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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union ( WCTU) is an international temperance organization. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity ." [1]
Die Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) war eine Frauenorganisation, die ihren Ursprung in den Vereinigten Staaten hatte und im ausgehenden 19. Jahrhundert die größte Frauenorganisation der Vereinigten Staaten war.
Women were specifically drawn to the temperance movement, because it represented a fight to end a practice that greatly affected women's quality of life. Temperance was seen as a feminine, religious and moral duty, and when it was achieved, it was also seen as a way to gain familial and domestic security as well as salvation in a ...
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), American temperance organization, founded in November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, in response to the “Woman’s Crusade,” a series of temperance demonstrations that swept through New York and much of the Midwest in 1873–74.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
23. März 2010 · Learn about the WCTU, a 19th-century women’s group that campaigned for temperance, labor rights, prison reform and suffrage. Find out how Frances Willard led the WCTU and expanded its platform, and how it evolved after Prohibition.
Learn about the history and impact of women's involvement in the Temperance Movement, which fought to reduce or prohibit alcohol consumption in the US. Explore primary sources, such as documents, images, and videos, from the Digital Public Library of America.
Learn how women played a key role in the 19th century Temperance Movement, which aimed to end alcohol abuse and promote social reform. Explore the history, leaders and tactics of the movement, from moderation to teetotalism, from education to extremism.
