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Friends' Employment Society Record
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-098
Overview
The Friends Employment Society was founded in 1862 in New York City by Hicksite women as the Women's Association of Friends for the Employment and Relief by Clothing of the Suffering Poor. Incorporated in 1902, it provided employment for the working poor by providing sewing projects. In 1948 it revised its charter to state its purpose of giving help to needy people, through contributions to other charitable organizations. This collection contains minutes and...
Dates:
1862-1948
New York Female Association records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-095
Overview
Formed in 1798 to give aid to the sick poor, the New York Female Association created the first public female school in New York in 1800. Until 1845, it worked with the Free School Society to establish and maintain public schools in New York while also continuing its efforts to help the indigent. Since 1845, the association has been a small gift-giving committee. The collection includes minutes and financial records.
Dates:
1798-1988
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- Quakers -- Education 1
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- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Records and correspondence 1
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- Association of Friends for the Relief of Freedmen (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Bowne, Amy, 1795- 1
- Collins, Sarah, b. 1795 1
- Cromwell, Caroline A., b. 1833 1
- Free-School Society of New-York 1
- Friends' Employment Society (New York, N.Y.) 1
- Garvan, Theresa 1
- Hoag, May 1
- Lindley Murray Fund (Organization) 1
- Ludlam, Sarah, d. 1841 1
- Minturn, Mary 1
- Murray, Catherine Bowne 1
- New York Female Association 1
- Taber, Anna F. 1
- Taber, Elizabeth W. 1
- Underhill, Hannah 1
- Underhill, Sarah F. 1
- Waring, Eileen B. 1
- Wood, M. S. (Mary Sutton), 1805-1894 1
- Young Friends Aid Association (New York, N.Y.) 1 ∧ less
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