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��phia; wrote article: Gardens of Apollo, a study of Versailles, Scribner's Magazine, June, 1911. Recreations: Travel, music. Protestant Episco- pal. Favors woman suffrage; delivers courses of lectures to suffrage clubs. GILBERT, AgTies Lo>vrie, Litchfield, Mich.

Teacher; b. Homer Township, Mich., Sept. 12, 1S64; dau. James and Jane O. (Dudley) Gilbert, Jr.: ed. Litchfield High School, 1882, Hillsdale Coll., 1S82-84; Chautauqua, various summer schools (mem. Kappa Gamma). Taught rural school. Litchfield, 3 years; Jackson City schools 1 year; private teaching (New Orelans) 3 years; ward principal, Beloit, Wis., 10 years; prin- cipal County Normal, Caro, Mich., 3 years. Active In Sunday-school and Christian En- deavor, and all church societies; very active in social functions of church, school and club life, all educational work and everything for the improvement of women and children. Mem. W.C.T.U. and Y.W.C.A. Presbyterian. Mem. Audubon Soc., Humane Soc. Mem. Literary and Art Club, pres. Twentieth Century Club, Caro, Mich. Recreations: Walking, riding, boating, reading, conversation. Does Inst, work with teachers and public speaking In the In- terests of church, club and school work. Favora woman suffrage. GILBERT, Annie Ward, 1602 H St., Sacramento,

Gal.

Teacher and lecturer; b. Granby, Conn., 1857; dau. Rev. William H. and Mary (Goodridge) Gilbert; ed. Bradford Acad., Mass.; grad. West End Inst, New Haven, Conn., '76; private work with Yale Prof, and Summer School, Univ. of Cal. Taught In Misses Masters' School, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. ; preceptress in Girls' School, Oswego, ■ N.Y. ; principal in private school, New Haven, Conn. ; lecturer and private instructor, Sacramento, Cal. Interested in ladies' clubs. Favors woman suffrage; precinct chairman in spring election, 1912, Sacramento. Congrega- tionalist. P>rogressive Republican. GILBERT, Florence Anderson (Mrs. Fred Mac-

donald Gilbert), 1081 Park Place, Brooklyn,

N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., June, 1876; dau. William and Mary (Judd) Anderson; grad. Packer Col- legiate Inst, Brooklyn, 1894; Smith Coll., B.L. '98; m. Brooklyn, N.Y., Sept 21, 1901, Fred Macdonald Gilbert. Interested in settlement work and Y.W.C.A.; chairman Publication Dep't of Nat. Board Y.W.C.A. Has written articles in The Outlook and some other magazines. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Congregationallst GILBERT, Prances Baker (Mrs. Frank Gilbert),

FrankllnvUle. N.Y.

Born FarmersvUle, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. ; dau. Marsena and Elizabeth (Benton) Baker; direct descendant of the apostle, John Eliot— grand- mother was Fanny Eliot, of Guilford, Mass.; ed. Clean Acad, and Elmira Coll.; m. Farmersville, N.Y., July 23, 1863, Frank Gilbert (associate editor for 33 years of three great Chicago dailies, the Journal, Tribune and Inter-Ocean). Has written occasionally for the press. Free Thinker. Former Republican; now Progressive. Mem. Peace Soc., Antl-Vlvisection Soc. Hon. mem. Fortnightly Club of Chicago; mem. Gradus Club of Frankainville, N.Y. GILBERT, Sarah Hughes, State Normal School,

MUlersvllle, Pa.

Teacher; b. Buckingham, Bucks Co., Pa., Oct 6, 1858; dau. John W. and Letltla (Smith) Gil- bert; grad. Millersville Normal School, 1877, B.E. (Bachelor Elementary Didactics), 1879 B.S.. changed after 2 years' teaching to M.E. and M.S.; special student of mathematics, Cornell Univ., 1880-81; student Univ. of Chicago, 1895; student Stanford Univ., 1896. Elected to position In faculty at Millersville Oct., 1881, which posi- tion has since held. Mem. Soc. of Friends. Ac- tive mem. Nat. Educational Ass'n. ; sec. Millers- ville Alumni Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. GILBERT, Sue Racey (Mrs. Benjamin Thome

Gilbert), New Hartford, N.Y.

Bom Cleveland, 0.; dau. Hamilton Fisk and Bue Miles (Brooks) Biggar; ed. Mise Mittleberg's Bchool, Cleveland; St Mary's School, N.Y. ; Pa.

��Hospital Training School for Nurses, Sloan Maternity; m. Chappaqua, N.Y., 1905, Benjamin Thorne Gilbert; children: Susan Racey, Benja- min Davis. Head nurse Pa. Hospital one year; mem. Am. Red Cross Nursing Service; district nurse one year in Alta Settlement House, Clere- land. Interested in various religious, social and philanthropic activities. Favors woman suffrage. Anglican Catholic. Recreations: Traveling, farm- ing, dancing.

GILBERT, Virginia Banks, 92 Bentley Av., Jersey City, N.J.

Teacher; b. Jersey City, 1852; dau. William S. and Sarah E. (Banks) Gilbert; grad; Vassar Coll. '74; mem. Philalethian Soc; received Bergen County (N.J.) public school diploma. Taught in several private and one public school. Journalist for four years on the Kansas City Star; now engaged in tutoring. Favors woman suffrage. Episcopalian. Mem. Jersey City Woman's Club.

GILCHRIST, Beth Bradford, 79 Center St., Rutland, Vt

Born Peacham, Vt. ; dau. Oscar James Gil- christ M.D., and Martha E. E. (Bradford) Gilchrist; ed. Rutland High School; Mt. Holyoke Coll., B.A. '02; mem. Psi Omega (local) Sorority. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Life of Mary Lyon; also young people's books, among them: Helen Over-the-Wall; Helen and the Uninvited Guests; also magazine articles occasionally. Congregationallst.

GILCHRIST, rredericka Raymond Beardsley (Mrs. Robert Gilchrist), 695 Clifton Av., New- ark. N.J.

Born Oswego, N.Y., Mar. 2, 1845; dau. Samuel Raymond and Charlotte E. (Burckle) Beardsley; ed. in Oswego public schools and by private masters; m. N.Y. City, Feb. 2, 1865, Robert Gil- christ (eminent lawyer of New Jersey); children: Robert, Raymond Beardsley, Frederica Biirckle, Charlotte Christian. Interested in social, phil- anthropic and civic activities. Favors woman suffrage. Author: The True Story of Hamlet and Ophelia. Episcopalian. Mem. Daughters of Founders and Patriots, D.A.R., Woman's Branch of the N.J. Historical Soc; charter mem. Meridian Club (N.Y.), Contemporary Club (New- ark, N.J.).

GILCHRIST, 3Iande, Michigan Agricultural Col- lege, East Lansing, Mich.

Teacher; b. California, Pa., Dec. 29, 1861; dau. James Cleland and Hannah (Cramer) Gilchrist; ed. Iowa State Teachers Coll.. Cedar Falls, B.Pd. '80, B.S. '87; Wellesley Coll., 1880-83; Univ. of Gottingen, Germany, 1896-97; Univ. of Michi- gan, A.M. '07 (mem. Omlcron Nu). Instructor In science, Iowa State Teachers Coll., 1883-86; In- structor botany, Wellesley Coll., lSSO-96; lady principal 111. Woman's Coll., Jacksonville, 1S97- 1901. Dean of home economics division, Mich. Agricultural Coll., Lansing, 1901. Mem. State Com. of Y.W.C.A., 1902-11; director Mich. State Fed. Women's Clubs; chairman home economics dep't and now (1913) chairman education dep't. Speaker before farmers' institutes, women's clubs, etc. Mem. for Mich, of School Patrons Dep't of Nat. Educational Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Equal Suffrage League. Con- gregationallst; mem. People's Union Church. Mem. Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnfe. Am. Ass'n of Home Economics, Mich. Acad, of Science, D.A.U., Lansing Woman's Club, Mich. Agricultural Col- lege Woman's Club.

GII.CHRIST, Rosetta Grace (Mrs. William Lewis Gilchrist), 111 Centre St., Ashtabula. Ohio. Author, physician and surgeon; b. Kingsville, Ohio, April 11, 1851; dau. Jeremiah Pike and Tamar Ritch (Barton) Luce; ed. Oberlin Coll., Kingsville Acad., Cleveland Homceopathlc Hos- pital Coll. (now called Cleveland .\Ied. Coll.), M.D. and honorable mention at graduation, 1890; mem. Hahnemann Soc; m. Kingsville, Ohio, Sept. 13, 1876, William Lewis Gilchrist, M.D.; children: Edward Luce, Jessamine Louise (Mrs. Hawthorne), Katharine Douglas (Mrs. Kirby). Was first woman mem. on school board In Ashtabula, elected in 1896 on Republican ticket. Favors woman suffrage; was pres. of Ashtabula

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