Longnose dace are small, typically less than 100 mm and characterized by their fleshy snout that protrudes past the mouth. They are well adapted for living on the bottom of fast-flowing streams among stones.
Temperance Movement. The Temperance Movement was an organized effort during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to limit or outlaw the consumption and production of alcoholic beverages in the United States. During the early nineteenth century, many citizens of the United States became convinced that many Americans were living in an immoral manner.
In 1879 Wittenmyer, who opposed such a move, was replaced by Willard. For the next two decades Willard led the temperance movement as the WCTU became one of the largest and most influential womenâs groups of the 19th century. She expanded the organizationâs platform to include such issues as labour laws and prison reform, and in 1891 she became president of the World WCTU (founded 1883).