librarycompany: “ Founded to provide assistance to Johnstown flood victims in 1889, the Women’s Permanent Emergency Association of Germantown turned its attention to Belgium refugees after the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The pace of relief...

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Founded to provide assistance to Johnstown flood victims in 1889, the Women’s Permanent Emergency Association of Germantown turned its attention to Belgium refugees after the outbreak of World War I in 1914. The pace of relief efforts increased when America entered the war. By the end of the war, the group had sent overseas more than 65,000 hospital supplies, over 7,500 new garments, and 5,000 knitted articles along with books and food. 

J. M. Elliot, [The Women’s Permanent Emergency Association of Germantown], ca. 1919. Gelatin silver photograph. 

Visit the Library Company to see Together We Win: Philadelphia Homefront During the First World War, for more!  On display through April 21, 2017.

Jan 06, 2017
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