[PAR] [TLE] Freedmen's Bureau [SEP] The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, usually referred to as simply the Freedmen's Bureau, was an agency of the United States Department of War to "direct such issues of provisions, clothing, and fuel, as he may deem needful for the immediate and temporary shelter and supply of destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children." [PAR] [TLE] Josephine Sophia White Griffing [SEP] Josephine Sophia White Griffing (December 18, 1814February 18, 1872) was an American reformer who campaigned against slavery and for women's rights.  She was born in Hebron, Connecticut on December 18, 1814 but later settled in Litchfield, Ohio.  There she worked as a lecturer for the Western Anti-Slavery Society and Ohio Women's Rights Association.  At the end of the American Civil War she moved to Washington, D.C., to help work with the unemployed freedmen.  Much of her work was done through the Freedmen's Bureau, where she worked as an assistant to the assistant commissioner and as an agent.  Griffing was also active in several women's rights organizations.  She died in Washington, D.C. on February 18, 1872.
[PAR] [TLE] Freedmen 's Bureau [ SEP ] The Bureau of Refugees , Freedmen , and Abandoned Lands , usually referred to as simply the Freedmen 's Bureau , was an agency of the United States Department of War to " direct such issues of provisions , clothing , and fuel , as he may deem needful for the immediate and temporary shelter and supply of destitute and suffering refugees and freedmen and their wives and children . " [PAR] [TLE] Josephine Sophia White Griffing [ SEP ] Josephine Sophia White Griffing ( December 18 , 1814February 18 , 1872 ) was an American reformer who campaigned against slavery and for women 's rights . She was born in Hebron , Connecticut on December 18 , 1814 but later settled in Litchfield , Ohio . There she worked as a lecturer for the Western Anti - Slavery Society and Ohio Women 's Rights Association . At the end of the American Civil War she moved to Washington , D.C. , to help work with the unemployed freedmen . Much of her work was done through the Freedmen 's Bureau , where she worked as an assistant to the assistant commissioner and as an agent . Griffing was also active in several women 's rights organizations . She died in Washington , D.C. on February 18 , 1872 .
What agency of the United States was the Bureau that Josephine Sophia White Griffing did much of her work through?
What agency of the United States was the Bureau that Josephine Sophia White Griffing did much of her work through ?
Department of War
Department of War