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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
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
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
Advertisement for Elocution Schools
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…
Tags: chicago, Columbia college, drama, elocution, Illinois, Mary blood, oratory, public speaking, temperance, theater, woman's christian temperance union
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
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