St. Louis Ladies' Union Aid Society

[1] During the American Civil War, ladies' aid societies formed across the country to provide medical services and supplies to soldiers.

The St. Louis chapter of the Ladies' Union Aid Society was organized by twenty-five Unionist women in response to the Battle of Wilson's Creek.

Wounded soldiers were in need of clean clothes and bandages, and founding member Adaline Weston Couzins sent them supplies by train.

Through the U.S. surgeon general, Clapp obtained contracts to secure medical supplies and encouraged other Unionist women to work in military hospitals.

[3] Other members of this chapter included Margaret Breckinridge,[1] activist Jessie Benton Fremont and lawyer Phoebe Couzins.