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But Pauline Sabin is often credited as being one of the major activists behind Prohibition's repeal. This 2018 episode covers a key figure in the battle over Prohibition, which was is often framed as a battle of the sexes, with women serving as the moral voice of sobriety.
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With the establishment of Prohibition in the United States in 1920, the American public believed that women stood solidly behind the legislation because it would reduce the evils long associated with male drunkenness. The formation in 1929 of an anti-Prohibition women's group, the Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform, challenged this notion of a unified woman's voting bloc ...
WONPR. The Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform (WONPR) was founded in 1929 by a group of women led by Pauline Sabin, a wealthy and politically-connected socialite. Within a year, the organization attracted over 100,000 members, and by 1932 it had 600,000 members -- more even than the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment.
Pauline Sabin wurde am 23 April 1887 in Chicago, Illinois, USA geboren. Sie war mit Dwight Filley Davis, Charles Hamilton Sabin und John Hopkins Smith Jr. verheiratet. Sie starb am 27 Dezember 1955 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Sabin was named Republican National Committeewoman for New York in 1923 and became a national convention delegate the following year. As she had done in 1920 and 1924, Sabin campaigned for the Republican presi-dential nominee in 1928, directing women's activities throughout the East. Pauline Sabin's concern over prohibition grew slowly during ...
Pauline Sabin's argument was very simple: alcohol and its consumption was the problem of the consumer or the would-be consumer, and not the government. In a New York Times interview with Samuel Johnson Woolf, she argued, "When prohibition was first enacted, I was in favor of it. . . . I had two sons and felt that for their benefit, at least I should approve it." However, Sabin was not a ...
