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Fisher (DOROTHY CANFIELD DOROTHEA)

DOROTHY CANFIELD (DOROTHEA FRANCES CANFIELD FISHER), an American writer, born in Lawrence, Kan., in 1879. She graduated from the Ohio State University in 1899, and took post-graduate courses at Columbia. In 1907 she married John Redwood Fisher. She traveled and studied extensively in Europe. She wrote several books on educational subjects. Her chief fame, however, rests on her works in fiction, which include "The Squirrel- Cage" (1912); "Hillsboro People” (1915); "The Bent Twig" (1915); "Fellow-Captains" (1916); "The Day of Glory" (1919); "The Brimming Cup" (1919).

During the World War she spent three years in France engaged in war work.