Women’s rights champion Anna Shaw
Suffragist Reverend Doctor Anna Howard Shaw was the second woman to graduate from the School of Theology."
In 1878, Reverend Doctor Anna Howard Shaw, a Methodist minister, medical doctor, and suffragist became the second woman to graduate from Boston University School of Theology. The first woman awarded a Distinguished Service Medal for her work as chair of the Women’s Committee of the National Council of Defense during World War I, Shaw was an advocate for the
In 2000, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame in
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