Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Mother to Alida Letter

Frances Elizabeth Haven Moss (Syracuse 1874) writes to Alida Helen Moss Skinner (Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) about women being admitted to Northwestern University in 1870, when her father was there. She also describes Frances Willard, le…

Minnie Bingham to Charlie Letter, October 20, 1881

Mary A. Bingham (Syracuse) tells Charles Cobb about her past week, her mother going to a Women's Christian Temperance Union meeting, and the threat of smallpox spreading.

Minnie Bingham to Charlie Letter, October 27, 1881

Mary A. Bingham (Syracuse) tells Charles Cobb about her concerns for catching the illness going around. Mary also writes about her mother being the corresponding secretary for the state Women's Christian Temperance Union but giving up the …