The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1898-02-18
FRANCES e. WILLARD DEAD.
Head of Worlds and National woman's
Christian Temperance Union.


Christian Temperance Union.
New York, Feb. 1S.-Miss Frances e.
Willard, the president of the Worlds
and National Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union, who had been suffering
from an attack Of influenza, with gas
trio complications. died this morning
shortly after midnight at the Hotel
Empire, 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
Willard's secretary, and DR.. Alfred K.
Hill.
Miss Willard had been i'll for about
three weeks. She had the best medi-
cal care and treatment, but in spite of
all efforts she grew gradually worse
until her demise. DR.. Hill made the
following statement: Miss Willard
had suffered for some years with pro-
found anemia, and had been given up
to die on several occasions. Last sum-
mer she seemed to take on a new lease
of life and gained considerable weight
and strength; then she went through
her convention work at Toronto and
Buffalo, which was most arduous and
came out much better than was ex-
pected. On her arrival here five weeks
ago she was much prostrated and she
readily took on la grippe. which at
tackled the stomach, liver, intestines,
and later the nervous system. The
disease progressed favorably, but in
many respects she had much improved
when the fatal issue came and over
whelmed the nerve centers, and life
was extinct" There will be funeral
services in New York city and later in
Evanston, Ill, Miss Wizards home,
where the body will be taken.
Frances Elizabeth Willard was born
in Churchville, N. Y, September %,
1885, She was graduated at Northwest
ern Female college, Evanston, ILL.,, in
1859, became professor of natural sci
ence in 1862 and was principal of Cen
esee Wesleyan seminary in 1S86-67. The
following two years she spent in for
SAoAA eiebSSib SANAAAS q P1A VI Lie IAllAC
to study in Paris and contributing to
periodicals. In 1S71-74 she was profess
sor Of aesthetics in Northwestern uni
versity and dean Of the Womans COL
lege, where she developed her system
Of self government which had been
adopted by other educators. Miss Will
lard left her profession in 1878 to iden-
tify herself with the w. c. T. u, serv-
ing as corresponding secretary of the
national organization until 1879 and
since that time as president. AS sec
retary she organized the home protec-
ton movement and sent an appeal
from nearly two hundred thousand per-
sons to the legislature of Illinois ask
ing for the temperance ballot for wo-
men. On the death Of her brother,
oliver A. Willard in 1879, she succeeded
him as editor of the Chicago Evening
Post. Since 1882 she had been mem
ber Of the executive committee Of the
prohibition party. In 1886 she accept
ed the leadership of the White Cross
movement in her own union which had
obtained through her influence enact
ments in twelve states for the protec-
ton of women. In 1888 she was made
president Of the American branch of
the International Council Of Women.
She has published, among other pam
phlets, "Woman's Temperance" "How
to Win" and Women in the Pulpit