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‘The Gilded Age’: What Was The Temperance Movement? All About Ada’s New Cause

So what’s the first thing Aunt Ada does to ruffle Aunt Agnes’s feathers? She hosts a temperance fundraiser in the house. The temperance movement, of course, fought for alcohol to be outlawed from ...
The Daily Gazette

Stamford Women's Christian Temperance Union

A gathering of New York Women's Christian Temperance Union held in Stamford in 1903. The state convention drew about 900 attendees. The message from the convention president was total abstincence of ...
Coshocton Tribune

Alice Hoover of Coshocton recalls family's involvement with the temperance movement

Alice Hoover of Coshocton was born in Crawford County and her mother, Mildred Marshal Heft, was from Corning. Heft served with the Women's Temperance Christian Union and gave speeches in the 1930s at ...
JSTOR Daily

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union -- The W.C.T.U. Will Not Quit Until The Liquor Traffic Quits

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 ...
The Baltimore Sun

Pieces of Our Past: Women’s Christian Temperance Union banner a stunning historical treasure

The old box was labeled “banner” and as I had been working through the textile collection (with many more boxes to go) I had moved and opened it several times. The banner was small and not very ...