Woman's Christian Temperance Union

The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) is the oldest continuing non-sectarian women's organization in the US and worldwide. The women of Fredonia, New York are credited with being the first of the women's groups to visit the saloons. Subsequently, on December 22, 1873, they were the first local organization to adopt the name, Woman's Christian Temperance Union.

External links

• WCTU Official Website
• WCTU of Southern California
• WCTU of Australia
• WCTU of Maine
• Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Victoria, Inc.
• The Frances Willard House Historical Association
• Religious Movements Homepage Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
• Friends (Quaker) United Meeting: WCTU in Our Heritage
• The Handbook of Texas: WCTU
• Address Before The Second Biennial Convention Of The World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, by Frances Willard, President (October, 1893)
• Modern History Sourcebook: Woman's Christian Temperance Union: Growth of Membership and of Local, Auxiliary Unions, 1879-1921
• ?We Sang Rock of Ages?: Frances Willard Battles Alcohol in the late 19th century, by Frances Willard