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Adelia E. Carman, Contest Booklets
Adelia E. Carman, Contest Booklets
WCTU oratorical contest booklets were compiled by Adelia Carman, the National WCTU Superintendent of Medal Contests. They were printed at the WCTU’s…
Tags: chicago, contest, elocution, Illinois, oratory, public speaking, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Anna A. Gordon, The Children's Tribute to the Prohibition States: A Prohibition Playlet
Anna A. Gordon, The Children's Tribute to the Prohibition States: A Prohibition Playlet, National WCTU Publishing House, ca. 1916
Anna Gordon, Frances Willard’s personal secretary and fourth president of the WCTU, authored many stories, verse, and songs for children. Sales of her…
Tags: Anna Gordon, children, drama, Frances Willard, pageant, play, playlet, prohibition, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
Benjamin Ward Richardson, Dialogues on Drink
Benjamin Ward Richardson, Dialogues on Drink, National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1882
Benjamin Ward Richardson was a British physician who advocated total abstinence from alcohol. He was also a prolific writer of biographies, plays,…
Tags: Benjamin ward richardson, Britain, dialogues, elocution, Frances Willard, medicine, nineteenth century, scientific temperance, scotland, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
Doris Smith, The Spirit of Frances Willard: A Pageant
Doris Smith, The Spirit of Frances Willard: A Pageant, National WCTU Publishing House, 1923
Doris Smith’s “pageant play of Health and Temperance” was written “particularly for Frances Willard Day in our public schools.” Frances Willard is to…
Tags: children, drama, Frances Willard, pageant, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
E. A. Morgan, Temperance Plays for Radio or Stage
E. A. Morgan, Temperance Plays for Radio or Stage, Parthenon Press, 1951
The publication of these radio plays was funded by May Bonine, a member of the local WCTU of Havre, Montana. WCTU members of that community had given…
Tags: children, drama, play, radio, temperance, theater, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
George Melville Baker, The Temperance Drama
George Melville Baker, The Temperance Drama
George Melville Baker’s collection features eight original temperance dramas that were also published separately “for the convenience of performers.”…
Tags: blackface, drama, farce, George baker, George melville baker, nineteenth century, parlor drama, parlor guide, temperance, theater
Helen S. Elliott, Born to Lead: A Puppet Play
Helen S. Elliott, Born to Lead: A Puppet Play, The Signal Press, ca. 1950
The mid-twentieth century witnessed the novel idea of enacting the legend of Frances Willard with puppets. “Puppetry has become so universally popular…
Tags: children, drama, Frances Willard, play, puppet, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
J. N. Stearns, The Temperance Speaker
J. N. Stearns, The Temperance Speaker, National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1876
The Temperance Speaker represents an American-produced contribution to the vast offerings of juvenile temperance “reciters.” It was published by the…
Tags: children, children's literature, dialogue, elocution, lecture, literature, lyceum, national temperance society, nineteenth century, oratory, poetry, public speaking, recitation, story, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Jane Good, The Uncrowned Queen
Jane Good, The Uncrowned Queen, Northwestern School of Speech, 1939
The Uncrowned Queen was advertised to Woman’s Clubs, Parent-Teacher Associations, churches, “Business and Professional Women’s clubs” and other groups…
Tags: children, creative drama, drama, elocution, Frances Willard, monologue, northwestern university, solo performance, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union
Julia Colman, Juvenile Temperance Manual
Julia Colman, Juvenile Temperance Manual, National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1878
The Juvenile Temperance Manual is a guidebook for adults seeking to provide temperance instruction for children in day schools, Sunday schools, and…
Tags: band of hope, children, drama, elocution, Julia Colman, loyal temperance legion, nineteenth century, scientific temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, youth group