biography
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Nation, Carry (Amelia)
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née Moore
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| female
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| lived:
| (1846–1911)
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| biography:
| Temperance agitator, born in Garrard Co, Kentucky, USA. Trained as a teacher, she entered the temperance movement in 1890. A large, powerful woman of volcanic emotions, she went on hymn-singing, saloon-smashing expeditions with a hatchet in many US cities, attacking what she considered to be illegal drinking places. Frequently imprisoned and fined for breach of the peace, she would sell her hatchets as souvenirs to raise money. |
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