Now one of two things is true: Either a republic is a desirable form of government, or else it is not.

The Center is named after the Reverend Doctor Anna Howard Shaw a Methodist minister medical doctor and suffragist. During her time in medical school Shaw became an outspoken advocate of political rights for women. At the age of twenty-three Shaw was invited by Dr.

She was also a physician and the first ordained female Methodist minister in the United States.