GLASGOW WOMEN DEMAND PROHIBITION DURING THE WAR.
On May 13th, a grand procession of about 30,000 women started from five different starting points to the Green, to hold a mass meeting to demand Prohibition during the war. Women of every rank and calling were in the march. Everywhere along the route, vast sympathetic crowds had assembled to view the unique spectacle and scan the banners, which had various devices and inscriptions, such as “Glasgow spends ,£IO,OOO a day on drink,” “The Women of Glasgow demand Prohibition during the War. ” Inspiring and enthusiastic speeches were delivered from five rostrums.
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White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 260, 19 February 1917, Page 7
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98GLASGOW WOMEN DEMAND PROHIBITION DURING THE WAR. White Ribbon, Volume 22, Issue 260, 19 February 1917, Page 7
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