Woman's Christian Temperance Union

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union

GPTKB entity

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:organization
gptkbp:abbreviation	gptkb:WCTU
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:World's_Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union gptkb:National_Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:color	white ribbon
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:focus	gptkb:temperance_movement gptkb:public_policy gptkb:labor_reform women's suffrage prison reform prohibition social purity
gptkbp:founded	1874
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Cleveland,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Evanston,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	influential in passage of 18th Amendment influential in passage of 19th Amendment major force in temperance movement
gptkbp:membership	open to women
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:For_God_and_Home_and_Every_Land
gptkbp:notable_campaign	women's right to vote prohibition of alcohol
gptkbp:notableAction	lectures publications petitions education campaigns lobbying for temperance laws
gptkbp:notableEvent	first national convention in 1874
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Frances_Willard gptkb:Lillian_M._N._Stevens gptkb:Annie_Wittenmyer
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Carrie_Nation gptkb:Frances_Willard gptkb:Lillian_M._N._Stevens gptkb:Mary_Hunt gptkb:Annie_Wittenmyer
gptkbp:notablePublication	gptkb:The_Union_Signal
gptkbp:organization	gptkb:nonprofit_organization gptkb:advocacy_group
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:World's_Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:purpose	gptkb:social_reform promote abstinence from alcohol promote temperance
gptkbp:regionServed	gptkb:United_States international
gptkbp:symbol	white ribbon
gptkbp:website	https://www.wctu.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Mary_Allen_West gptkb:Carrie_Nation gptkb:Ella_Eaton_Kellogg gptkb:Ella_Ervilla_Kellogg
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Woman's Christian Temperance Union