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(3 pp) This discussion examines the colorful
history of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union - still going strong since 1874.
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examines the colorful history of the Womens Christian Temperance Union - still going strong since 1874. History In October, 1893, Frances Willard, President, of the Womans Christian Temperance Union, addressed
the Second Biennial Convention, " Beloved Comrades of the White Ribbon Army: When we began the delicate, difficult, and dangerous operation of dissecting out the alcohol nerve from the
body politic, we did not realize the intricacy of the undertaking nor the distances that must be traversed by the scalpel of investigation and research." The language was as
dramatic as the women involved in saving the alcoholic world from itself, and the rest of us. And Willard, according to Laughlin (1999), had been speaking against the evils
of alcohol for almost twenty years when she gave this particular speech. With such tenacity it is no wonder that The WCTU is alive and well today, concentrating most
of its energy on childrens anti-drug programs. Activism - the good, the bad, and the ugly. WCTU began its activism program the minute it opened its doors. The organization
supported the ideals of women status, purity and temperance. This was not like the ideals of political platforms today, because if you were a member of the WCTU, you
were given the freedom to support and speak about those issues you could. If you could not, support all planks of the platform, that was acceptable as well.
"Temperance" coupled with good health, for the individual and the country, were the connective tissues that held the group together. Some women
campaigned for "womens suffrage," the right for women to vote in elections. Some wanted better working conditions for women; others information about alcohol abuse or "temperance" in the schools;
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