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Anna Howard Shaw


 

Anna Howard Shaw, (February 14, 1847July 2, 1919) was a leading United States civil rights leader, and the first female Methodist minister in the United States. She was born at Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, but was brought to the United States as a small child.

References

  • Her autobiography: The Story of a Pioneer (New York 1915).
  • Pellauer, Mary D. Toward a Traditon of Feminist Theology: the religious social thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Anna Howard Shaw. Brooklyn, NY: Carlson, 1991.