[Care of Girls. : Pamphlet box.]. [1898-1917]

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[Care of Girls. : Pamphlet box.]. [1898-1917]

2 pieces in envelope ; 16-20 cm.

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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...

Boston Female Asylum

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Boston Female Asylum incorporated 1803; ca. 1910 name changed to Boston Society for the Care of Girls. From the description of Anniversary program, 1818. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70926700 The Boston Female Asylum was founded as an orphanage in 1800 to care for orphaned and destitute girls in Boston. By the end of the century it had become a counseling and placement agency, evident in the change of its name to the Boston Society for the Care of Girls. The Society merged...