The enormous success of the temperance movement among native-born American women between 1874 and 1900 entwined the destiny of the suffrage movement with the temperance movement during the last ...
BLOOMINGTON — The Illinois Woman's Christian Temperance Union and its local branch, the Normal WCTU, are celebrating a big anniversary this weekend, having continuously served the state and community ...
Eighty-nine years ago this week, another of our long national nightmares was over. For 13 luckless years, the United States of America went piously, officially “dry,” banning by constitutional ...
The WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION CONVENTION in Cleveland 18-20 Nov. 1874 institutionalized TEMPERANCE as a social movement, marking the formal organization of the national Woman's Christian ...
The makers of historical documentaries seldom seek to challenge the received opinions of their audiences. Even the most talented filmmakers tend to exalt the already exalted and shovel dirt on the ...
The 950 women and 37 of their husbands who gathered in the banquet room of the Sheraton-Palace Hotel did their best to ignore what they insisted was the reek of whisky seeping through the glass doors ...
Bill Scher is a contributing editor to Politico Magazine, and co-host of the Bloggingheads.tv show “The DMZ.” With Brett Kavanaugh, and the dark cloud permanently fixed above his head, on the Supreme ...
Anti-drinking slogan that was used frequently by the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union during the Prohibition. The hand written message is displayed on an image of a yellow house. Show more “The WCTU ...
A historic sign from Butler's Woman's Christian Temperance Union building was saved by firefighters after a devastating fire.
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