Difference between revisions of "Anna Howard Shaw"
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Physician, Methodist Minister, and suffragette activist. Chair of the Franchise Department of Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). President of the National Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA, 1904-1915) to push for a woman's right to vote. Head of the Women's Committee of the United States Council of National Defense during the First World War, for which she became the first woman to earn the Distinguished Service Medal. | Physician, Methodist Minister, and suffragette activist. Chair of the Franchise Department of Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). President of the National Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA, 1904-1915) to push for a woman's right to vote. Head of the Women's Committee of the United States Council of National Defense during the First World War, for which she became the first woman to earn the Distinguished Service Medal. | ||
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| + | * [[LGBTQ Activists in Suffragette Organizations]] | ||
==Further Reading/Research== | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
Latest revision as of 21:40, 5 November 2021
Contents
Country
United States
Birth - Death
1847 - 1919
Occupation
Activist, Medicine, Religion
Notable Achievements
DSM
Description
Physician, Methodist Minister, and suffragette activist. Chair of the Franchise Department of Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). President of the National Women's Suffrage Association (NAWSA, 1904-1915) to push for a woman's right to vote. Head of the Women's Committee of the United States Council of National Defense during the First World War, for which she became the first woman to earn the Distinguished Service Medal.
