EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN EARLY 1800; JOSPHINE SOPHIA WHITE GRIFFING P/134

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In this post I will continue to focus on a woman named Josephine Sophia White Griffing. She lived from 1814 - 1872. During the Civil War Josephine was struck by the plight of the recently freed slaves, especially those who were fleeing to Washington, D.C. Determined to help the freedpeople establish themselves, Josephine moved to Washington, D.C. in 1864.

Josephine became an agent for the National Freedmen's Relief Association of the District of Columbia, where she opend up two industrial school for freedwomen in order to teach them marketable skills such as sewing. She also worked with her government contacts to help freedpeople find jobs in  the north, and sometimes travelled with them to make sure they arrived safely. 

In addition to her work for the freedpeople of Washington, D.C. Josephine was also a woman's rights activist. Throughout the 1850s, she joined various organisations, such as the Ohio Women's Rights Association, of which she became the president in 1853.

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