women and prohibition
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A presentation on women and prohibition. It is a lecture based presentation with graphic elements to present the information in a clear context to engage auditory and visual learners. It discusses the Women's Temperance movement, suffrage, Prohibition, and the repeal.TRANSCRIPT
THE WOMEN’S MOVEMENT AND PROHIBITION 1820 - 1933
The New Woman of the 1920s
Women vs. Demon Rum
Women’s Activism
Women’s Suffrage and Prohibition Era
Legacy of Women in Politics and Prohibition
Early to Mid-1800s
Population boom
Universal suffrage for adult white men
Increase in drinking by individuals
Reasons for drinking were numerous, leading to more frequent binge drinking.
Women Find a Cause
Temperance became a women’s activism movement.
Visions of progress for families as well as fears of violence and poverty at the hands of drunken husbands inspired many women to undertake temperance activism.
Women’s Unions and Groups
Major Players
Frances Willard
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Cady
Stanton
Carry Nation
Passing Prohibition: Ratified January 1919, enforced January 1920
Anti-Saloon League and pressure politics
Minorities and xenophobia
The Great War
The 19th Amendment passed House & Senate in May of 1919 and was ratified in 1920.
Women’s demand for a vote was intertwined with their demand for social justice.
They had become masters of pressure politics and networking through work on prohibition.
Women’s Fight to Maintain Prohibition
Began to hold offices, including U.S. House of Representatives
Fight for Prohibition helped gain suffrage
Election of Herbert Hoover
Women’s Political Activism
Women’s Joint Congressional Committee (WJCC)
Friction among women’s organizations
New generation of women
21st amendment was ratified
on December 5, 1933
repealing the 18th
amendment
Repeal of Prohibitio
n
Enduring Legacy
Women’s rights and right to have fun
Drinking level remained constant until 1960s
Rolls into the World War II era of women at work
Domesticating Drink: Women, Men, and Alcohol in America,
1870-1940
Battling Demon Rum: The Struggle for a Dry America,
1800-1933
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