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  2. Temperance movement - Wikipedia

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    At the end of the 19th century, temperance movement opponents started to criticize the slave trade in Africa. This criticism came during the last period of rapid colonial expansion. Slavery and the alcohol trade in colonies were seen as two closely related problems, and they were frequently called "the twin oppressors of the people".

  3. Temperance movement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Drunkard's Progress: A lithograph by Nathaniel Currier supporting the temperance movement, January 1846.. In the United States, the temperance movement, which sought to curb the consumption of alcohol, had a large influence on American politics and American society in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, culminating in the prohibition of alcohol, through the Eighteenth Amendment to the ...

  4. History Suggests the Impact of Not Drinking Can Reach Far ...

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    Reflecting on the first wave of the American temperance movement offers both lessons and cautions. In the early 19th century, the demands of moderate and non-drinking tavern patrons fed ...

  5. Temperance movement in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The temperance movement in the United Kingdom was a social movement that campaigned against the recreational use and sale of alcohol, and promoted total abstinence (teetotalism). In the 19th century, high levels of alcohol consumption and drunkenness were seen by social reformers as a danger to society's wellbeing, leading to social issues such ...

  6. Martha Washingtonians - Wikipedia

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    The Martha Washingtonians (also known as the Ladies Washingtonian Society) were a group of working [1] class women of the early 19th century committed to the idea of encouraging temperance. [2] The organization was an outgrowth of the Washingtonian temperance movement. As an organization, it was composed of wives, sisters, aunts, daughters and ...

  7. Annie Bidwell - Wikipedia

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    Annie Kennedy Bidwell (June 30, 1839 – March 9, 1918) was a 19th-century pioneer and founder of society in the Sacramento Valley area of California.She is known for her contributions to social causes, such as women's suffrage, the temperance movement, donating parks for travelers to camp and sleep in and education. [1]

  8. American Temperance Society - Wikipedia

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    The American Temperance Society was the first U.S. social movement organization to mobilize massive and national support for a specific reform cause. Their objective was to become the national clearinghouse on the topic of temperance. [6] Within three years of its organization, ATS had spread across the country.

  9. Blue ribbon badge - Wikipedia

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    The blue ribbon badge was a symbol of the temperance movement in 19th century North America. The badge was created by Francis Murphy, 1836–1907, who was a chief advocate of the temperance movement in the United States and abroad in his generation. It was inspired by a Bible verse, Numbers 15:38-39, which says: "Speak unto the children of ...