CARRIE NATION
(Caroline Amelia Nation)
Selling alcohol and running saloons were against the law then in Kansas but there was no effort to enforce it anywhere in Kansas. Carrie Nation went into saloons and literally smashed the classes, signs, mirrors and furniture with an ax.
Selling alcohol and running saloons were against the law then in Kansas but there was no effort to enforce it anywhere in Kansas. Carrie Nation went into saloons and literally smashed the glasses, signs, mirrors and furniture with an ax. She smashed up the largest and most elegant saloon in Kansas and as jailed for it. She told the authorities this quotation and because of the publicity her jailing had caused, when she emerged an entire statewide and area movement had begun with Carrie as the leader.
Caroline Amelia Nation, often referred to by Carrie or Carry Nation, was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. Nation is noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet.
