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Confederacy at Thomasville. Baptist. Mem. Daughters of the Confederacy. Honorary pres. John Burroughs Federation for Georgia. Vice pres at large Ga. Federation of Women's Clubs; pres. Thomasville Study Class. Husband has extensive farming interest in Middle and South Georgia.

FITZPATRICK, Marion Mattoon (Mrs. James Charles Fitzpatrick), 288 Clinton Av., Albany, N.Y.

Born Albany, N.Y., Sept. 6, 1844; dau. David and Sarah (Ransom) Mattoon; ed. Music Vale Sem., New London Co., Conn., and State Normal Coll., Albany, N.Y.; m. Albany, N.Y., Aug. 4, 1869, James Charles Fitzpatrick, journalist (died July 18, 1901); children: Mary Ransom, b. May 1, 1870; David Mattoon, b. July 6, 1874; John Tracy, b. Jan. 6, 1878; Stoddard, b. Apr. 4, 1879; Jesse Arnett, b. Aug. 6, 1881; Marion Aurelia, b. Dec. 28, 1884; Sarah Hungerford, h. Sept. 7, 1887. Identified with Home Mission and social and philanthropic work. Presbyterian. Vice-pres. Woman's Home Missionary Soc., Albany Presbytery; treas. Home Missionary Soc. of Fourth Presbyterian Church; one of the managers of the House of Shelter. Has traveled, both in Europe and in the Far West, including a trip to Alaska. Pres. Pine Hills Fortnightly Club of Albany, N.Y.

FITZPATRICK, Mary Ransom, Public School 34, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Teacher; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., May 1, 1870; dau. James Charles and Marion A. (Mattoon) Fitz-patrick; ed. Girls' High School (Brooklyn), State and Univ. scholarships won 1889, Cornell, A.B. 1893 (Phi Beta Kappa). Teacher Hornell (N.Y.) High School, 1893-98. Mem. Question Board State Educational Dep't of N.Y., 1398-1900. Teacher Eastern Dist. High School, Brooklyn, 1900-06. Pres. Brooklyn public schools, 1906-12. Favors woman suffrage. Roman Catholic. Mem. D.A.R., Brook lyn Teachers Ass'n, Interboro Ass'n of Women Teachers (vice-pres. 1912-13), Brooklyn Women Principals' Ass'n, Cornell Women's Club of N.Y. (pres. 1910-12).

FITZ-RANDOLPH, Louise, South Hadley, Mass. College professor; b. Panama, N.Y., June 25, 1851; dau. Reuben and Julia (Bell) Fitz-Randolph; ed. Mt. Holyoke Sem., 1869-72 (Mt. Holyoke Coll., M.A. '04); University Coll. and the art schools of South Kensington Museum, London, 1880-81; Sorbonne and Collège de France, 1881-82; also lectures later in Univ. of Berlin, Univ. of Zürich and the Am. Schools of Classical Studies in Athens and Rome during periods representing ten years of study abroad. Taught in public schools in Panama, N.Y.; Sharon, Pa.; Lake Erie Sem., Painesville, Ohio, 1876-92; lecturer on history of art in Western Reserve School of Design, Cleveland, Ohio, 1884-92; since 1892 with Mt. Holyoke Coll. as instructor until 1904, since then as professor of history of art and archæology. Mem. Managing Com. Am. School of Classical Studies at Athens; mem. Archæological Inst. of America.

FLAGG, Edna Pressey (Mrs. Charles Fobes Flagg), 110 Emery St., Portland, Me.

Born Corinth, Me., Feb. 11, 1873; dau. Joseph W. and Mary E. (Pearson) Pressey; ed. private schools; grad. Wellesley Coll., B.S. '94; graduate study in Univ. of Rochester; mem. Tau Zeta Epsilon; m. Rochester, N.Y., Dec. 16, 1896, Charles Fobes Flagg; children: Gwendolin, b. 1902; Joseph Pressey, b. 1908. Ex-pres. Me. Fed. Women's Clubs; ex-pres. Woman's Literary Union of Portland; ex-pres. Civic Club; director Maine Home for Friendless Boys; mem. Board of Trustees of State Juvenile Institutions; chairman scholarship fund of Maine Fed. of Women's Clubs. Favors woman suffrage. Protestant Episcopal. Mem. Portland Soc. of Art. Recreations: Motoring, gardening, dancing. Mem. Women's Literary Union, Civic Club, College Club, Equal Suffrage Club, College Equal Suffrage League, Current Events, Wellesley Club.

FLAGLER, Anne Lamont (Mrs. Harry H. Flagler), Millbrook, Dutchess Co., N.Y. Born N.Y. City; daughter of Charles A. and

Anna M. (Pesetz) Lamont; ed. N.Y. City; married Harry H. Flagler. Actively interested in Music School Settlement; director Symphony Soc. of N.Y. and of Symphony Club; mem. Woman's Cosmopolitan Club. Presbyterian.

FLANIGAN, Georgia Hull (Mrs. Edward J. Flanigan), Box 589, Bisbee, Ariz.

Born McDowell, Highland Co., Va., Apr. 10, 1875; dau. Mary (Dener) Hull; received education in Olympia, Wash., and Prof. Gunn's private school in Napa, Cal.; m. Oakland, Cal., May 4, 1905, Edward J. Flanigan; children: Charles Meacham, John Henry. Grad. nurse. State chairman Dep't Household Economics. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Central Com. State of Ariz. Recreations: Rowing, horseback riding. Mem. Bisbee Woman's Club, Anona Club (cor. sec.).

FLANNERY, May K., Box 43, Wynnewood, Pa. Director of social research; b. Philadelphia, 1881; ed. Sharon Hill (Pa.) Convent; grad. Swarthmore Coll., 1901 (mem. K.A.E.). Investigator on Industrial Education Commission of Mass.; director of Consumers' League of Eastern Pa. Favors woman suffrage.

FLANSBURG, Fonetta, 707 N. Wahsatch Av., Colorado Springs, Colo.

Teacher, lecturer; b. Eleroy, Ill., Jan. 22, 1852; dau. James and Eleanor (Harrower) Flansburg; ed. Rock River Sem., Mt. Morris, Ill. Public school teacher for 30 years; Normal Inst. instructor. Speaker on temperance, missions. Favors woman suffrage. Methodist. Progressive in politics. Lecturer to the Open Progress Club of Colorado Springs for 16 years upon literary and art topics; before the Woman's Club of same city for two years, 1911-13, on Greek literature, mythology and art. Occasional lecturer be- fore many other clubs and societies in Colorado Springs and other towns. Pres. Colorado Springs Federation of Women's Clubs, 1902-03, and again in 1913.

FLEBBE, Beulah Marie Dix (Mrs. Georg H. Flebbe), 420 Harvard St., Brookline, Mass.

Author, playwright; h. Kingston, Mass., Dec. Dix; ed. public schools, Plymouth and Chelsea, 25, 1876; dau. Henry S. and Maria L. (Morse) Mass.; Radcliffe Coll., A.B. '97 (summa cum laude); highest honors in English and the George 1910, Georg H. Flebbe; one daughter: Evelyn B. Sohler prize of $250; A.M. '98; m. Cambridge, Greenleaf Flebbe. Author (novels): Hugh Gwyeth; The Making of Christopher Ferringham; The Beau's Comedy (with Miss C. A. Harper); Blount of Breckenhow; The Fair Maid of Gray- stones; The Fighting Blade; The Gate of Horn. Juveniles: Soldier Rigdale; A Little Captive Lad; Cherrylips; Friends in the End; Betty Bide at Home. Plays; A Rose o' Plymouth Town (with E. G. Sutherland); Allison's Lad; also 5 one-act plays. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Coll. Equal Suffrage League, Drama League of Boston. Recreations: Amateur acting and play producing (mem. board of management of the Toy Theatre, Boston); also enjoys rowing and swimming. Clubs: Boston Authors', College Club of Boston, 47 Club of Radcliffe, Soc. of Am. Dramatists and Composers (N.Y. City). In 1902 began to collaborate in playwrighting with the late Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland, of Boston. The joint plays are as follows (in England): The Breed of the Treshams, 1903- ; Matt of Merrymount, 1906-07; Boy o' Carroll, 1906; Young Fernald, 1910. In America: A Rose o' Plymouth Town, 1902-03; The Road to Yesterday, 1906-09; The Lilac Room, 1906-07; Young Fernald, 1906; The Substitute, 1908-09.

FLECKLES, Mary Elizabeth Fish (Mrs. L. Victor Fleckles), 255 Macon St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Physician; b. Phoenix, Oswego Co., N.Y., Feb. Fish; ed. Brooklyn schools; grad. N.Y. Med. 20, 1864; dau. Dudley and Elizabeth (Chaffee) Coll. for Women, 1894; m. Apr. 19, 1897, L. Victor Fleckles; children: Elliot Victor and Robert Schoebel, twins, b. Feb. 16, 1898; Helen Elizabeth, b. June 28, 1903. Has practiced continuously since graduation. Mem. S. Parks Cad-