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WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE MAGAZINE – JUNE EDITION
My article Taking the Pledge appears on p62 of the June 2015 edition of WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE magazine. I expect some readers will find references to The Band of Hope illuminating as they may have uncovered membership … Continue reading
Posted in Agnes Weston, Army, Band of Hope, books by Ros Black, British Women's Temperance Association, Duxhurst, female temperance reformers, Feminism, Lady Henry Somerset, Sarah Robinson, Temperance, temperance pledge
Tagged Anne Jane Carlile, Band of Hope, Duxhurst, Lady Henry Somerset, Portsmouth, Salvation Army, Sarah Robinson, Skeleton Armies, Social history, Suffragists, Taking the pledge, Temperance movement, Who Do You Think You Are magazine
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SCANDAL SALVATION AND SUFFRAGE ENJOYS SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH AND LEADS TO NEW TEMPERANCE TALES FROM SUSSEX
Many thanks to all who attended the launch of my new book Scandal Salvation and Suffrage – The Amazing Women of The Temperance Movement in Haywards Heath on 23rd April. To promote the new book in Sussex, I have been … Continue reading
Posted in alcohol abuse, books by Ros Black, Cuckfield, Sussex towns and villages, Temperance, temperance tales from Sussex
Tagged 1897, Cuckfield, Cuckfield Museum, Handcross, Horsham, Mid Sussex Times, Salvation Army, SCANDAL SALVATION AND SUFFRAGE, Skeleton Armies, Steyning, Sussex, temperance
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Catherine Booth – of Salvation Army fame but also a temperance reformer
Photo of Catherine Booth in Clacton-on-Sea in 1889, courtesy of The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre. Catherine is best known for her work with her husband, William Booth, in founding The Salvation Army. She was deeply religious and she pioneered … Continue reading
Posted in Basingstoke, Catherine Booth, female temperance reformers, religion, teetotalism, Temperance, Victorian Do-Gooders, Victorian temperance movement, women of the temperance movement, women's history
Tagged alcohol abuse, Catherine Booth, Salvation Army, salvationists, Sketeton armies, Teetotalism, temperance, William Booth
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