Employee assistance in the activities of women’s organizations of the late 19th and early 20th c.

The article is devoted to the analysis of one of the areas of activity of women’sorganizations in the Russian Empire of the late 19th and early 20th c., which was called “employee assistance”. In terms of the forms and content of social support for women, it went beyond the scope of generally accepted charity. This was not financial assistance. To implement their charitable projects, activists of women’sorganizations used the involvement of women in entrepreneurial activities, involving thousands of low-income women. Thanks to employee assistance, activists of the women’smovement helped women become economically independent and acquire a profession. Self-reliance and mutual support in the activities of women’sorganizations donot lose their relevance in the modern women’smovement.

early 20th c., Russian women’s movement, employee assistance and its role in social support for women, houses of diligence, women’s workshops, professional women’s courses, self-help