Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Women's_Christian_Temperance_Union_(WCTU)

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:organization temperance movement
gptkbp:affiliatedWith	gptkb:Suffrage_movement gptkb:World's_Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union Prohibition movement
gptkbp:color	white
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:founded	1874
gptkbp:foundedIn	gptkb:Cleveland,_Ohio,_United_States
gptkbp:headquartersLocation	gptkb:Evanston,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	early advocate for women's rights major force in Prohibition era largest women's organization in the 19th century United States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
gptkbp:membership	open to women
gptkbp:motto	gptkb:For_God_and_Home_and_Every_Land
gptkbp:notable_campaign	public health women's suffrage prison reform labor reform temperance education kindergarten education anti-alcohol legislation anti-tobacco
gptkbp:notableLeader	gptkb:Mary_Allen_West gptkb:Frances_E._Townsley gptkb:Frances_Willard gptkb:Anna_Adams_Gordon gptkb:Lillian_M._N._Stevens gptkb:Mary_Clement_Leavitt gptkb:Annie_Wittenmyer
gptkbp:notableMember	gptkb:Carrie_Nation gptkb:Frances_Willard gptkb:Ida_B._Wise_Smith
gptkbp:operatesIn	gptkb:Australia gptkb:Canada gptkb:India gptkb:Japan gptkb:New_Zealand gptkb:South_Africa gptkb:United_Kingdom gptkb:United_States many other countries
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:World's_Woman's_Christian_Temperance_Union
gptkbp:publishedIn	gptkb:The_Union_Signal
gptkbp:purpose	promote abstinence from alcohol promote temperance promote social reform
gptkbp:status	active
gptkbp:symbol	white ribbon
gptkbp:website	https://www.wctu.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:New_Zealand_in_1893
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7