Links to a selection of other sites about Anna Howard Shaw (updated October 2011)

Some of these sites have much information about Dr. Shaw; some have just a mention of her name. If you know of a site we’ve missed, we’d love to hear from you.

• Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame: Dr. Shaw was inducted into the Michigan Hall of Fame in 1983.
• National Women's Hall of Fame: Dr. Shaw was inducted into the Hall of Fame in October 2000.
• New York Times obituary: "Dr. Anna H. Shaw, Suffragist, Dies"

Biographies and History: A sampling of many biographies available on the Internet.

• American National Biography Online: Shaw, Anna Howard
  Excellent article by Ann D. Gordon, Research Professor in the Department of History at Rutgers University, including both a biography and a bibliography.
• Anna Howard Shaw at the Michigan Dept of Education website
  This link will download a timeline of U.S. women's history.
• The National American Woman Suffrage Association Collection: Use their search feature to find many articles about Anna Howard Shaw.
• Searchable Biography web site, A&E Biography Network
  From the Encyclopedia Britannica (she was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England)
• "75 Suffragists"
  University of Maryland
  In addition to reading Ann Howard Shaw's biography, search for her name in the bios of other women to see the connections.
• US Suffrage Movement Timeline, 1792 to present:
  Anthony Center for Women's Leadership at the University of Rochester
• One Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview
  compiled by E. Susan Barber with additions by Barbara Orbach Natanson
  Distinguished Women of Past and Present;
  List created by Danuta Bois.
• Chronology of Michigan Women's History 
  Included in MICHIGAN WOMEN: FIRSTS AND FOUNDERS, VOLUME II, by Rachel Brett Harley and Betty MacDowell, a publication of the Michigan Women's Studies Association in 1995 in celebration of the 75th Anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment on August 26, 1920.
• One Hundred Years toward Suffrage: An Overview
  Compiled by E. Susan Barber 
• Anna Howard Shaw : a memorial
  Prepared by a committee appointed from the Board of Directors of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
  "Turn the pages" of this interesting brochure.
• An Anna Story
  From her time at Boston University where, as she said, "I rarely entered the classroom without the abysmal conviction that I was really not wanted there." (Includes a picture.)
• Recognition and Remembrance Service, 2001
  Excerpt from the 2001 Service of Recognition and Remembrance held at the Boston University School of Theology – Includes a photo of Dr. Shaw standing on a porch.
• Campaigners for Women's Rights
  A long list of women, men, organizations, and publications related to women’s rights in the US and elsewhere, found in USA History: Women's Suffrage section at Spartacus Educational website.
• About the Stained Glass Window
  Click the link to download a PDF about “Anna’s window,” which is in the Boston University School of Theology building. The article includes a list of honors received by Anna and a timeline of events in her life.

Bibliographies and Collections: Some are searchable online.

• Sallie Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture
  This bibliography is specifically designed to reflect the resources available in Duke University Libraries. For those of you visiting this page who do not have access to Duke Libraries, you will probably find many of the published sources listed here in your local public, college, or university libraries.
• Shaw, Anna Howard, 1847-1919. Papers in the Woman's Rights Collection, 1908-1943: Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Harvard University
• Suffrage Collection, 1851-1982
  (Bulk: 1880s-1920s), Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. The collection is open to research according to the regulations of the Sophia Smith Collection.

Photos: These photos are just delightful!

• Photo of Anna Howard Shaw cranking her car; owned by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
• Photo of Anna Howard Shaw in cap and gown with sash, from Women Striving Forward, 1910s-1940s, Historic Photos (Library of Congress)
• Photos of Anna Howard Shaw as a student at Albion College, 1870s
• Anna Howard Shaw in her "Yellow Devil" car, campaigning for suffrage, C. C. Catt Albums, Bryn Mawr College Library
• Anna Howard Shaw, seated, C. C. Catt Albums, Bryn Mawr College Library
• Anna Howard Shaw formal standing portrait
• Anna Howard Shaw in cap and gown
• Picture of Anna Howard Shaw statue and plaque in Big Rapids, Michigan
• Anna Howard Shaw photo and bio
  In the Flickr collection of i.minerva luvs Jackson Library
• Anna Howard Shaw waving a feather
  Lucy Anthony, Shaw's companion of 30 years, described this photo as "taken by Underwood and Underwood of New York at the time of one of the great parades there. "
• As a student at Albion College, circa 1873.
• On back: "Annie, 1875"
• Anna Howard Shaw, standing
  On Back: "Did you ever see anything sweeter?"
• Anna Howard Shaw in a garden
  Signed: "Faithfully Yours, Anna H Shaw"
• Labeled Greensboro, N.C., 1919
• "Votes for Women" Suffrage Pictures 1850-1920
  Photos of several famous suffragists, including the one of AHS waving a large feather. If you have a reasonably fast connection, choose the gallery view to see them all.

Books and articles: Some of the books are out of print but may be available on resale sites.

• The Story of a Pioneer by Anna Howard Shaw: Dr. Shaw's autobiography was written in 1915. It is available today as an etext (thanks to the Gutenberg Project), Kindle, and several other forms for downloading and at bookseller sites.
• Women in History
  Recommended Reading at Embracing the Child, a nonprofit organization that develops much-needed libraries for organizations serving the most vulnerable kids at such front-line facilities as juvenile detention centers, emergency shelters, after-school care, and summer daycamp programs in inner-city or poverty-pocket communities.
• A Voice from the Wilderness by Don Brown
  Children's book about Anna Howard Shaw (Sept 2001). Purchase here to benefit Embracing the Child.
• Leaders of Women's Suffrage (History Makers) by Kristina Dumbeck (New York: Lucent Books, 31 Dec 2001)
• Anna Howard Shaw; Suffrage Orator and Social Reformer, by Wil A. Linkugel and Martha Solomon (published by Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn, 1990).
• From Preachers to Suffragists: Woman's Rights and Religious Conviction in the Lives of Three Nineteenth-Century American Clergywomen (Paperback) by Beverly Zink-Sawyer
• Through the Front Doors: Methodist Women's Journey Toward Ordination: Anna Snowden Oliver and Anna Howard Shaw, Pitts Theology Library, Candler School of Theology, Emory University.  A large portion of this text was taken with permission from the book Courageous Past, Bold Future: The Journey toward Full Clergy Rights for Women in The United Methodist Church by Patricia Thompson.
• Pellauer, Mary D. Toward a Tradition of Feminist Theology: the religious social thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, and Anna Howard Shaw.
  Brooklyn, NY: Carlson, 1991.
• The Yellow Ribbon Speaker: Readings and Recitations (1891, with Alice Stone Blackwell and Lucy Elmina Anthony)
• "Women in the Ministry," Anna Howard Shaw. Chautauquan, v. 27, August 1898.
  Article written by Anna Howard Shaw about women in ministry in various denominations throughout the United States. Contains names of ordained women, descriptions of their work and dates of their leadership.

Speeches and Writings by Anna Howard Shaw

• “The Fundamental Principle of a Republic”
  Speech made during the New York State equal suffrage campaign at the City Opera House in Ogdenburg, New York, on June 21, 1915.
• Eulogy for Susan B. Anthony
  Delivered by the Reverend Anna Howard Shaw at Susan B. Anthony's Funeral, Rochester, New York, 15 March 1906.
• Anna Howard Shaw Quotes
  Just a few of the wonderful things she said.
  

Centers and Schools: Do you know of other schools named for Anna Howard Shaw?

• Anna Howard Shaw Women's Studies Center
  Albion College, Albion, Michigan: Dr. Shaw attended Albion College from 1873–1875
  The Center coordinates educational programming that promotes inclusiveness and pluralism and raises awareness of women’s and gender-related issues.
  
• Anna Howard Shaw Center
  Boston University's School of Theology.
  Welcome from the director
  Promotes structures and practices that empower women and honor diversity.
  
• Anna Howard Shaw Middle School
  West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA