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- Tags: drama
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
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
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
Mrs. W. P. Chase, The Crusade Story: A Pageant
Mrs. W. P. Chase, The Crusade Story: A Pageant, National WCTU Publishing House, ca. 1925
This pageant is an adaptation of the story of the Woman’s Crusade as described by Elizabeth Putnam Gordon in Women Torch-Bearers: The Story of the…
Tags: adaptation, drama, nineteenth century, pageant, temperance, theater, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's crusade
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
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
Professional Women Lecturers
Professional Women Lecturers
Linnie Carl of Portland, Oregon served as the Field Secretary of the Young People’s Branch and as a National Lecturer for the WCTU. Carl was a…
Tags: drama, elocution, lecturer, Linnie Carl, lyceum, oratory, Oregon, public speaking, temperance, theater, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Lost and Saved
Lost and Saved
With words by poet and songwriter Eben Rexford and music by singer, teacher, and composer T. Martin Towne, Lost and Saved was quite elaborate,…
Tags: cantata, chicago, drama, Illinois, musical, nineteenth century, parlor drama, temperance, theater
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
Julia Colman
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