... rate, especially in North America. In May 1874, the movement was introduced into Canada by Mrs. Doyle of Owen Sound, Ontario. In 1874 Mrs. Letitia Youmans who was the first Canadian leader later established the second union in Picton, Ontario. In 1875 she organized the Toronto WCTU, and by 1877 a network of local unions necessitated the formation of the Ontario provincial ... classes women. These women were not young upstarts but mature members of the leading families of their communities. They were wives of ministers, doctors, lawyers, merchants, editors, and members of a parliament. T...

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