Emma Stark Hampton (1843–1925) was an American charitable organization leader who served as the fifth National President of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC).

Her father, an evangelist among early Erie Canal boatmen,[3] was descended from the Revolutionary Starks, and he reared his family in an atmosphere of Christian culture, in which patriotic devotion was distinctly stressed.

[2][3] When the Civil War broke out, her father became a member of the Christian Commission and Emma entered into all the forms of philanthropic relief work organized by the women of her community.

[1][2] Hampton was a members of the Detroit Woman Writers' Club, and was elected to a life membership shortly before her last illness.

In 1885, she was elected the second President of the Department of Michigan, and during her term of office, she formed 51 Corps, the record number during any administration of the State till that time.

[2] Emma Stark Hampton made her home in Detroit,[1] where died February 22, 1925,[3] after a brief illness.