Lepha Eliza Bailey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lepha Eliza Bailey

American author, lecturer, prohibitionist

Date of Birth: 21-Jan-1845

Place of Birth: Battle Creek, Michigan, United States

Date of Death: 01-May-1924

Profession: writer, social activist, lecturer, suffragist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Lepha Eliza Bailey (January 21, 1845 - May 1, 1924) was an American author, lecturer, and social reformer. Her girlhood was passed in Wisconsin when that part of the country was a wilderness.
Afterwards, she became a lecturer of national repute upon temperance and woman's suffrage.
In 1880, she was invited to speak under the auspices of the National Prohibition Alliance.
She responded and continued to work in the eastern part of the United States until that society disbanded, and finally merged with the Prohibition Party, under whose auspices she worked for years over the temperance movement.She delivered hundreds of lectures on reform subjects, and was one of the most talented leaders in the field of prohibition.
She contributed extensively to the periodical press, edited various departments in newspapers, and was the author of several works in prose and verse.