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The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation by Carry Amelia Nation

AuthorNation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911Title The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation Note Reading ease score: 79.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Credits Scanned by Charles Keller for Sarah with OmniPage Professional OCR software Summary "The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation" by Carry Amelia Nation is a memoir written in the early 20th century, reflecting on the author’s life experiences and advocacy work. The book focuses on Carry Nation's fervent activism against alcohol and the societal issues surrounding it, using her personal narrative as a lens to highlight the struggles and triumphs she faced, particularly as a woman in a predominantly male-dominated society. At the start of the memoir, Carry Nation reflects on her early life in Kentucky, providing vivid details about her childhood home, family dynamics, and the cultural context of the time. She shares fond memories of her family's plantation, particularly her interactions with the enslaved people on the

Carrie Nation

The moment when a women's voice was heard across the nation

Carrie Nation, the hatchet-wielding temperance crusader, was known across Kansas, and the rest of the nation, for her staunch prohibition beliefs and even more for her somewhat controversial tactics. 

Carrie Amelia Moore was born November 25, 1846, in Garrard County, Kentucky, to George and Mary (Campbell) Moore. At a young age, the family relocated to Missouri, and during the Civil War, to the Kansas City area. There Moore helped nurse those injured at nearby Independence, Missouri.

Moore married a young Civil War doctor, Charles Gloyd, on November 21, 1867. The couple separated shortly before the birth of their daughter, Charlien. Gloyd died as a result of alcohol the next year. She married David Nation on December 27, 1874. They moved to Brazoria County, Texas, to operate a cotton plantation. After that venture failed, the Nations moved to Medicine Lodge, Kansas, where he was a minister and she became involved in religious and civic activities. She organized a local branch o

Carrie Nation

American temperance advocate (1846–1911)

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Carrie Nation

Nation in 1903

Born

Caroline Amelia Moore


(1846-11-25)November 25, 1846

Garrard County, Kentucky, U.S.

DiedJune 9, 1911(1911-06-09) (aged 64)

Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S.

Resting placeBelton Cemetery
Belton, Missouri
Other namesCarry A. Nation
EducationNormal Institute
Spouses
  • Charles Gloyd

    (m. 1867; died 1869)​
  • David A. Nation

    (m. 1874; div. 1901)​
Children1
RelativesCarleton Beals, grandson

Caroline Amelia Nation (November 25, 1846 – June 9, 1911), often referred to by Carrie, Carry Nation,[1]Carrie A. Nation, or Hatchet Granny,[2][3] was an American who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibitio

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