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Clara de Hirsch Home for Working Girls was a non-sectarian teenage girls' home in New York City, New York, US, located at 225 East 63rd Street. Incorporated in 1897, it was supported by endowment. Clara de Hirsch donated $200,000. Participating girls were between the ages of fourteen and eighteen years. They paid $3.00 to $6.00 a week for board and lodging. The Hirsch Home's mission was improve the girls' mental, moral, and physical condition; and to train them for self-support. It maintained trade classes in hand sewing, machine operating, dressmaking, and millinery.[1] Mrs. Oscar S. Strauss served as president, Carrie Wise was secretary, and Rose Sommerfield, was the resident director.[2] In 1960, the board of directors sold the building and in the following year, the organization merged with the 92nd Street YMHA.[3]

  1. ^ Directory of Social and Health Agencies of New York City (Public domain ed.). Columbia University Press. 1919. pp. 86–.
  2. ^ The New York Charities Directory (Public domain ed.). Charity Organization Society in the City of New York. 1911. pp. 300–.
  3. ^ Friedman, Reena Sigman (1 March 2009). "Clara De Hirsch Home for Working Girls". Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. Retrieved 30 March 2015.

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