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name: Carrie A. Nation
about: American activist for temperance and female voting rights. Nation's first marriage was to a young physician who died of alcoholism. Her second marriage was to David A. Nation.In 1900 she got a heavenly vision telling her to go to Kiowa, Kansas. She is remembered for attacking alcohol-serving establishments with a hatchet and urged women not to wear corsets due to the risks of organ danger. American activist for temperance and female voting rights. Nation's first marriage was to a young physician who died of alcoholism. Her second marriage was to David A. Nation.In 1900 she got a heavenly vision telling her to go to Kiowa, Kansas. She is remembered for attacking alcohol-serving establishments with a hatchet and urged women not to wear corsets due to the risks of organ danger. ...more