Woman's Relief Corps

E. F. Barker, 1st National President
K. B. Sherwood, 2nd Natl. Pres.
S. E. Fuller, 3rd Natl. Pres.
E. D. Kinne, 4th Natl. Pres.
E. S. Hampton, 5th Natl. Pres.
C. R. Craig, 6th Natl. Pres.
A. T. Wittenmyer, 7th Natl. Pres.
M. S. McHenry, 8th Natl. Pres.
S. A. Sanders, 9th Natl. Pres.
M. R. Wickens, 10th Natl. Pres.

The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is a charitable organization in the United States, originally founded as the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883.[1] The organization was designed to assist the GAR and provide post-war relief to Union veterans.[2] The GAR had been created as a "fraternal" organization and refused to allow women to join up until the creation of this auxiliary.[2] It is largely dedicated to historical preservation of research and official documentation related to the WRC and GAR.[1]

  1. ^ a b "womansreliefcorps.org – auxiliary to Grand Army of the Republic". Retrieved June 24, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kennedy, John Christopher (2017). A Perfect Union: The Woman's Relief Corps and Women's Organizational Activism: 1861–1930.