The Washingtonians – Index Thanks to Jim B. of Canada who put together this presentation of text and articles on the Washingtonian Temperance Society. Jim...
THE FOUNDATION, PROGRESS AND PRINCIPLES OF THE WASHINGTON TEMPERANCE SOCIETY OF BALTIMORE, AND THE INFLUENCE IT HAS HAD ON THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED...
PREFACE The author of the following pages has had no experience in “book- making,” and this, his first effort has been made during the few...
CHAPTER I FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIETY The 5th of April, 1840, was an eventful day. Influences were set at work then, which have been developing...
CHAPTER II PROGRESS AND INFLUENCE OF THE SOCIETY Immediately after the organization of the society, the several members went privately to their friends, especially their...
CHAPTER III MISSIONARIES In the progress of time, the news of our doings in Baltimore had gone abroad. The friends of Temperance in other sections...
CHAPTER IV THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE BEFORE We pause here for a moment to look back upon the past. Let us place ourselves back in the...
CHAPTER V RESULTS If the amount of good done by this recent reformation was to be estimated only in dollars and cents – in property...
CHAPTER VI PRINCIPLES OF THE WASHINGTON SOCIETY EXPERIENCE We have already intimated that experience was clearly the groundwork of the operations of this society. We...
THE MISSIONARY SPIRIT Early in the history of the Washington Society, indeed in its very inception, was developed that feature, which has since given it...
OUR PLEDGE The pledge of the Washington Society, though strictly a total abstinence pledge, differs, in several particulars, from that of the American Temperance Union,...
POLITICS AND RELIGION As previously observed, the Washington Society occupies a strictly neutral position on these subjects. All our efforts are devoted to the one...
CONCLUSION From the preceding pages we learn that the principal causes of the extraordinary influence of the Washington Temperance Society are as follow: 1. The...
QUART. J. STUD. ALC., VOL. 11, 410-452, 1950. THE WASHINGTONIAN MOVEMENT By Milton A. Maxwell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Sociology, State College of Washington, Pullman,...
THE BALTIMORE ORIGINS One Thursday evening, April 2, 1840, six friends were drinking, as they were wont to do almost every evening, in Chasels Tavern,...
THE SPREAD OF THE MOVEMENT A phenomenon like this could not be confined to Baltimore, for the Washington men had it in their power to...
DURATION OF THE MOVEMENT How long the Washingtonian movement continued in full force is a difficult question to answer. The most dramatic strides were made...
NUMERICAL SUCCESS How many persons became members of the Washingtonian societies? There is no satisfactory answer to this question. The statistics that are available are...
ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURE As has been indicated, the Washingtonian movement took organized form in the thousands of local total abstinence societies which, almost without exception,...
THE CAUSES OF DECLINE The materials presented above would scarcely give the impression that the major cause of the decline of the Washingtonian movement was...
COMPARISON WITH ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS It is apparent that the Washingtonian societies, when they were most effective in the rehabilitation of alcoholics, had a great many...
REFERENCES 6. 1 Krout, J.A. The Origins of Prohibition. New York; Knopf, 1925. 7. 2. Rush, Benjamin. An Inquiry Into the Effects of Ardent Spirits...
Chapter VI — The Washingtonians The Washingtonian movement had its origin in a tippling house, in the city of Baltimore, in the year 1840, with...
JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL, VOL. 39 (9), 1591-1606, 1978.* THE INSTITUTIONAL PHASE OF THE WASHINGTONIAN TOTAL ABSTINENCE MOVEMENT A Research Note Leonard U. Blumberg...
SOURCES OF INFORMATION The discussion which follows is based on a synthesis of materials which vary considerably in completeness and are not equally available for...
REFERENCES 1. Hawkins, W.G. Life of John Hawkins. Boston; Dutton; 1863. 2. Maxwell, M.A. The Washingtonian Movement. Q.J. Stud. Alcohol 11: 410-451, 1950. 3. Arthur,...
JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL, VOL. 41,(L), 1980. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ALCOHOL PROHIBITIONISTS FOR THE WASHINGTON TEMPERANCE SOCIETIES With Special Reference to Paterson and...
PATERSON The response to the efforts of the New York Washingtonians was rapid. The “friends of temperance” in Paterson met in the Second Baptist Church...
NEWARK On 21 July 1841 the Paterson Intelligencer made the following proud commentary on the effect of the Washington temperance reform, which was then in...
DISCUSSION As a therapeutic social movement, the Washingtonian Movement originally focused its attention on drunkards themselves rather than on changing the sociopolitical situation; this was...
REFERENCES 1. Maxwell, M. A. The Washingtonian movement. Q. J. Stud. Alcohol 11: 410- 451, 1950. 2. BLUMBERG, L. [U.] The ideology of a therapeutic...
