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96 1911-12. Teacher and visitor for N.Y. Unitarian Sunday-school Union. Mem. Intercollegiate Socialistic Soc, College Settlements Ass'n, Barnard Alumnae Ass'n. Mem. Women's University Club. Unitarian. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Woman's Political Union; formerly mem. of Collegiate Suffrage League.

BERG, Helen McGregor Morse (Mrs. Albert W. Berg), 356 W. Twentieth St., N.Y. City.

Born Piermont, N.H., Feb. 17, 1830; of Puritan ancestry; ed. New England schools; m. N.Y. City, July 7, 1853, Prof. Albert W. Berg, organist, composer and musical critic (now deceased); children: Elizabeth Paine, Albert Ellery, Louis de Coppet (deceased), Walter Gilman (deceased), Wellman Morse (deceased). Spent several years in Europe, educating her children; while there, was correspondent of American journals and a contributor to the original Scribner's Magazine. Mem. Order of Founders and Patriots of America; Soc. of New England Women, etc.

BERGEN, Caroline McPhail (Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen), 101 Willow St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Brooklyn, N.Y., Aug. 1, 1859; dau. Leonard Cassell and Caroline (Speir) McPhail; ed. by private instruction at home; m. Brooklyn, Jan. 26, 1881, Tunis G. Bergen. Served by appointment of Gov. Higgins mem. State Probation Com.; mem. of com. on school census and Physical Welfare of School Children of N.Y. City. Pres. Brooklyn Free Kindergarten Soc.; vice-pres. Brooklyn division of the American Red Cross; mem. State Charities Aid Ass'n, Barnard Club, Twentieth Century Club, Woman's Civitas. Against woman suffrage; mem. of N.Y. State Ass'n Opposed to the Extension of Suffrage to Women.

BERGEN, Fanny Dickerson (Mrs. Joseph Young Bergen), North Cambridge, Mass.

Teacher, writer; b. Mansfield, O., Feb. 4, 1846; dau. Thomas and Rachel E. Dickerson; ed. Antioch Coll., Yellow Springs, O., A.B. '75; m. June 28, 1876, Joseph Young Bergen, educator. After graduation taught in Antioch Coll. and later in Chicago. Frequent contributor to American Folk Lore and other journals on folk-lore themes; edited Vol. IV of the Annals of the American Folk-Lore Soc; Current Superstitions, Dramatized Longfellow's Courtship of Miles Standish. Author (with husband): The Development Theory; Glimpses of the Plant World.

BERGENGREN, Anna Farquhar (Mrs. R. M. Bergengren), 98 Chestnut St., Boston; country, Sea View, Mass.

Author; b. in Ind., Dec. 23, 1865; dau. John Hansen and Mary Frances (Turner) Farquhar; ed. Indianapolis, Boston, N.Y. City and London; m. Boston, 1900, R. M. Bergengren. Interested in music and the drama. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Her Boston Experiences; Her Washington Experiences; The Professor's Daughter; The Devil's Plough; An Evans of Suffolk. Recreations: Rowing, swimming, walking, tennis, gardening.

BERGENGREN, Leslie Merritt (Mrs. Chas. H. Bergengren), 150 Timson St., Lynn, Mass.

Born Swampscott, Mass., Aug. 27, 1880; dau. Curtis V. and Isabel C. (Wardwell) Merritt; ed. Pratt Inst. Library School, Brooklyn, N.Y.; m. Swampscott, Mass., June 24, 1908, Dr. Charles Henry Bergengren; one son: Frederick W. A. Bergengren. Assistant librarian of Public Library, Brookline, Mass., 1902-05; instructor in Wis. Library School, Madison, Wis., 1907-08. Universalist. Favors woman suffrage.

BERGENTHAL, Alice Dacy (Mrs. V. W. Bergenthal), 15 Thornby Pl., St. Louis, Mo.

Born Woodstock, Ill., April 5, 1876; dau. T. J. and Luciuda (Donnelly) Dacy; grad. Univ. of Wis., B.L. (mem. Pi Beta Phi); m. Woodcock, Ill., Oct. 29, 1902, V. W. Bergenthal. Catholic. Mem. College Club of St. Louis.

BERGER, Meta (Mrs. Victor L. Berger), 980 First St., Milwaukee, Wis.

Born Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 23, 1873; dau. Bernard and Matilda (Kraik) Schlichting; ed. Milwaukee public schools, high school and State Normal School (graduate); m. Dec. 4, 1897, Victor L. Berger; children: Dorothea A., Elsa R. Teacher in Milwaukee public schools before marriage; now mem. Board of Education of Milwaukee, elected 1909 for term of six years; elected on the Socialist ticket at non-partisan election. Mem. Board of Directors for Milwaukee Maternity Hospital and Free Dispensary Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Was sec. for the Congressional Woman's Com., Washington, D.C., 1911-12; appeared before State Assembly at Madison, Wis., in favor of suffrage bill and spoke; also mem. of Wis. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Mem. Socialist Party. Mem. NNat. Woman's Com. of Socialist Party, 1911-13. Recreations: Music, drama, reading. Mem. Woman's School Alliance. Wife of the first Socialist ever elected to the Congress of the United States.

BERGFELD, J. D. (Mrs. George F. Bergfeld), 5177 Cabanne Av., St. Louis, Mo.

Born New Orleans, La., 1873; dau. Christian F. and Katherine (Speyerer) Hufft; ed. New Orleans; m. St. Louis, June 12, 1889, George F. Bergfeld; one son: Lucas Lee. Has been pres. of the Kings Highway Presbyterian Church Guild; pres. of its Goodsonian Literary Club; pres. West End Charity Circle, also organizer. Presbyterian. Pres. and organizer of the Shakespeare Club; pres. Twentieth Century Art Club. Interested in the Dickens Fellowship Club, mission work, Anti-Tuberculosis Soc, and Municipal Art League.

BERKSTRESSER, Celia Smith (Mrs. Andrew Jackson Berkstresser), 631 N. Fifty-second Av., Chicago, Ill.

Born Boonville, N.Y., April 20, 1854; dau. Rev. Alban Mann and Rockey (Strait) Smith; ed. Upper Iowa Univ. and Cornell Coll., grad. in art; m. Oct. 13, 1880, Andrew Jackson Berkstresser; one daughter: Mrs. Jessie Berkstresser Muffly, b. Oct. 18, 1883. Active in all lines of church work (Sunday-school teacher and sup't) and missionary societies, filling various offices. Dist. sec of Woman's Missionary Soc. four years. Leader of band of thirty young people in missionary work for several years; active in W.C.T.U., filling offices from pres. to deportment leader, etc. Sec. local board of Children's Home-Finding Soc; several years treas. the Hygiene Com., Dubuque, Ia. Favors woman suffrage. Writer of short poems, published in various papers and magazines, one, The Whistling Boy, included in collection (Childhood Days), compiled by Mary Gardner Scott. Methodist. Recreations: Walking, reading, writing. Pres. 1908-11. now hon. mem. Hillside Reading Circle of Dubuque, Ia.

BERNAYS, Thekla Marie, The Washington, St. Louis, Mo.

Born Highland, Ill.; dau. Dr. George J. and Minna (Doering) Bernays; ed. private school and by private instruction, then at McKendree Coll., Ill., and Heidelberg, Germany; passed teacher's examination in Karlsruhe, Baden; received M.A. from McKendree Coll., honoris causa, in 1902. During Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904, served on the Jury for Interior Decoration, as appointee of the Imperial Commissioner of Germany, Dr. Theodor Lewald. Favors woman suffrage. Was on board of governors of Equal Suffrage League of St. Louis, Mo., 1911-12. Author of a series of travel-sketches, interviews with prominent men and women in Europe, and criticisms of literature and art, written for the Globe-Democrat, the Times, the Criterion, the Mirror and other publications; also similar articles in German for the Anzeiger des Westens and Westliche Post, St. Louis, Publication in book form: Augustus Charles Bernays, A Memoir, 1912. Mem. Wednesday Club, St. Louis; Artists' Guild, St. Louis.

BERRY, Mrs. Elizabeth Robbins, 8 Forest St., North Cambridge, Mass.

Editor, writer, proofreader; b. Carlisle, Mass.; dau. John and Sarah H. (Morgan) Robbins; ed. public and private schools of Massachusetts and Vermont academy. Special writer for magazines and newspapers; editor Republic Magazine, Washington, D.C., 1907-08; proofreader for years upon Boston publications. Sec. Nat. Ass'n of