Norwich bulletin., 1919-07-03
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw Died at Age of II


 studying at Albion College from 1872 I oE1S75. she was graduated from the Boston School of Theology ! in 8. l paying her way through school and
 sSns'ss syed sg Prsaess paserss pas ssaa zin tthis period living in an attic in Bos- ton. On account of her sex she was refused ordination by the; New Eng fConferenee of the Methodist IF 'scopal church( but; in the same year laad tho honor of being the first woman or dained by the Methodist Protestant church, but in the same year had the I minister she fought against ridicuie, l dissension and lack of the barest ne- cessitfes.
 l After seven years service as. preach Mass. pr. Shaw resigned from the pulpit to take up the fight for tenn perance. for suffrage and for social ppea prs chins e u,th seao s,,ab nro,insa1 o ner men as Mary A. Livermore and Julia Ward Howe enlarged her view of life and aroused enthusiasm for the cause iaof suffrage and liberty.
 Dr. Shaw first became a lecturer for the Massachusetts Women's' Suffrage Association. and from 1886 to 1892 was national superintendent of franchise intimate friend. Miss Susan B. An thony in 1900. the presidency of the National -Women's Suffrage Assoeia- tion rested betWeen Dr. Shaw and Mrs. Carrie B. Chapman, whom Miss Anthony finally chose as the more ex- perienced, while Dr. Shaw was made vice presidential t-laFge- However. in 1904 Mrs. Chapman was compelled te resign on account of i'll health, and pr. Shaw succeeded her as president of the National Association from 1904 to 1915.
 Her admiristratisn was marked by unprecedented progress. The number of suffrage workers increas sed from 17.e06 to 900; one campaign in ten years was replaced by ten in one year; the expenditures of the as- socfation increased. from s15.0o0 to $oe.oo0 annually; the number of states with full suffrage grew from four to twelve while the whole suffrage movement changed from an academic stage to vital political force arous- ing the attention of the entire nation. The year 1912 was the banner year for pr. Shaw and the cause. when Ari- suffrage. During this year Dr. Shaw spoke in the principal cities in each of these states. making four or five speeches a day and travefing in any sort of a conveyance from freight cars Many times during her earlier ca- reer, Dr. Shaw. gave proof of her courageous and determined nature. On one occasion the free religious group of which she was pastor. wished to give a dance on the night Of the an- nuai church fair, and the intrepid iit- tie preacher was obliged to threaten the whole congregation with arrest to maintain her authority. As a country school teacher. she preached her first sermon at. the suggestion of a friend fehearsing it to the trees and stones in advance.
 While in Boston Dr. Shaw reached the point where she had not a cent of money nor the prospect of earning any. UnexpectedIy she was asked to do a weeks revival work and decided that if this brought her enough money for a cheap pair of shoes and a few days food she would continue her course in theology. A shiftless woods man was once conducting her through a northern forest to town where she was to preach and refused to drive further, whereon the girl pulled out small revolver and held 1t at his back until she reached her destination
 pr. Shaw was born at Ne1castfe- en-Tyne. England, February 1{, I847 She was never ma arried