Nation, Carry Amelia, 1846-1911

found: Her The use and need of the life of Carry A. Nation, 1904:t.p. (Carry A. Nation)

found: Webster's biogr. dict., c1980(Nation, Carry Amelia; nee Moore, name often erroneously spelled Carrie; b. 1846, in Ky., d. 1911; married Charles Gloyd, 1867, later divorced and married David Nation, 1877)

found: English Wikipedia website, viewed Oct. 10, 2017(Carrie Amelia Nation (forename sometimes spelled Carry; Nov. 25, 1846--June 9, 1911) was an American woman born in Garrard Co., Ky. who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition, motivated by the death of her first husband to alcoholism. She is particularly noteworthy for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet. Family moved in Kentucky, but settled in Belton, Missouri. She graduated from the Normal Institute in Warrensburg, Missouri in July 1872 and taught at a school in Holden, where she lived, for four years. After her marriage to David Nation, they moved to several towns in Kansas, including Medicine Lodge, and Texas, and after their divorce, Carry lived in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Began throwing rocks at saloon's stocks June 7, 1900, which she continued until approximately 1910, later using hatchets, for which she was arrested at least 32 times during her life. Near the end of her life, Nation moved to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Died at Evergreen Place Hospital in Leavenworth, Kansas June 9, 1911.)