Margaret Parker.

About Margaret Parker

Margaret Eleanor Parker was a British social activist and reformer who was involved in the temperance movement. She was a founding member of the British Women's Temperance Association (BWTA) in 1876, and served as its first president. Parker was a delegate to the 1876 International Organisation of Good Templars (IOGT) meeting which led to the formation of the BWTA. She was also instrumental in founding the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU). In 1881, she founded another type of women's association, one which focused on horticulture and supply, but it did not flourish. Parker's travels in the Eastern United States were described in her book, Six Happy Months amongst the Americans (1874).