She joined the International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT) in London in 1872, relocated to New England for decades, and celebrated her Jubilee while residing in Western Australia.

[1] She made addresses in various countries before large audiences, including one in the Royal Opera House, Stockholm, and did much secretarial work.

The last years of her life were chiefly devoted to work for the WCTU until she was compelled to resign active service on account of ill health.

[4] In 1904, her candidacy for the highest office of Massachusetts State Grand Lodge, IOGT, was unsuccessful, but she was elected to represent the order at the national temperance congress at St.

When the Australian National Prohibition League was formed (January 31, 1917), Forsyth was called to the secretariate, with headquarters at Melbourne, Victoria.

[4] In the spring of 1922, Forsyth retired from official service, being the recipient of numerous grateful testimonials from her colleagues and settling at Claremont, Western Australia.

[3] The Collected Writings of Jessie Forsyth, 1847-1937: The Good Templars and Temperance Reform on Three Continents, edited by David M. Fahey, was published posthumously (Edwin Mellen Press, 1988).