Records, 1881-1990.

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Records, 1881-1990.

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Records include national, state, and local union correspondence, minutes, clippings, scrapbooks, printed matter, newsletters, convention proceedings, and organizational records relating to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon's advocacy activities for temperance and other social issues, such as smoking, suffrage, drug abuse, child abuse, and pornography.

23 cu. ft. (26 boxes)

Oregon Historical Society Research Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7569440

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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. ...

Children's Farm Home (Corvallis, Or.)

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon.

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Frances E. Willard organized the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon in Portland, Oregon on June 15, 1883. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Oregon is comprised of local unions in counties throughout the state, and elected state officers. The highest membership was 3,208 in 1948, with the largest number of unions reported at 253 in 1914. From the description of Records, 1881-1990. (Oregon Historical Society Research Library). WorldCat record id: 46732063 ...