Temperance movement
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The temperance movement is a social movement promoting temperance or total abstinence from consumption of alcoholic beverages. Participants in the movement typically criticize alcohol intoxication or
The Drunkard's Progress (1846) by Nathaniel Currier warns that moderate drinking may lead to suicide step by step.
"L'Alcool est un Poison", 1910, in the Jenevermuseum Hasselt, contrasting "those who live from it" (people selling alcohol) with "those who die from it" (an alcoholic and his family).
Songbook used at the Women's Temperance Organization from Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania.
Sons of Temperance procession, Hill End, New South Wales, 1872
Carrie Nation
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Caroline Amelia Nation, often referred to as Carrie, Carry Nation, Carrie A. Nation, or Hatchet Granny, was a radical of the American temperance movement, which opposed alcohol consumption before the
Temperance movement
…were required to instruct students on temperance ideas, but they were accused of perpetuating misinformation, fear mongering, and racist stereotypes. Carrie Nation was one of the most extreme temperance movement workers and she was arrested 30 times for her "hatchetations" - using a hatchet to destroy property at…
Nation in 1903
Carrie Nation after her marriage to David Nation on December 30, 1874 (age 28)
Texas Historical Marker for the site of Carry Nation's hotel in East Columbia, Texas
Nation holding a hatchet and Bible, c. 1900