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Even if you are a longtime resident of Washington, you may not be aware of Temperance and Good Citizenship Day. It is an odd title and perhaps the first thing that one may ask, “Is everyone to become a teetotaler that day? Is that what leads to the second part?”
In fact, in the early days, temperance and women’s right to vote went hand in hand.
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