Boston Society for the Care of Girls records [electronic resource]. 1801

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Boston Society for the Care of Girls records [electronic resource]. 1801

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The records of the Boston Society for the Care of Girls, known as the Boston Female Asylum until 1910, constitute 5 linear inches. The collection includes annual reports, publications, and sermons which demonstrate the organizational and institutional history of the Society.

1 boxes (5 linear in.)

Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Simmons College, Beatley Library

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Boston Society for the Care of Girls

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The Boston Female Asylum (BFA) was established in 1800, incorporated in 1803, and changed its name in 1910 to The Boston Society for the Care of Girls. The Boston Female Asylum, organized by Mrs. Hannah Stillman, was the "first public charity projected and established by women in the town of Boston."The objective of the Society was to "raise funds for the benefit of female orphan children from three to ten years of age." During the Society's first two years, the girls were boarded out to good ho...