Society for Promoting the Employment of Women

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Family and Intimate relationships Henrietta Müller
Henrietta's mother, Maria Henrietta Müller , was of English descent, though she appears to have been born, like her children, in Valparaiso.
“FamilySearch Internet Genealogy Service”. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
under Maria Miller (sic)
Mrs. Müller was committed, along with both her daughters...
Friends, Associates Jessie Boucherett
Partly through her membership of the Kensington Society (a social and political discussion group of about fifty women inaugurated in 1865), JB broadened her acquaintance with significant members of the feminist movement, including Frances Power Cobbe
Friends, Associates Emily Davies
At Gateshead, ED began life-long friendships with Annie Crow (later Austin) and Jane Crow (from 1848), and Elizabeth Garrett (later Anderson), from 1854. No letters from her to Anderson survive, although a number from Anderson...
Occupation Matilda Hays
As well as co-founding and co-editing the English Woman's Journal with Bessie Rayner Parkes (between 1857 and 1862),
Rendall, Jane. “’A Moral Engine’? Feminism, Liberalism and the <span data-tei-ns-tag="tei_title" data-tei-title-lvl=‘j’>English Woman’s Journal</span&gt”;. Equal or Different: Women’s Politics 1800-1914, edited by Jane Rendall, Basil Blackwell, pp. 112-38.
116, 119-20
MH also worked devotedly for the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women .
Merrill, Lisa. When Romeo Was a Woman. University of Michigan Press.
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Occupation Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
BLSB helped to found the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women .
Herstein, Sheila R. A Mid-Victorian Feminist: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon. Yale University Press.
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Occupation Jane Hume Clapperton
Her philanthropy included teaching sabbath school, superintending the female branch of a ragged school, volunteering at a sick children's hospital, and working for the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW). She later reflected...
Other Life Event Helen Blackburn
In 1905 the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women established a scholarship in HB 's memory.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder.
politics Adelaide Procter
Earlier in the year, the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science had appointed AP as member of a committee to consider ways of providing employment opportunities for women. It was an appointment that...
politics Emily Davies
ED established a Northumberland and Durham Branch of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women after her London visit.
Stephen, Barbara. Emily Davies and Girton College. Constable.
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Forster, Margaret. Significant Sisters. Secker and Warburg.
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politics Anna Swanwick
The husband drew up his will in 1884, leaving the bulk of his fortune for women's education and clearly explaining why. It is women who have hitherto had the worst of life, and I therefore...
politics Emily Faithfull
EF served as secretary of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW).
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany.
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politics Emily Faithfull
EF and Bessie Parkes founded the Edinburgh branch of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW).
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany.
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politics Emily Faithfull
EF acted as director of an employment register for the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW).
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany.
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politics Emily Faithfull
EF helped found the Dublin branch of the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women (SPEW).
Stone, James S. Emily Faithfull: Victorian Champion of Women’s Rights. P. D. Meany.
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politics Emily Faithfull
By 1859 The English Woman's Journal was felt to be no longer adequate on its own for promoting women's work, and Jessie Boucherett suggested the creation of a society which would deal specifically with this...

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7 July 1859: The first meeting of the Society for Promoting...

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7 July 1859

October 1859: The Society for Promoting the Employment...

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October 1859

Late 1859: The offices of The English Woman's Journal...

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Late 1859

The offices of The English Woman's Journal moved from Cavendish Square to 19 Langham Place, where a ladies' club was also planned.

25 March 1860: Emily Faithfull established the Victoria...

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25 March 1860

Emily Faithfull established the Victoria Press at 9 Great Coram Street, near Russell Square, London.

1861: Maria Rye established the Female Middle Class...

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1861

Maria Rye established the Female Middle Class Emigration Society in response to the scarcity of jobs in England for girls and women.

1892: May Abraham, Clara Collet, Eliza Orme, and...

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1892

May Abraham , Clara Collet , Eliza Orme , and Margaret Irwin were appointed as Assistant Commissioners to the Royal Commission on Labour.

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