Dorothy Firman 1906 (Mrs John Van Ess)
Address in 1937: American Mission Basra Iraq
MA 1908 Wellesley COllege
student 2 years Arabic and Irlamics
teacher 1908-1909 Carleton College Northfield MN
missionary 1909-?? Mesopotamia
Married 1911; husband was a missionary, Persia Dutch Reformed Church
Children:
John Jr born 1917
Alice Firman born 1919
Source
All information from One Hundred Year Biographical Directory of Mount Holyoke College 1837-1937, Bulletin Series 30, no. 5; published and compiled by the Alumnae Association of Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts