Wise (July 3, 1871 – February 16, 1952)[2] was an American temperance activist, best known as the primary author of the Sheppard Bill in 1916 that imposed prohibition on Washington, D.C. She was a member of the Disciples of Christ, and was ordained as a minister, but she never served as a pastor to a congregation.

Ida Belle Wise was born in Philadelphia and raised in Hamburg, Iowa.

[4] President Herbert Hoover appointed her to the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection.

[4] In 1940, Wise was appointed by President Franklin Roosevelt to the White House Conference on Children in a Democracy.

[2] Although Wise's primary cause was temperance, she also supported women's suffrage and child welfare work.