Ida B. Wise
Ida B. Wise | |
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| Born | July 3, 1871 |
| Died | February 16, 1952 |
| Occupation | Temperance activist |
Ida B. Wise (July 3, 1871 – February 16, 1952)[2] was an American temperance activist, best known as the primary author of the Sheppard Bill in 1916 that imposed prohibition on Washington, D.C.
Early years and education[]
Ida Belle Wise was born in Philadelphia and raised in Hamburg, Iowa.[3] She graduated from the University of Nebraska.[3]
Career[]
After completing her education, she taught for fourteen years.[3] Wise joined the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in 1891.[2] By 1900, she was a district president in the Iowa WTCU.[2] In 1913, she became president of the Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).[2] She served as president of the Iowa WCTU for 20 years In 1930 before becoming president of the national WCTU.[4]
President Herbert Hoover appointed her to the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.[4] In 1940, Wise was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to the White House Conference on Children in a Democracy.[4]
Wise married twice. In 1889, she married James A. Wise.[3] The couple had one son who lived to adulthood. After the death of her first husband in 1892, Wise married Malcolm Smith in 1912.[3] She is known as both Ida B. Wise and Ida B. Wise Smith.
A member of the Disciples of Christ, Wise taught Sunday school from the age of 12.[2] In 1923, she was ordained as a minister, but she never served as a pastor to a congregation.[2]
Although Wise's primary cause was temperance, she also supported women's suffrage and child welfare work.[3] She was a semi-vegetarian.[1]
Wise was inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame in 1977.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b Mrs. Ida Wise Smith, Former President of WCTU, Dies at 81. Evening Star (February 17, 1952).
- ^ a b c d e f Hudson, David; Bergman, Marvin; Horton, Loren (2009-05-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Iowa. University of Iowa Press. ISBN 9781587297243.
- ^ a b c d e f Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. 1914-01-01. p. 759. ISBN 9780810340183.
- ^ a b c d "Ida B. Wise Smith | Iowa Department of Human Rights". humanrights.iowa.gov. Retrieved 2017-04-08.
External links[]
- Ida B. Wise Smith
- SMITH, Ida B. Wise (Mrs. Malcolm Smith)
- Ida B. Wise
- Portrait of Ida B. Wise Smith, 1933 or 1934. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
- 1871 births
- 1952 deaths
- American temperance activists
- People from Fremont County, Iowa
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni
- Woman's Christian Temperance Union people