The Temperance Movement was organized around the 1820s, during the 19th and 20th centuries determined to promote the moderation or outlaw the consumption and distribution of alcoholic beverages. At the time, the average American was around 15 years of age and would consume up to seven gallons of alcohol a year. With this abuse of alcohol, came the aggression of many men, which women had few rights to protect themselves from, or were able to support themselves.
During the early 19th century, people of the United States panicked that they were living in sin, and feared God would no longer bless the U.S. That the unholy citizens would threaten the political system, and they were in need of virtuous citizens. Many of these thoughts being introduced …show more content…
Many of the early advocates were women, against the stereotype that women belonged at home, raising their children alone. Women believed they should play a role in helping those that became consumed by sin, and should help redeem them.
On January 13th, 1853, prohibition supporters held a woman’s temperance convention. The members drafted a constitution and formed the Ohio Women’s Temperance Society. Josephine Bateman was the association’s first president. This was the first organization statewide in Ohio. Though with the coming of the Civil War, that weakened the movement, but with the war’s end, concerns from alcohol usage returned.
Carry Nation is one of the most notable advocates to the temperance movement, and she worked greatly to effect outside the organized movement. The earliest European organizations were created in Ireland, with the movement beginning to make progress in 1829 from the formation of the Ulster Temperance Society. With this new development, the movement spread like wildfire throughout Ireland, Scotland, and Britain. Temperance and abstinence was the main objective of education and …show more content…
The town voters passed a law that banned the sale of “fermented spirits,” becoming one of the first communities in Ohio to do so. Westerville appeared on the national stage in 1909, when the Anti-Saloon League moved its base to the town from Washington D.C. Westerville’s long history of support for abstinence persuaded the organization’s leadership to relocate, resulting to its society with the Anti-Saloon League, they earned the nickname, “Dry Capital of the World.” Their main goal was to enforce a constitutional amendment that would ban the production, distribution, and sale of
During the early 19th century, people of the United States panicked that they were living in sin, and feared God would no longer bless the U.S. That the unholy citizens would threaten the political system, and they were in need of virtuous citizens. Many of these thoughts being introduced …show more content…
Many of the early advocates were women, against the stereotype that women belonged at home, raising their children alone. Women believed they should play a role in helping those that became consumed by sin, and should help redeem them.
On January 13th, 1853, prohibition supporters held a woman’s temperance convention. The members drafted a constitution and formed the Ohio Women’s Temperance Society. Josephine Bateman was the association’s first president. This was the first organization statewide in Ohio. Though with the coming of the Civil War, that weakened the movement, but with the war’s end, concerns from alcohol usage returned.
Carry Nation is one of the most notable advocates to the temperance movement, and she worked greatly to effect outside the organized movement. The earliest European organizations were created in Ireland, with the movement beginning to make progress in 1829 from the formation of the Ulster Temperance Society. With this new development, the movement spread like wildfire throughout Ireland, Scotland, and Britain. Temperance and abstinence was the main objective of education and …show more content…
The town voters passed a law that banned the sale of “fermented spirits,” becoming one of the first communities in Ohio to do so. Westerville appeared on the national stage in 1909, when the Anti-Saloon League moved its base to the town from Washington D.C. Westerville’s long history of support for abstinence persuaded the organization’s leadership to relocate, resulting to its society with the Anti-Saloon League, they earned the nickname, “Dry Capital of the World.” Their main goal was to enforce a constitutional amendment that would ban the production, distribution, and sale of