American Temperance University opened in 1893 the planned town of Harriman, Tennessee, which was developed as a community with no alcohol permitted. In its second year of operation the institution enrolled 345 students from 20 states. However, it closed in 1908. Those who attended included two students who later became members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Harriman is a city located in Roane County, Tennessee. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ...
The university's main building, Temperance Hall, now houses government offices and its Hall of Domestic Science is an inn. Both are historic landmarks.
The strong temperance movements of the early 20th century found most of their support in women who were opposed to the domestic violence alcohol frequently caused, and the large share of low-income household income it often took.
The AmericanTemperance Society was formed in 1826 and benefited from a renewed interest in religion and morality.
Temperance writers viewed the WCTU's program of compulsory temperance education as a major factor leading to the establishment of National Prohibition with passage of the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Other knowledgeable observers, including the U.S. Commissioner of Education, agreed.
Among the outstanding women temperance workers of the period were Frances Elizabeth Willard, Susan B. Anthony, and Carry Nation.
Among the effects of temperance agitation were the stimulation of interest in the scientific study of alcoholism, general instruction in the schools on the effects of alcohol, and government regulation.
Unlike later temperance movements, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, these earlier movements did not view alcoholism as a disease and relied on government regulation and suppression of the liquor business to control the problem.
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