Did you know: In 1872 Susan B. Anthony was arrested for trying to vote in Rochester, N.Y.
...to admit women into their movement, she organized the first woman's temperance association, the Daughters of Temperance. At a temperance meeting in 1851 she met Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and from that time until Stanton's death in 1902 they were associated as...info
Susan B. Anthony motto: 'Failure is impossible'
...she deserves to have a national holiday that everyone would celebrate. Susan Anthony was the co-founder of the first Womens Temperance Movement and the womens rights journal, The Revolution. Anthony preached in New York for anti-slavery and temperance movements...info
Lexington Realty Trust Announces Leases for Approximately 2.0 Million Square Feet
...MI, Laurens, SC, and Farmington Hills, MI, which are each individually owned by an affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust. The Temperance, MI and Laurens, SC properties consist of warehouse facilities leased to Michelin North America, Inc. These leases were previously...info
Take a stroll through city's history
...Dressed in clothing worn by Reading women in the early 1900s, Michelle Lynch explained the history of the Women's Christian Temperance Union fountain on Penn Square. "The Reading Chapter of the WCTU dedicated this fountain in 1904 to Frances E. Willard, the...info
Hoofing it through Reading's historic buildings
...and photos of buildings on the tour. Cost: Free and open to the public. Sites: 1793 State House, 501 Penn St.; Women's Christian Temperance Union fountain, Fifth and Penn; Stichter Hardware Building, 505 Penn St.; Berks County Courthouse, 615 Court St.; Trinity...info
Sainthood cause advances for US Jesuit and Soviet prisoner
...exhibited the theological virtues of faith, hope and charity and the cardinal virtues of prudence, justice, fortitude and temperance. If the theologians agree that Fr. Ciszek’s life showed heroic virtue, they will recommend his cause to the bishops and cardinals...info
‘Mad Men’ Season 5: Will Don Draper Still Be Drunk?
...had to find creative ways to stand out in a man's world; if she's surrounded by drunks, it follows that she would respond with temperance. Though Weiner was tight-lipped on the details, he assured The Huffington Post that season five will be "a new story....info
Two West Michigan teams ranked No. 1 in the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Association preseason state rankings
...news the way you want it: Rockford's baseball team celebrates last spring's Division 1 state championship after beating Temperance Bedford 5-4 in the title game. - (MLive.com File Photo) The focus is on boys basketball this week at Rockford and Grand Rapids...info
Minnesota waterfalls raging from recent snowmelt (with videos)
...the falls) are good hiking right now,†Butts said. “It’s a great time to get out and experience the early spring.†Waterfalls at Temperance River, Cascade River and Judge C.R. Magney state parks also are open and running high â€" and should stay that way with...info
Ingredient Hunter: Regional Spirits
...on shelves in Arkansas, California and Texas. Produced in Evanston, Ill., a Chicago suburb that is home to the Women’s Christian Temperance Union’s headquarters and was dry up until the 1990s, this spirit thumbs its nose at Prohibition. The spicy-and-sweet...info