Cordelia Throop Cole information

Cordelia Throop Cole
"A Woman of the Century"
Born	Cordelia Throop (1833-11-17)November 17, 1833 Hamilton, New York, U.S.
Died	April 29, 1900(1900-04-29) (aged 66) Mount Pleasant, Iowa, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Home Cemetery, Mount Pleasant, Iowa
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Hamilton Academy
Spouse	William Ramey Cole ​ (m. 1856)​
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Cordelia Throop Cole (née, Throop; November 17, 1833 – April 29, 1900) was a 19th-century American social reformer, who lectured, wrote, and edited on behalf the temperance crusade and social purity movement. She made valuable contributions with her writing to the work of temperance and social purity, and frequently addressed large audiences on these subjects.^[1] She took a most conspicuous part in the temperance crusade of her state, riding many miles on her lecture trips, and sometimes holding three or four meetings at different locations within a day. In 1885, she was made the Iowa superintendent of the "White Shield and White Cross" work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).^[2] She was one of the managing editors of the Dial of Progress of Mount Pleasant.^[3] Cole died in 1900.