Women's Christian Temperance Union

Cultural  

1. An organization founded in the late nineteenth century in the United States that encouraged total abstinence from alcohol. It was one of the leading forces in bringing about prohibition. Its symbol was a white ribbon. (See Carry Nation.)

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Example Sentences

The group most opposed to “Love and Life” was the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, which was against more than just intoxicating spirits.

From Washington Post • Feb. 21, 2023

Thus, the movement led by the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Anti-Saloon League made theirs a moral crusade for a humane cause.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2022

Catt had been a 14-year-old teacher in Iowa, and both belonged to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 11, 2019

The Women’s Christian Temperance Union quickly became the nation’s largest women’s organization.

From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2017

Contractors had begun erecting two of the firm’s newest, tallest Chicago skyscrapers, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Temple and the Masonic Fraternity Temple, at twenty-one stories the tallest building in the world.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson