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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the County of Lincoln
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union of the County of Lincoln
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The Dominion Woman's Christian Temperance Union, later renamed the Canadian Woman's Christian Temperance Union, was established in 1888. The Union promoted total abstinence from alcohol, believing that this would eliminate the problems that alcohol caused families and society.