Frances Willard
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Frances Willard was a prominent 19th-century American educator, suffragist, and social reformer who led the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and became a key figure in the fight for women’s rights and social purity.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Frances Willard canonical | 4 |
| Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3548142 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Frances Willard Context triple: [temperance movement, hasNotableFigure, Frances Willard]
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Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a prominent American suffragist and peace activist who led the campaign for women’s right to vote and served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
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Clara T. Bracy
Clara T. Bracy was a British-born stage and silent film actress active in the early 20th century, known for her work in pioneering American cinema.
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D.
Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley was a prominent American social and political reformer who championed labor rights, child welfare, and women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Clara Shortridge Foltz
Clara Shortridge Foltz was a pioneering American lawyer, suffragist, and reformer who became the first female attorney on the Pacific Coast and a key advocate for the public defender system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Frances Willard Target entity description: Frances Willard was a prominent 19th-century American educator, suffragist, and social reformer who led the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and became a key figure in the fight for women’s rights and social purity.
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A.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt was a prominent American suffragist and peace activist who led the campaign for women’s right to vote and served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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B.
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell
Harriet Brackett Spence Lowell was the mother of American poet and critic James Russell Lowell and a member of the prominent Lowell family of New England.
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C.
Clara T. Bracy
Clara T. Bracy was a British-born stage and silent film actress active in the early 20th century, known for her work in pioneering American cinema.
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D.
Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley was a prominent American social and political reformer who championed labor rights, child welfare, and women's suffrage in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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E.
Clara Shortridge Foltz
Clara Shortridge Foltz was a pioneering American lawyer, suffragist, and reformer who became the first female attorney on the Pacific Coast and a key advocate for the public defender system.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (61)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
educator
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human ⓘ social reformer ⓘ suffragist ⓘ temperance activist ⓘ |
| advocatedFor |
education for women
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labor reforms ⓘ prison reform ⓘ raising the age of consent ⓘ temperance legislation ⓘ women's right to vote ⓘ |
| burialPlace |
Chicago
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surface form:
Chicago, Illinois
Rosehill Cemetery ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | influenza ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1839-09-28 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1898-02-17 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Evanston College for Ladies
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surface form:
Northwestern Female College
|
| employer |
Evanston College for Ladies
ⓘ
Northwestern University ⓘ |
| familyName | Willard ⓘ |
| fullName |
Frances Willard
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
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| givenName | Frances ⓘ |
| hasMemorial |
Frances Willard House Museum
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statue in the United States Capitol ⓘ |
| hasSignature | Frances Willard signature image ⓘ |
| honoredIn |
National Women’s Hall of Fame
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surface form:
National Women's Hall of Fame
|
| knownFor |
Do Everything reform strategy
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advocacy of women's suffrage ⓘ leadership of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ promotion of social purity reforms ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mannerOfDeath | natural causes ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
surface form:
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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| movement |
social purity movement
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temperance movement ⓘ women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
expanded WCTU into a major national women's organization
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linked temperance to broader social reform agenda ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Do Everything policy
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Glimpses of Fifty Years ⓘ Woman and Temperance ⓘ |
| occupation |
educator
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school administrator ⓘ social reformer ⓘ suffragist ⓘ teacher ⓘ temperance activist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Churchville, New York
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Monroe County, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
New York
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New York City ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
corresponding secretary of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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dean of women at Northwestern University ⓘ president of Evanston College for Ladies ⓘ president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ president of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| residence | Evanston, Illinois ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
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Subject: Frances Willard Description of subject: Frances Willard was a prominent 19th-century American educator, suffragist, and social reformer who led the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union and became a key figure in the fight for women’s rights and social purity.
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