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In contrast to the Knights of Jericho, the Good Templars allowed women as well as men to join the organization. It also worked only one degree, the Red Cross, rather than the Knights' three. Soon, however, this proved inadequate and a new three degree system was devised by the Rev. D. W. Bristol with the assistance of M. R. Banard and C. S ...
Temperance was seen as a feminine, religious and moral duty, and when it was achieved, it was also seen as a way to gain familial and domestic security as well as salvation in a religious sense. [4]: 47 Indeed, scholar Ruth Bordin stated that the temperance movement was "the foremost example of American feminism". [107]
The World's WCTU (WWCTU) is one of the most prominent examples of internationalism, evidenced by the circulation of the Union Signal around the globe; the International Conventions that were held with the purpose of focusing "world attention on the temperance and women's questions, [44] and the appointment of "round-the-world missionaries ...
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The World League Against Alcoholism (WLAA) was organized by the Anti-Saloon League, whose goal became establishing prohibition not only in the United States but throughout the entire world. As ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment creating prohibition in the U.S. neared, Anti-Saloon leader Ernest Cherrington promoted the creation of the WLAA ...
IOGT membership certificate, Michigan, 1868 [2] Small assembly building of the IOGT lodge in Vågå, Norway. Built 1908. The IOGT originated as one of a number of fraternal organizations for temperance or total abstinence founded in the 19th century and with a structure modeled on Freemasonry, using similar ritual and regalia.
The temperance movement is a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Subcategories This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Temperance movement by country, a social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages. Subcategories This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.