Because in the beginning if you a Catholic, Jew, African-American or a woman not born in North America, you were not allowed to join.
Frances Willard was the leader of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1879. She was a prominent figure in the temperance movement and advocated for the prohibition of alcohol.
what did the women's Christian temperance movement campaign for
The temperance movement blamed alcohol.
Because the immigrants of the late 1800s and early 1900s were largely from Eastern and Southern Europe and drank alcohol.
The Women's Christian Temperance Union is a social movement advocating for the moderation or total abstinence from alcohol, typically led by women. It was a prominent force in the temperance movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and other countries. This organization advocated for various social reforms and was influential in the passing of Prohibition in the United States.
There is no question that the temperance movement, particularly, the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), was the most important political force which resulted in Prohibition in 1920. There could never have been Prohibition without the WCTU.
That was the Temperance movement, popular around the last turn of the century.
The movement to abolish alcohol was called the Temperance Movement.
the temperance movement was the first issue women were involved with..
Prohibition was the result of the temperance movement led by Christian women who advocated for the ban on the production and sale of alcohol. They believed that alcohol was a cause of social problems and wanted to promote morality and protect families from its harmful effects.
Temperance or something like that
Frances Willard and Carrie Nation were both leaders in the Women's Suffrage Movement. They were also leaders of the Women's Christian Temperance Movement.