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Born | Fanny DuBois November 24, 1828 Great Bend, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 6, 1902 Hallstead, Pennsylvania, U.S. | (aged 74)
Pen name | Mrs. S. B. Chase |
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Language | English |
Nationality | American |
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Children | 7 |
Fanny DuBois Chase (née, DuBois; pen name, Mrs. S. B. Chase; November 24, 1828 – December 6, 1902) was an American social reformer and author, prominent in temperance and missionary circles. She was the first National President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and a former Pennsylvania State President of the organization. She was a national lecturer of the WCTU and an author of a number of books on religion and temperance.[1]