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ROSEBORO— ROSSMAN

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��ROSEBORO, Viola, Annadale, Richmond Co., N.Y. (also care McClure's Magazine, N.T. City).

Writor; b. Palaskl, Tenn. ; dau. Rev. Samuel Reid and Marlha (Colyar) Roseboro; ed. Fair- mont Coll., Tenn. Author: 0!d Ways and New (short stories), 1902; Players and Vagabonds (short stories), 1904; The Joyous Heart (noTel), 1903; on editorial staff of McClure's Magazine. Against woman suffrage.

ROSEN AU, Myra B. Frank (Mrs. Milton J.

Rosenau), 65 Naples Road, Brookllne, Mass.

Born Detroit, Mich., Nov. 10, 1877; dau. Hlman and Bertha (BliU) Franlf (Pittsburgh, Pa.); ed. Allegheny (Pa.; High School, '95, cum laude; Bryn Mawr Coll , A.3. 1900; m. Allegheny, Pa., July 16, 1900, Dr. Milton J. Rosenau; children: Mlltnn J., Bertha P. Pres. Bryn Mawr Club, "Washington, D.C., 1906-08; vice-chairman Wash- ington branch of Inter-municipal Household Re- search Com., 1905-08; vlce-pres. Washington sec- tion Council of Jewish Women, 1906-09. Mem, Board of Trus;tec.s of Barney Neighborhood House of Washington, D.C., 1903-09; Chorus of Friday Morning Music Club, Washington, D.C., 1905-09. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Com. of Ice Cream and Butter of the Women's Municipal laeague, Boston ; Board of Diror.to)-s and chair- man of Food Sanitation; Boston branch Council of Jewish Women, 1911-13. Mem. Asa'n of Coll. Alumnae, Ass'n Bryn Mawr Alumnae, Women's Soc, Temple Israel, Boston. Recreations: Music, lectures, tennis. Mem. Bryn Mawr, College and Chilledon Clubs of Boston; Bostoner Deutsche Gesellshaft.

BOSENKRANS, Lillian Margaret, Washington

Seminary, Washington, Pa.

Seminary principal; b. Nerwton, N.J., Dec. 29, 1871; dau. Martin and Martha (Van Blarcfrm) Rosenkrans; ed. Newton Collegiate Inst.; Smith Coll., A.B. '92. Teacher Normal School, East Stroudsburg, Pa, ; principal English and classical school, Newton, N.J., 1S97-1908; principal Wash- ington (Pa.) Sem. since 1908. Against woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. the Pittsburgh Soc. of the Archaeological Inst, of America. Mem. Women's University Club of N.Y. City, College Club, Smith Alumnae Ass'n and Smith College Club (Pittsburgh), Current Events Club (Wash- ington, Pa.).

ROSS, Adeline Rebecca, Bishop Randall Memo- rial Hospital, ■ I^ander, Wyo. Missionary; b. Rutland, Vt., Sept. 18, 1876; dau. Charles E. and Emily E. (Langdon) Ross; grad. Rutland High School, Vt, '94; Bishop Hopkins Hall, Burlington, Vt., 1894-95; Smith Coll., B.L. '99: Church Training and Deaconesses House, Philadelphia, 1905-07. Taught In and around Rutland, Vt., two years, 1809-1901; librarian, Rutland Free Library, two years, 1907-09; mis- sionary to Shoshone Indians, Fort Washakie, Wyo., 1910-12; Bishop Randall Hospital, J^ander, Wyo., 1912. Interested in work connected with Trinity Church, Rutland, Vt. ; head of sociological dep't Woman's Club, RuUand, Vt., 1909-lC; ward chairman of Rutland Missionary Soc., 1909. Edu- cation sec. Wyo. branch Woman's Auxiliary to Board of Missions of Episcopal Church, 1912. Au- thor: Indian Life in Wyoming, 1911; A Day With the Shoshones, 1910; After College, What? 1907. Also wrote for the Wyoming Churchman; news- paper articles. Episcopalian. Republican. Mem. Smith Coll. Alumnae Ass'n. Clubs: Rutland (Vt.) Woman's Club, the Progressives (a Shakespeare club of Rutland), the Musical Research Club, Lander, Wyo.

ROSS, Annie, 6.59 Sanford Av., Flushlnp. N.T. Teacher; b. Flushing, N.Y., Sept. 2, 1882; dau. Peter and Isabella (Wilson) Ross; grad. Flush- ing High School, '98; Jamaica State Normal and Training School, 1898-1900; Swarthmore Coll., 1900-03, A.B. '03 (Lucretia Mott fellowship); Univ. of Chicago, Ph.M. '04. Instructor Frtnch, Lake Erie Coll., Painesville, O., 1004-08; instruc- tor French and Spanish, Swarthmore Coll., 1908- 10; teacher of French, Flushing High School, Flushing, N.Y., 1910—. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Franchise Ass'n of Flushing. Con- gregatlonallst. Club: Fortnightly Study.

��ROSS, Ethel Darroch (Mrs. Frank M. Ross),

Kentland, Ind.

Born Morocco, Ind., July 21, 1879; dau. William and Emma (Sammons) Darroch; ed. Oxford Coll. for Women; m. Kansas City, 1901, Frank M. Ross; children: William E, Robert Darroch. Primary teacher three years. Interested in social and club life of community. Presbyterian. Club: Kentland Woman's; chairman 10th Dist. Ind. Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage.

ROSS, Louise (Mrs. R. W. Ross), Crystal, North

Dakota.

Born Scott, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1846; dau. Dr. Ira L. and Nancy (Arnold) Babcock; ed. Norwalk (O.) Central High School; m. Norwalk, 0., Oct 25, 1857, R.W. Ross; children: Ottis Leonard, b. Jan. 11, 1S69; Howard Oceala, b. Apr. 27, d. Aug. 25, 1875. Interested in social life, church work. Served on local school board. Methodist. Pres. Study Club (Crystal, N.Dak.), branch of Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suflrage.

ROSS, Mabel Landers (Mrs. John Mason Ross),

Bisbee, Ariz. •

Born San Francisco, Cal., 1874; dau. Edward and Lydia (Goodwin) Jjanders; ed. San Francisco and Smith Coll., B.L. '9G; m. Feb. 27, 1904; John Mason Ross; children: Hugh, b. Sept. 14, 1906; Lydia Goodwin, b. April 26, 1908. Favors woman suffrage. Republican.

ROSS, Lady (MUdred), 3 Elmsley Place, To- ronto, Can.

Sculptor, painter; b. London, Ontario; dau. John R. Peel; of English ancestry; nearly re- lated to the family of Sir Robert Peel, distin- guished British statesman; ed. in schools of Lon- don, Ontario; Pa. Acad, of Fine Arts, Philadel- phia, Pa.; Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; pupil of Benjamin Constant; m. Toronto, May 8, 1907, Hon. (now Sir) George William Ross, LL.D., late Prime Minister of Ontario (knighted, 1910). On return from Paris opened a studio in Toronto: exhibited several of her pictures in the exhibi- tion of the Ontario Art Soc, but later special- ized in sculpture, executing a series of portrait busts of eminent public men, including Lord Dufferin, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Derby, Sir John A. Macdonald, Sir Oliver Mowat, and many others, for the Educational Museum in Toronto; a bust of Laura Secord for the public monu- ment at Lundy's Lane (unveiled in 1901), etc.

ROSS, Ora Thompson (Mrs. Frank Atherton

Ross), Rensselaer, Ind.

Bom Rensselaer, Ind.; dau. Alfred and Mary Ellen (Travis) Thompson; ed. Univ. of Mich., B.L. '85; m. Rensselaer, Ind., Nov. 28, 1886, Frank Atherton Ross; children: Thompson, Brad- ley Travis, Livingston. Trustee Public Library since its foundation In 1899. Favors woman suf- frage. Republican.

ROSS, Sarah Gridley, 118 Gushing St., Provi- dence, R.I.

Born Vienna, N.T. ; dau. Thomas Averil and Anna (Wynn) Ross; ed. Cortland (N.Y.) State Normal School, 190O; Brown Univ., '05 (mem. Delta Sigma). Teacher; cataloguer. Brown Univ. Library; head of Miller Hall, Women's Coll., Brown Univ. Favors woman suffrage. Episco- palian. Mem. various social organizations. ROSSMAN, LUlie Baker (Mrs. George P. Robs- man), 303 Twenty-third Av., Seattle, Wash. Born Appleton, Wis., Nov. 9, 1860; dau. Albert and Hannah M. (Stevens) Baker; ed. Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis. (Athena Society); m. at NeiUsville, Wis., George P. Rossman; chil- dren: Wayne, Robert, Lyle, George. Has been recording sec. of Woman's Century Club, also pros, of same. Pres. Woman's Thursday Club, also first pres. of the I. I. Stevens School Parents' Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Unitarian. Pro- gressive Republican. Mem. Woman's Alliance of First Unitarian Church of Seattle. Mem. Monday Club of Ashland, Wis.; Tuesday Club of Seattle. Interested in work for all civic welfare, especially rescue of young girls, juvenile court, better conditions for women prisoners, eight-hour labor under decent conditions, open use of school houses, and all buildings belonging to the public.

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