The WCTU was organized by women who were concerned about the the destructive power of alcohol and the problems it was causing their families and society.
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The National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in November of 1874. It grew out of the "Woman's Crusade" of the winter of 1873-1874. Initial groups in Fredonia, New York and Hillsboro and Washington Court House, Ohio, after listening to a lecture by Dr. Dio Lewis, were moved to...
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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is the oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization worldwide. Founded in Evanston, Illinois in 1873, the group spearheaded the crusade for proh...
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Britannica online encyclopedia article on Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), American organization, founded in November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, in response to the “Woman’s Crusade,” a series of temperance demonstrations that swept through New York and much of the Midwest in 1873–74. Annie Wittenmyer, an ...
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WCTU - Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Southern California is a historic organization focusing on educational prevention of alcohol, tobacco, drugs and other issues affecting families and homes. ... The WCTU; Firmly believes and advocates; A lifestyle free of alcohol, tobacco, and other addictive drugs.
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The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. The main objective of the WCTU was to persuade all states to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
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Home to one of the great men of the reform movement of the nineteenth century. Historical and visitor information with photos. Located in Portland. ... State headquarters of the Maine WCTU are in the building and facilities for group meetings are available at the discretion of the organization. The Memorial is on the...
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The Wales Cancer Trials Unit (WCTU) is dedicated to improving clinical practice through quality research evidence. The WCTU is a one stop shop for a clinical trial, from the basic idea, to producing reliable evidence to change practice.
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There were six black unions in 1886, when the first black organizer was appointed, but the number did not grow substantially until after Lucy Thurman became head of the Colored Division of the national WCTU in 1895. Texas "Number 2" or "Thurman" Union formed in Dallas in December 1897, after Mrs.
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