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City, 1903, AndrS Erwin Rickmers, of Bremen, social work. Favors woman suffrage. Congrega-

Germany.' Interested In literary and charitable tlonalist. Club: The Chicago Woman's.

work. Mem. D.A.R. Protestant Episcopalian. bideOUT, Frances Beed (Mrs. Henry Milner

Favors equal suffrage. Rldeout), Sausalito, Cal.

BIDDELL, Agnes Butherford, 86 Spadina Road, Born Sausalito, Cal., April 6, 1887; dau. Rev.

Toronto Can Frederick Wilcox and Ellie (Avery) Reed; grad.

Born in' Scotland; ed. Univ. of Glasgow. Scot- Elizabeth Murison School San Francisco; m. land- Toronto Univ.. B.A. (honors in modern Sausalito, Cal., June 8, 1909, Henry Milner Ride- languages), 1896, M.A. 1897. Engaged in teach- out. Episcopalian. Democrat, ing in Oshawa (Ontario) High School, and later EEDEOUT, Helen B. (Mrs. Benjamin W. Ride- in Branksome Hall and the Westboume School out), Bradford St., Needham, Mass. in Toronto. Corr. sec. Nat. Council of Women Born Freeport, Me.; dau. Alfred W. and Han- since 1910. Has traveled extensively in Europe, nah U. (Merrill) Blsbee; grad. Wfillesley Coll.,

KIDDLE (Mary) Adeline, Oshkosh, Wis. F-fiqT^l^f^^n^l^'I^JrtSi.t^'.'hH^r^^.^FVinfT"

TDv„-<~i„.,. >, Ti„-K-„ Tx,^. /io„ -DriKoT-t Won7-, Vr=tw^ R^flm. ™vPd to Ka7 Esther. Congregationalist. Mem. Monday Club, and Elizabeth (Gayley) Riddle, removed to Kan- rpntnrv riiih CNp^flham^

sas frontier in infancy; attended little "dug-out" ^^^ Oentury Club (JNeedbam). school there until family removed to Waitsburg, BIDGELX, Elizabeth Frazier (Mrs. Edwin Wash., where she was graduated from high Reed Rldgely), Mulberry, Kan., Route 1. school, 1884; taught school for six years. School teacher, journalist; b. Coon Island, Pa., entered Woman's Med. Coll. (now North- Mar. 2, 1868; dau. James and Mary (McLean) western Woman's Med. Coll.), grad. M.D. with Frazier; grad. Kan. State Normal School, ele- honors, 1893; then took course at Hahnnemann mentary degree; m. Sept. 1, 1903, Edwin Reed Homeopathic Med. Coll. and was grad. M.D., Ridgely. Taught in country schools six years, 1894, the same year her sister. Dr. Julia Riddle in city and high schools three years; served as (q.v.) was graduated from Chicago Woman's county sup't of public instruction two years; Med. Coll. They located in Wisconsin, she in entered newspaper work in 1899. Favors woman Oshkosh and her sister in Appleton, but after suffrage. Unitarian. Progressive. Mem. Ladies' three years of separate practice they became Reading Club, Girard, Kan.

associated as partners In medical practice, both KIDGELY, Kate Deering (Mrs. William Barret residing in Oshkosh. Exchange editor of the Ridgely), 1908 Q St., Washington, D.C. Journal of Preventive Medicine, a monthly Born Saco, Me. ; dau. George Alexander and journal. During the earlier years of practice Anna E. (Swaine) Deering; ed. in Washington, they had to overcome strong prejudices against D.C; France, Germany and Italy; m. Dec. 30, woman practitioners, but for several years have 1905, William Barret Ridgely. Mem. Woman's enjoyed a large and successful practice and full Welfare Dep't of Nat. Civic Federation, also professional recognition. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n the Navy League. Favors woman suffrage. Uni- Wis. State Med. Soc, Wis. Med. Woman's Ass'n; tarian. Recreations: Golf, horseback riding. State and Local Race Betterment League T>TT»nwAV nail TTnmiitnn <i^<^ wieh qt arin. (treas.), Wis. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, etc. ^^^lY^it^: ^^"^ HamUton, 913 High St.. Grm- Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. Recrea- v,niir,i.5t- "h aaiinn nhin Tune. R 1SS4- dau tions: Travel, automobiling. boating, swimmmg. '^l^^^^l^^' ^ ^^JrwaJ!°M.D'?%n'dA;abe1la RIDDLE, Editli Gillette Ward (Mrs. Joseph B. (Davis) Ridgway; grad. Gallon High School, 1900; Riddle), Lake Farm, Kalamazoo, Mich. Oberlin Coil., A.B. '04; Oberlin Conservatory of

Settlement worker, philanthropist; b. St. Music. Mus. Bac. '07 (mem. Phi Alpha Phi). In- Dharles. 111.; grad. Vassar Coll.. A.B. '98; m. structor of violin and pianoforte, Cornell Coll., Oct. 2, 1906, Joseph B. Riddle. Settlement Mt Vernon, Iowa, 1907-10. One of three pupils worker, 1905-06; worker in Hull House, Chicago, ^^ ^he celebrated violinist, Fritz Kreisler, Berlin 1906-08; proprietor of farm house for poor boys. and London. 1910-U. Head of Violin Dep't of BIDDLE, Jnlla, Oshkosh, Wis. Western Institute of Music and Dramatic Art.

Physician; b. Derby. Ind.; dau. Robert Henry Denver. Colo.. 1911-13; teacher of violin in Grin- and Elizabeth (Gayley) Riddle; removed to Kan- nell (loiwa) School of Music. 1913—. Mem. Thlr- Bas (then on the Indian frontier) in early '70s, teen Club. Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 190S-10. Favors remaining there nine years and spending woman suffrage. Methodist. Progressive. While first school days in a little "dug-out" in Oberlin was mem. Girls' Board of Directors of school-house; removed to Waitsburg, Wash., the Conservatory of Music; mem. Second Church where attended public and high school, grad- choir, Oberlin Musical Union.

uaUng 1884. Taught school until 1891. when rhjleY, Mary Kent (Mrs. John Cobb Ridley), entered the then Woman's Med. Coll. of Chicago, Travis St. and Congress Av.. Houston, Texas, which later became the Northwestern Wonian s g^^n Roanoke Co., Va., 1864; dau. Dr. James Med. School and graduated with honors M.D McGavock and Lucy Neal (Oliver) Kent; ed. by 94. Located in practice at Appleton Wis at governesses and private study; m. Roanoke, Va., the same time that her sister Dr Adeline Riddle j^ ^^ ^^ j^^ C^tib Ridley; children: Jo- ^V-^ \°.°J^^^ ^^J^^'^^ii^ ^* Oshkosh. Wis. 20 gg ij j3^.^i^ '^ Nov. 4. 1SS7; James Kent. b. miles distant. After three years there joined j^^^ 29. 1890; Lucy Oliver, b. April 22, 1S92; her sister at Oshkosh, where they have since Ranald Buford, b. Sept. 15, 1896; Robert Cobb, practised In partnership (believed to be the only j, g ^_ ^^ jg-^Q interested in and helps the Bisters practising medicine togeUier In the U.S.). development of young people; teacher of Bible Only woman physician appointed as a legally j ^^^j^ interested in home and mission work, authorized medical examiner for the Travelers ^^iist woman suffrage. Author of poems and Ufe Insurance Co.; ^ly woman to be appointed ^ ^^^^ notable poems: A Monument; The

as surgeon for the Wisconsin Central Railroad gjiamrock's Mystic Spur. Episcopalian. Demo- Co Lecturer and writer. Actively engaged n ^ j^ Daughters of the King; directress of suffrage work during 1912, and in company with ^ .j^ Recreations: Reading, crochet

Mrs. M.nonaS Jones made the first auto^^^^^^ ^ ^^ p^.^^ Home and School Club of Kirbyvllle, tour of the State of Wisconsin in interest of suf- „ .q,q y, frage after the amendment was passed. Editor- '■^^■- -is-i^v--"-

In-chief of a 48-page monthly, the Journal of BIEMAN, Taylor Goodwin (Mrs. Chas. Ellet Preventive Medicine, pubi.shed under the aus- Rleman), Rodgers Forge P.O., Md. pices of the Wisconsin Med. Woman's Ass'n and Born Baltimore. July 24, 1872; dau. Charles devoted entirely to health talks and articles. Ridgely and Belle (DeVries) Goodwin; ed. by Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n. Wis. State Med. Soc., governesses and private schools in Baltimore; m. Wis. Med. Woman's Ass'n. Methodist. Baltimore, Feb. 8, 1909, Charles Ellet Rieman.

KIDDLE, Mary Altbea, 5626 Woodlawn Av., Interested in Girls' Friendly Soc; treas. BalU- Chlcago, III. more School of Art Needlework; mem. Md. Child

Bom Chicago, 111.; dau. Hugh and Althea Labor Com.; director of Children's Aid Soc. and (Wetmore) Riddle; ed. Chicago private and pub- of Md. School for Feeble Minded Children. Mem. lie schools- Bryn Mawr Coll.; diploma from Bos- Md. Soc. Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R., ton Acad 'of Fine Arts. Interested in art and Daughters of the Confederacy, Md. Historical

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��Soc, Am. Historical Ass'n; vice-pres. Women's Wilson League of Md. ; mem. Colonial Dames Club. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

KIESMAN, Eleanor Fleisher (Mrs. David Ries- man), 1715 Spruce St., Philadelphia, Pa. Born Philadelphia, Pa., Mar. 29, 1882; dau. Pen- rose and Amanda M. (Dannenbaum) Fleisher; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '03; m. Philadelphia, Jan. 20, 1908, Dr. David Riesman; children: David Jr., John Penrose. Active in social service work.

RIGGS, Charlotte Symington (Mrs. Jesse B.

RIggs), Catonsvllle, Md.

Born Baltimore, Md. ; dau. Thomas Alexander and Emily (Spence) Symington; ed. St. Tim- othy's School, Catonsvllle; m. Baltimore, Oct. 5, 1S93, Jesse B. Riggs; children: Emily S., Marie B., Charlotte S., Lawrason. Mem. St. Timothy Guild, Woman's Auxiliary of St. Timothy's Church; on board of Union Protestant Infirmary. Mem. Pot and Kettle Club (Catonsvllle, Md.). Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage.

RIGGS, Kate Douglas Wiggin — see Wlggin, Kate Douglas.

BIGHTER, Eva Cornelia Foster (Mrs. Walter Lelsenrlng Righter), Park Av., Plalnfleld, N.J. Bom Chatham, Ont., Can.; dau. Volney W. Foster, of Chicago, and Eva Adele (Hill) Foster; ed. Kirkland School, Chicago; Smith Coll., B.L. 1900 (mem. Omega, Smith Coll.); m. Evanstoi;, 111., 1902, Walter Lelsenrlng Righter; children: Volney Foster, Gertrude Foster (died 190<;), Brewster, Elinor. Mem. Muhlenberg Hospital Board, King's Daughters, Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage. EJpiscopalian. Mem. Soc. of May^ower Descendants, Plainfield Country Club, Watchung Hunt Club.

RIGSBEE, Alice DaTidson (Mrs. Ned Clarence Rlgsbee), 528 W. Park Av., Shawnee, Okla. Born Belton, Tex., July 17, 1874; dau. Capt, Wilson T. and Alice (Thacker) Davidson; grad. Conservatory of Music of Baylor Female Coll., Belton, Tex., '95; post-grad, course; m. Belton, rex., July 22, 1902, Ned Clarence Rigsbee. Direc- tor of Music Dep't of Rockwall Coll., 1898-99; Midlothian Coll., Tex., 1900-01. Interested in church, society and social activities. Methodist. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy; pres., vice- pres. and charter mem. of Shakespearian and Synthetic Clubs. Against woman suffrage.

RnS, Mary Phillips (Mrs. Jacob A. Rlls), 524 N. Beech St., Richmond Hill, N.Y. Born Memphis, Tenn., 1877; dau. R. F. and

Llna (Rensch) Phillips; ed. England and France;

m. 1907, Jacob A. Rlis; one son: Roger William.

Mem. Jacob A. Riis Neight)orhood Settlement.

Favors woman suffrage. Mem. MacDowell Club.

RTKER, Martina Grubbs (Mrs. Lafon Riker),

Harrodsburg, Ky.

Born Champagne Co., Ohio, Jan. 6, 1867; dau. Daniel Webster and Juanita Maria (Miller) Grubbs; ed. Indianapolis public schools, Lasell Sem., Auburndale, Mass.; m. Harrodsburg, Ky., Oct. 2, 1889, Lafon Riker; children: Maria Louise, Martha Letcher. Chairman of Health Dep't, Ky. Federation of Women's Clubs; Child Hygiene Com. of the General Federation of Women's Clubs, Civics Dep't Woman's Club of Harrods- burg, Hospital Board of Harrodsburg. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recreation: Automoblling.

RIXET, Elizabeth Angela, 310 Bay State Road,

Boston, Mass.

Phy'sician; b. Boston, Mass.; grad. Tufts Med. Coll., M.D. '97. Engaged in practice as physician and surgeon in Boston since graduation. For- merly instructor in gynecology and abdominal surgery in Tufts Med. Coll. for eight years; former sup't of Women's Charity Club Hospital; now owner and sup't Bay State Hospital, Boston. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med. Soc. Mem. Professional Woman's Club.

RLLEY, Evelyn C, Greencastle, Ind.

Teacher; b. Jackson, Minn.; dau. Rev. A. T. and Otilla (Maag) Riley; ed. Washburn Coll.

��Acad.; De Pauw Acad.; De Pauw Univ., A.B., A.M.; Cornell Univ.; Am. School of Classical Studies, Rome, Italy; fellowship in Univ. of Mich. Began teaching In private school, Lake Charm, Fla.; had charge of a non-commissioned high school; tutored In Greek and Latin in De Pauw Univ. ; had charge of Latin department in Marion, Ind., four years; ass't prof. Latin, Cor- nell Coll., 1902-06; prof. Latin, Cornell Coll., Mt. Vernon, Iowa, 1906—. Interested in young peo- ple's societies, in jail and prison reform; Sunday- school Bible teacher; formerly State officer in Indiana W.C.T.U.; conductor of European parties. Has lectured on Protestantism in Europe; Art and Artists; Roman Remains; Azores and Eu- rope. Author: Classical Element in Tennyson's Poetry; Labor Omnia Vincit; Lacus Curtius; Recent Excavations in Roman Forum; Italian Humane Society; The President of France and King of Italy; Easter in Rome; The Vatican In- cident. Editor of Roman World, Rome, 1904. Taught English in the Istuto Internazionale, Rome. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church. Mem. Classical Ass'n of Middle West and South, Philo- logical Soc. of Cornell, American Travel Club, Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc, W.C.T.U. Recreation: Travel. Clubs: Ingleside, Sorosis. Favors woman suffrage.

RILEY, Hattie E. Eossett* (Mrs. William L.

Riley), 501 Denver St., Eldorado, Kan.

Born Fayette Co., Ohio, June 24, 1847; dau. Jojn and Catharine (Irvin) Fossette; ed. common schools, Lincoln, Logan Co., 111.; m. Lincoln, 111., Mar. 27, 1867, William L. Riley; children: Agnes L. Riley, b. June 21, 1868; May L., b. June 3, 1872 (died June 14, 1911); Kittle I., b. Sept. 24, 1873; Charles H., b. Sept. 12, 1877; Edward Ambrose, b. April 21, 1880. Mem. Chris- tian (Cambellite) Church. Favors woman suf- frage. Republican. Pres. Woman's Relief Oirps No. 7 (has been national aid four different terms, aid of the Dep't of Kan. ten times); dep't chap- lain Kan. Woman's Relief Corps. Was fore- man of first woman's jury ever empaneled in Kansas.

RINEHART, Mary Roberts (Mrs. Stanley Mar- shall Rlnehart), Glen Osborne, Sewlckley, Pa. Writer; b. Pittsburgh, Pa., Aug. 12, 1876; dau. Thomas B. and Cornelia (Gilleland) Roberts; ed. Pittsburgh public and high schools; m. April 21, 1896, Dr. Stanley Marshall Rlnehart; children: Stanley Marshall Jr., Alan Gillespie, Frederick Rol:erts. Novelist, magazine writer, playwright; has written several novels, many short stories, and produced several plays, among them Seven Days. Author: The Circular Staircase; Window at The White Cat; When a Man Marries; Where There's a Will; (jase of Jennie Brice; Amazing Adventures of Letitla Carbury; Man in Lower Ten. Mem. Allegheny Country Club, Edgeworth Club, Woman's Press Club, Authors' League of America, Woman's Club of Sewlckley Valley. Favors woman suffrage.

RINGS, Ed.vthe Patterson (Mrs. John Rings),

115 Prlngle Av., Jackson, Mich.

Born Pittsford, Mich., 1877; dau. Stewart and Emily (Jenkins) Patterson; grad. high school, Moutpeller, O., '96; m. Colon, Mich., June 16, 1897, John Rings. Interested in civic Improve- ment, the playground movement and humani- tarian work (district nurse and school nurse), Sunday-school work and Friendly Home. Favors woman suffrage, and active in its support. Pres- byterian. Mem. Delta Alpha Soc., W.C.T.U., and Mistletoe Club.

RIPLEY, Edith Helen Wheeler (Mrs. Edward

Pearson Ripley), Weston, Mass.

Bom Butler, Mo.; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '96; student in zoology and education, Radcliffe Coll., M.A. '02; m. Aug. 4, 1909, Edward Pear- son Ripley; children: Cora Stuart, b. Sept. 24, 1910; Edward Pearson, Jr., b. Feb. 12, 1312. Teacher in higli schools, Weston, Mass., 189b-y!); Brockton, Mass., 1899-01; Lynn, Mass., 1902-03. Librarian, Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass., 1903-04; cataloger. Harvard Library, 1904- 09. Mem. Ass'n Collegiate Aliunnse, Nat. Edu- cational Ass'n, Smith College Alumns Ass'n.

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��KIPT.ET, Eva Gowing (Mrs. Winfield Scott

Ripley, Jr.), 40 -Emerson St., Wakefield. Mass.

Bom Wakefield, Mass., 1870; dau. Horace and Louisa (Day) Gowing; ed. Boston Univ., Heidel- berg Univ., Sorbonne (Paris) CollSge de France; m. Wakefield, Mass., July 31, 1909, Winfl«ld Scott Ripley Jr. Teacher of French and German in Hartford Public High School, 1904-05; teacher of German in Morris High School, N.Y. City, 190.^-U9. Has lectured before women's clubs on Student Life in Germany and Student Life In France. Mem. Wakefield School Com.; director in Wake- field Visiting Nurses Ass'n; mem. D.A.R., Mass. State Com. on Conservation. Favors woman suf- frage. Congregatibnalist. Vice-regent of Faneuil Hall Chapter D.A.R. ; pres. of Wakefield High School Alumni Ass'n. Recreations: Piano, golf. Pres. Kosmos Club, 19n-in; pres. Penultimates (literary) Club; mem. Coll. Alumnas and Epsilon Chapter Boston Univ. Alumni. BISLEY, i:x)uise Robinson (Mrs. Samuel D.

Risley), The Belgravia, Philadelphia, Pa.

Born Hartford, Conn., Feb. 10, 1870; dau. John Stone and Julia (Taylor) Robinson; ed. Mrs. A. R. Howella" Schools, Philadelphia; Miss Mar- garet Gibson's School, Philadelphia; m. Phila- delphia, Jan. 16, 1907, by Bishop Mackey-Smith, to Dr. Samuel D. Risley; one son: Parker Curtin. M-^m. Women's Auxiliary, St. James' Church, BM Needlework Guild of America, B'd of Mid- night Mission. Against woman suffrage. Episco- palian. Mean. Colonial Dames, Mayflower Soc, Soc. of New England Women, Colonial Governors, Sedgeley Club. RITCHEY, Delia (Mrs. W. H. Ritchey), Durant,

Okla. „ ^

Born Gwinnett Co., Ga., 1873; dau. R. J. and Eliza (McDonald) Brooks; ed. Gwinnett Co., Ga., and Grayson Co., Tex.; m. Aug. 7, 1892, WH. Ritchey; children: Haydee, b. 1893; Mary, b. 1895; Thelma, b. 1900. Taught school three years; was worthy matron of Eastern Star, 1908-09; pres. Fortnightly Club, 1911-12; Methodist; mem. La- dies' Aid Soc, Missionary Soc. RITCHIE, Beulah Boyd (Mrs. Charles M.

Ritchie), 8th St.. Fairmont, West Va.

Born Wheeling, W.Va., Mar. 24, 1864; dau. Judge George E. and Annie (Caldwell) Boyd; grad. Wooster Univ., Ohio, A.B., A.M. (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma) ; m. Wheeling, June 3, 1893 Charles M. Ritchie; one daughter: Jean. Taught two years in Presbyterian Coll., Car- thage Mo.; public schools of Wheeling two years; Fairmont State Normal three years. Pres. Fair- mont Political Equality Club; former State pres. Womau Suffrage Ass'n. Presbyterian. Recre- ation: Nature study. Mem. W.C.T.U., Woman s Federated Club (art dep't). RITCHIE, Eliza, "Winwick," Halifax, N.S.,

B*rn Halifax, N.S., Jan. 31, 1856; dau. Hon. J W. Ritchie (Judge of Supreme Court of Nova Scotia) and Amelia Rebecca (Almon) Ritchie; early education at home; grad. Dalhojsie Univ., B L with first class honors in philosophy, 87; Cornell Univ., fellow of philosophy, 1887-88; Ph.D. '89 Instructor In philosophy at Wellesley Coll., 1890-96; associate prof, philosophy, Wellesley, 1896-1900. Now warden of Forrest Hall, the resi- dence for home students at Dalhousie Univ. Ac- tive mem. of Local Council of Women of Halifax; convener of Com. on Education of Nat. Council of Women of Canada; mem. of Com. of Victorian Order of Nurses, Halifax, and Interested in many local charities. Has endeavored by lectures and exhibitions o£ pictures to arouse an interest In art in Nova Scotia. Favors woman suffrage. Author- The Problem of Personality (thesis for Ph D.) 1889; various articles on philosophical subiects and reviews of books in the Interna- tional Journal of Ethics and the Philosophical Review Has contributed occasioDaUy in prose and verse to various periodicals. Liberal in polities. Recreations: Traveling, books, chess. RITCHIE, Sarah Lourie (Mrs. E. G. Ritchie),

2535 Park Av., Indianapolis,. Ind.

Born Charlestown, Ind., 1862; dau. Francis A. and Rebecca (Slack) Hester; ed. Moores Hill Coll • Terra Haute Normal School; m. June 28,

��1888. E. G. Ritchie; children; Russell, Hester, Mary Ruth, Sarah Margaret. Taught in graded schools of Goshen two years. Mem. Local Coun- cil of Women, Foreign Missionary Soc, Home Missionary Soc, Woman's Christian Social Union. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Mem. D.A.R., Woman's Research Club, Woman's De- partment Club.

"RITTENHOUSE, Anne" (pen-name) — see Hall- mark, Harrydele. RITTENHOUSE, Jessie Belle, 88 Mornlngside Drive, N.T. City.

Critic; b. Mt. Morris, N.Y. ; dau. John E. and Mary (MacArthur) Rittenhouse; ed. Genesee Wes- leyan Sem., Lima, N.Y. ; grad. in Latin-scien- tific course. Taught Latin and English in the Akeley Institute for Girls at Grand Haven, Mich., and later in a private school for girls in Cairo, 111. ; engaged for a short period in- news- paper work in Rochester, N.Y., and Chicago; has been connected for several years with the Nefw York Times Book Review, as critic; lec- turer upon literature for clubs and societies; sec. of the Poetry Soc. of America. Author: The Younger American Poets, a volume of criticism, 1900; editor of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (translations of Fitzgerald, Whinfleld and Mc- Carthy), 1900; editor of The Lover's Rubaiyat (a mosaic from several translations), 1905. Mem. Poetry Soc. of America. Club: Authors', Boston. Recreation: Travel. Favors woman suffrage. RITTER, Elizabeth Emma (Mrs. Woldemar H. Rltter), 1471 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. Physician; b. Mattapoisett, Mass., Jan. 6, 1875; dau. Bruce treeman and Eliza (Cook) Shaw; grad. Tabor Acad., Marion., Mass., '32; Smith Coll., A.B. '96; Boston Univ. Medical School, Ch.B. '04, M.i^. (magna cum laude) '05; Vienna hospitals, 1905-06; m. Mattapoisett, Mass., April 7, 1911, Woldemar H. Ritter; one son: Robbins Horton, b. Sept. 5, 1912. Mem. of staff of Ob- stetrical Dep't Mass. Homoeopathic Hospital, Bos- ton. Physician, Talitha Cumi Maternity Hos- pital, Jamaica Plain, Mass. Favors woman suf- frage. Mem. Brookline Equal Suffrage Ass'n.

RIVE-KING, Mme. Julie, Bush Temple Conserv- atory of Music, Bush Temple, Chicago, 111. Concert pianiste; b. Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 31, 1859; dau. Leon and Caroline Rive; studied under her mother, and later under other teachers, in- cluding Liszt, Rubinstein and Reinecke; m. 1878, Frank H. King. First appeared in concert at the age of six, but made professional debut with the Gewandhaus Orchestra in Leipzig at the age of 16. Since her return to this country has played in over four thousand concerts and recitals; has played over 500 times with Grand Orchestra (a larger number of orchestral concerts than any other pianist can claim), 200 appearances being with the Theodore Thomas Orchestra, and over 10 with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Anton Seidl. Composer and arranger of classical works. RIVES, Amfilie — see Troubetzkoy, Princess

Am611e. RIVES-WHEELER, HalUe Erminle — see Wheeler, Hallie Erminie Rives.

RIVERS, Lidie Avirett (Mrs. Flournoy Rivers), 1031 South 18th St., Birmingham, Ala. Born Summerfield, Ala. ; dau. Capt. John Al- fred and Eliza Evans (Markham) Avirett; grad. Millersburg Female Coll. (valedictorian). Spring- er medalist, Coll. of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio, '83; student Columbia Unfv., N.Y. City; m. Water- toT^n, N.Y., 1891, Hon. Flournoy Rivers; one son: John Flournoy Rivers, b. 1895. Mem. Southern Authors' and Newspaper Soc, Nat. Fed. of Thea- tre Clubs, D.A.R., Colonial Dames, Daughters of Confederacy, Nat. Fed. of Women's (^lubs; chairman Extension Com. Nat. Fed. of Musical ■ Clubs. Recreations: Traveling, theatre, playwrit- ing. Mem. Music Study Club of Birmingham; Study Circle. Birmingham. Pianist, composer, teacher, choral director, lecturer, magazine writer. Private student in music of John White, Felix Lamond, Raphael Joseffy, A. K. Virgil, Kurt Schindler, John Breckhoven, Kraft, Shradleck, Otto Singer, Carl Baetena. etc.

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��RIX, Harriet Hale, Home of Truth, Alameda,

Cal.

Teacher, healer; b. San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 10, 1863; dau. Hale and Alice Pierson (Locke) Rix; ed. common schools of San Francisco. Founder Home of Truth, Alameda, Cal.; min- ister, teacher and healer in same for twenty years. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Civic League of Alameda, Cal. Contributor to maga- zine, Master Mind, Los Angeles, Cal. Mem. Nat. New Thought Alliance. Socialist.

ROACH, Abby Meguire (Mrs. Nelll Roach),

1152 Sixth St., Louisville, Ky.

Writer; b. Philadelphia, Mar. 5, 1876; dau. Charles A. and Elmma E. (Geiselnxan) Meguire; ed. Louisville High School; Wellealey Prepara- tory School (Louisville), and Wellesley Coll., 1893-94; m. Louisville, June 1, 1899, Neill Roach, of Louisville. First five years of life lived in New Orleans; since then In Louisville. Writer of many short stories published in the best maga- zines, and book: Some Successful Marriages, 1906; also novelettes in: Their Husbands' Wives, 1906; Southern Lights and Shadows, 1907; Life at High Tide, 1907. Mem. of the Woman's, Fort- nightly and Authors' Clubs of Louisville. Fa- vors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Suffrage Ass'n and (DoUege Woman's Suffrage's Asa'n, both of Louisville.

ROARK, Mary Creeg-an (Mrs. Rurlc Nevel Roark), Sullivan Hall, Richmond, Ky. Teacher, dean of women; b. Brighton, la.; dau. Daniel and Mary (McKee) Creegan; ed. Nebraska Univ.; Oberlin Coll.; Nat. Normal Univ., B.S. '80, B.A. '82; Colorado Coll., '81; m. Lebanon, 0., Dr. Ruric Nevel Roark; children: Ruric Creegan, Raymond J., Eugene W., Mary Kathleen. Teacher four years Nat. Normal Univ. ; three years vlce-pres. Glasgow Normal School; some time teacher Ky. State Coll.; acting pres. Eastern Ky. State Normal School; served on School Board in Lexington, Ky. ; mem. State EMucation Commission for two years; dean of women In Eastern Ky. S'tate Normal School. Interested in larger industrial, educational and political op- portunities for women; pres. of Lexington So- rosis. Woman's Council; leader in School Im- provement work in Ky. Has written and read papers before the Southern Educational Ass'n, State Educational Asa'n, also (Conference of Edu- cation in South, and addresses before State De- velopment Conferences. Mem. Nat Educational Ass'n, Southern E>ducational Ass'n, State Educa- tional Ass'n, Nat. Y.W.C.A., Foreign and Home Missionary Societies, Child Labor Com., Civic League, Woman's Club, Parent-Teachers' Club, Browning Club. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Suffrage Club, State correspond- ing sec. for many years; editor of special suffrage edition In Ky. of Woman's Journal.

ROBB, Anna Bennett (Mrs. Joseph P. Robb),

Wiggins, Miss.

Born New Florence, Westmoreland Co., Pa. ; dau. O. M. and H. M. (Graham) Bennett; ed. at home and in academy in West Fairfield; m. New Florence, Pa., June 8, 1898, Joseph P. Robb; children: Cyril Bennett, John Meredith, Arville La Mar, Pearce McGeorge. Interested in civic Improvement, Ladles' Auxiliary, Sorosls. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recrea- tions: Pioneering and carpentry work. Mem. Woman's Club of Gary, Ind.

ROBB, Emille D. Taylor (Mrs. Alexander Robb), 606 West 116th St., N.Y. City. Born Owego, Tioga Co., N.Y., June 27, 1845; dau. William Chauncey and Maria A. (Martin) Taylor; ed. at home; m. N.Y. City, December, 1872, Alexander Robb. Interested in the Wom- an's Home and Foreign Missionary Societies and Nat. Sabbath Alliance. Presbyterian.

BOBBINS, Alice Emily, 176 Nassau St., Brook- lyn, N.Y.

Social worker; grad. Smith Coll., A.B. '94; stu- dent of economics In London School of Eco- nomics, 1901-02. Teacher, Malone (N.Y.) Acad., 1894-96; Plattsburgh (.\.Y.) State Normal School, 1896-98; social worker, Goddard House, N.Y. City. 1898-1901: head worker, Lawrence House,

��Baltimore, Md., 1902-08; since 1908 investigator of settlements for Russell Sage Foundation.

BOBBINS, Louise Bamom (Mrs. Richard B.

Robblns), 25 Broad St., Adrian, Mich.

Born Potsdam, N.Y., July 22, 1S44; dau. Royal and Mary (Pease) Barnum (old Colonial ances- try); ed. Potsdam and Canton (N.Y.) academies; Adrian (Mich.) High School; Monroe (Mich.) Sem.; Adrian Coll., A.B. '64, hon. A.M. '96 (mem. Lambda Phi Soc.); m. Adrian, Mich., June 19, 1867, Colonel Richard B. Robbins (of 4th Mich. Cavalry in CivU War, laAvyer, legislator. Senator, Am. Consul at Ottawa, Can., 1881-85; 12 years judge of Probate; died June 15, 1905). Past dep't pres. of Mich. Woman's Relief Corps and other official positions In the Nat. Soc. ; pres. Adrian Coll. Alumni Ass'n several years; cor. sec. Nat. Council of Women, 1895-98; founder Lucy Wolcott Barnum Chapter D.A.R., 1S09, and ever since Its regent; mem. Nat D.A.R. committees. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive. Congregationallst Mem. D.A.R., Colonial Dames of America, Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, Nat. Soc. of Mayflower Descendants (two lines to Elder Brewster); patron of Nat. Council of Women of U.S.; mem. New England Historic- Genealogical Soc, Mich. Pioneer Historical Soc.

BOBBINS, Mary Caroline (Mrs. J. H. Robblns),

The Kempton, Boston, Mass.

Author; b. Calais, Me., 1841; dau. James Shepherd Pike, author and diplomat, and Char- lotte Otis (Grosvenor) Pike; ed. in Massachusetts and Philadelphia schools; studied art in New York, Holland and Italy; m. Poinfret, Conn., Apr. 30, 1881, Dr. J. H. Robbins (died Aug. 21, 1900). Collaborator with late Mary Abigail Dodge ("Gall Hamilton") In editing Wood's Household Magazine, 1871-72; translator of several volumes of French literature into English, 1873-84. Author: The Rescue of an Old Place. Con- tributor on art and literary topics to various magazines, writer of short stories. Mem. Old Colony Chapter, D.A.R., Boston (hon. regent); Mass. Indian Ass'n, Colonial Dames of America, Drama League of America. Mem. Ass'n Opposed to Further Extension of Suffrage to Women.

BOBBINS, Mrs. Olive E., 1274 Belle Av., Lake- wood, Ohio.

Assistant traveling sec. and traveling auditor Nat. Soc. for Broader Education; b. Cleveland, 0., Mar. 29, 1869; dau. W. H. and Olive J. (Bander) Polhamus; ed. public high school of Cleveland, O. ; Spencerian Business CoU., Cleve- land, O. ; Seattle Branch of Boston College of Vitosophy, received degrees from this college of Master of Vitosophy and Ph.D.; m. Cleveland, O., Dec. 31, 1891, William A. Robbins (died March, 1903). Served four years as public stenographer, two years traveling sec. of Boston Coll. of Vito- sophy, one year lecturing upon vitosophy, three years as field sec. and one year traveling auditor of Nat. Soc. for Broader Education. Recreations: Music, reading, theatres.

ROBERTS, Anna Monsch* (Mrs. Herbert F.

Roberts), Manhattan, Kan.

Born Louisville, Ky., Aug. 26, 1870; dau. Henry John and Mary Elizabeth (Brayman) Monsch; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '95; graduate scholar- shjp and A.M. '96; scholarship table at Marine Biological Station, Woods Hole, Mass., 1894, 1895, 1896. 1897; graduate work, Univ. of Chicago, '99; m. Louisville, Ky., June 27. 1900, Herbert F. Roberts; children: Kenneth Lindsey, b. Dec. 16, 1901; Edward Sherrill, b. Apr. 19, 1904; Richard Monsch, b. May 17, 1913. Interested in woman's club work, woman suffrage, public school prob- lems and art In the public schools. Favors woman -suffrage. Progressive. Mem. Domestic Science Club, Manhattan, Kan.

ROBEBTS, Charlotte F.; Greenlleld, Mass.;

summer: Heron Island, Maine.

Professor of chemistry at Wellesley Coll.; b. N.Y. City; dau. Horace and Mary (Hart) Roberts; grod. WtUesley Coll., A.B.; Yale, Ph.D.; studied abroad at various times. Author: Stereo-chemis- try. Mem. of several scientific bodies. Including A.A.A.S. and social clubs.

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��ROBERTS, Elizabeth Hill Bissell (Mrs. Thomas Roberts), The Aldine. 1914 Chestnut St., Phil- adelphia, Pa.; Riverton, N.J., and York Har- bor, Me.

Born Cincinnati, O. ; dau. Israel Morey and Augusta Farmer (Meade) Bissell; ed. In a Phila- delphia school of practically collegiate grade of which the head master was Charles Dexter Cleve- land, ex-pres. of Dickinson Coll.; m. Philadel- phia, June 3, 1888, Thomas Roberts of Chester Co., Pa.; cbildren: George W. Bissell, Waters Dewces, May (deceased), Augusta Meade, Thomas Jr. (deceased), Thomas 2d. Interested In social, patriotic, philanthropic, educational and religious activities of Pa. and N.J., also national and international church affiliations. Author: Plain Statement of the Organization and Purpose of the Girls' Friendly Society in America; A Guide to the Guide Book and General Organiza- tion; A Phidian Horse — Art and Archaeology on the Acropolis (from the French of Victor Cherbu- liez). Mem. Girls' Friendly Soc, Colonial Dames of America, Nat. Soc. D.A.R., New England Soc. of Pa., Pa. Museum and School of Industrial Art, Consumers' League of Philadelphia, Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Mi&siona of the E)pis- copal Church, Church Missionary Calendar Alum- nse organization. Clubs: Acorn, New Century, Sedgeley, Moviganta (automobile), the Porch and Country of Riverton, N.J. ; Automobile of East Orange, Automobile of America. Recreations: Travel, society functions, club life, literary pur- suits, including music and art. Episcopalian. Favors educational suffrage.

BOBEKTS, Emma Sellew (Mrs. Benson Howard

Roberts), Berea, Ky.

Bom Gowanda, N.Y., of Huguenot ancestry; dau. Ashbel Roberts and Jane Maria (Tucker) Sellew; ed. Oberlin Coll., 1871-73; Cornell Univ., 1875-77, A.B. '77, A.M. '82 (Phi Beta Kappa); chosen to represent Cornell Univ. in intercolle- giate contest in Greek, 1877; m. Dunkirk, N.Y., Oct. 16, 1877, Benson Howard Roberts; children: Howard Passmore, b. Aug. 28, 1878 (died Sept. 3, 1881), Lois Ellen, Lucy George, Ashbel Sellew, Edwin Douglass. Assoc, principal of the A. M. Chesebrough Sem., 1882-1906. Charter mem. of the Fortnightly Ignorance Club of Rochester, N.Y. ; pres. Ramabai Circle of Rochester; N.Y. State Evangelist of W.C.T.U. ; editor of the Mis- sionary Tidings, 1896-1906; contributor many years to the Earnest Christian. In Pittsburgh, 1906-11, as manager of the Christian Home for Working Girls; pres. Pittsburgh branch of the Ass'n of Coll. Alumnse, 1909-11; also assisted in forma- tion of the College Club of Pittsburgh (mem. Board Directors and Constitution Com., and chairman House Com.). At Berea, Ky., since Aug., 1911; pres. Woman's Christian Ass'n; sec. of the Woman's Industrial; mem. Church Com. of the Union Church of Berea, in charge of religious work at Hart's Settlement, appointed Sept., 1912, chief guardian of the Camp Fire Girls of Berea (which she organized). Mem. College Club of Rochester, College Club of Pittsburgh. Favors woman suffrage.

ROBERTS, Florence (Mrs. Lewis Morrison), Nepperhan Heights, Yonkers, N.Y. Actress; b. N.Y. City, Feb. 14, 1871; dau. Henry B. and Annie Roberts; removed to California at age of four and educated in schools of San Francisco; m. Washington, D.C., 1892, Lewis Morrison (died Aug. 18, 1906). First stage work was in 1888 as super in Arrah-na-Pogue at the Baldwin Theatre, San Francisco; in 1889, after a year's utility work, a^speared as Helle in Clito at same theatre; later joined Lewis Morrison's company, playing small parts in Faust, and other plays; played short engagements with William Gillette, Otis Skinner and Julia Mar- lowe; then returned to Lewis Morrison, whose leading lady she became, playing Marguerite in Faust, Became leading lady of the Alcazar Stock Company in San Francisco, playing prin- cipal feminine parte in Hamlet, Richelieu, The Merchant of Venice, Romeo and Juliet, Ingomar, East Lynne, Camille, etc. Later starred under management of Belasco and Meyes in Zaza, Sapho, Marta of the Lowlands, The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch. MaKda. Miranda of the Balcony, A

��Doll's House, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, etc. Starred under John Cort's management, 1905-06, in Ann LaMont, beginning at Salt Lake City and, Apr. 17, 1906, made first appearance in N.Y. City as a star in The Strength of the Weak; later appeared as Body in The Struggle Everlasting at Hackett's Theatre, N.Y. City, and in 1910 was selected from all the Shubert and Brady women stars to play Mrs. Ralston in an all-star revival of Jim, the Penman at the Lyric Theatre in N.Y. City, after which she appeared in the all- star revival of Diplomacy at the Maxine Elliott Theatre; in season of 1911-12, fier last season under the Shubert management, was sent en tour in The Nigger. Made first appearance In vaudeville season of 1912-13. Active mem. of Actors' Fund Soc. Recreation: Driving— known as expert whip. ROBERTS, Helen Troth Chambers (Mrs. Eras-

tus T. Roberts), 104 Washington St., Tltus-

viUe, Pa.

Born Newtown, Bucks Co., Pa., Dec. 23, 1869; dau. Capt. T. P. and Hannah Hough (Barnsley) Chambers; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.S. '92; m. Newtown, Pa., Dec. 28, 1892, Erastus T. Roberts; ctoildren: Walter Van Braam, b. Nov. 13, 1893, Thomas Chamibers, b. April 21, 1899; Richard •Titus, b. Dec. 7, 1910. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Pa. Soc. Colonial Dames oJ America, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnse, Nat. Municipal League, Women's Auxiliary ol Internat. Com. of Y.M.C.A. Mem. Titusville Woman's Club, Titusville Country Club, Club of Colonial Dames (Washington, D.C.). ROBERTS, Ina Brevoort (Mrs. James Edwards

Roberts), 366 Fifth Av., N.T. City.

Author, editor, publisher; b. Yonkers, N.Y., May 21, 1874; dau. Willard and Frances J. (Haw- kins) Deane; ed. Maplewood Inst., Concordville, Pa.; m. Aug., 1895, James Edwards Roberts; one son: James Roberts Jr. Author: The Lifting of a Finger; also short stories in magazines. Prot- estant. Recreations: Swimming, tennis, golf, skating, canoeing, motor-boating. Clubs: Rainy Day, Post Parliament. Editor of Directory of Club Women of N.Y. ; editor and publisher the Club Woman's Weekly Calendar. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. William Lloyd Garrison Equal Rights Ass'n. ROBERTS, Maria M., 219 Ash Av., Ames, la.

Educator; b. Dunlap, la.; dau. B. F. and Ellen (Rogers) Roberts; grad. Iowa State Coll., 1890; studied also in Cornell Univ., 1892-1899, and Chi- cago Univ., 1897, 1901, 1912. Associate prof, of mathematics and vice-dean of the Junior Coll., Iowa State College, at Ames. Mem. Pi Beta Phi and P.E.O. Congregationallst. Favors woman suffrage. ROBERTS, Mary Fanton, 142 E. 18th St.; office,

5 E. 38th St., N.Y. City.

Magazine editor; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 1, 1871; dau. W. H. and Isabel Agnes (Annable) Fanton; ed. Albany Female Acad.; m. Dec. 14, 1906, W. Carman Roberts, Fredericton, N.B., Canada. Four years staff writer on Herald, Tribune, Jour- nal and Sun, N.Y. City; associate editor Demo- rest Magazine; editorial staff Woman's Home Companion; now managing editor of The Crafts- man. Clubs: MacDowell, Pen and Brush. ROBERTS, Octavia, Springfield, 111.

Born Aug. 26, 1875; dau. Charles D. and Octavia (Ridgely) Roberts; ed. St. Agatha's Episcopal School, Springfield, 111. On staff of 111. State Journal as si>ecial writer; contributor of short stories and articles to McClure's, Col- lier's, Harper's Weekly, American Magazine, Hampton's, Red Book, etc. Favors woman suf- frage. Episcopalian. ROBERTS, Sara Weeks (Mrs. Ernest William

Roberts), 55 Eleanor St., Chelsea, Mass., and

1918 N St., N.W., Washington, D.C. (Summer

home, Rockport, Mass.).

Born St. Albans, Vt. ; dau. Hiram and Sarah (Burg&'ss) Weeks; ed. St. Albans (Vt.) public school; E>merson Coll., regular and post-grad, courses; m. St. Albans, Vt, Feb. 2, 1898, Ernest William Roberts; children: Ernest Weeks, b. Nov. 21, 1898; Sara Dean, b. Oct. 20, 1899; John Page, b. Mar. 6, 1901; Hiram Weeks, b. Apr. 30. 1907. Pres. Congressional Club, Washington;

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��vice-pres. Consumers' League, Washington; pub- licity chairman Nat. Library Ass'n for the Blind. Favors woman suffrage. Universalist. Mem. Chelsea (Mass.) Woman's Club.

ROBERTSON, Grace Barrett (Mrs. Wilbur W. Robertson), 216 North Naches Av., North Ya- kima, Wash.

Born Buchanan, Mich.; dau. Stephen P. and Mary Hovey (Paine) Barrett; ed. Nebraska State Univ., B.L. '88; m. Chicago, Aug. 24, 1S93, Wilbur W. Robertson; children: Helen Barrett, Wilbur Hovey. Was teacher in Sidney, Neb., 1889-90 and in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1890-92. Interested In club work. Auditor of the Wash. State Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1896-98; recording sec. 1911-12; pres. North Yakima Woman's Club, 1910-12. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Independent Republican. Mem. Yakima Valley Branch of Ass'n of Colle- giate Alumnae, Narcissa Whitman Chapter D.A.R., Woman's Club; founded St. Helen's Club of ChehaJis, Wash, (was pres. several years).

ROBERTSON, Lucy Henderson (Mrs. D. A. Robertson), Greensboro, N.C. Teacher; b. Warrenton, N.C, Sept. 15, 1850; dau. Henry Lyne and Catherine Rebecca (Wat- kins) Owen; ed. Hillsboro (N.C.) School of Misses Nash and Kollcck, and Chowan Coll., Murfreesboro, N.C. (diploma, 1868); m. Hillsboro, N.C, Nov. 1, 1869, Dr. D. A. Robertson (died 1883); children: Charles Henderson, David Will- iam. Teacher in Greensboro Female Coll., 1875- 1893; chair of history. State Normal Coll., 1893- 1900; lady principal, Greensboro Female Coll., 1900-02; elected pres. of Greensboro Female Coll. {now Greensboro Coll. for Women) in 1902 and served to 1913; now president emerita. Has worked for years In both local and State organ- izations of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. and of the W.CT.U. ; has been pres. for 22 years of the Conference Foreign Missionary Soc. (1890- 1912), and at present of the United Soc. of Foreign and Home Missions. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Democrat. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy, Woman's Club of Greensboro, N.C.

ROBERTSON, Lucy Love Crissey (Mrs. Henry P. Robertson), 35 Lake View Av., Jamestown, N.Y.

Born in Missouri, July, 1873; dau. E. B. and Mary (Langworthy) Crissey; ed. Sinclairville Acad., '90; Cornell Univ., B.L. '94 (Delta Gamma); m. Jame.=itown, N.Y., June 3, 1902, Henry P. Robertson; children: Mary Crissey, Lucius Elverton. Interested in Mothers' Clubs, and in the Y.W.C.A. Mem. New Century Art Club, Fortnightly Club, Mozart Club, James- town Chapter D.A.R. Congregationallst. ROBERTSON, Maria Lonisa (Mrs. Victor Ar- thur Robertson), 834 Union St., Brookljm, N.Y. Born Brooklyn, N.Y.; daughter of Alexander Cochran," M.D., and Christina Isabella (Wilson) Cochran; ed. Packer Collegiate Institute, Brook- lyn, N.Y. ; m. May 21, 1890, Victor Arthur Robert- son, M.D.; children: Donald John Cochran, b. Apr., 1892; Malcolm Troop, b. Aug., 1896 (both at Princeton Univ.). Mem. N.Y. State Ass'n Opposed to Woman Suffrage. Presbyterian. In- dependent Democrat in political sympathy. Mem, N.Y. State Charities Aid Ass'n, N.Y. City Visit- ing Com. to Hospitals, Woman's Municipal League of N.Y. (Heights branch), Probation Officers' Com. (Brooklyn), Child Welfare Com., Playground Ass'n. Mem. Prospect Club of Brooklyn (ex-pres.), Brooklyn Woman's Club, Post Parliament (N.Y. City); treas. Ass'n of Ex- Presidents of Brooklyn, N.Y.

ROBERTSON, Minnie Philura (Mrs. Nell Robertson), Akron, Iowa.

Born Grand Island, Neb.; dau. Norman and Lucy (Story) Reese; ed. Le Mars, la.; Lincoln Univ., Nab.; m. Le Mars, la., 1894, Neil Robert- son; children: Ida, Chester, Ronald, Rae. Teacher. Interested In work with children, espe- cially in Sunday-school work, town, county and State. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Progressive. Mem. Woman's Home Missionary Soc, Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc, Ladies' Aid Soc, Sunday-school Ass'n, Eastern Star, Woman's Relief Corns. W.CT.U. and Rebecca

��Ijodge. Recreations: Rowing, fishing, horseback riding. Mem. Civic Improvement Club, Em- broidery Club, Literary Book and Thimble Club. Mother died wlien she was ten months old and grandfather and two uncles were killed by In- dians on the Nebraska frontier; shortly after- ward she was stolen by an Indian, later the Indians were overtaken and she was returned to her father when she was six years of age, travel- ing alone, tagged as baggage, from Nebraska to Iowa,

ROBERTSON, Westanna Brown (Mrs. W. F.

Robertson), 3550 Washington Av., Avondale,

Cincinnati, O.

Born Brldgewater, Pa., Aug. 3, 1865; dau. Dr. W. K. and Martha (McClellan) Brown; grad. Cincinnati Wesleyan Coll (first honor graduate), M.A. '85; Nat. School of Elocution and Oratory, Philadelphia; m. Cincinnati, Jan., 1891, W. F. Robertson; children: William Lowell (student at Yale), Merlin G. (student Miami Military Inst). TniBtee of the Nat. Woman's Home Missionary Soc of M.E. Church (also sec. of Bureau for N.C). Pres. of Alumnse Ass'n of Cincmnatl Wesleyan Coll.; mem. Cincinnati Woman's Club, Norwood Culture Club. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Driving, motoring.

ROBtE, Bertha E. L. (Mrs. Walter F. Robie), Baldwlnville, Mass.

Teacher; b. Whitingham, N.Y., July 30, 1866; dau. Rev. John S. and Marian B. (Underbill) Little; grad. (with first honor) Montpelier, Vt., Sem. of class of '88; m. Bradford, Vt., 1890, Dr. Walter F. Robie; children: Brian W., Nelle B., Everett E., Carroll H., Theodore R. and Beatrice M. Teacher before marriage and after children were grown resumed teaching. Mem. M.E. Church; interested in church singing and organ playing, piano playing and piano teaching, school teaching, lecturing on Massachusetts wild flowers, sewing and all departments of house- hold work, more or less in nursing nervous in- valids who were in her husband's care. Against woman suffrage. Has published some articles on music and flowers. Recreations: Auto and train riding, walking. Mem. Baldwlhvllle Woman's Club of Massachusetts. ROBINS, Elizabeth ("C. E. Raimond"), Back- set Farm, Henfleld, Sussex, England. Author; b. Louisville, Ky. ; dau. Charles E. and Hannah M. Robins; seminary education at Zanesville, O. ; m. Boston, Jan. 12, 1885, George Richmond Parks (now deceased). Author (under pen-name "C E. Raimond"): The Fatal Gift of Beauty, and Other Stories; George Man- deville's Husband; The New Moon; An Open Question; A Dark Lantern— A Story with a Pro- logue; The Magnetic North, a Novel; The Con- vert; Under the Southern Cross; Come and Find Me; The Mills of the Gods; The Florentine Frame; My Little Sister; Way Stations. ROBINS, Harriet E. (Mrs. Milton B. Robins), Shelbyvllle, Ind.

Born Montezuma, Ind., Dec. 14, 1856; dau. John S. and Maria I. (Chew) Naylor; ed. Ind. State Normal School; m. Montezuma, Ind., June 26, 1878, Milton B. Robins; children: George, Ger- trude, Harry M., Frances. Interested in Sabbath- school work. Favors woman suffrage. Meth- odist; mem. Woman's Home Missionary Soc, Foreign Missionary Soc. Mem. Woman's Club, Wihub Circle of Shelbyvllle, Ind. ROBINS, Margaret Dreier (Mrs. Raymond Robins), 1437 W. Ohio St., Chicago, III. Social worker; b. Brooklyn, N.Y. ; dau. Theo- dor and Dorothea Dreier; privately educated; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., June 21, 1906, Raymond Robins, social economist. Active in movements and organizations for social amelioration and re- form; one of founders of the Women's Municipal League, N.Y. City, and chairman of Its legisla- tive com., 1903-04; former pres. N.Y. Women's Trade Union League, and of N.Y. Ass'n for Household Research. Pres. Nat. Women's Trade Union League, Chicago Women's Trade Union League; mem. Exec. B'd Chicago Federation of Labor; mem. com. on Industrial education, Am. Federation of Labor. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationallst.

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��l^lOBINS, SaUy Nelson (Mrs. William Todd

Robins), 210 East Franklin St., Richmond,

Va.

Librarian; b. Gloucester Co., Va. ; dau. Dr. William Wlhner and Sally Browne (Catlett) Nel- son; ed. by private tutor; Bclectk; Inst, of Bal- timore, Md., first honor grad. ; m. Gloucester Co., Va., William Todd RoObins; children: Ruth Nel- son (Mrs. T. C. Gordon), Elizabeth Todd (Mrs. M. J. Lunn), Augustine Warner (lieut.' U.S.A.), WUmor Nelson (journalist), Polly (Mrs. R. S. Crenshaw, U.S.N.). Assistaat librarian Va. His- torical Soo. ; genealogical editor Richmond Times- Dispatch. Vice-chairnian of monument put up at Dutoh Gap to commemorate first university, plane of which were destroyed by Indians in 1622; cftiairman for placing Dolly Madison's pic- ture in the White House, and for placing sun dials at birthplaces of Virginia Presidente. Author: Scuffles, 1912; HteLory of Gloucester Co., Va.; has written numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Mem. Descendants of Colonial Gov- ernors; sec. Ass'n for Preservation of Va. An- tiquities; historian Nat Soc. Colonial Dames in State of Va.; former sec. Soc. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals of Va. ; mem. Woman's Club of Richmond, Va. Episcopalian. aOBINSON, Agnes Day (Mrs. Charles Augustus

Robinson), 141 Washington St., Hempstead,

N.T.

Born Torringford, Conn., Aug. 5, 1851; dau. Samuel Day (s<hi of Judge Day of Boston, Mass.) and Hannah E. (Smith) Day (dau. Dr. Samuel Smith of WilUamstown, Maas.): ed. Univ. of Mich., B.A. '74, M.A. '76; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct. 26 1882, Charles Augrustus Robinson, descendant Df Rev. John Robinson (1545-1625), who was pastor of the English Puritan colony at Leyden, Hol- land; children: Marcus, b. April, 1884; Edith Day, b. March, 1886. Wrote book reviews after grad- uation for N.Y. Tribune; acted as organist in Brooklyn for four years; wrote for newspapers and magazines after marriage. Interested in the Sunshine movement; pres. Hempstead (N.Y.) branch; Interested in local charities and espe- cially in betterment of labor conditions for women and children. Favors woman suSrage. Mem. Plymouth Congregational Church (Brook- lyn). Republican. ROBINSON, Alice Canby (Mrs. Edward A.

Robinson), 10 W. Read St., Baltimore, Md.

Bom BalUmore, Jan. 6, 1860; dau. Thomas T. and Esther (Bally) Canby; m. Baltimore, Nov. 14, 1871, Edward Ayrault Robinson; children; Will- iam ChampllH, Edward Ayrault, G. Canby, EJsther Baily, Prances W., Alice Canby, Ruth. Identified with many philanthropic intereisU. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Mem. W.C.T.U., Nut. Soc. «f Mothers, Free Kindergarten Ass'n, Y.W.C.A., Federated Chari- ties Suffrage Ais'n, Friends Press Ass'n to Im- prove the Daily Press, Nat. Peace Soc. and Red Cross work. Mem. Arundell Club of Baltimore. BOBrNSON, Anna Elizabeth Bay (Mrs. Edwin

N. Robinson), Lyons Falls, N.T.

Physician; b. N.Y. City, Jan. 24, 1880; dau. Jam«s and Margaret (Ray) Ray; ed. N.Y. public schools; N.Y. Normal Coll., A.B. '99, cum laude; N.Y. Univ., A.M. '02; Cornell Univ., M.D. '06, cum laude; mem. Alpha Delta Iota; m. N.Y. City, July 3, 1913, Rev. Edwin N. Robinson, of Lyons Falls N.Y. Med. inspector for Health Dep't, N.Y. City, 1907-13. Head of chemistry dep't, N.Y. Med. Coll. for Women, 1908-13. Engaged m prac- tice of medicine, 1908-13. Teacher in public schools of N.Y. City, 1899-1902. Leader of the Tri-Mus (class for young men) at Prospect Av. M.B. Church, N.Y. City, 1906-13. Mem. Official Board of Prospect Av. M.E. Church, 1907-13. Mem. Woman's Soc. for Prevention of Crime, N.Y. City, 1908-11. Engaged in the work of Intubating and caring for cases of diphtheria, 1909-11; special interest, 1912-13, in gaining con- trol of venereal diseases. ROBINSON, Annie Donglas Green, Bristol, N.H.

Author; b. Plymouth, N.H., Jan. 12, 1842; dau. William and Harriet (Klmiball) Green; ed. m private schools. Author (under pen-name of ••Marian DouKlaa"): Peter and Polly, 1876; Pic-

��ture Poems for Young Folks, 1882; In th« Poverty Year, 1901; Days We Remember, 1903. ROBINSON, Annie May, 404 Brown-Marx Build- ing, Birmingham, Ala.

Physician; b. Smithsburg, Md., May 14, 1865; dau. James A. and Hannah Catharine (Thomp- son) Robinson; ed. Smlthburg public schools, Temple Coll., and Woman's Medical Coll. of Pa., M.D. Interne in Woman's Hospital of Phila- delphia, 19(ft-06; ehief of staS of Salvation Army Rescue Home; State sec. for Ala. of the Council on Health and Pu'blic Instruction of the Am. Med. Ass'n. Interested in charity and civic im- provement. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Ala. State Med. Ass'n, Jefferson Co. Med. Ass'n, W.C.T.U. Recreations: Music, reading. Mem. Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Favors woman suf- frage; charter mem. Birmingham Equal Suffrage Ass'n.

ROBINSON, Caroline Hadley (Mrs. Louis N. Robinson), Swarthmore, Fa. Born Philadelphia. Jan. 22. 1885; dau. Walter C. and Alice C. (Paxson) Hadley; ed. Swarthmore Coll., A.B. '06; Ck)lumbia, M.A. '07 in political economy; mem. Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Sigma Rho (public sjjeaking honorary fraternity) ; m. Swarthmore, Pa,, June 17, 1908, Dr. Louis N. Rob- inson (prof, of economics In Swarthmore Coll.); children: Walter Hadley, Miles H. Member of the Society of Friends. Mem. American Associa- tion for the Study and Prevention of Infant Mortality; supporter of Women's Trade Union League; life mem. National Am. Woman Suf- frage Ass'n (on list of street speakers in Phila- delphia). Recreations: Camping and canoeing trips. Mem. Woman's Club of Swarthmore, Col- lege Club of Philadelphia.

ROBINSON, Clara Scbouten (Mrs. Edward Robinson), 25 Colchester Av., Burlington, Vt. Born Brockport, N.Y., May 5, 1868; dau. Orlo and Jane S. (Thomson) Schouten; ed. Brockport State Normal; Cornell Univ., B.L. (mem. Kappa Alpha Theta); m. Brockport, July 2, 1902, Ed- ward Robinson; one son: Edward Schouten. Mem. D.A.R. Favors restricted woman suffrage, with either an educational or property basis.

ROBINSON, Daisy Michand Orieman (Mrs.

Andrew Rose Robinson), 159 W. Forty-ninth

St., N.Y. City.

Physician; b. Fort Riley, Kan.; dau. CJol. Louis H. Orleenan (U.S.A.) and Kate Michand (Flor- enzie) Orieman; ed. public schools of N.Y. City and Washington, D.C. ; Columbian (now George Washington) Univ. ; Univ. of Ziirich (Switzer- land), M.S., M.D.; Univ. of Paris (special di- ploma in dermatology); m. North Cohasset, Mass., '1904, Dr. Andrew Rose Robinson. Taught in public schoola of Fla. two years; later med. examiner U.S. Pension Bureau, .Washington, D.C; asaoc. principal Peeksklll (N.Y.) Military Acad., sec. Westchester (3o. Med. Soc. five years; second vlce-pres. Northwestern Dispensary, N.Y. City, since Jan. 11, 1912. Instructor in derma- tology N.Y. Polyclinic Med. School and Hospital; attending physician, diseases of the skin. North- western Dispensary. Chairman Woman's Auxil- iary Board, Entertainment Com. and Exec. Com. N.Y. Polyclinic Hospital. Favors woman suf- frage. Mem. Woman's Political Union, College Equal Suffrage League. Author: 111 Effects of Rontgen Rays; Diagrnosls and Treatment of Herpes Zoster; The Noguchl Method of Serum Diagnosis of Syphilis, Its Practical Value; The Importance of the Early Diagnosis and "Treat- ment of Cancer; Diagnostic Value of the Noguchi Luetin Reaction in Dermatology. Mem. Fifth Av. Baptlat Church. Fellow A.A.A.S., fellow N.Y. State Acad, of Medicine; mem. State Med. Soc., N.Y. Co. Med. Soc.; foreign cor. mem. Soci6t6 Francaise de Dermatologie et Syphilo- graphie. ROBINSON, Edith, care of L. C. Page & Co.,

Boston, Mass.

Author; b. Boston, Feb. 17, 1858; dau. George and Sarah Louise Robinson; ed. Girls' High School, Boston, Mass. Author: The Captain of the School; Forced Acquaintances; A Little Daughter of Liberty; A Little Puritan Pioneer; A Little Puritan Rebel; A Little Puritan's First

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��Christmas; A Loyal Little Maid; Penhallow, Tales; A Little Puritan Round Girl; A Little Puritan Cavalier; A Puritan Knight Errant. ROBINSON, Elizabeth Bash Sloan (Mrs. George S. F. Robinson), 417 Hawthorn Road, Poland Park, Baltimore. Md.

Born Baltimore, 1882; dau. Frank Bums and Susan L. (Bas-h) Sloan; ed. Southern Home School; m. Baltimore, 1902, George S. F. Rotoin- Bon; children: Virginia Cushing, BllzaJjeth Con- rad, George S. F. Jr. Protestant EplsccHDalian. ROBINSON, Esther Tontant de Beauregard (Mrs. Percy James Robinson), 117 Collier St., Toronto, Ont.

Born Ontario, Canada; grad. Univ. of Toronto, A.B. '94; fellow In Romance languages, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1894-95; student, Ontario Normal Coll., 1895-96; graduate student In English, Univ. Qif Pa., 1900-01- m. 1906, Percy James Robinson. Teacher of modern languages, Niagara Falls Col- legiate Inst.; teacher of English and French In -Miss Chapman and Miss Jones' School, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, 1900-05.

ROBINSON, Ethdl BlackweU (Mr.s. Alfred Brookes Robinson), Pompton Lakes, N.J.; summer home: Squibnocket, Martha's Vine- yard, Mass.

Born Somerville, N.J., Sept. 25, 1870; dau. Samuel C. and Rev. Antoinette (Brown) Black- well, D.D. (pioneer in the ministry) ; ed. Elizabeth Inst.; Mass. Inst, of Technology, S.B. '91; grad. work at Bryn Mawr, 1891-92; Woman's Med. Coll. of N.Y. Infirmary, M.D. '95; grad, work at Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1895-96, and some work in Vienna; m. N.Y. City, April 29, 1901, Alfred Brookes Robinson; children: Samuel BlackweU (died 1902), Alfred Brookes, Antoinette Black- well, Henry BlackweU, Horace Brookes BlackweU. Teacher of histology in College of the N.Y. In- firmary, 1897-98; after ten years of scientific and medical study went Into Unitarian work In the Church of the Messiah In New York until mar- riage. Author: The Religion of Joy; A Child's Glimpse of God, for Grown-Up Children. Mem. Alumnae Ass'n of Maes. Inst, of Technology in Boston, Woman's Med. Ass'n of N.Y. City, Woman's Med. Ass'n of N.Y. State, Nat. Ass'n of Woman's Intercollegiate Alumna (also N.Y. branch). Woman's College Club of Montclalr, N.J. ; Consumers' League of N.J., Civic Ass'n of Montclalr, Altruis^t Soc. of Montclalr, N.Y. League of Unitarian Women, Woman's Alliance of Unitarian Church of Montclalr, N.J.; Outlook Club of Montclalr, Woman's Club of Uppver Montclalr. Strongly favors woman suffrage; mem. Montclalr branch of N.J. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Unitarian; intensely spiritual. ROBINSON, n<H-eiice Evey (Mrs. Edwin Taylor Robinson), 1906 Pine St.. Philadelphia, Pa^ Born Bellefonte, Pa., April 17, 1881; dau. Will- lam Harrison and Elizabeth (Miller) Evey; m. PWladelphla, Pa., June 10, 1907, Dr. EMwIn Tay- lor Robinson; one daughter: PriscUla Aldea Robinson.

ROBINSON, Florence Vincent, 144 Common- wealth Av., Boston, Mass.

Artist; b. Raynham, Mass., 1864; ed. in Boston and Parle; pupil of Whistler In Paris, also of Bouveret, Vlgnal and others. Has exhibited In both salons In Paris, Royal Acad. Exhibition in London, as well as in New York, Chicago, Piilla- delphia, St. Louis, and other American cities. Maintained a studio in Paris, where received various medals and prizes, one of her pictures being bought from the salon by the Soci^tfi des Amis des Arts. Specially well known as a painter in water colors and as an Illustrator. Mem. Copley Soc, Boston.

ROBINSON, Helen Ring: (Mrs. Ewlng Robin- son), 1222 Gaylord St., Denver, Colo. State Senator, journalist; b. Eastport, Me.; dau. Thomas and Mary (Prescott) Ring; grad. high school, Providence; student Wellesley Coll.; m. Denver, 1902, Ewlng Robinson (lawyer). Edi- torial writer for Denver Times and Rocky Moun- tain News; also literary editor to same journals. Director of Denver Social Center and Day Nur- sery; active In movements for political and social reforms. Elected to State Senate of Colorado In

��1912, being the only woman ever elected a Sena- tor. Has written and spoken in favor of equal suffrage. Contributor to Good Homekeeping, Munsey's, etc. Author: Uncle Tom for Children. Episcojxalian. Democrat. Mem. Soc. for Labot Legislation. Recreations: Gardening, walking. Mem. Denver Woman's Preafl C^ub, Lyceum Club (London), Monday Club (Denver).

ROBINSON, Hope Dnnlap (Mrs. Edward K.

Robinson), 91 Kllburn Road, Belmont, Mass.

Illustrator; b. Topeka, Kan., Feb. 26, 1883; dau. Samuel Palmer and May (Officer) Dunlap; ed. Chicago Art Inst; traveling scholarship for frteae paintings, 1905; m. Belle Terre, L.I., Sept 28, 1912, Edward K. Robinson. Books (illus- trated): The Blue Bird (for the New Theatre, N.Y. City); The Pled Piper of HameHn; The Litrtle Lame Prince; The Muffin Sh<^; The Rhyming Ring; The Rose Falrlee; Grimm's Fairy Tales.

ROBINSON, Jane M. Bancroft (Mrs. George O.

Robinson), 425 Cass Av., Detroit, Mich.

Born West Stockbrldge, Mass., Dec. 24, 1847; dau. Rev. George C. and Caroline J. (Orton) Bancroft; grad. Ulae Emma Wlllard's School, Troy, N.Y., 1871; State Normal School, Albany, N.Y., 1872; Univ. of Syracuse, Ph.B. '77, Ph.M. '80, Ph.D. '84; fellow In history, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1885-86; student, Univ. of ZUrlch, 1886-87; Sorbonne and College de France; m. 1891, George O. Robinson. Professor of French language and literature, Northwestern Univ., 1877-85. Has been connected as an official with the Woman's Home Missionary Soc. of the Methodist Episco- pal Church since 1808, and has been National pres. of this society of nearly 200,000 member*! since Oct, 1908. Author: Deaconesses in Europe and Their Lessons for America; The Early History of Deaconess Work in American Methodism; A History of Ebenezer Robinson, A Soldier of the Revolution; Trustee of Pro- testant Orphan Asylum, Detroit. Life mem. Am. Historical Ass'n and Am. Economic Ass'n; mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, Alpha Phi, Nineteenth Century Club, College Women's Club. Strongly favors woman suffrage.

BOBINSON, LycUa Gillingham, 646 Eighth St.,

La Salle, 111.

Editor, translator; b. Geneva, 111., Nov. 12, 1875; dau. James Charles and Emma J. (Gl;l Ing- ham) Robinson; grad. Rockford Coll., B.A. '96. AsB't Chicago Public Library, 1898-1905; on edi- torial staff Open Court Pub. Co. since 1905; ass't editor the Monlst and the Open Court since 1907. Translator: Babel and Bible, Third Lecture, by Delitzsch, 1906; Music in the Old Testament, by ComlU, 1S09; Spinoza's Short. Treatise on God Man and Human Welfare (from the Dutch), 1909 AJcbar, Emperor of India, by Garbe, 1909. Buddhism and Christianity by Garbe, 1912; also numerous scientific and philosophical articles from French and German. Mem. Chicago Col- lege Club.

BOBINSON, Mary Barber, Chester Place, Wells-

boro. Pa.

Born Wellsboro, Pa., Dec. 12, 1854; dau. Ches- ter and Mary E. (Barber) Robinson; grad. Vas- sar. Coll., A.B. '76 (commencement honor); at later period spent three and one-half years in foreign travel and study. Interested in all move- ments for local Improvement. Mem. Colonial Dames, D.A.R., Tioga Co. Historical Soc., Friday Club of Wellsboro (federated). Recreations: Study, travel, music, art, gardening.

BOBINSON, Mary H., Western House of Refuge

for Women, Albion, N.Y.

Physician; b. Southhold, Suffolk Co., N.Y., Feb. 15, 1875; dau. Rev. Jame« R. and Mary Lydia (Forbes) Robinson; ed. public schools of Elmlra and Painted Post N.Y. ; Elmira Coll., one year; Oswego State Normal and Training School, grad. June, 1897; Cornell Univ. Med. Coll., M.D. '06. Practiced medicine, 1906-10, In Elmira N.Y.; since then resident physician at the Western House of Refuge for Women at Albion, N.Y. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Orleans Co. Med. Soc, N.Y. SUte Med. Soc, Am. Med. Aan'a. Prosbjterlan-

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��ROBrNSON, Mary lyeverlngr (Mrs. Joseph Has- well Robinson) 77 Monument Av., Bennington, Vt.

Born Baltimore, Md., Feb. 9, 1875; dau. Eugene and Mary (Armstrong) Levering; ed. tlie Bryn MawT School, Baltimore, '93; Bryn Mawr Cksll., A.B. '97; m. Baltimore, Mar. 15, 1905, Rev. Joseph Haswell Robinson; children: Mary L., b. Feb. 17, 1906; PYanoes Haswell, b. Oct 5, '909. Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage. ROBINSON, Mary Nanman (Mrs. Frederick Robinson), 223 E. King St., Lancaster, Pa. Writer, genealogist; b. Houlton, Me.; dau. Col. George and Mary Henry Douglas (Dummett) Nauman); ed. Charleston, S.C. ; m. 1875, Capt Frederick Robinson. Author: Sidney Elliott; Colonel Robinson's Boys; Eva's Adventures in Shadow Land; A Sextette of Lancaster Sonnets; Pwisted Threads; Historical Papers. Episco- palian. Mem. Lancaster Co. Historical Soc. -Manager Ann C. Witmer Home. Against woman suffrage.

ROBINSON, Rachel— see Elmer, Rachel Robin- son (in Addenda). ROBINSON, Virginia PoUard, N.T. State Re- formatory for Women, Bedford Hills, N.Y. Teacher, field worker in eugenics; b. Louisville, Ky., 1883; dau. Walter L. and Hallie B. (Thomas) Robinson; grad. Bryn Mawr Ckill., A.B. 1906; scholar in philosophy and psychology and M.A. 1907; grad. student Univ. of Chicago summer of

1908. Teacher of English in Girls' High School, Louisville, Ky., 1907-12. Fi«ld worker in eugenics, Bedford State Reformatory for Women. Interested in woman suffrage and socialism. Pres. Louisville Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1909-12. Recreations: Walking, reading. Mem. Woman's Club of Louisville, College Club and several other Louisville clubs.

ROBINSON, Winifred Josephine, Vassar Col- lege, Poughkeepsie, N.T.

Instructor in botany; b. Johnstown, Barry Co., Mich., Oct. 17, 1867; dau. Walter Joseph and Pamelia (Wheelock) Robinson; ed. Battle Creek (Mich.) public schools, 1877-84; Mich. Normal Coll., '92 (oratorical prize); Univ. of Mich., B.S. '99; Columbia' Univ., A.M. '04; Ph.D. '12 (mem. Alpha Phi). Went on botanical expeditions to Jamaica, W.I., 1904, and to the Hawaiian Islands,

1909. (Contributor to various botanical journals. Fellow A.A.A.S.; mem. Am. Soc. of Naturalists, Nat. (Conservation Ass'n, Equal Suffrage League, N.Y. Ass'n for Labor Legislation, Soc. for the Preservation of Our Native Plants. Recreations: Music, amateur dramatics, tramping. Mem. Nat. Arts Club, Torrey Botanical Club. ROBISON, Jeannie Floyd-Jones (Mrs. WUliam

Roblson), Massapequa, L.I.

Born N.Y. City, 1853; dau. Wlllia,m Floyd and Caroline A. (Blackwell) Jones; ed. N.Y. City and Farmington, Conn. ; m. Massapequa, L.I., 1880, William Robison; one daughter: Margaret. Interested in St. Mary's Hospital for Children (sec. of Guild); mem. Board of Supervisors of the Orthopaedic Dispensary Hospital 25 years, serving as treas. 21 years; first directress of the Bel Marino St. Maternity Hospital at the time of its consolidation with the N.Y. Infant Asylum, uow N.Y. Nurses' and (Child's Hospital; mem. and sec. for several years of the Central Islip State Hospital for the Insane. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames of America; five years pres. Colonial Dames of State of N.Y., having custody of Van Cortlandt House Museum and other educational work. Mem. Colony Club, N.Y. City, and Clu'b of (Colonial Dames in Wash- ington. Was presented early in life with a gold medal by the Life Saving Benevolent Ass'n of N.Y. for saving the lives of three children. ROBSON, Eleanor Elsie — see Belmont, Eleanor

Elsie Robson. ROBSON, EUzabeth, 1522 Tenth St., San Diego,

Cal.

Artist, designer; b. Leeds, Eng., 1842; dau. George and Elizabeth ((Cook) Robson; grad. Univ. of Wis. (salutatorian), '67, Ph.B. 1868; went abroad for study and travel; studied painting and designing, Univ. of Wis., Chicago Art Inst., and iJao in Boston and Munich. Germany. Was chair-

��man of Southern Dist. Art Com. two years; chair- man of State Art Com. two years, Cal. Fed. Wo- men's Clubs; and in Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs was vice-chairman of Com. on Art two years. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Nat. Art Soc, Chicago; Art Ass'n of -San Diego, Civic Ass'n of San Diego. Recreations: Music, drama, study of Shakespeare. Mem. San Diego Woman's Club (department club); active in art and literary sections.

ROBSON, Mrs. John J., Langdon, N.Dak.

Born Marquette, Mich., March, 1885; dau. Frank and Anna (Mcintosh) Watt; ed. Marquette High School, Marquette Business (Coll., also Nor- mal School; m. Langdon, N.Dak., Jan. 31, 1505, John J. Rotison. Mem. Y.W.C.A., Women's Mis- sionary Soc, Anti-Tuherculosis Soc, Am. Con- servation Soc, Audubon Soc, N.Dak. Acad, of Science, Nat. Rivers and Harbors Congress (State vice-pres.), Langdon Women's Club (sec). Conservation Dep't N.Etek. Fed. Women's Clubs (chairman). Am. Forestry Ass'n (State sec). Favors woman suffrage. Writer on conservation topics for women's clubs, bird programs. Pres- byterian. Mem. Rebeccas, Royal Neighbors. Racreations : Horseback riding, tennis.

KOBSON, May Waldron, Highlands, N.J.

Actress; b. Waldron, Hamilton, Ont., Nov. 1, 1868; m. 1894, Stuart Robson (died Apr. 29, 1903). Removed to Chicago with parents. Mem. of choir of St. Paul's Church. Joined Pinafore Co., and from that went to Augustin Daly's Co. ; then joined Robson and Crane's Co., with which she played leading roles of legitimate comedy.

BOBV, Mande Gordon (Mrs. Austin H. Roby), 105 Washington St., Maiden, Mass. Musician, lecturer, writer; b. Bristol, N.H. ; dau. Francis Augustus and Ellen M. (Simonds) Gordon (direct descendant of Alexander Gordon of Scotland, who served in Gen. Monks' Army, and upon his release sailed for America; also of Sherbum Sanborn of Revolutionary fame) ; ed. by private teachers and at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, diploma 1909; at seventeen years of age was elected librarian of Minor Sleeper Library, Bristol, N.H. (young- est librarian in State); m. Bristol, N.H., July 28, 1888, Austin H. Roby; one son: Donald Gordon Roby, b. Oct. 22, 1889 (now studying at Boston Univ. Medical School). Sang and recited at pub- lic events from childhood; at 21 removed with family to Boston and continued to study music, piano, harmony, voice and also to lecture on mu- sic before clubs and schools. Favors woman suf- frage. New Thought religion. Mem. Irish Folk- song Soc. of London, Eng. Recreation: The drama. Charter mem. Professional Woman's Club of Boston; mem. New England Woman's Press Ass'n, Boston.

ROCHESTER, Anna, 46 Wlnthrop Place, Engle- wood, N.Y.

Born N.Y. City, Mar. 30, 1880; dau. Roswell Hart and Louisa A. (Bamman) Rochester; ed. Dwight School for Girls, Englewood, N.J.; Bryn Mawr Coll., 1897-99. Mem. Board of Religious Education, diocese of Newark, 1911-12 (Episco- pal) ; mem. Exec Board Consumers' League of N.J. ; mem. Board of Directors of the Label Shop, N.Y. City. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Women's Trade Union League and of the So- cialist Party; assoc. mem. Bryn Mawr Alumnsa Ass'n. Recreation: Music. Mem. Woman's Club, Englewood, N.J.; Bryn Mawr Club, N.Y. City.

ROCKWELL,, Anna Oaylord, New Britain, Conn. Librarian; b. South Windsor, Conn., Dec. 24, 1857; dau. Sidney Rockwell, M.D., and Martha S. (Pelton) Rockwell; ed. Hartford High School; N.Y. State, Library School, honor first year cer- tificate, 1890-91. Librarian Aguilar Free Library, 1891-92; cataloguer, Otis Free Library, Norwich, 1892-93; librarian New Britain Institute, 1894—. Mem. Consumers' League of Conn., New Britain E<iual Franchise League, Conn. Woman Suffraga Ass'n. Contributor to library periodicals. Epis- copalian. Mem. Conn. Library Ass'n, Am. Li- brary Ass'n, N.Y. Library School Ass'n. Rec- reation: Hunting toadstools. Mem. Woman's Club of New Britain.

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��ROCKWELL, Mary Falrchild (Mrs. LeGrand

Rockwell), Elkhorn, Wis.

Born Walwortli, Wis., Oct. 16, 1862; dau. David Lupe and Cornelia (Luce) Fairchild; grad. Nor- mal School, Whitewater, Wis., "82; Univ. of Wis., B.A. (ancient classical course) '90; grad. work in French, Univ. of Chicago, 1897-98 (Kappa Alpha Theta); m. June 7, 1899, LeGraud Rock- well. Tutor in Greek and French; teacher of Latin In High School, Whitewater, three years; at Superior, Wis., seven years; at Clinton, Ta., one year. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Order Ea-stern Star, St. John's Ladies' Soc. Episco- palian. Pres. Home Economics Club; pres. Girls' Club; elected to Phi Beta Kappa, 1913.

ROCKWOOD, Laura Clarke (Mrs. Elbert W.

Rockwood), Iowa City, la.

Lecturer and writer on home and family topics; b. Iowa City, la.; dau. Charles Franklin and Julia (Brown) Clarke; ed. Univ. of Iowa, B.Ph. (Phi Beta Kappa); M.A. Yale Univ.; Leipzig Univ. (Kappa Kappa Gamma) ; m. Mar. 21, 1894, Elbert W. Rockwood; children: Paul Reed, Alan Clarke. Mem. and officer of numerous organiza- tions for individual and social welfare. Against woman suffrage. Author: Food Preparation and Its Relation to the Development of Efficient Per- sonality in the Home — Dignified Drudgery; also contributor to magazines. Congregationalist. Recreations: Music, walking, general social life.

RODEN, Elizabeth Bowman (Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Roden, Jr.), Marvel, Ala. Born Pittston, Pa., 1883; dau. Hon. Charles C. Bowman (Congressman) and Elizabeth (Law) Bowman; ed. Pittston public schools; Wilkes- Barre Inst.; Vassar Coll., A.B. '07; m. Pittston, Pa., Jan. 15, 1908, Benjamin Franklin Roden Jr. (pres. Roden Coal Co.); children: Benjamin F. 3d, b. Jan. 10, 1909; Calvin Bowman, b. Aug. 26, 1910; Elizabeth, b. Jan. 16, 1912. Pres. Library Club of Marvel; mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, Am. Political Science Ass'n. Interested in Peace Movement and in the Montessori work for chil- dren. Has charge of manual training and do- mestic science portion of school work. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of Birmingham (Ala.) Suffrage Ass'n. Presbyterian. Recreations: Riding, dancing, swimming, walking, sewing, reading, music. Life mem. Vassar College Club; mem. Birmingham College Club, Southern Ass'n of College Women, Southern Eastern Vassar Club.

BODGERS, Helen Z. M., 225 Norwood Av. ; office, 45 Erie County Savings Bank Building, Buffalo, N.y.

Lawyer: b. Hornell, N.Y., Aug. 20, 1876; dau. James Hurlburt and Zaidee H. M. (McWilliam) Rodgcrs; ed. St. John's School and Gardner School, N.Y. City; Univ. of Buffalo, LL.B.; took Clinton scholarship awarded for highest standing during entire course; m. N.Y. City, April 20, 1897, Elbert Rodgers; one daughter: Zaidee McWilliam, b. 1903. Admitted to bar in 1900; argued case in Court of Appeals, 1901, being second woman to appear before that court. Has practised since, appeared before appellate courts. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Buffalo Political Equality Club, Buffalo Equal Franchise League, life mem. N.Y. State Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Attends Unitarian Church. Mem. Professional and Business Women's Club of Buffalo. RODMAN, Henrietta, Wadlelgh High School, N.Y. City (home, 35 Charles St., N. Y. City). Teacher and advisor as to choice of vocation; b. Astoria, N.Y., 1877; dau. Washington and Hen- rietta Rodman; grad. Teachers Coll., (Columbia Univ.), B.S. Engaged In development of voca- tional -guidance in Wadleigh High School, N.Y. City. Mem. of Socialist Party. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Consumers' League, Woman's Trade Union League. Recreations: Rowing, swimming, tennis, dancing. Mem. Liberal Club ot N.Y.

RODM.IN, Jennie Williams (Mrs. Thomas Rod- man), 2313 Uearing Court, Louisville, Ky. Born Todd Co., Ky., May IS, 1863; dau. Aron Fuqua and Cloantha E. (Downer) Williams; ed. by private tutors and a governess; m. Clarks- vLIle. Tenn.. Apr. 18. 1SS3. Thomas Rodman.

��Mem. Highland Civic Club, LoulsTille Literature Club. Baptist. Favors woman suffrage.

ROE, Elizabeth Emmons (Mrs. Ole O. Roe),

101 E. Washington Av., Des Moines, la.

Former teacher; b. Champaign, 111.; dau. Courtenis and Elizabeth (Long) Emmons; ed. Nevada High School; Story Co. Inst.; m. Feb. 23, 1895, Ole O. Roe. Taught school In Story Co., country schools, Maswell, la., two years; Nevada three years; I-icmars three years; Dea Moines one year (primiary work). Sunday-school teacher; interested in Newsboys' Club, play- ground work and Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suf- frage. Contributor to various magazines and newspapers. Mem. English Evangelical Lutheran Church. Mem. D.A.R. (ex-regent); pres. Wo- man's Home and Foreign Missionary Soc. of St. John's Lutheran Church; vice-pres. State Mis- sionary Soc. (was pres. four years); charter mem. Hospital for Women and Children. Rec- reations: Travel, study, long walks, automobiling. Pres. of City Fed. of 63 clubs in Des .Moines; mem. Monday Club 17 years. Recreation Club, Portia Club. ROE, Gwyneth King (Mrs. Gilbert E. Roe),

445 Riverside Drive, N.Y. City.

Lecturer, teacher; b. Eldora, la.; dau. John Hereford and Permelia (Andrews) King; ed. In public and private schools; m. N.Y. City, 1899, Gilbert E. Roe; children: Jack, Janet, Gwyneth. Introduced and taught physical culture in the S.Dak. State Univ. and later the same in all the high schools of Washington, D.C. Taught physi- cal culture in summer school at Cornell Univ. and many years at Chautauqua (N.Y.) Assembly, with Mrs. Emily M. Bishop. For several years past teaching and lecturing in N.Y. City, with studio in Seventy-second St.; calls her work "Health and Self Expression." Favors woman suffrage. ROEDER, Effle Ebey (Mrs. Victor A. Roeder),

2600 Sunset Drive, Bellingham, Wash.

Born Ebeys Landing, Wash., 1869; dau. Eason B. and Annie L. (Judson) Ebey; ed. public and private schools; m. Bellingham, Wash., 1886, Victor A. Roeder; children: Ethel Aryeness, Henry Victor. Favors woman suffrage. Chris- tian Scientist. Democrat. Regent Chief What- com Chapter D.A.R. Pres. Progressive, Literary and Fraternal (P.L.F.) Club. ROEDER, Elsa, 30 Cleveland St., Orange, N.J

Magazine illustrator; b. Baltimore, 1883; dau. Rev. Adolph and Marie (Bonschup) Roeder; grad. high school; studied with father before and after high school. Won a prize in "Life" contest, 1908; a theatrical poster contest, 1908. Illustrated three of her father's books, 1910, besides regular maga- zine work to date. Interested in Orange Valley Social Settlement drawing and painting classes, Homoeopathic Hospital of Essex Co. : gives art talks before Y.W.C.A. and Woman's Club. Mem. New Church (Swedenborgian). Recreations: Tennis, rowing, baseball, dancing, out-door sketching, canoeing. Mem. Sketch Club of Wil- mington, Del. Studied in School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia, In the studio of Edward Pen- field and In Wilmington with Howard Pyle. ROEDER, Geraldine ftlorgan (Mrs. Benjamin F.

Roeder), 226 W. Fourteenth St., N.Y. City.

Violinist; b. N.Y. City, Nov. 15, 1868; dau. John P. Morgan (organist of Trinity Church, N.Y. City) and Virginia (Woods) Morgan; ed. by pri- vate tutors in N.Y. City; student of violin from age of four, first with her father and later with Dr. Leopold Damrosch, N.Y. City; under Joachim at Royal Acad, of Music, Berlin, 1882-86, and under Schradisch at the Conservatory at Leipzig, 1886; was first American that ever won the Men- delssohn prize at the Royal Acad., Berlin (1885); m. June 2. 1901, Benjamin F. Roeder. Resided in Berlin until 1890; went to London, 1886, to play with Joachim and played with him in con- cert at the Crystal Palace. After return to U.S. made frequent tours as concert violinist and head of the Morgan String Quartette; played with the Boston Symphony and other famous orchestras. Also teacher of violin In N.Y. City. Profes- sionally known by maiden name of Geraldina Morgan.

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��EtO£HBIG, Mary Gavina Hungerford (Mrs.

Frederick Louis Roehrig), 501 Oakland. Av.,

Pasadena, Cal.

Born Ithaca, N.Y., Oct. 29, 1862; dau. Austin Newell and Sarah M. (Llvermore) Hungerford; 6d. Cornell Univ. and attended Wells Coll., 1881- 85 (mem. Psi of Kappa Kappa Gamma) ; m. Ithaca, Oct. 29, 1885, Frederick Louis Roehrig; children: Gavina H., Harold L., R. Pauline, F. Austin. R. Stewart. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R.

BOELKEB, Millicent Turle (Mrs. Alfred Roel- ker Jr.), 70 W. Eighty-seventh St., N.Y. City. Born Brooklyn, N.Y., 1882; dau. Robert H. and Kathleen (Furd) Turle; ed. Miss Bodman's School, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn; m. Brook- lyn Heights, January, 1905, Alfred Roelker Jr.; children: Rc/berta Roelker, b. October, 1905; Katrina Roelker, b. February, 1909; Hlldegarde Roelker, b. 1913. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian.

BOENIGK, Marion Chase (Mrs. Louis Henry Roenigk), 117 N. Clay St., Greenville, Mich. Born Sandwich, Ont., Can., July 16, 1880; dau. George O'Callaghan and Mary Jane (Elllis) Leeoh ; ed. Windsor, Ont.; m. Windsor, Ont., June 27, 1898, Louis Henry Roenigk; one daughter: Evelyn Winifred. Active in suffrage work, interested in social conditions governing women and children and philanthropic activities. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Guild, L»adies' Library Ass'n, Board Lady Managers Belknaj) Meimorial Hospital Ass'n (pres. board 1910-11). Mem. Mich. State Fed. of Women's Clubs (sup't Legislation for Public Health and Public Health Com.), Green- ville Fed. of Women's Clubs (pres. 1908-09-10); pres. Twentieth Century Literary Club ; mem. Michigan Equal Franchise Club, Pioneer Society end many social clubs.

BOESSEVG, Jennie Bradley (Mrs. Frank Myler

Roessing), 5807 Solway St., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., May 11, 1881; dau. John and Anna Marie (Friedrick) Bradley; ed. public Bchool and later in private school; m. Pittsburgh, Sept. 21, 1908, Frank Myler Roessing. Treas. Plttsiburgh Playground Ass'n; mem. Board of Directors of Tenement Improvement Ass'n. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Pres. Pa. Woman Suffrage A-Ss'n; first vice-pres. Ekjual Franchise Fed. of Western Pa. Unitarian. Mem. Kingsley House Ass'n, Tenement Improvement Ass'n, Thurston- Glenn Service League, Pittsburgh Playground Ass'n, Associated Charities of Pittsburgh, Con- Bumers' League •- of Western Pa. Recreations : Reading poetry, tennis, automobiling. Mem. Twentieth Century Cluh, Tuesday Musical Club. BOGE, Mme. Adolphe — see Bates, Charlotte

Flske. BOGEBS, Anne Day (Mrs. James Gamble

Rogers), 164 East 70th St., N.Y. City.

Born Springfield, Mass.; dau. Albert M. and Fanny (Pynchon) Day; ed. Miss Kirkland's School, CThicago; Miss Porter's School, Farming- ton, Conn.; m. Lake Forest, 111., 1902; James Gamble Rogers; children: Katharine Gamble, James Gamble Jr., Francis Day. Interested in all kinds of music. Mem. Cosmopolitan Club of N.Y. City. Presbyterian.

BOGEBS, Celeste Elizabeth (Mrs. Rovillus R.

Rogers), 627 E. Sixth St., Jamestown, N.Y.

Born Gerry, N.Y.; dau. Rufus Cheney and Elizabeth (Fargo) Williams; ed. Ellington Acad, and Oberlin Coll., 1879-80; m. Ellington, N.Y., Aug. 4, 1880, Rovillus R. Rogers (now superin- tendent of schools of Jamestown, N.Y.): children: Edith Margaret, Harold Lee. Vice-pres. of Man- agers of Warner Home for the Aged, Jamestown; local sec. of the Audubon Soc. ; pres. of the Fort- nightly (literary soc), and interested in the mis- sionary societies of the Congregational Church. _ Has published a poem and a few essays upon" bird-study. Mem. L.L.S. of Oberlin (first college literary soc. in America for women). Recreations: Study of birds, botany. Was for seven successive years instructor in nature study in the N.Y. State Summer School at Thousand Island Park, and has lectured upon birds at va- rious State teachers Institutes and ass'ns.

��BOGEBS, Charlotte Boardman, 65 W. Seven- tieth St., N.Y. City.

Elditor, author; b. Bridgeton, N.J., Dec. 24, 1878; dau. John Brown and Sara Chester (Jones) Rogers; ed. Dearborn-Morgan School, Orange, N.J., also by governesses. Formerly instructor in journalism and English, United Correspond- ence School; ediitor Literary Life; associate editor Bookseller, NeTvsdealer' and Stationer. Transla- tor from French of Andre Theuriet's "Mistress of Many Moods." Co-author: Foolish Etiquette; Foolish Almanac; How to Play Chess. Compiled quotations for 1913 edition of "The Day's Re- minder." Mem. Descendants of CJolonial Gov- ernors.

BOGEBS, Clara Kathleen (Mrs. Henry Munroe Rogers), 309 Beacon St., Boston, Mass. SiiLger ("Clara Doria"), composer, writer; b. Cheltenham, England, Jan. 14, 1844; dau. John Barnett (English composer; referred to by Grove as "the father of English opera") and Eliza Emily (Lindley) Barnett (dau. Robert Lindley (famous violoncellist); began musical education with parents; at age of 12 entered Conserva- torium at Leipzig, where she studied piano with Moschelles and Plaidy, ensemble playing with Ferdinand David and Riez, harmony with Par- peritz and Richter, and in fifteenth year began to study singing with Prof. Goetze; after graduating from complete course from Conservatorium went to Berlin and studied piano with von- Billow and singing for six months with F^au Zimmerman; studied for operatic stage in Italy with San Giovanni, 1861-63. Debut in Italian opera at Turin, 1863, as Isabella in Roberto il Diavolo, under stage-name of "Clara Doria," and sang in Italy until 1866 at Genoa, Leghorn (sev- eral season), Florence, Molfetta, and, lastly, at the San Carlo in Naples, where appeared as Amina in La Sonnambula and in Lucia; was on concert stage in London, 1866-71; came to America with Parepa Rosa Concert Company and made American debut at N.Y. Academy of Music, Oct. 4, 1871, in Bohemian Girl, later appearing as Marriage of Figaro, and other roles in N.Y. City, Boston, Philadelphia and other cities — East and West; in winter of 1872-73 engaged by Max Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, the Countess, in Maretzek to sing with Pauline Lucca in Don Giovanni, Der Freischutz, The Merry Wives of Windsor, etc., in New York and other cities; took up residence in Boston, April, 1873, appearing for first time with Boston Symphony Orchestra, April 19, 1873, and after that sang in concerts and taught singing, finally becoming so absorbed in teaching and composition that she gave up career as public singer; m. Boston, April 24, 1S75, Henry M. Rogers, lawyer. Author: The Philosophy of Singing, 1893; My Voice and I, 1910, English Dic- tion in Song and Speech, 1912. Composer (pub- lished works: Op. 10, Six Songs; Op. 15, Scherzo in A major, for pianoforte; Op. 16, Aubade, song with violin and piano; Op. 17, Kiss Mine Eyelids, Lovely Morn, song with violin and piano; Op. 20, Six Songs; Op. 22, Three Songs; Op. 24, Five Songs; Op. 26, Six Songs; Op. 28, Three Songs; Op. 25, Sonata, for piano and violin in D minor; Op. 29, Album of Six Songs, with words by Robert and Elizabeth Browning; Op. 30, Six Songs; Op. 32, Six Browning Songs (second series); Op. 37, Two Songs, words by Rosetti; Op. 34, Six Folk- songs; Op. 35, A Little Love Song.

BOGEBS, Elizabeth Anna Bowley (Mrs. Clar- ence Davis Rogers), 206 N. Main St., Syca- more, 111.

Born Moscow, Hillsdale Co., Mich., Jan. 8, 185G; dau. Horatio N. and Betsey Campbell (McKereher) Rowley; grad. Hillsdale (Mich.) Coll., Ph.B. '83; grad. course in oratory at De- troit Training School of English Literature, '85 (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma); m. Hanover, Mich., Aug. 27, 1885, Clarence Davis Rogers; children: Bessie May Louise, Carol Doris. Mem. Missionary Soc, Library Board (sec. 15 years) Sycamore Night School (was founded by Alpena Library Ass'n; mem. 28 years). Favors woman .suffrage; mem. Suffrage Soc. Congregationalist. Ivlem. Eastern Star, D.A.R., Equality League, Sycamore Woman's Club.

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��BOG£BS, Elizabeth Selden White (Mrs. John Rogers), 102 East 30th St., N.Y. City. Born Astoria, L.I., July 23, 1868; dau. Charles A.twood and Frances Spencer (Eaton) White; ed. prlvat'5 school, New Haven, Conn.; Miss Porte(*'s School, Farmington, Conn.; m. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 27, 189.5, Dr. John Rogers; children: John Rogers Jr., Charles White (died 1903), Eliza- beth Selden. Mem. Conn. Soc. Colonial Dames of sciences. Mem. Conn. Soc. Ck>lonial Dames of America. Favors woman suffrage; mem. E.xeo. Board Women's Political Union, N.Y. City.

ROGERS, Emma Ferdon Winner (Mrs. Henry Wade Rogers), 413 Orange St., New Haven, Conn.

Born Plainfield, N.J. ; dau. Rev. John Ogden Winner (Methodist clergyman) and Sarah J. (Taylor) Winner; ed. private school of Mrs. Chase, Newark, N.J. ; Pennington (N.J.) Sem., Univ. of Miss., B.L. '91; m. Pennington, N.J., June 22, 1876. Henry Wade Rogers, A.M., LL.D. (pres. Northwestern Univ., 1890-1900; mem. of Yale Law Faculty, 1900-13, and dean of Yale Law Bchool, 1903-13; appointed U.S. Circuit Judge, 1913). Resided in Ann Arbor, Mich., 1876-90; Evanston, 111., 1890-1900; New Haven, Conn., since 1900. Interested in economic and social questions and in the Arts and Crafts Movement as speaker and writer; served as chairman of the Com. on Municipal Order in the World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1893. Pres. Northwestern Univ. Settlement Ass'n, 1894-1900; pres. University Art Guild, Chicago and Evan- ston, 1895-1900. Methodist. Mem. Am. Economic Ass'n, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumna. Mem. Fort- nightly Club of Chicago (pres. 1898-1900), Women's University Club, N.Y. City.

ROGERS, Florence Gertrude Dyer (Mrs. Ben- jamin H. Rogers), Lenox, Mass. Born Mediord, Mass., Mar. 29, 1875; dau. Charles Everett and Anna L. (Rogers) Dyer; grad. Medford High School, '93 (valedictorian); Tufts Coll. (valedictorian), A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa) '97; m. Boston, 1903, Benjamin H. Rogers; children: Edward Dyer, b. 1904; Eliza- beth, b. 1905: Charles Seymour, b. 1909. Con- gregationalist.

ROGERS, Grace Dean McLeod (Mrs. H. W.

Rogers), "Dunnegan," Amherst, Nova Scotia,

Can.

Author; b. Westfield, N.S.; dau. A. J. McLeod (barrister) and Eunice (Waterman) McLeod; ed. Dalhousle Univ. and Acadia Univ., M.A. ; m. Berwick, N.S., 1891, H. W. Rogers (barrister); children: Arthur Wyckoff, Norman, Dean Rich- ards, David Brewster Barss. Interested in all religious and educational work. Author: Stories of the Land of Evangeline; All the Way to the Mansion House. Contributor to Youth's Com- panion, Independent, Cougregationalist, Canadian Magazine, Courier and Standard. Baptist. Mem. Nova Scotia Historical Soc. (first woman ad- mitted to this body), Daughters of the Empire; mem. Missionary Aid Soc. Recreations: Golf, motoring, walking, working in flower garden. Her stories of Acadian folk lore are in Nova Scotia school readers, also in school readers of Quebec and Scotland, and are used as supple- mentary reading In New England schools. First woman to address graduates at Acadia Ladies' Coll. closing; has delivered addresses before Edu- sational Inst., and before Acadia University.

ROGERS, Grace Jeannette Haynee (Mrs. For- dyce Huntington Rogers), 29 Peterboro St., Detroit, Mich.

Born Patten, Me., June 4, 1854; dau. Thomas and Isabel (Darling) Haynes; ed. Maine Acad., Castine (Me.) Normal School, private tutors, courses Chicago tfniv. ; literature and history courses Boston Tech. (privately). Teaching serv- ice, 1879-95, divided between (Jorham (Me.) Nor- mal School, and Olivet Coll., Mich.; teacher of English literature and dean of women; m. May 7, 1895, Fordyce Huntington Rogers (manufacturer ind capitalist of Detroit). Editor of Young Women's State Work. Mich.: officer in Y.W.C.A..
 * ook County (111.) Normal School; correspondence

��Traveler's Aid Soc, and First Congregational Church, Detroit. Author of Church Directories amd articles on educational, philanthropic and genealogical subjects. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage. Recreations: Golf and genea- logical research for friends. Mem. Mt. Vernon Soc, College Club of Detroit, and Country Club of Ocala, Fla.

ROGERS, Helen Worthingion (Mrs. Arthur Kenyon Rogers), 43 Mt. Vernon St., Boston, Mass.

Social worker; b. Ottumwa, la., Dec. 11, 1869; dau. Henry and Helen Man (Etouglas) Rogers; ed. WeUesley Coll., B.A., A.M. '93; New York School of Philanthropy, '07; Harvard Summer School, '12; m. Tariffville, Conn., Aug. 24, 1895, Arthur Kenyon Rogers. Chief probation officer .luvenile Court, 1903-07; sup't Children's Aid Ass'n, 1908-09; field sec. Mass. Soc. for Preven- tion of Cruelty to Children, Boston, Mass., 1912. Interested in social center movement, prevention of infant mortality, continuation schools, voca- tional guidance, industrial education, eugenics and social hygiene, juvenile courts. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Volunteer Probation System of Indianapolis (in children's courts In America, edited for U.S. Government by Samuel J. Barrows) ; A Modest Experiment in Foster Motherhood (The Survey); All Hands Round for the Baby (The Survey) ; The Placement Bureau (Women's Municipal League Bulletin, Boston, December, 1912). Recreations: Travel, canoeing. Mem. Monday Evening Club (Boston), Fort- nightly Club (Univ. of Mo.), Women's Municipal League (Boston).

ROGERS, Julia Ellen, 2106 Bermuda St., Long

Beach, CaJ.

Lecturer and writer; b. La Salle Co., 111., Jan. 21, 1866; dau. Daniel Farrand and Ruth (Llewellyn) Rogers; ed. la. City Acad., '88; State Univ. of Iowa., Ph.B. '92; Cornell Univ., M.S. '02, Phi Beta Kappa; mem. Pi Beta Phi. Teacher 1883-87, 1892-1900; writer and lecturer. 1900-13. Department editor. Country Life in America, 1902-13; contributor to magazines. Nat. sec. PI Beta Phi, 1910-12; mem. Armstrong Ass'n; sec. Nature Club of N.Y. City; interested in education of Southern mountaineers. Captain 23d Dist. Woman Suffrage Party. N.Y. City. 1911-12; mem. Woman's Political Union. Author: Among Green Trees, 1902; The Tree Book, 1905; The Shell Book. 1908; Trees Every Child Should Know. 1909; Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know, 1910; Wild Animals E^very Child Should Know, 1911; The Book of Useful Plants. 1913. Democrat. Recreations: Mountain climibing. camping, fish- ing, motoring. Mem. Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club of Los Angeles, Obeli Club, Long Beach, Cal.

ROG£IRS, Llna Lavanche, Board of Education.

Toronto, Can.

Registered nurse; b. Albion, Ont.. Sept. 15, 1870; dau. Peter and Margaret (Taylor) Rogers; ed. Woodbrldge, Ont., and Owen Sound, Ont, public schools; Toronto Coll. and Weston High School, Ont. Night sup't Royal Victoria Hos- pital, Montreal. 1895; sup't nurses. Grady Hos- pital, Atlanta, Ga., 1899-1902; organized school nursing service, N.Y. City, 1902; organized school nursing In Pueblo, Colo., under the Board of Education in 1909; sup't school nurses, N.Y. City, 1902-08; organized school nursing service, To- ronto, 1910; now sup't school nurses, Toronto. Associated with -Henry St. Settlement (nurses' settlement) for seven years. Favors woman suf- frage. Author: The School Nurse (in prepara- tion). Contributor of numerous articles on school nursing to Journals and magazines. Pres- byterian. Pres. Canadian Public School Nurses' Ass'n, Hospital of Sick Children's Alumnae Ass'n, editorial board of Canadian Nurses'^ Journal; treas. Graduate Nurses' Ass'n of Ontario. Mem. Toronto Graduate Nurses' Club. First municipal school nurse appointed in history. Belongs to several societies: Local Council of Women, Social Service Workers, Heather Club for Tuberculous Children, affiliated with Daughters of Empire. Reeistered nurse in N.T. and Colo.

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