Frances Willard
/Overview
Frances Willard born Churchville, NY September 28, 1839 (d. 1898). "Saint Frances"; suffragist leader; first woman college president, Northwestern Female College 1871; international temperance leader 1891; Vice President of Universal Peace Union 1888; first president of the National Council of Women of US 1888; "Polyglot Petition" 7 million signatures against international drug trade 1883.
Quotations
"We are one world of tempted humanity. . . the whole world is my parish and to do good my religion." (Ruth Bordin, Frances Willard: A Biography, p. 190,1986)
"The world is wide, and I will not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum." (journal, 1860; photo Wikipedia)