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== Sara R. Ehrmann ==

Sara R. Ehrmann was a Boston-area civic leader who was heavily involved in the fight to abolish capital punishment in Massachusetts.

Early Life and Education
Sara R. Ehrmann was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky on June 14, 1895. She graduated from the University of Rochester in 1917 with a B.A., she also took courses at Smith College. The same year she married Herbert B. Ehrmann, an attorney who later served as associate counsel for Sacco and Vanzetti trial. She later took post graduate courses at Radcliffe College and Boston University. She also received a honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Northeastern University in 1992.

Capital Punishment
Shortly after Sara Ehrmann's husband became involved with the Sacco and Vanzetti trial, she began her capital punishment activism. She joined the Board of the Massachusetts Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.

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 * 1927	Execution of Sacco and Vanzetti despite worldwide protests. Founding of the Massachusetts Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty.
 * 1928	Sara R. Ehrmann joins the Massachusetts Council for the Abolition of the Death Penalty, becoming a member of its board and playing an active role in its leadership for the next forty years.
 * 1937	Sara R. Ehrmann organizes the Correctional Council of Massachusetts.
 * 1937-1939	Sara R. Ehrmann attends postgraduate courses at Boston University.
 * 1939	Sara R. Ehrmann helps to organize the United Prison Association of Massachusetts.
 * 1942	Sara R. Ehrmann is a founder of the Brookline, Massachusetts Chapter of the League of Women Voters and serves as its first president.
 * 1947	Last execution in Massachusetts to date.