The Loyal Temperance Legion was the children's branch of the

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 ref ...

(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 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 ...

(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 Azuma Moriya was born in 1884. Career Temperance Moriya wa ...

(1884–1975), head, Loyal Temperance Legion program in Japan

References

External links

* https://books.google.com/books?id=BuzNzm-x0l8C&pg=PA387&lpg=PA387&dq=Loyal+Temperance+Legion&source=bl&ots=zwbEfei_an&sig=i46roe3Aq6UO2ARQqPELl8qm9hc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=I-BcVamwPIH6UP-PgNAB&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=Loyal%20Temperance%20Legion&f=false * https://books.google.com/books?id=EMjxAAAAMAAJ&q=Loyal+Temperance+Legion&dq=Loyal+Temperance+Legion&hl=en&sa=X&ei=sOBcVYvTFYLWUb3wgNgN&ved=0CB8Q6AEwADgK Temperance organizations in the United States Youth organizations based in the United States {{US-org-stub