The Women of Prohibition

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The Women of Prohibition
Frances Willard was a pioneer in women's education and a champion of women's rights. In 1879, she took the reins of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). She forged an alliance between the WCTU and the women's suffrage movement. Willard appointed Mary Hanchett Hunt in charge of the Department of Scientific Temperance Instruction, an arm of the WCTU that worked to push anti-alcohol indoctrination in the public schools.
Learning Objective:
- Students will know who were the women behind the Prohibition movement.
About the Author:
Eden McCauslin is a Social Studies and English teacher in Chicago Public Schools. Eden previously taught in the District of Columbia Public Schools.