Liquor Industry

Corporate Interests Mobilize Systematic Opposition to Women's Suffrage to Protect Profits

1916-01-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

Throughout the 1910s, as women’s suffrage gained momentum following state victories in the West and increasing militant activism in the East, multiple corporate interests mobilized systematic opposition to protect their economic interests from potential voter-supported reforms. The liquor …

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Woman's Christian Temperance Union Founded Creating Alliance and Opposition to Suffrage

1874-11-18 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

On November 18, 1874, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) was founded in Cleveland, Ohio, in response to the “Woman’s Crusade,” a series of temperance demonstrations that had swept through New York and much of the Midwest in 1873-74. The WCTU initially focused …

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