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W.C.T.U.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Women's Christian Temperance Union.


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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

Is there any way one can get the W.C.T.U. another string for their harp?

From Time Magazine Archive

"We still think it's not too good," said a W.C.T.U. spokesman, "though a man can always adjust himself and change his views."

From Time Magazine Archive

"We will be criticized," he moaned, "at the next W.C.T.U. convention."

From Time Magazine Archive

There were letters of cheer and encouragement from Mrs. Dorcas Spencer, State Secretary W.C.T.U.;

From Fifteen Years with the Outcast by Roberts, Fflorens

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