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��FXETT, Penelope McXani:hton, Waverly, Mass.

Physician; b. Nelson, N.B., Canada, Apr. 6, 18G3; dau. William and Helen Hendrie iRo-bcrt- son) Flott; ed. Univ. Coll., Dundee, Scotland, 1S83-86; Vassar Coll., 1888-92, A.B. '92; Med. Dep't Univ. of Mich., 1S92-96, M.D. '96 (mem. Alpha Epsilon Iota). Late physician in charge of sani- tarium, Santa Clara, N.Y.; late mem. of staff of Dispensary of N.Y. Infirmary for Women and Children; late physician to Y.W.C.A., Brooklyn, N.Y. ; late school physician tov/n of Belmont, Mass. Mem. Belmont Chapter Order of Eastern Star. Congregatlonalist. Mem. Mass. Med. Soc., The Waltham Med. Club. BXEXNEB, Ande Crawford (Mrs. Abraham

Flexner), 114 E. Seventy-first St., N.Y. City.

Playwright; b. Georgetown, Ky. ; daughter of Louis G. and Susan (Farnum) Crawford; ed. Vaesar Coll., A.B. '95; m. Louisville, Ky., June 23, 189S, Abraham Flexner; children: Jean Atherton Flexner, Eleanor Flexner. Plays pro- duced: Miranda of the Balcony (produced by Mrs. Fiske, 1901) ; Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (Liebler & Co., 1903); A Lucky Star (Charles Frohman for William Collier, 1909); The Marriage Game (John Cort, 1913). Mem. Women's Cosmopolitan Club, N.Y. City. FLEXNEB, Helen Whltall Thomas (Mrs. Simon

Flexner), 150 E. Sixty-first St., N.Y. City.

Born Baltimore, Md. ; ed. Bryn Mawr School, Baltimore, Md. ; Bryn Ma-wr Coll., A.B. (George W. Childs prize essayist), '93; student Univ. of Leipzig, Sofbonne, and College de France, '94-95; graduate student '95-97, Bryn Mawr Coll. ; m. Baltimore, 1903, Simon Flexner, M.D., D.Sc. (di- rector ol the laboratories of the Rockefeller Inst, for Medical Research). Reader in English, Bryn Mawr Coll., 1896-1903. Favors woman suf- frage; mem. Coll. Equal Suffrage League, N.Y. City (vice-pres. 1905-09), Equal Franchise Soc. of N.Y. City. IXEXNEK, Mary, Bryn Mawr Club, 137 E. 40th

St., N.Y. City.

Teacher; b. Louisville, Ky., Jan. 20, 1873; dau. Moritz and EJsther (Abraham) Flexner; grad. Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B. '95; Columbia Univ., A.M. '06. Teacher In Mr. Abraham Flexner'a School, Louisville, Ky., 1895-1901; teacher in Ethical Cul- ture School, N.Y. City, 1906-07; investigator and sec. Henry St. Settlement Scholarship Fund, 1908-11; visiting teacher for the I>ublic Education Ass'n of N.Y. City, 1911 —. Manager Mohansie State Hospital, Yorktown, N.Y. ; sec. of board of managers of same hospital. Favors woman suf- frage. Author: Plea for Vocational Training, 1908; The Misfit Child, 1912; Directory of Trade, Industrial and Art Schools in Greater N.Y., 1909. Hebrew. Mem. Bryn Mawr Club (N.Y. City), Social Workers Country Club, Hartsdale, N.Y.

IXICKINGEB, Alice, 227 Orchard Av., Webster

Groves Station, St. Louis, Mo.

Born St. Louis, Nov. 3, 1884; dau. Dr. Adam and Ida Grace (Heliers) Flickinger; grad Mary Inst., St. Louis, with high honor, 1901; Bryn Mawr Coll., A.B., A.M. '06. Sec. Art Section of the Monday Club of Webster Groves; Ladies' Aid Soc. of the Webster Groves Presbyterian Church; mem. Emanuel Episcopal Church Choir. Pres- byterian. Mem. Mary Inst. Alumnae Ass'n, Bryn Mawr Coll. Alumnae Ass'n, Washlngrton Univ. Ass'n, South Side Day Nursery Ass'n, Ass'n for Coll. AlumnaB. Recreations: Tennis, canoeing, dancing, riding, driving, painting, stringed In- struments, dramatics, cooking, reading, needle- work. Clubs: Bryn Mawr Club, Kirkwood Choral Club, College Club (St. Louis), Monday Club of Webster Groves.

FLICKINGER, Martha Kodgers (Mrs. Karl A.

Flickinger), 7 Benison PI., Toledo, Ohio.

Born Norwalk, O., Oct. 5, 1871; dau. James Scott and Mary L. (Parker) Rodgers; ed. The Smead School for Girls; Wells Coll., Aurora, N.Y., A.B. '93; m. Toledo, Apr. 20, 1897, Karl A. Flickinger; children: F.orence Rodgers, Frederick Rodgers, James Rodgers. Leader of Woman's Bible class, Collingwood Presbyterian Church; vice-regent Ursula Wolcott Chapter D.A.R., 1911- 12; pres. Ass'n of Coll. Women, 1911-12. Pres- byterian; mem. Y.W.C.A.

��FI.INN, Mary Stephens, N. Highland Av.,

Pittsburgh, Pa,

Born Pittsburgh, Pa., Fob. 20, 1888; dau. Will- iam and Nancy (Galbralth) Flinn; ed. .Mrs. Dow's School, Farmington, Conn., later Briar- cliff Manor, N.Y. Mem. Board of Industrial Home for Crippled Children, Associated Chari- ties of Pittsburgh, Pa. State Charities Ass'n, Pittsburgh Northfield League (religious), Norlh- fleld League, Y.W.C.A. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Woman Suffrage Party of Allegheny Co., chairman Finance Com. of EJqual Franchise Fed. of Western Pa.; mem. Legislative Com. of Pa. State Suffrage Ass'n. Presbyterian. Mem. Alle- gheny Co. Com. of Progressive Party. Mem. Farmington Soc. (Founder's Chapter), Consum- ers' League, Child Labor Ass'n, Morals EflQciency Commission of Pittsburgh, Juvenile Court Ass'n, Am. Vigilance Ass'n, Am. Soc. of Sanitary and Moral Prophylaxis, Am. Soc. for Labor Legisla- tion. Recreations: Riding, tennis, skating, fox hunting, swimming. Mem. Pittsburgh Athletic Club.

FLINT, Annie Austin, 118 E. Nineteenth St.,

N.Y. City.

Author; b. N.Y. City, Dec. 11, 1866; dau. Austin Flint, M.D., and Elizabeth (McMaster) Flint; ed. private schools in New York. Assistant editor Our Animal Friends, official organ of the Am. Soe. for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1893-1906; since 1911 manager of Onteora Cottage rentals and sales for Onteora Club members. Author of short stories for adults and children, essays, leaders, book reviews, verse. Novels: Abraham's Mother (in Ten Notable Stories) 1893; Sunbeam Stories and Others; A Christmas Stocking; A Girl of Ideas. Occasional con- tributor to Lippincott's, McClure's, Ainslie's; prize winner In N.Y. Herald short story contest of 1909, with story entitled Paper Dolls; con- tributor to The Congregatlonalist, Church Stand- ard, Our Animal Friends, The Independent, Animals' Protective League, Kate Field's Wash- ington, Illustrated American. Mem. Onteora Club (Catskill Mts.) Women's Cosmopolitan (N.Y. City). Episcopalian.

FLINT, Lillian C, 681 Solby Av., St. Paul,

Minn.

Principal of school; b. Cassville, N.Y. ; dau. George and Elizabeth (Avery) Flint; ed. Albany Normal School. Principal of school, St. Paul, Minn.; taught 25 years. Active in securing pen- sion for teachers of Minn.; wurked on committee for 15 years. Against won..;n suffrage. Writer for Youth's Companion, .'entury, American, Baptist Publication Soc, Pr. byterian Soc, also one book entitled Small GarL as for Small Gar- deners. Presbyterian. Mem. Thursday Club. Recreations: Nature study and out-of-door walks.

riXNT, Marion Lenore, 68 Myrtle St., Paw- tucket, R.I.

Born Westboro, Mass.; dau. Franklin C. and Mary Louise (Mellish) Flint; ed. Concord (Mass ) High School, Tufts Coll., A.B. '9S; studied French in Paris summer of 1907, and also for several months in 1910 (mem. Chi Omega). Chiefly teacher in high schools, Latin and French, but for two years head of Latin dep't at State 'Nor- mal School, Natchitoches, La. When La. was quarantined for yellow fever, 1905, went north and centered upon work in high school. Against woman suffrage. Universalist.

FLOOD, Frances Otey (Mrs. E. H. R. Flood) 2709 Tenth Av., South Birmingham, Ala. Muslciaji, singer; b. Gallion, Ala.; dau. Will- iam Armistead and Olivia (Gordon) Robinson; grad. Judson Coll., Marlon, Ala. Studied voice extensively in Cincinnati, Ohio, and N.Y. City; m. (1st) 1894, L. C. .\llen iprorainent business man of Shreveport, La., and grand master of the Masons of Louisiana); (2d) 1909, E. H. R. Flood (a prominent musician); children: Llttleberry Cal- houn Allen, b. Nov. 7, 1897; Olivia Otey Allen, b. Jan. 7, 1901. Founded the Columbia Conserva- tory of Music. Shreveport, La. Bstablished first playgrounds in Shreveport; was appointed by mayor delegate to Nat. Playground Ass'n of America (N.Y. City), 1908. Pres. Polymnla (mu- sic club) ; wafi pres. of Civic League of Shreve-

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