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Lizzie Penney, The Temperance Platform
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…
Tags: elocution, lecture, lyceum, national temperance society, nineteenth century, oratory, public speaking, temperance, twentieth century, WCTU, woman's christian temperance union, women's history
Oratorical Contest Rules Leaflet
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 Contest Medals
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 Prize Medals display
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
Elocution Lessons By Mail
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
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
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
Total Abstinence Teaching in Recitation and Story
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…
Tags: children, contest, elocution, oratory, recitation, story, storytelling, temperance, 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
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