Printed material published by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia, 1931-1934, n.d.

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Printed material published by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Virginia, 1931-1934, n.d.

The collection includes an issue of "Twentieth Century Progress"; two issues of "White Ribboners," 1934; an issue of "Dry Leaves"; a program for a regional conference of the NWCTU, 1931; and various issues of volumes 8-10, 12, 18, 16-47, and 49 of "The Virginia Call."

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SNAC Resource ID: 7595925

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...