DeLacy, William Ripley, Joseph Warren, Henry Ripley (last three deceased). Has been identified with many religious and social activities. Author: Farmingdale; Lanmere, and three volumes of verse, all now out of print. Still in print: Bermuda; Poems, 1892; Afterglow (poems), 1900; Beyond the Sunset (poems), 1909; The Flower of England's Face; A Cathedral Pilgrimage; In Kings' Houses. Congregationalist. Mem. the Fortnightly, Women's Club (Rutland, Vt), Cambridge Club (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Recreation: Gardening.
DORR, Mrs. Rheta Childe, 36 Washington Square, W., N.Y. City.
Author, lecturer; b. Omaha, Neb.; dau. Dr. Edward P. and Lucie (Michel) Childe; married; one son: Julian Dorr, b. 1896. Woman editor, N.Y. Evening Post, 1902-06; special writer, staff of Hampton's Magazine, 1908-10. Was chairman Industrial Com. in Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs, 1904-1906. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Women's Political Union of N.Y. and Woman Suffrage Party, N.Y. Mem. Socialist Party. Author: What Eight Million Women Want; also many magazine articles in Hampton's, Everybody's, Century, Saturday Evening Post, etc. Mem. Women's Trade Union League. Recreations: Walking, gardening, music, theatre, travel.
DORSETT, Ellen R. Shepard (Mrs. Daniel H. Dorsett), 4027 Gerard Av., Philadelphia, Pa.
Educator; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Sem. (now college), 1868; m. Daniel H. Dorsett (now deceased). Was for a time girls' manager in the Indian School at Carlisle, Pa., later entering the service of the Am. Missionary Ass'n as principal for more than ten years of the Skyland Inst., a school at Blowing Rock, in the mountains of North Carolina. Congregationalist.
DORSEY, Ella Loraine, 2121 California Av., Washington, D.C.
Library work and literature; b. Washington, D.C, 1853; dau. Lorenzo and Anna Hanson (McKenney) Dorsey; ed. Madame Burr's private school, Washington, D.C; Visitation Convent, Georgetown, D.C. Mem. Auxiliary and Advisory Boards of Trinity Coll., Washington, D.C, and Auxiliary Board of Providence Hospital; mem. Soc. of Descendants of Colonial Governors, Nat. Soc. of Colonial Dames of Am.; Nat. Soc. of D.A.R. ; Pocahontas Memorial Ass'n; Catholic Indian Education Ass'n; Georgetown Convent Alumnae. Believes only in limited and local franchise for women. Author: Midshipman Bob; Jet, the War Mule; The Jose Maria; Saxty's Angel; Five Christmas Stories; The Forbidden Dance (the Sun Dance); The Czar's Horses; Ivan of the Mask; Pocahontas; Smallwood's Immortals; The Two Tramps; Speculum Justitiaa; Pickle and Pepper; The Taming of Polly, etc. Roman Catholic. Mem. Club of Colonial Dames, Washington, D.C. Republican. One of two founders of the National Library for the Blind.
DORSEY, Isabel Lovell (Mrs. Grafton Duvall Dorsey), Shunpike Farm, Madison, N.J.
Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan. 17, 1866; dau. Franklyn Hallett and Mary Louise (Lewis) Lovell; ed. the Misses Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry-on-Hudson; Teachers' Coll., N.Y. City; m. N.Y. City, June 7, 1901, Grafton Duvall Dorsey. Mem. Union Settlements, N.Y. City. Author: Stories in Stone from the Roman Forum. Mem. Soc. Mayflower Descendants, Colonial Dames. Recreations: Gardening, traveling. Favors woman suffrage.
DORSET, Sallie Webster, Annapolis, Md.
Maryland State librarian; b. Baltimore, Md.; dau. James L. and Sarah A. W. (Richardson) Dorsey; ed. private schools of Baltimore, receiving gold medal at Mrs. Rozell's private school for composition. Interested in church work, hospital, tuberculosis and Red Cross work; clergy relief, philanthropic and religious work. Episcopalian. Mem. D.A.R. Former contributor to Maryland press, especially Baltimore American and the Dorchester Co. papers, articles, poems and stories. Several articles on Old Trinity P.E. Church in the Dorchester Parish, Md. One of the original members of the Woman's Literary Club, Baltimore; ex-pres. and honorary mem. Woman's Club, Cambridge, Md.; ex-pres. and mem. of the Hospital Clothing Club, Cambridge, Md. Interested in farming.
DORSEY, Susan Miller (Mrs. P. W. Dorsey), 211 W. Jefferson St., Los Angeles, Cal.
Born Penn Yan, N.Y., 1857; dau. James and Hannah (Benedict) Miller; ed. Vassar Coll., A.B.; m. Penn Yan, N.Y., June, 1881, P. W. Dorsey; one son: Paul Howard. Teacher of classics at Wilson Coll., 1877-78; Vassar Coll., 1878-81; Los Angeles High School, 1896-1902; head of classical dep't, Los Angeles High School, 1903-07; vice-principal of Los Angeles High School, 1902-13; ass't sup't of schools of Los Angeles, February, 1913. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Progressive Republican. Recreation: Mountain climbing. Mem. Women's College Club, Los Angeles; Branch of Collegiate Alumnae, Los Angeles; Vassar Club, Los Angeles.
DOSTER, Caroline Riddle (Mrs. Frank Doster), 1408 Buchanan St., Topeka, Kan.
Born Madison Co., O., 1847; dau. Jackson and Mary Jane (Kious) Riddle; ed. Jacksonville (Ill.) Female Acad.; m. Decatur, Ill., 1870, Frank Doster (former chief justice of Kansas Superior Court); children: Lenore, b. 1871; Chase, b. 1873; Wade, b. 1881; Irma, b. 1883; John, b. 1885. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Good Government Club, Suffrage Club. On Finance Com. of Kan. State Suffrage Soc. Progressive in politics. Recreations: Club and suffrage work. Mem. Western Sorosis, Topeka Federation of Club Women.
DOTSON (Mrs. E. Milton), 1515 South Eighth St., Waco, Tex.
Born Monroe, Ga., Dec. 15, 1861; dau. Orion L. and Sarah (Henderson) Strond; ed. Monroe High School; m. Henderson, Tex., Oct. 31, 1883, E. M. Dotson; children: Pauline, Louise, Miriam, Eugene, Edwin, Ernest. Mem. First Baptist Church; teacher in Sunday-school; vice-pres. for district of Y.W.A. (press reporter for ass'n and Aid Soc). Favors woman suffrage. Baptist. Mem. United Daughters of Confederacy, Texas Woman's Press Ass'n. Recreation: Autoing. Mem. Shakespeare Club (pres. 1911-12) and Euterpean Club (Waco, Tex.). Was charter mem. of the Shakespeare and Symphony Clubs in Nacogdoches, Tex., and mem. of Cum Concilio Club.
DOTY, Lena Harris (Mrs. Wirt Payson Doty), 1747 Third Av., Detroit, Mich.
Born Ovid, Mich.; dau. William Folwell and Isabel (Martin) Harris; ed. Emerson Coll. of Oratory, 1900; Univ. of Chicago, A.B. 1904 (Phi Beta Kappa) ; m. Ann Arbor, Mich., Sept 5, 1906, Wirt Payson Doty; one daughter: Margaret de Folville, b. Aug. 9, 1907. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae, College Equal Suffrage League, Girls' Protective League, Twentieth Century Club.
DOTY, Madeleine Zabriskie, 21 W. 8th St., N.Y. City.
Lawyer, social worker in children's court; b. New Jersey, 1879; dau. S. W. and Charlotte (Zabriskie) Doty; ed. Brearley School, N.Y. City; Smith Coll., B.L. 1900; N.Y. Univ. Law School, LL.B. '02 (mem. Pi Omicron Rho). Taught in Miss Haskell's School, Boston, 1903-05; practiced law 3 years, firm name Ashley, Pope & Doty. One of the first women to be made receiver in bankruptcy cases. Left general practice of law to take up children's court exhibit in the Child Welfare Exhibit held in N.Y. City, 19U. Made general study of children's court, visiting many courts all over the U.S.; now sec. of the Children's Court Com. of Charity Organization Soc. Mem. Woman's Suffrage Party. Wrote for one year for N.Y. Times, 2,000 words a week on books and authors, under pen name of "Otis Notman" (at same time practicing law). Has written articles for American Magazine, Delineator, Ladies' Home Journal, Political Science Quarterly. Mem. Liberal Club, Intercollegiate Socialist Party, Woman's University Club. Favors woman suffrage.
DOUBLEDAY, Neltje DeGraff (Mrs. Frank Nelson Doubleday), Locust Valley, L.I., N.Y.
Author ("Neltje Blanchan"); b. Chicago, Ill.,
