Employment Committee – Employment Office and Migration Minute Book

The collection description reads: The Girls’ Friendly Society (GFS) (1875-) was founded in 1875 by Mrs Mary Townsend (1841-1918). Townsend was concerned about unmarried girls who went from the countryside to work in large towns, often as servants or as factory workers. An associate members was to become very important to the GFS: Mrs Joyce, who became a pioneer of protected Emigration for girls and women. As an international organisation there were branches of GFS across the world. Researchers should consider material that may be held in local record offices in regions of particular interest. The Women’s Library holds the related papers of Dollie Morris (see 7DOM ) and the Records of the Traveller’s Aid Society (4TAS). The Women’s Library Printed Collections also holds a number of publications by the Girls’ Friendly Society, including their annual reports and newsletters.