People Name: Clapp, Anna Category: Human and Social Services Description: Anna Clapp was the president of the Ladies´ Union Aid Society (LUAS), which provided supplies and care for wounded soldiers, prisoners, and refugees in St. Louis during the Civil War. She was also a founder of the Women´s Suffrage Association of Missouri. Ms. Clapp had been the treasurer of the Industrial School Association in New York City before moving to St. Louis with her husband in 1860. |
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