The American War Mothers was founded in 1917 and given a Congressional charter on February 24, 1925. It is a perpetual patriotic, 501(c) 4 non-profit, non-political, non-sectarian, non-partisan organization whose members are mothers of children who have served or are serving in the Armed Services during a time of conflict.[1]
National President: LaVerna Capes
Notable members
edit- Jeanette Lawrence[2]
- Agnes Thomas Morris, president of War Mothers of America, 1918-1920
See also
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References
edit- ^ "Veterans Service Organizations - American War Mothers". Archived from the original on 2008-05-06. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- ^ Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A (1928). Women of the West; a series of biographical sketches of living eminent women in the eleven western states of the United States of America. p. 60. Retrieved 8 August 2017.
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- To Incorporate the American War Mothers : hearings before the United States House Committee on the Judiciary, and Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Sixty-Eighth Congress, first session, on May 6, 1924.
- Fountain a reminder of American War Mothers' work - Pantagraph (Bloomington, Illinois newspaper)
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