Английская Википедия:Irish Women's Temperance Union
Irish Women's Temperance Union was an Irish non-sectarian and non-political organization,[1] founded in Belfast in 1894, for the purpose of promoting temperance among the women of Ireland.[2] Margaret Byers served as its first president.[3]
History
The Union conducted temperance work in schools and at local fairs by means of temperance cafes and tea tents, and it held mothers' meetings. It conducted a Home for Girls, which cared for 1,000 girls (as of 1926), and a Home for Inebriate Women, which admitted more than 250 patients (as of 1926). It supported temperance missionaries for work among women. Notable people included Sarah R. Barcroft, president of Newry; and Mary Fleetwood Berry, president of Galway.[2]
A petition in favour of the Early Saturday and Sunday Closing Bill was signed by many, and a representative of the Union spent some time in Lond endeavouring to gain support among Members of Parliament, however, the Bill could not be introduced.[1]
Its official organ, Echoes of Erin, was issued in January, April, and September of each year.[1]
Its papers are held at The National Archives.[4]
References
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- Women's organisations based in Northern Ireland
- Organisations based in Belfast
- 1894 establishments in the United Kingdom
- Temperance organisations in the United Kingdom
- Temperance movement in Ireland
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