Academics ague the temperance movements paved the way for sobriety trends like Dry January.

Millions of people trying to cut out alcohol for Dry January may not realise they are following in the footsteps of a 19th ...

But these booze-free billiard venues, meeting rooms and music halls built in the 19th Century by those championing sobriety ...

Two buildings in Cornwall, the Teetotal Hall in Penryn and the former Lamb Coffee Tavern in Redruth, and two buildings in ...

Hundreds of halls were built as alcohol-free spaces, yet their past is now forgotten, says author.

As younger adults opt for “wellness” products, many are practicing alcohol abstinence. Sometimes referred to as “sober curious,” this trend of often forgoing alcohol has forged public conversations on ...

This video is no longer available. D.C. is a town of monuments — and some of them are hiding in plain sight. In this week’s edition of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax decided to learn the ...

Alice Hoover of Coshocton was born in Crawford County and her mother, Mildred Marshal Heft, was from Corning. Heft served with the Women's Temperance Christian Union and gave speeches in the 1930s at ...

In 1907, 20 women in Keedysville engaged with national events by forming their own Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, advocating against the consumption and sale of alcohol. By forming their own WCTU ...

The Middleton-in-Teesdale fountain is featured in a new book, The Built Heritage of the Temperance Movement: The Way Out of Darkest England, published by Historic England and Liverpool University ...

(The Conversation) — A historian highlights the role of Frances Willard, who helped found the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, one of the major social movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. (The ...