DRABBLE, Martha Tenney Vance (Mrs. Robert Fife Drabble), Mountain St., Haydenville, Mass.
Teacher of the deaf; b. Corinth, Vt.,. July 26, 1874; dau. Martin Van Buren and Clymene Jane (Hosmer) Vance; grad. Smith Coll., B.L. '99 (Oriental Club); Clarke School for the Deaf, teachers' training class, 1900; m. Northampton, class, 1900 (Oriental Club); m. Northampton, Mass., June 11, 1902, Robert Fife Drabble; one son: George Vance, b. 1906. Taught two years (1900-02) at Deaf Mute Inst., Little Rock, Ark.; engaged in library work at Clarke Library, Northampton, 1902-06. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Young Wives' Club (philanthropic), Williamsburg, Mass.
DRACASS, Carrie E. Tucker (Mrs. Frederick Dracass), 320 W. Sixty-first St., Englewood, Chicago, Ill.
Teacher; b. Ottawa, Ill., April 29, 1859; dau. Daniel E. and Ann (DeHaven) Tucker; ed. high school, Ottawa; partial course in 111. State Normal; Chautauqua Univ.; Univ. of Chicago, Ph.B., summa cum laude, 1908; m. Frederick Dracass, M.D. Became teacher in Englewood High School, Chicago, 1891; now teaching library economics and Spanish; in charge of library; after two years' teaching in the county schools of La Salle Co., Ill., taught in the Ottawa Township High School until 1889; taught in high school, Rockford, Ill., 1890. Has written many short articles on educational subjects; edited several English classics for high school use, including Ivanhoe, Sir Roger de Coverley Papers, Carlyle's Essay on Burns, Arnold's Schrab and Rustum. Now especially interested in the forward movement for the high school libraries in Chicago; was instrumental in 1911 in securing the introduction of a course in library economics in the Chicago high schools; as chairman of the Libraries Committee of the Chicago High School Teachers' Club has written a series of articles on library conditions in high schools. Baptist. Clubs: Englewood Woman's, Chicago High School Teachers'.
DRAKE, Emma Frances Angell (Mrs. Ellis Richmond Drake), New Plymouth, Idaho.
Physician and lecturer; b. Angellville, N.Y., Sept. 15, 1849; dau. Silas Tanner and Deborah (Piper) Angell; ed. Olivet Coll., Mich.; Boston Univ., School of Medicine; mem. Soronians (Olivet); m. Northfield, Mass., July 3, 1883, Rev. Ellis Richmond Drake; children: Ruth Angell (Mrs. Drysdale), Philip Brastow (deceased), Paul McCheyne. Writes along medical and semi-medical lines. Pres. of State Foreign and Home Missionary Societies (Congregational); cor. sec. of World's Purity Federation; national lecturer W.C.T.U. Favors woman suffrage. Author: What a Young Wife Ought to Know; What a Woman of Forty-five Ought to Know; Maternity; Preparation for Parenthood; The Daughter's Danger, and other booklets. Congregationalist. Prohibitionist. Mem. Pacific Coast Rescue and Protective Soc. Recreation: Travel.
DRAKE, Jeanie, Charleston, S.C.
Author; b. Charleston, S.C; dau. Miles and Anna (Mclvor) Drake; ed. Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, Charleston, S.C. Author of novels: In Old St. Stephen's; The Metropolitans; also two or three novelettes, and many short stories and essays. Catholic.
DRAPER, Alice Ames (Mrs. J. Sumner Draper), "Over Lea," Milton, Mass.
Born West Bridgewater, Mass., Sept. 22, 1873; dau. Charles White and Jennet Orr (Mitchell) Copeland; ed. Howard Sem., West Bridgewater, Mass.; m. Jamaica Plain, Mass., April 17, 1894, James Sumner Draper; children: Ruth Sumner, Copeland Mitchell, Olivia Ames. Against woman suffrage. Unitarian. Recreations: Riding, driving. Mem. Mayflower Club.
DRAPER, Bell Merrill (Mrs. Amos G. Draper), Kendall Green, Washington, D.C.
Genealogist; b. Haverhill, N.H., April 17, 1857; dau. Daniel Ford and Luella (Bell) Merrill; grad. Mt. Holyoke Coll., '77; m. Washington, D.C, June 16, 1879, Dr. Amos G. Draper; children: Constance B. (Mrs. J. C. Howard), Ernest Gallaudet. Registrar Descendants of Signers; Nat. treas. Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America; formerly registrar general D.A.R.; former treas. D.A.R. Hospital Corps; former treas. Cuban Provisional Red Cross; former treas. Foreign Missionary Soc. (Washington Presbytery). Author: Merrill Genealogy; Woman's Work in Spanish-American War; Massachusetts Men Who Loaned Money to Government During Revolution; Draper Miscellany (five vols.); Abstracts of Pension Applications (seven vols.). Genealogical editor Am. Monthly Magazine. Mem. D.A.R., Daughters, Founders and Patriots of America, Daughters of 1812, College Women's Club. Presbyterian. Against woman suffrage.
DRATH, Clara Louise F., Temporarily at Dansville, N.Y.: home, 971 E. Clinton St., Elmira, N.Y.
Teacher; b. Elmira, N.Y., July 1, 1890; dau. F. Albert and Wilhelmina (Itrich) Drath; ed. public schools; Acad. at Elmira, N.Y.; received a State scholarship to Cornell Univ.; attended Cornell, 1907-11 (Alpha Tau Alpha). Worked her way through college. Recreations: Tennis, tramping, golf. German Evangelical. Favors woman suffrage. Socialist.
DRATT, Agnes Inez Lenore (Mrs.), Ithaca, N.Y.
Teacher, nurse; b. Elmira, N.Y., Sept. 9, 1880; father's name Wood and mother's de Castellaine; ed. Ithaca High School; Cornell Med. Coll.; m. twice: Keefer, Dratt. Engaged in personal philanthropic work. Religion: Golden Rule. Written several poems in various papers. Recreations: Out-door sports. Theosophist.
DRAYTON, Grace Gebbie (Mrs. W. Heyward Drayton), 830 Park Av., N.Y. City.
Illustrator; b. Philadelphia; dau. George and Mary (Fitzgerald) Gebbie; ed. Convent of Notre Dame, Philadelphia; Eden Hall, Torresdale; m. June 23, 1911, W. Heyward Drayton. Author of children's books: Fido; Ducky Daddies; Piggy - Wiggie; Dolly Drake; Booby Blake; Baby's Day; originator of the Campbell Kid and The Gee Gee Doll. Episcopalian. Mem. fellowship of Acad. of Fine Arts, Philadelphia.
DRESSER, Alice Reed (Mrs. Horatio W. Dresser), Collegeville, Pa.
Teacher; b. Chicago, Mar. 7, 1870; dau. Elliot and Betsy H. (Gregory) Reed; ed. public schools, Chicago; Northfield (Mass.) Sem., Northfield; Wellesley Coll.; m. Mar. 17, 1898, Horatio W. Dresser; children: Dorothea, Horatio Malcolm. Supervisor of domestic dep't in a camp and two educational institutions. Treas. Boston College Equal Suffrage League, one year; mem. of Market Com., Woman's Municipal League of Boston, one year. Recreations: Tennis, skating, rowing, walking, especially on trips abroad. Congregationalist. Favors woman suffrage; mem. of Mass. Suffrage Soc.
DRESSER, Prudence Simpson (Mrs. Harry Knight Dresser), 1505 McGavock St., Nashville, Tenn.
Pianist and teacher; b. Springfield, Tenn.; dau. Samuel Robert and Catherine (Cressman) Simpson; grad. New England Conservatory of Music, Boston; later pupil of Carl Faelten, Boston, and Rafael Joseffy, N.Y.; m. Aug. 19, 1896, Harry Knight Dresser (deceased); one daughter: Catherine Simpson Dresser (deceased). Successful concert pianist and teacher; conducts piano school in Nashville, Tenn. Chairman Tuberculosis Section Health Dep't, Gen. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1910-12; health chairman 4th Congressional District, Tenn. Federation Women's Clubs, 1909-10; owner and director of a tuberculosis exhibit which has been shown in various towns in Middle Tenn. Mem. Nat. Ass'n for Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis; life mem. New England Conservatory Alumni Ass'n; mem. Southern Sociological Congress, Nashville Smoke Prevention League, Centennial Club, Nashville; chairman of music, Tenn. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1912-13.
DREW, Maria Alice Kneen (Mrs. Wilbert S. Drew), 425 W. 124th St., N.Y. City.
Born Woodstock, Vt., Nov. 15, 1869; dau. John James and Alice Jane (Capron) Kneen; grad.
