Dear ATHG members, I am a graduate student at San Francisco State University currently finishing up an M.A. thesis on temperance and gender in northern California, 1850-1900. I trace the evolution of temperance activism through examinations of the Sons of Temperance, the Dashaway Association, and the WCTU. I have placed the first draft of my introductory chapter online at: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~jpad It includes an historiographical overview that may be of interest to ATHG members. Your comments and suggestions are invited. I'll be turning in a final version of the thesis in August. Best wishes, Joshua Paddison [log in to unmask]