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100 Riverside, Cal, 1894-95; Redlands, CaL. 1898-99; Long Beach, Cal., 1902-03; State Normal School, San Diego, Cal., since 1904. Author: Guide to Middle English Metrical Romances (Yale studies in English), 1899.

BINFORD, Florence Clark (Mrs. John H. Binford), Greenfield, Ind.

Born Fort Wayne, Ind., Dec. 29, 1854; dau. John H. and Marion L. (Shippy) Clark; ed. Fort Wayne public schools; Fort Wayne Methodist Episcopal Coll. (now moved); grad. Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle; m. Fort Wayne, Ind., Mar. 25, 1891, John H. Binford; children: John Clark, b. May 16, 1892; Morton C., b. Oct. 26, 1893. Sec. Woman's Foreign Missionary Soc. of North Indiana Conference. Interested in the Indiana State Audubon Soc. and in all economic questions for the uplift of humanity Mem. Cosmopolitan Club. Methodist. Favors woman suffrage.

BINFORD, Jessica Florence, Hull House, Chicago, Ill.

Social worker; b. Iowa; grad. Rockford Coll., B.A. 1900. Soon after graduation became a resident of Hull House and has since been interested in its activities and active in associated charities. Methodist.

BINGHAM, Amelia (Mrs. Lloyd M. Bingham), 40 E. Thirty-first St., N.Y. City.

Actress; b. Hicksville, O., 1869; dau. John B. and Marie (Hoffman) Smiley; ed. Ohio Wesleyan Univ.; m. Lloyd M. Bingham. Began stage career with McKee Rankin in a tour on the Pacific Coast; first N.Y. appearance was at the People's Theatre in the melodrama The Struggle of Life, followed consecutively by engagements at Niblo's Garden in The Power of Gold, at the 14th St. Theatre in The Village Postmaster, at the American Theatre in Captain Impudence, and other plays; at the Academy of Music in Charles Frohman's production of The White Heather; became leading woman in His Excellency the Governor at the Empire Theatre, followed by other leading roles in N.Y. City and Philadelphia productions. Organized, 1901, the Amelia Bingham Co., and has since produced her own plays, including The Climbers, A Modern Magdalen, The Frisky -rs. Johnson, A Modern Lady, and others. Methodist. Mem. Professional Woman's League; vice-pres. Twelfth Night Club; pres. American Playgoers.

BINGHAM, Lena Maud ("Helena Bingham"), 6119 Greenwood Av., Chicago, Ill.

Writer, singer, composer, publisher; b. Harvard, Ill., Feb. 19, 1870; dau. Dr. Abel Clinton and Estelle (Barnes) Bingham; ed. Harvard High School and private teachers in piano, voice and theory. Composer of songs: Beatitudes; Jes' Yo' Wait; Life; Sunset and Evening Star (Tennyson poem); It is Not Raining Rain to Me (words by Robert Loveland). Songs (book of songs): The Balloon Man and Other Songs for Children (book of 17 songs); Equality (suffrage song), and others (about 200) under pen-name of "Helena Bingham." Recitalist of original songs and stories; gives freely of talents to church societies, social settlements and other philanthropic movements. Congregationalist. Mem. Ill. State Suffrage Ass'n, Cook County Suffrage Alliance (vice-pres. for Seventh Ward of Chicago).

BINGHAM, Lucille Rutherfurd (Mrs. Theodore A. Bingham), 59 W. 45th St., N.Y. City.

Born St. Louis; dau. Thomas Scott and Lucile Tison Rutherfurd; ed. Mary Inst., St. Louis, Mo.; Va. Female Inst, Staunton, Va. ; m. St. Louis. 1881, Theodore A. Bingham (now Brig.-Gen. U.S.A., retired); one son: Rutherfurd Bingham, b. 1884. Episcopalian. Against woman suffrage.

BINGHAM, Mary Homer, 1125 W. Twenty-first St., Los Angeles, Cal.

Settlement worker; grad. Smith Coll., B.A. '92. Has been connected with college settlement work and kindred activities since 1894; ass't probation officer of Juvenile Court of Los Angeles County since 1910. Pres. Smith Coll. Ass'n of Southern California.

BIRD, Anna Child (Mrs. Charles Sumner Bird), "Endean," East Walpole, Mass.

Born Worcester, Mass., Jan. 13, 1856; dau. Elisha Norwin and Elizabeth Humphrey (Martin) Child, ed. public schools, Worcester; Oread private school (Miss Williams), Worcester; Miss Putnam's School, Boston; m. Worcester, Oct. 19, 1880, Charles Sumner Bird of East Walpole, Mass.; children: Frances William, b. July 4, 1881; Charles Sumner Jr., b. Sept. 29, 1884; Edith Harlan, b. May 27, 1887; Joanne, b. August 15, 1889. Mem. Episcopal Church. Pres. of Wednesday Club of East Walpole for many years (women's club devoted to civic betterment) and active in many committees; interested in social and philanthropic work; pres. Welfare Nurse's Ass'n. Favors woman suffrage. Progressive in politics. Mem. Women's Municipal League, Boston; Royal Soc. of Arts, London; North British Soc., England. Mem. Chilton Club of Boston.

BIRD, Harriet Williams (Mrs. George E. Bird), Yarmouth (P.O. Yarmouthville), Me.

Born Yarmouth, Me., April 28, 1863; dau. Leonard and Mary (Pratt) Williams; ed. high school. Yarmouth, Me.; Wellesley Coll., B.S. '85; m. Yarmouth, Me., July 8, 1890, George E, Bird (now associate justice Supreme Court of Maine). Taught in Yarmouth High School, and for three years in Portland (Me.) High School (mathematics). Organizer and pres. of Yarmouth Village Improvement Soc. Mem. College Club, Country Club (Portland), Woman's Club (Yarmouth). Recreations: Travel, club work, social life. Unitarian. Against woman suffrage.

BIRD, Maria Elvy (Mrs. William Bird), Broadview, Saskatchewan, Can.

Born Gloucestershore, August, 1845; dau. Joseph and Maria (Smith) Reynolds; ed. private school and by governess; m. Therfield, Herts, England, 1868, William Bird (died 1890); children: Joseph, Percy, Ethel, Harold, Reynold, Florence, Mabel, Mattie Walter (all deceased). Farmer and author. Went to England by favor of Canadian Pacific Railway to lecture on Western Canada. Author: My Start in Canada; Some of My Neighbors; Eveline's Lament; also many other articles, journalistic and otherwise; at one time, wrote regularly for the English Christian World, Leisure Hour, etc. Congregationalist. Liberal in politics. Recreation: Whist.

BIRDSALL, Anna Palmyra, Wallkill, N.Y.,

General sec. Y.W.C.A; b. Wallkill, N.Y.; dau. Samuel A. and Marion (Blair) Birdsall; ed. Earlham Coll., Richmond, Ind., Ph.B. 1892-95; one year post-grad. work Bryn Mawr Coll., 1899-1900; summer term Univ. of Chicago, 1904. Gen. sec. Y.W.C.A., Poughkeepsie, 1900-03; Grand Rapids, 1904-07; ass't pastor Mt. Morris Baptist Church, N.Y. City, 1910; gen. sec. Y.W.C.A., Indinapolis, Ind., 1911; San Antonio, Tex., 1912. Interested in settlement and church work of all kinds. Mem. Friends Church. Favors woman suffrage; mem. Suffrage Ass'n of San Antonio, Tex.

BIRDSALL, Katharine Newbold, 18 Washington Terrace, E. Orange, N.J.

Editor, writer; b. Cornwall, N.Y., April 29, 1877; dau. James and Mariana (Townsend) Birdsail; ed. N.Y. City schools. Editor Children's Magazine. 1906-09; Over Sea and Land Magazine since 1910. Contributor to magazines. Editor The Young People's Book Shelf (20 volumes). Proprietor of Model Children's Page Newspaper Syndicate. Author: Jacks of All Trades; How to Make Money; editor Volume 1, The Foundation Library; part author of The First Seven Years.

BIRDSALL, Virginia Field (Mrs. Albert T. Birdsall), 521 Clinton Av., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Born Montreal, Canada; ed. in schools of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Vassar Coll., A.B. (Phi Beta Kappa), '99; m. June 15, 1904, Dr. Albert T. Birdsall; one son. Teacher in Girls' High School, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1899-1902.

BIRDSEYE, Miriam, 31 Liberty St., N.Y. City.

Teacher; b. Brooklyn, N.Y., Dec. 18, 1878; dau. Clarence F. and Ada (Underwood) Birdseye;