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Society for Promoting the Training of Women

 Organization

Dates and places

Founded as the Socirty for Promoting the Employment of Women in 1859 in London. Became a limited liability company in 1879. In 1926, changed its name to the Society for Promoting the Training of Women.

Legal status / Nationality

Charitable status

Sphere of activity

Founded to pioneer new types of employment for women and to improve their standard of education. By the early twentieth century the focus of the societies work changed to providing loans for career training and education.

Relationships

The Society has had affiliation with the National Association for the Promotion of Social Science and the Central Bureau for the Employment of Women

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

 Fonds

Society for Promoting the Training of Women, 1859 - 2012

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCIP SPTW
Scope and Contents The archives listed here include the following: corporate records; minutes; financial papers; legal papers; administrative records relating to subscriptions, donations, bequests, individual loan funds and individual applicants for loans; records of marketing and advertising; records of staff and members; and records relating to the history of the Society.There are also separate records of organisations which amalgamated with the Society, namely the Pioneer Loan Training Fund and the...
Dates: 1859 - 2012
Conditions Governing Access: Priority access to designated officers of Futures for Women (in line with the Archive's procedures). A number of files in this collection have been closed in accordance with Data Protection regulations, although the relevant catalogue entries are available online.