George-M.-Dawson-chapter,-named after the eminent geologist. About 30 Dawson women joined. Mrs. J.D. Moodie was vice-regent, Laura Berton was standard bearer, and Sadie Stringer was secretary. "It is interesting to note that the majority of the members are oldtimers in the Yukon, several having come in the pioneer days of '98, others following with their families in the first years of the century," Berton wrote.
The Inspector F.J. Fitzgerald chapter was formed in 1914 for the younger women of Dawson, with Miss Mabel McIlwain as regent. Both chapters made substantial donations to charitable and patriotic causes. The older chapter maintained a cot in the preventorium. The Fitzgerald chapter planned to erect a