Anna Rankin Riggs | |
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| Born | Nancy Anna Rankin January 25, 1835 Cynthiana, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died | May 7, 1908 Butte, Montana, U.S. |
| Occupation | social reformer |
| Organization | Woman's Christian Temperance Union |
| Notable work | Oregon White Ribbon |
| Spouse |
Henry M. Riggs
(m. 1851; died 1904) |
Anna Rankin Riggs (January 25, 1835 – May 7, 1908) was an American social reformer of the long nineteenth century. Active in the temperance movement, she began her work in Bloomington, Illinois, where she was one of early board of managers of The Union Signal and helped materially to lift it out of financial depression. Her principal area of activity, however, was in Portland, Oregon. Beginning in 1886, Riggs was almost continuously in office, serving as president of the Oregon Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU). Having had experience in Illinois with serving on the board of managers of The Union Signal and helping to bring it out of financial depression, in 1891, she started the Oregon White Ribbon. Another prominent feature of her work in Oregon was a "school of methods" which proved an inspiration to the local WCTU unions in their department work. Eventually, she was bestowed the title of Honorary President of Oregon. Riggs also represented Oregon at conventions and was president of the International Chautauqua Association for the Pacific Northwest.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Additon, Lucia H. Faxon (1904). Twenty Eventful Years of Oregon Woman's Christian Temperance Union, 1880–1900: Statistical, Historical and Biographical. Portraits of Prominent Pioneer Workers. Gotshall printing Company. pp. 87–88. Retrieved 18 July 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Willard, Frances Elizabeth; Livermore, Mary Ashton Rice (1893). "RIGGS, Mrs. Anna Rankin". A Woman of the Century: Fourteen Hundred-seventy Biographical Sketches Accompanied by Portraits of Leading American Women in All Walks of Life. Charles Wells Moulton. pp. 609–10. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
