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148 1902; The Shuttle, 1907; The Cosy Lion, 1907; Good Wolf, 1908; The Spring Cleaning, 1908; The Secret Garden, 1909; The Dawn of To-Morrow, 1909; My Robin, 1912. Dramatized Little Lord Fauntleroy; also wrote other plays, including: The Showman's Daughter; Esmeralda; The First Gentleman of Europe; Editha's Burglar; also (in collaboration with Stephen Townesend) Nixie; A Lady of Quality.

BURNETT, Katherine D., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Physican; b. Clyde, Wayne Co., N.Y.; dau. William and Loretta C. (van Tassel) Burnett; ed. Clyde High School, St. Lawrence Univ. A.B., Woman's Med. Coll. (N.Y.) M.D.; École de Médecine, Paris, France (mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma). Clubs: Brooklyn Woman's, Portia, Chiropean. Mem. Kings County Med. Ass'n. Recreation: Travel. Episcopalian.

BURNEY, Minnie Melton (Mrs. W. B. Burney), 8 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C.

Born Yorkville, S.C, Mar. 14, 1860; dau. Samuel W. and Mary Helen (Gore) Melton; grad. Columbia (S.C.) Coll., B.A.; special student two years at Wellesley Coll.; m. Columbia, S.C, Jan. 9, 1883, Dr. W. B. Burney (prof, chemistry, Univ. of S.C.); children: Addie M., William M., Dorothy E. Interested in church societies, Free Kindergarten Ass'n, hospital ass'ns, and other charitable institutions. Greatly interested in favor of woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Democrat. Mem. D.A.R., United Daughters of Confederacy, ex-regent Columbia Chapter D.A.R. and State registrar of S.C. Pres. City of Fed. of Women's Clubs; mem. Gen. Fed. Women's Clubs; ex-pres. New Century Club (literary), Civic League, Kindergarten Ass'n, Rural School Improvement Ass'n; ex-pres. S.C. Fed. Women's Clubs.

BURNHAM, Clara Louise (Mrs. Walter Burnham), Elms Hotel, E. Fifty-third St., Chicago, Ill.; summer, The Mooring, Bailey Island, Me.

Author; b. Newton, Mass.; dau. Dr. George Frederick and Mary O. (Woodman) Root; ed. Chicago and Boston; m. Walter Burnham, lawyer. Her father was the well-known composer of the war songs: Battle Cry of Freedom; Tramp, Tramp, etc., also composer of cantatas and operettas for which she wrote the librettos. Author: No Gentlemen; A Sane Lunatic; Dearly Bought; Next Door; Young Maids and Old; The Mistress of Beach Knoll; Miss Bagg's Secretary; Dr. Latimer; Sweet Clover; The Wise Woman; Miss Archer, Archer; A Great Love; A West Point Wooing; Miss Pritchard's Wedding Trip; The Right Princess; Jewel; Jewel's Story Book; The Opened Shutters; The Leaven of Love; Clever Betsy; The Inner Shrine, etc. Christian Scientist. Favors woman suffrage.

BURNHAM, Josephine May, 1 Leavitt St., Wellesley. Mass.

Teacher; b. Lexington, Miss.; dau. Josiah and May E. (Cilley) Burnham; ed. Univ. of Chicago, Phi Beta Kappa, 1900, Ph.B. '01; fellow in English, Yale Univ., 1907-10, Ph.D. '10. Instructor in English, Wellesley Coll., 1902-07, 1910-12; associate prof, of English, Wellesley Coll., since 1912. Interested in suffrage, socialism. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Concessive Constructions in Old English Prose; A Brief Inquiry Into the Province and Laws of Poetry (privately printed). Socialist. Mem. Modern Language Ass'n of America, Consumers' League, Phi Beta Kappa Society.

BURNHAM, Laura Hunter (Mrs. P. J. Burnham), Mechanicsburg, O.

Born Mechanicsburg, O., Mar. 25, 1855; dau. Vincent and Sabina (Weber) Hunter; ed. high school; Vassar Coll., A.B. '77; m. Mechanicsburg, O., Feb. 10, 1885, P. J. Burnham; children: Vincent H., John P.; two grandchildren. Was mem. of the local school board for three years; served as sec. of the board for two years; active in the religious and social life of the village. Charter mem. Order of the Eastern Star (worthy matron two years) Charter mem. and first vice-pres. Women Tourist Club (literary); mem. two social clubs. Methodist.

BURNHAM, Margaret Sherman (Mrs. Daniel H. Burnham), Evanston, Ill.

Born Fishkill, N.Y., Nov. 9, 1850; dau. John B. and Ophelia (Graham) Sherman; ed. N.Y. State; m. Chicago, Ill., Jan. 20, 1876, Daniel H. Burnham (distinguished architect; chief architect of World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, etc.; died June 1, 1912); children: Ethel B. Wells, b. 1876; John, b. 1878; Herbert, b. 1884; Margaret R. Kelly, Daniel H., b. 1886.

BURNS, Louisa, The Pacific College of Osteopathy, Los Angeles, Cal.

Teacher of physiology; b. Saltillo, Ind.; dau. W. N. and Mary Lois (Littell) Burns; grad. Borden (Ind.) Inst., B.S. and M.S.; Pacific Coll. of Osteopathy, D.O., D.Sc.O. (mem. Delta Omega). Author: Studies in the Osteopathic Sciences; Basic Principles; The Nerve Centres; The Physiology of Consciousness; various scientific reports and essays. Christian. Republican. Mem. Am. Osteopathic Soc, California Osteopathic Ass'n, Woman's Faculty Club of Pacific Coll. of Osteopathy; since 1902 prof, of physiolgy in Pacific Coll. of Osteopathy, Los Angeles. Favors woman suffrage.

BURNS, Lucy, 904 President St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Organizer; b. Brooklyn, N.Y.; ed. Packer Inst., Brooklyn, N.Y., and Vassar Coll., A.B. '02; graduate work in Yale Univ., 1902-03; Univ. of Berlin, 1906-08; Univ. of Bonn., 1908-09. Teacher in Erasmus Hall High School, Brooklyn, 1904-06; resided abroad, 1906-12. Favors woman suffrage. Organizer of Woman's Social and Political Union in Edinburgh, Scotland, 1909-12; residing in Washington, D.C., as mem. of Congressional Committee, Nat. Am. Woman Suffrage Ass'n, 1913.

BURNS, Margaret Broad (Mrs. Berend James Burns), 105 Fargo Av., Buffalo, N.Y.

Born Buffalo, N.Y., Dec. 1, 1873; dau. George and Agnes (Dempster) Broad; ed. Buffalo public and high school; Vassar Coll., A.B. 1896; Teachers' Training School, Buffalo, '97; m. Buffalo, N.Y., Sept. 7, 1901, Berend James Burns; children: Margaret Agnes, Helen Broad, Berend James Jr. Teacher Masten High School, 1897-01; specialty English. Interested in child study (committee work), also manual training in schools and in household economics movement. Favors woman suffrage. United Presbyterian. Pres. Women's Missionary Soc. of First United Presbyterian Church of Buffalo, Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae; pres. Managers' College Creche, Buffalo, 1907; mem. Vassar Club, Buffalo. Recreations: Walking, swimming, rowing, dancing, skating.

BURPEE, Myra Blanche Walker (Mrs. Homer Stanford Burpee), 809 N. Court St., Rockford, Ill.

Born Rockford, Ill.; grad. Rockford (Ill.) Coll., B.A. '95; m. Rockford, Ill., Homer Stanford Burpee (banker); one daughter. Episcopalian (active in church and Sunday-school work). Mem. Rockford College Ass'n (has been treas.), Rockford Coll. Alumnae Ass'n (has been sec. and mem. Exec. Com.). Mem. Short Story Club, Rockford Country Club.

BURR, Anna Robeson, 246 S. 23d St., Philadelphia, Pa.

Writer; b. Philadelphia, Pa., 1873; dau. Henry Armitt and Josephine L. (Baker) Brown; ed. private school tutors in Philadelphia; m. May, 1899, Charles H. Burr, of the Philadelphia Bar; children: Dorothy, b. 1900; Pamella, b. 1905. Author (novels): Truth and A Woman; The Jessop Bequest; also The Autobiography, a critical comparative study. Mean. Contemporary Club. Recreations: Walking, climbing, out-door life generally.

BURR, Helen Louise, Reynolds Hall., Walla Walla, Wash.

Dean of women, Whitman Coll.; b. Dedham, Mass., Dec. 17, 1870; dau. Lafayette and Abby White (Shepard) Burr; ed. Melrose (Mass.) public schools; Wellesley Coll., A.B. '93; Domestic Science (Simmons Coll.), '03; Univ. of Chicago, '07. Interested in social activities. Favors woman suffrage. Congregationalism Republican. Mem. Y.W.C.A. Recreation: Camping. Mem. Boston College Club. Interested in science and eugenics.