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Women's Christian Temperance Union

The Women's Christian Temperance Union is the oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization in the US. Founded in Evanston, Illinois in 1874, its purpose was to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society. Frances Willard[?], a noted feminist, was its second president.

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