Howard Association,
A voluntary organization which distinguished itself for courage in caring for the sick of Southern cities during yellow-fever epidemics, 1878— 79. The members nursed 24,000 patients in New Orleans alone between Aug. 17 and Oct. 26, 1868, and expended in relief $380,185.83. The association made no distinction among sufferers of race or religion, and judiciously dispensed funds contributed by the charitable throughout the country.
