Martha P. Falconer

[5] She died in East Aurora, New York, aged 79, and was survived by children Helen, Douglas Platt and Cyrus Jr.[3][4][5] In 1906 she was appointed head of the House of Refuge, a girls' institution at 22nd Street and Girard Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

She later became superintendent of the Sleighton Farm School for Girls, an institution "hailed as a major prison reform for women.

[6] During World War I, she had oversight of all reformatories and detention homes for girls in the United States.

In that job she was to "devote considerable attention to the establishing bureaus of women police" throughout the country.

[7] In 1933, Falconer was living in New York and was awarded an honorary master of arts degree by Elmira College.