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Map of New York City to accompany "The temperance movement, or, The conflict between man & alcohol" Item Info
- Title:
- Map of New York City to accompany "The temperance movement, or, The conflict between man & alcohol"
- Creator:
- G.W. & C.B. Colton & Co.
- Date Created:
- 1887
- Description:
- Alcohol sales had become a significant sector of the US economy by the second half of the nineteenth century. Temperance became a concern not only in the domestic realm but in the political, thus limiting the participation of women, who could not yet vote. Nevertheless, they found ways to make themselves heard. In 1873, a group of women marched through the streets of Hillsboro, Ohio, peacefully protesting at each of the saloons. Carrie Nation became infamous for her "hachetations," in which she vandalized establishments that sold alcohol. As this map from shows, had Nation visited New York City she would have found a staggering number of targets for her demonstrations. With the founding of the Women's Christian Temperance Union in 1874, women were able to organize themselves and lend a powerful public voice to the fight for prohibition.
- Subjects:
- Temperance
- Source:
- Osher Map Library Collection
- Source Identifier:
- 56241
- Type:
- Image;StillImage
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Map of New York City to accompany "The temperance movement, or, The conflict between man & alcohol"", Osher Map Library Collection, Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education, University of Southern Maine
- Repository Link:
- https://oshermaps.org/map/56241.0001
Rights
- Rights:
- Public Domain
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/