Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union/Mary Evelyn Dobbs collection, 1885-1940 (bulk 1920-1939).

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Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union/Mary Evelyn Dobbs collection, 1885-1940 (bulk 1920-1939).

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Correspondence received from or sent by Mary Evelyn Dobbs to members of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union (KWCTU) throughout the state, meeting minutes, court decisions, printed material, reports, resolutions, contracts, financial records, and records of disbanded districts. The papers reflect the activities and concerns of the KWCTU and Dobbs's part as corresponding secretary, 1907-39. The collection also reflects the KWCTU's and Mary Dobbs's interest in anti-cigarette & narcotics legislation, child welfare, motion picture censorship, Americanization, women's suffrage, morality, prison reform, parliamentary procedure, the peace movement, and care for the elderly. Included in the records is information about memorials to Frances Willard and the Carry A. Nation Home (Kansas City, Kan.).

4 ft. (10 boxes)

Kansas State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7327935

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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. ...

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...

Carry A. Nation Home (Kansas City, Kan.)

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Kansas

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