The first president of the WCTU was Annie Wittenmyer. That's the closest I can come to a founder.
drunkness : he was a reformer that contributed to the Temperance Movement, which was to purify American Society.
The American Society of the Promotion of Temperance was formed in Boston on February 13, 1826. All of the members took a vow to abstain from distilled spirits while they worked to expand woman's rights and abolish slavery.
Lyman Beecher was the father of the temperance movement in the United States. He co-founded the American Temperance Society, and was a Presbyterian minister.
An early temperance movement began during the American Revolution in advocating temperance rather than abstinence and taking positions on moral issues.
The temperance movement and educational reform were two aspects of American society targeted by reformers.
Lyman Beecher
American Temperance University was created in 1893.
American Temperance University ended in 1908.
The american temperance society
The American Temperance Society was formed on February 13, 1826 in Boston.
Samuel Slater was the founder of American Manufacturing.
that no one should drink
the American Temperance Society
American Temperance Union
American Temperance Union
Poverty & worker absenteeism
women's suffrage and freeing the slaves