Members of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union gather in Weston in 1884. The drive for women’s suffrage split the temperance movement, with some women opposing gaining the right to vote. Courtesy ...

As younger adults opt for “wellness” products, many are practicing alcohol abstinence. Sometimes referred to as “sober curious,” this trend of often forgoing alcohol has forged public conversations on ...

In the early 1800s, the temperance movement swept the nation. By 1830, the average American adult male drank the equivalent of almost seven gallons of pure alcohol a year. The campaign to limit ...

In the 1800s, the mission of the temperance movement was to encourage citizens (mostly men) to "temper" their drinking or stop consuming alcohol altogether. At the time, alcohol was blamed for many of ...

Frances Willard stands behind her mother, at left, and Anna B. Gordon, who worked as a secretary and lived in the Willard household. Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images As younger adults ...

(The Conversation) — A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. (The ...