Woman's Christian Temperance literature, 1874-1928.

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Woman's Christian Temperance literature, 1874-1928.

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Includes national W.C.T.U. literature, as well as literature from two Vermont W.C.T.U. conventions, one for Windham County and the other for Bennington County. There are also newspaper clippings about Neal Dow, leader of the Christian Temperance movement, and a postcard sent by the Newfane, Vermont W.C.T.U., addressed to Dr. Cora Scott, in support of legislation to ban advertising the sale of alcoholic beverages.

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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 ...

Dow, Neal, 1804-1897

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Dow was born in Portland, Maine on March 20, 1804, the son of Josiah Dow and his wife, Dorcas Allen Dow. Josiah Dow was a member of the Society of Friends (commonly known as Quakers) and a farmer originally from New Hampshire. Dorcas Allen was also a Quaker, and a member of a prosperous Maine family headed by her prominent grandfather, Hate-Evil Hall. They had three children, of whom Neal was the middle child and only son. After his marriage, Dow's father opened a tannery in Portland, which soon...