Records, 1877-1955

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Records, 1877-1955

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Annual reports, minutes, financial records, etc., of Rutland Corner House (Boston, Mass.), organized in 1877 as the Home for Working Women.

10 + ½ file boxes, 8 card file boxes

Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏

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Temporary Home for Working Women (Boston, Mass.)

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Rutland Corner House (Boston, Mass.)

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Founded as the "Home for Working Women" in 1877, and incorporated in 1878 as the "Temporary Home for Working Women," Rutland Corner House provided a place where "women desirous of making an honest living, but penniless and friendless, may find shelter and employment until able to secure a permanent position." In the first year of operation, 368 women were given shelter in a house on Tremont Street, Boston. Laundry and sewing rooms were set up for the working residents, whose client...