Do everything : the biography of Frances Willard / Christopher H. Evans.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Evans, Christopher Hodge, 1959- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social reformers--United States--Biography.

Social reformers.

Women social reformers--United States--Biography.

Women social reformers.

Women--Suffrage--United States.

Women.

Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898.

Willard, Frances E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (409 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Frances Willard (1839-1898) was one of the most famous American women of the late nineteenth century. As president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Willard built the largest women's rights organization in the world, campaigning for prohibition, women's suffrage, economic justice, and for women's broader political participation. This book provides readers a fascinating look into one of the most important women's rights leaders of her era. The book also closely examines Willard's religious faith - which galvanized her activism - and assesses her importance for our time.

Contents:

Covere

Half-Title

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Note on Sources

Introduction: "Do Everything"

PART I: DREAMS, 1839-1879

1. "A Romping Girl"

2. "What a Queer Girl Frank Willard Is!"

3. "I Shall Be of Use to the World"

4. "Tell Every Body to Be Good"

5. "Moral Horticulture"

6. "Wanderer on the Face of the Earth"

7. "Home Protection"

8. "How to Win"

PART II: POWER, 1880-1889

9. "Agitate, Educate, Organize"

10. "Such Chivalry toward Women"

11. "Gospel Politics"

12. "White Shield Women"

13. "New Testament Ethics"

14. "This Is My Busy Day"

15. "I Should Have Loved . . . to Be a Gospel Preacher"

16. "Dawn of Woman's Day"

17. "Gospel Socialism"

PART III: VISIONS, 1890-1898

18. "Our House Beautiful"

19. "Dearest Cossie"

20. "Queen Frances"

21. "My Cares Are Too Heavy"

22. "You Know . . . of the Difficulty in Which I Have Been Placed by This Unjust Controversy"

23. "What Ails Miss Willard?"

24. "How Beautiful It Is to Be with God"

Conclusion: "Had Vision . . . in Which a Woman Becomes President of the United States"

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 6, 2022).

Other Format:

Print version: Evans, Christopher H. Do Everything

ISBN:

0-19-091409-2

0-19-091410-6

0-19-091408-4