About Performing Temperance

Performing Temperance was produced on behalf of the Center for Women's History and Leadership, a nonprofit organization that operates the Frances Willard House Museum and WCTU Archives in Evanston, Illinois. The exhibit highlights rare books and printed materials from the Archive's collections. We invite you to explore in greater detail by clicking on "Browse Collections" and "Browse Items."

For more information about the CWHL, please visit our website: https://franceswillardhouse.org

Fiona Maxwell is the Museum Fellow at the Center for Women's History and Leadership and a History PhD student at University of Chicago. She specializes in 19th and 20th century U.S. History, literary and oral culture, children and education, and Chicago and the Midwest.