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Jane Good, The Uncrowned Queen

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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…

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Total Abstinence Teaching in Recitation and Story

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Total Abstinence Teaching in Recitation and Story, National WCTU Publishing House

Billed as “stories for the adult to tell and the child to recite,” these selections were approved for the WCTU’s junior speech contests, which were…

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Professional Women Lecturers

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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…

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Elocution Lessons By Mail

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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…

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Advertisement for Elocution Schools

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Advertisement for Elocution Schools

Enclosed in all of the medal contest reciters were advertisements for elocution schools in the Chicago area. The Columbia College of Expression and…

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Oratorical Prize Medals display

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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…

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Oratorical Contest Medals

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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…

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Oratorical Contest Rules Leaflet

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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…

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Adelia E. Carman, Contest Booklets

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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…

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Lizzie Penney, The Temperance Platform

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Lizzie Penney, The Temperance Platform, National Temperance Society and Publication House, 1896

The Temperance Platform, again compiled by Lizzie Penney, was intended for an older audience. Penney claimed that the book was created “In answer to a…

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