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Title
Rebecca
Cromwell
Rouse
Painting
Subject
Ohio Women
Arts and Entertainment
Religion in Ohio
Temperance
Military Ohio
Portraits
Charitable organizations
Community service
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
37.5
"
x
28.5
"
(95.25
x
72.39
cm)
portrait
depicts
Rebecca
Cromwell
Rouse
(1799-1887)
, a
Cleveland
woman
notable
for her
tireless
advancement
of the
work
of
Christian
benevolent
organizations
in the
19th
century
. Her
most
enduring
legacy
was the
formation
of the
Protestant
Orphan
Asylum
,
known
today
as
Beech
Brook
,
Inc.
, but her
most
famous
accomplishment
was the
establishment
of the
Ladies
'
Aid
Society
during
the
Civil
War
. A
branch
of the
U.S
.
Sanitary
Commission
and a
forerunner
of the
American
Red
Cross
, the
society
aided
soldiers
and their
families
in a
number
of
ways
, from
nursing
the
sick
and
wounded
to
supplying
food
and
clothing
to the
widows
and
orphans
of
soldiers
.
Fundraising
was
done
primarily
through
soliciting
monetary
donations
and
direct
donations
of
food
and
materials
for
distribution
to their
constituency
. In
1864
,
Rouse
and the
society
organized
a
very
successful
Sanitary
Fair
,
which
operated
much
like
today's
craft
fairs
or
expositions
, and
raised
more
than
$100,000
. The
society
continued
its
services
to
Civil
War
veterans
for a
few
years
and
disbanded
in
1868
.
Rebecca
Cromwell
Rouse
was
born
in
Salem
,
Massachusetts
and
married
Benjamin
Franklin
Rouse
in
1821
. They
moved
in
1830
to
Cleveland
,
where
they
worked
to
establish
the
First
Baptist
Church
. She
involved
in
several
benevolent
societies
,
including
the
Martha
Washington
and
Dorcas
Society
,
which
she
founded
in
1842
to
provide
relief
for the
city's
poor
.
Although
the
Martha
Washington
and
Dorcas
Society
did
not
focus
specifically
on
temperance
like
the
eastern
Martha
Washington
societies
tended
to,
Rouse
was
involved
in the
founding
of the
Cleveland
Ladies
Temperance
Union
in
1850
.
Joseph
Gregory
, a
Cleveland
area
artist
who
worked
from
about
1845
to
1885
,
painted
this
portrait
.
Born
in
England
around
1820
,
Gregory
lived
in
Cleveland
until
his
death
in
1895
. He was also an
artists
'
model
for
Archibald
Willard's
Art
Club
,
which
met
to
discuss
art
and
sketch
from
live
models
.
Creator
Gregory, Joseph
Date of Original
1846
Source
Audiovisual material
Museum # 1206
Submitting Institution
Western Reserve Historical Society
Rights
For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at
http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om491_945812_001.tif
Image Height
1967
Image Width
1592
File Size
265.802 KB
Format
picture
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