By Elizabeth Schmidt - Loyola University Chicago, Masters in Public History Program, Fall 2019. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) set its sights on two objectives: the prohibition of alcohol and the vote for women.  The woman leading this charge was Illinois’ Frances Willard. Willard was the president of WCTU for nineteen years and was a … Continue reading On the Road to Women’s Suffrage: The Home Protection Ballot