Английская Википедия:Christina Marshall Colville
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Christina Marshall Colville (Шаблон:Nee, Christian Downie; April 10, 1852 – January 7, 1936) was a Scottish temperance leader.[1] She served as president of the British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) (Scottish Christian Union).
Biography
Christian Downie was born at Copley, West Riding of Yorkshire, April 10, 1852.[1] Her father was Provost Downie, J.P., of Kirkintilloch.[2]
She was educated in private schools and at Glasgow Free Normal College.[1]
On August 31, 1885, she married John Colville (1852–1901), M.P., of Motherwell, who was an active temperance worker.[1]
Colville worked in the temperance field for many years, and was prominent in various temperance societies. She served as president of the BWTA (Scottish Christian Union),[3] having been elected to that office in 1915. She was also president of the Lanarkshire Christian Union, president of the Motherwell United Evangelistic Association, a director of the Scottish Temperance League, and a member of the executive committee of the Lanarkshire branch of the Red Cross. She took an active part in evangelistic work at home and devoted a great deal of time to foreign missions.[1]
Her home was at Cleland, North Lanarkshire, Scotland.[1] Christina Colville died January 7, 1936. [4]
Honours
In 1918, during World War I, an ambulance named in Colville's honour, the "Christian Colville", was donated by the BWTA to the Scottish Women's Hospitals for Foreign Service.[5]
References
- Английская Википедия
- 1852 births
- 1936 deaths
- Colville family
- People from the West Riding of Yorkshire (before 1974)
- People from Lanarkshire
- Scottish temperance activists
- Страницы, где используется шаблон "Навигационная таблица/Телепорт"
- Страницы с телепортом
- Википедия
- Статья из Википедии
- Статья из Английской Википедии
