Anna Matilda Larrabee

Anna Matilda Larrabee (, Appelman; August 13, 1842 – December 30, 1931) was an American social leader. Married to Iowa Governor William Larrabee, she served as the First Lady of Iowa from 1886 until 1890. She was often referred to as "Iowa's Ideal Mother". She was the oldest child of Gustavus Adolphus Appelman (1817-1893) and Prudence Anna Appelman (1821-1880). She was a direct descendant of John and Priscilla Alden. before settling on a farm near the village of Clermont, Iowa.

Larrabee began the study of music at the age of nine. She owned a beautiful little rosewood melodeon.

On January 27, 1892, Governor Horace Boies appointed the Iowa Woman's Auxiliary to the American Red Cross, the use of the name having been sanctioned by Clara Barton; Mrs. Larrabee was designated as president.

One of the finest contributions that Gov. and Mrs. Larrabee made to Clermont was the Larrabee School building erected in 1912, at a cost of . and the Mayflower Society.

Larrabee opposed woman's suffrage. Helen married Charles Burton Robbins, a future United States Assistant Secretary of War.

Her home since her marriage, was continually in Clermont,

Larrabee lived in an elite social class and raised her family in that manner. and as superintendent of the Union Sunday School for more than 30 years. Montauk was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.