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The Manhattan Trade School for Girls was a New York City public high school founded in 1902 by Mary Schenck Woolman, [1] and was the first vocational school for female students established in the United States. [2] It was established by philanthropic reformers to provide training for young women to work in trades such as garment factory work.
The school was founded in 1909 by Nannie Helen Burroughs as The National Trade and Professional School for Women and Girls, Inc. and was the first school in the nation to provide vocational training for African-American females, who did not otherwise have many educational opportunities available to them.
The Milwaukee Public Schools bought the old normal school building and converted it to the Girls' Trade and Technical High School. This progressive school was an achievement of Lizzie Black Kander and Milwaukee's Social Democrats. Kander wanted young women to be equipped with skills which would get them gainful employment instead of menial jobs.
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The almost exclusive use of pink for girls' toys has raised concern that it is polarizing gender identity from an early age, to the detriment of girls, by over-emphasizing beauty and passivity over fun and creativity. [4] The reasons why girls may as a group prefer pink are not clear. Theories are divided between the nature versus nurture question.
Best Practices Policy Project United States: Supports sex workers and organizations, and advocates working with sex workers. [425] [426] BSWC (The Black Sex Worker Collective) New York City: Black sex worker collective. [427] [428] COYOTE: 1973 United States: Founded in 1973 in San Francisco, advocacy group for sex workers. [429] Cupcake Girls 2010