Woman's World/Woman's Empire: The Woman's Christian Temperance Union in International Perspective, 1880-1930

by Ian Tyrrell

Frances Willard founded the Woman's Christian Temperance Union in 1884 to carry the message of women's emancipation throughout the world. Based in the United States, the WCTU rapidly became an international organization, with affiliates in forty-two countries. Ian Tyrrell tells the extraordinary story of how a handful of women sought to change the mores of the world -- not only by abolishing alcohol but also by promoting peace and attacking prostitution,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807871966
• ISBN13: 9780807871966
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"