Frances Willard

Frances Willard

female, deceased (1898)
American women's rights activist from Evanston, Illinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union Prohibition From Janesville, WIsconsin women's suffrage
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28,1839-February 17,1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. She... More
James Black

James Black

male, deceased (1893)
library of congress Temperance movement Prohibition Party Prohibition Party presidential nominee International Organisation of Good Templars prohibitionist
James Black (1823 - 1893) became a leader of the temperance movement in the United States after having a bad experience with alcohol intoxication,... More
Frances Harper

Frances Harper

female, deceased (1911)
Methodist Women's Christian Temperance Union the gilded age women's suffrage writer Rhetorician
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (24 September, 1825 - 22 February, 1911) born to free parents in Baltimore, Maryland, was an African American... More

Edith Smith Davis

female
American temperance activist Temperance movement Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction Women's Christian Temperance Union The Temperance Education Quarterly
Edith Smith Davis was a major leader in the temperance movement. She served as Superintendent of the Bureau of Scientific Investigation and the... More

Marie C. Brehm

female
United States vice-presidential candidate suffragette Temperance movement Prohibition Party Women's Christian Temperance Union vice-presidency of the United States
Suffragette Marie Caroline Brehm was the first legally qualified female candidate to run for the vice-presidency of the United States, which she... More
Ella Reeve Bloor

Ella Reeve Bloor

female, deceased (1951)
Staten Island socialist Chicago stock yards Victor Berger From Staten Island Union Stock Yards
Ella Reeve Bloor also known as Ella Bloor' and Mother Bloor but born Ella Reeve (1862-1951) was a radical labor organizer, socialist and communist... More
Eliza Daniel Stewart

Eliza Daniel Stewart

female, 192 years old
Temperance movement Women's Christian Temperance Union
Eliza Daniel Stewart, born in 1816, was an early temperance movement leader. In 1872, she urged wives of "drunkards" to sue alcohol dealers and may... More

Daisey Douglas Barr

female
quaker Ku Klux Klan member ku klux klan American Women's Christian Temperance Union Daisy Douglas Barr
Daisy Douglas Barr was Imperial Empress (leader) of the Indiana Women's Ku Klux Klan (WKKK) in the early 1920s and an active member of the Women's... More

Martha McClellan Brown

female, deceased (1916)
from Maryland American Temperance movement politician Prohibition Party Women's Christian Temperance Union
Martha McClellan Brown April 6, 1838-August 31, 1916 was a major leader in the temperance movement. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, she and her... More

Julia Coleman

female
American Educator Temperance movement alcohol Women's Christian Temperance Union Scientific Temperance Instruction
Julia Coleman was Superintendent of the Literature (publications) Department of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). In 1868 she... More