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Stage Women's War Relief. An organization founded during World War I by Rachel Crothers, Jane Cowl, and others, it allowed actresses and other women of the theatre to assist in the war effort. It provided free tickets for soldiers and made similar charitable contributions. The group disbanded at the end of the war.

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