Whining about wine, tallying teetotalers at New York City Temperance Society  

By: Emily Malcynsky To research a book about booze, you have to imbibe the soberest of materials: Temperance Society archives. Often an object of derision for modern drinking enthusiasts, the Temperance Movement was one of the first organized, public and political manifestations of anti-alcohol sentiment, eventually leading to Prohibition in 1920. To better understand the … Continue reading Whining about wine, tallying teetotalers at New York City Temperance Society