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to hold a national convention that fall in Cleveland and the WCTU was formed. 
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crusade against alcohol was a protest by women, in part, of their lack of civil 
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in the time of Prohibition because they don't want to pay taxes" on liquor. ... 
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t mean that alcohol consumption had waned; in fact, from 1800 to ... In Cleveland, 
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Bright Lucas, ..... Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer, first president of the National W. C. T. U., 
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official WCTU organization was formed in November, 1874, at Cleveland, Ohio. 
The first president

Question: It's the T in the WCTU, founded in Cleveland in 1874 with Annie Wittenmyer as its first president
Answer: temperance