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Frances Willard
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American temperance activist and suffragist (1839–1898)
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Frances Willard (1839–1898) was an American rhetorician, suffragist, writer, and lecturer. Born in Churchville, she was a member of the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union and worked as an employee at Northwestern University. Willard wrote in English and is noted for the work *Wheel Within a Wheel*. She received the National Women's Hall of Fame award.
Willard died of influenza in New York City in 1898. She was buried at Rosehill Cemetery. Her religious affiliation was with the Congregational churches.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Wheel Within a Wheel
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Group
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1991
Discography
- Willard1991
- Steel Mill1992
- Underground2019
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,988x
- <i>Ab initio</i> effective core potentials for molecular calculations. Potentials for K to Au including the outermost core orbitals
· 1985 · cited 14,983x
- <i>Ab initio</i> effective core potentials for molecular calculations. Potentials for the transition metal atoms Sc to Hg
· 1985 · cited 13,186x
- <i>Ab initio</i> effective core potentials for molecular calculations. Potentials for main group elements Na to Bi
· 1985 · cited 9,723x
- Cancer-related inflammation
· 2008 · cited 9,270x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “If I were black and young, no steamer could revolve its wheels fast enough to convey me to the dark continent. I should go where my color was the correct thing, and leave these pale faces to work out their own destiny.”
- “It's (socialism) is God’s way out of the wilderness and into the promised land. It is the very marrow of Christ’s gospel. It is Christianity applied.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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
- Ochi district
- depicted by
- 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.
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