On December 28, 1900, temperance crusader Carry Nation attacked a saloon in Wichita, Kansas, shattering a large mirror behind the bar and throwing rocks at a painting of Cleopatra bathing. The sale of alcohol was already illegal in Kansas but the law was largely ignored. Nation reasoned that it was the responsibility of law-abiding citizens to destroy not only the alcohol but also the saloons selling it. Carry Nation was frequently jailed for her disturbances.
