Sarah "Annie" Turner Wittenmyer (August 26, 1827 – February 2, 1900) was an American social reformer, relief worker, and writer. She served as the first President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union from 1874 to 1879. The Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home was renamed the Annie Wittenmyer Home in 1949 in her honor.
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26 August 1827 Adams County, Ohio
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Died |
2 February 1900 (aged 72) Pottstown, Pennsylvania
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Zodiac | Virgo |
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