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Opening of the Dumfries & Maxwelltown Working Girls' Club 18 Th Sept. 1924 by Lady Jardine O.B.E.

A new Working Girls’ Club offering classes in literacy and domestic tasks to local working-class girls.

Non-Fiction 1924 2 mins Silent

Overview

The new Working Girls’ Club at Dumfries & Maxwelltown is likely to have offered classes in literacy and domestic activities such as cooking and needlework to local working-class girls.

Original title

Opening of the Dumfries & Maxwelltown Working Girls' Club 18th Sept. 1924 by Lady Jardine O.B.E.

Genres

Non-Fiction

Country

United Kingdom

Location

DumfriesMaxwelltown

Language

No Dialogue with English subtitles

Subjects

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