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FISK— FITCH

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��Club (suffrage), Civics, Arts and Playgrounda Club, Twentieth Century Art Club. Recrea- tion : Automobiling. Favors woman suffrage — working for passage of Article 210 (women on school board), and to prevent children under 16 years from acting on stage. nSK, Mary Etta Doolittle (Mrs. Col. Archie

Campbell Flsk), 255 E. 174th St., N.T. City.

Writer, lecturer; b. Elyrla, O., Jan. 30, 1851; dau. William and Jane (Eliot) Doolittle; ed. Elyrla High School, Granville Ladies' Setn., Monmouth, (111.) Coll.; m. Elyria, O., Dec. 22, 1869, Col. Archie C. Fisk; children: William D., Archie C, Sussetta. Lectured with Dr. Lelpl- ziger In Public School Education Course; took part in woman suffrage campaigns in Colo., N.H. and Cal. Regent Mary Murray Chapter D.A.R. Chairman House Com. Day Nursery Abby House; chairman Literature Com. N.Y. State Federation Woman's Clubs. Chairman Woman Suffrage Party, Borough of the Bronx. Author of magazine and newspaper articles. Voted In Colo, for the best can- didates. Mem, Bronx Soc. of Arts and Sciences, Unitarian Alliance, Woman's Munici- pal League, Equal Suffrage Franchise Soc, Political Equality Ass'n. Mem. Woman's Press Club, N.Y. City; D.A.R. , Little Mothers' Equal Suffrage Club, Daughters of the Union, Mothers' Club. Recreations: Camping, walking, out-of- door life. Has lectured in churches, colleges clubs and schools on literature, art, history and travel, metaphysics and woman suffrage. ilSK, May Isabel, 207 W. Fifty-sixth St., N.Y.

City.

Writer, monologist; b. N.Y. City; ed. private f.chools in N.Y. City and Paris. Interpreter of original monologues; was on stage for one sea- son in The Triangle at Manhattan Theatre, N.Y. City; more recently in Lyceum and club work as reader. Author: The Repentant Magdalen; Mono- logues; The Talking Woman; The Stolen 'Throne; The Eternal Feminine; also short stories ajid sketches In various magazines. FISKE, Beulah B. (Mrs. W. M. Llndsley Flske),

Winnetka, 111.

Born Chicago, Feb. 25, 1886; dau. Charles B. and Caroline (Payne) Worden; ed. Dearborn Sem.; m. Chicago, June 30, 1906, W. M. Llnds- ley Fiske; children: Beulah, b. May 28, 1907; \V. M. Lindsley III, b. June 4, 1911. Mem. Wo- man's Athletic Club. Recreations: Music and driving a motor. FISKE, Mary Duncan (Mrs. Charles Henry

Fiske Jr.), 39 Bay State Road, Boston, Mass.

Born Beverly, Mass., Aug. 13, 1871; dau. S. Lalhrop and Anna Lamb (Wells) Thorndike; ed. Miss Ingall's Girl's School in Cambridge, Mass.; m. Cambridge, Mass., June 20, 1895, Charles Henry Fiske Jr.; children: Charles Henry, Cor- nelia Robbins, Rosanna Duncan. Interested in social, philanthropic interests; sec. Boston Com. of Mass. Anti-Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Chilton Club, Boston. Recreations: Tennis, riding, fancy dancing. Protestant Episcopal. Against woman suffrage. FISKE, Minnie Maddem (Mrs. Harrison Grey

Flske), 12 W. Fortieth St., N.Y. City.

Actress: b. Now Orleans, La., Dec. 19, 1865; dau. Thomaa and Elizabeth (Maddern) Davey; ed. private and convent schools; m. Larchmont, N.Y., Mar. 19, 1890, Harrison Grey I<lske. Be- came a star at the age of sixteen; since then has been on the stage continuously, excepting tem- porary retirement for five years, 1890-95. Mem. of several humane societies, both in this country and abroad. First vlce-prea. of the Internat Humane Ass'n. Author of several one-act plays, among them being: A Light From St. Agnes; The Eyes of the Heart; The Rose; The White Pink. Among her most marked dramatic suc- cesses are Tess, In Tess of D'Urbervilles, Nora In A Doll's House, Becky Sharp, Sal- vation Nell, Leah Kleschna, Mary of Magdala, Mrs. Bumpstead-Lelgh, and her new play, The High Road. FITCH, Alta Wincheater (Mrs. Edward H.

Fitch), Jefferson, Ashtabula Co., O., and 960

Park Av., N.Y. City.

Bojn PalnesTllle, O., Sept. 11, 1840; dau. Phil-

��ander and Elizabeth Oilman (Calkins) Winches- ter; ed. Esther Inst, Columbus, O., graduating with honors, '58; m. Oct 27, 1863, Hon. Edward Hubbard Fitch (deceased); children: Katherlne, Winchester, Annette, Edward Hubbard, Eliza- beth Gllman, Alta, Flora, Charles Oilman. Was active In Sanitary Commission during Civil War; mem. D.A.R., Red Cross work In Spanish War. In Civil War fed Union soldiers In Madison, Ind., as they passed her father's house In pur- suit of the enemy. (Contributor to Memorial History of the Woman of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, 1895; to Old Northwest Genealogical Quarterly. Author: Calkins Genealogy. Mein. Western Reserve Chapter D.A.R., Cleveland, O. ; New England Soc. of Cleveland, O. ; Edith Thoimas Garden Club, UnionvIUe, O. Efpiaco- palian. Favors woman suffrage; has been prominent in local suffrage work In Ashtabula County, O., for 50 years. nrCH, Amoretta Colby (Mrs. George A. Fitch),

39 W. McMillan St, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Editor; b. Manchester, N.H. ; dau. Lucius and Julia A. (Crane) Colby; ed. Cambridge, Mass.; m. Carrfbridge, Mass., Jan. 13, 1876, George A. Fitch; children: George, Edward, Harold. Spe- cial correspondent 15 years of a daily paper (last 2 years editor of Woman's Clubs and Interests); now in same position with Commercial 'Tribune, Cincinnati. Writer and author of poems, es- says and motto cards. Volunteer (unpaid) officer of Juvenile Court, Cincinnati, O., on special cases. Interested in dependent children and poor mothers. Author: The Morning Prayer; On the Firing Line; God Bless You; When They All Come Back Home; and about 100 poems and sketches. Officer in Woman's Press Club; mem. Ohio State Newspaper Ass'n; honorary mem. of Ohio Folk-Lore Soc, Harriet Taylor Upton Study Club; mem. Cincinnati Woman's Club, Social Workers' Ass'n. Episcopalian. FITCH, Annie Loraine (Mrs. Joseph Fitch), US

Amity St., Flushing, L.l.

Born Yonkers-on-Hudson, N.Y. ; dau. L. F and Annie (Middleton) Rose; ed. Miss Harriet Crofiit's private school, Yonkers; m. Yonkers, N.Y., Sept 29, 1886, Joseph Fitch; children: Avis Loraine, Dorothea Fitch. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres. Equal Franchise Ass'n of Flushing, Queens County, N.Y. Episcopalian. Democrat. Director of Flushing Public Play- ground; incorporator and director of the As- sociated Charities of Flushing; director Good Citizenship League of Flushing, N.Y. City Fed., State Fed. and Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs. ITTCH, Florence Hopper (Mrs. Winchester

Fitch), 960 Park Av., N.Y. City; country,

Bedford, Westchester Co., N.Y., and Unlon-

ville, Lake Co., O.

Bom Cleveland, O., June 21, 1876; dau. George H. and Harriet (Ganson) Hopper of N.Y. City; ed. Mrs. Salisbury's School, N.Y. City and private teachers at home In N.Y. City and in London and Paris; m. June 30, 1897, Winchester Fitch; children: Alta Jane, Katherlne Elizabeth, Dorothy Harriet, George Hopper. Interested in music. Mem. Edith Thomas Garden Club, Union- ville. Lake Co., O. (founder). Studied singing with Oscar Seagle in Paris, 1907-08. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Soc. of N.Y. Episcopalian. Mem. Municipal Art Soc. of N.Y., Woman's Municipal League of N.Y., Fort- nightly Musical Club, Cleveland, O. Recreations; Music, gardening, motoring. Mem. Barnard Club of N.Y., New Canaan (Conn.) Garden Club. FITCH, Florence Mary, Baldwin Cottage, Ober-

Un, Ohio.

Prof, of Biblical Literature, dean Coll. Wo- men, Oberlln Coll.; b. Stratford, Conn., Feb 17 1875; dau. Rev. Frank S. (D.D.) and Anna E. (Haskell) Fitch; grad. Oberlln Coll, A.B. '97, Univ. of Berlin, Germany, A.M., Ph.D. '03. Teacher Masten Park High School, Buffalo, 1S97- 1900; foreign study (philosophy. Biblical litera- ture) Univs. of Berlin and Munich, 1900-03: In- structor In philosophy and sec. to pres., Ober- lln Coll., 1903-04; since 1904 dean of college women and prof., first of philosophy, now of Biblical literature. Author: Der Hedsnismus Lotzes und Fechners. Actively Interested In

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