Papers, 1889-1954.

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Papers, 1889-1954.

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Correspondence; speeches mainly from the 1890s; a typed copy of her autobiography, Under the Prairie Winds (145 leaves) concerning her life from childhood until 1951; Preston and Hill family history materials; pamphlets and brochures on the North Dakota and national Woman's Christian Temperance Union; a complete run of Western Womanhood (1894-1898), a women's periodical published at Tower City, later Fargo; and very incomplete holdings of the White Ribbon Bulletin (majority between 1899-1902), the official publication of the North Dakota Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

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Anderson, Elizabeth Preston, 1861-1954

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President of the North Dakota Women's Christian Temperance Union, 1893-1932. From the description of Scrapbook, 1898-1941. (State Historical Society of North Dakota State Archives). WorldCat record id: 17661325 President of North Dakota Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1893-1932). Elizabeth Preston married James Anderson. From the description of Papers, 1889-1954. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28271339 ...

Hill family.

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Preston family.

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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 ...

Woman's Christian Temperance Union of North Dakota

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Organized in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union is the oldest, continuous dues-paying woman's organization in existence. The WCTU of Dakota was organized in 1882 at Canton, SD, prior to which local unions had been organized in a number of towns. On September 14, 1889 the WCTU of Dakota divided into separate state organizations for North Dakota and South Dakota. The WCTU of North Dakota campaigned for women's suffrage and against gambling and the use of alcohol, tobac...