The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) supported prohibition primarily because they believed that alcohol consumption was a leading cause of social problems, including domestic violence, poverty, and family breakdown. They viewed temperance as a means to promote moral and social reform, advocating for the protection of women and children from the negative effects of alcohol. Additionally, the WCTU sought to empower women by involving them in social activism, positioning prohibition as a way to improve society as a whole.
They wanted more voters who supported prohibition.
- if women could vote , they would vote for prohibition
They had the eighteenth amendment passed, which was the prohibition of alcohol. The prohibition was a ban of sale and consumption of alcohol.
The WCTU, among many other groups.
Two prohibition organizations today are the Prohibition Party and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
Women and Christians. WCTU (Women's Christian Temperence Union)
Demands from the WCTU and other womens' groups along with pressure from Protestant churches caused Prohibition.
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.
To prevent people from drinking any alcoholic beverages.
Supporters of prohibition included the WCTU, the KKK, Protestant Churches , the Anti-Saloon League, and a large number of temperance organizations.
National Prohibition largely originated from demands of the women's movement (primarily the Woman's Christian Temperance Union or WCTU) and Protestant churches.
WCTU was organized in 1874 by women who were concerned about the problems alcohol was causing their families and society. The members chose total abstinence from all alcohol as their life style and protection of the home as their watchword.