▁convention ▁in ▁Min ne apolis , ▁at ▁which ▁she ▁was ▁warm ly ▁received . ▁ ▁Lucas ▁emb od ied ▁the ▁phase ▁of ▁women ' s ▁temper ance ▁that ▁saw ▁the ▁movement ' s ▁power ▁as ▁being ▁primarily ▁in ▁the ▁home ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁superior ity ▁of ▁women ' s ▁moral ▁virt ues . ▁In ▁her ▁fourth ▁annual ▁report ▁she ▁commented : ▁‘ I ▁believe ▁( that ) ▁in ▁the ▁household , ▁women ▁have ▁a ▁greater ▁power ▁over ▁men , ▁than ▁men ▁have ▁over ▁women , ▁in ▁indu cing ▁ab st in ence ▁from ▁into xic ating ▁drink s ’ . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s , ▁she ▁also ▁made ▁increasing ly ▁conserv ative ▁assess ments ▁of ▁the ▁reality ▁of ▁the ▁British ▁position ▁regarding ▁social ▁protest . ▁British ▁women ▁would ▁not , ▁Lucas ▁believed , ▁em ulate ▁the ▁American ▁cr us ade ▁march es . ▁‘ It ▁is ▁hardly ▁likely ▁we ▁can ▁go ▁through ▁the ▁streets ▁and ▁kne el ▁at ▁the ▁doors ▁of ▁the ▁g in ▁pal aces ’ , ▁she ▁reason ed , ▁but ▁temper ance ▁women ▁in ▁Britain ▁could ▁hold ▁process ions ▁and ▁assemb lies . ▁They ▁could ▁also ▁lo bb y , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 8 7 9 , ▁she ▁presented ▁the ▁first ▁women ' s ▁pet ition ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁Sunday ▁closing ▁to ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons . ▁ ▁By ▁ 1 8 8 3 – 4 , ▁it ▁was ▁becoming ▁clear ▁that ▁the ▁general ▁failure ▁to ▁convert ▁men ▁to ▁temper ance ▁required ▁a ▁more ▁radical