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In 1852 there was a split in the organization when a rival Independent Order of Good Templars was founded. These two later merged under the Independent Order of Good Templars name. [2] Templars of Honor and Temperance (active) – Founded in 1845 in New York and thriving today in Scandinavia as the Tempel Riddare Orden. [3]
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]
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 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 ...
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 ...
Temperance organizations in the United States (4 C, 40 P) W. Woman's Christian Temperance Union (1 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Temperance organizations"
For example, abolitionist organizations faced violent mobs that disrupted their meetings and threatened their members. In Congress, antislavery petitions were tabled (thanks to the infamous “gag ...
A 1910 Independent Order of Rechabites (IOR) postcard. The Independent Order of Rechabites (IOR), also known as the Sons and Daughters of Rechab, [1] is a fraternal organisation and friendly society founded in England in 1835 as part of the wider temperance movement to promote total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. [2]