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S. M. I. (Sarepta Myrenda Irish) Henry
1839–1900
A lively voice in the temperance movement, she wrote with conviction, warmth, and a strong sense of moral purpose. Her work spans reform writing, poetry, and religious reflection, revealing a life deeply tied to public service and faith.
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Good Form and Christian Etiquette
by S. M. I. (Sarepta Myrenda Irish) Henry
About the author
Born in Pennsylvania in 1839, Sarepta Myrenda Irish Henry was an American evangelist, temperance reformer, poet, and author. She became widely known through her work with the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, where she served as a national evangelist and helped shape the movement's religious outreach. She also wrote under the pen name Dina Linwood.
Henry's writing grew out of the same energy that marked her public life: practical, earnest, and meant to move readers toward action. Alongside reform writing, she published poetry and books, including work connected to temperance causes, and she became known as a persuasive speaker as well as a prolific writer.
In the last years of her life, she became associated with Seventh-day Adventism, a change noted in major reference sources on her life. She died in 1900, but her career still stands as a vivid example of how nineteenth-century women used writing, religion, and reform work to reach a broad public.