Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
British Women's Temperance Association
Connections
Connections | Author name Sort descending | Excerpt |
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Occupation | Clara Balfour | CB
was elected President of the British Women's Temperance League
. Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford. |
politics | Laura Ormiston Chant | Chant was particularly concerned at the activities of women who were very much painted and more or less gorgeously dressed, Bland, Lucy. Banishing the Beast: Feminism, Sex and Morality. Tauris Parke. 95 |
Timeline
1837: The debate over sacramental wine raged in...
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1837
The debate over sacramental wine raged in the temperance movement: Rev. Beardsall
of Manchester campaigned for the substitution of grape juice or unfermented wine at the altar.
April 1876: The British Women's Temperance Association...
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April 1876
The British Women's Temperance Association
was founded at the national convention of the British Independent Order of the Good Templars
in Newcastle.
1878: The Yorkshire Women's Temperance Association...
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1878
The Yorkshire Women's Temperance Association
merged with the British Women's Temperance Association
.
1890: Margaret Bright Lucas, an influential and...
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1890
Margaret Bright Lucas
, an influential and active campaigner for women's rights, died.
By 1892: The British Women's Temperance Association...
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By 1892
The British Women's Temperance Association
had 195 branches, and had united over 570 smaller groups, all campaigning for temperance.
October 1892: Wings began monthly publication in London...
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October 1892
16-17 October 1903: The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies...
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16-17 October 1903
The National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies
sponsored a National Convention in Defence of the Civic Rights of Women in London; the conference's aim was to develop strategies to make suffrage an issue in...
19 May 1906: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, newly-elected...
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19 May 1906
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
, newly-elected Prime Minister, received a deputation of suffragists.
December 1925: White Ribbon and Wings, a temperance magazine,...
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December 1925
White Ribbon and Wings, a temperance magazine, ended monthly publication in London.
Saturday 19 June 1926: About a hundred thousand participants of...
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Saturday 19 June 1926
About a hundred thousand participants of the Peacemakers' Pilgrimage (all wearing blue armbands showing the white dove of peace and the word Pax) converged on Hyde Park in London.
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