British Women's Temperance Association

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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.
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a euphemistic description for the prostitutes who sought clients at the Empire's Promenade. Chant...
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.
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.

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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.

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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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

Wings began monthly publication in London from the British Women's Temperance Association .

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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