Item #17520 An Uncrowned Queen: The Story of Frances E. Willard- An overview of American Suffragist Frances Willard's life. Frances Willard.
An Uncrowned Queen: The Story of Frances E. Willard- An overview of American Suffragist Frances Willard's life

An Uncrowned Queen: The Story of Frances E. Willard- An overview of American Suffragist Frances Willard's life

First Edition

[Woman Suffrage] [WILLARD, Frances] BABCOCK, Bernie. An Uncrowned Queen: The Story of The Life of Frances E. Willard Told For Young People. New York, Chicago, Toronto, London, Edinburgh: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1902. Measures 5" x 7" inches, 270 pages. Original decorated green cloth boards with gilt lettering to cover and spine. An overview of American Suffragist and reformer Frances E. Willard's life, divided into "Play-Days" "School-Days" The Teacher" "The Traveler" and "The Reformer". Each sectuion begins with a quote from Willard. Spine and back cover sunned. Slight discoloration to cover. Light dampstain to margins, not affecting text. Overall very clean, textblock tight. A good copy to very good copy.

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1879 and remained president until her death in 1898. Her influence continued in the next decades, as the Eighteenth (on Prohibition) and Nineteenth (on women's suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution were adopted. Willard developed the slogan "Do Everything" for the WCTU and encouraged members to engage in a broad array of social reforms by lobbying, petitioning, preaching, publishing, and education. During her lifetime, Willard succeeded in raising the age of consent in many states as well as passing labor reforms including the eight-hour work day. Her vision also encompassed prison reform, scientific temperance instruction, Christian socialism, and the global expansion of women's rights.

Item #17520

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