Women's Total Abstinence Union

Women's Total Abstinence Union
AbbreviationWTAU
PredecessorBritish Women's Temperance Association
Formation1893
Purposewomen's temperance activism
Headquarters4 Ludgate Hill, London
Region served
UK
Main organ
Wings

Women's Total Abstinence Union (WTAU) was a British women's organization active during the temperance movement in the United Kingdom. Its headquarters were at 4 Ludgate Hill, London. In addition to a president, there were 41 vice-presidents. The general committee met four times a years and consisted of members of the Executive Committee and 40 others elected annually from the council meetings of delegates. The Executive Committee consisted of the officers and 23 elected members. There was a sub-committee for junior work.[1]

  1. ^ Mitton, Geraldine Edith; Hubbard, Louisa M.; Janes, Emily (1899). "WOMEN AND TEMPERANCE WORK, BY COUNCILLOR J. MALINS". The Englishwoman's Year Book and Directory for the Year ... F. Kirby, Publisher. pp. 23, 216–17. Retrieved 21 July 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.