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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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Founded in 1874, the WCTU is a non-profit organization that believes "the family is the foundation upon which this nation was built; therefore, WCTU sounds a warning against anything that poses a threat to the family."
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Founded in 1874, the WCTU is a non-profit organization that believes "the family is the foundation upon which this nation was built; therefore, WCTU sounds a warning against anything that poses a threat to the family."
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In brew-loving Cincinnati, when the local WCTU threatened to protest against the existence of a beer garden, the owner “mounted an old cannon at the entrance to his place and threatened to blow the ladies to kingdom come.”
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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In addition, the WCTU lobbied states to increase the age of parents' legal consent for their daughter's marriage to 16 years.
Dr. Caroline Cicero: Women's Rights -- 91 Years and Still Pedaling a Stationary Bicycle Dr. Caroline Cicero 2011
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Willard led the Women's Christian Temperance Union WCTU for twenty years, beginning in 1874.
Dr. Caroline Cicero: Women's Rights -- 91 Years and Still Pedaling a Stationary Bicycle Dr. Caroline Cicero 2011
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The WCTU lead the way through the late 19th and early 20th centuries until national Prohibition was enacted in the United States in 1920.
Stanton Peele: Saying Bad Things About Booze -- Propaganda as Science Stanton Peele 2011
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According to Daniel Okrent's Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition, the WCTU ''education campaign began shortly after Currier and Ives reissued the famous print of Washington's Farewell to the Officers of His Army, which took place in Fraunces' Tavern, in New York, in 1783.
Stanton Peele: Saying Bad Things About Booze -- Propaganda as Science Stanton Peele 2011
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In addition, the WCTU lobbied states to increase the age of parents' legal consent for their daughter's marriage to 16 years.
Dr. Caroline Cicero: Women's Rights -- 91 Years and Still Pedaling a Stationary Bicycle Dr. Caroline Cicero 2011
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Willard led the Women's Christian Temperance Union WCTU for twenty years, beginning in 1874.
Dr. Caroline Cicero: Women's Rights -- 91 Years and Still Pedaling a Stationary Bicycle Dr. Caroline Cicero 2011
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In addition, the WCTU lobbied states to increase the age of parents' legal consent for their daughter's marriage to 16 years.
Dr. Caroline Cicero: Women's Rights -- 91 Years and Still Pedaling a Stationary Bicycle Dr. Caroline Cicero 2011
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