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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.
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