Temperance, Education and the WCTU in Alberta, 1905-1930

Authors

  • Nancy M. Sheehan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11575/jet.v14i2.43872

Abstract

In the quarter century between the 1890s and the 1920s the Canadian society was transformed. 1 During this period the country grew in population, in the number of provinces and in national maturity. It experienced an influx of non-English speaking immigrants, the industrialization and urbanization of its economy, and the opening up of the West. These three major changes had profound influence on the social fabric of the nation. The established Anglo-Saxon dominance in the country appeared threatened and pressure for change upset the traditional political, religious and educational arrangements of the society.

Author Biography

Nancy M. Sheehan

Department of Educational Foundations, The University of Calgary

Published

2018-05-11

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