Women made fundraising quilts to support the American Red Cross’s humanitarian relief to American and Allied forces in Europe and to European civilians.

The third grade Sunday School class of First Methodist Church, in Lincoln, Nebraska made this quilt in 1916 to raise funds for the Lincoln Chapter of the American Red Cross. Each child in the class was responsible to collect nine signatures at 10 cents each and embroider a block with those names along with his or her name. They collected two hundred forty names for a total of $24.00.