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Although Carry A. Nation was one of the best known members of the Woman's Christian temperance Union (WCTU), she never led the organization. The presidents of the WCTU and their terms of office have been:
1874 - 1879 - Annie Turner Wittenmeyer
1879 - 1898 - Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard
1898 - 1914 - Lillian M. N. Stevens
1914 - 1925 - Anna Adams Gordon
1925 - 1933 - Ella Alexander Boole
1933 - 1944 - Ida BelleWise Smith
1944 - 1953 - Mamie White Colvin
1953 - 1959 - Agnes Dubbs Hays
1959 - 1974 - Ruth Tibbets Tooze
1974 - 1980 - Edith Kirkendall Stanley
1980 - 1988 - Martha Greer Edgar
1988 - 1996 - Rachel Catherine Bubar Kelly
1996 - 2006 - Sarah Frances Ward
2006 - Current -Rita Kaye Wert
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Who led the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
Francis Willard
What led to prohibition?
The temperance movement.
Factors which led to the failure of malayan union?
There are many factors that led to the failure. People were fighting all of the time and it was difficult to get laws set up and enforced.
What virtually collapsed under the carter administration?
The "détente" with the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan led to a virtual collapse of Soviet-American relations.
What event led to the growth of international ladies garment workers union?
A fire that cost many lives
Powerful womens reform organization led by Frances willard?
Womens Christian Temperance Union (WTCU)
Who led the Women's Christian Temperance Union?
Francis Willard
What efforts the womens christian temperance union eventually led?
prohibition
Organization that along with the anti-saloon league led the organized crusade against alcohol?
Women's Christian Temperance Union
What organization that along with the anti-saloon league led the organized crusade against alcohol?
Women's Christian Temperance Union
What group led the crusade against the sale of alcoholic beverages?
The Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) led the crusade against the sale of alcoholic beverages in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. They believed that alcohol was destructive to families and society, and they advocated for temperance and eventually prohibition laws.
Is it true that Women's Christian Temperance Union was one of the organizations that led the organized crusade against alcohol?
Yes, it and the Antisaloon League were the two most influential
What is the Women's Christian temperance league?
The Women's Christian Temperance Union is a social movement advocating for the moderation or total abstinence from alcohol, typically led by women. It was a prominent force in the temperance movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States and other countries. This organization advocated for various social reforms and was influential in the passing of Prohibition in the United States.
What effort of the Women's Christian Temperance Union eventually led to?
The many prohibition laws against drugs and alcohol and the criminal organisations that live off the criminal activity surrounding prohibition.
What efforts of the Women and Christian Temperance Union eventually led to?
The many prohibition laws against drugs and alcohol and the criminal organisations that live off the criminal activity surrounding prohibition.
Prohibition was the result of what movement by Christian women?
Prohibition was the result of the temperance movement led by Christian women who advocated for the ban on the production and sale of alcohol. They believed that alcohol was a cause of social problems and wanted to promote morality and protect families from its harmful effects.
What started prohibitation?
In answer to 'What started' prohibition, it is probably best to say :Substantial pressure from the 'Temperance' movement. The biggest players in the Temperance movement were the 'women's Christian temperance union' which would preach anti alcoholic lessons to children in school, preach morals and spread prohibitionist Propaganda. All this led to the 'Volstead Act' which banned alcohol and all 'intoxicating liquors'.hope that helps.
