Nannie Webb Curtis

Nannie Webb Curtis
BornNannie Austin
June 22, 1861
Hardin County, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedMarch 29, 1920
Dallas, Texas, U.S.
Resting placeOakland Cemetery, Dallas
Occupation
  • lecturer
  • activist
  • clubwoman
  • writer
  • editor
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNorth Texas Female College
Genre
  • essays
  • articles
Subjecttemperance
Spouse
  • W. J. Webb
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    ​
    (m. 1881; died 1890)​
  • I. S. Curtis
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    ​
    (m. 1893; died 1915)​
Children4 sons
Relatives

Nannie Webb Curtis (née, Austin; after first marriage, Webb; after second marriage, Curtis; June 22, 1861 - March 29, 1920) was an American lecturer and temperance activist, widely-known as a clubwoman.[1] She wrote essays on the topic and edited a magazine. She served as National vice-president of Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), sat on the National Executive Committee, and was also on the Official Board of the National WCTU, the lawmaking body of organization.[2] Her father having been a Methoidist minister, she made her living lecturing as a pulpit orator on the topics of prohibition and woman suffrage on behalf of the National WCTU, Chautauqua, and the lyceum circuits.[3] Frequently characterized as being "bigger than her state", Curtis was a patriot and a speaker of national fame.[4]

  1. ^ "NANNIE WEBB CURTIS, TEMPERANCE WORKER, DIES AT SON'S HOME". Fort Worth Record-Telegram. 30 March 1920. p. 1. Retrieved 28 February 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference TheTexas-1917 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ McArthur, Judith N. (1998). Creating the New Woman: The Rise of Southern Women's Progressive Culture in Texas, 1893-1918. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06679-5. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ "NANNIE WEBB CURTIS". The Bremen Enquirer. 22 July 1915. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2022 – via Newspapers.com.