An image depicting teetotaler women protesting the consumption of alcohol actually has origins as a satirical publicity still for a silent film.

Their organization, the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), became a ... Sign up to get updates about the film and future projects from Ken Burns and Florentine Films.

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 ...

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