Carry A Nation Research Paper

Motivation

Carry A. Nation had motivations that made her a famous figure that deserves a place in history due to her incredible actions to prohibit the sale of alcohol. She grew up in a Christian family and was friends with her family's slaves up until she was seven (Carry From Kansas,

1989). Later in life she got married and eventually got a divorce due to her husband's alcohol problem. He soon died due to the substance and Carry started a group with her friends in an effort to stop the distribution of it. After cheating death in a fire she felt she needed to spread awareness of Christianity and later on take actions against alcohol. Nation had always hated alcohol, but her hate for it grew after the fire that nearly killed her, and her husbands

Her homeland had banned alcohol, but this was not enforced everywhere. Nation did not like what the saloons were doing, so this is where she took action. She successfully shut down all seven local saloons in her town

(Carry Amelia Moore Nation. 1998). Due to her good sense of commitment, all her actions caught the public eye. She was in papers and became known far and wide, along with her friends in her temperance movement.

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Accomplishments

Although she did not completely prohibit the substance in the whole U.S., she had great accomplishments where she lived. Later on in her efforts, she slowed down with her hatchet and went to the lecture side of things. Nations speeches got people to back her cause, giving her more and more publicity. So she put in physical effort and mental effort. She even started selling mini hatchets as a symbol for her cause. With all the propaganda and goods she was promoting she made a lot of money, which she put towards her movement (Carry From Kansas, 1989).

Nation was able to affect where she lived greatly through her beliefs. This is why she deserves a place in history, she made a huge effort in what she believes in and saw