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Women and the Temperance Movement

An 1832 article from the Temperance Recorder connecting drunkenness to cholera infection.

An 1832 article from the Temperance Recorder connecting drunkenness to cholera infection.

The Temperance Recorder was a publication of the New York State Temperance Society. Today we know that cholera is spread by contaminated water, food, and fecal matter.

Citation Information: Excerpt from “Temperance recorder: devoted exclusively to the cause of temperance,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/1a5fd47af058dd6f6c032d6c71baf61e.

Note: These citations are programmatically generated and may be incomplete.

Courtesy of University of Michigan via HathiTrust.

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An 1832 article from the Temperance Recorder connecting drunkenness to cholera infection.

An 1856 cartoon depicting German Americans as drunkards and suggesting that a bar is the German idea of school.

An 1885 pamphlet published for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union that takes a “by the numbers” look at liquor consumption and costs.

An 1893 address to the World’s Woman’s Temperance Union by Frances Willard, president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.

A letter from temperance leader Frances Willard to civil rights activist Albion Tourgée, responding to allegations of racism, 1894.

A 1901 photograph of Carrie (Carry) Nation with a hatchet and a Bible.

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