wctu

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Woman's Christian Temperance Union \Woman's Christian Temperance
Union\
   An association of women formed in the United States in 1874,
   for the advancement of temperance by organizing preventive,
   educational, evangelistic, social, and legal work. It is also
   known as the {Women's Christian Temperance Union} and by its
   acronym {WCTU} or {W.C.T.U.}. It was one of the political
   forces leading to passage of the constitutional amendment,
   later repealed, which prohibited the sale of alcoholic
   beverages.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]