WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION
\wˈɪmɪnz kɹˈɪst͡ʃən tˈɛmpəɹəns jˈuːni͡ən], \wˈɪmɪnz kɹˈɪstʃən tˈɛmpəɹəns jˈuːniən], \w_ˈɪ_m_ɪ_n_z k_ɹ_ˈɪ_s_tʃ_ə_n t_ˈɛ_m_p_ə_ɹ_ə_n_s j_ˈuː_n_iə_n]\
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organized in 1874 for reforming the drinking class and securing the abolition of the liquor traffic. An organization, called the "Non-Partisan W. C. T. U.," was formed at Cleveland in January, 1890, as a protest against the attitude of the W. C. T. U. in politics.
By John Franklin Jameson
Nearby Words
- women health
- women health services
- women in development
- women physicians
- women status
- Women's Christian Temperance Union
- women's lib
- women's liberation movement
- women's liberationist
- women's rightist
- women's rights