that’s definitely part of it, and played a role in women’s suffrage
The only hope of the Anti-Saloon League’s success lies in putting the ballot into the hands of women. --Susan B. Anthony
and this is an opportune moment to highlight one of my favorite temperance movement members: hatchet granny
for years she tried to dissuade people from drinking or providing alcohol, but since that didn’t work she eventually resorted to just attacking bars and taverns with a hatchet and destroying their alcohol supplies
Nation died on June 9, 1911. She is buried in the southeastern side of Belton Cemetery in Belton, Missouri. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union later erected a stone inscribed “Faithful to the Cause of Prohibition, She Hath Done What She Could” and the name “Carry A. Nation”.
that’s definitely part of it, and played a role in women’s suffrage
and this is an opportune moment to highlight one of my favorite temperance movement members: hatchet granny
for years she tried to dissuade people from drinking or providing alcohol, but since that didn’t work she eventually resorted to just attacking bars and taverns with a hatchet and destroying their alcohol supplies
I’ve seen signs in bars saying “we serve all nations except Carrie” and never knew what it meant