Frances E. L. Preston (1844–1929) was organizer and lecturer for the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union. She served as President of Michigan Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs in the early 20th century.[1]
Preston was born in Richmond, Virginia, in 1844. Her mother was Louisa Baber, an enslaved woman and her father was John L. Martin, a free man. She moved to Detroit, Michigan, with her parents in 1885.[2]
She was a temperance advocate and traveled across the United States lecturing on the subject for the National Women’s Christian Temperance Union from 1870 to 1890.[2][1]
From 1900 to 1913 Preston was the President of Michigan Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs.[2]
^ abWolcott, Victoria W. (2001). Remaking respectability : African American women in interwar Detroit. Chapel Hill, NC [u.a.]: University of North Carolina Press. pp. 41. ISBN0807849669. Frances E. L. Preston.
^ abcd"Frances E. L. Preston". Historic Elmwood Cemetery & Foundation. Retrieved February 20, 2018.
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