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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An anti-alcohol vintage postcard from Patt Morrison's collection shows a progression from lemonade to the grave. Eighty-nine years ...

In 1907, 20 women in Keedysville engaged with national events by forming their own Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, advocating against the consumption and sale of alcohol. By forming their own WCTU ...

As younger adults opt for “wellness” products, many are practicing alcohol abstinence. Sometimes referred to as “sober curious,” this trend of often forgoing alcohol has forged public conversations on ...

THE TEMPERANCE movement in the United States began in earnest in 1826 with the founding of the American Temperance Society. Its goal was to diminish the harm caused by the overconsumption of alcohol ...

Adna Hecox, who preached the first Protestant sermon in California, was living in Soquel when he established the state’s first Temperance Society in 1847. It was a self-help order where one “took the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Founded in 1893, Westerleigh’s Immanuel Union Church (which was originally known as Deems Memorial Church) was incorporated to serve the needs of the residents of Prohibition ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: The Gilded Age Season 3 premiere shows us just how much has changed in the Van Rhijn house since the dramatic revelations of Season 2. Fans of the HBO hit will recall ...

(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 ...