The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-10-16
MISS WIZARDS BIRTHDAY.

The following is a dispatch from Chi
cage at the date OF Miss Wizards birth.
day:
"In one of the prpttiest residences oil
the beautiful suburb OF Evanston, and
which bears the appropriate name OF
Crest Cottage" one OF Gods women
is to day quietly celebrating the anniver.
aary of her birth. 1t was on september
%, 1889, that Frances Elizabeth vii.
ard first saw the light Of day in the little
hamlet OF Churchill, in New York state,
andconsequently that eminent reformer,
Jhilanthropist and humanitarian has
reached her fiftysecond year. From an
early hour this morning, cable dispatches
kilograms and letters congratulate
ing her upon the happy event
and wishing her god-speed in her
work and many more years OF life
aave been pouring III upon her, while
nun reds of her friends and neighbors
nave called to breathe their congratulate
Gus and good wishes. Nor is this thu
only way in which the birthday OF one OF
the most eminent women the United
States have ever given to the world, is
being observed. Some time ago it was
decided by the organizations interested
that every recurring % OF September
should be made Crusade Membership
Day" for all women's Christian Temper
ance Union women and temperance ley
i~,,.. nx1 ,~ - 4l-,.-
lagos and hamlets throughout the world
the natal day OF Frances Willard is
being devoted to renewed work for the
organization to which she has devoted
her life.
The career OF Frances Willard has beer
a notable one. Graduating, 1.-THE North.
western Female college at Evanston
when only 20 years of age, she thre,
years later became professor OF nat.
ural sciences in that situation. This DOS
itlon she surrendered to become the
preceptress OF Genesee Wesleyan
seminary. From 1871 to 1874
she was professor of aesthetics II
the Northwestern university, and Dear
OF the Women's college, and while occu
plying the latter position she developed
her system OF self-goyernment, which
has since been adopted by many Other
educators. In 1874 she left her chosen
profession to identify her self with the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
serving as corresponding secretary of the
national organization until 1879, since
which time she has beenlts president. As
secretary OF the Organization she organ
lied the home protection movement anC
originated a bill for nearly 200, 900 PEG
pie to the legislature Of Illinois askin:
for the temperance ballot for women
For the past nineteen years she has beer
a member Of the executive committee O
the prohibition party. Five years age
she accepted the leadership OF the Whit,
Cross movement in her own unions, anC
she has obtained, through her i~nfluance,
enactments for the protection of wome1
in more than a dozen states, In 1885
she was elected president OF the American
branch OF the International council O
women. and OF the Worlds Christian
Temperance union, which she had foun
ded five years ago. She is an indefatiga
BILE worker and in addition to her laborf
in the temperance cause and which fire..
quently take her from home for months
at a time, she has found time to give tc
the reading world many valuable anc
interesting Works''.