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Why was there a call for women’s rights in the first place? Frances Willard was a big advocate and educator for women’s rights in the 19th century. Throughout her life Frances Willard innovated brought new ideas to the Women’s rights movement. Frances “Frank” Willard was born September 28 1837 to Josiah Flint Willard and Mary Thompson Hill Willard. Willard was named after English writer Frances Burney and American poet Frances Osgood and her deceased sister Elizabeth Caroline .She had a brother and a sister, named Oliver and Mary. In 1841 the family moved to Oberlin, Ohio so that her mother Mary could take classes at Oberlin College. Frances and her sister Mary attended Milwaukee Normal Institute, where their aunt taught. Going to school let …show more content…

After Evanston Collage for Ladies closed, Willard went to work as a professor of art and history at her ex-fiance's school. They got into many arguments so she left his school. In 1874 Willard become the secretary of the WCTU(Women's Christian Temperance Union) Willard kept going up in the WCTU ranks and became National WCTU president in 1879. She lead the WCTU into its Do Everything reform project. Do everything focused on more than temperance. Do everything focused on women’s rights, social justice and world peace. Willard nicknamed WCTU WCTUniversity because under her leadership it was helping women stand on their own feet. With the help of Anna A. Gordon she gathered thousands signatures for her home protection petition In 1877 Willard took a break from the WCTU because the national president, Annie Wittenmyer wouldn’t let Willard link Woman’s suffrage and liquor prohibition together. Frances Willard wanted to get rid of the idea that women were less than men. Willard thought that women can and should participate in politics. In 1879 Willard created the home protection petition. The home protection petition would give women the right to vote in all matters liquor related. With the help of Anna A. Gordon the petition gathered more than 100,000 signatures, but it never made its way to congress. The Home Protection petition really stood out because it was a direct effort at giving women voting

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