Who opposed Prohibition?

Major leaders in the movement to repeal National Prohibition in the US included:

*Joseph H. Choate, Jr. (Head of the Voluntary Committee of Lawyers)

*M. Louise Gross (Leader of the Molly Pitcher Club, the Women's Moderation Union, and the Women's Committee for the Modification of the Volstead Act)

*Pauline Sabin (Established the powerful Women's Organization for National Prohibition Reform)

*Jouett Shouse (President of the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment)

*William H. Stayton (Established the Association Against the Prohibition Amendment)

*James W. Wadsworth, Jr. (Member of Congress and ardent supporter of Repeal)

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Pauline Sabin had originally supported Prohibition but then became one of its most effective opponents.