Men, who would read stories like this one, would not want this to happen to their families. No man wanted to be known as the drunk who beat his wife and left his family to die. Women knew this was happening and they too did not want their family corrupted by alcohol. Many of these people joined the Prohibition Acts and supported them fully.
The Women's Crusade believed alcohol to be a type of serpent that was worshiped like a god, and its followers were fathers, husbands, and boys. Even though the Woman's Crusade did not succeed entirely in banning alcohol, they did bring ideas that alcohol was destructive to the publics mind. They would fight for prohibition to the end.
In a speech by Richard P. Hobson, a Representative from Alabama, Hobson addresses alcohol as corrupting the youth of the land. This hit home for many young Americans, because it was true. When the sons of alcoholics grow up they are more susceptible to become an alcoholic as well. If they have not turned to drinking at an early age they most likely will when they are older. As a young man grows up, he might be forced to work at a very young age so he can help support his family, especially if his father is wasting the families" money at the saloon. Often these young men that are working at a young age, turn to the bottle as a way to take a break from social pressures and working so much. Alcohol was also a way to temporarily solve problems, so everyone thought. Hobson's point was not to take the drink away from the old man, but rather stop the corruption of the youth and hopefully take the drink out of their hands, and also to better educate America on the negative effects of Alcohol.
The Prohibition Party spread their message to America through posters and flyers. All of the posters displayed some sort of skit or message, and every message was different but they all had one main meaning: they were all against the distribution and consumption of alcohol.