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Loyal Temperance Legion
The Loyal Temperance Legion was the children's branch of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Its slogan was "Tremble, King Alcohol, We Shall Grow Up". It published an English-language newspaper for children called ''The Young Crusader'', which was edited for some time by WCTU president Anna Adams Gordon, a strong believer in the need to interest children in temperance at a very early age. Notable people * Suessa Baldridge Blaine (1860-1932), general secretary of the Loyal Temperance Legion * Harriet Ball Dunlap (1867-1957), State secretary of the Loyal Temperance Legion of West Washington WCTU * Anna Adams Gordon (1853–1931), editor, ''The Young Crusader'' * Imogen LaChance (1853-1938), organized and superintended Senior and Junior Loyal Temperance Legion in Wisconsin * Azuma Moriya was a Japanese temperance activist. She was head of the Loyal Temperance Legion program in Japan, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) outreach to children. Early life A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is an international Temperance movement, temperance organization, originating among women in the United States Prohibition movement. 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." It plays an influential role in the Temperance movement in the United States, temperance movement. The organization supported the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, 18th Amendment and was also influential in social reform issues that came to prominence in the progressive era. The WCTU was originally organized on December 23, 1873, in Hillsboro, Ohio, and officially declared at a national convention in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1874. It operated at an international level and in the context of religion and reform, including missionary work and women's suffrage. Two years after its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Adams Gordon
Anna Adams Gordon (1853–1931) was an American social reformer, songwriter, and, as national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union when the Eighteenth Amendment was adopted, a major figure in the Temperance movement. Biography Early life Gordon was born on July 21, 1853, in Boston, Massachusetts, to James M. and Mary Clarkson Gordon, both Christian abolitionists. When she was three, her family moved to Auburndale. Elizabeth Putnam Gordon was an older sibling. She went on to attend Boston High School, Lasell Seminary, and Mount Holyoke College. She spent a year abroad in San Sebastián with another sister, Alice Gordon Gulick, who had started a school for girls there in 1871. Woman's Christian Temperance Union In 1877, Gordon met Frances E. Willard at a Dwight L. Moody revival meeting, in the building where Willard was holding temperance meetings. Gordon's younger brother Arthur had died just days before, a traumatic event which had, as Willard later wro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greencastle, Indiana
Greencastle is a city in Greencastle Township, Putnam County, Indiana, United States, and the county seat of Putnam County. It was founded in 1821 by Ephraim Dukes on a land grant. He named the settlement for his hometown of Greencastle, Pennsylvania. Greencastle was a village or town operating under authority of the Putnam County commissioners until March 9, 1849, when it became a town by special act of the local legislature. Greencastle, Indiana, officially became a city after an election held on July 8, 1861. The first mayor of Greencastle was E. R. Kercheval, a member of the Freemason Temple Lodge #47. The city became the county seat of Putnam County. The population was 10,326 at the 2010 census. It is located near Interstate 70 approximately halfway between Terre Haute and Indianapolis in the west-central portion of the state. Greencastle is well known as being the location of DePauw University. Education Public schools Greencastle's public schools are operated by the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suessa Baldridge Blaine
Suessa Baldridge Blaine (February 25, 1860 – May 15, 1932) was an American writer of temperance pageants. She was connected with the Federated Woman's Clubs and organizations. Early life and education Suessa Baldridge was born at Varick, New York, February 25, 1860. She was educated at the Wheaton College and Washington University in St. Louis. Blaine was reared in a Prohibition home, and while still a young girl, she became a very active participant at temperance meetings, where she won great favor for her songs and recitations. While at Wheaton College she joined the Young Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), and in her home town, she became an officer of that organization. Career She married Don P. Blaine, of Romulus, New York, March 13, 1890, and after her marriage, lived at Ovid, New York. There, she served as president of the Ovid WCTU and as an officer of the Seneca County organization. In 1894, when she removed to Washington, D.C., retaining a summer residence a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harriet Ball Dunlap
Harriet Ball Dunlap (, Ball; after first marriage, Williams; after second marriage, Dunlap; June 1, 1867 – December 15, 1957) was an American temperance leader associated with Western Washington. Biography Harriet Elizabeth Ball was born at Harrison, Ohio, June 1, 1867. Her parents were Richard Henry Ball (1844-1934) and Amanda Virginia (Horney) Ball (1847-1934). Harriet had five younger siblings: Rebecca, Samuel, Ruth, Mary, and Richard. The family removed to La Conner, Skagit County, Washington in 1876. She was educated in the public schools of the Washington Territory. In 1887, she married A. C. Williams. In 1895, she married Samuel Dunlap, of Mount Vernon, Skagit County, Washington. Early on, she took a position among the pioneer teachers in Western Washington. There, too, she began working for the temperance cause, having been a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W. C. T. U.) from her childhood. For a period of thirteen years (1898-1911), she was State se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imogen LaChance
Imogen LaChance (, Hanscom; November 22, 1853 – August 1938) was an American social reformer active in the temperance movement for 60 years. She served as president of the Arizona State Woman's Christian Temperance Union (W.C.T.U.). She was also an advocate of woman suffrage and gained a wide acquaintance throughout Arizona as a result of her activity in various movements. Early life and education Imogen (or Imogene) Florence Hanscom was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, November 22, 1853. Her father, Dudley Marvin Hanscom (1821-1862), a prominent merchant of that city, died when she was seven years old. Four years later, her mother, Elizabeth (nee Pickering; 1830-1916), married Professor William Owen Butler (1829-1913), principal of one of the schools of Sheboygan at that time. Butler took charge of LaChance's education. Career LaChance became a teacher, serving in Wausau, Wisconsin during the period of 1870–72. On March 24, 1872, in Wausau, she married Leander LaChance (1842- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azuma Moriya
was a Japanese temperance activist. She was head of the Loyal Temperance Legion program in Japan, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) outreach to children. Early life Azuma Moriya was born in 1884. Career Temperance Moriya was secretary and traveling assistant to temperance activist Yajima Kajiko, first president of the WCTU in Japan. In 1908, Moriya was appointed Japanese national chair of the Loyal Temperance Legion (''Shonen Kinshu Gun'') program, the WCTU's outreach to children. She organized at least 65 chapters of the organization in Japan. "Everywhere she goes," commented a 1918 report, "legions spring up to bless Japan – not only today but in years to come." She organized a temperance conference for students in 1921, and in 1924 began a campaign to provide temperance resources such as posters and pamphlets to primary schools. In 1927 she attended the World Convention of the WCTU in Edinburgh. In 1939 she served on the board of the WCTU in Japan, wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temperance Organizations In The United States
Temperance may refer to: Moderation *Temperance movement, movement to reduce the amount of alcohol consumed *Temperance (virtue), habitual moderation in the indulgence of a natural appetite or passion Culture * Temperance (group), Canadian dance-pop musical group * Temperance (Tarot card), Major Arcana Tarot card *''Temperance'', album by Astrud Gilberto *Temperance Brennan, fictional character by Kathy Reichs ** Temperance "Bones" Brennan, fictional character of TV series ''Bones'' * Temperance (Italian band), Italian melodic metal group ** ''Temperance'' (album), 2014 debut album by the Italian band Places United States *Temperance, Georgia, an unincorporated community *Temperance Bell, Georgia, an unincorporated community *Temperance, Michigan, a community *Temperance Hall, Tennessee, a small community *Temperance Island, Lake Michigan *Temperance River, Minnesota Other places * Temperance Vale, New Brunswick, Canada * Temperance Town, Cardiff, Wales See also * Temperance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
