Women's Crusade

For the 1926 film, see The Woman's Crusade.
Crusaders of Hillsboro, Ohio, December 1873
Scene at Beck's Saloon, Washington Court House, Ohio
Prayer scene in Bucyrus, Ohio
Scene in Greenville, Tennessee

The Woman's Crusade was a temperance campaign in the United States in 1873-1874, preceding the formation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) in November 1874.[1] It was a series of non-violent protests fighting against the dangers of alcohol.[2]

  1. ^ "WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION CONVENTION | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University". case.edu. Case Western Reserve University. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Early history". Women's Christian Temperance Union. Retrieved 16 May 2017.