League of Women for Community Service

The League of Women for Community Service was founded in 1918 to provide support African American soldiers and sailors during World War I.

[1] Since Blacks were denied access to many forms of public accommodation, they formed the Soldiers Comfort Unit with committees assigned responsibility for "publicity, hospitality, entertainment, music, supplies, soldiers and sailors visiting, junior comfort unit, printing, knitting, and Red Cross".

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) established Boston's first community reading and game room in the basement.

In 2021, the League received a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund to support the restoration of their building's entry portico.

[7] As part of its commitment to accessible higher education, the League awards Maria L. Baldwin Scholarships annually to college-bound female students of African American descent from the Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods of Boston.