Elaine De Vries, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com National News from the Anglican Church of Canada Fri, 17 Jun 2022 16:57:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://anglicanjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/AJ-logo-01.svg Elaine De Vries, Author at Anglican Journal https://anglicanjournal.com 32 32 170042892 Banners recall fierce determination https://anglicanjournal.com/banners-recall-fierce-determination-312/ https://anglicanjournal.com/banners-recall-fierce-determination-312/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/banners-recall-fierce-determination-312/ A SIMPLISTIC, black and white view of the world: Black and white photos of stiff-backed, Victorian women wearing white ribbons attached to their blouses. These are the images typically associated with the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union movement – if it is remembered at all. These dour images are receiving an injection of colour, thanks to […]

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]]> https://anglicanjournal.com/banners-recall-fierce-determination-312/feed/ 0 92051 Group pressed for women’s rights, vote https://anglicanjournal.com/group-pressed-for-womens-rights-vote-313/ https://anglicanjournal.com/group-pressed-for-womens-rights-vote-313/#respond Thu, 01 Apr 1999 05:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/anglicanjournal/index.php/article/group-pressed-for-womens-rights-vote-313/ The preceding verse, taken from a prohibition song, details the central tenets of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union: protection of the family, an abhorrence for alcohol consumption, and an evangelical belief in the power of Christ to change lives and bring order to society. Sprouting from a movement begun in the United States, the first […]

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