Drusilla Wilson

Drusilla Wilson ( Cox; May 3, 1815 – June 9, 1908) was an American temperance leader and Quaker pastor. She was the second president of the Kansas Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.).

Early life Drusilla Cox was born in Belmont County, Ohio, May 3, 1815. Her parents were Joseph and Elizabeth Cox. Her father was of Scotch descent; his father came from Scotland to England and from there to North Carolina. Here both parents were born. Drusilla's siblings were: Joel (b. 1802), Rebecca (b. 1807), Elizabeth (b. 1808), Priscilla (b. 1810), Marmaduke (b. 1812), Elizabeth (b. 1813), Bennet (b. 1817), Seth (b. 1819), William (b. 1821), Maria (b. 1822), Rachel (b. 1825), Joseph (b. 1827), and Ann (b. 1829).

At the age of four, she could read in the Bible, and later as her mother sat spinning at her wheel, Drusilla would read aloud to her from it. At the age of fifteen, the family moved to Wayne County, Indiana.

During campaign year 1879-80, she traveled by carriage accompanied by her husband, over , holding meetings in school houses and churches.