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Walter Lindley (1852–1922) was a medical doctor in Los Angeles, California, who was known for his charitable and civic works and for founding or overseeing the development of early medical and educational institutions in Southern California.
Mothers' pensions were long-term cash provisions to impoverished single mothers. [3] Payments were generally inadequate to cover living expenses. [4] Nearly every state had a maximum allowable allowance ranging from 9 dollars to 15 dollars per month (approximately $120 to $275 in 2021 dollars) for the first child and 4 dollars to 10 dollars for any additional children. [5]
Los Angeles Disabled Veterans Home a.k.a. Pacific Branch National Military Home, Sawtelle, Los Angeles, California [26] Veterans Home of California Yountville, Yountville, California [27] [28] Colorado State Soldiers and Sailors Home, Homelake, Colorado [29] Fitch's Home for Soldiers and Their Orphans, Darien, Connecticut [30]
A daily look at legal news and the business of law: Congress Moves to Ensure BP Pays Victims' Families The House of Representatives faced down the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- and, oddly, the ...
As original Union veterans of the GAR, organized in 1866, grew old, many women's groups formed to aid them and their widows and orphans. The Loyal Ladies League was established in 1881 as an auxiliary to the GAR; in 1886 the organization went more national and changed its name to "The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic."
The devastating fires raging across much of Southern California this week have caused extreme damage, leveling some of Los Angeles' historic landmarks. Thousands of firefighters continue to battle ...
Wildfires began breaking out in Southern California Tuesday morning as a life-threatening, widespread windstorm that could be one of the most destructive to hit the region in over a decade roars ...
Mount Saint Mary's Convent and Academy, originally the Sacred Heart Convent and Holy Angels Orphanage and previously Mount St. Mary's Convent and Orphan Asylum, and also known as Mount Saint Mary's Academy and Convent, is the only extant original orphanage in California and commemorates the Sisters of Mercy, in Grass Valley, Nevada County, California.