Jessie Ackerman, 'The Original World Citizen': Temperance Leader, Suffrage Pioneer, Feminist, Humanitarian.

<p>Jessie Ackerman was the second world missionary for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Her fascinating life sheds light on the most important issues facing women during this time period. Most WCTU women have been dismissed by twentieth century scholars as being religiously fanatical and conservative. They have been overshadowed by suffragists and other women that we consider more radical by today’s standards. Only in recent years have some feminist historians begun to reexamine the contributions WCTU women made to the suffrage movement and to feminism.</p> <p>The research for this thesis relies heavily on primary sources including Ackerman’s personal papers found in Sherrod Library’s Archives of Appalachia, her three published books,<em>Australia From a Woman’s Point of View</em>, <em>What Women Have Done With the Vote</em>, and <em>The World Through a Woman’s Eyes</em>. Also consulted were issues of the WCTU’s official journal, <em>The Union Signal</em>, from 1887 through 1892.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

MA (Master of Arts)

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis - unrestricted

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.issued

2003

Author dc:creator

• Rushing, Jenny

• suffrage
• feminist
• WCTU
• temperance
• Arts and Humanities
• History
• Women's History

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright by the authors.

Repository record dc:identifier

https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/804

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:dc.etsu.edu:etd-1961