The Beautiful Life of Frances E. Willard A Memorial Volume

Chicago, IL: Women's Temperance Publishing Association. Very Good. 1898. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; This book is in Very Good condition and is lacking a dust jacket. This copy has a leather spine and joints with embossed with decorations. The spine of the book has a large chip of leather missing from the top edge, and smaller nicks and chips to the spine ends and joints. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name on the front endpaper. "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. During her lifetime, Willard succeeded in raising the age of consent in many states as well as passing labor reforms including the eight-hour work day. " (from Wikipedia) .