British Women's Temperance Association

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Occupation Clara Balfour
CB was elected President of the British Women's Temperance League .
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
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, 1990.
politics Laura Ormiston Chant
Chant was particularly concerned at the activities of women who were very much painted and more or less gorgeously dressed,
qtd. in
Bland, Lucy. Banishing the Beast: Feminism, Sex and Morality. Tauris Parke, 2002.
95
a euphemistic description for the prostitutes who sought clients at the Empire's Promenade. Chant...

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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.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
69-70, 72

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.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
184
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. “’Changes Are Dangerous’: Women and Temperance in Victorian England”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 193-15.
204-6

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 .
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. Crusade against Drink in Victorian England. Macmillan, 1988.
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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.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. “’Changes Are Dangerous’: Women and Temperance in Victorian England”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 193-15.
204-6

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.
Shiman, Lilian Lewis. “’Changes Are Dangerous’: Women and Temperance in Victorian England”. Religion in the Lives of English Women, 1760-1930, edited by Gail Malmgreen, Indiana University Press, 1986, pp. 193-15.
204-6, 209

October 1892: Wings began monthly publication in London...

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October 1892

Wings began monthly publication in London from the British Women's Temperance Association .
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
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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.
Hume, Leslie Parker. The National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies, 1897-1914. Garland, 1982.
25n85
Holton, Sandra Stanley. Suffrage Days: Stories from the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Routledge, 1996.
121

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.
Doughan, David, and Denise Sanchez. Feminist Periodicals, 1855-1984. Harvester Press, 1987.
16, 20

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.
Harvey, Kathryn. "Driven by War into Politics": A Feminist Biography of Kathleen Innes. University of Alberta, 1995.
85
Ducey, Mitchell F., editor. Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom Papers, 1915-1978. Microfilming Corporation of America, 1983.
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