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100	1		_aWittenmyer, Annie, _d1827-1900
245	1	0	_aHistory of the Woman's Temperance Crusade
264		1	_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2026
300			_a1 online resource : _bmultiple file formats
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aRelease date is 2026-02-07
508			_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)
520			_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.)
534			_pOriginally published: _cBoston: James H. Earle, 1882
653			_aWoman's Temperance Crusade, 1873-1874
700	1		_aWillard, Frances E. _q(Frances Elizabeth), _d1839-1898
856	4		_uhttps://archive.org/details/historyofwomanst00witt/page/n7/mode/2up
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77878
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