Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women

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The Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women was a pioneering 19th-century British organization that campaigned to open up paid occupations and vocational training to women, helping to advance early feminist and labor reforms.

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instanceOf 19th-century British organization ⓘ
women’s rights organization ⓘ
activity campaigning for legal and social reforms affecting women’s work ⓘ
establishing training schemes for women ⓘ
lobbying for women’s access to clerical work ⓘ
publishing information on women’s employment opportunities ⓘ
aimedAt middle-class women seeking paid work ⓘ
unmarried women needing independent income ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
describedAs early feminist labor reform group ⓘ
pioneering organization for women’s paid employment ⓘ
field labor reform ⓘ
vocational education ⓘ
women’s employment ⓘ
women’s rights ⓘ
foundedBy Barbara Bodichon ⓘ
Bessie Rayner Parkes ⓘ
Emily Faithfull ⓘ
Jessie Boucherett ⓘ
Maria Rye ⓘ
hasMember Barbara Bodichon ⓘ
Bessie Rayner Parkes ⓘ
Emily Faithfull ⓘ
Jessie Boucherett ⓘ
Maria Rye ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to broadening the range of socially acceptable occupations for women ⓘ
one of the earliest British societies devoted to women’s employment ⓘ
inception 1859 ⓘ
influenced development of vocational training for women in the UK ⓘ
later women’s employment organizations in Britain ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
movement early feminist movement ⓘ
first-wave feminism ⓘ
notableWork promotion of women’s entry into office and commercial occupations ⓘ
support for women’s training as telegraph clerks ⓘ
support for women’s training in printing and publishing ⓘ
opposedBy conservative social opinion on women’s work ⓘ
purpose campaigning for women’s access to new occupations ⓘ
improvement of women’s economic independence ⓘ
promotion of paid employment for women ⓘ
provision of vocational training for women ⓘ
timePeriod Victorian era ⓘ

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Barbara Bodichon → coFounded → Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women ⓘ
Langham Place Group → associatedWith → Society for Promoting the Employment of Women ⓘ
linked to: Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women