The document discusses the Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and their role in promoting the 18th Amendment, which established Prohibition by banning the sale and production of alcohol in the United States. The WCTU aimed to end domestic abuse and the "drunk culture" enabled by alcohol. Prohibition led to a rise in illegal bootlegging and party-going. As parties grew in popularity without alcohol, women began interacting more socially and politically with men outside the home. The 21st Amendment later repealed Prohibition in 1933, re-legalizing alcohol.