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Flora E. Strout
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Flora Effie Strout
April 28, 1867 Mechanic Falls, Maine, U.S.
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| Died | November 5, 1962 Arlington, Massachusetts, U.S.
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| Burial place | Mount Auburn Cemetery, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, U.S. |
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Flora Effie Strout (born April 28, 1867 – died November 5, 1962) was an American teacher and a social reformer. A social reformer is someone who works to make society better. Flora Strout taught at the Lyman School for Boys in Massachusetts. She also taught at Morgan College, which is now Morgan State University. She even became the principal there.
Flora Strout was an important organizer for the World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). This group worked to encourage people to avoid alcohol. She traveled the world as a missionary and temperance worker for 15 years in different parts of Asia. She also supported the social purity movement, which aimed to improve public morals. Flora Strout was also active in supporting women's right to vote. She wrote articles about temperance and the school song for Morgan College.
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Early Life and Education
Flora Effie Strout was born in Mechanic Falls, Maine, on April 28, 1867. She went to public schools and special teacher training schools in Maine. Later, she continued her education by taking classes at Johns Hopkins University. She also took two courses at Harvard University.
Teaching Career
Flora Strout started her career as a teacher. In 1889, she taught for 24 weeks in West Harpswell, Maine. For the next two years, she taught at the Lyman School for Boys. This was a state reform school in Westborough, Massachusetts.
Teaching at Morgan College
Strout taught many different subjects at Morgan College. These included geology, astronomy, and 18th-century literature. She also served as the principal of the college. She wrote the university's official song, known as the alma mater.
Working for Social Change
Flora Strout was a delegate for several important groups. A delegate is someone chosen to represent others.
Supporting Women's Right to Vote
In 1893, she represented Maryland at the American Woman Suffrage Association's 25th yearly meeting. This meeting was held in Washington, D.C.. She was also on the planning committee for their 37th annual meeting in Portland, Oregon, in 1905.
Involvement with the WCTU
In 1906, she was a delegate representing Maryland at the National WCTU's 34th annual meeting. This meeting took place in Nashville, Tennessee.
Global Missionary Work
Flora Strout traveled the world for the World's WCTU. She worked to organize and educate people about temperance.
Work in Asia
From 1907 to 1911, Flora Strout worked in Japan. There, she created and shared many leaflets about temperance. She also spoke to large groups, including one meeting for soldiers where a thousand people were present.
In 1918, she was in Singapore, Malaysia. She gave talks for the social purity campaign. Her work also reached Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Burma (now Myanmar). She returned home to Baltimore, Maryland, in July 1924. On her way, she stopped in India, Egypt, and England.
Travels to South America and Africa
In 1926, she worked in Brazil for the World's WCTU. In 1940, she was in Cape Town, South Africa, and then in Trinidad. She was very good at understanding the cultures of the countries she visited. This helped her work as an official round-the-world missionary for the World's WCTU from 1910 to 1942. She was able to focus on promoting temperance groups among different religions.
Later Life and Legacy
Flora Effie Strout passed away in Arlington, Massachusetts, on November 5, 1962. She was buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery in Middlesex, Massachusetts.
Selected Writings
Articles
- "The Temperance Outlook in Japan", Mission News, 1908
- "Temperance Sentiment Growing among Japanese Young People", The Union Signal, 1910
Lyrics
- School anthem, Morgan College (now Morgan State University)
