It is a bronze plaque, given by the Women's Christian Temperance Union, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Frances Elizabeth Willard's election as President of the WCTU.
[2] The inscription on the top of the plaque reads: In honor of one who made the world wider for women and more homelike for humanity Frances Elizabeth Willard Intrepid Pathfinder and beloved leader of the National and World's
Woman's Christian Temperance UnionThe inscription on the bottom of the plaque reads: Placed September 22-1929 by the National W-C-T-U to commemorate the Fiftieth Anniversary of Frances Willard's Election as President in the city of
Indianapolis Indiana October 31-1879The artist's signature is located on the front, proper left, bottom of the relief.
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