Whatcom County Woman's Christian Temperance Union records, 1932-1958.

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Whatcom County Woman's Christian Temperance Union records, 1932-1958.

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The Whatcom County Woman's Christian Temperance Union records document the organization's activities and philosophy from 1932 (prior to the repeal of Prohibition) through 1958.

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Whatcom County Woman's Christian Temperance Union (Whatcom County, Wash.)

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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded nationally in 1874 to further the message of abstinence from alcohol. Whatcom County-based chapters of the WCTU date back as early as 1883, and existed in the towns of Sehome, Fairhaven, Lynden, Sumas, and Bellingham before consolidating into one single Whatcom County Chapter. The Whatcom County Chapter focused on resisting the sale and use of alcohol (and, to a lesser extent, tobacco) through protests and educati...

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 ...