Women's Christian Temperance Union
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- Apr 5, 1882The House of Refuge: A Sanctuary for Seattle’s 'Homeless' WomenIn an era when single women often faced destitution or vice, the local Women's Christian Temperance Union launches a new initiative to provide respectable housing at moderate rates.Seattle, WA
- Jun 29, 1883Temperance Crusaders Demand the BallotA historic convention of the W.C.T.U. in Seattle adopts a radical platform demanding suffrage for women as a weapon against the 'liquor traffic.'Seattle, WA
- Jan 23, 1885The Great Seattle Newspaper Boycott of 1885When local liquor interests tried to silence the press for advocating Sunday sobriety, the community drew a line in the sawdust.Seattle, WA
- Jun 29, 1886The Day Seattle Voted on the BottleIn a town-defining referendum in 1886, Seattle voters decisively rejected a prohibition measure, choosing the saloon over the temperance movement.Seattle, WA
- Feb 10, 1887The Disenfranchised Daughters of SeattleStripped of their right to vote by a Supreme Court ruling, the women of Seattle gather in a defiant, fractious meeting to organize against the 'fossils' of the law.Seattle, WA
- Mar 30, 1887The Temperance Debate in SeattleA look at the Women's Christian Temperance Union’s push for high license fees in Seattle and the broader fight for liquor regulation in the late 1880s.Seattle, WA
- Jan 5, 1891A Warm Haven in the Heart of the Skid RoadWhile Seattle’s winter chill drove men to the fringes, one mission at Second and Jackson offered a rare sanctuary of light and literature for the city's struggling laborers.Seattle, WA
- Jul 14, 1892Seattle Health Officers Screen Trains and Steamers for SmallpoxAs smallpox cases surge in Victoria, B.C., Seattle and neighboring ports enact aggressive, sometimes illegal, quarantines to stop the infection from crossing the border.Seattle, WA