Anna Howard Shaw

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Anna Howard Shaw was a prominent American suffragist, physician, and Methodist minister who played a leading role in the women’s rights movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

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instanceOf Methodist minister
human
physician
suffragist
women's rights activist
activeYears early 20th century
late 19th century
causeOfDeath pneumonia
citizenship United States of America
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1847-02-14
dateOfDeath 1919-07-02
educatedAt Albion College
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston University School of Theology
endTime 1915 (as president of NAWSA)
familyName Shaw
fieldOfWork public health
temperance
women's rights
fullName Anna Howard Shaw
genre autobiography
givenName Anna
hasHonor Anna Howard Shaw Memorial Award (named in her honor)
influenced American women's suffrage
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National American Woman Suffrage Association
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
movement first-wave feminism
women's suffrage movement
notableAchievement leading figure in the American woman suffrage movement
one of the first women ordained as a Methodist minister in the United States
notableWork The Story of a Pioneer
occupation Methodist minister
author
orator
physician
suffragist
placeOfBirth Newcastle-upon-Tyne
linked to: Newcastle upon Tyne
placeOfDeath Moylan, Pennsylvania
positionHeld president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association
religion Methodism
sexOrGender female
startTime 1904 (as president of NAWSA)

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