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- Anna Howard Shaw was born on February 14, 1847 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK. She died on July 2, 1919 in Moylan, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 2000.
- A leader in the women's suffrage movement.
- The first woman to be ordained by the Protestant Methodist Church.
- She was the first living American woman to be awarded the U.S. Distinguished Service Medal (1919).
- Her official title in her later years was Reverend Doctor Anna Howard Shaw.
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