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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

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

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

Elocution Lessons By Mail

Enclosed in all of the medal contest reciters were advertisements for correspondence courses in elocution taught by women from small towns in…

Tags: advertisement, correspondence course, elocution, Illinois, nineteenth century, oratory, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history

Julia Colman

Julia Colman (1828-1909) was the superintendent of literature for the WCTU from 1875 to 1890, and she also worked with the National Temperance…

Tags: drama, elocution, Julia Colman, lecture, nineteenth century, oratory, public speaking, scientific temperance, temperance, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union

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

National WCTU Publishing House, 1907

In 1900, two years after the death of Frances Willard, the WCTU transferred their National Headquarters from the Woman’s Temple Building in downtown…

Tags: Frances Willard, Frances willed house, museum, printing press, publishing, rest cottage, WCTU, Willard House, woman's christian temperance union

Oratorical Contest Medals, 1921

The WCTU’s annual catalog featured images of medals that could be ordered and distributed to winners of oratorical contests. The medals came in…

Tags: contest, elocution, medals, nineteenth century, oratory, prohibition, public speaking, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history

Oratorical Contest Rules Leaflet, National WCTU Publishing House

This twentieth-century leaflet lists rules for participants and judges in WCTU oratorical contests. It features a “Judge’s Blank” and explains which…

Tags: contest, elocution, nineteenth century, oratory, public speaking, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history

Oratorical Prize Medals display

These medals were donated to the Archives by members of the WCTU. Many were won during the 1890s. They represent contests for all age groups and were…

Tags: contest, elocution, medals, nineteenth century, oratory, prohibition, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union