Ella M. George
Ella M. George LL.D. | |
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| Born | Eleanor McElroy Martin December 4, 1850 near Freeport, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 31, 1938 (aged 87) |
| Resting place | Beaver Cemetery in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania |
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| Language | English |
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| Subject | temperance |
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Henry Hosick George
(m. 1897; died 1914) |
Ella M. George (née, Martin; December 4, 1850 – March 31, 1938) was an American teacher, lecturer, and social reformer. For 25 years, she was a teacher in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A long-time leader in temperance and other moral reforms, George served as Pennsylvania state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 22 years. While she deplored the methods of militant suffragettes, she held that equal suffrage would go a long way toward winning the victory the WCTU sought. She also sat on the board of directors of the National Reform Association, briefly serving as its executive secretary.