Alcohol consumption reached epidemic proportions in the late 1800s and so did the social ... to fight the scourge of alcohol. The Temperance Movement became a Christian-based form of feminism.

Of course, this is a simplistic take on the temperance movement, but the idea of entirely abstaining from alcohol is said to have started in Saratoga, New York, in the early 1800s before expanding ...

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 ...

The certificate was printed by Campbell & Tudhope of 45 Cranston Street, Glasgow who were well known for the production of religious cards and who wholeheartly backed the temperance movement.

Their organization, the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), became a force to be reckoned with, their cause enhanced by alliance with Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and other ...

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