by WRA Admin | Oct 22, 2026 | Archives, WRA Blog
I thought it might be interesting to look back to one of our periodicals from 100 years ago, to get an insight into the work of the women of the National British Women’s Total Abstinence Union (NBWTAU) in 1926. This was the year that Queen Elizabeth II was born and...
by WRA Admin | Apr 23, 2026 | Archives, Temperance, WRA Blog
When the British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) was formed in 1876, it’s Constitution set out the object of the association. Its object was to form a federation of existing Women’s Temperance Societies from across the country and by combined effort, greater...
by WRA Admin | Nov 13, 2025 | Archives, WRA Blog
I recently chanced upon an interesting article, whilst I was undertaking some research for an unrelated enquiry to our archive. The article in question was in The White Ribbon magazine of February 1939 and talked of a picture of the head Christ that was hanging in the...
by WRA Admin | Nov 6, 2024 | 1924, Archives, Temperance, WRA Blog
The British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) was founded in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1876, at the height of the Temperance Movement. The Temperance Movement declined into the twentieth century due to societal changes especially around the First and Second World...
by WRA Admin | Apr 3, 2024 | Archives, White Ribbon, WRA Blog
The British Women’s Temperance Association (BWTA) was founded in Newcastle-upon-Tyne in 1876, at the height of the temperance movement in the 19th century. The organisation still exists today as the White Ribbon Association. Although we no longer promote total...
