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Germantown Employment Society for Women

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Call Number:
MC.1023
Repository:
Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Extent:
.5 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Germantown Employment Society for Women (HC.MC.1023), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.
Date:
1871-1957 (inclusive)
Creator:
Germantown Employment Society for Women
Abstract:
The Germantown Employment Society for Women originated out of a concern felt by a group of Quaker women associated with Germantown Monthly Meeting to aid women with little or no income and no way of earning money outside the home. The Germantown Employment Society for Women records include by­laws for 1953; correspondence (1934­-1941); treasurer's accounts (1871­-1957); annual reports (1900­-1956); minutes (1872-­1897).

The Germantown Employment Society for Women originated out of a concern felt by a group of Quaker women associated with Germantown Monthly Meeting to aid women with little or no income and no way of earning money outside the home. In 1957, the Society was absorbed into the Female Society of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of the Poor.

The 1953 by­laws of the Germantown Employment Society for Women state that the society had been in existence uninterruptedly since 1863, with the purpose of "furnish[ing] needy women with sewing for hospitals or other institutions, their wages for such work to be paid by the Germantown Employment Society for Women with money obtained by contributions and from interest on securities which the said society has obtained by gifts and legacies."

Hetty B. Garrett was treasurer of the society from 1874­ to 1925.

The Germantown Employment Society for Women records include by­laws for 1953; correspondence (1934­-1941); treasurer's accounts (1871­-1957); annual reports (1900­-1956); minutes (1872-­1897).

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Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections
Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Laws Apply (U.S. Title 17).

Collection Inventory

Papers re Estate of Elizabeth W. Bacon.
Box 1
Treasurer's Papers + Accounts.
Box 1
Correspondence.
Box 1
By-Laws, 1953.
Box 1
Misc.
Box 1
Misc.
Box 1
Treasurer's Account, 1921-1939.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(1 volume, accounts are for 1921-­1939: treasurers are Hetty B. Garrett 1921-­1925, Sara C. Ridley 1925-­1928, Sara W.C. Heston 1928­-1933 [same hand as Sara C. Ridley -­ married name?], Lydia W. Rhoads 1933­-1939)

Treasurer's Account, 1871-1879.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(1 vol., treasurers are Jane S. Comfort 1871­-1874, Hetty B. Garrett 1874-1879)

Treasurer's Account, 1904-1924.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(1 volume, treasurer is Hetty B. Garrett)

Treasurer's Report, 1894-1904.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(1 vol., treasurer is Hetty B. Garrett)

Members Commitee+ Minutes, 1872-1878.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(1 vol., includes names of members, committees, treasurer's reports)

Minutes, Members, Committes, 1886-1899.
Box 1
Scope and Contents

(1 vol., includes names of members, committees, treasurer's reports)

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