Annie Turner Wittenmyer

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1827 – 1900

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Who was Annie Turner Wittenmyer?

Sarah "Annie" Turner Wittenmyer was an American social reformer and relief worker. She served as the first President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union from 1874 to 1879. The Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home was renamed the Annie Wittenmyer Home in 1949 in her honor.

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Born
Aug 26, 1827
Adams County
Nationality
  • United States of America
Died
Feb 2, 1900

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on July 23, 2013

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