The wets mostly Catholics, the drys were for it mostly Protestants and women.
- if women could vote , they would vote for prohibition
People said that his good looks helped especially with women. Women also liked his stance on keeping the US out of European conflicts and his support of prohibition .
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Voting women could make the political changes the organization wanted They wanted more voters who supported Prohibition.
Prohibition of alcohol was mostly supported by women; the main organization that worked to enact Prohibition was the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Women often had terrible problems because their husbands, whom the women depended upon to support their families, would often spend all their money on drinks in bars, instead of bringing it home to be used to pay the rent, buy food, etc. It was believed that the best solution to this problem was to simply prohibit the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. Of course, this solution did not work as planned.
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The violence of Al Capone and other organized crime leaders reduced support for Prohibition.
If all women could vote, they wanted more Prohibitation
President Roosevelt's platform included a plank calling for the repeal of Prohibition.
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