Quaker women -- Charities
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Central Employment Association (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-015
Overview
The Central Employment Association, a women's charity, was established circa 1840 in Philadelphia by Hicksite Quakers as the Northern Female Association for the Relief of the Sick and Infirm Poor. The collection contains the charter and by-laws, work and financial records, and correspondence, 1840-1942.
Dates:
1840-1942
Rebecca Singer Collins papers
Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-1196
Overview
Letters and diaries of Rebecca Singer Collins (1804-1892), a nineteenth-century Quaker well known for her religious philanthropic work.
Dates:
1824-1886
Friends Instruction Association records
Collection — Othertype RG4-028
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-028
Overview
Contains the records of the Friends Instruction Association including minutes and financial records, receipts from stores, and published bylaws. Friends Instruction Association was organized in 1873 by Philadelphia Quaker women as A Mothers Meeting. Originally part of the Penn Sewing School, the group incorporated in 1876 as Friends Instruction Association. Philadelphia Monthly Meeting provided a meeting space in the Race Street meeting house. Its purpose was...
Dates:
1843-1894
Penn Sewing School records
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-056
Overview
Penn Sewing School was founded in 1868 as the Friends Sewing School. The name was changed in 1871 and classes suspended in 1899. The collection contains minute books (1876-1906), charter, history, printed report, and other papers.
Dates:
1868 - 1906
