“S” is for Snowden, Mary Amarinthia (1819-1898). Philanthropist. Born in Charleston, Snowden worked with her brother on the first of her many philanthropic ventures, a home where the poor could receive an education and also be trained for work as sailors. In 1854 she organized the Ladies’ Calhoun Monument Association to raise funds to erect a statue in Charleston (eventually completed in 1887). During the Civil War Snowden was involved in many charities to help Confederate soldiers. She founded the Soldiers Relief Association of Charleston to provide clothing and hospital stores to the men at the front. In 1867, with her sister, Mary Amarinthia Snowden founded the Home for the Mothers, Widows, and Daughters of Confederate Soldiers (usually called simply the Confederate Home) in Charleston, the first of its kind in the southern states.
“S” is for Snowden, Mary Amarinthia (1819-1898)
