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Frances Willard
Sign in to saveAlso known as Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard, Frances Elizabeth Willard, Frances E. Willard
American temperance activist and suffragist (1839–1898)
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- Wheel Within a Wheel
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Key facts
- Born
- Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard , ( 1839-09-28 ) September 28, 1839, Churchville, New York , US
- Died
- February 17, 1898 (1898-02-17) (aged 58), New York City , US
- Known for
- First dean of women, Northwestern University ; long-time president, Woman's Christian Temperance Union ; founder, World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union ; first president, National Council of Women of the United States
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Caroline
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Churchville
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- rhetorician
- Employer
- Northwestern University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Congregational churches
- Image
- Frances Willard.jpg
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- Commons category
- Frances Willard
- date of birth
- 1839-09-28
- date of death
- 1898-02-17
- place of burial
- Rosehill Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons Creator page
- Frances Elizabeth Willard
- cause of death
- influenza
- writing language
- English language
- described at URL
- findingaids.library.northwestern.edu/agents/people/2138
- archives at
- Smithsonian Institution
- P8168
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- National Museum of American History
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Encyclopedic overview
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28, 1839 – February 17, 1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1879 and remained president until her death in 1898. Her influence continued in the next decades, as the Eighteenth (on Prohibition) and Nineteenth (on women's suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution were adopted. Willard developed the slogan "Do Everything" for the WCTU and encouraged members to engage in a broad array of social reforms by lobbying, petitioning, preaching, publishing, and education.
Willard's accomplishments include raising the age of consent in many states and passing labor reforms, most notably including the eight-hour work day. She also advocated for prison reform, scientific temperance instruction, Christian socialism, and the global expansion of women's rights.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frances Willard” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.