Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . him and what did they call him ? How many patents did heobtain for his discovery ? Was he allowed to reap the full benefit of hisinvention ? Where was he born, and when and where did he die? FRANCES WILLARD AND HER NOBLE WORK. OT all great Americans are men, said Klsie. Some ofthem are women, and I think our country ought tobe proud of them. We certainly ought to be proud of one I have inmind, said Uncle Frank. Who is that ? James mean Miss Frances Willard, said Uncle Fr
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . him and what did they call him ? How many patents did heobtain for his discovery ? Was he allowed to reap the full benefit of hisinvention ? Where was he born, and when and where did he die? FRANCES WILLARD AND HER NOBLE WORK. OT all great Americans are men, said Klsie. Some ofthem are women, and I think our country ought tobe proud of them. We certainly ought to be proud of one I have inmind, said Uncle Frank. Who is that ? James mean Miss Frances Willard, said Uncle every walk of life where it is possible forwoman to display her talents, her success was verygreat. Our country has every reason to be proud ofthose members of the gentler sex who have become well-known authorsand have been successful in business, in works of reform, and whose influence has always been upon the side of good morals, higher education,and the noblest womanhood. One of our best-known American women was Miss Willard. Shehad fine talents, a warm and earnest spirit, untiring energy, the ability. 132 FRANCES WILLARD. to influence others, and seemed to be lacking in notlimg that any womanneeds to make lier a power for good. Miss Willard was known throughout the country for her devotion tothe cause of reform, especially that branch of it embraced in Temperancework. She attended meetings and conventions, lectured in every part ofthe land, and was always received with the attention due to her noblecharacter and the worthy objects she sought to promote. She was elo-quent in the best sense of the term, very fluent in speech, possessed ofunusual tact, and was heard by multitudes, who were in the habit of say-ing that they do not care to hear a woman speak in public. &She was bom in Churchville,N. Y., September 28, 1839, and wassor of Natural Science there in 1862,education is complete Avithout those^* -- , two years abroad, and then returned^ f to become Professor of E
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