Michael,
        One of the issues on which your paper might focus is why the
organization chose to call itself the "Woman's (not Women's) Christian
Temperance Union."  The best book on the topic is Ian Tyrrell, WOMAN'S
WORLD/WOMAN'S EMPIRE, which I hope will encourage you to broaden your
perspective beyond the United States.
        See also:
        Ruth Bordin, WOMAN AND TEMPERANCE
        Mary Earhart, FRANCES WILLARD
        Barbara Epstein, THE POLITICS OF DOMESTICITY
        Mari-Jo Buhle, WOMEN AND SOCIALISM
        Ruth Bordin, FRANCES WILLARD
        Nancy Cott, THE GROUNDING OF MODERN AMERICAN FEMINISM, early chs.


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Jack Blocker
History, Huron College, University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6G 1H3 Canada
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