the last civil war widow from the union died on january, 2003.
the last civil war widow from the union died on january, 2003.
when did the last civil war widow from the union die?
january, 2003
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vasey set out to obtain an increase in the war widow's pension. this had originally been introduced during the great war. a review of pensions in 1920 had set the war widow's pension at £1/2 per week at a time when the basic wage was £3/13 a week. although war widows were fortunate to avoid a pension cut during the great depression, the pension remained unchanged until 1943, when it became £2/10 a week. by this time post-war inflation had eaten away much of its value, leaving many war widows in financial hardship. vasey resolved that the war widow's pension should be raised to the basic wage, which by 1947 was £5/9 per week.
jessie vasey