Temperance+Movement

(Advertisment) || || Mary Harris Armor- Spoke agains Demon Rum. She was a powerful speaker for the Temperance Movement and held a lot of fundraisers. She teamed with Rebecca Latimer Felton and joined a group of hundreds of Georgian women in the WCTU, Women's Christian Temperance Union. || Carrie Nation(Women's Christain's Temperance Movement) William Felton(Georgia General Assembly) [|Susan B. Anthony] [|Frances E. Willard] || -Rebecca Latimer Felton Link{ [] } -Speech to the Women's Christain Temperance Movement by Mary Elizabeth Lease media type="file" key="womens speech pt.1.wav" media type="file" key="womens speech pt.2.wav" ||
 * The Temperance Movement
 * About the Movement: || Established in New York(1808) and Massachusetts (1813). The 'Order of the Good Templars' was associated in this. 1885, the Temperance Movement swept across the nation. Many drink companies tried to remove the alcohol completey out of beer beverages to stay in business. Only one brand completely sucedded, Coca-cola. The movement was affiliated with an anti-saloon womans movement and tried to illigalize excessive drinking of alcohol. This movement passed the 18th ammendment, no alcohol, but it was repealed by the 21st. ||
 * Why it was started: || The alcohol consumption was too high, and those people who drank claimed they lost thier faith in God. Hillboro, 1873, some women heard a speech about alcohol. They imideatly cIosed all the saloons in the area. Within two months twenty states had become 'dry' (alcohol free) wihtout passing any laws. ||
 * What did Rebecca Felton Do : || Rebecca Ann Latimer was born on June 10, 1835, the daughter of Charles Latimer and his wife, Eleanor Latimer. When the young Latimer graduated in 1852 from Madison Female College in Madison, the commencement speaker was William H. Felton. A year later the valedictorian and the speaker were married; Rebecca Felton moved to her husband's farm, just north of Cartersville. Of the five children born to the couple, only one, Howard Erwin, survived childhood. Rebecca Latimer Felton, who died in 1930 at the age of ninety-four, lived a life that was as full as it was long. A writer and tireless campaigner for Progressive Era reforms, especially women's rights, she was the first woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. Rebecca served in the senate for a long time. But, she was also a big part of hte Temperance Movement. ||
 * People Involved: || Carrie Nation- she went into a saloon with a bunch of rocks. One by one, she threw the rocks at the beer bottles and broke them all. Soon enough, broken glass and alcohol covered the ground. She is known to have said "Now Mr. Dobson, I have finished! God be with you!" Then she left with her bag of rocks.
 * Members & Fans: || Rebecca Latimer Felton(Women's Rights Movement, Women's Christain's Temperance Movement)
 * Quotes and Speeches: || The utter helplessness of a conquered people is perhaps the most tragic feature of a civil war or any other sort of war.