Woman's Christian Temperance Union

The 1920s flapper was a female who went against the status quo and did what she wanted to do, whenever she wanted to do it. She empowered herself and others around her and went against the norms society tried to place on her. The flapper of the 1920s was not the very first flapper, but she certainly is one to remember. The 1920s flapper emerged during the Era of Prohibition, which lasted from 1920 to 1933, which made illegal the manufacture and sale (but not consumption) of alcoholic beverages.…

analysis of previous social movements in the last three centuries, how a social movement functions , and how they have their political opportunities. One of the biggest social movements in the 1800s was the Temperance Movement. The Temperance movement had begun on 1851 and ended 1933. The Temperance Movement had not been in just one state but was happening…

supporters at home by soldiers in their letters home as seen in the following, “No doubt the old girls and the temperance cranks think it is disgraceful. They should just spend a week under fire, then they would be glad to get a shot of it, It is strong stuff but warms you all over, also makes you feel you could trim the whole German army…” Most often than not, soldiers were critical of the temperance movement and those that supported it, resulting in many tongue-in-cheek…

the women were the ones who made the most impact during this movement. Whether it was fighting for prohibition or the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, women contributed in many political aspects. The women whom joined the Women’s Cristian Temperance Union made their voices heard all around the United States and the Women’s Organization for National Prohibition Reform did likewise. Through primary sources like newspaper articles published in the New York Times and images, the argument…

Prohibition, part of the Temperance Movement, argued that alcohol and intoxication were responsible crime, murder, and other negative aspects of life. Prohibition started from a wave of religious realism that swept the United States, also leading to other "perfectionist" movements such as the abolition of slavery. Leaders of Prohibition were concerned with the behavior of Americans and with the immigrating Europeans, they thought that behavior would only worsen. In 1919, the 18th Amendment of…

up a viable candidate: The American Temperance Society. At a time of uncontrollable drunkenness, the American Temperance Society worked to do what seemed impossible, to restrict alcohol consumption. Many women and church members found the effect of alcohol on American at the time very unsettling and therefore worked to form the American Temperance Society. By forming committees, modifying regulations, and dedicating themselves to the cause, the American Temperance Society worked to improve…

Groups such as the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the Canadian Women’s Suffrage Association, and the National Council of Women supported the suffragettes. Many of the leaders within these groups were educated and professional women who spoke up for middle-class women who were also interested in votes for women. The Grain Growers’ Association was also another influential group who supported woman’s suffrage. Since they were engaged in agricultural labour…

Women in the United States fought together to achieve equal rights since the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848. The rights that women strived to achieve included equal status to men in the workforce, politics, and everyday life. Before this movement broke out women were discriminated against in the workplace, politics were primarily male occupied, and there were no large groups of women to fight for change. There was no law preventing women from being elected into office, however, because women…

During the last half of the 1800s conflict over citizenship in relation to race, ethnicity, and gender was so prevalent because America was in a “storming phase.” America was adjusting to immigrants living and working here. Native-born Americans described “the new immigrants as distinct “races” from inferior civilizations, these nativists pointed to the newcomers’ cultural differences and willingness to work for low wages as cause for alarm.”(Barnes & Bowles, 2015) Native-born Americans…

There were many challenges facing New York women in the early 1900’s. New York City had largest percentage of female workers than most of upstate industrial cities. Most single but some married worked in factories or in their cramped tenement apartments. In their tenements they would make boxes, artificial flowers and clothing. There was a greater tendency for Jewish woman to work for wages because it was reflected in their experiences in east European shtetls, which is where many women had…