FRANCES LEE (FANNIE) ARNOLD
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Fannie Arnold, director of music in the Central high school of Omaha, was christened Frances Lee Arnold. She was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, the daughter of Dr. William Arnold and Lucia Russell Lee. Her father belonged to the illustrious line of Arnolds which produced Dr. Arnold of Rugby, who was his cousin. Her mother was a great niece of Bishop Philander Chase and a cousin of Salmon P. Chase of Lincoln's cabinet. Her education was acquired under private tutors. She pursued her musical study in Boston and in New York with further study in London and Paris. She specialized on public school music and is a graduate of the American Institute of Normal Methods in Public School Music. She has very successfully directed many church choirs and musical clubs, prominent among the latter is the Wagner Chorus of Women. She has held a number of positions in connection with the music of the public schools of Omaha, having been director of music in the high school, assistant supervisor and later supervisor of music in the grade schools. She was director of music in the Central High School of Omaha, Nebraska.
During her student days she did some newspaper work and wrote letters from Boston and New York, which were published in various newspapers. In religious faith she was an Episcopalian, having been confirmed in that church when a little girl. She was an ardent suffragist. Her life was devoted to her art, and to her music means work, and in it she found her greatest joy.
Taken from the "Blue Book of Nebraska Women" By Winona Reeves. Published 1916.
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