The Grange, formally known as “The Patrons of Husbandry,” was introduced to Saratoga County in 1890, twenty-three years after the agricultural organization’s founding and twenty-two years after the nation’s first local chapter was established in Fredonia, Chautauqua County, NY. In the 1880s and into 1890, New York State Grange sent organizers in the field to build up membership. [Read more…] about Saratoga County Granges: The Patrons of Husbandry
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The Grange, Temperance and the Knights of Labor (Podcast)
This week on The Historians Podcast, Charles Postel discusses his book Equality: An American Dilemma 1866-1896. Postel follows three major political and social movements which tried to bring about more equality in America: the Grange, the Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) and the Knights of Labor. [Read more…] about The Grange, Temperance and the Knights of Labor (Podcast)