Anti-Vaccination Society of America opposed compulsory smallpox vaccination from the final decades of the 19th century through the 1910s. It was founded in 1879 after a visit to the United States by William Tebb. It published a periodical called Vaccination.
Members
- William Tebb (1830âÂÂ1917) 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.
- Weyprecht of New York City in 1895.
- Frank D. Blue of Terre Haute, Indiana was secretary in 1899.
- Porter F. Cope (1869âÂÂ1950) was the secretary.
- E. C. Townsend of New York City was assistant secretary for the Eastern States. He was the publisher of Anti-Vaccination News.
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