Emma Bourne
Emma Bourne (September 5, 1846 – October 5, 1924) was an American temperance activist and social reformer. She was a teacher in the Newark Public Schools for seven years, and for ten years later, was engaged in the life insurance business. Her subsequent activities were devoted to the promotion of the Temperance movement in the United States, temperance cause in connection with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Since 1891, and for 19 years, she served as president of the New Jersey WCTU The New Jersey WCTU's organ, ''White Ribbon News'' was established in 1910 with Bourne serving as its editor. Early life and education Emma A. Hill was born in Newark, New Jersey, on September 5, 1846. Her father, John Hill, was of English parentage. Her mother, Mary G. Hill, Mary Gordon Barnett Hill, known among the temperance workers since the early days of the WCTU as "Mother Hill," was of Scotch-Huguenot ancestry. Mary was the first President of the first WCTU organization in Ne ...
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