Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1922-03-31
THE UNITED DAUGHTERS
OF THE CONFEDERACY
(BY a. R. d.

North, South, East and West
womcn were making history in In
| ninet.es. Looking backward from
these days Of equal suffrage and pc
! litical freedom, 1t is hard to reanzt
how g,rtac a step forward was taker
wnen the women Of the country joined
hands TO form the national societie:
which arc today SO great a factor II
/ political as well as social lite.
The National Society of the Daugh'
| terS OF the American Revolution was
1ounacd III 1891, and just a few years
iarcr, IN 1895, Southern WOMEN, real.
lz:ng the crying need for some organi-
zat!or TO perpetuate the memory OF
the men and women who had given
their lives and fortunes to the cause OF
the South, formed the National
Daughters of the Ccnfederacy, which
today spreads from ocean TO ocean,
with powerful chapters north of Ma
son and Dixons line and 9 national
president who, though a Louisianian
by birth, is a resident Of New York
City.
1t is interesting to note at this time
the lapse of years between the reyolu-
tionary war and even between the war
between the States, and formation OF
the great societies which perpetuate
their deeds and memories. The world
war was only yesterdays problem; to-
day we are still under its shadow,
and yet the American Legion Auxil-
larry is fully established, numbering
representative women from the entire
country in its membership, and al
ready doing constructive work in aid
ing the returned soldier to make the
most of his possibilities and to cstab-
lish himself in the face Of existing con-
ojtions.
The Daughters of the Confcderacy
in Alexandria were among the very
first to organize themselves into a
chapter, and the Mary GUSTS Lee
Chapter, National Daughters OF the
Confederacy, stood seventh in the Vir-
ginia division, as we'll as seventh in
the national organization. This COW
eted place in the list of chapters is
held to the present day, and the pres
cnt fiourishing local chapter, Mary
Gusts Lee-17th Virginia Regiment
Chapter, was allowed the unusual
privilege, by the National Society, of
retaining the number which gives en-
viablc precedence in all National and
State conventions.
The Mary Gusts Lee Chapter, Ma
tional aDughters Of the Confederacy,
was organized on February II, 1895,
at the home Of Mrs. Philip Z. Yeat-
man, Tho following officers we're
elected by the newly formed chapter:
President, Mrs. Philip T. Ynatman;
vice president, Miss Mary Lee Lloyd;
secretary, Mrs. Robert c. Powell;
treasurer, Mrs. Eleanor Washington
Howard; corresponding secretary,
Mrs. John Robert Zimmerman.
The First Division was organized
in Alexandria in the same year, at
the home of Mrs. Dabney Hcrndon,
clcctinG as its first president Miss
Mary Amelia Smith, Of Warrenton,
Virginia, the daughter Of Ex-Governor
Smith, Of Virginia.
The Children of the Confederacy, in
Alexandria, were organized as q
chapter by Mrs. d. H. Appich, in
large and enthusiastic meeting at her
home on King street, and the name
arthur Herbert Chapter" was adopt
cd by unanimous consent
The almost priceless minutes of the
Mary Custis Lee Chapter is headed
as follows: MARY GUSTS Lee Chap,
ter, United Daughters OF the Confed-
cracy. Organized, February i, 1895,
at No. 220 North Washington street,
Alexandria, Virginia. Permanent
organization, May %, 1895. National
Charter, No. 7, dated April II, 1895.
Received from Nashville, Tennessee,
April %, 1885"
The roll for 1896 is given in full,
because Of its interest to Alexandra
ans ana fcr The presence upon ii OF
Names so dear 10 al Southern people
Mrs. Philip T. Ycatman, Hiss Mary
Lee Lloyd, Mrs. Robert " Hunter,
Mrs. Julian TAYLOR. Miss Emily D.
Mason, Miss Rcnccca Ransay. Mrs.
John Robert Zimmerman, Miss Viz
g:nia Beverly Corsc, Mrs. George
William Ramsay, Mrs. Peyton Ran
dolph, Mrs. Theodore T. Rumncy,
Mrs. Samuel Gordon Brent. Mrs Har-
Old 5nowdcn, Mrs. Peer Wise, Hrs.
Thomas Turner, Mrs. NJ. Minor
Woodward, Mrs. Cassius T. Ice, Mrs.
May French, Miss Emma Norris
Hume, Miss Louisa K. Critchcr, Miss
Isabella Keatling Smith, Miss Mar!
Herbert Bryant, Miss Agnes Carlyle
Bryant, Mrs. Robert z. Knox, Miss
Julia Kinsolving, Mrs. Dabncy Hcrn-
don, Mrs. Lily Twggs Chalmers, Miss
Dora Chinn, Mrs. Kate Z. Taylor,
Mrs. q. Wythe Cook, Mrs. Edgar
Warfeid, Miss Emily Z. Mchalfey,
Mrs. Florence G. Barclay, Mrs. Fan
ME French Bigg, Mrs. Edwin II.
O'Brion, Mrs. James f. Alexander,
Mrs. Harriet Fisher Grcvc, Miss Mar
tina Townsend Broc!ictt, Miss Ger
trudc n. Johnson, Mrs. NJ. NJ. Howell,
Mrs. D. II. Arpica, Mrs. Saumel A.
Wallis, Mrs. E'itzhugh Lee, Mrs