Frances Willard: A BiographyFrances Willard (1839-98), national president of the WCTU, headed the first mass organization of American women, and through the work of this group, women were able to move into public life by 1900. Willard inspired this process by her skillful leadership |
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User Review - zoranaercegovac - LibraryThingAn excellent account of Frances E. C. Willard (1839-1898), an American educator and social reformer. She organized the temperance movement. The book has a range of illustrations including portraits at ... Read full review
Frances Willard: a biography
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictWillard (1839-98) became president of the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1879 and remained active in that role throughout the 1890s. She was widely hailed as America's "heroine,'' having ... Read full review
Bibliographic information
| Title | Frances Willard: A Biography |
| Author | Ruth Bordin |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of North Carolina Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0807849472, 9780807849477 |
| Length | 312 pages |
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