Women’s Christian Temperance Union

The Women s Christian Temperance Union is founded in Cleveland, Ohio. 

Alcohol prohibition was enacted several years later when in 1920, Congress passed the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution. The legislation was a victory for the forces that viewed alcohol as evil and destructive, notably the Anti-Saloon League and the Women s Christian Temperance Union. And the amendment was not vague about its intent It prohibited the production, sale, transportation, and importing of alcohol in any part of the United States. The only exception was that alcoholic beverages kept in the home, such as naturally fermented hard cider, could be consumed but not offered for sale (Lender Martin, 1982). 

Always on the lookout for moral decay in America, the Women s Christian Temperance Union began attacking "soft drink" stands and "comer drag stores which have taken the place of the saloon as a social meeting place. Here is where marihuana and liquors can sometimes be bought."... 

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