VISUAL ACTIVITY

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Postcard The WCTU distributed postcards like this to attack the liquor trade. Such cards are typical in their portrayal of saloon backers as traitors to the nation. Notice the man trampling on the American flag as he casts his ballot—a sly allusion to the need for woman suffrage.

READING THE IMAGE: What do the images that surround the top slogan tell us about the abuses of alcohol?

CONNECTIONS: Why was temperance primarily a woman’s movement?

The History Center on Main Street, Mansfield, PA.