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The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or promote teetotalism , and its leaders emphasize alcohol 's negative effects on people's health , personalities, and family lives.
An early allegorical map of temperance. ... This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where ... Temperance movement in ...
Temperance movement in the United States (20 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Temperance movement by country" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
Vegetarian Delegates at the World's Fair in Chicago, June 1893.Hanson is seated at the front, far right. Hanson took a teetotal pledge around 1842. [9] He was an active participant in the temperance movement, serving as president of the Northern Section of the New Church (Swedenborgian) Temperance Society and the Band of Hope.
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.
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 ...
The Band of Hope Union was founded in 1851. In the United States the movement had generally changed its name to Loyal Temperance Legion, though some locals continued using the Band of Hope name. In 1908 there were approximately 15,000 Bands of Hope and other temperance youth organizations with about 20,000 members.
The Temperance movement in Ireland was an influential movement dedicated to lowering consumption of alcohol that involved both Protestant and Catholic religious leaders. In Ireland, Catholic priest, Theobald Mathew persuaded thousands of people to sign the pledge, therefore, establishing the Teetotal Abstinence Society in 1838.