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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TheNickelGuy, post: 8170960, member: 20201&quot;]<font size="6"><b>1924 Womens Christian Temperance Jubilee Penny</b></font></p><p><b>64 mm </b></p><p><b>Bronze</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1427451[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>[ATTACH=full]1427452[/ATTACH] </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>At its founding in 1874, the stated purpose of the Woman&#039;s Christian Temperance Union was to create a &quot;sober and pure world&quot; by abstinence, purity, and evangelical Christianity. Annie Wittenmyer was its first president.</p><p>The constitution of the WCTU called for &quot;the entire prohibition of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors as a beverage.&quot; The Woman&#039;s Christian Temperance Union is still an active international temperance organization but has been declining in membership since the 1940&#039;s.</p><p><br /></p><p>Frances Willard, a noted feminist, was elected the WCTU&#039;s second president in 1879 and Willard grew the organization to be the largest organization of women in the world by 1890. She remained president until her death in 1898.</p><p>Its members were inspired by the Greek writer Xenophon, who defined temperance as &quot;moderation in all things healthful; total abstinence from all things harmful.&quot; In other words, should something be good, it should not be indulged in to excess; should something be bad for you, it should be avoided altogether — thus their attempts to rid society of what they saw (and still see) as the dangers of alcohol.</p><p><br /></p><p>The WCTU perceived alcohol as a cause and consequence of larger social problems rather than as a personal weakness or failing. The WCTU also advocated against tobacco. The American WCTU formed a &quot;Department for the Overthrow of the Tobacco Habit&quot; as early as 1885 and frequently published anti-tobacco articles in the 1880s. Agitation against tobacco continued through to the 1950s.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a consequence of its stated purposes, the WCTU was also very interested in a number of social reform issues, including labor, prostitution, public health, sanitation, and international peace. As the movement grew in numbers and strength, members of the WCTU also focused on suffrage.</p><p>The Woman&#039;s Christian Temperance Union conducts a White Ribbon Recruit (WRR) ceremony, in which babies are dedicated to the cause of temperance through a white ribbon being tied to their wrists, with their adult sponsors pledging to help the child live a life free from alcohol and other drugs.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I really wouldn&#039;t have a hard time with this) LOL . . . </p><p>I&#039;ll go along with that slogan. </p><p>She is <i><u>NOT</u></i> looking better every beer, if you know what I mean.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1427453[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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