Anna Adams Gordon

Anna Adams Gordon
Gordon, c. 1910
Born(1853-07-21)July 21, 1853
DiedJune 15, 1931(1931-06-15) (aged 77)
Resting placeMount Hope Cemetery, Boston, Massachusetts, US
Alma materMount Holyoke College

Anna Adams Gordon (1853–1931) was an American social reformer, songwriter, and, as national president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union when the Eighteenth Amendment was adopted, a major figure in the Temperance movement.[1]

  1. ^ Soderstrum, T. Jason (2003). "Anna Adams Gordon". In Blocker, Jack S. (ed.). Alcohol and Temperance in Modern History: An International Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 273. ISBN 1-57607-833-7.