man's Improvement Club of Stanford, Ky., federated with Ky. Fed. of Women's Clubs.
DICKINSON, Anna M. Juliand (Mrs. Hiram Walter Dickinson), Bainbridge, N.Y.
Born Bainbridge, N.Y;; daughter of Joseph Juliand and Emma (Chamberlin) Juliand; ed. Bainbridge High School; m. Oct. 16, 1889, Hiram Walter Dickinson (died July 6, 1907); children: Margaret Huldah, b. May 19. 1891 (died Dec. 18, 1910); Dorothy, b. Dec. 9, 1892. Taught Whitehall High School, 1880-88; Oil City High School, 1888-89. Pres. Adams County Bank, West Union, O., July 22, 1907, to Nov. 1, 1912. Resided in Bainbridge. N.Y., 1860-80; Whitehall, N.Y., 1880-88; Oil City, Pa., 1888-89; Ingalls, Kan., 1889-90; West Union, O., 1890-1907; since then at Bainbridge, N.Y. First vice-president of the Chenango Co. Com. of State Charities Aid Ass'n; dist. sup't of junior work, Episcopal Church, third dist. of N.Y. ; mem. King's Daughters Circle. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Brief Views of United States History; also short articles for Federation Bulletin. Episcopalian. Chairman Sixth Dist. N.Y. State Fed. Women's Clubs; chairman philanthropic and civic com. Woman's Club of Bainbridge.
DICKINSON, Helena Adell Snyder (Mrs. Clarence Dickinson), 509 Cathedral Parkway, N.Y. City.
Born Port Elmsley, Ontario, Can.; dau. Benson S. and Harriet (Millar) Snyder; ed. Queen's Univ., Can., M.A. (honors); Heidelberg Univ., Germany, Ph.D. '01 (honors, summa cum laude); m. Clarence Dickinson. Former dean of women, State College, Pa. ; lecturer on history of art, Northwestern Univ. Author: Henry D. Thoreau; also articles in the Outlook and other magazines; History of German Art (not yet published). Recreations: Walking, canoeing. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.
DICKINSON, Hester Benedict (Mrs. P. T. Dickinson), 1523 Willow St., Alameda, Cal.
Writer; b. Streetsboro, O., Oct. 2, 1838; dau. Harvey and Lucinda (Brown) Baldwin; ed. Western Reserve Sem. and by private tutors; m. (1st) Streetsboro, O., Dec. 31, 1856, Harmon Benedict; (2d) Sacramento, Cal., May 30, 1877, P. T. Dickinson; one daughter: Nelly Benedict, b. 1860. Wrote first poem at the age of seven; contributed to leading magazines in N.Y. City and Philadelphia and in other cities. Author: Vesta, 1872; Fagots, 1895; Songs En Route, 1911; also booklets, Christmas cards, etc. ; was for a year correspondent from Japan to the N.Y. Mail and Express and the St. Paul Globe. Mem. Pacific Coast Women's Press Ass'n (pres. 1906-1907; vice-pres. 3911-12); officially connected with Cal. Writers' Club. Favors woman suffrage. Democrat. Mem. Alameda Civic League.
DICKINSON, Katharine V., The Studio School of Music, Alton, Ill.
Director school of music; b. Penn Yan, N.Y.; dau. Charles Frederick and Martha E. (Cole) Dickinson; ed. in high school of Athol, Mass., and Lowville Acad.; special studies with special teachers and the New England Conservatory of Music; pupil of Mme. Lena Devine. Director of Voice School of Shurtleff Coll.; director of voice dep't, Alton Conservatory; established Studio School of Music, Alton, Ill., 1899. Was one of founders of Upper Alton Woman's Club; mem. and one of 12 founders of the Browning Club of Alton; has organized children's choirs and organized and conducted choirs in various churches; organized and has directed for 14 years the Camerata Women's Chorus, which, besides its notable work, has carried on for 11 years a Christmas tree for the children of the poor, and established and maintained a choral club for boys and girls in the Neighborhood House (social settlement center). Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. Nat. Progressive Party. Mem. W.C.T.U., Woman's Council of Alton.
DICKINSON, Martha Gilbert—see Bianchi, Martha Gilbert Dickinson.
DICKINSON, Mary Low (Mrs. John B. Dickinson), 230 W. Fifty-ninth St., N.Y. City; office, 156 Fifth Av., N.Y. City.
Author; b. Fitchburg, Mass., 1839; ed. in public schools and by private instruction and continued studies three years in Europe; m. John B. Dickinson (now deceased). Taught in Chapman School, Boston; Hartford Female Sem., and was principal of the Van Norman Inst, in N.Y. City until marriage. Later in life became professor of Belles lettres, and afterward emeritus prof, and lecturer in Univ. of Denver; gen. sec. and treas. of Internat. Order of King's Daughters and Sons; former pres. Nat. Council of Women of U.S. (now honorary pres.); former pres. Woman's Nat. Indian Ass'n; former sec. Female Bible Soc. Was associated with Dr. Edward Everett Hale in founding the Lend-a-Hand Magazine and was its editor, afterward editor-in-chief of the Silver Cross Magazine for 20 years, and afterward of the Open Window, a magazine for invalids. Author: Amber Star; The Fair Half Dozen; From Girlhood to Motherhood: From Hollow to Hilltop; Home from the War; One Little Life; Over the Gate; Spring Blossoms; The Temptation of Katharine Gray; Three Times and Out. Methodist. Mem. New England Women of N.Y. Mem. Barnard Club, City Mothers' Club.
DICKINSON, Nellie Burnett (Mrs. William Day Dickinson), Cleveland Av., Glasgow, Ky.
Born Auburn, Ky., Apr. 23, 1877; dau. Joseph Herndon and Laura A. (Duff) Burnett; ed. Auburn (Ky.) Sem., Ky.; Boscobel Coll., Nashville, Tenn.; Hollins (Va.) Inst., A.B.; m. Glasgow, Ky., Dec. 30, 1902, P. E. Lowe (deceased); m. Springfield, Tenn., June 24, 1908, William Day Dickinson. Taught one year in public school in Warren Co., Ky. ; eight years in Liberty Coll., Glasgow, Ky; one year in Tenn. Coll., Murfreesboro, Tenn. Teacher of Sunday-school class and treas. Woman's Missionary Union of Glasgow Baptist Church; pres. Glasgow Improvement Club. Against woman suffrage. Baptist.
DICKINSON, Sarah Truslow (Mrs. Robert Latou Dickinson), 168 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N.Y.
Born Brooklyn, Jan. 26, 1863; dau. John and Elizabeth (Kidder) Truslow; ed. Packer Collegiate Inst., '82; m. Brooklyn, May 7, 1890, Dr. Robert Latou Dickinson; children: Dorothy, Jean. Mem. Y.W.C.A.
DICKSON, Agnes Lillian, 52 Summit Av., Jersey City, N.J.
Born Jersey City; dau. Charles H. and Lucina (McBurney) Dickson; ed. Barnard Coll., A.B.; Columbia Univ., '99; Alpha Omicron Pi. Teacher St. John's Episcopal Church School, Jersey City, since 1905. Chairman Com. on Employment of Barnard Alumnae Ass'n, 1912—. Sec. Monday Afternoon Club; Fed. sec. Coll. Club of Jersey City. Episcopalian.
DICKSON, Edith, 172 Elm St., Oberlin, Ohio.
Writer, librarian; b. Elyria, Ohio, May 14, 1856; dau. Joseph Homer Dickson (lawyer) and Mary (Manley) Dickson; ed. Oberlin Coll., A.B. '85. Favors woman suffrage; chairman Woman Suffrage Party in Lorain County, Ohio. Author of numerous magazine articles, mainly literary. Mem. several social clubs.
DICKSON, Katharine Griswold Pratt (Mrs. David Dickson), 2174 Grandin Road, Cincinnati, O.
Born N.Y. City, Feb. 16, 1882; dau. Dallas B. and Mary G. (Landon) Pratt; ed. Miss Spence's School, N.Y. City; m. (1st) April 30, 1904, Lycurgus Winchester; (2d) May 20, 1909, David Dickson, M.D.; children: Hope Gordon Winchester, b. 1905; Katharine Lycurgus Winchester, b. 1906. Mem. Colonial Dames, Daughters of the Cincinnati, Mayflower Descendants, D.A.R. Episcopalian.
DIEBITSCH, Roberta Franc Watterson (Mrs. Emil Diebitsch), 38 Bennet Place, Nutley, N.J.
Born in New Jersey; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '93; student English literature, N.Y. Univ., 1894-95, Ph.M. '95; m. April 21, 1906, Emil Diebitsch; one son: John Norton, b. Nov. 20 (died Nov. 21), 1909. Librarian, South Orange, N.J., 1887-1904; branch librarian, Brooklyn Public Library, 1904-06. Mem. Smith Coll, Alumnae Ass'n.
