SAR (American Patriotic Organization)

...Membership is available to children of families who participated in the War of Independence (served in the military or provided support). Initially, the group was mainly made up of upper-class women from prestigious families, but today it is overwhelmingly made up of middle-class women, and it does not just engage in social activities, but often engages in right-leaning missionary activities. There is a male version, the SAR (established in 1890), but it is not very active. [Izumi Shoichi]...

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…独立戦争に参加(従軍，援助)した家系の子女であることが会員資格で，当初は名門家系の上流婦人が中心であったが，今日では中間層の女性が圧倒的に多く，単に親睦的活動にとどまらず，しばしば右寄りの教宣活動を行っている。男性版としてSAR(1890設立)もあるが，これはあまり活発でない。【泉 昌一】。…

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