Sara J. Dorr

Sara J. Dorr (June 17, 1855 – December 31, 1924) was an American temperance leader. She served as California state president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Aside from her anti-liquor activities, Dorr had been prominent in red light abatement and other social movements. She relinquished active control of the WCTU in 1921 and thereafter, devoted most of her time to lecturing and traveling.

She was educated in the public schools of Maine.

She became a member of the WCTU, serving for a number of years as president of local and county organizations, and was then made vice-president-at-large of the State. In 1907, she was elected president of the WCTU of California, (According to Cherrington (1925), Dorr was elected president of the Northern California WCTU.) Personally acquainted with many members of the California State Legislature, Dorr spent much time attending the sessions of that body in the interest of various reform movements. A notable legislative achievement in which the WCTU took the initiative and led the campaign was known as the Red Light Abatement Law, intended to curtail or eliminate prostitution, which passed the California Legislature in 1913. Dorr was a member of the State ratification committee.