W.C.T.U. (Women's Christian Temperance Union) of Rhode Island Delegate Silk Ribbon to the Annual Convention At Providence, October 10-11, 1900.

Rhode Island: WCTU Rhode Island, Publisher, 1900. Unbound. Good. Item #020399

Cream colored silk ribbon with purple printing and fringed ends. About 5 by 1 ¼ inches. A ribbon issued by the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) of Rhode Island, reading "Delegate Annual Convention...W.C.T.U. of R.I. ... Providence October 10-11 1900." The Women's Christian Temperance Union was founded in Ohio in 1874, with the principal goal of promoting temperance, through religious, moral and other methods. It eventually expanded its mission to include social reform such as suffrage, child labor, etc. The Rhode Island chapter was successful in helping to pass a prohibition law in the state in 1886, although it was repealed in 1889. GOOD condition. Minor toning and curling.

Price: $40.00