Ehrmann, Sara R., 1895-1993
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Executive director of the American League to Abolish Capital Punishment.
From the description of Correspondence with Johan Thorsten Sellin, 1955-1970. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 236167293
Sara R. Ehrmann was a Boston-area civic leader best known for her work as an opponent of capital punishment. Ehrmann's career as a capital punishment abolitionist began in 1925 when her husband Herbert B. Ehrmann became an associate counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists convicted of murder and condemned to death. Sara Ehrmann was a key leader of the Massachusetts Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty (1928-1969) and the American League to Abolish Capital Punishment (1949-1969). She was also active in organizations serving prisoners, notably the United Prison Association, and Friends of Framingham. In addition, she was active in Jewish and women's organizations and in civic life in the Town of Brookline, Massachusetts.
From the description of Sara R. Ehrmann papers, 1845-1993 1924-1988. (Northeastern University). WorldCat record id: 50939696
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