History Speaks
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Washington State History Museum
The Sanitary Commission of Washington
Shanna Stevenson, Coordinator of the Washington Women’s History Consortium at WSHS will present a program on the role of the Washington Territory Sanitary Commission during the Civil War. The Commission raised funds for Union Soldiers through contributions and fundraising events in which Washington women often took a leading role illustrating the important connections between the Territory and the War.