Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898
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Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898
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Willard, Frances Elizabeth Caroline, 1839-1898
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ウィラード, フランシス E
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Best known for her leadership (1879-1898) of the influential Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Willard also supported and often spearheaded a wide variety of social reforms, including woman suffrage, economic equality, and fair labor laws. Willard gained an international reputation through her speeches and publications. She was the first woman to be honored with a statue in the U.S Capitol building, and her Evanston home was one of the first house museums to in the country.
Biographical information about Willard is extensive. For an excellent overview of her life, see the entry “Frances E. Willard” by Carolyn DeSwarte Gifford in:
Women Building Chicago, 1790-1990, A Biographical Dictionary (Indiana University Press, 2001).
See also:
Writing Out My Heart: Selections from the Journal of Frances E. Willard, 1855-1896 (University of Illinois Press, 1995), edited by Gifford.
Mary Earhart, Frances Willard: From Prayers to Politics (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1944).
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https://viaf.org/viaf/32329350
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n50017062
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n50017062
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q450197
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American literature
Public speaking for women
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Temperance
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Women
Women social reformers
Women social reformers
Women's rights
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Americans
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Women authors, American
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Women social reformers
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