Jane E. Sibley | |
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| Born | Jane Elizabeth Thomas February 13, 1838 Columbus, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1930 Augusta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Other names | Jennie |
| Occupation | Temperance leader |
| Known for | President, Georgia Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
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Jane E. Sibley (née Thomas; after marriage, Mrs. W. C. Sibley; 1838–1930) was an American leader in the temperance movement.[1] She was the first president of the Georgia State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Writing and lecturing on temperance, and providing it with her financial support gave her reputation prominence throughout the South.[2] [3]
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth (1888). "Mrs. W. C. Sibley". Woman and Temperance: Or, The Work and Workers of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Park Publishing Company. pp. 557–58. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "SIBLEY, Mrs. Jennie E.". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 655–56. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Coleman, Julia (January 1889). "Mrs. Jennie E. Sibley". Demorests' Monthly Magazine. Vol. 25, no. 3. New York City: W.J. Demorest. p. 263. Retrieved 5 January 2024. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
