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Lillian M. N. Stevens (1843–1914) was an American temperance worker and social reformer, born at Dover, Maine.She helped launch the Maine chapter of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.), [3] served as its president, and was elected president of the National W.C.T.U. after the death of Frances Willard.
Blue ribbon badge. 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 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 ...
In 1912, Helen N. Bates was elected president of MWSA. [48] On Woman's Day in 1912, Bates thanked the Socialist Party as being the only one in the U.S. advocating for women's suffrage. [50] Suffragists from Maine marched in the Woman Suffrage Procession. [51] Suffragists were also hopeful that women's suffrage legislation would pass in 1913. [51]
The Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals constructed the Methodist Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC in the 1920s to further increase its influence and lobbying power in public policy matters regarding alcoholic beverages. It was dedicated on January 16, 1924 Robert Dean McNeal, Valiant for Truth: Clarence True Wilson and ...
There are Me-n-Ed’s On Tap locations with more than 30 taps of self-serve beer. Blast & Brew locations, a step up from the typical pizza joint, opened with “sophisticated comfort food” and ...
Fenton Harper (m. 1860) Children. Mary Frances Harper (1862–1908) Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an American abolitionist, suffragist, poet, temperance activist, teacher, public speaker, and writer. Beginning in 1845, she was one of the first African American women to be published in the United States.
Sons of Temperance. 'Sons of Temperance' Procession, Hill End, New South Wales, a gold mining town in Australia, 1872. The Sons of Temperance was and is a brotherhood of men who promoted the temperance movement and mutual support. The organization was started in New York City in 1842. In the 1840s, it spread quickly across the United States and ...