Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent Number One was chartered as a Detached Tent in Washington, DC on October 8, 1902.  Twenty-five woment signed the original charter.  Emma Hayward was the first president of the Tent.

The tent was named for Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey, the wife of Civil War Brigadier General Reuben Delavan Mussey, and the first woman to be admitted to the Bar in Washington, DC.

The Tent engaged in numerous community, patriotic, educationa, historical, genealogical and civic projects.

The National Organization granted Department status to Ellen Spencer Mussey Tent in 1970 and in 1978 permitted it to become an indeptndent Department, the Department of the District of Columbia.  The group operates under Department rules, and has complete representation in the National body.
CHARTER MEMBERS


Angelina E. Beckman
Paulina A. Beckman
Cornelia Clay
Elmira Foley
Fanny Gusechewsky
Hennie Hamilton
Katie H. Hancock
Emma F. Hayward
Alice Henkel
Honora Jane Hoffleger
Lilly Kemi
Hattie Kemi
Alice Kimball
Ella S. Knight
Pearl G. Little
Mary M. North
Lillian A. Norton
Myrtle H. Palmer
Anna M. Roberts
Alice Oulahan Sanderson
Martha Spencer
Gertrude M. Stevens
Jennie Marvin Taylor
Laura Thompson
Mary L. Tryon
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