Letters to Albemarle County WCTU [manuscript] 1948-1949.

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Letters to Albemarle County WCTU [manuscript] 1948-1949.

Letters from Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, National President, Mrs. J. Forrester-Patton, World President, and others, thanking local chapter for bedspread for Rest cottage, Evanston Ill., shrine of Frances Willard, made by Mrs. H.C. Thomas. 2 clippings and 2 cards.

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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. ...

Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Albemarle County, Va.)

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Colvin, D. Leigh, Mrs., National President,

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Thomas, H. C., Mrs.

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Forrester-Patton, J., Mrs., World President,

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Rest Cottage (Evanston, Ill.)

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