Ladies Aid Sewing Circle and Rescue Society

Founded by Rachel Cole in 1878, The Ladies Aid Sewing Circle and Rescue Society met every Tuesday evening to quilt for raffles and to do other charitable work. The Ladies Aid, under the guise of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, also fought for women’s suffrage. After their success in 18931 when Colorado became the first state to grant women the vote, they worked to eradicate the devil of drink and to grant women the right to own property. The group began to fall apart after Rachel’s death in 1926 and formally disbanded in 1931.

Notable Events

1880
Susannah opened a library: Scott's Poetry and Brown's Sermons.

1888-1893
Rachel Cole gathered petitions and spoke for women's suffrage.

1893
Laura organized and raffled a signature quilt to succor mining families caught in the Panic.

1897
Zandra lead a debating evening on Women's Politics.

1903
Millie sponsored the Crystal River Revival and took up a collection for China missions.

1911
Lucy gave a lecture series on theFrugal Housewife.

1918
Matilda presided over a knitting brigade to provide socks for the boys at the Front.

1927
Emmy conducted a Tales of the Pioneers evening.

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Marble Springs 2.0 screenshot of the Ladies Aid Society
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It's Marriage

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It's Family

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It's Hatred

Alvina

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It's Friends

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It's Business

Marble Edifice
Rachel Cole, President
Illustrious Officers
Millie Horner, Vice President
Ilsa Rubenstein, Treasurer (1886-1911)
Susannah Smith, Secretary
Roster
Abigail Miller
AnneHarmon
Dell Harmon
Ingrid Jenson
Matilda Granger
Edna Harris
Victoria Green
Lucy Rainer
Leah Cole
Naomi Cole
Allison James
Miriam Nolan
Laura Keeperly
Ida May Jenkins
Penny Cernak
Emmy Mateson
Zandra Miller
Sadie Stoner
Charity Paine
Lillian Cooper
Maddy Bates

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It's Complicated

Sarah
Goliath Manor

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It’s a secret tearing at the soul

Charity Relief

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It’s a secret growing in the soul

Literary Society

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It's outside the wall

Saloons
Bridget
Billie Rose
Rebecca Reaver

The Wrong Sort
Mandy Turner
Hezekiah
Ivy
Charity
Missy
Hatsuki
Miss Sing

Jails
Sue Langley

Dances
Robert

Map

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