By: Imani Renee Wiley
Carrie Amelia Moore Nation was an American women who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. Born: November 25, 1846 Born In Garrard County, KY Died: June 9, 1911 Died in Leavensworth, KS
Education: university of Central Missouri Born : Carrie Amelia Moore in Garrard County, Kentucky Parents: George and Mary Campbell Moore She had a poor education and informal learning
Was in this reform to help alcoholics and urge personal moderation in the consumption of alcoholic beverages Received a teaching certificate Was president of WCTU( Woman’s Christian Temperance Union) She started a local branch or “union” of the WCTU
She acted in a play called Hatchetation She published a biweekly newsletter (The Smashing Mail) She had a newspaper,The Hatchet She wrote and autobiography She was in the temperance movement
She was successful in seeking reform. Carrie A. Nation was the member of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union best known for attacking saloons and other drinking establisments with a hatchet
“ I felt invincible. My strength was that of a giant. God was certainly standing by me. I smashed fire saloons with rocks before I ever took a hatchet.” “I want all hellions to quit putting that hell fume in God’s clean air.”
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