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. It was founded in 1879 after a visit to the United States by William Tebb. It published a periodical called Vaccination.

Members

 * William Tebb (1830–1917) inspired the organization.
 * 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.
 * Weyprecht of New York City in 1895.
 * Frank D. Blue of Terre Haute, Indiana was secretary in 1899.
 * Porter F. Cope (1869–1950) was the secretary.
 * E. C. Townsend of New York City was assistant secretary for the Eastern States. He was the publisher of Anti-Vaccination News.