Anti-Vaccination Society of America explained

Anti-Vaccination Society of America opposed compulsory smallpox vaccination from the final decades of the 19th century through the 1910s.^[1] It was founded in 1879 after a visit to the United States by William Tebb.^[2] It published a periodical called Vaccination.^[3]

Members

• William Tebb (1830–1917) inspired the organization.
• L.H. Piehn of Nora Springs, Iowa. He was a banker and his daughter died of sepsis after the smallpox vaccine in 1894.
• Montague Leverson of New York City.^[4]
• Weyprecht of New York City in 1895.^[4]
• Frank D. Blue of Terre Haute, Indiana was secretary in 1899.^[4]
• Porter F. Cope (1869–1950) was the secretary.^[5]
• E. C. Townsend of New York City was assistant secretary for the Eastern States. He was the publisher of Anti-Vaccination News.^[4]

See also

• Anti-Vaccination League of America
• National Anti-Vaccination League

Notes and References

1. News: Karie Youngdahl . The Anti-Vaccination Society of America . March 8, 2012 . 2015-02-11 . . 2015-03-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150302065350/http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/anti-vaccination-society-america-correspondence . dead .
2. News: History of Anti-vaccination Movements . March 8, 2012 . 2015-02-11 . .
3. Web site: The Anti-Vaccination Society of America: Correspondence | History of Vaccines. 2019-02-14. 2019-01-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20190123171725/https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/anti-vaccination-society-america-correspondence. dead.
4. News: Biographical Memoir of William Tebb . 1899 . . 407 .
5. News: Porter F. Cope, 81, Author And Editor . . December 21, 1950 . 2015-02-11 .