Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is a historic American religious and social reform organization best known for leading the temperance movement and advocating for the prohibition of alcohol, as well as for women’s rights and social purity reforms.
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Target entity: Woman's Christian Temperance Union Context triple: [Prohibition era in the United States, influencedByOrganization, Woman's Christian Temperance Union]
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Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society
The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society was a British humanitarian organization that campaigned against slavery and for the rights and welfare of Indigenous peoples throughout the British Empire and beyond.
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Women’s Union
The Women’s Union is the women’s organization affiliated with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, representing and promoting the political interests of women within the party.
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American Woman Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association was a 19th-century U.S. organization that campaigned for women’s right to vote, known for its more moderate, state-by-state strategy and for eventually merging into the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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National Council of Women
The National Council of Women was the official mass women’s organization in communist Romania, aligned with and controlled by the Romanian Communist Party to promote state policies on gender, labor, and social life.
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American Temperance Society
The American Temperance Society was a prominent early 19th-century U.S. reform organization that campaigned for reduced alcohol consumption and helped launch the broader temperance movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Woman's Christian Temperance Union Target entity description: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union is a historic American religious and social reform organization best known for leading the temperance movement and advocating for the prohibition of alcohol, as well as for women’s rights and social purity reforms.
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A.
Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society
The Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society was a British humanitarian organization that campaigned against slavery and for the rights and welfare of Indigenous peoples throughout the British Empire and beyond.
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B.
Women’s Union
The Women’s Union is the women’s organization affiliated with the Christian Social Union in Bavaria, representing and promoting the political interests of women within the party.
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C.
American Woman Suffrage Association
The American Woman Suffrage Association was a 19th-century U.S. organization that campaigned for women’s right to vote, known for its more moderate, state-by-state strategy and for eventually merging into the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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D.
National Council of Women
The National Council of Women was the official mass women’s organization in communist Romania, aligned with and controlled by the Romanian Communist Party to promote state policies on gender, labor, and social life.
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E.
American Temperance Society
The American Temperance Society was a prominent early 19th-century U.S. reform organization that campaigned for reduced alcohol consumption and helped launch the broader temperance movement.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Christian organization
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nonprofit organization ⓘ social reform organization ⓘ temperance organization ⓘ women's organization ⓘ |
| affiliatedWith |
Prohibition Party
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| fieldOfWork |
Christian social activism
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alcohol prohibition ⓘ anti-prostitution campaigns ⓘ anti-tobacco campaigns ⓘ education ⓘ labor reform ⓘ peace activism ⓘ prison reform ⓘ public health ⓘ social reform ⓘ temperance ⓘ women's rights ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Annie Wittenmyer
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Frances Willard ⓘ |
| hasMembership | women only (historically) ⓘ |
| hasObjective |
advocacy of legal prohibition of alcohol
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expansion of women's political rights ⓘ promotion of Christian moral standards in society ⓘ promotion of total abstinence from alcohol ⓘ protection of the home ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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| hasPublication |
The Union Signal
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The White Ribbon ⓘ The Young Crusader ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Evanston, Illinois ⓘ |
| ideology |
Christian feminism
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evangelical Protestantism ⓘ moral reform ⓘ social gospel ⓘ |
| inception | 1874 ⓘ |
| locationOfFormation |
Cleveland
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surface form:
Cleveland, Ohio
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| motto | For God and Home and Native Land ⓘ |
| movement |
temperance movement
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surface form:
Prohibition movement
temperance movement ⓘ
surface form:
social purity movement
temperance movement ⓘ women's suffrage movement ⓘ |
| nativeLabel |
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
WCTU
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| notableLeader |
Anna Adams Gordon
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Annie Wittenmyer ⓘ Frances Willard ⓘ Lillian M. N. Stevens ⓘ |
| religion | Protestant Christianity ⓘ |
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