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The Institutional Phase of the Washingtonian Total Abstinence Movement; A Research Note

Leonard U. Blumberg

SUMMARY. Many of the practices and beliefs of the Washingtonian Total Abstinence Movement were adopted by reformatory homes for “drunkards” that were established in Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia in the mid-1800s.