The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-07-03

and on the island OF Lock-an- Hilan,
Scotland, stiil stand the crumbiinr walls
OF the fortress which they defended
against alien clans for many years.
When her father. Thomas Shaw. was
born his branch OF the family was i'm
poverished, and he went into the flour
and grain trade. Her mother was the
daughter OF a most intrepid woman,
Nicolas Stott, who before any thought
OF suffrage entered the minds Of Eng
lishwomen refused on principle to pay
tithes to the Church Of England, and
saw her furniture sold of piece by
piece rather than yield from her stand
as a Unitarian. Annals mother was
educated on the estate OF the Duke of
Northumberland, where the widowed
Nicolas had a position, and the name OF
the castle, Alnwick. was given by the
suffrage leader to her home In Moylan.
Bankrupted through the corn law,
Thomas Shawscame to America, and in
1881 his family followed him. storms
drove the ship back to Queenstown after
the first essay, but the second time she
sailed she reached port. Anna, then
four years old, laid the foundation for
her reputation as "a good mixer" for
there are stories of how she frater-
nized with the sailors. singing their
chantries for them as they hauled on
the ropes In New Bedford, Mass,
where the family settled, she contrib
uted her bit to the support OF the family.
carpenter In the shipyard. taking q
fancy to the hearty little girl, took her
with him every day to his work, and in
repayment for the entertainment she
afforded by her efforts with the toy tools
he gave her let her brothers have wood
to keep the family fireplace going. 1t
was here that she tasted her first
freedom from feminine trammels, for
her friend had a boys suit made and
insisted on her wearing II.
In Lawrence. whittier the Shsws soon
moved. Anna saw the great abolitionists
Of the time. Her parents were In SYM
pathy with the movement, and she OFTEN
recalled how, going to the cellar one
day. she discovered a negro woman. an
escaped slave her father was sheltering
there.
Moved to Michigan in 1850.
1t was in 1859 that the move to Mich
igan came. Somewhere In her reminis-
cences Dr. Shaw has said, Like most
men, my dear father ought never TO
have married" Sweet natured. gifted
In many ways. he was utterly imprac-
teal. and the burden OF the pioneering
fell upon his wife and children. The
mother was an invalid the only grown
| son, James, broke down and was forced
to return East, and thus II came about
that at twelve Anna worked there In the
! wilderness like a boy. digging well,
planting. fishing. Somehow, reading the
few books they had. she acquired
enough education 30 that at fifteen she
was hired to teach the district school
at the munlhcent salary Of 81 week
but she felt the STRINGS OF aspiration
Her dream was TO become a preacher
and alone in the silent woods she would
| mount stump. and preach to the
trees" But that she was no ascetiS
Is shown by the fact that she spent
her school earnings for new dress
which lied to her first proposal" and
in which she danced at many rustic
party
The years C. the Civil War we're grin,
years to Anna Shaw Her father and
two brothers, Jack and Tom. enlisted
and she was chief breadwinner for the
family But she never gave up her
| determination to go to college. and when
the war was over she took the first step
She entered the high school at Big
, Rapids, where she soon became the star
| debater. and In her early twenties. there
being q movement to license women &c
~
her first chance in the pulpit. This for
a time caused an estran2ement with her
| family, who bitterly opposed her preach
ing, but she persisted. though 1t caused
her many a heartache.
Entered Albion College.
In 1873 she entered Albion College
where she caused a sensation BY q
| spirited defence Of Xlntippe and led q
| revolt against the authority Of the mer
students in the debating societies. Hei
desire to study theology was strong anc
after two years OF Albion she left and
went to the Theological School OF Bos
| ton University. She describes 1t a;
stepping of into space for at Albior
| she was known and could earn money
by preaching and lecturing. but in Bos
ton, a stranger and almost penniless
she faced bitter privations Yet, aided
| by her invincible ambition and an oc
casional boost from those who saw he
| struggles, she was graduated and got .
| pa storate In East Dennis, Cape Cod.
was a church OF warning factions bu
| after seven years she brought abou
a condition OF such peace that she fel
| she was becoming rusty and resigned Il
lecture for the Massachusetts Woman
| Suffrage Association.
During her East Dennis life she hat
done much besides preach. She studle,
medicine in Boston and gained her NJ .
She worked. tireiessly in the slums ant
with the women of the street. Ais
she met Francis Z. Willard and be
| came interested in temperance work
| In those early days the Emersons ant
Alcotts, Julia Ward Howe, Whittier an,
Garrison were her friends, and It is N