Willard - Willard

Japanese: ウィラード - うぃらーど
Willard - Willard

…In addition to the university, the university is also home to the headquarters of Rotary International and the National Women's Christian Temperance Union. The house of Frances E. Willard (1839-98), the leader of the Temperance Union, has been preserved as it was at the time. [Yasuo Okada] …

[From the Women's Temperance Union of Christian Refugees]

…A Christian women's organization that originated from the women's temperance movement in the United States. It was formed in 1883 by FEC Willard (1839-98) and others, and has become a worldwide organization. Its original purpose was the temperance movement, but now it also campaigns for chastity and peace between men and women. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Willard" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大学のほかにロータリー・インターナショナルの本部や,全米キリスト教婦人禁酒同盟の本部がある。この禁酒同盟の指導者であったウィラードFrances E.Willard(1839‐98)の家は当時のまま保存されている。【岡田 泰男】。…

【基督教婦人矯風会】より

…アメリカにおける婦人の禁酒運動から始まったキリスト教婦人団体。1883年,ウィラードF.E.C.Willard(1839‐98)らを中心に結成され,世界的な組織となった。本来の目的は禁酒運動であったが,現在では男女の純潔,平和などのためにも運動している。…

※「ウィラード」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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