W.C.T.U.
Americanabbreviation
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McGirr quotes Frances Willard, the W.C.T.U. president, who sometimes described her political opponents as crude invaders.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 21, 2015
Your reporter, probably an undercover man for the W.C.T.U., has slandered the drinking man's Thomas Edison in saying that ice added to Ricard's pastis turns the licorice into a gooey glob.
From Time Magazine Archive
Later, when the poem had become a schoolroom staple, a W.C.T.U. member quizzed Joaquin on his inspiration.
From Time Magazine Archive
What bothered Mrs. D. Leigh Colvin, president of the W.C.T.U., was the sponsor who was getting the cooperation of Columbia University.
From Time Magazine Archive
Four hundred members were immediately enrolled as members of a working society, and the influence of the Dundee W.C.T.U. was felt far and near.
From Why and How : a hand-book for the use of the W.C.T. unions in Canada by Addie Chisholm
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