Annie Turner Wittenmyer
Sarah "Annie" Turner Wittenmyer (August 26, 1827 – February 2, 1900) was an American social reformer and relief worker. 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 her honor.
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