The age-herald., 1898-02-18
MISS WILLARD
 DIED IN NEW YORK Had Long Been a Sufferer From
 Profound Anemia. WAS A PROMINENT WOMAN In the Christian Temperance Union -Fifty-0 Years of Age, and Born at Churchill,
 New York Will Be Buried
 at Evanston.

New York, Feb. 18-Miss Frances E. Willard, president of the woman's Chris tan Temperance union. died shortly after midnight this morning at the Hotel Im- peral this city. At the bedside of Miss Willard at the time of her death were her niece Mrs. w. W. Baldwin, Mrs. l.. M M. Stevens, vice-president of the Woman. s Christian Temperance union; Miss Anna M. Gordon, Miss wirlards secretary and Dr. Alfred K, Hill. Miss Willard had been i'll for about three weeks
 Dr. Hill made the following statement to- nigth:
 Miss Willard had suffered some years with profound anemda, and on several oc- casions had been given up to die Last summer she seemed to take on a new lease of life and gained in weight and strength so that she went through her convention work at Toronto and Buffalo, which was most arduous and came out much better than was expected, but on her arrival here five weeks ago she was much pros trated and readily took the grippe which attacked the stomach, liver, intestines and later the nervous system. The disease pro- greSsed favorably and in many respects she had much improved when the fatal issue came and overwhelmed the nerve centers. There was no cancerouS dsgreda- tion of any organ as has been stated"
 Funeral in New York
 There will be funeral services in New York and later in Evanston, H., Miss Will lard's home, where the body will be taken.
 Francis Elizabeth Willard was born in Churchville, N. Y., Sept. 2S, 1889. She was graduated at Northwestern Female col lege, Evanston, Ill.,, in 1859, became profess sor of natural science there in 1862, and was principal of Genessee Wesleyan semi nary in 1S66-67. The following two years she spent in foreign travel, giving a part of the time to study in Paris and con- tributing to periodicals. In 1S71-74 she was professor of aethestics in Northwestern university, and dean of the Woman's col lege, where she developed her system of self-government, which had been adopted by other educators.
 Christian Temperance Union
 Miss Willard left her profession in 1874 to identify herself with the eaAWoman's s Christian Temperance union, serving as corresponding secretary of the national or ganization until 1879. and since that date as president
 As secretary, she organized the Home Protection movement and sent an appeal from nearly 200,000 persons to the legislature of Illinois, asking for the temperance bal lot for women. On the death of her broth- CT, Oliver A. Willard, in 1879, she succeeded him as editor of the Chicago Evening Post. In 1886 she accepted the leadership of the White Cross movement in her own unions which had obtained through her influence in twelve states for the protection of wo- men, In 1888 she was made president of the American branch of the International Council of Women of the Worlds Chris tian Temperance union. she had founded five years before, and she was repeatedly reelected. Besides many pamphlets and contributions to magazines and the press, Miss Willard has published several volumes relating to temperance and other reforms.