ARCHIVE: Material issued by Buffalo, N.Y. branch of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union
Three ephemeral pieces issued by the Buffalo branch of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union, a women's group founded in Boston in 1877 by Dr. Harriett Clisby, one of the earliest American woman physicians, for the advancement of (often immigrant) women in industrial cities. Louisa May Alcott and Julia Ward Howe were involved with the Union's early history, and for most of the early history men were excluded from membership. By 1894 chapters of the WEIU were established in Buffalo and Rochester. As follows:
1. Cooking Classes. Women's Educational and Industrial Union. Teachers: Mrs. Wadsworth. Miss Caldwell. Pamphlet. One leaf folded to make four pages. Fine. Undated but 1888.
2. Buffalo Sanatory Gymnasium. Women's Educational and Industrial Union. opens for the Season Monday, October 15th ... Miss Alice Bertha Foster, Teacher. Pink cardstock. 5" x 3". Fine. Undated either 1883 or 1894. Dr. Foster went on to teach physical education at the University of Chicago (under department head Amos Alonzo Stagg), where she was one of the first woman faculty members, and later became Director of Physical Training at Bryn Mawr.
3. Mending Bureau. Family & Gentlemen's Mending will be done at the Rooms of the Women's Educational and Industrial Union ... at Reasonable Prices. Leaflet. Approximately 4.5" x 6". Cheap paper toned, otherwise fine.
Interesting ephemera from an influential and under recognized women's group.
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