"Carrie Nation became one of the single most widely recognized and parodied women in the United States at the turn of the 20th century, at a time when there were relatively few famous women in national pop culture."
"The frenzied image of the woman depicted as the 'hatchet granny,' who waged an admittedly delusional crusade against hooch, powered by religious mania, appeared from coast to coast in newspaper caricatures and vaudeville impersonations."
"Carrie Nation was the end product of the surging temperance movement of her day, and the avatar of several generations of American women who had suffered from a lack of agency during the drunkest, most alcohol-abusing period in the nation's history."
Carrie Amelia Nation, a 54-year-old woman, entered a saloon in Kiowa, Kansas, on June 7, 1900, proclaiming her mission to save men from alcohol. She destroyed liquor with rocks and later used a hatchet in her protests, which she called 'hatchetations.' Nation became a widely recognized figure, often parodied, during a time when few women were prominent in pop culture. She capitalized on her image, selling merchandise to support her anti-alcohol crusade, representing the temperance movement and the struggles of women seeking agency in a heavily alcohol-abusing society.
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