Wittenmyer, Annie 1827-1900 creator Willard, Frances E. (Frances Elizabeth) 1839-1898 text utu 2026 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats History of the Woman's Temperance Crusade by Annie Wittenmyer is a historical account written in the late 19th century. It chronicles the grassroots, prayer-led uprising of Christian women against the liquor traffic, focusing on street prayers, saloon visits, public appeals, and the movement’s rapid organization into the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Expect vivid, first-person episodes, legal showdowns, and community mobilization, with Ohio’s early actions setting the pace for a nationwide gospel temperance campaign. The opening of this history dedicates the work to crusading women and frames its purpose as an official, firsthand record, followed by Frances E. Willard’s introduction portraying the Crusade as a defense of home that opened the public’s eyes, united churches on the streets, and evolved from spontaneous praying bands into disciplined unions. Chapter I sketches a nation blessed yet imperiled by state-sanctioned liquor revenue, political capture, church quietism, and women’s anguish, before describing a Pentecost-like awakening that sent women into saloons to pray. The narrative then begins in Hillsboro, Ohio: Dr. Dio Lewis’s call sparks organization; Eliza J. Thompson takes reluctant leadership after a Bible-guided conviction; women hold the first saloon prayer-meeting, face legal pushback from a druggist, and stage symbolic whiskey destruction. It proceeds to Washington Court House, where hymn-singing, appeals, pledges, and tabernacle vigils lead to rapid saloon surrenders and sustained public meetings, before turning toward further early campaigns such as Wilmington. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Release date is 2026-02-07 PrimeNumber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Originally published: Boston: James H. Earle, 1882 Woman's Temperance Crusade, 1873-1874 HV Boston: James H. Earle, 1882 10004678 https://archive.org/details/historyofwomanst00witt/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77878 https://archive.org/details/historyofwomanst00witt/page/n7/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77878 UtSlPG 260607 20260610134814.0 77878