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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
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
Adelia E. Carman, Contest Booklets
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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