Women Christian Temperance Union

Women Christian Temperance Union
Христианство: Женский христианский союз воздержания

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  • Women's Christian Temperance Union — Woman s Christian Temperance Union Woman s Christian Temperance Union An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. It… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Woman’s Christian Temperance Union — Postkarte von der Erinnerungstafel und der Baptistenkirche in Fredonia, dem Gründungsort der ersten lokalen Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (1873). Die Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) war eine Frauenorganisation, die ihren Ursprung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Woman's Christian Temperance Union — Postkarte von der Erinnerungstafel und der Baptistenkirche in Fredonia, dem Gründungsort der ersten lokalen Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (1873). Die Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) war eine Frauenorganisation, die ihren Ursprung… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Woman's Christian Temperance Union — WCTU redirects here. See WCTU Railway for the rail line in White City, Oregon. .History and purposeThe purpose of the WCTU is to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society. Frances Willard, a noted feminist, was its second president …   Wikipedia

  • Woman's Christian Temperance Union — An association of women formed in the United States in 1874, for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive, educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. It is also known as the {Women s Christian Temperance Union} and by its… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Women's Christian Temperance Union — An organization active in the cause of temperance and the strict control, if not outright prohibition, of traffic in intoxicating liquors …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Women's Christian Temperance Union — noun an association first established in the US in 1874 with the primary aim of promoting abstinence from alcoholic liquor; began in Australia in Sydney, NSW, in 1882 where it took up the cause of women s suffrage; it is now active in all states… …  

  • Women's Moderation Union — The Women s Moderation Union, headed by M. Louise Gross, helped belie the Women s Christian Temperance Union s insistence that it spoke for American women. When she heard the WCTU president make that assertion before the United States Congress in …   Wikipedia

  • temperance union — A society organized for the purpose of teaching and promoting temperance, particularly temperance in the use of alcoholic beverages. See Women s Christian Temperance Union …   Ballentine's law dictionary

  • Woman's Christian Temperance Union —       American organization, founded in November 1874 in Cleveland, Ohio, in response to the “Woman s Crusade,” a series of temperance demonstrations that swept through New York and much of the Midwest in 1873–74. Annie Wittenmyer (Wittenmyer,… …   Universalium

  • Temperance Movements — • Covers the history in Europe, the United States, and Canada Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Temperance Movements     Temperance Movements      …   Catholic encyclopedia


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