Althea G. Quimby | |
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Born | Althea Gould Coffin August 26, 1858 Norway, Maine, U.S. |
Died | July 9, 1942 Lewiston, Maine, U.S. | (aged 83)
Spouse |
J. Frank Quimby
(m. 1884; died 1940) |
Children | 3 |
Althea Gould Quimby (née Coffin; August 26, 1858 – July 9, 1942) was an American temperance activist who served for 25 years as the president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of the State of Maine (1914–1939). In 1927, she became a National WCTU vice president.[1] For 20 years, Quimby was a lay preacher in the Methodist Episcopal Church.