Anti-Vaccination Society of America

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]

Anti-Vaccination Society of America advertisement from 1902

Members

• William Tebb (1830–1917) inspired the organization.^[4]
• 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