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The belief that women would vote as a block, a widespread fear during the suffrage movement, was proven wrong with the development of the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform. There were also many women who joined auxiliary groups to fight alongside their husbands or other male relations against the Eighteenth Amendment.
From 1926 to 1944, Colvin was the president of the New York Women's Christian Temperance Union. [8] In 1944, she became president of the organization at the national level, a position she held until 1953. [9] On October 30, 1955, Colvin was preparing to give a speech at the First Methodist Church in Clearwater, Florida when she collapsed and ...
The club movement became part of Progressive era social reform, which was reflected by many of the reforms and issues addressed by club members. [4] According to Maureen A. Flanagan, [5] many women's clubs focused on the welfare of their community because of their shared experiences in tending to the well-being of home-life.
Pauline Morton Sabin (April 23, 1887 – December 27, 1955) was an American prohibition repeal leader and Republican party official. Born in Chicago, she was a New Yorker who founded the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR).
Women have made great strides – and suffered some setbacks – throughout history, but many of their gains were made during two eras of activism. Timeline: The women's rights movement in the US ...
African American women became politically involved during Reconstruction including: the establishment of Civic Improvement Leagues, [22] the fight for abolition of child labor, involvement in prohibition, the pursuit of educational rights for women, and, critically, women's suffrage. While the right to vote was only given to black men, black ...
Rev. Stella B. Irvine (née, Blanchard; 1859–1926) was a pioneer in the American temperance and prohibition movements. She served as President of the Southern California Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), as well as National and World WCTU Director of the Sunday School Department. She wrote a great deal of literature on behalf of ...
Established history tells us that the temperance movement was driven by white evangelicals set out to discipline America’s Black and immigrant communities. Established history is wrong.