Mary Greenleaf Clement Leavitt (September 22, 1830–February 5, 1912) was an educator and successful orator who became the first round-the-world missionary for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Launching herself on virtually non-stop worldwide tours over a decade, she "went to all continents save Antarctica," where she crusaded against alcohol and its evils including domestic violence, advocated for women's suffrage and other equal rights such as higher education for women. In 1891 she became the honorary life president of the World's WCTU.
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1830 Hopkinton, Merrimack, New Hampshire
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1912 (aged 81) Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts
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