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Title	Woman's Christian Temperance Union Pledge Cards
Subject	Civil Liberties Ohio Women Woman's Christian Temperance Union Temperance
Place	Amsden (Ohio) Seneca County (Ohio)
Description	Two pledge cards, measuring approximately 2.5" x 3" (5.08 x 7.62 cm), were given to members of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and used to recruit new members. A series of speeches on the destructive power of alcohol Dr. Dio Lewis gave in December 1873 in Fredonia, New York and Hillsboro and Washington Court House, Ohio inspired the creation of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Soon typically quiet women in those towns began protesting outside of saloons by praying and singing hymns in hopes of convincing saloonkeepers of the evil of their ways. Eventually, the crusade spread to all parts of the state. In some areas the women were successful in closing saloons, but they also faced mobs and arrest in others. In November 1874, the national WCTU was formed in Cleveland. While the WTCU was primarily interested in the temperance movement, they also embraced other causes including female suffrage, prison reform, and uniform marriage and divorce laws.
Date of Original	1900 - 1920 circa
Collection	Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Amsden, Ohio Collection
Source	Published material MS-187
Submitting Institution	Center for Archival Collections--Bowling Green State University
Type	Text

Title	Om1887_2599951_001
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Full Text	I AGREE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION By paying the membership fee and signing the following — :—PLEDGE—: — "I hereby solemnly promise, God helping me, to abstain from all dis¬ tilled, fermented and malt liquors, including wine, beer and cider, and to employ all proper means to discourage the use of and traffic in the same." Name : B Q Ph Q Address- Date-..-Dues Paid $_

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