Draft:Confederate Home for Women

Home for Confederate Women

The Confederate Home for Women, also known as Home for Needy Confederate Women was in Richmond, Virginia.

A home was purchased for the group at 1726 Grove Avenue and opened October 15, 1900. A larger home was purchased at 3 East Grace Street in 1904. The group fundraised and received state funding. Mary Custis Lee, Robert E. Lee's daughter, served as president of the group. Betsy Montague (wife of former Virginia governor Andrew Jackson Montague) championed the group and became its president. She helped fund a new home for the group at 301 N. Sheppard Street on the grounds of United Confederate Veterans' R. E. Lee Camp No. 1. The building was designed as a scaled down version of the White House.