Katie H. R. Stuart

Katie H. R. Stuart (née Findlay; 1862-1925) was a South African evangelist and temperance leader. For many years, she assisted Theophilus Lyndall Schreiner in his temperance, evangelistic, and native work in South Africa. She preached in many churches, being one of the first South African women to take up public and platform work. She was an active member of the Guild of Loyal Women of South Africa (GLW), and its Delegate to England in 1900, where a collection was made of the first £1,500 for the care of the soldiers' graves. She was a keen worker in Good Templary (IOGT), having helped T. L. Schreiner to start many Lodges in South Africa, also in True Templary, of which society, which has about 13,000 members, she held the position of Right Worthy Secretary. Stuart served as President of the Sea Point Branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and Superintendnt of Native and Coloured Work throughout South Africa. She was also vice-president of the YWCA. Stuart was a member of the South African Temperance Alliance, W.E.L., the People's League, the Naval League, British and Foreign Bible Society, and Clothing Guild.