First Woman's National Temperance Convention
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The First Woman's National Temperance Convention was a founding event in the establishment of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). In November, 1874, a Woman's National Temperance Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio, at which Jennie Fowler Willing presided, and to whose efforts this national organization is chiefly due. At this convention a constitution was adopted, and a plan of organization projected, which was to reach every city, town, and hamlet in the United States. Appeals to the women and girls of America, a letter to other countries, and a memorial to Congress, were in order. A national temperance paper, to be edited and published by women, was projected, whose financial basis was US$.01 per week, to be given by all the members of the Union. A special committee was ap
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Rev. John H. Vincent
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The culture of Christian manhood; Sunday mornings in Battell chapel, Yale university .jpg
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Annie Wittenmyer.jpg
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Frances Willard.jpg
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JENNIE FOWLER WILLING A woman of the century .jpg
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MARTHA McCLELLAN BROWN.jpg
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MARY BIGELOW INGHAM A woman of the century .jpg
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The First Woman's National Temperance Convention was a founding event in the establishment of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). In November, 1874, a Woman's National Temperance Convention was held in Cleveland, Ohio, at which Jennie Fowler Willing presided, and to whose efforts this national organization is chiefly due. At this convention a constitution was adopted, and a plan of organization projected, which was to reach every city, town, and hamlet in the United States. Appeals to the women and girls of America, a letter to other countries, and a memorial to Congress, were in order. A national temperance paper, to be edited and published by women, was projected, whose financial basis was US$.01 per week, to be given by all the members of the Union. A special committee was appointed on temperance work, among the children. The permanent officers of the society then organized were, Annie Turner Wittenmyer, President; Frances Willard, Corresponding Secretary; Mary Coffin Johnson, Recording Secretary; Mary Bigelow Ingham, Treasurer; with one vice-president from each of the States represented in the convention. The spirit of this assembly was shown in the closing resolutions adopted.
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