Women christian temperance union formed

Frances Willard founded the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and one of the most famous members was Carry A. Nation. The presidents of the WCTU and their terms of office have been:

1874 - 1879 - Annie Turner Wittenmeyer

1879 - 1898 - Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard

1898 - 1914 - Lillian M. N. Stevens

1914 - 1925 - Anna Adams Gordon

1925 - 1933 - Ella Alexander Boole

1933 - 1944 - Ida BelleWise Smith

1944 - 1953 - Mamie White Colvin

1953 - 1959 - Agnes Dubbs Hays

1959 - 1974 - Ruth Tibbets Tooze

1974 - 1980 - Edith Kirkendall Stanley

1980 - 1988 - Martha Greer Edgar

1988 - 1996 - Rachel Catherine Bubar Kelly

1996 - 2006 - Sarah Frances Ward

2006 - Current -Rita Kaye Wert