Suffragist Frances Willard Glimpses of 50 Years, First Edition

1889. WILLARD, Frances. Glimpses of 50 Years, the Autobiography of an American Woman. By Frances E. Willard. As published by the Woman's Temperance Publication Association, Chicago. Chicago, IL: H. J. Smith & Co., 1889. First Edition. Bound in green decorated cloth boards with gilt globes and silver title. Over 700 pages. Sized 9x6 inches. . Green linen boards are scuffed and spine, silver lettering on front cover, spine bumped ate heal and head, pages are clean no damage. Binding is tight. Autobiography of an American Woman, Written by Order of the Womens Temperance Publication Association. Introduced by Hannah Whitall Smith, steel engraving with tissue, 29 illustration plus 5 photogravures with tissue protection, 2 chromo-lithographs. Appendix and 6 page ancestry. Endpages are decorated. Reinforcement at inside hinge. A cut across top of spine. Overall in good condition

Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (September 28, 1839 - February 17, 1898) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist. Willard became the national president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1879, and remained president until her death in 1898. Her influence continued in the next decades, as the Eighteenth (Prohibition) and Nineteenth (Women Suffrage) Amendments to the United States Constitution were adopted. Willard developed the slogan "Do Everything" for the WCTU, encouraging members to engage in a broad array of social reforms through 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.