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    Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York
    Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York
    Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York
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    Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York

    By Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. Gardenier

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      Two Decades A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York - Frances W. Graham

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      Title: Two Decades

      A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York

      Author: Frances W. Graham and Georgeanna M. Gardenier

      Release Date: March 13, 2007 [eBook #20811]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWO DECADES***

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      BAPTIST CHURCH AT FREDONIA, N.Y. In which the first Crusade meeting was held.

      1874-1894.

      Two Decades:

      A History

      of the

      First Twenty years' work

      of the

      Woman's Christian Temperance Union

      of the State of New York.

      BY

      FRANCES W. GRAHAM, LOCKPORT.

      GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER, OSWEGO.

      WRITTEN BY REQUEST OF THE TWENTIETH ANNUAL CONVENTION OF THE STATE WOMAN'S

      CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION, HELD AT SYRACUSE IN OCTOBER, 1893

      PREFACE BY MARY TOWNE BURT.

      GREETING.

      This little volume now starts upon its way to visit the homes of those who, with us, desire above all things the overthrow of the liquor traffic. When it knocks at your door, kindly admit it and treat it as a welcome guest—a loved friend; remain blind to its faults, and see only the good intended.

      We send it forth, not for its literary merit, not for any honor to ourselves, but as a faithful record of the work accomplished by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York during the two decades just closed. It was written at your request, and it is yours, not ours. That it may be of benefit to the work and a pleasure to the workers is all we ask. We commend it to you with earnest prayers and best wishes.

      FRANCES W. GRAHAM.

      GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER.

      Mrs. Mary Towne Burt

      TO OUR

      CONSECRATED LEADER,

      MARY TOWNE BURT,

      AND TO THE

      TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND WHITE RIBBONERS

      OF THE

      EMPIRE STATE,

      THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

      BY

      THE AUTHORS

      OFFICERS, 1894.

      PRESIDENT:

      MRS. MARY TOWNE BURT, 217 W. 134th St., New York City .

      FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT:

      MRS. ELLA A. BOOLE, A.M., West New Brighton, S. I.

      CORRESPONDING SECRETARY:

      MRS. FRANCES W. GRAHAM, 274 Church St., Lockport .

      RECORDING SECRETARY:

      MRS. GEORGEANNA M. GARDENIER, 64 E. Cayuga St., Oswego .

      TREASURER:

      MRS. ELLEN L. TENNEY, 484 Madison Ave., Albany .

      STATE HEADQUARTERS:

      No. 30 WEST 230 STREET, NEW YORK CITY.

      COUNTY STANDARD BEARERS,

      1894

      TABLE OF CONTENTS.

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      PREFACE

      Sketch of Mrs. Esther McNeil, Veteran Crusader

      PROLOGUE

      CHAPTER I.—The Sober Second Thought of the Crusade

      Sketch of Mrs. Allen Butler, first President

      CHAPTER II.—Constitution and By-Laws, with changes

      Sketch of Mrs. Maria Hyde Hibbard, second President

      CHAPTER III.—Organization

      Sketch of Mrs. Mary Towne Burt, our President

      CHAPTER IV.—Educational

      Sketch of Mrs. Ella A. Boole, First Vice-President

      CHAPTER V.—Evangelistic

      Sketch of Mrs. Frances W. Graham, Corresponding Secretary

      CHAPTER VI.—Legislation and Petition

      Sketch of Mrs. Georgianna M. Gardenier, Recording Secretary

      CHAPTER VII.—Social and Political

      Sketch of Mrs. Ellen L. Tenney, Treasurer

      CHAPTER VIII.—Miscellaneous

      Financial Statement, 1874-1894

      Officers, 1874-1894

      Annual Meetings

      World's Fair Banner

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

      * * * * *

      Crusade Church

      Mrs. Mary Towne Burt

      Mrs. Esther McNeil

      Mrs. Allen Butler

      Mrs. Maria Hyde Hibbard

      Mrs. Mary Towne Burt

      Mrs. Ella A. Boole

      Mrs. Frances W. Graham

      Mrs. Georgeanna M. Gardenier

      Mrs. Ellen L. Tenney

      PREFACE.

      istories are strange things: they uncover so many hidden events, and bring back so many lost memories. A history that traces the beginnings of a reform movement, that weaves the shuttle of memory in and out of the web of the past and presents a perfect woof of fact and incident, is a treasury of knowledge that will not fail to delight and instruct. But the compilation of such a history is no easy task, and especially is this true of an organization with the many ramifications of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York.

      The 14th of October, 1894, marked the twenty-first milestone in our history, and the story that follows is the story of the hopes and fears, the smiles and tears of the past twenty years, mingled with songs of rejoicing for grand achievement. For twenty years this organization has stood with undaunted front against the sin of the state as represented by the legalized traffic in intoxicating liquors and by the awful vice that would put a premium on woman's shame.

      During this time it has uttered its shibboleth that that political party, and that only, which declares in its platform for the complete prohibition of the liquor traffic, can have its influence and its

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