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United States Sanitary Commission was created in 1861.
The First woman physician, also the founder of the US Sanitary Commission was Elizabeth Blackwell
It was Henry Whitney Bellows, along with Dorothea Dix, who persuaded Lincoln to form the US Sanitary Commission. Bellows also served as the commission's president.
July 18th 1861
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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They didn't, they all helped themselves due to circumstances that the other people couldn't.
It is an antique from the American Civil War, 1861-1865. The U.S. Sanitary Commission was a charitable relief organization run by mostly volunteers to provide things for the huge influx of volunteer soldiers, especially those sick and wounded. The U.S. Sanitary Commission is considered the forerunner to the American Red Cross of today. If an envelope from a soldier was marked Soldier's Letter, it was allowed to travel without postage for free.
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