FERREE, Mrs. Susan Frances Nelson
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susan Frances Nelson Ferree is our Woman of the Week. Please view the link in our profile to see links related to Susan.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susan Frances Nelson Ferree was born in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, on January 14, 1844, and grew up in Keokuk, Iowa. She married Jerome D. Ferree in 1860 and had several children. From the 1860s to the late 1870s, the family first lived in Keokuk, Iowa, and then moved to Ottumwa, Iowa.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Her </span><i><span style="font-weight: 400;">A Woman of the Century </span></i><span style="font-weight: 400;">profile notes:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Mrs. Ferree is a great lover of poetry, of which she has written much, but she excels in journalism. Some of her newspaper correspondence from Washington, D.C. is exceptionally fine. She is an untiring worker for temperance and for the advancement of woman (sic). She is a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, Woman's Relief Corps, the Iowa Woman's Suffrage Association, and the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and a communicant of St. Mary's Episcopal Church of Ottumwa" (</span><a href="https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ#page/n290/mode/1up/search/14th+January"><span style="font-weight: 400;">287</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">). </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In addition, Susan was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was one of the three Ottumwa, Iowa delegates to the </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86061214/1901-01-31/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1789&sort=date&date2=1963&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=2&words=D+Ferree+J+Mrs&proxdistance=5&rows=20&ortext=&proxtext=+&phrasetext=Mrs.+J.+D.+Ferree&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1"><span style="font-weight: 400;">DAR meeting in Washington, D.C.</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> in 1901.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susan and Jerome were living on Ingraham Street in Los Angeles, California, in 1910, but they moved to San Diego, California, the following year. After she did not accompany him to Arizona, the couple divorced in 1913.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Susan passed away in Monterey, California, on September 30, 1919, and her ashes were buried in the family plot in Ottumwa.</span></p>
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ALDRICH, Mrs. Flora L.
<span>Dr. Flora L. Aldrich was born in Westford, New York, on October 6, 1859. She married Dr. Alanson G. Aldrich in 1883 and pursued a medical career. Flora graduated from Minnesota Medical College and studied in Vienna, Austria, and in Germany. Eventually, she became a physician and surgeon in Anoka, Minnesota. </span><br /><br /><span>On August 19, 1901,</span><em> <a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045366/1901-08-10/ed-1/seq-17/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Minneapolis Journal</a></em><span> published a lengthy article about Flora's new book, </span><em>Boudoir Companion</em><span>. The article, praised Flora's book, discussed her life and career, included a photograph, and noted:</span><br /><br /><span>"Her medical studies were pursued in the best institutions of this country and Europe, and her knowledge of medicine is not only considered profound and accurate, but she is admired and respected by the medical profession everywhere."</span><br /><br /><span>In addition to her medical work, Flora was a public speaker, an author, a suffragist, a political elector, and a philanthropist. </span><span>The </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83016758/1911-10-19/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1789&sort=relevance&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&index=5&words=Aldrich+Flora&proxdistance=5&date2=1943&ortext=&proxtext=Aldrich++Flora&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 19, 1911,</a><span> edition of </span><em>The Princeton Union</em><span> noted: "Dr. Flora L. S. Aldrich of Anoka delivered an interesting talk to a group of Duluth club women in that city last Friday afternoon on 'Social Hygiene.' Mrs. Aldrich is a skilled physician, a gifted writer and an interesting talker." The next week, </span><em>The Princeton Unio</em><span><em>n</em> reprinted </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059228/1920-10-13/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=12&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=ALDRICH+FLORA&proxdistance=5&date2=1943&ortext=&proxtext=Aldrich++Flora&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary McFadden's</a><span> article from <em>T</em></span><em>he Duluth News-Tribune</em><span>, which calls Flora a suffragist and mentions the publication of her book, </span><em>The One Man</em><span>.</span><br /><br /><span>A Democrat, Flora appeared on the </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn90059228/1920-10-13/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=12&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=ALDRICH+FLORA&proxdistance=5&date2=1943&ortext=&proxtext=Aldrich++Flora&phrasetext=&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ballot</a><span> as a Presidential Elector from Minnesota in 1920 for candidate James M. Cox.</span><br /><br /><span>Flora passed away on March 19, 1921. In May of 1921, soon after her death, the Minnesota Federation of Women's Clubs honored Flora at their </span><a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/The%20Princeton%20union.%20(Princeton,%20Minn.),%20May%2012,%201921,%20Image%201" target="_blank" rel="noopener">convention</a><span>.</span>
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STOCKER, Miss Corinne
<p><span>Elocutionist and journalist Corinne Stocker was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina on August 21, 1871, but she lived most of her life in Atlanta, Georgia. She was an extremely intelligent and talented woman. As her </span><em>A Woman of the Century </em><span> </span><a href="https://archive.org/stream/bub_gb_zXEEAAAAYAAJ#page/n693/mode/2up/search/21st+August" target="_blank" rel="noopener">profile</a><span> notes:</span><br /><br /><span>"At an early age Corinne showed a decided histrionic talent. In her ninth year she won the Peabody medal for elocution in the Atlanta schools over competitors aged from eight to twenty-five years. In 1889, she was placed in the Cincinnati College of Music, where she made the most brilliant record in the history of the school, completing a four year course in seven months."</span><br /><br /><span>After graduation, Corinne conducted parlor readings and taught elocution. She was a very popular teacher, but after a year she decided to forge a journalism career and joined the </span><em>Atlanta Journal.</em><br /><br /><span>In March of 1892, when she was just twenty, Corinne's "Field of Woman's Work" was published in </span><em>Atlanta Journa</em><span><em>l</em> and then reprinted in </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn93067777/1892-03-16/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&index=6&rows=20&words=Corinne+Stocker&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Corinne+Stocker&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>The Herald and News</em></a><span>.</span><br /><br /><span>She was a member of the Governing Board of the Georgia Women's Press Club, where her colleagues included Leonora Beck and Ellen J. Dortch,</span><br /><br /><span>During the time of the Atlanta Exposition in 1895, the </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/2016270502/1895-11-11/ed-1/seq-6/#date1=1890&index=4&rows=20&words=Corinne+Stocker&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1947&proxtext=Corinne+Stocker&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><em>Waterbury Democrat</em></a><span> of Connecticut noted Corinne as one of the "leading women" journalists in Atlanta. It also noted her female colleagues at the <em>Atlanta Journal</em>, Mary Louise Huntley, Brent Whiteside, and Mary Jackson, as well as <a href="http://marykatemcmaster.org/WOC/items/show/26" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emily Verdery Battey</a> and other prominent Georgia women</span><br /><br /><span>On June 17, 1896, Corinne </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026965/1896-06-03/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=2&rows=20&words=Corinne+Stocker&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1924&proxtext=Corinne+Stocker&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">married</a><span> Thaddeus E. Horton, another South Carolina native who had become managing editor of the </span><em>Atlanta Journa</em><span>l in late 1894, at St. Luke's Church in Atlanta. The couple lived in Atlanta until they moved to New York City in late 1897. The </span><em>Anderson Intelligencer</em><span> of </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026965/1897-10-20/ed-1/seq-5/#date1=1789&index=7&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Horton+Mrs+Thaddeus&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Mrs.+Thaddeus+Horton&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">October 20, 1897,</a><span> noted the </span><em>Atlanta Journal'</em><span>s piece about their move:</span><br /><br /><span>"Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Horton have scores of friends who will read with mingled emotions of interest, congratulations and regret that they leave soon to make their home in New York. Mrs. Horton has lived in Atlanta all her life and Mr. Horton for the past seven years; and both have warm friends who hate to see them go, and yet who realize that the going means literary advancement. Mr. Horton has accepted a position on the Times, and Mrs. Horton will pursue her literary work at the great center of things with increased advantage."</span><br /><br /><span>Unfortunately, their life in New York was not as happy as it was anticipated to be. Thad served as political editor of <em>T</em></span><em>he New York Times</em><span> until he died of typhoid fever on November 21, 1899. The next April, Corinne, who had moved back to Atlanta and was living with her mother, gave birth to their daughter, Thaddesia Edgarda. </span><br /><br /><span>While raising her infant in 1900, Corinne </span><a href="https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88056164/1900-10-19/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1789&index=0&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Horton+Mrs+Thaddeus&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=&phrasetext=Mrs.+Thaddeus+Horton&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a><span> for the September and October volumes of </span><em>Ladies' Home Journal. </em><span>She continued writing throughout the decade, contributing to </span><em>House Beautiful</em><span> and </span><em>Uncle Remus's Magazine</em><span>.</span><br /><br /><span>In 1909, Corinne founded the Atlanta Players' Club and was in charge of a benefit performance at the Grand Opera House. She also directed a performance of an Oscar Wilde play. Corine continued her writing as well, contributing "Old South in American Architecture" to the </span><em>Uncle Remus's Magazine</em><span> for October, 1909.</span></p>
<p><span>During Theodore Roosevelt’s 1912 Presidential Campaign, Corinne was chair of the “Georgia Moosettes” for Atlanta’s Fifth Congressional District. She and numerous other Georgian women supported Roosevelt’s Progressive platform because they saw it as a positive force for women.</span><br /><br /><span>Corinne was married to Chauncey Smith by 1920, a marriage that lasted until his death in the early 1930s. She lived in Atlanta with her daughter for many years, then she moved to Baldwin in the 1940s. Corinne passed away in Fulton, Georgia on September 11, 1947 and was buried in Atlanta's Crest Lawn Cemetery.</span></p>
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