So what’s the first thing Aunt Ada does to ruffle Aunt Agnes’s feathers? She hosts a temperance fundraiser in the house. The temperance movement, of course, fought for alcohol to be outlawed from ...

Eighty-nine years ago this week, another of our long national nightmares was over. For 13 luckless years, the United States of America went piously, officially “dry,” banning by constitutional ...

Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union gather in Weston in 1884. The drive for women’s suffrage split the temperance movement, with some women opposing gaining the right to vote. Courtesy ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Dan Okrent discusses the temperance movement. Author Dan Okrent discusses the temperance movement. Describe the use of alcohol among various ...

(The Conversation) — A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. (The ...

The enormous success of the temperance movement among native-born American women between 1874 and 1900 entwined the destiny of the suffrage movement with the temperance movement during the last ...

This video is no longer available. D.C. is a town of monuments — and some of them are hiding in plain sight. In this week’s edition of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax decided to learn the ...

An anti-alcohol vintage postcard from Patt Morrison's collection shows a progression from lemonade to the grave. Eighty-nine years ago this week, another of our long national nightmares was over. For ...

Some bands said their farewells, others we welcomed back with arms wide open. Check out who broke up and who reunited in 2024. England's Temperance Movement want to bring back blues rock; we caught up ...