Papers, 1815-1921.

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Papers, 1815-1921.

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Letters of Eben Fiske, New Orleans merchant, while on voyages to New Orleans in 1815; correspondence and other papers of Eben W. Fiske, city librarian of Ishpeming, Mich., including Civil War letters to his family while serving as Capt. with the 13th Mass. Volunteer Infantry in Virginia; and pieces (1890-1903) composed by his wife, Zada Clair Fiske, on temperance and suffrage for the Women's Christian Temperance Union.

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...

Fiske, Eben.

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Fiske, Zada Clair.

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Fiske family.

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Fiske, Eben W., 1823-1900

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