Frances W. Graham

Frances W. Graham (, Hamilton; 1857–1940) was an American temperance activist. She served as President of the New York State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and wrote two histories about the State organization. She also served as musical director of the National WCTU.

Early life Frances W. Hamilton was born in Lockport, New York, September 1857.

Career

She became identified with temperance work as a child, first belonging to a juvenile society known as Cold Water Templars, and later becoming a member of the Sons of Temperance and Good Templars. She was also an active member of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour and the King's Daughters.

She was an active member of the First Congregational Church of Lockport, where she sang as solo soprano for more than a decade. Her voice was that of a mezzo-soprano. At the state convention at Jamestown, New York in October 1894, she was musical director, and by vote of the convention, entered upon a service of song for the unions throughout the state.

Selected works Two Decades: A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York, with Georgeanna M. Gardenier, 1894 Four Decades: a History of Forty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York, 1914