Emma Stark Hampton

Emma Stark Hampton
B&W portrait photo of a woman with her hair in an up-do, wearing a dark blouse.
The New England Magazine, 1890
Born
Emma Stark

January 15, 1843
DiedFebruary 22, 1925
Burial placeBeech Ridge Cemetery, Brockport, New York, U.S.
Alma materWestern Normal School, Brockport (now, SUNY Brockport)
Organization(s)National President, Woman's Relief Corps
Spouse
Charles G. Hampton
(m. 1868; died 1917)
Children2

Emma Stark Hampton (1843–1925) was an American charitable organization leader who served as the fifth National President of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC).[1] Her four decades of service in the organization included Corps President, Department President, National President, National Counselor five times, Chair of the Committee on Revisions for several years, WRC delegate to the National Council of Women of the United States, and Secretary of the WRC Home at Madison, Ohio, for years. From 1884 to her death, she missed but one WRC National Convention.[2]

  1. ^ Logan, Mrs John A. (1912). The Part Taken by Women in American History. Perry-Nalle Publishing Company. pp. 348–49. Retrieved 15 March 2024 – via Wikisource. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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