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Title	Union Signal
Subject	Civil Liberties Ohio Women Ohio Woman's Christian Temperance Union Temperance
Place	Hillsboro (Ohio) Highland County (Ohio)
Description	The Union Signal, the national organ for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, contained a story about the "Crusade Memorial Room" in the First Presbyterian Church in Hillsboro. In 1873, women gathered at the original Presbyterian Church to pray before beginning their protests outside of saloons. When a new church was built in 1899, the "Crusade Memorial Room" was included to commemorate the role the original building had played in the temperance movement. This room contained relics from the early leaders of the crusade and furnishings presented in their honor. The Signal consists of four pages that are 11 by 18 inches (27.94 by 45.72 cm) each. A series of speeches on the destructive power of alcohol Dr. Dio Lewis gave in December 1873 in Fredonia, New York and Hillsboro and Washington Court House, Ohio inspired the creation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Soon typically quiet women in those towns began protesting outside of saloons by praying and singing hymns in hopes of convincing saloonkeepers of the evil of their ways. Eventually, the crusade spread to all parts of the state. In some areas the women were successful in closing saloons, but they also faced mobs and arrest in others. In November 1874, the national WCTU was formed in Cleveland. While the WTCU was primarily interested in the temperance movement, they also embraced other causes including female suffrage, prison reform, and uniform marriage and divorce laws.
Date of Original	December 18, 1902
Source	Published material
Submitting Institution	Highland County District Library
Type	Text

Title	Om562_899926_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om562_899926_001.tif
Image Height	4728
Image Width	3192
File Size	3111.43 KB
Full Text	Christnias=Crusade Number. ;:^.r ¦^n0l I I).

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