Sarah E. Fuller

Sarah E. Fuller
B&W portrait photo of a middle-aged woman with her hair in an up-do, wearing a dark blouse.
Born
Sarah Elizabeth Mills

August 1, 1838
Portland, Maine, U.S.
DiedDecember 15, 1913 (aged 75)
Medford, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupations
  • philanthropist
  • social leader
Known forNational President, Woman's Relief Corps
Spouse
George W. Fuller
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(m. 1855; died 1864)​

Sarah E. Fuller (1838–1913) was an American philanthropist and social leader. For many years, she was affiliated with the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC). She served as the first President of its Massachusetts Department (1879–1882), and third President of the National organization (1885, 1886).[1] Fuller had a record of 40 years' service for the soldiers of the Union Army, having enrolled herself as a worker in the United States Christian Commission during the early days of the Civil War.[2]

She was an honorary member of the Union of Prisoners of War Association, a life member of the national executive board WRC, chaplain of the Union of King's Daughters of Medford, Massachusetts a director of the Home for the Aged at Medford, chaplain of the Sarah Bradlee Fulton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), of that city, and was interested in the Daughters of Veterans, Tent 22, in Medford, which was named in her honor. She was also a member of the New England Woman's Press Association. She was also interested in the cause of temperance and was a member of the East Boston Bethel of the International Organisation of Good Templars.[3]

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  2. ^ Howe, Julia Ward; Graves, Mary Hannah (1904). "SARAH ELIZABETH FULLER". Sketches of Representative Women of New England. New England Historical Publishing Company. pp. 355–59. Retrieved 10 January 2024. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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