1880: Atlanta WCTU Flyers and Constitution

These flyers announce the mission and constitution of the WCTU of Atlanta in 1880 (?) – although it goes unstated, it is likely that these are publications from the white chapters. Bemoaning that temptation of liquor damages the “responsibilities of future manhood and womanhood,” the document insists that this group of women “will religiously employ all the means God places within its reach!”