In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from moralistic convictions of pietistic Protestants.<ref>Richard J. Jensen, ''The winning of the Midwest: social and political conflict, 1888-1896'' (1971) [http://books.google.com/books?id=XpCgCNZwpvoC&pg=PA89&dq=%22Iowa+wet+or+dry%22+intitle:winning+intitle:midwest+inauthor:jensen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HeNKT5_RKYKtsAK409nqCA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false pp 89-121 online]</ref> Prohibition movements in the West coincided with the advent of [[women's suffrage]], with newly empowered women as part of the political process strongly supporting policies that curbed alcohol consumption.<ref>Aileen Kraditor, ''The Ideas of the Woman Suffrage Movement, 1890–1920'' (1965) pp 12–37.</ref><ref>Anne Myra Goodman Benjamin, ''A history of the anti-suffrage movement in the United States from 1895 to 1920: women against equality'' (1991)</ref> |
In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and North America came from moralistic convictions of pietistic Protestants.<ref>Richard J. Jensen, ''The winning of the Midwest: social and political conflict, 1888-1896'' (1971) [http://books.google.com/books?id=XpCgCNZwpvoC&pg=PA89&dq=%22Iowa+wet+or+dry%22+intitle:winning+intitle:midwest+inauthor:jensen&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HeNKT5_RKYKtsAK409nqCA&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false pp 89-121 online]</ref> Prohibition movements in the West coincided with the advent of [[women's suffrage]], with newly empowered women as part of the political process strongly supporting policies that curbed alcohol consumption.<ref>Aileen Kraditor, ''The Ideas of the Woman Suffrage Movement, 1890–1920'' (1965) pp 12–37.</ref><ref>Anne Myra Goodman Benjamin, ''A history of the anti-suffrage movement in the United States from 1895 to 1920: women against equality'' (1991)</ref> |