Rachel Bubar Kelly (November 22, 1922 — January 14, 2002) was the
Prohibition Party
The Prohibition Party (PRO) is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages and as an integral part of the temperance movement. It is the oldest existing third party ...
candidate for
United States Vice President in the
1996
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presidential election as the running mate of
Earl F. Dodge. Dodge had in the past been the running mate of her brother
Ben Bubar.
Kelly was a graduate of
Colby College
Colby College is a private liberal arts college in Waterville, Maine. It was founded in 1813 as the Maine Literary and Theological Institution, then renamed Waterville College after the city where it resides. The donations of Christian philanthr ...
(1947) and a President of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international temperance organization, originating among women in the United States Prohibition movement. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program th ...
.
[http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/sum02/obit/]
References
1922 births
2002 deaths
Colby College alumni
1996 United States vice-presidential candidates
20th-century American politicians
Prohibition Party (United States) vice presidential nominees
Maine Prohibitionists
Female candidates for Vice President of the United States
20th-century American women politicians
Presidents of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
American temperance activists
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