Mamie Claflin

Mamie Claflin ( Perkins; March 8, 1867 – December 1, 1929) was an American temperance and woman suffrage leader. For six years, she served as president of the Nebraska Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) (1912–18). For 16 years, she was also the editor and publisher of its organ, The Union Worker (1898–1912; 1927–29). Mamie had four younger siblings: Edith, Jeanetta, R. Clark, and Emanuel. of Grand Island, Nebraska. In 1913, she was elected president, of the Nebraska WCTU, and she was annually reelected until 1919.