Word: antivivisectionist
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Dates: during 1924-1924
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Pacifist, Socialist, Antivivisectionist...
...born in Virginia?a mere accident of birth, for she is a Vermonter through and through. Her family happened to be wintering in Virginia in 1876. She was born, as a matter of fact, in a hotel. Who's Who further carries information that she is "pacifist, socialist, antivivisectionist." Who's Who can be most misleading; for, although she earnestly believes and carries out certain doctrines (she is, for example, a vegetarian), she has none of the formidable qualities which a statement of her creed implies...
During 1923-1924 two bequests received by the New England AntiVivisection Society totaled $99,539.26. The trustees are compelled to find ways of spending this money that will conform to the antivivisectionist ideas of the donors. Said the Journal of the American Medical Association: "The hands of the dead reach forth to draw the living into the grave...