Woman's Temperance Publishing Association

Woman's Temperance Publishing Association
IndustryTemperance publication
FoundedIndianapolis, Indiana (1879)
FounderMatilda Carse
HeadquartersIllinois, USA
Area served
North America

The Woman's Temperance Publishing Association (WTPA) was a non-commercial[1] publisher of temperance literature. Established in 1879 in Indianapolis, Indiana during the national convention of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), it was a concept of Matilda Carse, an Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer and leader of the temperance movement.[2][3]

The WTPA was designed as a joint-stock company and operated in Illinois. No man could own its stock,[4] as it could only be sold to WCTU women.[2] It began with $5,000 of capital stock, which increased to $125,000. The Board of Directors consisted of seven women, including Carse. The WTPA was dissolved in 1903.[5]

  1. ^ Frick, John W. (2003). Theatre, culture and temperance reform in nineteenth-century America. Cambridge studies in American theatre and drama. Vol. 17. Cambridge University Press. p. 161. ISBN 0-521-81778-1.
  2. ^ a b Avery, Rachel Foster; National Council of Women of the United States (February 22–25, 1891). Transactions of the National Council of Women of the United States. Vol. 99 of Women and the church in America (Digitized Oct 18, 2005 ed.). Washington, D.C.: J.B. Lippincott. pp. 160–165. ISBN 978-0-8370-1160-8.
  3. ^ McKeever, Jane L. (1985). "The Woman's Temperance Publishing Association". The Library Quarterly: Information, Community, Policy. 55 (4): 365–397. doi:10.1086/601649. ISSN 0024-2519. JSTOR 4307894. S2CID 264652887.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Willard was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Gordon, Elizabeth Putnam (2005). Women Torch-Bearers: The Story of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (2 ed.). Kessinger Publishing. p. 257. ISBN 1-4179-0490-9.[permanent dead link]