Cora Frances Stoddard (September 17, 1872May 13, 1936) was an American temperance activist. Stoddard was born on September 17, 1872, in

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, to Julia F. (Miller) and Emerson H. Stoddard. She received an AB from

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in 1896. After graduating, she worked as a teacher in

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. Stoddard represented the United States at the 12th International Conference on Alcoholism in London. As of 1914, she was the secretary of the Scientific Temperance Foundation, a successor organization to the Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction of the

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. Stoddard had worked as a secretary to

Mary Hunt Mary Hunt (July 4, 1830 – April 24, 1906) was an American activist in the United States temperance movement promoting total abstinence and prohibition of alcohol. She gained the power to accept or reject children's textbooks based on their re ...

when she headed the department. She died on May 13, 1936, in

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