The temperance movement began in the early 1800s and by 1833, there were 6,000 local societies in the United States. Women and children were a driving force in the movements to prohibit the consumption of strong drink, slavery, and to promote women’s suffrage. This article reports on a temperance society at the school in Conway, Massachusetts. The society passed a resolution to instruct the school committee to write a constitution for school societies which would then be given to the teachers, who would then form juvenile temperance societies in their districts. The Gazette & Mercury was the newspaper in Greenfield, Massachusetts, from June 27, 1837, to July 13, 1841, when it changed its name to the Gazette & Courier.
Greenfield Gazette and Mercury. “Temperance in Schools.” November 21, 1837. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l05-029/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
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