Excerpt from Women Torch-Bearers: The Story of the Woman's Christian Temperance UnionIn writing The Story Of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, the historian could include only such names and statistics as are needed to make the account graphic and helpful. Principles and facts are emphasized that the oncoming generation may catch the spirit of the marching mothers Of the Crusade and realize the high historic points Of the national and international growth of the Wom an's Christian Temperance Union. One of the outstanding results Of the education, agitation and organization of the vvoman's Chris tian Temperance Union, from Crusade to Jubilee days, is the steady growth of public opinion in support Of the fundamental principles of total abstinence for the individual and prohibition for the state and nation. Hence, it is essential to the history of the W. C. T. U. That high authorities in science, social economy, the church and the govern ment should be cited. This is as joyous a feature Of the story Of fifty years as is the victorious culmination in the writing of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Amendments.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.