Julia Coleman was an American educator from the state of

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. She was Superintendent of the Literature (publications) Department of the

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(WCTU). In 1868 she presented a lecture on "

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our Enemy" at her church and quickly became involved in anti-alcohol activities. She wrote temperance articles for the National Temperance Publishing House and the ''Youth's Temperance Visitor''. She then became convinced that temperance should be taught in the schools, a belief shared by

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, with whom she worked closely. In doing so she contributed significantly to

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and was an important part of the

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* Willard, Frances E. ''Women and Temperance''. Hartford, Connecticut: Park Publishing, 1883. {{DEFAULTSORT:Coleman, Julia Year of birth missing Year of death missing Woman's Christian Temperance Union people Educators from New York (state) 19th-century American educators 19th-century American women educators