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In 1894, South Australia was the fourth place in the world to grant universal female suffrage. Christian housewives were key to the cause.History was made on Dec 18, 1894, when a bill passed in the South Australian parliament granting women the right to vote and the right to stand for public office.This made the South Australian Parliament the first in Australia, and the fourth place in the world, to extend voting rights to women.In August of that year, a petition of 11,600 signatures had been presented to parliament, supporting women's right to a voice in the political process. It was the result of long campaigning and legwork by women's groups: the Women's Suffrage League, the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the Working Women's Trades Union, which gathered signatures from all over the state.In this episode of Life & Faith, Dr Nicole Starling, historian of 19th century Australian religious and political history, explains the role of the WCTU in gaining women the vote, and also how temperance activists, often denounced as stuffy wowsers looking to curb alcohol consumption, were the first to spot connections between alcohol abuse and what we now call family and domestic violence.Explore:Nicole Starling on XMore info on Nicole Starling's book Evangelical Belief and Enlightenment Morality in the Australian Temperance Movement, 1832-1930

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 991, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Jokers Are Wild 1: This late funnyman, ever in search of respect: "I met the Surgeon General. He offered me a cigarette". (Rodney) Dangerfield. 2: By George, this standup comic said, "As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is". George Carlin. 3: Jack Handey: "Blow ye winds, like" this Miles Davis instrument "blows, but without that noise". a trumpet. 4: For "Blazing Saddles", this legendary black standup wrote the classic line "Mongo only pawn in game of life". Richard Pryor. 5: This extremely deadpan comic asked, "What's another word for thesaurus?". Steven Wright. Round 2. Category: J.J. Abrams, Busy Man 1: In 2009 J.J. Abrams went where Leonard Nimoy had gone before and directed this film. Star Trek. 2: J.J. didn't write or direct, but produced 2011's "Mission: Impossible", subtitled this. Ghost Protocol. 3: J.J. co-created this ABC drama that was so intriguing, a man simply opening a hatch became a major event. Lost. 4: J.J. said he created this Jennifer Garner series by thinking, "What if Felicity was a spy?". Alias. 5: Say you write a script about a '70s train crash; if you're J.J., you call it this, direct it and have Spielberg produce. Super 8. Round 3. Category: Jeopardy! Drinking Games 1: Like actress Sally, this last name of 19th century U.S. department store owner Marshall is singular; add an "S"--imbibe. Field. 2: When naming this member of the 2nd triumvirate, don't add an "H" to his last name or you're talking about J. Lo's hubby. Mark Antony. 3: If you add the incorrect "S" to this last book of the Bible that tells of the opening of 6 seals, down a whole cup. Revelation. 4: If you say the WCTU is the "Women's Christian" rather than the "Woman's Christian" this, take a non-alcoholic swig. Temperance Union. 5: Drink up if you say (incorrectly) this African-American author wrote "The Invisible Man"; he penned "Invisible Man". Ralph Ellison. Round 4. Category: 3 For The Show 1: Kevin Costner, Kelly Reilly and Mo brings plenty landed in Montana. Yellowstone. 2: CBS cops (or C.O.P.S.?) Lina Esco, David Lim and Alex Russell. S.W.A.T.. 3: Ming-na Wen, Jennifer Beals and Temuera Morrison, who opens "The Book of" this mysterious title sci-fi guy. Boba Fett. 4: Kyle Richards, Lisa Rinna and Garcelle Beauvais get "Real". The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. 5: John Cena (not exactly living up to the title), Danielle Brooks and Jennifer Holland. Peacemaker. Round 5. Category: Headgear 1: This type of cap is part of a Brownie Girl Scout Uniform. a beanie. 2: To show off their curls, men turned up the brim 1st on 1 side, then both, then the back, making this hat. a tricorn hat. 3: Presidents wore silk toppers to inaugurations till Eisenhower broke tradition in '53 with this German design. a homberg. 4: Wearing one of these protectors is usually associated with someone a little out on the fringe. a tinfoil hat. 5: Ahoy! There's a mode of transport in the name of this straw hat with a flat crown and a ribbon band. a boater. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 701, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: When I Was Your Age... 1: People went out and bought records; why, in 1956, this man sold 10 million singles, proving he was "The King". Elvis (Presley). 2: These devices, like the Univac, took up whole rooms. computers. 3: Baseball players didn't go on strike; they pulled off feats like this one by pitcher Don Larsen in the 1956 World Series. throwing a perfect game. 4: We didn't have SUVs, we had cars like this company's Edsel. Ford. 5: The Russians weren't sending tourists into space, they were sending this first manmade satellite to orbit the Earth. Sputnik. Round 2. Category: Famous Seniors 1: This retiree founded Kentucky Fried Chicken at age 66 and was an ambassador for the firm when he died at 90. Colonel Sanders. 2: Known as the "Ol' Perfesser", he became the 1st manager of the New York Mets in 1962 at age 70. Casey Stengel. 3: When she was 75, this educator of the blind published the book "Teacher" about Anne Sullivan. Helen Keller. 4: He wrote his last play, "Buoyant Billions", at age 91, 35 years after "Pygmalion". George Bernard Shaw. 5: He used his Nobel Prize winnings to improve his hospital in Gabon and set up a leper colony. Albert Schweitzer. Round 3. Category: "Sun"S And "Moon"S 1: He's nicknamed the "father of modern China". Sun Yat-sen. 2: The name of this Unification Church leader fits the category. Sun Myung Moon. 3: She was TV's Punky Brewster. Soleil Moon Frye. 4: In The Who's Who's Who, he'd be listed under Late Drummer. Keith Moon. 5: We assume her brother Dweezil would be a Valley guy. Moon Unit Zappa. Round 4. Category: The Virtues 1: It was the "T" in the 19th century's WCTU. Temperance. 2: It's paired with liberty in the Pledge of Allegiance. justice. 3: We assume that Bill Clinton was born with it; we know he was born in it. Hope. 4: You "Gotta Have" this virtue; at least according to George Michael. Faith. 5: This virtue is also a name of a Rhode Island island and of prim, cautious women. Prudence. Round 5. Category: Meet The Flintstones 1: "The Flintstones" was modeled on this Jackie Gleason series. The Honeymooners. 2: In the 1993 primetime special "I Yabba-Dabba Do!", these 2 kids got married. Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm. 3: In 1996, after years of exclusion and a national vote, she joined the rest of the gang as a Flintstone vitamin. Betty Rubble. 4: "The Flintstones" theme is based on the chord changes of this song; "Who Could Ask for Anything More?". "I Got Rhythm". 5: 2 Stone Age movie heartthrobs were Stoney Curtis and this suave star, perhaps born Archiboulder Leach. Cary Granite. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia! Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/

Eugenics. It's one of those words that gets thrown around these days, often by people accusing "the other side" of wrongdoing. But what is eugenics? I invited law professor Paul Lombardo, author of "Three Generations, No Imbeciles", to join me to try to answer that very question. It turns out that that question is harder to answer than you'd think. In the early 1900s, the word "eugenic" was often used to mean "pure" or to imply that a product was healthy for babies. But that word also extended into segregating certain populations from society and forced sterilizations. It is important to understand the history of eugenics because some Christians use the fear of eugenics as a lens to understand the Scopes "Monkey" trial. I think that is an accurate connection, but we really should understand it. Did William Jennings Bryan support eugenics? Can Christians support eugenics? Many did. There were even competitions that rewarded pastors for writing pro-eugenics sermons. That was especially true for liberal pastors. In this episode, we attempt to answer some tough questions. I hope you enjoy it! Helpful Sources: "Three Generations, No Imbeciles" by Paul Lombardo "Preaching Eugenics" by Christine Rosen "Summer for the Gods" by Edward Larson An article from Smithsonian Magazine about Herbert Spencer Paul's article about William Jennings Bryan's support of the WCTU and eugenics CDC article about syphilis Helpful article about the immigration act Helpful Focus on the Family article about how some Christians don't believe that the sins of the father carry over Washington Post article about the "welfare queen" of the Reagan era Discussion Questions: What is eugenics? How did the term "eugenics" differ in the early 1900s from today? Are you in favor of eugenics? Why or why not? How is eugenics tied to evolution? How is it not? Do Christians have a responsibility to play when it comes to protecting people with special needs? What can we do to help those with special needs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eugenics. It's one of those words that gets thrown around these days, often by people accusing "the other side" of wrongdoing. But what is eugenics? I invited law professor Paul Lombardo, author of "Three Generations, No Imbeciles", to join me to try to answer that very question. It turns out that that question is harder to answer than you'd think. In the early 1900s, the word "eugenic" was often used to mean "pure" or to imply that a product was healthy for babies. But that word also extended into segregating certain populations from society and forced sterilizations. It is important to understand the history of eugenics because some Christians use the fear of eugenics as a lens to understand the Scopes "Monkey" trial. I think that is an accurate connection, but we really should understand it. Did William Jennings Bryan support eugenics? Can Christians support eugenics? Many did. There were even competitions that rewarded pastors for writing pro-eugenics sermons. That was especially true for liberal pastors. In this episode, we attempt to answer some tough questions. I hope you enjoy it! Helpful Sources: "Three Generations, No Imbeciles" by Paul Lombardo "Preaching Eugenics" by Christine Rosen "Summer for the Gods" by Edward Larson An article from Smithsonian Magazine about Herbert Spencer Paul's article about William Jennings Bryan's support of the WCTU and eugenics CDC article about syphilis Helpful article about the immigration act Helpful Focus on the Family article about how some Christians don't believe that the sins of the father carry over Washington Post article about the "welfare queen" of the Reagan era Discussion Questions: What is eugenics? How did the term "eugenics" differ in the early 1900s from today? Are you in favor of eugenics? Why or why not? How is eugenics tied to evolution? How is it not? Do Christians have a responsibility to play when it comes to protecting people with special needs? What can we do to help those with special needs? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A multi-decade organizing project by the WCTU and ASL and the malapportionment of state legislatures leads to the passage of the 18th Amendment, with support from various factions. Alcohol use goes down, then doesn't. Congress goes overboard in using criminal law to combat a public health problem, leading to backlash and repeal. The team discusses modern parallels, 21st Amendment jurisprudence, and the danger of infringing on the Forest Service's intellectual property.

For this OoOo Interview I got to sit in my mother's new waterfront apartment in downtown Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) and explore a few aspects of her life that intrigue me. Because, unlike some interview techniques where there's a cohesive parameter or ringfence around the interview, I like to run wild and create a meadow of talking points. There is no person alive that won't find SOMETHING interesting in what we talk on. My mother got to chill with Bob Marley and the Wailers, she's a pioneer of Second Life, a big time advocate for unlimited access to great resources for education no matter where you are in the world, loves to talk about testicles in the virtual reality space, has a friend who bravely delves into America's darkest minds (extreme right wing hate groups), and without hesitance gave up all her familiarity and her house to shift to the other side of the world to the land of the long white cloud just to save her eldest child. Me. She's one of the most intrigueing women you'll ever meet. And she MY MOTHER. Tree.. Mother Tree.Important links-What is second life? https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lentis/Second_LifeBob Markley, his legacy and philosophy: https://artsandculture.google.com/story/bob-marley-his-music-and-legacy-bob-marley-legend/qAVBI6WyW2d69g?hl=enH-Net, an online community for social sciences and humanities: https://networks.h-net.org/Randolph's site on the pivotal effects of the WCTU in Aotearoa NZ and how local women activists contributed to the suffrage movement...an incredible project on the intersection of worlds https://hollingsworth.wordpress.com/  Get full access to Rudo Love at rudolove.substack.com/subscribe

It took a long time for women to get the right to vote. And it took a lot of different opinions about how to go about fighting for that right. Frances Willard, the second president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, used marches and speeches. Her fellow WCTU member, Carrie Nation, preferred... a hatchet. On this episode, the second in a series, we look at a few of the women who were involved in this important movement. Frances Willard, Carrie Nation, and more. Truce is a listener-supported podcast. We're about a thousand dollars in the hole after two seasons of the show. Consider donating a few dollars to keep this thing going. Guests: Jenna DeWitt @Jenna_DeWitt Jim Vorel from Paste Magazine @JimVorel Claire White from the Mob Museum in Las Vegas @TheMobMuseum Sarah Ward from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union https://www.wctu.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Picture it: 1887. Argonia, Kansas. A small Quaker village incorporated only two years earlier elected the first female mayor in the United States. Susanna Salter, who received this honor, was one of a number of women mayors elected during the years after the Civil War when women were renewing their demands for more political rights. Salter was both a member of The Prohibition Party (PRO), as well as an officer in the local Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). PRO is a political party in the United States known for its historic opposition to the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages. It is the oldest existing third party in the United States and the third longest active party at 152 years old. Granted the right to vote in the same year Salter was elected, the WCTU made enforcement of a state prohibition law a prime issue for the Argonia election. The group called a caucus to select a ticket of men whom they considered to be prime choices to fulfill their desired policies. Two men of Argonia felt that the field of politics was not for women and attended the WCTU caucus. They heckled the proceedings and attempted to nominate a candidate. However, they were voted down. After this caucus, these men called a secret meeting of twenty men, where they decided to teach the WCTU a lesson. This faction of men drew up their own ticket of candidates identical to the WCTU ticket, except for one major difference. They substituted Susanna Salter's name for the mayor's office. They assumed that the women would vote for the slate of men that the WCTU had drawn up and that no other men would vote for a woman. In essence, they aimed to embarrass Salter and the WCTU. Candidates did not have to file prior to election day, so Salter appearing on the ballot did not cause any issues. The Republican party in Argonia sent a delegation to her home upon seeing her on the ballot for mayor. They explained the prank by the faction of 20 men and decided to show these other MEN a lesson...by campaigning all day to elect Susanna Salter. The initial intent of placing Mrs. Susanna Salter's ballot was a prank. However, this "joke" ended up electing the first female mayor in the United States.

On November 3 of 1914, voters in North Dakota had the opportunity to pass woman’s suffrage, and on this date, suffragists were actively campaigning for this change. Various club and group activities in September noted increasing activities for the suffragists. In Fargo, local suffragist Kate S. Wilder gave suffrage addresses in several WCTU districts. At a state tennis tournament held on the Island park courts there, large yellow umbrellas protecting the judges from the sun advertised, “Votes for North Dakota Women, Nov. 3, 1914.”

On November 3 of 1914, voters in North Dakota had the opportunity to pass woman’s suffrage, and on this date, suffragists were actively campaigning for this change. Various club and group activities in September noted increasing activities for the suffragists. In Fargo, local suffragist Kate S. Wilder gave suffrage addresses in several WCTU districts. At a state tennis tournament held on the Island park courts there, large yellow umbrellas protecting the judges from the sun advertised, “Votes for North Dakota Women, Nov. 3, 1914.”

This episode focuses on the life of Carrie Lee Carter Stokes, and explains how the Dexter (MO) schoolteacher rose to become a prominent leader in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and the Missouri Equal Suffrage Association.   About the Guest: Janet Olson holds an MA in History from Loyola University in Chicago. She served as the Assistant University Archivist at Northwestern University from 1998-2020. Since 2007, she has served as the part-time Archivist for the Frances Willard House Museum and WCTU Archives.

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU's national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas's book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women's national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU's national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas's book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women's national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU’s national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas’s book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women’s national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU's national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas's book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women's national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/drugs-addiction-and-recovery

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU’s national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas’s book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women’s national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU’s national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas’s book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women’s national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU’s national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas’s book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women’s national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU’s national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas’s book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women’s national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many Americans are familiar with the real, but repeatedly stereotyped problem of alcohol abuse in Indian country. Most know about the Prohibition Era and reformers who promoted passage of the Eighteenth Amendment, among them the members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). But few people are aware of how American Indian women joined forces with the WCTU to press for positive change in their communities, a critical chapter of American cultural history explored in depth for the first time in his book In League Against King Alcohol: Native American Women and the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1874–1933 (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) Drawing on the WCTU’s national records as well as state and regional organizational newspaper accounts and official state histories, historian Thomas John Lappas unearths the story of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union in Indian country. Lappas' work reveals how Native American women in the organization embraced a type of social, economic, and political progress that their white counterparts supported and recognized—while maintaining distinctly Native elements of sovereignty, self-determination, and cultural preservation. They asserted their identities as Indigenous women, albeit as Christian and progressive Indigenous women. At the same time, through their mutual participation, white WCTU members formed conceptions about Native people that they subsequently brought to bear on state and local Indian policy pertaining to alcohol, but also on education, citizenship, voting rights, and land use and ownership. Lappas’s book places Native women at the center of the temperance story, showing how they used a women’s national reform organization to move their own goals and objectives forward. Subtly but significantly, they altered the welfare and status of American Indian communities in the early twentieth century. David Dry is a PhD student in the Department of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this date in 1914, Mrs. Harriet Darling Hall, National Women's Christian Temperance Union lecturer and organizer, was in North Dakota traveling around the state and lecturing. She was "said to be a strong and forceful speaker," and many looked forward to her talks. Her first stop was in Fairmount, where she spoke to about 200 people, and the town held a suffrage parade! In fact, the Bismarck Tribune noted that Hall had organized "new local WCTU's" which would "make their special work for the summer, the agitation of the suffrage question." In fact, many local chapters would follow this lead, offering speeches and opening conversation on the topic of women's right to vote. The Women's Christian Temperance Union had an interesting relationship with suffrage. The group was founded in 1874, in response to the effects of alcohol in the community and in the home. However, after Frances Willard became the organization's second president, more social issues became a part of the group.

On this date in 1914, Mrs. Harriet Darling Hall, National Women's Christian Temperance Union lecturer and organizer, was in North Dakota traveling around the state and lecturing. She was "said to be a strong and forceful speaker," and many looked forward to her talks. Her first stop was in Fairmount, where she spoke to about 200 people, and the town held a suffrage parade! In fact, the Bismarck Tribune noted that Hall had organized "new local WCTU's" which would "make their special work for the summer, the agitation of the suffrage question." In fact, many local chapters would follow this lead, offering speeches and opening conversation on the topic of women's right to vote. The Women's Christian Temperance Union had an interesting relationship with suffrage. The group was founded in 1874, in response to the effects of alcohol in the community and in the home. However, after Frances Willard became the organization's second president, more social issues became a part of the group.

Carry A. Nation grew up with a passion for preaching and a hate for alcohol. She joined the temperance movement and began to go on a saloon smashing spree using her hatchet that she believed was a mission given to her by God. Support America The Bizarre: https://www.patreon.com/americathebizarre Sources and Merch: http://americathebizarre.com/

Hey Guys, Happy New Year and we are back now from vacation!! We just had the 100th anniversary of the 18th amendment of the United States Constitution (Prohibition) which was on January 17th, 1920. Our contest will be ending on January 31st with the winner being announced in February on our social media. Check it out at www.tikicentralcanada.ca So the drink we will talk about on this show is called Mary Pickford from back in the time. It was created for our Canadian actress and producer Mary Pickford who worked in USA. She was also one of the founder of the Pickford-Fairbanks studio with Charlie Chaplin (which turned into United Artists Studios). It was later bought out by MGM studios. Here is a YouTube link to UA studios history: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMUwEJgX81k. She was also one of the founders of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Science which presents the Oscar Awards out every year. So the drink was created in Cuba for her by Eddie Woelke or Fred Kaufmann at the National Hotel of Cuba. Recipe: 1.5 oz white rum (we used Cuban rum for this), 1.5 oz pineapple juice, 1 tsp. grenadine, 6 drops of Maraschino liqueur (you can use cherry juice instead if you want it sweeter and less boozy). Shake in your shaker and then double strained into a coupe glass. What is double strained? Well listen to find out!! On "Mark's adventures" segment: we will talk about Esotico which is a 30 minute walk from downtown Miami, Florida. Mark's favorite drink was the Tangaroa’s Butt which consists of Mezcal, Wray & Nephew Overproof and Mount Gay Black Barrel rum. Yes, the drink has a special glassware for it...don't ask!! We talk about a special food item there that will definitely have your arms up in the sea about. A pineapple class that has some interesting details to it as well. On "Did you Know?" segment: we will give you a few facts about Prohibition and how it started from two major groups: ASL and the WCTU who used their power to get the 18th amendment in place. Canada did have a short period of time of Prohibition but then we realized we could sell our whiskey to USA. If you want to know more cocktails that came out of this time, check out this link: https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/definitive-guide-to-iconic-prohibition-era-cocktails This is part one of a two part series on Prohibition (part two will be next month). Stay tune with the next episode with Paola back at the studio and we talk about a tiki classic Shark's Tooth.

Join Amber and Kendra this week as we explore why prohibition matters. In this episode you will learn about the factors that pushed for prohibition efforts at the time, the lobbying groups such as the Women's Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League, the woman we've coined as "the Hulk" of the prohibition movement, U.S. presidents during this time and more! Find us on Facebook at Why Blank Matters, and Instagram and Twitter @Why__Matters.

Until about 1920, rural women in the United States outnumbered urban women and they were the genesis of many historic women’s movement initiatives. For example, rural women took the lead in temperance, women’s suffrage and gaining educational opportunities for women, according to Dr. Katherine Jellison, the Chairwoman of the History Department at Ohio University. Dr. Jellison also is co-chair of the national Rural Women’s Studies Association whose purpose is to “improve the visibility of rural women’s studies research and activism around the world.” Dr. Jellison describes to the Spectrum Podcast about how rural women in the Midwest founded the Women’s Christian Temperance Union the (WCTU) in the late 19th century to fight alcohol, alcohol sales and alcohol abuse. The movement grew out of the concept that women were the protectors of the home and children and therefore, needed to curb alcohol abuse – especially among men. Women needed to protect the family from abuse, from the male wasting their limited money on alcohol and gambling and from other “immoral” and destructive behaviors. The first WCTU group was organized in rural Hillsborough, Ohio (Highland County) in 1873. It was officially recognized in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. As rural women fought to advance the temperance movement, they realized they needed laws to curtail drink in addition to moral persuasion. Therefore, according to Dr. Jellison, these women started the women’s suffrage movement to gain the right to elect representatives who reflected their beliefs in curbing access to alcohol. The 19th Amendment giving women the right to vote was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and officially ratified on August 18, 1920. In addition to its stands against alcohol and the push for women’s suffrage, the WCTU lobbied against child labor and in favor of opening educational opportunities for women.

It took a long time for women to get the right to vote. And it took a lot of different opinions about how to go about fighting for that right. Frances Willard, the second president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, used marches and speeches. Her fellow WCTU member, Carrie Nation, preferred... a hatchet. On this episode, the second in a series, we look at a few of the women who were involved in this important movement. Frances Willard, Carrie Nation, and more. Truce is a listener-supported podcast. We're about a thousand dollars in the hole after two seasons of the show. Consider donating a few dollars to keep this thing going.Guests:Jenna DeWitt @Jenna_DeWitt Jim Vorel from Paste Magazine @JimVorelClaire White from the Mob Museum in Las Vegas @TheMobMuseumSarah Ward from the Woman's Christian Temperance Union https://www.wctu.org/

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In this episode, Dr. Betsy Lublin (Wayne State University) outlines moral reform campaigns carried out by women in the WCTU during the Meiji Period as they sought to redefine civic morality and good citizenship.  We discuss campaigns against prostitution, drinking, and smoking, the increasing prevalence of tobacco in Japan during the Meiji and Taishō Periods, and societal views of smoking. 

Tonight on The Gist of Freedom www.BlackHistoryUniversity.com, Meet Jamel Robinson!  After spending 21 years in the foster care system without being adopted, he beat the odds and is now a successful child welfare reform advocate.   This show is dedicated to  Amanda Berry Smith 1837-1915  devoted her life to the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Her most noted achievement is the opening of the first orphanage for black children in Illinois.  In 1899, the orphanage opened its doors to homeless African American girls. The 12-room brick house that served as the orphanage was the first of its kind in Illinois. The community at large was receptive to Smith's evangelical message and supported the presence of the orphanage. By 1910, the building housed 33 children, up from 12 in 1900 In Harvey, Illinois, a suburb founded by temperance groups south of Chicago, Smith took up the duties of the national representative for the WCTU, and wrote her life's story. An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord's Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist was published in 1893. Through book sales, donations, and lecturing fees, she began to raise money for a new cause: an orphanage for black children. She founded and distributed a small newspaper, The Helper, in order to generate publicity and income for the orphanage and other worthy charities -------

Tonight on The Gist of Freedom www.BlackHistoryUniversity.com, we'll talk with Jamel Robinson, founder of the Jamel Robinson Child Welfare Reform Initiative! ------ 1837-1915 Amanda Berry Smith devoted her life to the ministry of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Her most noted achievement is the opening of the first orphanage for black children in Illinois.  In 1899, the orphanage opened its doors to homeless African American girls. The 12-room brick house that served as the orphanage was the first of its kind in Illinois. The community at large was receptive to Smith’s evangelical message and supported the presence of the orphanage. By 1910, the building housed 33 children, up from 12 in 1900 In Harvey, Illinois, a suburb founded by temperance groups south of Chicago, Smith took up the duties of the national representative for the WCTU, and wrote her life’s story. An Autobiography: The Story of the Lord’s Dealings with Mrs. Amanda Smith, the Colored Evangelist was published in 1893. Through book sales, donations, and lecturing fees, she began to raise money for a new cause: an orphanage for black children. She founded and distributed a small newspaper, The Helper, in order to generate publicity and income for the orphanage and other worthy charities ------- In New York City, there are nearly 14,000 children in foster care, with almost 6,000 new youth entering the system every year.   Of those youth, approximately 1/3 are between the ages of 13-19, and less than 20% expect to be adopted. That equates to 1,100 youth aging out of the foster care system in New York each year without a permanent home, family or support network.

If you were considering heading out for a beer tonight beware of Carry A. Nation.

Carry Nation makes the top ten on every famous Kansans list for her trademark smashing of illegal saloons. An admirer sent the reformer this heavy hammer to use in her prohibition crusade.

Securing the right to vote was a major milestone for women in America. As we approach Women's History Month, we consider a controversial painting in our collections that commented on the rights of 19th century women in politics and society. Its title is American Woman and Her Political Peers.