Dobbs, Mary Evelyn, 1870-1943.

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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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associatedWith Carry A. Nation Home (Kansas City, Kan.) corporateBody
associatedWith Willard, Frances Elizabeth, 1839-1898 person
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Kansas
Marion (Kan.)
Kansas--Kansas City
Emporia (Kan.)
Kansas--Wichita
Wichita (Kan.)
Kansas--Marion
Topeka (Kan.)
Kansas--Emporia
Subject
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
Occupation
Teachers
Students
Students
Students
Prohibitionists
Reformers
Smoking
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Birth 1870

Death 1943

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