Anna Sophina Hall

Anna Sophina Hall (August 7, 1857 – December 17, 1924)[1] was a leading figure in the movement to legalize euthanasia in the United States during the first decade of the 20th century.

Hall was the daughter and heir of noted Arctic explorer Charles Francis Hall. Her letter-writing campaign attracted such prominent women as The New York Times columnist Lurana Shelton and co-founder of Volunteers of America and former Salvation Army officer Maud Ballington Booth to the euthanasia cause. As a result of her efforts, the Ohio state legislature came within 54 votes of legalizing the practice in 1906.

Footnotes

  1. "Ohio Deaths, 1908–1953". FamilySearch. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

Sources

  • "Topics of the Times". The New York Times. January 25, 1906. Retrieved May 29, 2016.
  • Lopes, G. (2015). Dying with dignity: a legal approach to assisted death. ABC-CLIO. pp. 20–21. ISBN 9781440830983.
  • Pappas, D. M. (2012). The euthanasia/assisted-suicide debate. ABC-CLIO. pp. 2–4. ISBN 9780313341878.


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