Carry A. Nation (1846-1911).
20th c American Photography
AMERICAN Anonymous
(c. 1500 - present)
Primary
c. 1900
20th c
Photography
Photograph
United States.
Washington D.C. National Museum of American History.
wash0667
Carry (or Carrie) Nation was a leader of the American temperance movement. On 27 December 1900 she first used a hatchet to carry out a public smashing of a saloon in Wichita Kansas. She became famous for hatcheting saloons.
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AMERICAN | Carry A. Nation (1846-1911). | c. 1900 | American |