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In 1891, the Relief Society became a charter member of the National Council of Women of the United States and it was called the National Women's Relief Society. [41]: 114 Early Relief Society meetings were generally held semi-monthly. One meeting per month was devoted to sewing and caring for the needs of the poor.
Woodcut-16th century: gentleman giving alms to beggar. In English and British history, poor relief refers to government and ecclesiastical action to relieve poverty.Over the centuries, various authorities have needed to decide whose poverty deserves relief and also who should bear the cost of helping the poor.
A relief army had the task of relieving or freeing a besieged city, town, fortress or castle. Often relief had to be sought by sending a messenger out through the siege lines to deliver a request for help from allies or friendly forces.
The Relief of the Poor Act 1696 (8 & 9 Will. 3. c. 30), formally titled An Act for supplying some Defects in the Laws for the Relief of the Poor of this Kingdom, was a 1697 welfare statute, operating within the framework of the Poor Relief Act 1601. This act is perhaps best remembered for its expansion of the requirement that welfare recipients ...
Debt relief or debt cancellation is the partial or total forgiveness of debt, or the slowing or stopping of debt growth, owed by individuals, corporations, or nations. From antiquity through the 19th century, it refers to domestic debts, in particular agricultural debts and freeing of debt slaves.
Outdoor relief, an obsolete term originating with the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), was a programme of social welfare and poor relief. Assistance was given in the form of money, food, clothing or goods to alleviate poverty without the requirement that the recipient enter an institution. [ 1 ]
Debt relief existed in many societies of the Ancient Near East in the form of debt remission, whereby certain debts were declared void and the foreclosed property reverted to the original owners. Debts were often cancelled by a new ruler issuing a clean slate decree after assuming the throne or following a natural or man-made calamity.
Relief (feature selection), a feature selection algorithm; Relief valve, a safety valve designed to open in overpressurized system conditions; Debt relief, the partial or total "lifting-back" or forgiveness of debt; Feudal relief, a payment to an overlord by the heir of a feudal tenant to license him to take possession of his inheritance