Temperance Collection, 1832-1987.

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Temperance Collection, 1832-1987.

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The Temperance Collection encompasses a broad social movement in which women played a prominent role from the early decades of the nineteenth century into the twentieth century. While the bulk of the material in this collection dates from the late 19th century into the early 20th, there is also material from as early as 1835, and a significant amount from the post-Volstead Act (18th Amendment) period, reflecting the fight to ward off the immediate challenges to national prohibition once it became law in 1920. Included are documents of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the leading temperance organization, plus other local and national organizations such as the Anti-Saloon League and the Loyal Temperance Legion. Types of organizational records include convention programs; addresses; local and state meeting minutes and correspondence; and an assortment of pamphlets. Temperance activities within the state of Maine are especially well-documented. The collection also includes biographical materials and photographs of American and international temperance leaders, most notably Frances Willard and Mary A. Livermore. Memorabilia includes temperance-related postcards, songbooks and stamps.

2 linear ft. (4 boxes; 1 book; oversized items)

Smith College, Neilson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7620485

Smith College, Neilson Library

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Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth), 1839-1898

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Best known for her leadership (1879-1898) of the influential Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Willard also supported and often spearheaded a wide variety of social reforms, including woman suffrage, economic equality, and fair labor laws. Willard gained an international reputation through her speeches and publications. She was the first woman to be honored with a statue in the U.S Capitol building, and her Evanston home was one of the first house museums to in the country. ...

Livermore, Mary A. (Mary Ashton), 1820-1905

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Mary Livermore, born Mary Ashton Rice, (December 19, 1820 – May 23, 1905) was an American journalist, abolitionist, and advocate of women's rights. When the American Civil War broke out, she became connected with the United States Sanitary Commission, headquarters at Chicago, performing a vast amount of labor of all kinds—organizing auxiliary societies, visiting hospitals and military posts, contributing to the press, answering correspondence, and other things incident to the work done by tha...

Sophia Smith collection

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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 ...

Anti-saloon League of America

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Temperance organization, with offices in Columbia, S.C., at 1302 Main Street near Lady Street; founded, 1893, in Oberlin, Ohio. From the description of Records, 1919 July 14-1920 Feb. 17. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 56526390 ...