PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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There was a problem with women drinking too much alcohol.
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The men were spending too much money on alcohol and leaving their families poor.
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Women didn’t care if their husbands spent too much money on alcohol.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -During the 1800s, American women were expected to keep a happy home and raise good children. When their husbands spent money on drinking, wives did not always have enough left to pay for their family’s food and clothing. Many women thought temperance would solve this problem, so they supported the movement.
Detailed explanation-2: -Prominent temperance leaders in the United States included Bishop James Cannon, Jr., James Black, Ernest Cherrington, Neal S. Dow, Mary Hunt, William E. Johnson (known as “Pussyfoot” Johnson), Carrie Nation, Howard Hyde Russell, John St. John, Billy Sunday, Father Mathew, Andrew Volstead and Wayne Wheeler.
Detailed explanation-3: -temperance movement, movement dedicated to promoting moderation and, more often, complete abstinence in the use of intoxicating liquor (see alcohol consumption).
Detailed explanation-4: -Women participated in the movement, first under the control and leadership of men and later in their own organizations. Suffragists and women’s rights activists supported the temperance cause believing that the liquor traffic was a serious problem for women.