Woman's Christian Temperance Union

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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is a historic American religious and social reform organization best known for leading the temperance movement and advocating for the prohibition of alcohol, as well as for women’s rights and social purity reforms.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian organization
nonprofit organization
social reform organization
temperance organization
women's organization
affiliatedWith Prohibition Party
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
country United States
fieldOfWork Christian social activism
alcohol prohibition
anti-prostitution campaigns
anti-tobacco campaigns
education
labor reform
peace activism
prison reform
public health
social reform
temperance
women's rights
foundedBy Annie Wittenmyer
Frances Willard
hasMembership women only (historically)
hasObjective advocacy of legal prohibition of alcohol
expansion of women's political rights
promotion of Christian moral standards in society
promotion of total abstinence from alcohol
protection of the home
hasPart World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
hasPublication The Union Signal
The White Ribbon
The Young Crusader
headquartersLocation Evanston, Illinois
ideology Christian feminism
evangelical Protestantism
moral reform
social gospel
inception 1874
locationOfFormation Cleveland, Ohio
linked to: Cleveland
motto For God and Home and Native Land
movement Prohibition movement
linked to: temperance movement

social purity movement
linked to: temperance movement

temperance movement
women's suffrage movement
nativeLabel WCTU
notableLeader Anna Adams Gordon
Annie Wittenmyer
Frances Willard
Lillian M. N. Stevens
religion Protestant Christianity

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Prohibition era in the United States influencedByOrganization Woman's Christian Temperance Union
American Temperance Society influenced Woman's Christian Temperance Union
temperance movement hasNotableOrganization Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution influencedBy Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union nativeLabel WCTU
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union hasPart World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union affiliatedWith World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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National Prohibition Act relatedTo Women’s Christian Temperance Union
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
New Zealand Electoral Act 1893 associatedWithOrganization Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Kate Sheppard memberOf Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand
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Mina Miller Edison memberOf Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
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Woman’s Temple (Chicago) associatedWith Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman’s Temple (Chicago) affiliation Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frances Willard memberOf Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Frances Willard memberOf World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union