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Originally Posted by teetwoohsix
Well, not really behind it but a popular face for the cause & a hardcore prohibition advocate ; her name is Carry Nation, she was basically a one woman army at war with the "Demon Rum". She staged a violent campaign against the saloons that were flouting the Kansas Prohibition law in 1900.
She then traveled to the "wet states" where drinking was still legal and unleashed her fury  upon those poor drinkers. Tearing up saloons with a hatchet. This was before the 18th amendment that went into effect on July 16th, 1920 (nationwide prohibition). I believe she passed away in 1911 (don't hold me to that, I may have to fact check her death).
She was once married to an alcoholic~ this may have had something to do with her anti-alcohol rage (along with being extremely religious) but a funny side note: four years after her death, the revenuers turned up a tremendous moonshine layout on her father's old farm in Missouri 
I just like the picture, I can imagine her going into a saloon and tearing it up, and everyone just moving out of the way of the crazy lady with the hatchet 
Mike- lol
Sincerely, Clayton |
So awesome.. I thought I'd seen her pic before but didn't know all that. Things were just more colorful back then. I wish she were alive today so we could sic her on the Mexican drug cartels and reality TV stars. Nation and hatchet v Kardiashians or the Atlanta house wives.