Nellie Blessing Eyster

Nellie Blessing Eyster (née, Blessing; December 7, 1836 – February 21, 1922) was an American journalist, writer, lecturer, and social reformer. She assisted In the purchase of Mount Vernon (George Washington's home) for the U.S.; and served as an officer of the Great Sanitary Commission during the American Civil War. Eyster's teaching extended to California's Chinese immigrants; she was also a teacher of music, rhetoric and belles lettres in various seminaries; and was a state lecturer on scientific temperance in colleges and public schools. She was State President of Juvenile Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of California, president of the California Women's Indian Association, and president emeritus of the League of American Pen Women. Eyster was the first President of the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association.