Carry A. Nation
1846 - 1911
- Grew up in Kentucky and Missouri
- First husband died of alcoholism
- Worked against the drinking of alcohol through the women's temperance movement
- Moved to Medicine Lodge in 1890
- Led her "Home Defenders" to smash bars and saloons
- Used a hatchet to destroy these businesses, which became her symbol
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