Brown, Gertrude Foster, 1867-1956
Gertrude (Foster) Brown, daughter of Lydia Anne Drake and William Charles Foster, was born in Morrison, Illinois, and studied piano at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston and in Berlin and Paris, 1886-1889. She taught piano at the Chicago Conservatory of Music before her marriage to Ray Brown in 1893. She continued to play and perform after her marriage, giving lecture recitals on Wagner. From 1913-1917, GFB was an officer and President of the New York State Woman Suffrage Association, 1917-1920. In 1918 she served as Director-General of the Women's Overseas Hospitals in France, and from 1921-1931 was Managing Director of the Woman Citizen .
Arthur Raymond Brown, 1865-1944, was born in Groton, Conn., the son of Marianna (Ward) and Samuel Watson Brown. He was descended from the Raymonds of Rindge, N.H., and was great grandson of Revolutionary General Artemas Ward of Shrewsbury, Mass. RB was an artist and advertising executive. He was educated at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and worked for the Chicago Evening Post and later for the Hawley Advertising Company in New York City.
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