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Podcast: The Exploress
Episode: The Women of the 1920s Who Supported Prohibition
Description: Season 4, Episode 5. Women were a big reason why the prohibition of alcohol became a constitutional amendment in 1920s America. Today we'll learn about the history of the saloon and dry laws, the politics behind the Volstead Act and the 18th Amendment, and why women were at the forefront of the temperance movement. We'll meet Anna Gordon and Frances Willard, the Presidents of the Women's Christian Temperance Union; Carrie Nation, who campaigned for Prohibition by smashing up saloons with her hatchet; and we'll meet the women who enforced the law – Assistant US Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt, and bureau agents li...