Michigan Women's Christian Temperance Union
Spirited local women and their push for temperance surrounding Prohibition years
by (Greater Grand R...)
Submitted 11-12-2015 under NONPROFITS
Discover the role local women played in supporting temperance in the years surrounding the Prohibition movement at a special program Tuesday, Nov. 17 titled “Spirited Women: Grand Rapids and the Push for Temperance.” The program...
Glance at the Past - Prohibition
by (WYCE)
Submitted 08-29-2011 under NONPROFITS
Michigan followed Maine's idea for prohibition in 1853, but, it was found impossible to do enforce this ideal in Grand Rapids. By 1870, Grand Rapids housed 58 saloons and five breweries. Women's organizations for prohibition, were an...