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Practical Courses Offered by the Vocational Schools of the Lette Association (1871-1872; 1879)

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III. State of the schools in 1879

Business school
83
female students
Drafting school
55
Sculpting course
8
Course for needlework teachers
43
Needlework
193
Craft work school
36
Tailoring class
354
Cleaning class
134
Machine sewing
133
Linen tailoring
104
Wreath and bouquet making
9
Hairdressing
22
Cooking school
65
Laundry and ironing institute
140
Typesetter school
c. 30
1,409
female students


IV. Additional facilities of the Lette Association (as of 1879)

Viktoria Foundation (boarding)
Viktoria Bazaar
Ladies’ restaurant
Loan society
Sewing machine fund
Further education school

Assets in 1879 6,577.34 marks
Revenue 41,406.99 marks
47,984.33 marks
Expenditures 41,824.26 marks
Balance 6,160.07 marks



Source: (for I and II) Frauen-Anwalt [Women's Advocate] 3, no. 2 (1872-1873): pp. 90-91; Frauen-Anwalt [Women's Advocate] no. 4 (1880): pp. 121ff.

Original German texts reprinted in Margrit Twellmann, Die Deutsche Frauenbewegung im Spiegel repräsentativer Frauenzeitschriften. Ihre Anfänge und erste Entwicklung [The German Women’s Movement as Reflected in Representative Women's Journals: Its Beginnings and Initial Development], 2 vols., vol. 2, Quellen 1843-1889 [Sources 1843-1889]. Meisenheim am Glan: A. Hain, 1972, pp. 453-55.

Translation: Erwin Fink

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