Ida B. Wise
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Ida B. Wise was the primary author of the Sheppard Bill
in 1916 that imposed prohibition
on Washington, D.C.
She was president of the Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union
(WCTU) from 1913 until 1933, at which time she became president of the national WCTU. Although National Prohibition was repeal
ed in 1933, Wise continued to lead unsuccessful efforts throughout the 1930s and 1940s to return the nation to prohibition.
Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment and introduced it in the Senate, so that he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."-Biography:John Morris Sheppard was born in Morris County...
in 1916 that imposed prohibition
Prohibition
Prohibition of alcohol, often referred to simply as prohibition, is the practice of prohibiting the manufacture, transportation, import, export, sale, and consumption of alcohol and alcoholic beverages. The term can also apply to the periods in the histories of the countries during which the...
on Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
She was president of the Iowa Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union was the first mass organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity." Originally organized on December 23, 1873, in...
(WCTU) from 1913 until 1933, at which time she became president of the national WCTU. Although National Prohibition was repeal
Repeal
A repeal is the amendment, removal or reversal of a law. This is generally done when a law is no longer effective, or it is shown that a law is having far more negative consequences than were originally envisioned....
ed in 1933, Wise continued to lead unsuccessful efforts throughout the 1930s and 1940s to return the nation to prohibition.