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Show DR. ANNA HOWARD SHAW, j noted leader lii women's move- jj uicnts, who died yesterday In Phil- ; adelpliia. ji ?' r - I 1 f ' - " i P J it i 1 r : ' U-t. 'y' -M NOTED WOIMN IS TAKENBY DEATH Dr. Anna Howard Shaw Passes Away at Home in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA. July 2. Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, honorary president of the National American Woman's Suffrage association, died at her home in Moylan, Pa., near here, at T o'clock this evening. She was 71 years old. Dr. Shaw was chairman of the woman's wom-an's committee on the council of national nation-al defense and recently was awarded the distinguished service medal for her work during the war. She was taken ill In Springfield. Ill-several Ill-several weeks ago while on a lecture tour with former President Taft and President Loweil of Harvard university, In the interest of the league of nations. Pneumonia developed, ami for two weeks she was confined to her room in a Springtield hospital. She returned to her home about the middle of June and apparently ap-parently had entirely recovered. She was taken suddenly ill again yesterday with a recurrence of the disease and grew rap-idlv rap-idlv worse until the end. No arrangements for the funeral have yet been made. Dr. Shaw long had been prominently identified with the woman suffrage movement move-ment and was president of the National American Woman's Suffrage association Dr. Anna Howard Shaw came from England to this country, an unknown pioneer girl of 4 years, and, through her own efforts, eventually became the president presi-dent of the National Woman's Suffrage association. In her girlhood she lived with . her parents' immigrant family in a Michigan wilderness forty miles from a postoffice and 100 miles from a railroad, starting her career as a school teacher who walked eight miles a day and received re-ceived S-i a week. ier home was a poverty-stricken log cabin built by her father, who was compelled to leave his wife and children at the mercy of Indians In-dians and wild animals while he earned a living for them. From her Michigan home. Dr. Shaw went to live with one of her married sisters in a northern town. After studying study-ing at Albion college from 172 to lS7n, she was graduated from the Boston School of Theology in 1S7S, paying her way through school and college by preaching and lecturing. She suffered extreme poverty during this period, living in an attic in Boston. On account of her sex. she was refused ordination by (Continued on Page 16, Column 6.) arrest to maintain her authority. As a country school teacher, she preached her first sermon, at the sugsostion of a friend rehearsing it to the trees ajid stones in advance. While In Boston. Dr. Shaw reached the point where she had not a cent of money nor th' prospect of earning any. Unexpectedly, Un-expectedly, she was asked to do a week's revival work, and decided that if this brought her enough motley for a cheap p:iir of shoes and a few days" food she would continue her course in theology. A shiftless woodsman was once conducting conduct-ing her through a northern forest to a town where she was to preach and refused re-fused 10 drive farther, whereupon th girl pulled out a small revolver and held it at his back until she reached her destination. des-tination. Dr. Sliaw, was born at Newcaslle-on-Tyne. l'.ngl.ind. February H, 1S4T. Sho was never married. NOTED III IS TAKEN 8Y DEATH (Continued from Page One.) the New Kn gland conference and by the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Epis-copal church, but in the tame year had t he honor of being the first woman ordained or-dained bv the Methodist TroicstaiU chureh. In her struggles to become a minister she foueht against ridicule, dissension dis-sension and lack of the barest nceessl-ti.'S nceessl-ti.'S A f i e r s c v e n y e a rs service as preacher to a small tlo. k at lvisl 1 tenuis, Mas?.. . 1 r. Shaw resigned from the pulpit to take up the light for temperance, for Miffraee and for social purity. Her association, asso-ciation, through her preaching, with such prominent women as Mary A. "Livermore and Julia Ward Howe, enlarged her view of life and aroused en l husmsm for the cause of suffrage nud liberty. 1 ir. Shaw tirst became a lecturer for the Massachusetts W Pimm's Suffrage assoclat ion. and from ISm! to 1 w as national superintendent of franchise. On the resignation of 1 'r. Shaw's most intimate inti-mate friend. Miss Susan H. Anthony, in ll'iiii. the presidency of the National Woman's Wom-an's Suffrage association rested between 1 r. ha v and M rs. I'arrie H. Chapman, whom Miss Antliony t'nally chose as thp more expenenctMl. while Ir. Shaw amis made vice president - at - large. 1 lowevcr. in Mrs. i'h'ipman was compelled to resign Pti acnunt of 111 health, and Pr. Sh a w succeed ed her as president of the national association from 190 1 to Manv limes during her earlier career Pr. Shaw gave proof of her courageous and ntermined nature. On one occasion l ho free religious group of which she whs pastor wished to give a dance on the night of the annual church fair, and the 1 litre piil little preacher was obliged to thrcnten the whole congregation with |