Headquarters of the Daughters of the American Colonists

The National Society Daughters of the American Colonists (NSDAC) is an organization of female descendants of American colonials. Its mission is education on the

Colonial history of the United States The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European colonization of North America from the early 17th century until the incorporation of the Thirteen Colonies into the United States after the Revolutionary War. In the ...

Membership

Membership in NSDAC is open to female citizens of the United States who are at least 18 years old and are

lineal descendants A lineal descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. of a person. In a legal procedure sense, lineal descent refers to the acquisition of estate by inhe ...

of anyone, male or female, who served in a militia or in civil service in any of the

Thirteen Colonies The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of Kingdom of Great Britain, British Colony, colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Fo ...

prior to July 4, 1776. Applicants must also meet unspecified moral criteria. NSDAC was founded on December 9, 1920, incorporated on April 25, 1921, organized in St. Louis on May 26, 1921 and the federal charter was granted on October 30, 1984.

Notable members

Margaret Wootten Collier Margaret Wootten Collier (, Wootten; pen name, Mrs. Bryan Wells Collier; December 9, 1869 – January 6, 1947) was an American writer of the Southern Renaissance era. She was the author of the seven volume ''Representative Women of the South, 186 ...

Lynn Forney Young Lynn Forney Young is an American civil leader and clubwoman. She was the 43rd President General of the Daughters of the American Revolution and a member of the U.S. Semiquincentennial Commission. Personal life A native of Texas, Young lives ...

External links

*http://www.nsdac.org

References

Lineage societies Clubs and societies in the United States Patriotic and national organizations chartered by the United States Congress Embassy Row Women's organizations based in the United States Organizations based in Washington, D.C. {{US-org-stub