WWW Index

Woman's Who's Who of America
New York: American Commonwealth Company, 1914. 

Transcribed by Dick Barton

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FARRENS, Lida Pond (Mrs. E. T. Farrens), Clarinda, Ia.

Born Crawford Co., Pa., April 13, 1863; dau. W. H. and Sarah (DeWolf) Pond; ed. Clarinda (Ia.) High School, stood third in class, hence made class prophet; m. Crawford Co., Pa., Nov. 29, 1883, E. T. Farrens; children: Paul Pond, Margery. Served as assistant county clerk in Clarinda, Ia., after graduation from high school until married. For four years Presbyterial pres. of Home Missions for Coming Presbytery; has been vice-pres. and cor. sec. to Presbyterian Missionary Soc. Contributor of poems to home papers. Mem. Ladies' Missionary Soc., Sorosis Bible Class. Mem. (has been sec. and pres.) Current Events Club (literary), Birthday Club (social). Favors woman suffrage. Progressive.

FAVILLE, Cora Thornburg (Mrs. Frederick F. Faville), Storm Lake, Ia.

Born Orchard, Mitchell Co., Ia.; dau. A. A. and (Gould) Thornburg; ed. public schools of Mitchell Co., Ia., and afterwards while teaching took four years in normal work; m. Orchard, Ia., Frederick F. Faville, then sup't of schools at Orchard, but later a practising lawyer, now U.S. attorney); children: Stanton Sherwood, Marion Blanche. Began teaching at age of 16, and was for 5 years teacher in public schools at Osage, Ia. After marriage resided for some time at Des Moines, removing, in 1892, to Sioux Rapids and a few years later to Storm Lake. One of organizers, 1895, of Tuesday Club of Storm Lake (pres. seven years). Club devoted to literary work and civic improvement, making gifts of pictures and statuary to Storm Lake Public Library, and in the beautifying of the Lake Shore and public parks of Storm Lake. Patroness of Kappa Gamma Sorority of Buena Vista Coll. Chairman Household Economics Com., Iowa State Federation Women's Clubs. Congregationalist. Mem. Missionary and Ladies' Aid Socs., former sup't Primary Dep't of Sunday-school. Mem. board trustees and chairman Book Com., Storm Lake Public Library, from its founding in 1906. Mem. State Lit. Soc. Chairman Northwest Section Iowa Library Ass'n. Work along line of home economics has been chiefly with rural clubs and with the extension work of the State Coll. at Ames, Ia.; firm advocate of the rural school as a social center; has arranged and published two study programs on home economics for the use of clubs. Mem. Home Economics Com. of Gen. Fed. of Women's Clubs.

FIELD, Jessie, Clarinda, Ia.

County sup't schools; b. Page Co., Ia., June 26, 1881; dau. S. E. and Celestia (Eastman) Field; ed. Western Normal Coll., Tabor Coll., A.B., winner in Junior-Senior debate, Senior Essay contest, Senior Oratorical contest. Principal Jefferson School, Helena, Mont.; elected Co. sup't of Page Co., 1906; elected Nat. Sec. Y.W.C.A. for country and small town work, 1912. Interested, especially, in the development of country life. Author magazine articles; The Corn Lady. Presbyterian. Nat. Education Ass'n. Recreation: Motoring. Especially interested in the teaching of agriculture and home economics in country schools and in interesting country children in the possibilities of country life, that they may desire to remain in the country. Favors woman suffrage.

FISCHER, Helen Field (Mrs. Frederick Fischer), Shenandoah, Iowa.

Author; b. Shenandoah, Iowa, March 13, 1876; dau. S. E. and Lettie (Eastman) Field; ed. Univ. of Nebraska, Art Inst. of Chicago; mem. Kappa Kappa Gamma; m. Helena, Mont., 1905, Frederick Fischer; children: Gretchen, Helen Marie. Teacher and lecturer before marriage. Interested in Children's Garden Clubs and vocational education. Favors woman suffrage. Has taken active part in all local agitation by speaking and debating. Contributed verse to The Outlook; The Pacific Monthly; Christian Register; best known poems: The Mystic Borderland; Tommy Tinker. Unitarian. Recreations: Gardening, motoring. Mem. English Club, Univ. of Neb.

FREEMAN, Clara Augusta (Mrs. L. M. Freeman), Independence, Ia.

Born West Liberty, Ia., Jan. 21, 1871; dau. Thomas and Ann (Gifford) Gray; ed. Iowa State Univ. '96, Springdale Sem. '90; m. Nov. 10, 1896, Ledyard M. Freeman; one son: Kenneth Gifford. Interested in church and Sunday-[school] work; social and civic improvement work of house town. Mem. P.E.O. (Chapter B.D. Ia.); pres. Ladies' Literary Club. Recreations: Golf, riding, driving, horticulture. Presbyterian. Favors woman suffrage.

FRISBIE, Martha C. (Mrs. A. L. Frisbie), 1111 Seventy St., Des Moines, Ia.

Missionary president; b. Danbury, Conn., May 17, 1840; dau. Judah P. and Catherine (Stevens) Crosby; grad. Mr. Holyoke Female Sem. (now Mt. Holyoke Coll.), '59; m. Danbury, Conn., July 29, 1873, Rev. A. L. Frisbie, D.D.; children: Mabel Everett, Alfred Lowrey. Was teacher before marriage, in New Brunswick, N.J., 1860-62; Danbury, Conn., 1862-69; Temple Grove Sem., Saratoga Springs, N.Y., 1869-73. Was for 25 years connected with the Ia. Branch of the Women's Board of Missions of the Interior, 14 years vice-pres., 11 years as pres. Has been specially interested and active in Bible study and instruction, in Sunday-school, Y.W.C.A. and Women's Club, and in other work, social, religious and philanthropic. Favors woman suffrage. Has written leaflets and newspaper articles on missionary and other religious subjects. Presented paper at the Ecumenical Missionary Conference in N.Y. City, 1890. Congregationalist.