Carrie A. Nation (1846-1911), Crusader for Prohibition and for the Rights of Women
- Her approach was more radical than most, but in some ways she was a forerunner of a future group of women, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
- She resorted to violence to make her point but also assured her critics that she wouldn’t have had to choose this route if women had the right to vote
Carrie Amelia Moore Nation was born in 1846 in Kentucky to a slave-owning family that was very religious. In 1854 the family moved to Cass County in western Missouri, which turned out to be close to the fighting going on in Kansas over slavery. At various times then and during the Civil War, Carrie Nation was among the women who aided injured soldiers in the area.
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In Washington, D.C. this weekend for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, I have three experiences to share with you, each of which has been changed by the news of the success of the daring plan to bring down Osama bin Laden.
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