National Women's Christian Temperance Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/National_Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:organization
temperance movement
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:NWCTU
gptkbp:activity support for women's rights
advocacy for prohibition
campaigns for social reform
education on alcohol dangers
gptkbp:affiliatedWith gptkb:World's_Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:WCTU
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded 1874
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Frances_Willard
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Evanston,_Illinois
gptkbp:historicalSignificance influential in passage of 18th Amendment
influential in passage of 19th Amendment
major force in temperance movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label National Women's Christian Temperance Union
gptkbp:motto gptkb:For_God_and_Home_and_Every_Land
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Mary_Allen_West
gptkb:Frances_Willard
gptkb:Anna_Adams_Gordon
gptkb:Ida_B._Wise_Smith
gptkb:Lillian_M._N._Stevens
gptkb:Martha_McClellan_Brown
gptkb:Mary_Clement_Leavitt
gptkb:Mary_Hunt
gptkbp:purpose promote women's suffrage
promote abstinence from alcohol
promote temperance
gptkbp:website https://www.wctu.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Progressive_Party_(United_States,_1924)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5