What is Anna Stout?
'''Anna Paterson Stout''' ''née'' Logan (29 September 1858 - 10 May 1931) was a social [[reform]]er in [[New Zealand]]. The Girls' Provincial School let Anna study at age 12. After completing her schooling she returned home to [[Dunedin]]. She married [[Robert Stout]] at age 18.<ref name=TeAra>{{cite web|last=Te Ara Dictionary of New Zealand Biography|title=Stout, Anna Paterson|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/2s47/1|access-date=17 April 2011}}</ref> In 1885 she helped form the [[Women's Christian Temperance Union]]. In 1892 she became President of the [[Women's Franchise League]]. In 1896 the [[National Council of Women of New Zealand]] chose her as Vice President.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ministry for Culture and Heritage |title=Anna Stout |url=http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/anna-stout |access-date=17 April 2011 |date=3 August 2008 |archive-date=23 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100523021427/http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/people/anna-stout |url-status=dead }}</ref> Stout was also active in [[England]] for acceptance for women to vote. She worked closely with the [[Women's Social and Political Union]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Nicholls|first=Roberta|title=The women's Parliament: the National Council of the Women of New Zealand|year=1996|publisher=Victoria University Press|location=Wellington|isbn=0-86473-299-6|pages=91–96|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X_9ynYbrnPYC&dq=anna+stout+new+zealand&pg=PA91}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Stout, Anna}} [[Category:1858 births]] [[Category:1931 deaths]] [[Category:People from Dunedin]] {{Bio-stub}}