He was the senator for Massachusetts. That is helpful.
Many women were the victims of the alcohol abuse of their husbands.
They also saw themselves as the protectors of children who were also negatively impacted by the alcohol
<span>abuse of their fathers and bosses. Many temperance societies supported other causes that were important to women (e.g. suffrage, ending child labor, improving public education, promoting workplace safety.)
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cheap land, waited for the price to rise, and sold it for a profit.
