What's the connection between Prohibition and the dixie cup? It's not what you think: their connection had more to do with ...

So what’s the first thing Aunt Ada does to ruffle Aunt Agnes’s feathers? She hosts a temperance fundraiser in the house. The temperance movement, of course, fought for alcohol to be outlawed from ...

Eighty-nine years ago this week, another of our long national nightmares was over. For 13 luckless years, the United States of America went piously, officially “dry,” banning by constitutional ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author Dan Okrent discusses the temperance movement. Author Dan Okrent discusses the temperance movement. Describe the use of alcohol among various ...

Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union gather in Weston in 1884. The drive for women’s suffrage split the temperance movement, with some women opposing gaining the right to vote. Courtesy ...

FREMONT - To set a personal example for American citizens, Rutherford and Lucy Hayes banned hard spirits from the White House as the temperance movement gained steam in the later 19th century. The ...

This video is no longer available. D.C. is a town of monuments — and some of them are hiding in plain sight. In this week’s edition of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax decided to learn the ...

(The Conversation) — A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. (The ...