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Organization and Purpose of the Women's Relief Corps
The piece recounts the origin and aims of the Woman's Relief Corps born from Civil War needs. It details how Soldiers' Aid societies formed nationwide to supply hospitals and sanitary services, aiding widows and orphans, with postwar efforts continuing through economic hardship. It notes the Grand Army of the Republic's role and the 1880s push to create a national auxiliary led by Paul Van der Voort and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
North
America
Grand Army of the Republic
Massachusetts
Ohio
Woman's Relief Corps
Post
Ladies’ Aid Society
Sociecies
Denver
Colorado
Woman’s Relief Corps
Relief Corps
Portland
Maine
Bosworth Relief Corps No. 1
Fitchburg
Mass
Woman‘s State Relief Corps
Horace Dinner Sargant
James F. Meech
State Relief Corps
New Hampshire
Woman‘s Relief Corps
J. F. Lovering
van der Voort
E. Florence Barker
Malden
Sarah E. Fuller
Boston
Elizabeth A. Turner
Massachusetts Woman's Relief Corps
Kate B. Sherwood
Toledo
Emily Thornton Charles
Washington, D. C
Laura McNier
Camden
N. J
M. A. Sawyer
National Tribune
Soldiers’ Auxiliary