Jane E. Sibley

Jane E. Sibley ( Thomas; after marriage, Mrs. W. C. Sibley; 1838–1930) was an American leader in the temperance movement. She was the first president of the Georgia State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Writing and lecturing on temperance, and providing it with her financial support gave her reputation prominence throughout the South.

Early life Jane (nickname "Jennie") Reared in wealth, Jane's girlhood home was an estate near Columbus. daughter of Barnabas Shivers, a notable miller and large planter of his day in Warren County, Georgia. Both parents were of Virginian descent. The father, a native of Hancock County, Georgia, a prosperous planter and slave owner, was prominent in public life as a lawyer, circuit judge, State senator and representative, and soldier in the Indian wars. Jane had five siblings. Her husband was a Prohibitionist, and their home was the headquarters for temperance workers. Their guests included Kansas Governor St. John and Prof. Hopkins.