Sarah A. McClees

Sarah A. Clark McClees (September 23, 1822 – January 7, 1913) was an American temperance worker, suffragist, and writer.

She was superintendent of the Department of Soldiers and Sailors of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

[2] She was the first superintendent of the Department of Soldiers and Sailors of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

[3] Her department published a periodical, America's Defenders,[4] encouraging servicemen to abstain from alcohol, and presenting them with other recreational outlets.

[5][6] She promoted book drives to supply military bases and ships with books and magazines,[7] opened a coffeehouse in New York City,[8] and led the WCTU's efforts to end a federal program to sell liquor to the residents of disabled veterans' homes.