Hillsboro, Ohio
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Hillsboro is a city in and the county seat of Highland County, Ohio, United States, approximately 35 miles west of Chillicothe and 50 miles east of Cincinnati. The population was 6,481 at the 2020 cen
High Street; the tall structure is the Bell Opera House
Oak Street Water Tower, constructed 1962
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is an international temperance organization. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and
Hillsboro, Ohio
…was platted in 1807, and most likely named for the hills near the original town site. One of the late 19th century's largest reform organizations, the Woman's Christian Temperance Union that went on to play important roles in achieving women's suffrage and prohibition, was founded in Hillsboro in 1873. A 200-year old building on West…
This 1902 illustration by Rea Irvin from the Hawaiian Gazette newspaper humorously illustrates the Anti-Saloon League and the Women's Christian Temperance Union's campaign against the producers and sellers of beers in Hawaii.
Women of the WCTU at a meeting, 1924
WCTU display booth at the Canadian National Exhibition in Toronto, 1945
Exterior of the National WCTU headquarters in Evanston, Illinois, a building on the national register of historic places