Sarah E. Fuller

Sarah E. Fuller (1838–1913) was an American philanthropist and social leader. For many years, she was affiliated with the Woman's Relief Corps (WRC). She served as the first President of its Massachusetts Department (1879–1882), and third President of the National organization (1885, 1886).

She was an honorary member of the Union of Prisoners of War Association, a life member of the national executive board WRC, chaplain of the Union of King's Daughters of Medford, Massachusetts a director of the Home for the Aged at Medford, chaplain of the Sarah Bradlee Fulton Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), of that city, and was interested in the Daughters of Veterans, Tent 22, in Medford, which was named in her honor. She was also a member of the New England Woman's Press Association. She was also interested in the cause of temperance and was a member of the East Boston Bethel of the International Organisation of Good Templars.

During this period, Mrs. Fuller assisted in preparing hospital stores and other comforts for the soldiers. She also participated in many patriotic concerts given in Maine and Massachusetts for the hospital fund. The day after the news of the battle of Antietam was received at the northern states, she arranged, with the help of a few others, a concert for which were realized. This money was converted into articles which were forwarded to the front in less than two days after the concert was given.

Massachusetts Department of the WRC. When the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) was formed in 1866, its objectives enlisted her sympathies. In 1871, she assisted in forming a Ladies' Aid Society, auxiliary to Joseph Hooker Post, No. 23, of East Boston. She served as secretary, vice-president, and president, also as a delegate to the State convention of Ladies' Auxiliary Societies, held at Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1879. At this convention, the Woman's State Relief Corps of Massachusetts was formed. Fuller was chosen president, and was the first signer to its constitution. She was re-elected to this office in 1880 and in 1881.

Death and legacy Her portrait was hung in the Soldiers' Home; the Grand Army Hall, William Logan Rodman Post, No. 1, of New Bedford, Massachusetts; and the department headquarters in Boston. December 15, 1913.

Selected works The Woman's Relief Corps, 1890