Sash
Object number2015.29.2
MediumFelt/Metal
Credit LineGift of Women's Overseas Service League
DescriptionWomen's Overseas Service League (WOSL) sash. Long rectangular light blue felt sash. Yellow embroidered text at center. Two metal safety pins pinned through sash at one end.InscriptionsEmbroidered text on one side at center "WOMEN'S / OVERSEAS SERVICE / LEAGUE".Historical NotesWomen’s Overseas League sash. Received with the Pittsburgh Unit of the Women’s Overseas League papers and photographs. The League started in 1919 when Pittsburgh women who had served overseas during WWI had a luncheon at the Twentieth Century Club in Oakland and decided to form an organization dedicated to the local women who had served overseas in various capacities. The group called themselves the Association of Overseas “Y” Women and the YMCA sponsored the group. They joined with the national organization when it formed in 1921 and changed their name to conform with this group. The group continued to extend membership to woman who served in later wars. They cared for woman veterans and also performed welfare work during peacetime.
Related institution
Women's Overseas Service League
Related institution
Young Women’s Christian Association
Terms
On View
Not on view
1947
1941-1962
1861-1865
