This question is based on the accompanying documents (1-8). The
question is designed to test your ability to work with
historical documents. Some of the documents have been edited for
the purposes of this question. As you analyze the documents,
take into account both the source of each document and any point
of view that may be presented in the document. The Woman's
Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), the largest women's
organization in the United States in the late nineteenth
century, brought women together under a broad reform umbrella.
The WCTU aimed primarily at eliminating the use of alcohol
through legislation prohibiting the making and consuming of
alcohol, the education of the public regarding the evils of
drink, and therefore make family life more safe for women. Led
by Frances Willard for almost two decades, the WCTU appealed
across religious, class, and racial lines, and became the first
national women's reform organization that welcomed the support
and efforts of middle-class African-American women