Woman's Christian Temperance Union letter from Frances E. Willard to Elizabeth Preston

HONORARY PRESIDEN T , MARY CLEMENT LEAVITT , CARE KIDDER, PEABODY & CO . BOSTON, MASS . PRESIDENT , FRANCES E. WILLARD, Oflice Sec. ALICE E. BRIGGS, 1107 The Temple, Chicago, Ill ., U. S. A. VICE-PRESIDENT AT LARGE, LADY HENRY SOMERSET, ALBANY BUILDINGS, 47 VICTORIA STREET , WESTMINSTER, LONDON, S. W,, ENGLAND. SECRETARY, MARY A. WOODBRIDGE, RAVENNA, OHIO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY, ANNA A . GORDON , EVANSTON, ILL , TREASURER, ELLA F. M . WILLIAMS, 26 CHOMEOY ST, MONTREAL, CAN . For God and Home and Every Land . WORLD'S AND NATIONAL Woman's Christian Temperance Union TIME OF PRAYER- Noontide. BADGE-A Knot of White Ribbon . National W.C.T.U PRESIDENT FRANCES E . WILLARD, (Private Se retary, ANNA A GORDON EVANSTON ILL, CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, MARY A. WOODBRIDGE , (Office Secretary, IRENE FOCKLER.) THE TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL RECORDING SECRETARY, L. M. N. STEVENS, PORTLAND, MAINE ASSISTANT RECORDING SECRETARY CLARA C. HOFFMAN, KANSAS CITY MO. TREASURER, HELEN M. BARKER 1 THE TEMPLE, CHICAGO, ILL. OBJECT- To unify throughout the world the work of Women in Temperance and Social Reform, and to circulate a Petition addressed to all the Govern­ments of the world, for the overthrow of the Alchohol and Opium trades. METHODS-Preventive, Education al, Eva ngelistic, Social and Legal. WATCHWORDS-Agitate! Organize! OFFICE OF RECORDING SEC'Y,. Portland, Maine, U.S.A. ....... 189 Weary Woman's Rest, i. e. the home of our Mrs. Stevens, of the National W. C. T. U., Stroudwater, near Portland, Maine , June 30th, 1894- . Beloved Comrade:- Home again, home again, from a foreignm shore, And O! it fills my soul with joy, to greet my friends once more." These words from a dear old song I used to sing in girlhood, when I had a, happy home and had not seen a foreign shore , recur to my mind as I begin this letter of affection and grateful thanks . The tokens of loyal remembance and good-will that have come to me in the two weeks since I landed in New York have deeply stirred my spirit. It puts a hea
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Elizabeth Preston was born Apr. 27, 1861 at Decatur, Ind., the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Elam S. Preston. Elizabeth received her education at DePauw University, Taylor University, and the University of Minn. In 1880, the family moved to Tower City, N.D., and Miss Preston taught at Sanborn and Page, N.D. Miss Preston became interested in the prohibition issue and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and was active in the adoption of prohibition by North Dakota in 1889. In 1893, Elizabeth became president of the North Dakota Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, a post she held until her retirement in 1932. On Dec. 11, 1901, Elizabeth married Rev. James Anderson, a Methodist Episcopal pastor. Until his retirement in 1935, they resided at Drayton, Valley City, Fargo, Grafton, and Sheldon, N.D. Following their retirement, the couple resided in Florida and Detroit Lakes, Minn., until his death in 1941. Mrs. Anderson died at Miles City, Mont. on Nov. 30, 1954.