Amy Kellogg Morse

Amy Kellogg Morse
B&W portrait photo of a woman with her blonde hair in an updo, wearing a dark blouse with a white ribbon pinned on it.
Portrait photo from Our Church Life, 1897
Born
Amy Cornelia Kellogg

March 18, 1853
Lake Mills, Wisconsin, U.S.
DiedDecember 20, 1905
Spring Valley, Wisconsin, U.S.
Alma materNorthwestern University
Occupations
  • teacher
  • abolitionist
  • temperance lecturer
Known forPresident, Wisconsin State Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Spouse
Edgar L. Morse
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(m. 1877)​

Amy Kellogg Morse (March 18, 1853 – December 20, 1905) was an American teacher, abolitionist, and temperance lecturer. She served as President of the Wisconsin State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).[1][2]

Biography

Amy Cornelia Kellogg was born at Lake Mills, Wisconsin, March 18, 1853.[1][2]

She was educated in the public schools and at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin High School. She continued her studies at Northwestern University (Ph.B., 1875).[1][2]

From 1876 through 1884, Morese was a teacher in high schools in Beaver Dam,[3] Janesville, La Crosse and Sparta, Wisconsin.[2]

Through the influence of Frances Willard, Morse affiliated with the WCTU. She attended her first State convention at Sparta, Wisconsin in 1883 and was there elected recording secretary. From 1883, and for several years, she gave all of her time to lecturing and organizing local Unions in Wisconsin. In 1884, she was elected president of the Wisconsin WCTU at Waukesha, Wisconsin in which capacity she served for eight years. [1] Morse was a contributor to temperance periodicals.[2]

In 1899, she preached at Fifield's church every alternate Sunday.[4]

Personal life

On November 22, 1877, she married the Rev. Edgar L. Morse, a Congregational minister.[1][2]

Death and legacy

Amy Kellogg Morse died of pneumonia at Spring Valley, Wisconsin, December 20, 1905.[1][3]

The town of Amy in Dunn County, Wisconsin is named in her honor.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Cherrington, Ernest Hurst (1928). "MORSE, AMY (KELLOGG)". Standard encyclopedia of the alcohol problem. Vol IV. Kansas-Newton. Westerville, Ohio: American Issue Publishing Co. p. 1826. Retrieved 5 April 2024 – via Internet Archive. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Northwestern University (1903). "170. AMY CORNELIA KELLOGG (MORSE).". Alumni Record of the College of Liberal Arts: 1903. Evanston, Illinois: The University. Retrieved 9 April 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ a b "Amy Kellogg Morse, December 20, 1905, Spring Valley, Wisconsin". Beaver Dam Argus. 22 December 1905. p. 7. Retrieved 9 April 2024 – via Newspapers.com. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. ^ "North Wisconsin". Our Church Life. 5 (3). Beloit, Wisconsin: Wisconsin Home Missionary Society: 31. January 1899. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  5. ^ Gard, Robert E. (9 September 2015). The Romance of Wisconsin Place Names. Wisconsin Historical Society. ISBN 978-0-87020-708-2. Retrieved 9 April 2024.