Elizabeth Tipton Stanley
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November 15, 1883
- educator
- temperance reformer
- suffragist
Elizabeth Tipton Stanley | |
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.png) Stanley in a 1930 publication. | |
| Born | Elizabeth Susan Tipton November 15, 1883 Tuckaleechee, Blount County, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | April 17, 1940 (aged 56) Liberty, Indiana, U.S. |
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| Known for | President, Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Indiana |
| Spouse |
Zachary H. Stanley (m. 1883) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | John Tipton |
Elizabeth Tipton Stanley (1858–1940) was an American educator, temperance reformer, and suffragist. Born in Tennessee, she taught in that state and in North Carolina. Stanley had a great desire to enter foreign missionary work but this was discouraged by her parents. Removing to Indiana, Stanley became involved in the temperance and suffrage movements. She served as President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Indiana,[1] and was the only woman who managed a Keeley Institute in her day.[2]
Susan Elizabeth Tipton was born at Tuckaleechee, Blount County, Tennessee, November 15, 1883.[3][2] Her father was Col. J. W. H. Tipton.[4] She was of English and German ancestry. Her paternal great-grandfather was William Tipton, who was one of Lord Culpeper's British company of soldiers who settled in Virginia at the close of the American Revolution. He and his descendants were historic characters in Virginia, Tennessee and Indiana. A brother of William, John Tipton, settled in Indiana and Tipton County, Indiana bears his name. Jacob, another brother, made his home in the Shenandoah Valley. John Tipton, son of William, settled early near Knoxville, Tennessee, where he had large estates. His son, Colonel J. W. H. Tipton, was born on the east Tennessee homestead and was educated for military life. He was a colonel in the Mexican–American War, fought at the Battle of Cerro Gordo and Vera Cruz, and was among the American forces that captured Antonio López de Santa Anna's carriage, treasury and wooden leg. On his return to civil life, he married Katrina Freschour, and was an extensive stock raiser and dealer until his death. His wife was a daughter of George Freschour, a son of Hans Freschour, the emigrant, who was born near Wurtemberg, Germany, and came to the U.S. about the latter part of the eighteenth century. He located in east Tennessee, where his descendants were numerous. Mrs. Stanley was the fifth of the eleven children of her parents.[3]
Stanley's early life was passed among the mountains of east Tennessee. From childhood, she has been an active worker in Sunday school and church circles.[3]
She was educated in the public schools of Tuckaleechee, and received a classical education[3] at Maryville College. Stanley was educated with a view to work in the foreign mission field.[1]
