Correspondence, 1856-1924.

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Correspondence, 1856-1924.

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Correspondence relating to personal affairs, temperance, and religion. Includes information on the national and the Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.); Frances Elizabeth Carolina Willard, president of the national W.C.T.U., 1879-1898; temperance legislation; financial and other difficulties of temperance work; and the Sons of Temperance. There are letters of Mary Ann Harris Gay, author, concerning her travels over the South selling her book; letters from family members; letters concerning several academies and colleges for women in South Carolina and Georgia.; letter, 1860, describing the fraternization between white Northern women teachers and black men in Atlanta; and printed materials concerning the W.C.T.U. and Prohibition.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898

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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. ...

Gay, Mary Ann Harris, 1827-

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Stokes, Missouria H.

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Prohibitionist, from Decatur (De Kalb Co.), Ga. From the description of Correspondence, 1856-1924. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20400280 ...

Sons of Temperance of North America

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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 ...