Massachusetts Charitable Societies Records, 1876.

Fragment Society (Boston, Mass. : 1812-)

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The Fragment Society, the oldest continuous sewing circle in Boston, Massachusetts, held its first meeting on October 19, 1812. At a second meeting, held on October 22, a constitution was adopted and the society's work began. The name was taken from the New Testament story of the miracle of the loaves and fishes: after feeding five thousand people, Jesus enjoined his disciples "to gather up the fragments that remained that nothing be lost." Echoing this advice, the Fragment Society's first const...

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Ladies' General Charitable Society (Newburyport, Mass.).

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Women's Christian Association (New Bedford, Mass.).

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Union Maternal Association (Boston, Mass.)

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Maternal organization established in 1861 to promote mothers' union for prayer, support to mothers in raising Christian children, and the formation of local maternal associations. From the description of Annual reports, 1869-1930. (American Congregational Association). WorldCat record id: 70954021 ...

Old Ladies' Home (Lowell, Mass.)

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Taunton Female Charitable Association (Taunton, Mass.)

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Seamen's Orphan and Children's Friend Society (Salem, Mass.)

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St. Ann's Infant Asylum and Lying-in Hospital (Boston, Mass.).

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Salem Female Charitable Society (Salem, Mass.)

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Woman's Baptist Missionary Society (Newton Centre, Mass.).

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St. Joseph's Home for Females (Boston, Mass.).

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Boston Children's Friend Society (Boston, Mass.).

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Washburn Home for Aged Women (Worcester, Mass.).

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Ladies' Education Society of Leicester (Leicester, Mass.).

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Ladies' Association in the Congregational Society (Peabody, Mass.).

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Methodist Episcopal Church. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society (Boston, Mass.).

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Plymouth Fragment Society (Plymouth, Mass.)

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Association for the Relief of Aged Women of New Bedford (New Bedford, Mass.)

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Women's Union (Fall River, Mass.).

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Boston Diet Kitchen (Boston, Mass.).

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Newburyport Bethel Society (Newburyport, Mass.).

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Lowell Home for Young Women and Children (Lowell, Mass.)

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Freedmen's Aid Society (Newburyport, Mass.).

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Boston Fatherless and Widow's Society (Boston, Mass.).

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Society for the Relief of Aged Females (Newburyport, Mass.)

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Bethesda Society (Boston, Mass.)

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Female Auxiliary Bible Society of Boston and Its Vicinity (Boston, Mass.).

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Ladies' Benevolent Society (Peabody, Mass.).

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St. John's Hospital (Lowell, Mass.)

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Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

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Holly Tree Coffee Rooms (Boston and Cambridge, Mass.)

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Society for the Employment of Bible Readers (Boston, Mass.)

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Woman's Board of Missionaries (Boston, Mass.).

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Newburyport Female Charitable Society (Newburyport, Mass.)

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Catholic Charities of Massachusetts.

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New Bedford Orphan's Home (New Bedford, Mass.)

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Worcester Children's Friend Society (Worcester, Mass.).

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St. Peter's School and Orphan Asylum (Lowell, Mass.).

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Peabody Woman's Missionary Society (Peabody, Mass.).

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Ladies' Union Charitable Society of Lawrence (Lawrence, Mass.)

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Widows' Society (Boston, Mass.)

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The Widows' Society in Boston was founded in 1816 by Mehitable (Mrs. Jonathan) Amory, with a sum of eight hundred and fifty dollars and sixty three cents, and incorporated on June 12, 1828. The purpose of the Society was to aid "poor, infirm, aged widows and single women of good character". The Society elected Vistitors, who were each assigned a group of beneficiaries to call on and disburse cash to, at least twice every three months. The Visitors also submitted names and addresses of potential ...

Woman's Education Association (Boston, Mass.)

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The Woman's Education Association, founded in Boston, Mass, in 1872, and disbanded in 1927, was the catalyst for many educational innovations for women. It instituted the Harvard Examinations for Women (1872), arranged with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to offer summer chemistry courses for women (1873), encouraged Harvard to offer botany courses (1879), raised money for Radcliffe College (1894), and helped found the summer laboratory (later the Marine Biological Laboratory at Wood's...

Ladies' Tenement Association of Gloucester (Gloucester, Mass.).

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St. Elizabeth's Hospital (Boston, Mass.)

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Woman's Union Missionary Society of America for Heathen Lands (Boston, Mass.).

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Haverhill Female Benevolent Society (Haverhill, Mass.)

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Home for Friendless Women and Children (Springfield, Mass.)

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