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Carrie Nation

1846 - 1911

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Caroline Amelia Nation (November 25, 1846 – June 9, 1911), often referred to by Carrie, Carry Nation, Carrie A. Nation, or Hatchet Granny, was an American who was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. Nation is noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet. She married David Nation in 1874. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Carrie Nation has received more than 1,648,819 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Carrie Nation is the 3,909th most popular writer (up from 4,341st in 2019), the 5,071st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,019th in 2019) and the 415th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.6M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.25

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Carrie Nation ranks 3,909 out of 7,302. Before her are Ioan Slavici, Ostap Vyshnya, Raffaello Giovagnoli, Fernán Caballero, Jean Desmarets, and Leopold Zunz. After her are Robert E. Sherwood, Ida Fink, Pierre Jean Jouve, Fernando de Herrera, Vera Inber, and Jakob Abbadie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, Carrie Nation ranks 79. Before her are Basil III of Constantinople, Friedrich Paulsen, Johann Most, Whitcomb L. Judson, Giuseppe De Nittis, and Emil Warburg. After her are Luc-Olivier Merson, Duke Eugen of Württemberg, Alexandre de Serpa Pinto, Edouard Van Beneden, Albert Chmielowski, and Alexander Karpinsky. Among people deceased in 1911, Carrie Nation ranks 61. Before her are Howard Pyle, Nikolay Beketov, Reinhold Begas, Carl Fredrik Hill, Edwin Austin Abbey, and Florentino Ameghino. After her are Gustaf Fröding, Ivan Grohar, Alphonse Legros, Carolina Coronado, Kanno Sugako, and Quanah Parker.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Carrie Nation ranks 5,071 out of 20,380. Before her are Tony Randall (1920), Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1847), Verne Troyer (1969), Daniel Webster (1782), Rebecca Romijn (1972), and Henry Darrow (1933). After her are Richmond K. Turner (1885), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Vance D. Brand (1931), Tim Blake Nelson (1964), James B. Conant (1893), and Kevin Schwantz (1964).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Carrie Nation ranks 415. Before her are Marianne Moore (1887), Herman Wouk (1915), Margaret Weis (1948), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Lydia Davis (1947), and Michael Blake (1945). After her are Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), Elmer Rice (1892), Elizabeth Strout (1956), James Thurber (1894), and John Norman (1931).

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