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The Washingtonian movement (Washingtonians, Washingtonian Temperance Society or Washingtonian Total Abstinence Society) was a 19th-century temperance fellowship founded on Thursday, April 2, 1840, by six alcoholics (William K. Mitchell, John F. Hoss, David Anderson, George Steers, James McCurley, and Archibald Campbell) [1] at Chase's Tavern on Liberty Street in Baltimore, Maryland.
Lillian M. Mitchner (née, Early; 1862/64-1954) was an American social reformer associated with the temperance and suffrage movements. She served as President of the Kansas State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) for 28 years (emeritus from 1938), and Superintendent of the Kansas Industrial School for Girls.
On February 22, 1842, in Springfield, Illinois, while a member of the Illinois Legislature, Abraham Lincoln gave an address to the Springfield Washington Temperance Society on the 110th anniversary of the birth of George Washington. In the speech, Lincoln criticized early methods of the temperance movement as overly forceful and advocated ...
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Location: 600 Southwest Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas. Year founded: 1934 Best known for : Combo sandwiches (choice of two meats: ham, turkey, sliced or pulled pork, burnt ends, sausage, pulled ...
Sarah A. Clark McClees (September 23, 1822 – January 7, 1913) was an American temperance worker, suffragist, and writer. She was superintendent of the Department of Soldiers and Sailors of the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).
The American Temperance Society was the first U.S. social movement organization to mobilize massive and national support for a specific reform cause. Their objective was to become the national clearinghouse on the topic of temperance. [6] Within three years of its organization, ATS had spread across the country.
The Martha Washingtonians (also known as the Ladies Washingtonian Society) were a group of working [1] class women of the early 19th century committed to the idea of encouraging temperance. [2] The organization was an outgrowth of the Washingtonian temperance movement. As an organization, it was composed of wives, sisters, aunts, daughters and ...