Mary Torrans Lathrap, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mary Torrans Lathrap

American poet, preacher, suffragist, social reformer

Date of Birth: 25-Apr-1838

Place of Birth: Jackson, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 03-Jan-1895

Profession: writer, poet, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Mary Torrans Lathrap (pen name, Lena; April 25, 1838 - January 3, 1895), known as "The Daniel Webster of Prohibition", was an American poet, preacher, suffragist, and temperance reformer.
For 20 years, she was identified with the progressive women of Michigan who had temperance, purity, and prohibition as their watchwords, and the white ribbon as their badge.
A licensed preacher for the Methodist Episcopal Church (1871), she served as president of Michigan's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1882), co-founded the state's suffrage organization (1870), and worked on the amendment campaign (1874).