Cora Frances Stoddard Explained

Cora Frances Stoddard (September 17, 1872May 13, 1936) was an American temperance activist.

Stoddard was born on September 17, 1872, in Irvington, Nebraska,^[1] to Julia F. (Miller) and Emerson H. Stoddard.^[2] She received an AB from Wellesley College in 1896.^[2] After graduating, she worked as a teacher in Middletown, Connecticut.^{[3] [4]}

Stoddard represented the United States at the 12th International Conference on Alcoholism in London.^[2] As of 1914, she was the secretary of the Scientific Temperance Foundation,^[2] a successor organization to the Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union.^[5] Stoddard had worked as a secretary to Mary Hunt when she headed the department.^[3]

She died on May 13, 1936, in Oxford, Connecticut.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Book: Koch, Barbara. Stoddard, Cora Frances (1872–1936). https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/stoddard-cora-frances-1872-1936. 2021-05-07. Women in World History.
2. Book: Leonard, John W.. Woman's Who's Who of America. 1914. American Commonwealth Company. en. 786.
3. Book: Lender, Mark Edward. Stoddard, Cora Frances. Dictionary of American temperance biography. 1984. Greenwood Publishing Group. 0-313-22335-1. 9685500. 470–471.
4. Book: Perry, Marilyn Elizabeth. Stoddard, Cora Frances (1872-1936), temperance educator and writer. 2000. Oxford University Press. en. 10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1500850. American National Biography.
5. Book: Edgerly. Lois Stiles. Give her this day : a daybook of women's words. 1990. 0-937966-35-5. Tilbury House. 22239875. 267.