The Confederate Home for Women, also known as Home for Needy Confederate Women was in Richmond, Virginia.[1]
A home was purchased for the group at 1726 Grove Avenue and opened October 15, 1900.[2] A larger home was purchased at 3 East Grace Street in 1904. The group fundraised and received state funding. Mary Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee's daughter, served as president of the group. Betsy Montague (wife of former Virginia governor Andrew Jackson Montague) championed the group and became its president. She helped fund a new home for the group at 301 N. Sheppard Street on the grounds of United Confederate Veterans' R. E. Lee Camp No. 1.[3][4] The building was designed as a scaled down version of the White House.
References edit
- ^ "For Richmond's Confederate Home for Women, It's Finally Appomattox". August 25, 1989 – via NYTimes.com.
- ^ "Home for needy women". Richmond Dispatch. 16 October 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "A Guide to the Home for Needy Confederate Women Records, 1862-1997 Home for Needy Confederate Women (Richmond, Va.), Records, 1862-1997 34092". ead.lib.virginia.edu.
- ^ Loth, Calder (1999). The Virginia Landmarks Register. ISBN 9780813918624.
- ^ "Confederate Home for Women to be closed". The Bee. 10 April 1989. p. 3. Retrieved 3 February 2024.