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Ladies Benevolent Society (LBS) was a charitable organization for women, active in the city of Charleston, South Carolina between 1813 and remains currently active. The LBS was founded in 1813 by white, elite women of Charleston.
Sarah's mother Mary was a dedicated homemaker and an active member in the community. She was a leader of the Charleston's Ladies Benevolent Society. Mary was also an active Episcopalian and consequently often devoted herself to the poor and to women incarcerated in a nearby prison. Mary's beliefs were rigid. [further explanation needed]
She was also a member of the Ladies' Hebrew Benevolent Society, the Society for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, the Charleston Female Seminary Alumnae Association, the Charleston Guild of Arts and Crafts, and the Roper Hospital Auxiliary.
Anna DeCosta Banks (September 2, 1869 – November 29, 1930) was an American nurse, and the first head nurse at the Hospital and Training School for Nurses in Charleston, South Carolina. Banks is known for her nursing career, as well as a later position as superintendent for 32 years at the same training school for nurses.
1813 – Literary and Philosophical Society of South Carolina founded. [15] Ladies Benevolent Society founded. 1815 – Religious Tract Society of Charleston organized. 1816 – Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church founded. 1819 Charleston Mercury newspaper begins publication. New England Society of Charleston organized. [25]
The Ladies Auxiliary of the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers; Ladies Benevolent Society (Charleston) Ladies of the Maccabees;
Pages in category "19th-century in Charleston, South Carolina" ... Ladies Benevolent Society (Charleston) N. New Charleston Theatre; O. Old Slave Mart; P. First ...
The Web of Progress: Private Values and Public Styles in Boston and Charleston, 1828–43. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press. ISBN 978-0820313900. Pease, Jane H.; Pease, William Henry (1990). Ladies, Women, and Wenches: Choice and Constraint in Antebellum Charleston and Boston. Chapel Hill, NC: Univeristy of North Carolina Press.