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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

Anna Howard Shaw

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.

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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