sentences:  The BWTA was organized at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1876, under the lead of Parker, of Dundee, Scotland, as the result of interest in the Woman's Temperance Crusade in the United States.Parker was chosen president, and in 1877, Balfour, succeeded by Lucas.In 1885, the association was affiliated to the World Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WWCTU), of which body Lucas was the first president.