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“In our home we shared the experiences of all American families during the war period,” wrote Adelaide “Addie” Daniels just after the war.

Born to Jewish German immigrants in Goldsboro in 1879, Gertrude Weil was reared in a socially progressive household that stressed the importance of charity, equality, and civil rights.

Clubwomen played an important role in shaping North Carolina life during the 20th century. Their influence extended to the ballot box, the workplace, public health, library development, the arts, conservation and literacy. The North Carolina Federation of Women’s Clubs, as the “oldest, largest, charitable, non-denominational, nonpartisan service organization of volunteer women in North Carolina” was organized on May 26, 1902, on the campus of Salem Academy.

Perhaps North Carolina’s best known woman suffrage leader, Gertrude Weil came from a long line of social, religious and political activists. Educated at Smith College, she returned to her native Goldsboro and involved herself in several associations, becoming a protégé of women’s rights advocate