Temperance+Movement

1. Carrie Nation-Biography

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Carrie Nation was one of the most famous people to emerge from the temperance movement. Her family had financial setbacks and moved alot of times, finally settling in Belton, Missouri. Sources indicate that her mother went through periods of time where she though she was Queen Victoria, and Carrie was often attened to by the slaves because of this. "In 1865 she met Dr. Charles Gloyd, and they were married on November 21, 1867." She felt so strongly against men and there drinking due to the fact this marriage failed because Charles turned out to be an alcoholic. Right before there first child was born, they dovorced, and a year later, charles passed away. Carrie was able to get a teaching certification, but soon realized that she was not able to make enough money to support her and her child so she quit. Soon she met Dr. David A. Nation. He was an attorney, minister and newspaper editor. They got married on December 27, 1877, and moved to Houston, Texas. "Dr. Nation became involved in the Jaybird-Woodpecker War, and as a result was forced to move back north in 1889, this time to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where David found work preaching at a Christian church, and Carrie ran a successful hotel. It was while in Medicine Lodge that she began her temperance work." She use to go into bars singing and praying while smashing "bar fixtures and stock with a hatchot." In just 10 years she was arrested about 30 times and was able to pay her fines with the money she was paid to give lectures. 2

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3. The movement was organized during the 19th and 20th centur The Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) led the temperance movement. in purpose of the movement was to get men to stop spending their money on liquor, neglect their families and abuse their wives.