United Daughters of the Confederacy

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Lost Cause organization heritage organization lineage society nonprofit organization women's organization

The United Daughters of the Confederacy is a hereditary Southern women’s organization founded in the late 19th century that has been influential in shaping public memory of the American Civil War, including through monuments, textbooks, and advocacy that romanticized the Confederacy.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Children of the Confederacy	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Lost Cause organization ⓘ heritage organization ⓘ lineage society ⓘ nonprofit organization ⓘ women's organization ⓘ
affiliation	Children of the Confederacy ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
fieldOfWork	Civil War commemoration ⓘ education advocacy ⓘ historical memory ⓘ monument building ⓘ
foundedBy	Anna Davenport Raines ⓘ Caroline Meriwether Goodlett ⓘ
hasMotto	Dare ⓘ Live ⓘ Love ⓘ Pray ⓘ The Future is Yours ⓘ The Past is Ours ⓘ Think ⓘ
hasPart	United Daughters of the Confederacy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Children of the Confederacy local chapters ⓘ state divisions ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Richmond, Virginia ⓘ
inception	1894 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
membershipCriteria	female descendants of Confederate veterans ⓘ
notableFor	involvement in Confederate monument controversies ⓘ promoting the Lost Cause narrative ⓘ romanticizing the Confederacy ⓘ shaping public memory of the American Civil War ⓘ
notableIdeology	Confederate nationalism ⓘ Lost Cause of the Confederacy ⓘ white supremacy ⓘ
notableWork	awarding Crosses of Honor to Confederate veterans ⓘ erection of Confederate memorials in public spaces ⓘ establishing Confederate museums and rooms ⓘ funding Confederate monuments across the American South ⓘ influencing school textbooks about the American Civil War ⓘ lobbying for segregationist and Jim Crow narratives in curricula ⓘ publishing pro-Confederate histories and pamphlets ⓘ sponsoring Confederate memorial days and ceremonies ⓘ
politicalPosition	opposition to civil rights reforms in the 20th century ⓘ support for segregation ⓘ
purpose	commemoration of Confederate soldiers ⓘ promotion of Confederate memory ⓘ promotion of Southern heritage ⓘ support for descendants of Confederate veterans ⓘ
religiousOrientation	predominantly Protestant ⓘ
website	https://hqudc.org/ ⓘ

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Confederate monuments → associatedWithOrganization → United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ

United Daughters of the Confederacy → hasPart → United Daughters of the Confederacy self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Children of the Confederacy

Confederate heritage organizations → includesExample → United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ

Lost Cause of the Confederacy → influencedBy → United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ

Warren Rifles Confederate Museum → operatedBy → United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ

Lost Cause ideology → promotedBy → United Daughters of the Confederacy ⓘ