- The
United States Sanitary Commission (USSC) was a
private relief agency created by
federal legislation on June 18, 1861, to
support sick and wounded...
- by
making improvements in
hygiene herself, or by
calling for the
Sanitary Commission. For example,
Nightingale implemented handwashing in the hospital...
- The
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC Water) is a bi-county
political subdivision of the
State of
Maryland that
provides safe
drinking water...
- The
Western Sanitary Commission was a
private agency based in St.
Louis that was a
rival of the
larger U.S.
Sanitary Commission. It
operated in the west...
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faculty holding overlapping positions between the institutions. The
Sanitary Commission for the
Eradication of
Hookworm Disease was a Rockefeller-funded...
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upstate New York, and the
National Park system. As head of the U.S.
Sanitary Commission, he also pla**** a
major role in
organizing and
providing medical...
- the
Civil War. In the North,
their work was
supported by the U.S.
Sanitary Commission. At the end of the war, many ladies' aid
societies in the
South transformed...
- her
grave is unknown. In 1865,
Eliot was
working with the
Western Sanitary Commission to
build a
statue of Lincoln. The
funding for an Eman****tion Memorial...
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Sanitary fairs were fund-raising
events held in
various cities on
behalf of the
United States Sanitary Commission to
raise funds and
supplies for the...
- in history, The
Sanitary Commission sought to find a way to help the wounded, sick and
disabled soldiers of the war. This
Commission was
started in 1862...
