Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women

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19th-century British organization women’s rights organization

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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Label	Occurrences
Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Bessie Rayner Parkes NERFINISHED ⓘ Emily Faithfull NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessie Boucherett NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Rye NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMember	Barbara Bodichon NERFINISHED ⓘ Bessie Rayner Parkes NERFINISHED ⓘ Emily Faithfull NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessie Boucherett NERFINISHED ⓘ Maria Rye NERFINISHED ⓘ
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, England ⓘ surface form: London
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Barbara Bodichon → coFounded → Society for the Promotion of the Employment of Women ⓘ