| Creator | Women's Education Association |
| Title | Women's Education Association records |
| Dates | 1872-1905 |
| Identification | MS 28 |
| Quantity | 0.5 linear feet (1 manuscript container) |
| Collection Abstract | Records contain minutes of the Industrial Committee, relating primarily to the opening of the Boston Cooking School and the work of Maria Parloa (1843-1901) and Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (1844-1921). In addition to a school of cooking, the Committee concerned itself with education for women in dressmaking, nursing, and phonography. The collection also includes account books and statement of receipt and expenditure of the Household Aid Company (The Domestic Economy Committee) August 1903- May, 1905. |
| Historical Abstract | The Women's Education Association worked to advance the education of women in fields including cooking, nursing, and phonography. |
| Language | Material in English. |
| Location | Collection may be stored offsite. Please contact Archives staff for more information. |
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[Identification of item: description and date], Women's Education Association records, MS 28, Simmons College Archives, Boston, MA, USA.
Acquired by the Simmons College Archives around the end of the 1970s and early 1980s.
Accession number: 79.046, 79.085, 81.001
Processed by Simmons College Archives staff
This collection guide was encoded as part of the LEADS project by Jenne Greaves, October 2013
The Women's Education Association worked to advance the education of women in fields including cooking, nursing, and phonography.
Records contain minutes of the Industrial Committee, relating primarily to the opening of the Boston Cooking School and the work of Maria Parloa (1843-1901) and Mary Johnson Bailey Lincoln (1844-1921). In addition to a school of cooking, the Committee concerned itself with education for women in dressmaking, nursing, and phonography. The collection also includes account books and statement of receipt and expenditure of the Household Aid Company (The Domestic Economy Committee) August 1903- May, 1905.
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