The movement appealed to mass amount of women because of the dangers of alcohol. Any women would not there mate to come home drunken, misconducted and not as their self. Also since alcohol has never been cheap the men would spend considerable amount of their paychecks on it. Lastly, in worst case situations some men would be abusive to their wives while they were under the influence.
Is this about US History? If so, good examples from the 19th century include the Abolitionist movement, aimed at abolishing slavery. Another is the temperance movement, with strong leadership from the Women's Christian Temperance Union, and another is the women's suffrage movement seeking voting rights for women. In the 20th century, the Civil Rights Movement, the feminist movement and the anti-abortion movement are good examples (the latter two frequently opposed each other).
National Prohibition began in 1920, although many states already had imposed state-wide prohibition by this time.
equal pay for same work done by male worker
The Eugenics movement lasted between the early 1900s and 1970. During that time about 65,000 women and men were sterilized without their knowledge or consent.
Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, a fictional novel about a slave that is killed by his master. That book made many of the people who read it, extremely unhappy and they wanted to abolish slavery in the USA. Women, such as Harriet Beecher Stowe, did play a prominent role in the Abolition movement.
many of the people that supported prohibition in the 1920s were housewives. They felt that alcohol was the root of all problems. This is because many of their husbands would get their paycheck on friday and spend it all on alcohol that day, leaving the family with no money to buy food with. These women were part of a movement known as "temperance." although there were many reasons people supported prohibition, this was the main one.
Many poor men (and women) engaged in bootlegging as a way to make money during prohibition.
There is not a national orgaization that encompasses the whole women's movement. Many orgs participate in the movement.
The movement appealed to mass amount of women because of the dangers of alcohol. Any women would not there mate to come home drunken, misconducted and not as their self. Also since alcohol has never been cheap the men would spend considerable amount of their paychecks on it. Lastly, in worst case situations some men would be abusive to their wives while they were under the influence.
The many prohibition laws against drugs and alcohol and the criminal organisations that live off the criminal activity surrounding prohibition.
The many prohibition laws against drugs and alcohol and the criminal organisations that live off the criminal activity surrounding prohibition.
prohibitionists were a group of people (and sometimes still are) who opposed drinking of any kind. they promoted the passage of the 18th amendment, which began the period of 'prohibition' in the united states, in which the sale and production of liquor was outlawed. the prohibition movement was one of many that began in the progressive era of the 1920's.
It was impossible to enforce. Criminal element took over the industry, which lead to violence and corruption. Politicians, judges and local law enforcement were easily corrupted and tended to thwart the efforts of federal law enforcement officials. Many Americans did not believe in prohibition and/or the temperance movement.
Many women took a leading role in the reform movement
That was the Temperance movement, popular around the last turn of the century.
No, Prohibition failed miserably and caused many problems.
Many leaders of the national women's suffrage movement came from the West.