“ Her parents came to America when she was four years old, and after living for years in Massachusetts they moved to the then unsettled part of Michigan, where the young girl encountered all the hardships of pioneer life. ANNA H. SHAW. She was a lively child. Those pioneer days were an aspiration to her. Thirsting for learning and cut on from all school privileges, she took advantage of every book and paper that fell in her way. At fifteen years of age she began to teach. She was a teacher for live years. When about twenty-four years old, she became a convert to Methodism and joined the church. ”

“ To use her own expression, she can not remember the time when it was not her desire and purpose to devote her life to the uplifting of women. She is one of the most eloquent, witty and popular speakers in the lecture field. ”

“ Much of her strength and force of thought and expression are believed to result from the experiences of her pioneer life in Michigan, and her power of moving audiences from the touch with humanity which came to her while practicing medicine in the city of Boston, during her studies to be a physician She is believed to be the first woman to have the double distinction of the titles of "Rev." ”