Social movements and the symbolism of public demonstrations: the 1874 Women's Crusade and German resistance in Richmond, Indiana.

Journal of Social History | March 22, 1999| | Copyright

In Richmond, Indiana, on February 18, 1874, Quaker temperance activist Martha Valentine led a small group of women to "La Belle," a saloon owned by German immigrant Chris Schultz. Chastising Schultz for the damage that he was causing to his customers as well as to their helpless wives and children, the women implored him to close his business.(1) When he refused the protesters soon left, but they promised that they would return. Thus began the Women's Crusade in this small city located near the Ohio border. Events in Richmond were part of a massive temperance revival that ...

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