Carry A. Nation (1846 – 1911)

This famous portrait photograph of Carry A. Nation with a hatchet in one hand and a Bible in the other was taken in 1901 when she was fifty-five years old. She officially changed her name, spelled “Carrie” in her younger years, to “Carry” when she was an adult. She told people her name, “Carry A. Nation,” meant “Carry A Nation to Prohibition.” She was unusually tall and usually wore simple black clothing.

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