17h 32min, jan 1, 1874 y - Canadian Woman's Christian Temperance Union
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In the 1870s, the alcohol industry was growing steadily in Canada as it was very easy for businesses to get licenses to sell alcohol. Also, many local governments depended heavily on the revenue from alcohol sales. Many women were concerned with the increasing number of social issues, such as alcohol-related abuse and loss of house hold income. Along with these issues and strong Christian values, women to form the Canadian woman's Christian Temperance Union or WCTU. The goal of this organization was to convince the Canadian to force prohibition. Under the leadership of Letitia Youmans, the WCTU became the largest women's organization in Canada. Most of the members of local branches of the WTCU were generally white, middle-class Protestant women.
By the 1890s, the WCTU has been campaigning for women's suffrage for about a decade. The Dominion Women's Enfranchisement Association (DWEA) petitioned Ontario Premier Oliver Mowat to ask him to introduce to legislation to extend voting rights to women. He was personally was in favor of the idea, but that there was not enough public support for it to succeed. The WCTU and the DWEA organized a mock parliament in 1896.
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