A number of young misses met together last Saturday, and organized an auxiliary Soldiers’ Aid Society, and went right to work preparing lint and bandages. They will meet every Saturday afternoon. The Society, we understand, is composed exclusively of misses between the ages of 10 and 16 years. They have chosen for their officers, Miss Eleanor Hender, as President; Miss Mary Atkinson, Secretary; and Miss Cassie Munger, Treasurer.
A number of little girls, ranging from 6 to 12 years of age, met on the same day and formed another auxiliary Society. They elected Miss Ella Woodward their President and Miss Ella Sanders Vice President, and commenced work by picking two baskets of lint. They too meet every Saturday. The ladies of the Soldiers’ Aid Society will have to surrender this branch of the enterprise to the Juveniles.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, March 6, 1862, p. 1
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