Two Decades / A History of the First Twenty Years' Work of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the State of New York

by Frances W. Graham; Georgeanna M. Gardenier

That the local paper was keeping a keen watch on the movements of the women is evidenced by the following headlines in the Censor of December 24, 1873:

TEMPERANCE REVIVAL.

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One Less Bar to Practice At—A Permanent Temperance Union Formed—Over
Two Hundred Women Pledged "Until this Work is Accomplished."

CHAPTER I.

"THE SOBER SECOND THOUGHT OF THE CRUSADE."

t soon became apparent that the methods of the crusade could not be continued indefinitely; that in order to strengthen and perpetuate the work already begun organization was necessary. This sentiment prevailed in the State of New York, and many local societies, bearing various names, had already been formed.