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temperance movement |
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temperance movementInternational social movement dedicated to the control of alcohol consumption through the promotion of moderation and abstinence. It began as a church-sponsored movement in the U.S. in the early 19th century. It attracted the efforts of many women, and by 1833 there were 6,000 local temperance societies in the U.S. The first European temperance society was formed in Ireland in 1826. An international temperance movement began in Utica, N.Y., U.S., in 1851 and spread to Australia, Asia, Europe, India, South and West Africa, and South America. See also Carry Nation; Prohibition; Woman's Christian Temperance Movement. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The Other Quebec is not a sweeping general history, but rather a collection of in-depth microhistories about specifics, from the Temperance Movement in the Eastern Townships 1830-52 to the 1800's perspective on marriage and parenthood. Almost immediately, Sherwood introduced Georgia Baptists to Sunday Schools, and a decade later he organized their first temperance movement. Although Herlihy concludes that the temperance movement functioned most effectively as a source of democratic protest against autocracy, a space where so many different peoples demanded participation in politics, she is left with the reality that the tsar's prohibition on alcohol in 1914 had little effect on the problem. |
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