Jane Currie Blaikie Hoge (July 31, 1811 – August 26, 1890) was a welfare worker,

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, and nurse during the

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. She was a founder of a

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in Chicago before the war. After the war, she raised funds, helped organize and served on the board of trustees of the Evanston College for Ladies. She served as head of the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Missions of the Northwest for thirteen years.

Early life

Hoge was born in

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on July 31, 1811, to George Dundas Blaikie and Mary Monroe. She was educated at the Young Ladies College in Philadelphia. She married Abraham Holmes Hoge on June 2, 1831.Phelps, Dorsey (2002-01-01)
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: A Biographical Encyclopedia''. They had thirteen children, eight of whom lived to maturity. She moved from Pittsburgh to Chicago in 1848.

Social work career

Hoge was a founder of the Chicago Home for the Friendless in 1858. She was active in recruiting nurses for the Union Army during the

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and recounted her experiences in her 1867 memoir ''The Boys in Blue''.Hoge, Mrs. A.H.

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''The Boys in Blue''. New York: E.B. Treat & Co.; Chicago: C.W. Lilley, 1867. . Hoge co-administered the Chicago Sanitary Commission (1862–1865) with

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. The volunteer organization raised funds and collected and distributed medical supplies and food to soldiers of the Union Army. In 1871, she organized the fund raising for the Evanston Illinois College for Ladies, which opened in that year. She served on the college's board until it merged with

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in 1874. She was head of the Woman's Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in the Northwest from 1872 to 1885.

Death and legacy

Jane Currie Blaikie Hoge died in Chicago, Illinois, on August 26, 1890, aged 79.

Notes

References

*Engle, Nancy Driscol. (Bernard A.Cook, Ed.) "Jane Currie Blaiklie. ''Women and War: A Historical Encyclopedia from Antiquity to the Present.'' (p. 289) Santa Barbara, Calif: ABC-CLIO, 200
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Retrieved February 19, 2009. *Phelps, Dorsey (2002-01-01)

'' Women in World History: A biographical encyclopedia''.

External links

Women in American History - Jane Currie Blaikie HogeThe Boys in Blue text from googlebooks
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