Dobbs, Mary Evelyn, 1870-1943.

Dates:
Birth 1870
Death 1943

Biographical notes:

Mary Evelyn Dobbs: Student, teacher, Prohibitionist; of Marion, Wichita, Topeka, Kan.

Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Organization founded 1878 to advocate for Prohibition & temperance education, child welfare, Sabbath observance, prison reform, social morality, legislation, non-alcoholic fruit products, anti-narcotics, and parliamentary law; work in opposition to white slavery; and assist women & girls.

From the description of Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union/Mary Evelyn Dobbs collection, 1885-1940 (bulk 1920-1939). (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 318453190

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Subjects:

  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Alcoholism
  • Americanization
  • Antismoking movement
  • Children
  • Child welfare
  • Cigarettes
  • Drug abuse
  • Drug control
  • Ethics
  • Marijuana
  • Motion pictures
  • Old age homes
  • Older people
  • Parliamentary practice
  • Peace movements
  • Prisons
  • Prohibition
  • Social reformers
  • Temperance
  • Temperance
  • Women
  • Women in public life

Occupations:

  • Teachers
  • Students
  • Students
  • Students
  • Prohibitionists
  • Reformers
  • Smoking

Places:

  • Kansas (as recorded)
  • Marion (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Kansas--Kansas City (as recorded)
  • Emporia (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Kansas--Wichita (as recorded)
  • Wichita (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Kansas--Marion (as recorded)
  • Topeka (Kan.) (as recorded)
  • Kansas--Emporia (as recorded)