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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]
The temperance movement still exists in many parts of the world, but it is generally less politically influential than it was in the early 20th century. Its efforts today include disseminating research regarding alcohol and health, in addition to its effects on society and the family unit.
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 ...
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.
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"
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...