Primary source: Norton Mezvinsky, "The White Ribbon Reform, 1874-1920," Ph.D. dissertation, 1959.
Caption: This 1959 chart shows the growth in membership of women involved in the movement to prohibit the consumption of alcohol.
Woman's Christian Temperance Union:
Growth of Membership and of Local, Auxiliary Unions
| Year |
# of Local Auxiliary Unions |
# of states and territories with Unions |
Aggregate Membership |
| 1879 |
1,118 |
24 |
26,843 |
| 1883 |
2,580 |
42 |
73,176 |
| 1890 |
7,126 |
48 |
149,527 |
| 1900 |
7,067 |
52 |
168,324 |
| 1910 |
12,000 |
53 |
248,343 |
| 1921 |
12,000 |
53 |
345,949 |
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Norton Mezvinsky, "The White Ribbon Reform, 1874-1920" (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Wisconsin, 1959), 68.
Courtesy of Professor Norton Mezvinsky, Department of History, Central Connecticut
State University.
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