02901cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000340012624500460016026400510020630000470025733600260030433700260033033800360035650000310039250801720042352016790059553400560227465300420233070000570237285600720242985600430250199900190254477878UtSlPG20260610134814.0mcr n260607r20261882utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a10004678  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aHV1 aWittenmyer, Annie,d1827-190010aHistory of the Woman's Temperance Crusade 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2026-02-07  aPrimeNumber and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  aHistory 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.)  pOriginally published:cBoston: James H. Earle, 1882  aWoman's Temperance Crusade, 1873-18741 aWillard, Frances E.q(Frances Elizabeth),d1839-18984 uhttps://archive.org/details/historyofwomanst00witt/page/n7/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77878  c118598d118598