Frances Willard founded the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and one of the most famous members was Carry A. Nation. The presidents of the WCTU and their terms of office have been:
1874 - 1879 - Annie Turner Wittenmeyer
1879 - 1898 - Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
1898 - 1914 - Lillian M. N. Stevens
1914 - 1925 - Anna Adams Gordon
1925 - 1933 - Ella Alexander Boole
1933 - 1944 - Ida BelleWise Smith
1944 - 1953 - Mamie White Colvin
1953 - 1959 - Agnes Dubbs Hays
1959 - 1974 - Ruth Tibbets Tooze
1974 - 1980 - Edith Kirkendall Stanley
1980 - 1988 - Martha Greer Edgar
1988 - 1996 - Rachel Catherine Bubar Kelly
1996 - 2006 - Sarah Frances Ward
2006 - Current -Rita Kaye Wert
It reached it highest membership towards the end of the 1920s, but paying membership has gradually declined since then.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is the oldest continuing nonsectarian women's organization worldwide.
to protect the home and ban liquor
Women's Christian Temperance Union Public Fountain was created in 1912.
Women's Christian Temperance Union Community Building was created in 1922.
The main purpose of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was the prohibition of alcohol.
The goal of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was to improve conditions for women. The union was formed in 1874.The Main purpose is to destroy the influence of alcohol on families and society.
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.
Womens Christian Temperance Union (WTCU)
Francis Willard
the Prohibition and through that, the rise to power of organized crime.
to protect the home and ban liquor
saloon owners
Woman's Christian Temperance Union was created in 1873.
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)