Women's Crusade photograph
Title |
Women's Crusade photograph |
Subject |
Women social reformers - Ohio Other--Social Welfare Temperance--History Alcoholic beverages Demonstrations |
Time Period |
1870s |
Place |
Waynesville (Ohio) Warren County (Ohio) |
Description |
Large group of men and several women gathered outside of Family Groceries in Waynesville, Ohio, during the Women's Temperance Crusade of 1873-1874. The women were protesting the sale of alcoholic beverages. The Temperance movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In 1874, a group of Cleveland women established the Women's Christian Temperance Union. This organization pressured the Ohio and federal governments to implement Prohibition, which would outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol. From the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, the WCTU was the major organization within the United States seeking Prohibition. Its members utilized rather extreme tactics to convince Americans to abstain from alcohol. Members picketed bars and saloons, prayed for the souls of the bar patrons, and also tried to block the entryways of establishments that sold liquor. By the 1890s, groups such as the American Anti-Saloon League had joined the Women's Christian Temperance Union in its push for Prohibition. |
Date of Original |
1873-1874 |
Collection |
Temperance 1874 Collection |
Source |
SC 1337 |
Format |
Picture Black-and-white photographs |
Extent |
25.8 cm x 20.4 cm |
Submitting Institution |
Ohio History Connection |
Rights |
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information |
Type |
StillImage |
File Name |
SC1337_001_01.tif |
Image Height |
4830 |
Image Width |
6103 |
File Size |
88458096 Bytes |
Date created |
2013-06-06 |
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