Picked to “Carry A. Nation”

She so believed the Lord picked her to “Carry A. Nation” into Prohibition, this ax-wielding, saloon-destroyer changed the spelling of her first name. To this day, the woman originally born Carrie Amelia Moore is remembered lovingly as a prohibition crusader, or crudely as a battle-ax. In her own eyes, Carry Nation was “a bulldog running along at the feet of Jesus, barking at whatever He doesn’t like.” Her inflammatory actions and words made it clear what she thought He didn’t lik