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Prohibition
In January the Prohibition Era began. -
Women's Christian Temperance Union
There were 344,892 members of the WCTU. -
New Jersey
New Jersey added its ratification vote on March 9th. -
Ella Alexander Boole
Boole became the WCTU's president and served until 1933. -
WCTU
The peak of the WCTU membership. -
21st Amendment
21st Amendment passed repealing the 18th Amendment for prohibition. -
National Prohibition Party
D. Leigh Colvin was nominated for president. -
Fallen Membership
The WCTU's membership had fallen to 216,843. -
Mamie White Colvin
Colvin became president of the WCTU, she served until 1953. -
National Prohibition Party President
Stuart Hamblen was nominated in 1952 after that canidates never got more than 50,000 votes.