Esther Pugh
Esther Pugh | |
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Born | August 31, 1834 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | March 29, 1908 (aged 73) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Occupation | temperance reformer, editor, publisher |
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Esther Pugh (August 31, 1834 – March 29, 1908) was an American temperance reformer of the long nineteenth century. She served as Treasurer of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), a Trustee of Earlham College, as well as editor and publisher of the monthly temperance journal, Our Union.
Early life
Esther Pugh, daughter of Achilles and Anna Maria Pugh, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, August 31, 1834. Her parents were Quakers. For many years, the father was a journalist in Cincinnati, and publisher of the Chronicle. Pugh received a good education.[1]
Career
Early on, Pugh became interested in moral reforms, and soon became prominent in the
Succeeding
Pugh's work in the WCTU, beginning in Cincinnati, caused her residence at different times to be in
Death
Esther Pugh died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 29, 1908.[1] The funeral service was held at the home of her sister, Mary T. Wildman, in Philadelphia. Pugh was buried either in Waynesville, Ohio[1] or in Corwin, Ohio at Miami Cemetery.
References
- ^ a b c d e Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends 1905, p. 171.
- ^ a b c Willard & Livermore 1893, p. 591.
- ^ Hanaford 1883, p. 407.
- ^ Rowell 1882, p. 278.
- ^ Willard 1995, p. 385.
- ^ Board of Managers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society 1882, p. 99.
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Board of Managers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society (1882). Annual Report of the Board of Managers of the Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church for the Year ... (Public domain ed.). Western Methodist Book Concern Press.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Hanaford, Phebe Ann (1883). Daughters of America; Or, Women of the Century (Public domain ed.). B. B. Russell.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends (1905). Minutes. Vol. 58–89 (Public domain ed.). Richmond, Indiana: Indiana Yearly Meeting of Friends.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Rowell, George Presbury (1882). Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory (Public domain ed.). Geo. P. Rowell & Company.
- This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life (Public domain ed.). Moulton. p. 591.
Bibliography
- Willard, Frances Elizabeth (1995). Gifford, Carolyn De Swarte (ed.). Writing Out My Heart: Selections from the Journal of Frances E. Willard, 1855–96. University of Illinois Press. p. 385. ISBN 978-0-252-02139-8.
External links
- Works related to Woman of the Century/Esther Pugh at Wikisource
- Works by or about Esther Pugh at Internet Archive