Eliza Daniel Stewart

Eliza Daniel Stewart (April 25, 1816 – August 6, 1908) was an American early temperance movement leader from Springfield, Ohio. She was popularly known as "Mother Stewart".

Biography Eliza Daniel Stewart was born in Piketon, Ohio on April 25, 1816.

Stewart began her career in public service during the American Civil War, working with the Soldiers' Aid Societies and the United States Sanitary Commission.

At the conclusion of the war, she and her husband Hiram Stewart moved to Springfield, Ohio. In January 1872, Stewart delivered a lecture entitled "The Liquor Traffic and How to Avoid It" at Allen's Hall in Springfield, Ohio. Afterward, the editor of the Springfield Republic suggested she encourage the wives of heavy to prosecute saloonkeepers under the Adair law. Lewis told the story of how his mother, distressed by her husband's drinking, appealed to the owner of the local saloon to cease selling liquor by praying with a group of other women. The women asked the owners to sign a pledge to no longer sell alcohol.

She visited the United Kingdom in 1876, and helped organize the British Women's Temperance Association.