Sem., Carmel, N.Y., 1895-99; principal Taconic School, Lakeville, Conn., 1900-12. Sec. Springfield (Mass.) Council of Soc. for Extension of Univ. Teaching, 1891-93. Mem. Social Service League of Salisbury, Consumers' League, Conn. Soc. of Social Hygiene, Headmistresses' Ass'n, Wellesley Club of N.Y. City, Women's Univ. Club of N.Y. City. Episcopalian.
DIXON, Marlon E. Martin (Mrs. George W. Dixon), 2706 Michigan Av., Chicago, Ill.
Born Chicago, Ill.; dau. S. K. and Hattie (Babcock) Martin; ed. Dearborn Sem. and abroad; m. Chicago, 1903, George W. Dixon; children: Marion Martin, George W. Jr. Pres. Dearborn Sem. Ass'n; pres. Ladies' Aid Ass'n of Wesley Hospital; first vice-pres. of the Children's Benefit League and its former pres.; second vice-pres. Northwestern Branch of Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc; mem. Board of Woman's Athletic Club, and mem. Board of French Library; mem. Antiquarian Soc. and of Woman's Athletic, Wednesday, Chicago Woman's and Amateur Musical Clubs. Recreation: Golfing. Methodist.
DIXON, Sarah Ann, Rev., Tewksbury, Mass.
Clergyman; b. Barnstable, Mass.; dau. William and Joyce (Gascoyne) Dixon; ed. Bridgewater Normal School, '85; Boston Univ., Coll. of Liberal Arts, Ph.B. '93; Theological School, S.T.B. '97; School of All Sciences, Ph. D. '07. Congregational minister; ordained by Andover Ass'n of Churches in 1897 as pastor over Congregational Church at Tyngsboro, Mass., till 1905; ass't pastor Trinity Congregational Church, Lowell, Mass., 1905-08; pastor Congregational Church, Tewksbury, Mass., 1909-. The only Congregational woman minister over a church in New England. Lecturer on social and literary subjects— Browning a specialty. Mem. Middlesex Woman's Club, Lowell, Mass. Favors woman suffrage.
DIXSON, Zella Allen (Mrs. Joseph E. Dixson), 1620 E. Fifty-fifth St., Chicago, Ill.; summer home, Granville, Licking Co., O.
Author, lecturer, librarian, publisher; b. Zanesville, O.; dau. Josiah Buffett and Mary Caroline (Blandy) Allen (on father's side descendant of Increase Allen, of Devonshire, England, who emigrated to New England, 1661; paternal great-grandmother was Rachel Buffett of Paris, France, daughter of famous French author; maternal grandfather was Benjamin Blandy of Bristol Eng., whose wife, Jane, was daughter of Leonard Addison, of the family of the distinguished essayist, Joseph Addison); ed. public schools of Zanesville, Putnam Sem., and Mt. Holyoke Coll., grad '80, with additional four years of graduate Greek; m. 1881, Joseph Ehrman Dixson of Elyria, O. (died 1885). At Columbia Coll. as special student of library science, 1885-86, followed by two periods in the British Museum Library as an accredited scholar; Shepardson Coll., A.M. '92; Denison Univ., A.M. '02; Shurtleff Coll., L.H.D. '06. Ass't librarian Columbia Coil., 1885-86; library expert, 1887-88; librarian Denison Univ., 1888-90; Baptist Union Theological Sem., 1890-92; organizer and administrative head Univ. of Chicago Library, 1892-1911; lecturer and prof. library science, Univ. of Chicago, 1896-1911. Literary editor Bulletins of Northwestern Library Ass'n, 1889-90; literary review editor, First Aid Magazine; contributor to literary and educational magazines. Author: Subject Index to Prose Fiction; Children's Book-Plates; Concerning Book-Plates; Charles Kingsley as a Social Reformer. Founder and proprietor of the Wisteria Cottage Press, located in the back yard of her residence in a specially built fire proof building, electrically lighted and heated, one of the private presses noted for beautiful work. Lectures to clubs, educational institutions and learned societies. Mem. Ex Libris Soc. (London), Exlibris Verein zu Berlin; Oesterreichische Ex-Libris-Gesellschaft, Vienna; Société Française des Collectionneurs d'Ex-Libris, Paris; Ex-Libris Club, Basle, Switzerland; A.A.A.AS.; mem. and has held many offices in Chicago Woman's Club and Mt. Holyoke Alumnae Ass'n; mem. Chicago College Club. Am. Library Ass'n, Ill. Library Ass'n (charter mem.), Chicago Library Club, Travelers' Club. (Granville, O.), Authors' League of America.
DOAN, Jessie Ringen (Mrs. George P. Doan), 42 Portland Place, St. Louis, Mo.
Musician; b. St. Louis, Mo.; dau. John and Louise (Heinzelman) Ringen; ed. Mary Inst. (St. Louis) and Germany and Paris; m. St. Louis, April 18, 1906, George P. Doan. Sang successfully in Europe aDd United States, though not a professional singer. Mem. Wednesday Club. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.
DOBBIN, Elizabeth Calder, 69 West Av., Fairport, N.Y.
Born Fairport, N.Y., Mar. 25, 1878; dau. William H. and Margaret (Calder) Dobbin; ed. Fairport public schools, Cornell Univ. (Kappa Alpha Theta). Congregationalist.
DOBBS, Amy Mary (Mrs. C. E. Dobbs), Oak Bank, Manitoba, Can.
Born Montreal, Can.; dau. William and Lucy Catherine Burrows (father, William Burrows, Esq., of Liverpool, Eng., who inherited from his grandfather the freedom of the City of Liverpool as a reward for conspicuous service at the Battle of Trafalgar); ed. Sacred Heart Convent, McGill and Queen's Univs.; m. Kingston, Ont., 1889, Rev. Conway Edward Dobbs (first cousin of Sir Richard Cartwright, Privy Councillor); children: Amy Maria, Marguerite Lucia Douglas, Conway Edward de Burgh Dobbs. Has taken high rank in special subjects as a student, has been coll. prof., school principal, lecturer, evangelist, reporter, settlement worker, literary contributor, public speaker, worker in the white slave crusade and in prisons. Contributions to English and Canadian publications, including actuarial work, articles on immigration, insurance, fiction, etc. Mem. temperance and religious societies. Mem. Women's Canadian Press Club. Recreation: Reading. Mem. Church of England. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage Ass'n.
DOBSON, Fanita Duncan (Mrs. R. Calvin Dobson), Highland Park, Ill.
Born St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10, 1884; dau. William and Fannie (Pickering) Duncan; ed. Mary inst. of Washington; Univ. of St. Louis, class of '04 (mem. Delta Kappa); m. St. Louis, Oct. 10, 1905, Rev. Roy Calvin Dobson; one son: Duncan Calvin. Mem. Presbyterian Church. Mem. Exmoor Country Club, Ossoli Club.
DOBYNE, Margaret B., 6119 Greenwood Av., Chicago, Ill.
Music publisher; b. Litchfield, Ill., Oct. 2, 1870; dau. James B. and Calista J. (Evans) Dobyne; ed. Chicago public schools, Ill. Woman's Coll., Jacksonville, Ill.; mem. Phi Nu Soc. Suffrage and musical editorial writer. Press chairman of Ill. Equal Suffrage Ass'n; chairman Seventh Ward Suffrage Alliance, Chicago. Recreations: Theatre and concerts. Mem. Chicago Political Equality League, Woman's City Club. Active propagandist in all suffrage or woman's movements.
DOCK, Lavinia L., 265 Henry St., N.Y. City.
Registered nurse; b. Harrisburg, Pa.; dau. Gilliard and Livinia (Bombaugh) Dock; ed. in private school in Harrisburg; grad. as registered nurse from Bellevue Hospital Training School, 1886; received university regents' diploma as registered nurse, N.Y. State, 1903. After graduation served at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, three years; in the County Hospital, Chicago, three years; through yellow fever epidemic in Florida; flood relief work as nurse, Johnstown, Pa.; resident mem. Nurses' Settlement, Henry St., N.Y. City, since 1898. Author: Materia Medica for Nurses (text-book), has passed through several editions; Short Papers on Nursing (subjects, Hygiene and Morality); also (with Mary Adelaide Nutting) History of Nursing—The Evolution of Nursing Systems from the Earliest Times to the Foundation of the First English and American Training Schools for Nurses. Edited the proceedings of the Sixth Annual Convention of the American Society of Training Schools for Nurses. Sec. Am. Federation of Nurses; mem. Internat. Council of Nurses.
