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Co-founder of Carne & Munsie and owner of several sealing schooners including Caroline and City of San Diego.
Co-founder of Carne & Munsie and owner of several sealing schooners including Caroline and City of San Diego.
Hannah Solomon founded this volunteer-run organization during the 1893 Chicago's World Fair when, after being asked to organize the participation of women, found that their participation were to be marginal. Four years after she and her colleagues walked out in protest, the NCJWC branched to Toronto.
WWI organization whose members were too old or in key positions that precluded them from front-line military service. They were available for local security duties; analogous to the British Home Guard in WWII. There were two companies in Victoria, probably with strength of 50 to 100 men each.