Definition

1. Proper noun:
   • Anna Howard Shaw: A United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919). She was a prominent leader in the women's suffrage movement in the United States and one of the first ordained female Methodist ministers in the country.

Usage

• Proper noun:
  • Anna Howard Shaw gave powerful speeches advocating for women's right to vote.
  • The biography details the life and work of Anna Howard Shaw.

Advanced Usage

• Historical Reference: The name is used to refer to a key figure in 19th and early 20th-century American social reform movements, specifically women's rights and public health.
  • The strategy employed by Anna Howard Shaw was crucial to the suffrage campaign.

Variants and Related Words

• Shaw, Anna H. Shaw: Common abbreviated or alternative references.
  • Dr. Anna H. Shaw continued her medical practice alongside her activism.

Synonyms

• Suffragist: A person advocating for the extension of suffrage, especially to women.
• Women's rights activist: A person who campaigns for improved political, social, and economic rights for women.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• Women's suffrage: The right of women to vote in elections, the central cause Shaw championed.
  • Anna Howard Shaw dedicated her life to the cause of women's suffrage.
• Temperance movement: A social movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages, with which many suffragists, including Shaw, were also involved.
  • Like many reformers of her era, Anna Howard Shaw supported the temperance movement.

Noun

1. United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919)