Society for Promoting the Training of Women 1859-1991

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Society for Promoting the Training of Women 1859-1991

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb271-gcipsptw

41 boxes; paper

eng,

Girton College Library, University of Cambridge

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National Council of Women

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Society for Promoting the Training of Women

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The Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (later renamed the Society for Promoting the Training of Women) (SPEW later SPTW) was founded in 1859 by Jessie Boucherett. Its aims were to open up new areas of employment for women and to improve the very low standards of education prevailing at the time. In its early years SPEW was affiliated with the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science (NAPSS), but it was run and largely funded by women. Connections with NAPSS were severe...

Freedom of Labour Defence League

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Boucherett, Emilia J.

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