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PREJNCH— FRIES

��(mem. exec, com., 1910-12), Wellesley College Club, Boston. Recreation: Organist. Congrega- tlonajist Favors woman suffrage. FRENCH, Helfii Cornell (Mrs. Howard Dean

i<^rench), Jacksonville, III.

Born Chicago, 111., Sept 15, 1875; dau. Paul and Helen (Gray) Cornell; ed. Smith Coll., B.L.; mem. Alpha Literary Soo. ; m. Chicago, 111., Oct. 3, 1901, Rev. Howard Dean French; children: Paul Cornell French, b. April 27, 1904; Elizabeth Cornell French, b. May 20, 1911. Interested in all church activities. Favors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Recreations: Art and craft work. Mem. Women's Club of Jacksonville, III. FRENCH, Helea Goodwin (Mrs. HoUls French),

94 Mt. Vernon St.. Boston, Mass.

Bom South Bethlehem, Pa.; dau. H. Stanley and Elizabeth (Buehler) Goodwin; grad, Bishop- thorpe School South Bethlehem, 1888; m. June 3, 1896, HoUia French; children: Alden, b. 1899; Stanley, b. 1902; Hollis Stratton, b. 1904; Rue Elizabeth, b. 1909. FRENCH, liUUe Hamflton, 53 E. Thirtieth St.,

N.T. City.

Author; b. Washington City, May 17, 1854; dau. Rev. Dr. J. W. and Clara (Miller) French; ed. at home, except one year at Wellesley Coll. and one year and a half at Radcliffe Coll. (then Harvard Annex); mem. Radcliffe College Club; book reviewer N.Y. Star and (Commercial Ad- vertiser; reader for Harper Brothers and editor- ial writer on Harper's Bazar. Author: Heze- kiah's Wives; Old Maids Comer; Joy of Life; Homes and Their Decorations; The House Dignified; Miss Van Twiller's Salon, and many short stories. Episcopalian. Mem. Woman's Cosmopolitan Club. FRENCH, Uzzie H. Norton (Mrs. George F.

French), 99 High St., Portland, Me.

Teacher; b. Farmington, Me., Nov. 22, 1856; dau. James I. and Lydla Ann (Cutler) Norton; ed. in private and public schools of Farmington; grad. from Farmington State Normal School; m. Farmington, Me., July 20, 1886, George F. French. Taught in Lewiston and Portland 12 years, resigning at the time of marriage. Chair- man of Legislative (3om., Maine Federation of Woman's Clubs. Deeply interested In legal status of woman and everything which tends to conserve the home, manhood, mother energy and child life. Has been treas. of the Maine Woman Suffrage Ass'n for eight years; delegate to the National Suffrage conventions. Writer on topics of sociology; contributor to various periodicals. Mem. State St. Congregational Church, Portland, Me. Mem. W.C.T.U., Maine Prison Ass'n, Maine Inst, for Blind, D.A.R., Soc. of Mayflower De- scendants. Recreations: Camp Life on the shore of Rangely Lake, study of nature and human nature. Mem. Portland Civic Club, The Conklin Class (parliamentary club), Portland Literary Union. FRENCH, Mary M. BiUings (Mrs. John -French),

279 Madison Av., N.T. City.

Bom Woodstock, Vt. ; dau. Frederick and Julia (Parmly) Billings; ed. Farmington, Conn.; m. N.Y. City, June 1, 1907, John French; children: John Mary, Enizabeth. Mem. of the Nat. Board of the Y.W.C.A., (Colony Club. Presbyterian. FRENCH, Pearmeal Jane, Moscow, Ida.

Dean of women; b. Idaho City, Ida., May 8, 1869; dau. Richard B. and Ann (Large) French; ed. Coll. of Notre Dame, San Francisco, Cal. Favors woman suffrage. Catholic. Democrat. Mem. Local Pleiades, Moscow, Ida. Ida. State Fed. State sup't Public Instruction of Idaho, 1899-1903. FRENGER, I.awpa E. (Mrs. George W. Frenger),

Las Cruces, N.Mex.

Born St. Louis, Mo., Apr. 5, 1873; dau. Frank and Laura (Bierbaum) Eppelsheimer; grad. St. Louis High School; went abroad to complete musical education; studied at Conservatory of Sondenhausen, Thiiringen; m. St. Louis, 1893, George W. Frenger; children: Raymond, Frank, Laura Louise. Taught music privately and also two years at State College of N»w Mexico. Interested In women's clubs; was organizer of the New Mexico State Fed. of Women's Clabft.

��Working along all lines for social ana industrial betterment of our women; has been Gen. Fed. State Sec. for seven years. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant. Recreations: Out-door work, floriculture, horticulture. Mem, Woman's Improvement Ass'n, Music Club. FREUND, Lillian A. Myers (Mrs. Jacob de

Sourdis Freund>, 187 Taylor Av., Beaver, Pa.

Bom Baltimore, Md., 1874; dau. Lewis and Sara (Brenner) Myers; ed. Notre Dame of Maryland Coll., Cornell Univ., '96; m. Baltimore, Md., March 17, 1902, Jacob de Sourdis FYeund; children : Louise Myers, Jane Rosalie, Catherine Anita, Margaret. Interested in educational af- fairs. Favors woman suffrage. Jewess. Second vice-pres. Beaver Free Kindergarten and Educa- tional Ass'n; mem. Pittsburgh section of Council of Jewish Women. Women's Club of Beaver. FRICK, Mary Foster Gaylord (Mrs. William

Henry Frlck), 559 West End Av., N.Y. City.

Teacher; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '89; m. June 16, 1906, William Henry Frick. Teacher, Mrs. Comegy's and Miss Bell's School, Philadelphia, 1889-91; St. Mary's Hall, Burlington, N.J., 1892- 97; principal private school for girls, N.Y. City, 1898-1901; teacher St. Agatha's School since 1901. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnas, Smith Coll. Alumnas Ass'n.

FRIEDLANDER, Rebecca (Mrs. Louis Fried- lander), 17 W. Seventy-fourth St., N.Y. City.

Born Cincinnati, O.; m. N.Y. City, Louis Frledlander; children: Franclsca, Hiram Louis. Interested in philanthropy and educational work. Mem. Government Club, Minerva Theater Club, Federation of Theater Clubs, Life as a Fine Art Club, New Yorkers, The Forum, Current Events Club, Legislative League, City Fed. of Women's Clubs, Federation Hotel and all the suffrage clubs. Favors woman suffrage; works generally and assists with funds in all the suffrage parties. I'RIEND, Kate Harrison, 525 Terrace Row,

Waco, Tex.

Bom Boligee, Ala., 1872; dau. Nathaniel and Araminta (Harrison) Friend. Specializer on Shakespeare club courses and Shakespeare lec- tures. Prominent in local and State activities for women. Author of pamphlets for study on the Shakespeare plays. E^piscopalian. Mem. of Stratford-on-Avon Shakespeare Soc, England. FRIEND, May Belle Willis (Mrs. Alfred W.

Friend), 2512 Harriet Av., Minneapolis, Minn.

Musical composition; b. Boston, May 1, 1872; dau. James D. K. and Ellen A. (Cummings) Willis; ed. Boston public schools, Wellesley Coll., B.A. ; m Boston, Oct. 24, 1906, Alfred W. Friend; children': Elizabeth, Helen, Dorothy. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Ten Easy and Melodi- ous Recreations; Twelve Melodious Etudes in Unfamiliar Keys; Six Duets; On the Play- ground; Love's Solace; Ride of Revere; L'il Drum; Love Lost; Lullaby; Eventide; Romance in G. Baptist. Mem. Wellesley Club of Minne- apolis, Daughters of the Revolution. FRIES, Adelaide L., 224 Cherry St., Winston- Salem, N.C.

Writer; b. Winston-Salem, N.C, Nov. 12, 1871; dau. John W. and Agnes (de Schweinitz) Fries; ed. Salem Acad, and Coll., Winston- Salem, N.C, Class of '88 (salutatorian); A.B., '90. Archivist of the Moravian Church in Amer- ica, Southern Province. Pres. Alumnae Ass'n of Salem Acad, and Coll. Mem. Y.W.C.A. ; vice- pres Woman's Missionary Soc; mem. Wayside Workers (philanthropic). Sunday-school teacher. Author: History of Forsyth County, N.C; Mo- ravians in Georgia, 1735-1740; Funeral Chorals of the Moravian Church; also historical pamphlets and articles. Mem. Moravian Church. Mem. Am. Historical Ass'n, State Literary and His- torical Ass'n of N.C, Wachovia Historical Soc. (Winston-Salem), Moravian Historical Soc. (Nazareth, Pa.). Mem. Winston-Salem Sorosis; chairman of literature of N.C. Federation of Women's Clubs, 1907-11. FRIES, Emma Riddell, 1350 Orthodox St.,

Frankford, Philadelphia, Pa.

Bom Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 5, 1881; dau. Frederick T. and Margaret (Riddle) Fries; ed.

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