UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY
OBJECTIVES

• The objectives of the United Daughters of the Confederacy are historical, educational, benevolent memorial, and patriotic;

• To honor and preserve the memory of those who served and those who fell in service of the Confederate States;

• To collect and preserve the material for a truthful history of the War Between the States;

• To record the part taken by Southern women in patient endurance of hardship and patriotic devotion during the reconstruction of the South;

• To fulfill the sacred duty of benevolence towards the survivors and those dependent on them;

• To assist descendents of worthy Confederates in securing proper education and to cherish the ties of friendship among the members organization;

• To promote in the public schools of this state, the teachings of true history, without partiality or prejudice for or against any section.

Our namesake, Mattie Turkette Wilson Wright, was the daughter of 
Confederate Veteran, William A. Turkette and Lula Eleanor Priest 
of Citronelle, Florida. She was among the first to become a member 
of the General Real Daughter's Club and was one of the organizers 
of the Florida Division's Real Daughters Club, serving as its President
  for a number of years. Mattie held membership in the former 
Alexander H. Stevens Chapter 1871 from 1959 until 1992. At this 
time she became a member of the Mattie T. Wright Chapter 2533 
which had been named after her. She held many offices on both Chapter 
and Division levels as well as General. She served as Division Organizer 
of new Chapters and Division Registrar.

Mattie T. Wright 
February 14, 1898 
April 13, 1995 
Real Daughter

Brenda Collins, left and Juanita Dixon, right with Honorary President Florida Division, Penny Sewell, center.

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