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Frances Willard was born in Churchville, New York, on September 28, 1839. She is known for being an American temperance leader and reformer,and a well-known lecturer, writer, and educator. Mainly, Willard is known for devoting herself to the temperance movement. She even quit a good, solid job in education so that she could devote all of her efforts to the crusade for suffrage. |
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She helped organize the Chicago Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1874, and became president of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879. Under her leadership, the WCTU successfully was able to put temperance education into the school system. |
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Willard is remembered among Methodists for her strong opinion in favor of women's participation in the church. Along with Anna Oliver, she began the long slow struggle towards women's full participation in the Methodist church. |
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"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. "
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