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 ⓘ
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union → affiliatedWith → World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
National Prohibition Act → relatedTo → Women’s Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
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New Zealand Electoral Act 1893 → associatedWithOrganization → Women's Christian Temperance Union of New Zealand ⓘ
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Kate Sheppard → memberOf → Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand ⓘ
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Mina Miller Edison → memberOf → Woman’s Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman’s Temple (Chicago) → associatedWith → Woman’s Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
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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
Annie Wittenmyer → memberOf → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
Anna Adams Gordon → affiliation → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
Anna Adams Gordon → associatedWith → World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
The Union Signal → officialOrganOf → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
The Union Signal → publisher → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
The Young Crusader → publishedBy → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
The Young Crusader → associatedWithOrganization → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
The White Ribbon → associatedWith → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
The White Ribbon → publisher → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
Anna Howard Shaw → memberOf → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
Katherine Wilson Sheppard → affiliation → Women's Christian Temperance Union New Zealand ⓘ
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Lillian M. N. Stevens → affiliation → Woman's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper → memberOf → Women's Christian Temperance Union ⓘ
linked to: Woman's Christian Temperance Union