page_title: Why I Am a Vegetarian
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Why I Am a Vegetarian / Background
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of J. Howard Moore, circa 1899.
context_page_description: Why I Am a Vegetarian is an 1895 pamphlet based on an address delivered by J. Howard Moore before the Chicago Vegetarian Society. It was reprinted several times by the society and other publishers.
context_section_description: John Howard Moore, born in Missouri in 1862, was an American writer, zoologist, and science teacher, and a prominent member in the Chicago Vegetarian Society.
  Around 1886, Moore became a vegetarian for ethical reasons. He advocated for the ethical treatment of animals and authored several books, essays and pamphlets on the subject, as well as on the subjects of vegetarianism, evolutionary history, and humanitarianism.
  Carrica Le Favre, a well-known health lecturer, dress reformer, child-rearing expert, and physical culture advocate, founded the Chicago Vegetarian Society around 1890, which Moore joined shortly thereafter, while in attendance of Chicago University. Moore earned a baccalaureate degree from Chicago University in zoology. While at the university, Moore was one of the founders of the Vegetarian Eating Club, which he eventually became the lead and front of.
  Moore later wrote several well-regarded books, such as the 1906 work The Universal Kinship, the 1909 work The New Ethics, and the 1916 work Savage Survivals, among many other publications.
caption: Moore, circa 1899
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