Woman's Christian Temperance Union

Terry Luteri History George Kepple March 2017 WCTU The WCTU,(the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union) was the first large scale movement by women, according to their web site. Yes, they are still around and active. They were “organized by women who were concerned about the destructive power of alcohol and the problems it was causing their families and society.” They were founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in November, 1874. It came out of a Woman’s Crusade in the winter of 1873-1874, in Freedom, New…

demanded to give their money to their husbands and were not allowed to own property, could not vote, and were taxed without representation. Women did not stand up and make a move for their rights until July 19, 1848 in Seneca Falls, New York at the Woman’s Rights Convention that was held inside the Wesleyan Chapel. The meeting was held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott. 68 women and 32 men agreed on signing a Declarations of Sentiments, the declaration demanded equal rights for men in…

Women made much progress between the Progressive Era to the 1920s. Women were concerned with the rights of women on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men. During the Progressive Era, women addressed issues including labor, temperance, clubwomen, the reform movement, the peace movement, women’s suffrage, and war. Women formed organizations to address these issues. African American women played an important role…

League: Promoted Prohibition Aggressively). The Communication Services of Ohio State University says “the League promoted medical and social investigations of the use of beverage alcohol, and it affiliated with other groups, such as the Scientific Temperance Federation, to promote advanced knowledge about the problems associated with the liquor trades” (Dry Arguments). The Anti-Saloon League worked with other groups so they could investigate alcohol based crimes during the Prohibition…

It was around this time that Gage helped with the new merge of the AWSA and the NWSA. However, the new National American Woman’s Suffrage Association (NAWSA) looked to the WTCU for support. Frances Willard and the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WTCU) began to enter the ranks of NWSA. Before this, the NWSA was a fringe movement with outlier members; on the other hand, the WTCU had nearly four times as many supporters and was considered a more acceptable movement for woman to be involved in.…

While all types of people have had to endure hardships due to race, economic standing, or religious belief since the dawn of humanity, historically speaking, regardless of a woman’s culture or background they have been the group most victimized. Women are forced to face the same stigmas as their male counterparts in addition to the adversities that accompany femininity in a male dominated world. In the past, women’s power has been seized by men in the name of religion, “science”, and even…

produced liquor who felt the taxing of alcohol was unfair. Another time period when the culture of alcohol changed was during the Industrial Revolution. During this time the view of alcohol changed from “good creature of God,” to “demon rum,” and the temperance movement started to emerge. Many organizations formed…

have a full state ownership over a property (Danzer, 2006 P. 123). Even today people have a misconception on what it is like to be these people who get falsely accused. Liquor became illegal in America because a religious group, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, that viewed alcohol as abusive and destructive (Danzer 2006, 132). This created new illegal jobs for gangsters,…

For decades women struggled for the rights to vote along with travel what seemed to be an almost impossible journey to full and equal civil rights as American citizens. Women like Marie Jenney Howe helped pave the way for women to have a chance at achieving that goal. Howe was a member of the newly formed National Women’s Suffrage Association. She was also known for her monolog parody on the Opposition to Women’s Suffrage, created in 1913. Howe wrote and performed this parody because of the…

Sarah "Annie" Turner was born August 26, 1827 in Sandy Springs, Ohio. Annie married William Wittenmyer in 1847. The two had a happy marriage. Annie had four children and three of the four died before she. Annie succeeded in many accomplishments throughout her life. Many of them took place in the state of Iowa. Iowa had only recently become a state, and some things that were taken for granted in the east, such as public schools, weren't always available to all children, especially low income…