Draft:Betsie Montague
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Elizabeth "Betsie" Lyne (Hoskins) Montague (February 24, 1868 - April 24, 1951) was the first lady of Virginia and an activist. She was the wife of Andrew Jackson Montague.
She was from a prominent family.[1] She moved with her husband from Danville to Richmond when he became Attorney General of Virginia in 1898.[2]
She served as president of the Home of Needy Confederate Women, succeeding Mary Custis Lee, and helped the group build a new home in Richmond.[3][4]
References[edit]
- ^ Jordan, John Woolf (2004). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania. ISBN 9780806352398.
- ^ Green, Elna C. (1999). Before the New Deal: Social Welfare in the South, 1830-1930. ISBN 9780820320915.
- ^ Green, Elna C. (1999). Before the New Deal: Social Welfare in the South, 1830-1930. ISBN 9780820320915.
- ^ "A Guide to the Home for Needy Confederate Women Records, 1862-1997 Home for Needy Confederate Women (Richmond, Va.), Records, 1862-1997 34092". ead.lib.virginia.edu.