Frances E. L. Preston
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Born | 1844 |
Died | 1929 (aged 84–85) Detroit, Michigan |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Lecturer |
Frances E. L. Preston (1844 – 1929) was organizer and lecturer for the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She served as President of Michigan Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in the early 20th century.[1]
Biography[]
Preston was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1844. Her mother was Louisa Baber, an enslaved woman and her father was John L. Martin, a free man. She moved to Detroit, Michigan, with her parents in 1885.[2]
She was a temperance advocate and traveled across the United States lecturing on the subject for the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union from 1870 to 1890.[2][1]
From 1900 to 1913 Preston was the President of Michigan Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs.[2]
She died in Detroit in 1929.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Wolcott, Victoria W. (2001). Remaking respectability : African American women in interwar Detroit. Chapel Hill, NC [u.a.]: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 41. ISBN 0807849669.
Frances E. L. Preston.
- ^ a b c d "Frances E. L. Preston". Historic Elmwood Cemetery & Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
Categories:
- 1844 births
- 1929 deaths
- American public speakers
- 19th-century African-American activists
- 20th-century African-American activists
- People from Richmond, Virginia
- Clubwomen