Knowing that alcohol taxes accounted for about one-third of all federal revenue, temperance leaders campaigned successfully for a federal income tax to make up the difference.
Hans Andersen Foss (November 25, 1851 - July 9, 1929) was an American author, newspaper editor and temperance leader.
This spiritual decision provides context to Letitia Youmans other activities; i.e. teacher, temperance leader, and community activist.
After the United States was attacked at Pearl Harbor in 1941, temperance leaders tried to have all alcohol prohibited on all military bases.
In addition, he co-founded the National Temperance Society and Publishing House with Neal S. Dow, another pioneering temperance leader.
Frances Willard Hall is named for the famous temperance leader and crusader for women's rights.
Ella Alexander Boole (July 26, 1858 - March 13, 1952) was an American temperance leader and social reformer.
Despite his long political career Leif Jones is best remembered as a temperance leader.
In the 1860s, it was the policy of temperance leaders not to permit alcohol establishments in the village; this was later mandated by a local option vote.
Elise Wærenskjold (February 19, 1815 - January 22, 1895) was a Norwegian-American writer, temperance leader and early pioneer in Texas.