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History And Progress Of The Temperance Reform
A historical overview tracing temperance from early America's drink culture to modern reform. Key figures include Dr. Benjamin Rush and Lyman Beecher. It covers abolition of alcohol in churches, emergence of total abstinence, the Washingtonian movement, the rise of temperance societies, and the formation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It notes licensure battles, Civil War impacts, and the spread of prohibition advocacy leading to national movements.
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Benjamin Rush
Philadelphia
United States Mint
Dickinson College
Carlisle
Philadelphia Dispensary
United States
Anti-Slavery Society
Philadelphia Bible Society
Yale
Rush
Lyman Beecher
R.v. Lyman Beecher
Beecher
Mandy Thim
Washingtonian
Martha Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Navy
Order of Rechabites
Order of the Sons of Temperance
Cadets of Temperance
Sons of the Sons of Temperance
Templars of Honor
Temperance
Order of Good Templars
Corporation of
New York City
Main
Anderson
Minnesota
Rhode Island
New England
National Temperance Society
Royal Templars of Temperance
Catholic Total Abstince
Union of America
Church
Temperance Society
Reform Clubs
Women’s Crusade
Cause of Humanity
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Congress
National Brewers Association
National Prohibition Party
National
Anti-Saloon League