Woman's mission
Subtitle: a series of congress papers on the philanthropic work of women
By: by eminent writers ; arranged and edited with a preface and notes by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 1893
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 485
Subjects: Women in charitable work; Women; Charities; Women volunteers in social service; Social conditions
Notes: At head of title: Royal British Commission, Chicago Exhibition, 1893.

Includes index.

The appendix (p. [369]-462) lists over 250 of the principal philanthropic, social and charitable institutions of Great Britain servicing the sick, the poor, the handicapped, as well as missions, working guilds and soldier's homes.

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Table of contents: title: "The work of woman's hand," a poem by Mrs. Alexander.; title: Women's work for children, by Hesba Stretton [pseud.]; title: For the little one; title: "food, fun, and fresh air," by Mrs. Molesworth.; title: Women's work for the welfare of girls, by Miss E. Sellers.; title: Clubs for working girls, by Hon. Maude Stanley.; title: Clubs for boys and young men, by Miss V. Brooke-Hunt.; title: The responsibilities of mothers, by Mrs. Sumner.; title: Working guilds and work societies, by Mrs. G.A. Sala.; title: Woman's work in the ragged schools, by the Countess Compton.; title: Emigration, by Hon. Mrs. S. Wortley.; title: How and why the Navy mission society was formed, by Mrs. C. Garnett.