Katharine Lente Stevenson
Katharine Lente Stevenson | |
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| Born | Katharine Lente May 8, 1853 Copake, New York, U.S. |
| Died | 1919 |
| Occupation | reformer, missionary, editor |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Boston University School of Theology |
| Literary movement | temperance |
| Spouse | James Stevenson |
Katharine Lente Stevenson (sometimes spelled Katherine Lent Stevenson;[1][2] May 8, 1853 – 1919) was an American temperance reformer, missionary, and editor. She was a successful platform speaker, writer and officer of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) on whose behalf she also visited Japan, China, India, Australia and other countries as a missionary.[3]
Early years and education[]
Katharine Lente (sometimes spelled "Lent") was born in Copake, New York, May 8, 1853. Her father was Marvin R. Lente; her mother, Hannah Lonzada. On the mother's side, she was of Jewish ancestry.[4]
In 1881, Stevenson graduated from Boston University School of Theology, the only woman in her class, and pronounced by the dean "the best balanced mind in the school."[4]
Career[]
The refusal of the General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church to recognize women as preachers terminated her ministry as associate pastor of the Methodist church in Allston, Massachusetts, but it was her dream to be in charge of a church—Methodist if it may be, Independent if it must be.[4]
After marrying James Stevenson, a merchant of Boston, Newton, Massachusetts became her home until 1893, when she came to Chicago as editor of the department of Books and Leaflets for the Woman's Temperance Publishing Association, and contributing editor to the Union Signal. In November, 1894, the National WCTU showed its appreciation of her two years' service, 1891–93, as Corresponding Secretary of the Massachusetts WCTU by electing her to the same office in the national organization.[5]
World Tour[]
In September 1909, she had traveled to Christchurch, New Zealand and spoke on behalf of temperance.[6] She then went to Tasmania for a week before going to Australia.[7] In November, Stevenson toured Australia in the interests of temperance reform, sent by the WCTU as a representative of the world's officers of the Union on a special mission to the educational institutions of the Far East, including India, China, Japan, and Burma. Australia was not on her program, but when she had finished in China and Japan, she resolved, on her own account, to make a tour through Australia to see it, and to help the temperance workers in the chief centers.[8] She traveled from Bombay to Egypt, Israel, Greece and Italy before she came to London.[7]
World WCTU Triennial convention[]
In June 1910 Stevenson attended the eighth Triennial convention of the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Glasgow. She was appointed to oversee the World's Missionary Fund Department.[7]
Personal life[]
Stevenson was also a homemaker and step-mother to three daughters.[5] She was a member of Good Templars Commonwealth Lodge of Boston.[9] She died in 1919.[10]
References[]
- ^ Tyrrell 2010, p. 277.
- ^ Woman's Christian Temperance Union 1909, p. 1.
- ^ Christian Advocate 1910, p. 1837.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Chapin 1895, p. 19.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Chapin 1895, p. 20.
- ^ Zealand, National Library of New (13 September 1909). "Papers Past - MRS K. LENTE STEVENSON". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. Star. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Stevenson, Katherine Lente (16 January 1911). "Letter from Mrs. K.L. Stevenson". The White Ribbon (NZ). 16 (187): 3. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
- ^ "MRS. KATHERINE L STEVENSON'S VISIT". Border Watch. 10 November 1909. p. 2. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ Parker 1908, p. 396.
- ^ Tyler 1949, p. 273.
Attribution[]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chapin, Clara Christiana Morgan (1895). Thumb Nail Sketches of White Ribbon Women (Public domain ed.). Woman's temperance publishing association. p. 19.- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Christian Advocate (1910). Christian Advocate. 85 (Public domain ed.). Christian Advocate.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Parker, B. F. (1908). The International Good Templar (Public domain ed.). B.F. Parker.
- Tyler, Helen E. (1949). Where Prayer and Purpose Meet: The WCTU Story, 1874-1949. Signal Press.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1909). World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Mrs. Katherine Lent Stevenson, Special Representative (Public domain ed.). W.C.T.U.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the Bibliography[]
- Tyrrell, Ian (1 July 2010). Reforming the World: The Creation of America's Moral Empire. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-1-4008-3663-5.
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