Historically many women devoted their whole life to their families and societies. The only name they could use in public was the family name or the husband name. They even had no right to vote since the vote unit was the family at that time. In other words, the opinions of fathers and husbands were their voice. Women personally thought and feelings were neglected and were not paid great attention.

Part I: The Emergence of a Popular Women’s Consciousness

The great thing was women woke up an in18th century. They wanted to have some voice in the public sphere. They could no longer allow and be the one who waited for someone else to make decision for them.

“The emergence of a popular woman’s consciousness of difference from, and antagonism to, men, developing through four phases of women’s religious activity, from the mid eighteenth century through the late nineteenth century.”

The first phase was the Great Awakening of 1740-44. However, women looked familiar to follow someone else decision in their life and wait for a leader to make the change which they were things. They participated in the revivals which followed the Great awakening, their number wa

In 1898, the 21st Conventions the first steps were taken to influence the Military Colleges against the issue of beer rations to their students. Strong resolutions were went to the Government protesting against the outrage of a disfranchised womanhood, and demanding that woman be given her proper place as man’s equal in the political life of the Country.

WCTU is the high tide of the emergence of a popular woman’s consciousness.

Those women were good education. They were intelligent or talented enough to rival their male counterparts. They tried hard to make up for their capabilities in experience and education. They enthusiasts developed their administrative and lobbying skills. In the processing, there was raising a bunch of leaders. As they leading, “the WCTU women rather quickly learned how to make their organization effective. They learned to consult experts before embarking on a project, established committees to investigate each subject before it was tackled, and proceeded with a detailed work plan in the execution of their task. They emphasized the scientific methods of studying causes first, and then establishing the relationship between causes and effects.”

They also did a lot of jobs in Official Publications, Scientific Temperance, Missionary and Patriotic and Woman’s Franchise. Besides alcohol, tobacco and drugs, the WCTU has opposed white slavery, child labor and army brothels.

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