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This RedWork piece of history contains the date 1895. The Woman’s Relief Corps made these pieces as an aid to help Civil War families, widows, children snd veterans. Well known people would pay to have their name included on these pieces. The item would then be auctioned or raffled. There are MANY different historical names of the era. The name Belle Starr. appears on the handiwork piece, so she must’ve either paid to have her name included, or possibly donated her time, to the cause. The Women’s Relief Corp’s main objective was to help disabled veterans, war widows and orphans after t... |
