jamin and Betsey (Swanson) Nilson; grad high school, Sycamore, 1900; grad. Normal School, De Kalb, Ill., '02; m. Harvey, Ill., Dec. 5, 1906, Henry John Besessen; children: Henry John, Robert Benjamin. Chairman State Legislative Com. of Federated Clubs, 1912. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalist. Mem. Order Eastern Star. Recreations: Basketball, tennis, dancing, skating. Pres. Fessenden Saturday Club for one year, and pres. Sorosis Club at Harvey for three years. Husband mem. of State Senate of N.Dak.
BEST, Marjorie Ayres (Mrs. Albert Starr Best), 1836 Orrington Av., Evanston, Ill.
Born Truro, Cape Cod, Mass., Aug. 18, 1874; dau. Marshall and Louise (Sanderson) Ayres; ed. N.Y. Collegiate Inst; Smith Coll., L.M. '95 (mem. Alpha Soc, the honor soc. of Smith); m. N.Y. City, April 18, 1896, Albert Starr Best; children: Marshall, b. Nov. 26, 1902; Albert Leonard, b. Oct. 26, 1904; Marjorie Starr, b. April 5, 1908; Barbara, b. Oct, 26, 1910. For 10 years active in Y.W.C.A., carrying the Nat. budget of $63,000 for five years as finance chairman of nat. com. Active in drama club work and one of the founders and organizers of Drama League of America (now chairman Publicity and Organization Com.). Writer of magazine articles and addresses on league propaganda. Congregationalist. Mem. Soc. of Psychical Research, Collegiate Alumnae, Smith Coll. Alumnae, Y.W.C.A., Nat. Geog. Soc; guarantor Chicago Theatre Soc. Recreations: Horseback riding, golf, tennis, gardening. Mem. Drama Club of Evanston, Ill.
BETHEL, Mary Wright Thomas (Mrs. George P. Bethel), Johnstown, Bradford Co., Fla.
Physician; b. Joliet, Ill.; dau. Granville S. Thomas, M.D., and Sarah J. (Wright) Thomas; ed. Cornell Univ., B.A. ; Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. School, M.D. (prize for highest scholarship, prize for highest rank in chemistry); m. Chicago, Ill., Nov. 7, 1911, George P. Bethel. Assistant in chemistry at Northwestern Univ. Woman's Med. School for six years. Resident assistant surgeon at Ill. Charitable Eye and Ear Infirmary, Chicago; now practising at Johnstown, Fla. Favors woman suffrage. Baptist, Specialist in diseases of eye, ear, nose and throat.
BETHUNE, Louise Blanchard (Mrs. Robert Armour Bethune), 215 Franklin St., Buffalo, N.Y.
Architect; b. Waterloo, N.Y., July 21, 1856; dau. Dalson Wallace and Emma M. (Williams) Blanchard; ed. Buffalo Central High School; m. Buffalo, Dec. 10, 1881, Robert Armour Bethune; one son: Dr. Charles W. Bethune, b. 1883. Engaged in draughtsman work in Buffalo, 1876-81, and became the first woman architect in the U.S. Was for 19 years a fellow of the American Inst. of Architects and is the only woman who was ever a fellow of that society. Mem. Buffalo Historical Soc., N.Y. Historical Soc, Buffalo Genealogical Soc, Nat. Soc. of New England Women (Colony II), Buffalo Chapter of D.A.R.
BETTIS, Mary Alice Smith (Mrs. Lewis David Bettls), 349 Parsells Av., Rochester, N.Y.
Born Tyre, N.Y.; ed. in schools of Seneca Falls, N.Y., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '92; m. Nov. 16, 1900, Lewis David Bettis; three daughters. Teacher Tyre, N.Y., 1892-93; Cook Acad., Montour Falls, N.Y., 1894-1900.
BETTS, Anna Whelan, Oak Lane, Philadelphia, Pa
Artist; b. Philadelphia; dau. Thomas Betts, M.D., and Frances Alice (Whelan) Betts; ed. Heacock's Select School of Chelton Hills, Pa; Acad, of Fine Arts, Colorossi Studio in Paris, Howard Pyles Class at the Drexel Inst, in Philadelphia. Introduced the printing of pictures (by the Century Company) as color inserts in the Century Magazine followed by other N.Y. companies and publishers. Interested in work with Octavia Hill Soc., for improvement of the housing of the poor of Philadelphia. Against woman suffrage. Recreations: Tramping, canoeing, tennis, reading, out-door sports. Mem. Plastic Club of Philadelphia
BETTS, Mary N. (Mrs. Charles H. Betts), 837 Windsor Av., Chicago, Ill.
Born Tralee, Ireland, 1860; dau. John and Agnes (Mason) McCarthy; ed. in Buffalo Central High School, private schools and much tutoring; m, Buffalo, Aug. 18, 1885, Charles H. Betts; children: Curtis M., Arthur M., Charles F., Agnes. Mem. Lake View Musical Club, Outdoor League and various religious societies. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Chicago Political Equality League. Congregationalist. Mem. Chicago Woman's Club; now pres. League of Woman's Clubs of Cook Co., Ill.; has been twice on State Board of Fed. of Women's Clubs; also pres. of Ravenswood Club.
BEVIER, Isabel, Prof. University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
Professor household science; b. Plymouth, O.; grad. Wooster (O.) Univ., Ph.B. '85, Ph. M. '88; student at Summer School, Harvard, 1888; Prof. Atwater's laboratory, 1894; Mass. Inst, of Technology, 1898. Principal high school, Shelby, O., 1885-87; Mt. Vernon, O., 1887-88; prof, natural science, Pa. Coll. for Women, 1888-97; prof. chemistry, Lake Erie Coll., 1898-99; prof. household science and head of dep't, Univ. of Ill., 1900-. Ass't nutrition investigations, U.S. Dep't Agriculture, 1894-99; mem. jury of awards World's Columbian Exposition, 1893; board of editors. Journal of Home Economics. Fellow A.A.A.S.; mem. Am. Chem. Soc., Public Health Ass'n; Home Economics Ass'n (pres.). Author of papers and monographs in chemistry of food; The House, Its Plan, Decoration and Care; Selection and Preparation of Food; Food and Nutrition; Home Economics.
BEZIAT De BORDES, Kate Mills Bradley (Mrs. Andre Beziat de Bordes), 1318 Arabella St., New Orleans, La.
Born Spencer, N.Y.; grad. Vassar Coll., A.B. '92; m. Aug. 28, 1895, Andre Beziat de Bordes, Ph.D. (now prof. Romance Languages in Tulane Univ. of La.). Teacher New Castle, Pa., 1892-93; Washington Sem., Atlanta, Ga., 1893-95. Contributor of articles to various newspapers.
BIANCHI, Martha Gilbert Dickinson (Mrs. A. E. Bianchi), Amherst, Mass.
Author; b. Amherst, Mass.; dau. William Austin and Susan Huntington (Gilbert) Dickinson; ed. Miss Porter's school at Farmington, Conn.; m. Carlsbad, Bohemia, 1903, Captain Alexander E. Bianchi. Author of poems: Within the Hedge; The Cathedral; Russian Lyrics and Cossack Songs (translations). Novels: A Modern Prometheus, 1908; The Cuckoo's Nest, 1909; A Cossack Lover, 1911; The Sin of Angels, 1912. Contributor to the Atlantic, Century, Scribner's, Harper's and other magazines and literary papers. Lived abroad several years, and traveled extensively. Against woman suffrage.
BIAS, Clothilde Gaujot (Mrs. Bennett Randolph Bias), Williamson, Mingo Co., W.Va.
Born Belleville, Ont., Can., June 28, 1883; dau. Ernest and Susan Ellen (McGuigan) Gaujot; ed. Mary Baldwin Sem., Staunton, Va., and Marshall Coll.; studied violin for eight years in Staunton and Charlottesville, Va. (mem. Delta Gamma, local, at Mary Baldwin); m. June 19 1901, Bennett Randolph Bias; children: Bennett Randolph Bias II, Marie Marguerite, Ernest Gaujot. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian.
BIBBINS, Ruthelda Bernard Mary (Mrs. Arthur Barneveld Bibbins), The Somerset, Baltimore, Md.
Historical writer; b. Baltimore, Md.; grad. Woman's Coll. of Baltimore, A.B. '97; student in English and history, Univ. of Oxford, England, 1897-98: graduate student in history and the history of art, Univ. of Chicago, 1898-99; fellow in history, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1899-1900; student, London School of Economics, 1900; research work in the Public Record Office, London, and the British Museum, 1900-02; m. 1903, Arthur Barneveld Bibbins. Writer on historical subjects. Author: Mammy 'Mongst the Wild Nations of Europe, 1904.
BIDDLE, Gertrude Bosler (Mrs. Edward W. Biddle), Carlisle, Pa.
Born Carlisle, Pa., Oct. 24, 1857; dau. J. Herman and Mary J. (Kirk) Bosler; ed. Mary Inst., Carlisle; grad. Wilson Coll., Chambersburg, Pa.; m. Carlisle, Feb. 2, 1882, Edward W. Biddle (president judge of the Ninth Judicial Dist. of
