REAL PEOPLE. REAL STORIES.

Carry A. Nation

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, Kansas, in 1890

Led her "Home Defenders" to smash bars and saloons

Used a hatchet to destroy these businesses, which became her symbol

In our Cool Things collection - see her Crandall hammer