List of Woman's Christian Temperance Union people

This is a list of people associated with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.).

Presidents The presidents of the WCTU and their terms of office are:

1874-79 - Annie Turner Wittenmyer 1879-98 - Frances Willard 1898-14 - Lillian M. N. Stevens 1914-25 - Anna Adams Gordon 1925-33 - Ella A. Boole 1933-44 - Ida B. Wise 1944-53 - Mamie White Colvin 1953-59 - Agnes Dubbs Hays 1959-74 - Ruth Tibbets Tooze 1974-80 - Edith Kirkendall Stanley 1980-88 - Martha Greer Edgar 1988-96 - Rachel Bubar Kelly 1996-2006 - Sarah Frances Ward 2006-14 - Rita Kaye Wert 2014-19 - Sarah Frances Ward 2019 - Current - Merry Lee Powell

Editors of The Union Signal Editors of the WCTU's organ, The Union Signal and its former namesakes, The Woman's Temperance Union, and Our Union have included: Mary Bannister Willard (January 1883 - July 1885) Mary Allen West (July 1885 - 1892) Harriet B. Kells (1891-1894) Frances Willard (1892 - February 1898) Lillian M. N. Stevens (February 1898 - April 1914) Anna Adams Gordon (April 1914 - October 1926) Ella Boole (October 1926 - October 1933) Ida B. Wise Smith (October 1933 - )

Notable people A

Sarah C. Acheson (1844 - 1899) Jessie Ackermann (1857 - 1951) Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847 - 1919) Mary Osburn Adkinson (1843 - 1918) Mary Jane Aldrich (1833 – 1909) Eunice Gibbs Allyn (1847 – 1916) Edith Archibald (1854 – 1936) Ida A. T. Arms (1856 – 1931) Lily Atkinson (1866 – 1921)

B

Clara Babcock (1850-1925) Blanche Pentecost Bagley (1858-1928) Lepha Eliza Bailey (1845-1924) Mrs. L. Dow Balliett (1847-1929) Helen Morton Barker (1834-1910) Frances Julia Barnes (1846-1920) Susan Hammond Barney (1834-1922) Emma Curtiss Bascom (1828-1916) Josephine Cushman Bateham (1829-1901) Emma Pow Bauder (1848-1932) Marion Babcock Baxter (1850-1910) Frances Estill Beauchamp (1860-1923) Emma Lee Benedict (1857-1937) Anna Smeed Benjamin (1834-1924) Mary Crowell Van Benschoten (1840-1921) Martia L. Davis Berry (1844-1894) Belle G. Bigelow (1851-1925) Lettie S. Bigelow (1849-1906) Mary Fleming Black (1848-1893) Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860-1932) Ellen A. Dayton Blair (1837-1926) Emily Rose Bleby (1849-1917) Astrid Blume (1872-1924) Mary Shuttleworth Boden (1840-1922) Lizzie Borden (1860-1927) Caroline G. Boughton (1854-1905) Emma Bourne (1846-1924) Emma E. Bower (1852-1937) Euphemia Bridges Bowes (1816-1900) Ada Chastina Bowles (1836-1928) Leah Belle Kepner Boyce (1881-1960) Kate Parker Scott Boyd (1836-1922) Ann Weaver Bradley (1834–1913) Marie C. Brehm (1859-1926) Libbie Beach Brown (1858-1924) Caroline Brown Buell (1843-1927) Helen Louise Bullock (1836-1927) Annie Babbitt Bulyea (1863-1934) Adda Burch (1869-1929) Nelle G. Burger (1869-1957) Emeline S. Burlingame (1836-1923) Cynthia S. Burnett (1840-1932) Woodnut S. Burr (1861-1952) Mary Towne Burt (1842-1898) Mary Ryerson Butin (1857–1944) Lucy Wood Butler (1820-1895) Alice Sudduth Byerly (1855-1904)

C

Alice A. W. Cadwallader Emor L. Calkins Clara H. Sully Carhart Matilda Carse Annie Carvosso Jennie Casseday Rebecca Ballard Chambers Nettie Sanford Chapin Sallie F. Chapin Rose Woodallen Chapman Fanny DuBois Chase Louise L. Chase Annetta R. Chipp Mamie Claflin Annie W. Clark Alice Culler Cobb Clara Amelia Rankin Coblentz Cordelia Throop Cole Julia Colman Emily M. J. Cooley Mary Ann Mann Cornelius Sara Jane Crafts Mary Helen Peck Crane Ella D. Crawford Belle Caldwell Culbertson Mary S. Cummins Mary Ann Cunningham Nannie Webb Curtis

D

Frances Brackett Damon Mary R. Denman Lella A. Dillard Hannah P. Dodge Mary L. Doe Sara J. Dorr Eva Craig Graves Doughty Alice May Douglas Lavantia Densmore Douglass Cornelia M. Dow Sarah Jane Corson Downs Marion Howard Dunham Harriet Ball Dunlap Julia Knowlton Dyer

E

Ida Horton East Mary G. Charlton Edholm Margaret Dye Ellis Mrs. A. Elmore Lelia Dromgold Emig Rhoda A. Esmond Addie Garwood Estes Sarah Lindsay Evans Nellie Blessing Eyster

F

Mary J. Farnham Rebecca Latimer Felton Susan Frances Nelson Ferree Susan Fessenden Judith Ellen Foster Jessie Forsyth Bertha Fowler Susanna M. D. Fry Eliza Nelson Fryer (1847-1910) Minnie Rutherford Fuller

G

Jane Gemmill Harriet E. Garrison Ella M. George Ruby I. Gilbert T. Adelaide Goodno Amelia Elizabeth Roe Gordon Anna Adams Gordon Elizabeth Putnam Gordon Frances W. Graham Charlotte A. Gray Eva Kinney Griffith Hattie Tyng Griswold Sophronia Farrington Naylor Grubb

H

Anna M. Hammer Jane Louisa Hardy Margaret Keenan Harrais Antoinette Arnold Hawley Utako Hayashi Rebecca Naylor Hazard S. M. I. Henry Maria Hyde Hibbard Eliza Trask Hill Mary G. Hill Emily Caroline Chandler Hodgin Clara Cleghorn Hoffman Sarah Haines Smith Hoge Julia Holder Lillian Hollister Jennie Florella Holmes Mary Emma Holmes Annabel Morris Holvey Louise Seymour Houghton Esther Housh Emeline Harriet Howe Laura E. Howey Adrianna Hungerford Augusta Merrill Hunt Mary Hunt Sarah Huston

I Mary Bigelow Ingham Eliza Buckley Ingalls Mary E. Ireland Stella B. Irvine Hannah M. Underhill Isaac

J

Katharine Johnson Jackson Mary T. Jeffries Frances C. Jenkins Therese A. Jenkins Georgia May Jobson Kristine Martine Johannessen Laura M. Johns Carrie Ashton Johnson Mary Coffin Johnson

K

Ella Eaton Kellogg Agnes Kemp Jennie Murray Kemp Ella B. Kendrick Georgina Kermode Regina Khayatt M. Evelyn Killen Deborah G. King Eunice D. Kinney Narcissa Edith White Kinney Janette Hill Knox Katherine Kurt

L

Imogen LaChance Sarah Doan La Fetra Anna Matilda Larrabee Mary Torrans Lathrap Maria Elise Turner Lauder

Emma C. Laugenour

Louisa Lawson Louise M. Lawson Olive Moorman Leader Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavitt Willie Kirkpatrick Lindsay Lilah Denton Lindsey Deborah Knox Livingston Mary Anne Lockwood Mary Frances Lovell Margaret Bright Lucas

M

Mary L. Mallett Eugenia St. John Mann Nellie V. Mark Abbie K. Mason Lena B. Mathes Asa Matsuoka Harriet Calista Clark McCabe Mary A. McCurdy Elizabeth McCracken Olive Dickerson McHugh Alice Cary McKinney Margaret McLean Georgie A. Hulse McLeod Esther Lord McNeill Luella F. McWhirter Jeanette DuBois Meech Caroline Elizabeth Merrick Mary E. Metzgar Elizabeth Smith Middleton Lillian M. Mitchner Ruth Emma Mitten Henrietta G. Moore Cornelia Moore Chillson Moots Mary L. Moreland Amy Kellogg Morse Margaret Cairns Munns

N Carrie Nation Minnie E. Neal A. Viola Neblett Angelia Thurston Newman Josephine R. Nichols Della Whitney Norton

O Martha B. O'Donnell Marie Augusta Oldham Ólafía Jóhannsdóttir

P

Hannah Borden Palmer Maude B. Perkins Sarah Maria Clinton Perkins Alice E. Heckler Peters Belle L. Pettigrew Levancia Holcomb Plumb Anna Weed Prosser Esther Pugh Louise C. Purington Jennie Phelps Purvis

Q Althea G. Quimby (1858-1942) H. Anna Quinby (1871-1931)

R

Emily Lee Sherwood Ragan Rachel Beasley Ray Mary Bynon Reese Anna Rankin Riggs Mary A. Ripley Laura Jacinta Rittenhouse Lucy Henderson Owen Robertson Amber E. Robinson Jessie Rooke Ellen Sergeant Rude Elizabeth Augusta Russell Elizabeth Lownes Rust

S

Susanna M. Salter Mary McKay Scott Semane Setlhoko Khama Kate Sheppard Jane E. Sibley Jennie Hart Sibley Katherine Call Simonds Josephine E. Sizer Henrietta Skelton Eliza Brown Newton Smart Elizabeth J. Smith Eva Munson Smith Mary Bell Smith Olive White Smith Hedvig Sohlberg Georgiana Solomon Dorcas James Spencer Ruth Hinshaw Spray Josephine Sprott Elizabeth Tipton Stanley Amelia Minerva Starkweather Susan J. Swift Steele Emily Pitts Stevens Lillian M. N. Stevens Katharine Lente Stevenson Eliza Daniel Stewart Jane Agnes Stewart Gabrella Townley Stickney Mary Ingram Stille Anna E. Stoddard Missouri H. Stokes Evelyn Strang Maria Straub Flora E. Strout Katie Stuart (reformer) Beaumelle Sturtevant-Peet Margaret Ashmore Sudduth Frances L. Swift Lucy Robbins Messer Switzer

T

Hannah E. Taylor Eva Griffith Thompson Mandana Coleman Thorp Lydia H. Tilton Frances E. Townsley Anna Augusta Truitt Alice Bellvadore Sams Turner

U-V Augusta W. Urquhart Martha Van Marter Culla Johnson Vayhinger

W

Phoebe Jane Babcock Wait Anne Ward Elizabeth Jane Ward Lala Fay Watts Minnie Welch Mary Allen West M. Ella Whipple Reah Whitehead Sophronia Wilson Wagoner Mary A. Hitchcock Wakelin Adelaide Cilley Waldron Mary Evalin Warren Lucy Hall Washington Laura Moore Westbrook Agnes Weston Mary Sparkes Wheeler Dora V. Wheelock Laura Rosamond White Hannah Tyler Wilcox Margaret Ray Wickens Jennie Fowler Willing Drusilla Wilson Ella B. Ensor Wilson Zara A. Wilson Charlotte S. Winchell Ida B. Wise Mary A. Brayton Woodbridge Caroline M. Clark Woodward Mary Chawner Woody Sarah Rowell Wright

Y Lenna Lowe Yost

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