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The pledge called for a lifetime commitment to Abstain from alcoholic beverages: “Whereas, the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage is productive of pauperism, degradation and crime; and believing it our duty to discourage that which produces more evil than good, we therefore pledge ourselves to abstain from the use of intoxicating liquors as a beverage“. Pledge signing drives were heavily promoted at churches, Sunday schools, and Temperance meetings. Girls who signed the pledge were called “Willards,” after Frances Willard of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union . Northern boys were called “Lincolns” and southern boys became “Lees.” By 1925, over five million children had signed the total abstinence pledge cards. REFERENCES Engs, Ruth C. (ed) ''The Progressive Era’s Health Reform Movements''. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2003. Odegard, Peter H. ''Pressure Politics: The Story of the Anti-Saloon League''. NY: Columbia University Press, 1928. SOURCE |
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