Sarah C. Mink

Sarah C. Mink (1837–1896) was a 19th-century American leader of a charitable organization who served as the 11th National President of the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC). She was the first to be unanimously elected to this position.

Early life Sarah C. Wells was born in Mayfield, New York, April 7, 1837. She was of American Revolutionary War ancestry.

Career

When the WRC was organized in the State of New York, Mink helped build the order. an office she filled for three consecutive years. At the close of this service she was elected Department President, and served in this capacity three more years.

On Memorial Day, 1897, a granite block was placed over her grave at Albany, New York. The U.S. flag is cut on its face. Beneath her name is her own injunction, taken from her address to the Twelfth National Convention in recommending for their adoption the work of patriotic teaching.