Project Gutenberg 2008-02-26 Public domain in the USA. 101 Woolman, Mary Schenck 1860 e10002209 The Making of a Trade School Produced by Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Making of a Trade School" by Mary Schenck Woolman is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work chronicles the establishment and development of the Manhattan Trade School for Girls, the first of its kind in America, which was initiated to provide vocational training to young women in the workforce. The book addresses the school's founding principles, objectives, and the socio-economic conditions faced by its students, aiming to empower them with the skills necessary for stable employment and improved living conditions. The opening of the book provides an overview of the early days of the Manhattan Trade School, beginning with its inception in 1902. It describes the urgent need for such an institution, driven by the struggles of young working women in New York City, who often entered the labor force unprepared and underpaid. Woolman outlines the original mission of the school to equip these girls with practical skills in various trades, including dressmaking and machine operation, while emphasizing the importance of a supportive educational environment. The narrative captures the school’s growth from accommodating 20 pupils to eventually training hundreds, illustrating the challenges and successes faced in providing vocational education to a demographic striving for economic independence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en New York (N.Y.) School management and organization Manhattan Trade School for Girls, New York LC Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: Teaching & Education 208942 208951 2024-09-10T12:43:56.522896 2023-09-11T05:58:16.196192 text/html text/html 206918 2008-02-25T18:24:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 70152 2008-02-25T18:24:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 137299 2024-09-10T12:44:02.596863 application/epub+zip 137303 2024-09-10T12:43:58.301904 application/epub+zip 135879 2024-09-10T12:43:57.290877 application/epub+zip 270262 2024-09-10T12:44:05.988857 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 259889 2024-09-10T12:44:01.820851 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257456 2022-09-11T11:26:31.507793 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 184260 184047 2024-09-10T12:43:55.898892 2023-09-11T05:58:15.484182 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 184167 2008-02-25T18:24:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 64522 2008-02-25T18:24:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 184167 2008-02-25T18:24:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 64497 2008-02-25T18:24:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20204 2024-09-10T12:44:06.141835 application/rdf+xml 13662 2024-09-10T12:43:57.646875 image/jpeg 3243 2024-09-10T12:43:57.467880 image/jpeg 129749 2024-09-10T12:43:56.542894 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog