Gabrella Townley Stickney

Gabrella Townley Stickney (1850–1942) was an American compositor, postmaster, and temperance advocate. She served as California State President of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) from 1906 till 1908.

Early life and education Gabrella Townley Stickney was born in Chicago, Illinois, September 12, 1850. Due to the influence of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Jane Stickney, who was a worker in the Women's Crusade in Chicago, Miss Stickney became affiliated with the WCTU and served for a time as president of the Collyer WCTU.

She was president of the Los Angeles County Union from 1903 to 1906, in which year she became president of the California WCTU. After two years, in this office she spent two years (1908–10) as lecturer and organizer for the National Union. For a number of years, she served in the same capacity for the California Union. Shortly after, on June 6, in poor health, she presided over the Central California WCTU for the last time.

In 1900, Miss Stickney represented Southern California at the National Convention of the Prohibition Party in Chicago, and was elected a member of the National Prohibition Committee, upon which she served until 1904. In 1912, she was a candidate on the Prohibition ticket for the California State Assembly, and in 1914, she ran for Secretary of State on the same ticket. or April 1916.