EVANGELICAL WOMEN IN THE SECOND HALF OF 1800; MARIA BALDWIN P/25

                                                                                   Read Part One HERE

In this post I continue to focus on a woman named Maria Baldwin. She lived from 1856 - 1922. At the end of the 1800s, Maria became more involved in primarily Black and interracial organisations. In 1896, the Woman's Era Club of Boston stepped under the umbrella of the National Association of Coloured Women's Clubs (NACWC). The Club continued to use its national reach among Black clubwomen over the next few years.

Maria later became a member of the National Negro Committee (the precursor to the National Association to the Advancement of Coloured People) in 1909.

In 1918, Maria retired from her Agassiz position.  The US had been involved in the Great War for over a year. Her retirement gave her more time for the pressing projects the war brought to her community. She served as the first president of the League of Women for Community Service (LWCS) established in 1918, as the Soldiers' Comfort Unit. The Comfort Unit assisted returning soldiers and bereaved wives durning the First World War before shifting to providing general educational and social services to the community.

Although Maria remained active in her final years, her health eventually failed her. She died in 1922 from a heart attack.

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