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Frances Willard (1839-1898) was one of the most prominent American social reformers of the late nineteenth century. As the long-time president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Willard built a national and international movement of women that campaigned for prohibition, women's rights, economic justice, and numerous other social justice issues during the Gilded Age. Emphasizing what she called "Do Everything" reform, Willard became a central figure in international movements in support of prohibition, women's suffrage, and Christian socialism. A devout Methodist, Willard helped to shape predominant religious currents of the late nineteenth century and was an important figure in the rise of the social gospel movement in American Protestantism.
The first biography of Frances Willard to be published in over thirty-five years, Do Everything explores Willard's life, her contributions as a reformer, and her broader legacy as a women's rights activist in the United States. In addition to chronicling Willard's life, historian Christopher H. Evans examines how Willard crafted a distinctive culture of women's leadership, emphasizing the importance of religious faith for understanding Willard's successes as a social reformer. Despite her enormous fame during her lifetime, Evans investigates the reasons why Willard's legacy has been eclipsed by subsequent generations of feminist reformers and assesses her importance for our time.
Contents
Dedication
Acknowledgements
List of Abbreviations
Illustrations
Introduction
Part I Dreams, 1839-1879
Chapter One: "A Romping Girl"
Chapter Two: "What a Queer Girl Frank Willard Is!"
Chapter Three: "I Shall be of Use to the World"
Chapter Four: "Tell Every Body to Be Good"
Chapter Five: "Moral Horticulture"
Chapter Six: "Wanderer on the Face of the Earth"
Chapter Seven: "Home Protection"
Chapter Eight: "How to Win"
Part II Power, 1880-1889
Chapter Nine: "Agitate, Educate, Organize"
Chapter Ten: "Such Chivalry toward Women"
Chapter Eleven: "Gospel Politics"
Chapter Twelve: White Shield Women
Chapter Thirteen: New Testament Ethics
Chapter Fourteen: "This is My Busy Day"
Chapter Fifteen: "I Should have loved ... to be a Gospel Preacher"
Chapter Sixteen: "Dawn of Woman's Day"
Chapter Seventeen: "Gospel Socialism"
Part III Visions, 1890-1898
Chapter Eighteen: "Our House Beautiful"
Chapter Nineteen: "Dearest Cossie"
Chapter Twenty: "Queen Frances"
Chapter Twenty-One: "My Cares are too Heavy"
Chapter Twenty-Two: "You Know ... of the Difficulty in which I have been Placed by this Unjust Controversy"
Chapter Twenty-Three: "What Ails Miss Willard?"
Chapter Twenty-Four: "How Beautiful it is to be with God"
Conclusion: "Had Vision ... in which a Woman Becomes President of the United States"
Notes
Bibliography
Index
