes in representation in taxa-

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��tion. Has read papers before societies. Congre- gationalist. Founder and regent of Fort Wash- ington Chapter D.A.R. ; charter mem. Washing- ton Heights Chapter D.A.R. ; mem. Founders and Patriots of America. Recreations: Lectures, music. One of the founders and officers of the Stamford Historical Soc. Mem. Civic Federa- tion. Founder of the Ezra Scofield Soc, Children of the Am. Revolution. Granddaughter of Ezra Scofield, who fought seven years in the Revolu- tionary War and was at Valley Forge, Bunker Hill and Fort Washington, N.Y. ; also Descend- ant of Rev. John Bishop, first preacher la Stamford (1644-94). FAY, Helen Carter (Mrs. Logan ft. Fay),

"Hackwood," Stephenson, Va.

Born Cecil County, Md., Mar. 22, 1876; dau. Israel Day and Eliza Anne (Levis) Carter; ed. Girton School, Haverford, Pa.; m. Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1905, Logan R. Fay; one daughter: Helen Maud, b. April 28, 1906. Episcopalian. FAY, Katherine Carpender (Mrs. John G. Fay),

1947 Broadway, N.Y. City.

Writer; b. N.Y. City; dau. Charles C. and Jane Clark; ed. private school (honors); m. (1st) Andrew J. Ackerman; (2d) Col. John G. Fay; one daughter: Irene Ackerman. Has held im- portant church positions; mem. Old St. Paul's Church. Special writer on many subjects. Epis- copalian. One of the oldest members of Sorosis (has the extra pineapple badge, "presented to Mrs. K. C. Aokerman-Fay"); pres. Literary and Dramatic Union; mem. of many clubs. Health Protective Alliance, Labor Union; prea. Eneri Club; mem. Shakesi>eare Club. FAY, Lillian Watkins, 881 Hampshire St., Hol-

yoke, Mass.

Teacher; b. Reading, Vt., Dec. 22, 1863; dau. Callamer Traey and Caroline Sojihia (Watkins) Fay; ed. Holyoke School, Smith Coll., A.B. '87, A.M. '93 (mem. Alpha Soc). Head of English Dep't in Miss Mackie's private school, 1887-92; head of English Dep't and first ass't to prin- cipal, 1802—. Mem. Holyoke Thursday Club, Massachusetts State Association of English Teachers; National Education Ass'n. Episco- palian. Republican. Recreations: Rose garden, country life in summer, piano in winter. Clubs: Thursday, Teachers'. FAY, Mary Luella, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Born in Boston; ed. Girls' High School, Boston and Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '87, A.M. '98; grad- uate student Bryn Mawr, 1897-98. Teacher of French and history in the Passaic Collegiate Inst., Passaic, N.J. ; teacher of history in the Misses Kirk's School, Rosemont, Pa., 1903-07, and Bryn Mawr, Pa., since 1907. FEARON, Mary Fuller (Mrs. Henry Dana

Fearon), 205 Main St., Oneida, N.Y.

Born Rome, N.Y., Mar. 16, 1865; dau. Rev. Spencer and Sarah (Horn) Fuller; grad. Batavia (N.Y.) High School, '82; Syracuse Univ., Ph.B. '86 Ph.M. '88 (mem. Gamma Phi Beta); m. Syracuse, N.Y., Jan. 8, 1890, Henry Dana Fearon; children: Spencer F., Gladys D., Carroll D., Robert, Charles F., Henry D. Jr. Teacher at Oakland, Cal.; Perry Sem. (private school for girls), 1886-87; preceptress Napa Coll., Napa City, Cal., 1887-88; preceptress Lyons High School, N.Y., 1888-89. Pres. of missionary societies, Sunday-school teacher; mem. D.A.R., Progress, Club; director of City Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Sbakespeare Club. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

FEARRINOXON, Mary Franklin Pass (Mrs. Jo- seph Peyton Fearrington), 511 Holly Av.,

Winston-Salem, N.C.

Born Sampson County, N.C, Mar. 16, 1862; dau. James Cornelius and Mary Eleanor (Ireland) Pass; ed. in private school by Prof. James Archer Monroe at Faison, Duplin County, N.C, 1872-75, two years, and grad. Greensboro (N.C.) Female Coll., 1877; entered Vassar Coll., 1877, grad. A.B. '83; m. Faison, N.C, Nov. 27, 1889, Dr. Joseph Peyton Fearrington; children: Eliza- beth R., b. Sept. 18, 1890; Alice, b. Oct. 2, 1891 (died Mar. 5, 1892); Faith, b. July 31, 1893; James Pass, b. Nov. 25, 1898. Sunday-school teacher; mem. State Library Ass'n; recently

��appointed by Governor of North Carolina a dele- gate to represent the State at the Southern Sociological Congress to be held at Atlanta, April 25-29, 1913. Occasional contributor to newspapers on public and humanitarian ques- tions. Active in support of orphanages and work for mountain whites, etc. Presbyterian. Democrat Mem. W.C.T.U., Y.W.C.A., United Daughters of the Confederacy, State Historical Ass'n, Ladies' Foreign Missionary Soc., etc. Recreations: Reading, autoing, dramatic, mu- sical and literary entertainments. Favors woman

��FEHR, Elizabeth Mandelkem (Mrs. Louis White Fehr), 1867 Seventh Av., N.Y. City. Concert pianist; b. Bialystok, Russia, Aug. 3, 1887; dau. Joseph and Paulina (Wagner) Man- delkern; ed. Wadleigh High School, N.Y. City; also piano instruction under Paulo Galilee and August Spanuth; m. N.Y. City, July 8, 1911, Louis White Fehr. Soloist, with Kaltenborn Orchestra, in recital at the N.Y. Coll. of Music, 1902. Interested in Young Folks League, Young Women's Hebrew Ass'n. Recreations: Theatre, motoring. Mem. Gotham Club, Harmony Club. FEIDT, Josephine Thorpe (Mrs. George D. Feidt), 238 South Thirty-ninth St., Phila- delphia, Pa.

Born Schuylerville, N.Y. ; dau. John and Sarah A. (Tefft) Thorpe; ed. Schuylerville High School; Fort Edward (N.Y.) Collegiate Inst, Fort Ed- ward; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '95, M.A. "97; m. Fort Miller, N.Y., June 20, 1906, George D. Feidt; one son: John Thorpe Feidt, b. Feb. 4, 1908. Baptist. Against woman suffrage. Mem. Am. Acad, of Political and Social Science, the Phila- delphia Drama League, the Philadelphia Wel- lesley Club, the Philadelphia College Club (treas.), Philadelphia Chapter D.A.R. FELCH, Carrie Innes (Mrs. Lewis Perley Felch), 355 Mass Av., Boston, Mass. Doctor of medicine; b. Boston, Mass., Mar. 9, 1873; dau. Charles Edward and Alice Martin (Hilller) Innes; ed. Boston Elementary and Latin schools. Tufts Coll., M.D. (mem. Alpha Delta Soc); m. Boston, Mass., June 21, 1906, Lewis P. Felch, M.D. Chief physician to New England Hospital Dispensary for Women and Children, Boston; chief physician and ass't surgeon to Vincent Hospital. Unitarian. Mem. Tufts Coll. Alumnae, Tufts Med. Alumni,_ Mass. Med. Soc, Am. Med. Soc, New England Hospital Soc, Am. Soc. of Colonial Families. Recrea- tions: Skating, walking, bicycling, fishing, boat- ing. Mem. Professional Women's Club.

FEtKER, Gertrude, The Calvert, Dayton, Ohio. Physician; b. Amboy, 111., Aug. 19, 1872; dau. Dr. J. B. and Eliza J. (Miller) Felker; grad. A.B. Rockford Coll., M.D. Univ. of Mich., '01; interne New England Hospital for Women and Children, Boston, 1902-03 (mem. Alpha of Alpha Epsilon Iota Univ. of Mich.). Practices medi- cine with special attention to Internal medicine and functional neuroses; mem. Am. Med. Ass'n (sec. Com. on Public Health Education, 1911-13), Mississippi Valley Med. Ass'n, Ohio State Med. Soc. Mem. First Presbyterian Church, Y.W.C.A., Dayton Young Women's League, etc. ; pres. Dayton Ass'n of Coll. Women, during the first 2 years of its organization; chairman Social Service Com., Dayton Federation of Literary Clubs (first two years), now mem. of com. ; chairman Com. Health and Household Econom- ics, 1909-11; mem. Public Health Com. 1911-13. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Ohio State Or- ganization. Has presented medical papers to Montgomery Co. Med. Soc; also, with Dr. E. S. Everhard, presented a paper, A Study of Etiol- ogy of Functional Neuroses, at annual meeting of Mississippi Valley Med. Ass'n; also The Present Status of the Feeding of Young Chil- dren (Ohio State Med. Soc. annual meeting). FELI-, Dora Cobb (Mrs. Richard Fell), Birming- ham, Ala.

Bom Montevallo, Ala., Jan. 16, 1859; dau. ex-Governor N. W. and Margaret (McClung) Cobb; grad. Ala. Central Female Coll. (with first honor), 1877; m. Helenti, Ala., Jime 28, 18S2, Richard Fell; children: Frances (now Mm.

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��James), Margaret (now Mrs. Joh.nson), Charles, Rufus. Mem. Pettus-Roden Chapter United Daughters of Confederacy. Sometimes writes for newspapers. Mem. Culture Club, Dr. Evans' Shakespeare Club, Huntsville Av. Chautauqua Circle. Recreations: Cultivating flowers and vegetables, studying music. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

FENDLEB, Amelia Molly, 527 Cathedral Park- way, N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Baton Rouge, La., Nov. 2, 1870; cau. Emanuel and Amelia (Unger) Fendler; ed. Readville Sem., Baton Rouge, La.; N.Y. public schools, Coll. of Pharmacy, N.Y. City; Woman's Med. Coll., Baltimore, Md. Engaged since graduation in practice of medicine in N.Y. City. Hebrew. Wrote: Ansemia in Children; Pertussis: A Neiw Cure, with Report of Cases. Favors woman suffrage.

FENN, Sarah Edna Howell (Mrs. John Roberts Fenu), 699 P'armlngton Av., Hartford, Conn. Born Port Jervis, N.Y., 1874; dau. the late Judge O. P. HoTvell (for twelve years surrogate in Orange County) and Frances Dennison (Gal- lup) Howell; ed. in schools of Port Jervis; grad. High School, '90; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; m. Port Jervis, N.Y., April 13, 1898, John Roberts Fenn, of Hartford, Conn.; children: Philip Curtiss, Edward Howell. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Vassar Alumnae Ass'n. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae (Conn. Branch), Hartford Equal Franchise League. Recreations: Out-door life, reading. Mem. College Club of Hartford, Vassar Club of Hartford and church societies.

FENNELL., Faimie Smith (Mrs. S. J. Fennell), 712 N. Santa Fe St., El Paso, Tex. Born St. Louis, Mo., 1877; dau. James M. and Nannie (Bown) Smith; ed. El Paso schools, grad. high school; m. El Paso, Nov. 9, 1910, Samuel J. Fennell. Mem. Women's Club of El Paso (pres. 1911-12). Has written several short stories, some newspaper work. Favors woman suffrage.

FENNEK, Jessie Gordon, studio, 2 W. Sixteenth St., N.Y. City; home, 227 Communipaw Av., .Jersey City, N.J.

Teacher of singing; b. Albany, N.Y., Nov. 30, 1875; dau. John Hill and Lisena Alice (Gordon) Fenner; ed. Jersey City (N.J.) public schools; grad. Hasbrouck Inst., 1892; later studied music in New York and Paris. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Tennis, out-door sports. Director of music in Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jersey City, N.J.; previous to professional ac- tivity was active in a business life; devotes entire time to the development and finishing of vocal technique. Mem. Reformed Church.

FENOLLOSA, Mary McNeill (Mrs. Ernest

Francisco Fenollosa), 159 Church St., Mobile,

Ala.

Writer; b. Mobile, Ala.; dau. William Stoddard and Laura (Sibley) McNeill; ed. Irving Inst., Mobile, Ala.; m. N.Y. City, Dec, 1896, Ernest P'rancisco Fenollosa (several years Imperial Commissioner of P^ne Arts for Japan). Has trav- eled extensively; resided in Japan for several years. Favors woman suffrage; mem. the Writers' Branch Woman Suffrage League. Au- thor: Truth Dexter; The Breath of the Gods; The Dragon Painter; Red Horse Hill, a novel for child labor in the South; Out the West, a book of poems. Edited and published her late husband's Epochs of Chinese and Japanese Art (two vols.), 1912. Episcopalian. Mem. So*, of Am. Dramatists and Composers, N.Y. FENWICK, Marin B., San Antonio, Tex.

Publisher and Journalist; b. Highland Co., O. ; dau. James and Marinda (Sloane) Fenwick; ed. Rockford (111.) Coll., A.B. Director Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage; first vice-pres. San An- tonio Equal Franchise Soc. ; corr. sec. Texas State Equal Suffrage Ass'n. Presbyterian. Re- publican. Mem. Woman's Club (was the or- ganizer and charter mem. of this first dep't Club in Texas); mem. of Texas Woman's Press Aissociatlon. Extensively traveled and in tour of tbe world was correspondent for several papers.

��l-TEKGUSON, Afrnes JolU (Mrs. J. M. Fergu- son), 408 W. Seventh St., Hastings, Neb. Born Magalloway, N.H., Nov. 15, 1849; dau. David M. and Julia (Adams) Sawyer; grad. from Wisconsin Univ., 1866 (mem. Castillian Soc); m. Chicago, 111., Feb. 10, 1874, John Molyneux Ferguson: children: James Molyneux, Thomasina Vida, William Cyril, John Adams. Taught in Chicago; was principal of a public school. Has been mem. and vice-pres. of Hastings Public Library Board; charter mem. of George Eliot Club. Recreations: Traveled In Europe and America. Eipiscopalian. Favors woman suffrage.

FERGUSON, Catharine Lee (Mrs. Samuel Wragg Ferguson), 1826 W. Beach St., Blloxl,

Miss.

Author; b. Lexington, Ky. ; dau. Major Will- iam Henry and Eleanor Percy (Ware) Lee; ed. Lexington, Ky., at Sem. of Misses Jackson; m. Mississippi, 1882, Gen. Samuel Wragg Fergu- son, C.S.A. ; children: James Du Gu6, Nathalie, Harry Lee, Percy. Has contributed to New York World, Herald, Munsey's, ET^erbody's Magazine and others. Also assisted the Hon. Jefferson Davis in his works, being a personal friend of him and his family. Has puWished several novels, among them Cllquot; also plays, dramas, poems, opera librettos, songs, etc. Eipiscopalian. Democrat. Mem. Daughters of Confederacy, King's Daughters' Soc Recreations: Reading, v/riting, visiting. Accompanied her husband throughout the Civil War, on horseback, most of the time with the command (a cavalry brigade).

FERGUSON, Georgia Ransom (Mrs. Charles Ferguson), R.F.D. 2, Littleton, N.H. Clergyman; b. N.Y. City; dau. Alonzo Good- rich and Amanda (Ransom) Fay; ed. in private schools in Europe and N.Y. City; special student in McGill Univ., Smith Coll., Boston Art Mu- seum; took course in MeadvUle (Pa.) Theolog- ical school ; m. Nov. ,9, 1886, Charles Ferguson. Licensed lay reader and preacher in Episcopal Church (diocese of Neb.), and home missionary, 1899; ass't pastor Liberal Unitarian Church, St. Joseph, Mo., 1903-04; Kansas City, 1904-09; Peo- ple's Church, Washington, 1909, until in July, 1910, resigned clerical duties to take charge of son, because of his failing health. Pastor of Unitarian Church, Washta, la., during summer vacation, 1906. Now owner and manager of Diamond Hill Farm and Trout Farm (over 100 acres In each) at Littleton, N.H. Served as chairman of Ways and Means Com. of Nat. Com. of the Unemployed, and as head of the People's Church Home, and regent of People's Inst. (Washington, D.C.). Mem. Am. Federa- tion of Labor, Nat. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n. Socialist. Theosophist.

FERGUSON, Margaret Clay, Wellesley College,

Wellesley, Mass.

Prof, botany; b. Orleans, N.Y., Aug. 20, 1862; dau. Robert Belle and Maria (Warner) Fergu- son; ed. Genesee Wesleyan Sem., Lima, N.Y., 1880-85; Wellesley Coll., 1889-91; Cornell Univ., 1897-01, A.B. '99, Ph.D. '01 (Sigma Xi, 1899). Author: The Development of the Pollen-Tube and Fertilization in Certain Species of Pinus Ann. Bot.), 1901; The Development of the Egged Fertilization in Pinus Strobus (Ann. Bot.), 1901; The Germination of Spores of Bosidiomycetus Fungi (Dep't of Agr., Washington, D.C.), 1902; The Life History of Pinus (Acad, of Science, Washington, D.C.), 1904; Embedded Reproduc- tive Organs in a Leptosporangiate Fern (Bot. Gaz.), 1910. Methodist. Mem. Soc. Sigma XI, A.A.A.S., Botanical Soc. of America.

FERNALD, Grace Maxwell, 2034 N. Capitol St.,

Washington. D.C.

College professor; grad. Mt. Holyoke Coll., A.B. 03, A.M. '05; graduate student Mt. Holyoke, 1903-04; graduate scholar In psychology, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1904-06; fellow in psychology, Univ. of Chicago, 1906-07. Reader In education and demonstrator of psychology, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1907-08; served as acting head of the department of psychology. Lake Erie Coll., PainesviUe, Ohio, 1908-09.

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FERNOW, Bernice Panahi Andrews (Mrs.

Bernhard Edward Fernow Jr.), 9 Woodland

Court, Milwaukee, Wis.

Portrait and miniature painter; b. Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 17, 18S1; dau. William and Adele Montgomery (Oscanyan) Andrews; ed. Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Cornell Univ.; pupil of Art Students' League, N.Y.; Olaf M. Brauner and Theodora Thayer (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. N.Y. City, May 16, 1908, Bernhard Edward Fernow Jr.; one daughter: Ethel Constance. Exhibitor in New York, Phila- delphia and Boston Miniature Societies, N.Y. Water Color Club, N.Y. Water Color Soc. Mem. Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Milwaukee. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Milwaukee Art Soc, Art Students' League. Recreations: Ten- nis, swimming, walking.

FERREN, Sallie Price (Mrs. Myron J. Perren),

44 N.Y. Av., N.W., Washington, D.C.

Born Kentucky, Mar. 16, 1854; dau. Gen. Sam- uel Woodson and Mary Frances (Thompson) Price; ed. College Hill, Cincinnati, O. ; m. Wash- ington, D.C, Nov. 11, 1902, Myron J. Ferren. Was chief clerk in Pension Agency in Louis- ville, Ky., for 8 years, and during that period paid out more than $32,000,000 to the old soldiers and their widows. Interested in the promotion of patriotism, teaching love for the flag. Has assisted her father in books he has published. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. D.A.R. (Am- erican Chapter); Woman's Relief Corps, past pres. ; Phil Sheridan Corps (past sec. Dep't of Potomac), and several social societies. Pres. Excelsior Literary Club (oldest woman's liter- ary club in D.C), director to the Dist. Federa- tion of Women's Clubs. Recreations: Society, theatre and all reading. Was born on grand- father's plantation, on the Cumberland River, in the small town of Eddyville; both grand- fathers were large slave owners. Has a good ancestral record and eligible to almost all pa- triotic socs.; some members of the family are Colonial Dames. TERRIER, Deborah Larimer, 133 E. Oak Av.,

Moorestown, N.J.

Born Moorestown, N.J., July 15, 1878; dau. George Bartlett and Carrie (Arnold) Ferrier; ed. Moorestown Friends High School, Moorestown High School, 1895, Swarthmore Coll., B. S. '01 (mem. Pi Beta Phi). Presbyterian Church. Mem. Somerville Literary Soc, Moorestown Field Club, Philadelphia AlumnjE Club of Pi Beta Phi, Auxiliary of Seaside Park Yacht Club. Recreations: Canoeing, sailing, golf, photogra- phy. Against woman suffrage. FERRIS, Amy, 6 East Thirty-seventh St., N.Y.

City.

Interior decorator; b. Nerw York, 1879; dau. Frank A. and Mary A. (Cape) Ferris; ed. N.Y. Collegiate Inst.; Walnut Lane School, German- town, Pa.; Miss Capen's School, Northampton; Smith Coll.; N.Y. School of Fine and Applied Arts (mem. Biological Soc, Smith). Four years principal in an interior decorating business. Mem. N.Y. Probation Soc. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Collegiate Equal Suffrage League. Recreations: Automobiling, swimming. Mem. Women's University Club, College Club (Mont- clair), Smith Club (N.Y. City). FERRIS, Eleanor Amanda, 10924 Magnolia

Drive, Cleveland, Ohio.

Teacher, writer; b. Sandusky, Ohio; ed. in schools of Cleveland, Ohio, and Vassar Coll., A.B. '86; Radcliffe Coll., A.M. '01. Teacher Smead School for Girls, Toledo, Ohio, 1890-1893, 1896-98; University School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1894- 96; Detroit Home and Day School, 1901-08. Au- thor: Financial Relations of Knights Templars. FERRIS, Ida May St. John (Mrs. Hiram Leav- enworth Ferris), Osage City, Kan., R.F.D.

No. 1.

Teacher; b. Milan, Erie Co., O., Sept. 14, 1849; dau. Silas St. John (grandfather, Jonathan W. St. John, was with Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga, and great-grandfather, John St. John, wus cap- tain in the Colonial wars) and Ava Ann (Corn- stock) St John (whose father was Revolutionary veteran) ; ed. North-western Normal School, Re-

��public, O. ; m. Republic, O., Sept. 16, 1874, Hiram Leavenworth Ferris of Springfield, Mich.; chil- dren: Frank Earl, b. April 1, 1884; Raymond Merle Ferris, b. Jan. 5, 1887. Teacher for 21 years. Mem. local M.E. Church and Aid Soc; mem. Osage Old Settlers' Ass'n and State His- torical Soc. Favors woman suffrage; writes suf- frage articles for papers. Writer of historical work of a local character and now compiling Historical Sketches and Reminiscences of Osage County. Progressive Republican in Kansas. Prohibitionist in 'national politics. Mem. Wo- man's Relief Corps, Osage Co.; Farmers' Inst, under direction of Agricultural Coll., Manhattan, Kan. Director of girls' county contests and chaperoned the girls to the State Inst, at Man- hattan, from where they carried away the best prizes for bread baked by girls in the college laboratories. Charter mem. Marshall Club of Osage City, Domestic Science Country Club; mother of the Osage Co. Fed. of Women's Clubs, first one ever organized in the world (now 14 years old).

FERRIS, Mary Lanman Douw (Mrs. Morris Pat- terson Ferris), Roxbury Road, Garden City,

L.I., N.Y.

Author; b. Poughkeepsie, N.Y., May 22, 1855; dau. Col. John de Peyster and Marianna (Chand- ler (Lanman) Douw; grad. Cook's Collegiate Inst., Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 1874; m. Sept. 4, 1879, Morris Patterson Ferris (lawyer); children: IMary Van Rensselaer (Mrs. Joseph B. Roberts), Morris Douw, Van Wyck. Editor of The Ameri- can Author. Author: Random Rhymes of Old Dutch Times; History of Fort Crailo; The Van Cortlandt Mansion; Colonial Dames; Legend of New Year's Eve; The Schepen's Dream; Grand- mother's Cake Basket; also various contribu- tions to history of the early Dutch settlers of America. Founder of Daughters of the Cincin- nati; mem. Soc. of Colonial Dames of the State of N.Y., Huguenot Soc. of America. FERRY, Abby Farwell (Mrs. William Henry

Ferry), Lake Forest, 111.

Writer; b. Chicago, April 4, 1851; dau. John Villiers and Abigail Gates (Taylor) Farwell (father, who was principal partner in the great mercantile house of J. V. Farwell & Co., was a distinguished philanthropist; chairman of the Christian Commission of Chicago in Civil War times, lifelong friend and credited with being the discoverer of Dwight L. Moody, to whom he furnished the funds for the initiation of the great revival in London) ; ed. in Chicago Acad. ; Dearborn Sem. ; Ferry Hall; Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '72; m. Lake Forest, 111., Oct. 12, 1875, William Henry Ferry; children: William Henry Jr., John Farwell, Francis Farwell, Montague, Horace Farwell. Writer of short stories, essays and poems, published in various papers and maga- zines; wrote article on Hans Holbein in New England Magazine, Mar., 1S93, also History of I he Farmington Soc. of Chicago, contained in the 2ath Anniversary Year Book, which she com- piled. Contributes annuity to Yale Institution in China as memorial to her son, John Farwell Ferry. Mem. Nat. Com. of D.A.R. for Welfare of Women and Children; regent of the Chicago Chapter D.A.R.; pres. Vassar Alumnse Ass'n of Chicago; pres. Farmington Soc of Chicago; mem. Centennial Com. to celebrate centennial of Miss Porter's birth in fall of 1913. Chicago clubs: Recording sec. The Fortnightly; chairman Lit- erary Com. Friday Club; mem. Woman's City Club, Woman's Athletic Club, Ass'n Collegiate Alumnse, Red Cross Soc. Lake Forest Clubs: Pres. Coterie; mem. Woman's Club, Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northwest; chairman Mission Study Classes. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; has contributed to the cause always; knew Mrs. Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. FESSENDEN, Clementina (Mrs. E. J. Fessen-

den), 207 James St., South, Hamilton, Ont.

Jorurnalist; b. Province of Quebec, Can.; dau. Efl^ward and Marian (Ridley) Trenholme; ed. Mrs. Lay's Sem., Montreal, Can.; m. 1867, Rev. E. J. Fessenden, B.A., Church of England clergy- man (now deceased); four sons. One of the first

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��editors of the Woman's Auxiliary to Missions Leaflet. Ardent Imperialist; early in married life identified with national and patriotic work. Founder of Empire Day. Convenor of the Flag and Ck)mmemorative Day's Com. of the Ontario Hist. Soc. ; was elected councilor on the Le^igue of Empire, London, England, 1903. Sec. Went- worth Historical Soc; mem. Nat. Council of Women. As organizing sec. for Daughters of Empire in 1901, read the address to the Duke of Connaught and York (now King George) on the occasion of his visit to Hamilton, when the Fes- senden Chapter, Daughters of Empire, presented the Xnith Royal Regiment with a new stand of colors; took strong and successful stand against the erection of a monument to General Mont- gomery in Quebec; was presented with a Nelson "Victory" copper salver by the British and For- eign Pallors' Soc. as a recognition of her work for Empire. Does not believe in the Parliamen- tary franchise for women. Author of a bro- chure, Our Union Jack (a copy of which H.M. Queen Victoria accepted with thanks) ; also of a pamphlet, The Genesis of Empire Day. Anglican. Conservative. Mem. Humane Soc; hon. mem. several historic and patriotic societies.

FESSENDEN, Laura Dayton (Mrs. Benjamin Arthur Fessenden), "Content," Highland Park, Ill.

Author; b. N.Y. City; dau. Abram Child Day- ton (author "Last Days of Knickerbocker Life in New York") and Maria Annls (Tomlinson) Dayton; ed. St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, N.J.; m 1880, Benjamin A. Fessenden, of Boston; children: Aymar Child, Alice Hyde (wife of Lieut. Robert Gray Peck, U.S.A.), Ben Hurd, Dorothy Dayton. Books: Essie; Beth; A Pe- culiar Lover; Bonnie Mackerby; A Colonial Dame; Two Thousand and Two; Moon Children; Songs that the Children Sing; Hatsean; Story of the Dayton Family. Mem. Colonial Dames, Daughters of Founders and Patriots, D.A.R. Clubs: Fortnightly, Chicago Woman's, Ossoil (Chicago). Highland Park Woman's. Sister of Charles W. Dayton, Justice Supreme Court of N.Y. (died 1910). Episcopalian.

FESSENDEN, Susan Snowden (Mrs. John H.

Fessenden), 50 Peterboro St., Suite 27, Boston,

Mass.

Lecturer, Instructor in parliamentary practice; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 10, 1840; dau. Prof. Sidney and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Snowden; ed. Cincinnati High School, Oxford Sem. and Cin- cinnati Sem. (grad.); m. Mar. 22, 1S64, John H. Fessenden; children: Cornelia Snowden, Eliza- beth Mitchell, William Chaffln. Pres. Mass. W.C.T.U.; lecturer Nat. W.C.T.U. Exec. Board Ramabai Ass'n; Exec. Board Scientific Temper- ance Ass'n; mem. Educational and Industrial Union, Twentieth Century Club. Congregation- alist. Mem. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n, Political Equality Union; vlce-pres. Mass. Woman Suf- frage Ass'n. FBTTEBOI.F, Lanra Mangam (Mrs. Adam H.

Fetterolf), 1936 Pine St., Philadelphia. Pa.

Born N.Y. City; dau. Williajn D. and Sarah A. (Bedell) Mangam; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B. ; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 30, 1883, Dr. Adam H. Fetterolf; two children. Meni. American McAll Asa'n, various philanthropic homes, Soc. for Organizing Charity. Against woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. New Century and College Clubs. Her husband was president of Girard College for 30 years, resigning in 1910 and died in 1912.

FEULING, Alice Dynes (Mrs. Leonard Feuling),

Madison, Wis.

Writer, lecturer; b. Columbus, Wis., Sept. 30, 18€9; dau Valentine and Ellen (McCumisky) Dynes; ed. Univ. Cornell and Univ. Chicago, B.S. 1900, grad. student ('..hlcago) 1903-04; m. Columbus, Wis., July 4, 1890, Leonard Feuling; c'aildren: Ellen Maria, Leonard Valentine. Di- rector H.E. South Dakota State Coll., 1900-03; Instructor Univ. Chicago, 1903-04; director Home Economics, Bradley Institute. 1904-07; prof, and director of Home Economics, Iowa State Coll., 1907-10. Writer and lecturer 1910—. Social Set- tlement worker in Home Economics 1903-04, Die- titian In Hospital, 1904-07. Writes home eco-

��nomics articles for current publications. Roman Catholic. Mem. Am. Home Economics Ass'n, la. Acad, of Science, Ass'n of Coll. Alumnae, Nat. Educational Ass'n, Graduate School of Home Economics. Recreations: Travel, art, litera- ture, scieatifie research, music. Experimented with macaroni wheat flour, winter 1902, and succeeded in making macaroni wheat bread; traveled abroad and made a study of Home Eco- nomics in the British Isles, France, Germany, Switzerland and Holland. Favors woman suf- frage. laCHTER, Bessie Bleasdale (Mrs. Charles

Flchter), 614 One Hundred and Forty-fifth

St., East Chicago, Ind.

Born Aurora, Ind., Mar. 14, 1879; dau. Robert Arthur and Frances Ann (Fry) Bleasdale; ed. high school, Aurora, Ind.; m. Sept. 15, 1898, Charleo Fiohter. Interested in civics. Helped actively to secure public library for East Chi- cago. Mem. Associated Charities. Favors wo- man suffrage. Presbyterian. Charter mem. Calumet Chapter D.A.R. of East Chicago; mem. Order Eastern Star. Pres. Woman's Club, 1911- 12 (sec. of Literary Dep't).

FIELD, Ada Martitia, Newnan, Ga.

College professor; b. in Georgia; grad. Guilford Coll., A.B. '98; Guilford graduate scholar at Bryn Mawr Coll., 1898-99; graduate student Guil- ford Coll., 1899-1900. Teacher of botany and chemistry, Idaho Industrial Inst., 1904-07; grad- uate student Univ. of Washington, 1907-08, and graduate instructor In chemistry, 1908-09; since 1910 in charge of Dep't of Chemistry, Guilford Coll. FIELD, Gertrude Bugrg, Tufts College, Mass.

Author, lecturer; b. Bath, Me.; dau. Rev. Henry Warren Rugg, D.D., and Abby Nelson (H./ward) Rugg; ed. public schools of Provi- dence, R.I., Ursullne Convent and private teach- ing. Grad. with honors from Providence High School; m. Providence, R.I., F. E. Field; one daughter: Abby Rugg Field. As a lecturer has apppeared before many large clubs and other organizations in New England and elsewhere. Interested in various philanthropies through church and club affiliations, and through social activities and wide circle of acquaintances. Writer nf prose and poetry in periodical litera- ture, T)je Boston Transcript, etc. Has written verses that have been privately printed for holiday cards and for especial occasions and functions. Universalist. Mem. Sunshine Soc. (charter mem. R.I. Branch), Nat. Geog. Soc, 'The Drama League of Boston, R.I., Short Story Club, R.I. Women's Club, Professional Women's Club of Boston, R.I. Ex-Club, Providence Mothers' Club, R.I. Congress of Mothers. Rec- reations: Walking, automobiling, traveling, theatre; lover of art and music. Honorary pres. Providence Mothers' Club, author of State Song of the R.I. Federation of Women's Clubs; representative of the Nat. Congress of Mothers R.I. State Com. in Nat. Educat on Ass'n.

FIELD, Isabel Louise (Mrs. Oliver Cromwell Field), 216 W. 102d St., N.Y. City. Born Detroit, Mich.; dau. Patrick Henry and Charlotte E. (Savage) Fitzsimons; ed. Mme. Towle's School, Detroit, and Nat. Conser\-atory of Music, N.Y. City; m. 1885, Henry Jerome Englebert (died 1900); (2d) Gustav L. Wilmerdlng (died Aug., 1909); (3d) 1910, Oliver Cromwell Field of London (direct descendant of Oliver Cromwell and son of Lady Elizabeth Pierson); one son: Sherman Jerome Englebert. Interested In children's day nurseries. Favors woman suf- trage; mem. Woman Suffrage Party, 17th Assem- bly Dlst. Mem. Church of England. Recrea- tions: Riding, golf, walking and fencing. Mem. the Nat. Fed. of Theatre Clubs, the Theatre Club, Deal Golf Club. FIELD, Jessie, Clarlnda, la.

County sup't schools; b. Page Co., la., June 26, ISSl; dau. S. E. and Celestla (Eastman) Field; ed. Western Normal Coll., Tabor Coll., A.B., winner In Junior-Senior debate. Senior Essay contest. Senior Oratorical contest. Prin- cipal Jefferson School, Helena, Mont.; elected Co. sup't of Page Co., 1906; elected Nat. Sec.

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T.W.CA. for country and small town work, FIELDS, Willie, 251? Oakland Av., Nashville,

1312.' Interested, especially, in the development Tenn.

of country life. Author magazine articles; The Secretary Tennessee Railroad Commission; b.

Com Lady. Presbyterian. Nat. Education Fayetteville, Ark., July 6, 1877; dau. D. M. and

Ass'n. Recreation: Motoring. Especially inter- Martha (McClain) Fields; grad. Lebanon (Tenn.)

ested In the teaching of agriculture and home Coll. for Young Ladles, '91. Elected Dec, 1909,

economics in country schools and in interesting as sec. to Tenn. Railroad Commission (the only

country children in the possibilities of country woman in the U.S. holding that jxisition); for

life, that they may desire to remain in the 10 years prior to that time was stenographer in

country Favors woman suffrage. that office; reelected Jan. 1, 1910, and again Jan.,

FIELD, Lonise MannseU, 128 E. Thirty-fourth f^l^; salary ?2,50O per annum. Has one of the

StN T CI tv largest Sunday-school classes of young men m

Writer- *b. N.Y. City; dau. Maunsell Brad- Southern Methodism At one time did feature

T,,w oTifl Tniil<!P Mnorp fSeeeel Field- ed pri- ^ork m form of stones and verse with local

vat^ sc^.^1 and sSal t^tclfrl fn N Y. Mem. "-lor for local daily press. Methodist (Southern).

Church of the MlsSiah (Unitarian). AcUve in -Against woman suffrage.

social service work, and questions of modern nirjELD, Alice Ward Bumliam (Mrs. Horace

politics and sociology. Author: Katharine Tre- prescott Fifleld), 113 Norfolk Av., Swamp-

valyan. Messiah Social Service League, Needle- acott, Mass.

work Guild of America. Mem. Maidstone Club, g^j.^ i^^ell, Mass. Mar. 20, 1864; dau. Albert

Tuesday Bridge Club. Recreations: Reading, winslow and Ellen Eliza (Ward) Burnham; ed.

theatre-going, walking, bridge. Mem. Woman s Lewell primary grammar and two years at high

Suffrage Party. school; one year at Miss Morgan's Boarding and

FIELD, Sara Buxton (Mrs. Charles M. Field), Day School, Portsmouth, N.H. ; Chautauqua

1401 Longnneadow St., Longmeadow, Mass. course for six years; m. Lowell, Oct. 31, 1889,

Born Wobum, Mass., Mar. 9, 1885; dau. Her- Horace Prescott Fifield; children: Dorothy Burn-

bert Sidney and Ella (Wyman) Buxton; ed. Tufts ham, Donald Morrill. Pres. Swampscott Wom-

(now Jackson) Coll.; grad. in three years with an's Club, 1910-12; active mem. Woman's Club

Phi Beta Kappa, '05 (mem. Alpha Omicron Pi); in Conway, N.H. ; mem. D.A.R. Chapter at North

m. Boston, SepL 1, 1909, Charles M. Field; chil- Conway. Congregationalist. Republican. Mem.

dren: Margaret, Douglas Buxton. Favors wo- Dauguters of New Hampshire, Mothers' Club of

man suffrage. Mem. College Equal Suffrage Swampscott.

League. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Club of .....,„^_, „_ .„,,__, ,,, t

Lonlmeadow. Mothers' Club of Longmeadow. ^^^p^,^?' .^^.^- Me'^imari (Mrs. James C.

t^i^TV.-^. «J. TLc _t lonc CT,,.ir,o. at Qaot Fifield), 4004 Queen Av., S., Minneapolis, Minn.

 * ^I^' Adele Marion, 1205 Spring St., Seat- ^.^^^^^.; ^ ^yde Park, Minn., Feb. 17, 1857;

A?rtv,o^il»t„-<^^. h TToot Rnflmnn NT 18.^9- ''^u. Charles E. and Marie (Sias) Woodward;

Author lecturer b. East Rodman N.Y. li«9. country schools; m. 1879, Frank T. Mer-

^''"^i if^^ ^ 'Vj.^,! r?,n isin TrnleJpub' "man; m. 1906, James C. Fifield; one daughter:

,^'^-,v^^''^^Q^?f^ of?f^ 'A,.r iqj fhnfr/ha.; Beulah Merriman, b. 1880 (died 1883). Dep't

lie library Seattle after Apr., 1912 (board h^ Spectator-weekly journal of Minneap-

seven members, appointed by Mayor tor term ^ vflunr Tho HmicipkppTipr fnr fif-

°J J yff^^V fl/f,^r.^rnr?ncfoafin®N'Y'stite t ^ feaTs; au^C slveraf rot^'For chifdren.

llfiO^lf Wt N Y for Si^ Dec 'o 18^^^ Inter^ted ' in helping the back-to-the-farm

1860-65, YK^\,/.°l.^}5^j ^^l';-,;^^^^^^ movement, the union of Protestant Churches,

tist missionary 1860-90, wth 2 furloughs m U.S ^ ^ so-called New Thought ideas,

tKr°K^H'^^*°'^^.hnnf 'fn? ^hi;,p5 'women I the introduction of the Golden Rule into the established a school ^P.^ Chinese women a problem. Books: Pards; A Queer school for boys and °ther missionary unde^^ Family; Little Millers; Mollie Miller; The Con- ^t^'^'af- i^f^"^^ =f li^lnk^nr PnmfcJ Fdu ways; Modern Entertainments; Serials; a num- rif,^^.r£uy.^U-T7^'^Ini°/sti|^io^r°l^n/ltp ^f^co-edie^. ^^or a t r ^^^^^ turer at Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Recreations, traveling, reaamg, writing. Hole, Mass., 1894-1907, 9 summers in all. Ac- fTLLEBBOWN, Elizabeth P. (Mrs. Wlnthrop tive in work for equal suffrage in N.Y. City, Flllebrown), R.F.D. 2, Bryantville. Mass. 1893-1907; since ihen a resident of State of Born Plympton, July 9, 1874; dau. William Washington; active in equal suffrage work in penn and Sarah A. (Harrub) Hammond; ed. Washington until its women were enfranchised Girls' Latin School, Boston, Mass. ; Smith Coll., in 1910. Author: Life of Christ, and other a.B. '98 (Biological Soc); m. Plympton, Oct writings in Chinese, 1873-89; Dictionary of the ig, 1901, Winthrop Flllebrown; children: Thomas, Swatow Dialect, 1883; Pagoda Shadows, 1884; ,sarah A., Elizabeth, Helen, William P., Mar- Chinese Nights' Entertainment, 1833; A Cor- garet. Interested in church work, especially the ner of Cathay, 1894; Parliamentary Proce- charity and general social uplift work. For dure, 1898; Political Primer, 1900; Chinese two years a volunteer worker in the Sailors' Fairy Tales, 1912; twenty papers on Ants Haven, Charlestown. Works as school com. in (original research work), 1900-07; many con- ]jer district. Mem. Plympton Grange, May- tributlons to newspapers, 1855-1912. Progres- flower Pomona Grange. Congregationalist. sive Mem. A.A-A.S., hon. mem. Philadelphia __.„„ -,. ^ ^ ,,, t v, ^.tt Seog. SoC, Nat. Soc' for Promotion of Indus- ^^^J!' f f ^i* E ^7 th"k°t ^NY CUv" trial Education, Washington Women's Legisla- ^Z??I?Z? \f\^- ^^^^.^l^'u^J.- S'% ^ Oitv rec^eSs- %"alki'nritul°;^^^f 'Sr\l^^t: 18r37'^dr ^R^e'v. ^^! l."a°n\ 'i^e^et'^: l^'^h^r^iZ feftrTntere™'^! ■ rab'lishmentnT U.l 1^^-= |^- .„^ 5'^°°\jnfv ^Ll B^'V" m' Uth service, in temperance work and single f^lf-f,^t\%i!-''j-JeTw^t\nfS- one

FIELDS. A^e Adan^s (Mrs. James Thomas g^^f^rdosfi^oV^. ^'SfSed'-thf^in'cf Sc^S^J!

Fields). Manchester, Mass. ^9^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ i^g principal. Lecturer on

Author; b. Boston, June 6, 1834, dau Dr. j^^j history, philosophy and economics.

Zabdiel Boylston and Sarah May (Holland) ^utnor- After Agnosticism, What? Mem. Kappa

Adams; ed. Boston schools m. Boston 1854 q^^^^ j.^vors equal suffrage. Presbyterian.

James Thomas Fields (died 1881). Husband was p,„i,„. n„in„v -Rarnarri

a Boston publisher of works of leading American ^'"f^- Colony. Barnara,

and British authors and their homes were visited FINCH, Nina Tree (Mrs. Jerry C. Finch), 20S

by many of the foremost of the literary people E. Mai^ St., Gouverneur, N.Y.

of that period. Interested in various philan- Born Ithaca, N.Y., Nov. 2, 1876; dau. John

thropies. Favors woman suffrage. Author: A Wesley and Ida (Beebe) Tree; grad. Ithaca High

Shelf of Old Books; How to Help the Poor; School, '95; Cornell Univ., A.B. '02; m. Ithaca,

Whittier— Notes of His Life and Friendship; Aug. 31, 1904, Jerry C. Finch; children: Kathryn,

Authors and Friends; Under the Olive; The Sing- Marian, Jeremiah Stanton. Mem. Library Ass'n,

Ing Shepherd and Other Poems; Nathaniel Haw- Gouverneur, N.Y. Favors woman suffrage,

tborne; Orpheus. Unitarian.

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FINCK, Abbie Helen Cashman (Mrs. Henry T. (mem. T. and M. Debating Soc.); m. South Finck), 485 Manhattan Av., N.Y. City. Orange, N.J., Oct. 11, 1912, John Malcolm Firth. Writer; b. Brooklyn, Sept. 29, 1868; dau. Mor- Chairman of Church Board, Robertsdale Eplsco- ton and Sarah (Black) Cushman; m. N.Y. City, pal Church. Favors -woman suffrage. Recrea- Oct, 17, 1890, Henry T. Finck (well-known critic), tlons: Gardening, music (both instrumental and Mem. of Audubon Soc. Against woman suf- vocal), riding, tennis, hockey, swimming, sailing, frage. Musical critic and magazine writer. I.'ISCHEI., Martha Ellis (Mrs. Waahlngton E. Recreations: Traveling, gardening, walking. Flschel), 5284 Westminster Place, St. Louis, FIN'CKE, Mattle Brown (Mrs. Charles Louis Mo. FIncke), 100 Bayard Lane, Princeton, N.J. Social worker; b. Jackson, Miss., May 25, 1850; Bora Boston, Mass., Mar. 11, 1875; dau. Joseph dau. Turner Morehead and Fanny E. (Hoibbs) E. and Lavinia (Ireson) Brown; ed. Brooklyn Ellis; ed. St. Louis public schools, 1860-64; St. Heights Sem. ; Miss Ely's School; Smith Coll.,, Louis High School, 1864-68; m. St. Louie, 1876, B.L. '98; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., April 25, 1901, Dr. Dr. Washington E. Flschel; children: Edna, Charles Louis F^ncke (died Mar. 19, 1906); chll- Walter, Ellis, Leopold. Prof, of English, Howard dren: Charles Louis, b. Mar. B, 1902; Margaret CxdII., Mo., 1871-74. Founder and director of Epes, b. April 12, 1904. Favors woman suffrage; Home Making Schools In St. Louis, 1888-1907; mem. Collegiate Equal Suffrage League. Presby- organizer and pres. of St. Louis Emergency Aid, terian. Sec. Village Improvement Soc. of Prince- 1903-13; organizer and director St. Louis School ton. Recreations: Riding, walking, tennis. Mem. of Housekeeping, 1901-13; one of the founders of N.Y. Branch of Smith Coll. Alumnag. the Wednesday Club; organizer of Woman's FXNDLAY, Jessica White, Sanitarium, Castile, DeP't of Industrial Occupations, Day Nur- N.Y. sery and Lodging House of St Louie Provident Physician; b. Toronto, Ont., Can.; dau. John Ass'n. Has written club papers on social sub- and Elizabeth (Dunn) Findlay; ed. Univ. of Jects; lectures to philanthropic organizations. Mich., M.D. '89. Had interneship of one year at Mem. Central Council of Social Agencies, Ad- tbe New England Hospital for Women and visory Council of St. Louis Provident Ass'n, Con- Children, Boston; practiced in sanitarium as sumers' League, Pure Food Ass'n; pres. St. ass't physician; took N.Y. State examination In Louis Emergency Aid, St. Louis School of medicine, 1902; began private practice in Pitts- Housekeeping. Clubs: Wednesday, Contem- burgh. Pa. Mem. Criterion (Literary) Club of Porary. Recreations: Theatre, travel, family Pittsburgh, Pa. Mem. Woman's Medical Soc, gatherings. Mem. Bthl'cal Soc. Favors woman Pittsburgh, Pa. Presbyterian. suffrage.

riNDLAY, Louise Courtenaye O'Donnell (Mrs. FISCHER, Lanra E. B. (Mrs, F. William Fls-

John Van Lear Findlay Jr.), Oakland Manor, cher), 9226 Phillips Av., Chicago, 111.

Howard Co., Md. Reader; b. Ft. Wayne, Ind. ; dau. David and

Born Baltimore, Md., June 17, 1885; dau. Louis Anna (Reed) Rathbon; grad. Ind. SUte Normal

Courtney and Nina (Thompson) O'Donnell; ed. g°"°°' ^,^ Terre Haute, also grad. later from

in Paris and Miss Brown's School, 500 Fifth Av., ?,°Pf ,School of Oratory, Chicago; m. Ind., 1890,

N.Y. City: m. Baltimore, Md., April, 1906, John f- William Fischer (architect) in Chicago; chil-

V. L. Findlay; children: Courtenaye O'Donnell, ^^^^'- •'■ Athena, Walter R., Austin Harold

b. 1900; John V. L. Findlay, b. 1907. E)pisco- Reed. Has appeared before churches, lodges,

palian. Against woman suffrage. schools, social events, clubs In many parts of

FINDI.EY. Maud Kinsley (Mrs. Edwin Leigh H'^^ni'^Tv^^WaT n^vV°# Phi^ J^ I°/h^ J^^^^

Rinriiev/ 71 ns Wnnn-Vi Av piei/oia r,^ riv,if> sippi Kivcr (all over Chicago), ana before the

^■r"aS Fm^fth^Cot 11.'^^ aZV.\. tH^ fn^-^fc^tlr :LL7^^forn1a?s^'ln^^^ics"f^

Lei^h'^'b"'%ari8''\°906'^=dier Dec^ 2Y'°$^'9? Chlcag'o? outd^rTt'^'^hi^carf of'chUdren 'U-

Leigh, b. May 18, 1906 (died Dec. 25 1909). tectlon of girls, and Is a mem. Juvenile Protec-

JZ'^Z^ (N Y^ %f^^nli ^^7 T'^n^il^l^^ "^« ^^S^e- Mem. Chicago Political Equality

sS for ^GiVTs^ Geneva' N Y fall o^^l"^ ^^^^- Methodist adherent. Republican. Mem":

Chestnut Hill (Miss) School 190^^^ Juvenile Protective League, Chicago; Law and

i;-T^^^ Ir tJI * ^? ' ^? o .. , ,c Order League, Woman's City Club of Chicago,

1- IN E, May Margaret, Miss Fines School, 38 Monday Club, South Side; Art and Craft Inst.

Stockton St.. Princeton, N.J. ^, ^ _^ „ Council of Women. RecreaUons: Farming and

-Teacher; b. Troy, Pa., 1869; dau Lambert. S. automoblling. Has farm 80 miles out of Chi-

and Mary (Burchard) Fine; grad. Wellesley Coll., cago and gardens for pleasure. Was pres for

B.A. 89 (mem. Zeta Alpha Soc). Taught three two years of 2d Congressional Dist. of Clubs

years after graduation m the Franklin School, of 111.; chairman of Revision of State Federa-

Germantown, Pa. Did private tutoring in tion, 1911; only woman, save one, who led In

Princeton until became principal of a new school fight for prohibition in a large territory in

m 1899. Interested in social and philanthropic Chicago on South Side (won).

Interests. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. ,^c^w.^^ ■..

Mem. Women's University Club of N.Y. City FISCHEK, Mary EUen Sigrsbee (Mrs. Anton Otto

Present Day Club of Princeton, N.J. Fischer;, Bushnellvllle, Greene Co., N.Y.

FTN-RLE Kate Talliof 27G0 West Ttiv^r Tinnri, Artist; b. New Orleans, La., Feb. 26, 1876;

Ml^eaooHs Minn '^^"- Charles D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Eliza

Pr'obaZn"offlferTb. Moorhead Minn.; daugh- ^^n°?s^"'^lgu'i^' Washingto'^""'A"g'°%^? 'fr't

ter Henry George and Katharine (McLellan) Snts' Sue m NY Ci?v Oct^T" 1^2

Finkle; grad. University of Minnesota, B.A. '05. T^trCu LtrT^f^rh'^^ r=r.ti:t\'. ^„ ^^^^k i '

Probation officer Juvenile Court. Favors woman marr?aii D^vld L ?o,Vr Kpr ^.Ir.^ l°.T,^^

suffrage. Active worker In Political Equality f^nrL^ ^c^ULi

Club; charter mem. 1915 Suffrage Clut. Does !;!:", socialise.

university extension lecture work. Author FISH. Elizabeth Meigs Porter (Mrs. Daniel

(pamphlet): Significant Figures from Juvenile Fish), 2203 Third Av., South, Minneapolis,

Court; also short articles on same subject. Rec- Minn.

reations: Cross country walks, book collecting. Born Iowa; grad. Rockford (III.) Sem. (now gardening, esthetic dancing. Mem. College Club; college), 1867; m. Garnaville, Iowa, August 21, Exec. Board mem. Social Service Club National l^^^- Daniel Fish (lawyer; city attorney of Mln- Probation Officers' Ass'n, Juvenile Protective neapolis) ; five children. Teacher 1868-73 (one League, Legislative Com. of Woman's Welfare y^^"" at Rockford Sem.). Congregatlonalist League, Woman's Union Label League, State (mem. of several societies). One of the organ- Horticultural Soc. ' izers and was 22 years mem. of the Monday FIRTH, Louise Rodman (Mrs. John Malcolm ^lub; former pres. Tourists' Club. Firth), Plne-Croft Plantation, Robertsdale, FISH, May Ashworth (Mrs. Franklin Wakefield Ala. Fish), 133 N. Main St., Tucson, Ariz. Bora South Orange, N.J.; dau. Randolph and Born Plymouth, England, May 28, 1878; dau. Caroline Louise (Townsend) Rodman; ed. Miss Rev. John W. and Emma (Gregson) Ashworth; Beard's School, Orange, N.J.; Mi.ss Porter's ed. Putnam (Conn.) High School; Smith Coll., School, Springfield, Mass.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '07 .\.B. '01; m. Sept. 19, 1907, Franklin Wakefield

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��Fisii; children: Franklin, Edward Gregson. Head English Dep't Joliet (111.) Township High School, 1903-05; instructor English, Univ. of Arizona, 1905-07. Mem. Am. School of Home Economics; chairman Home Economics Section of Woman's Club, Tucson; State chairman Edu- cation Com. Woman's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Progressive Re- publican. Mem. College Club of Tucson. nSH, 3Iay Hall (Mrs. H. C. Fish), Bismarck,

N.Dak.

Born Edgar Springs, Mo., 1885; dau. Joseph and Emily Lucy (Bower) Hall; ed. Univ. of Wis- consin, 'OS; m. Madison, Wis., 1905, H. C. Fish; children: Vynor Starr, Virginia May. Interested in carrying on clubs with working girls. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Republican. Mem. Fortnightly Club, Mothers' Club. FISHBURN, Jilrs. Josephine Kedmond, 110

Huntington Place, Mt. Auburn, Cincinnati, O.

Bom Cincinnati; daughter of James A. and Barbara (Hoffmann) Redmond; ed. In public schools, Notre Dame, and by private teachers; m. June, 1891; children: Cyrus C. Fishburn, Albert R. Fishburn, Frederick Fishburn. Espe- cially and closely Interested in art and craft work; mem. Crafter Company, Cincinnati; active mem. Woman's Art Club of Cincinnati. Unitar- ian; mem. Cincinnati Branch of Woman's Alli- ance of the Unitarian Church. Recreations: Music, tennis, walking.

nSHER, Dorothy Canfield (Mrs. John Red- wood Fisher), Arlington, Vt.

Author; b. Lawrence, Kan.; dau. James Hulme and Flavia (Camp) Canfield; ed. Ohio State Univ., B.Ph. '99; studied in France and Italy and at Columbia Univ., specializing in Romance lan- guages; Columbia Univ., Ph.D. '04; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma; m. May 9, 1907, John Redwood Fisher; one daughter: Sally. Interested in edu- cational matters and improved methods of agri- culture and forestry. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Corneille and Racine in England; Eng- lish Rhetoric and Composition; What Shall We Do Now? Gunhild; The Squirrel Cage; The Montessori Mother; has also publis'hed short stories and articles in leading American maga- zines. Episcopalian. Socialist. Recreations: Riding, skiing, mountain climbing, housework, traveling, gardening. Lived in Conway, N.H., sixteen years. nSHER, Elizabeth Tlorette, Wellesley, Mass.

College profess9r, geologist; b. Boston, Mass., Nov. 26, 1873; dau. Charles and Sarah Gerrish (Gushing) Fisher; grad. Girls' High School, Boston, '91; Mass. Inst, of Technology, S.B. '96; special work in geography in Harvard Univ., 1S96, and Radcliffe Coll., 1900. Connected with Wellesley Coll. since 1S94 as instructor in geology and mineralogy until 1906, associate prof. 1906- 08, since then as prof, of geology and geography and head of that department. Has made original researches on the formation of river terraces, and on the lateral movement of rivers in various countries and has given numerous scientific lectures on these topics. Mem. Nat. Geographic Soc., A.A.A.S., International Geographical (Con- gress. Mem. Appalachian Club (Boston), Boston Society of Natural History. nSHEB, Jessie Weston (Mrs. William E.

Fisher), care Connecticut Hospital for Insane,

Middletown, Conn.

Physician, pathologist, alienist; b. Cherry Hill, Md., Aug. 10, 1872; dau. John W. and Laura Elizabeth (Jones) Weston; ed. Wilmington Con- ference Aoad., -Dover, Del.; Woman's Med. Coll. of Pa., M.D.; m. Middletown, Conn., 1897, Dr. William E. Fisher; one son: William Weston. Ap- pointed assistant pathologist of same, 1900, and pathologist same institution, 1908. Favors woman suffrage. Has written numerous articles published in medical journals. Methodist. Rec- reation: Tramping. FISHER, Katharine Conner (Mrs. Howard

Fisher), The Mendota, Washington, D.C.

Born NeTV Albany, Ind., Mar. 14, 1872; dau. Charles H. and Katharine Boudinot (Atterbury) Conner; ed. Home School (Miss Belle Peers, Louisville, Ky.), Prof. Chenault's University

��School, Louisville, Ky. ; Dana Hall, Wellesley, .Ma&s. ; Wellesley Coll., B.A. '95; mem. Shake- speare Soc. (Wellesley Coll.); m. New Albany, Ind., Jan. 10, 1896, Dr. Howard Fisher; children: Howard Fisiier, Jr. (deceased), Elisha Boudinot Fisher. Interested in religious, social and phil- aanthropic work. Favors woman suffrage. Pres- byterian. Recreation: Golf.

FISHER, I.oiiise Sanford (Mrs. Hubert Fred- erick Fisher), 1142 Vance Av., Memphis, Tenn. Born Knoxville, Tenn., April 29, 1882; dau. Edward Jackson and EJmma (Chavannes) £,in- ford; ed. Vassar Coll., '02; Jenny Hunter Kin- dergarten Training School, N.Y. City, '06; m. Nov. 6, 1909, Hubert Frederick Fisher; one son: Hubert Frederick Fisher Jr., b. May 15, 1911. Before marriage chief interests were in Knox- ville (Tenn.) Y.W.C.A., Girls' Friendly Soc, Brookside Free Kindergarten; since marriage in Memphis, Tenn., Visiting Nurse Ass'n, King's Daughters. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Episcopal Church. Recreation: Gardening. Mem. Nineteenth Century Club of Memphis, Tenn. FISHER, JI. Antoinette Schley (Mrs. Parks Fisher), Morgantown, W.Va. Bom Richfield Farm, Frederick Co., Md. ; dau. John Thomas and Georgiana (McClure) Schley; ed. Frederick (Md.) Female Sem., Southern Lit- erary Inst., Baltimore, 1863-65, grad 1865; m. Baltimore, June 1865, Parks Fisher; children: Frank S., Parks Jr., Charles McClure, David Gustave (died 1S96), Robert Waldorf Fisher, M.D. Became mem., 1908, Woman's Auxiliary Retail Clerks' Internat. Protective Ass'n; directress Altar Guild Episcopal Church, Morgantown, W. Va. Vice-pres. and executive officer Con- sumers' League of Md., 1903-06, Baltimore, Md. ; pres. Woman's Industrial E^xchange, Baltimore, eight years, resigned Jan. 1907. Episcopalian. Mem. Colonial Dames of Md., Regent Col. John Evans Chapter D.A.R. (Morgantown), United Daughters of the Confederacy. Pres. Present Day Club (for discussion of current events), Morgantown. Originator of the Nat. Hostesses' Ass'n, organized at Universal Exposition, St. Louis, Mo., 1904, at which she was elected permanent president, which organization still exists. Was appointed by Gov. John Walter Smith mem. of the Maryland Commission and official hostess of the Maryland Building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904. FISHER, Metta De Bow, Randolph, Neb.

Born Batavia, N.Y., Apr. 16, 1877; dau. Henry Stephen and Maria (Douglass) De Bow; ed. high school, Wich'ta, Kan. (entered in 1892), 1896-98; attended Columbia Coll. of E.xpression, Chicago, 1896-98, and again 1903-04; m. Coleridge, Neb.. April 14, 1898, William F. Fisher. Has been public reader and has taught expression. Iden- tified in church work; active mem. of Missionary Soc.; teacher in Sunday-school; worked for civic improvement. Favors woman suffrage. Episco- palian. Mem. Order of Eastern Star, Daughters of Rebekah. Recreations: Walking, auto riding, reading. Mem. Twentieth Century Club; pres. Woman's Club for six years. Especially inter- ested in educational and philanthropic work. FISHER, Olivia, 13 Grove Av.. Oil City, Pa.

Retired nurse; b. Oil City, Pa., Mar. 5, 1870; dau. Daniel and Josephine (Thompson) Fisher; ed. Oil City High School, Penn. Coll. for Wo- men, Presbyterian Hospital Training School for Nurses, Philadelphia, Pa. One of the first 8 nurses sent out by Government at time of the Spanish-American War. Chairman Red Cross Soc, Oil City, Pa. Pres. Twentieth Century Club of Oil City. Episcopalian.

FISK, Anna Louise Black (Mrs. George R. Fisk), 23 Morgan Boulevard, New Orleans. La. Born Pittsburgh, Pa., May 1, 1868; dau. John and Kathleen (Raleigh) Black; grad. Coll. of Immaculate Conc^tion, Oldenburg, Ind. (vale- dictorian); m. Aurora, Ind., Jan. 5, 1888, George R. Fisk; one soru Howard Douglas Fisk. Or- ganizer of penny lunches In the public schools of New Orleans (children too poor to pay served free); has charge of the 5th ward on subscription day for benefit of Anti-Tuberculosis League. Pres. New Orleans Woman's Club; mem. Era

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