History
It was founded by Frances Martin and others in 1874 to continue the original mission of the Working Women’s College when the latter opted to become co-educational
It was renamed Frances Martin College after her death in 1922
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What was reforming about it?
It was committed to the skills training of young single women
Where in Bloomsbury
It was an offshoot of the Working Women’s College in Queen Square, though it quickly became established west of Bloomsbury in Fitzroy Street
Website of current institution
The successor institution is the Working Men’s College, (opens in new window)
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Books about it
None found, but see generally June Purvis and Margaret Hales, Achievement and Inequality in Education (1983), and Thomas Kelly and Brian Simon, A History of Adult Education in Great Britain (1992)
Archives
Its archives are held in London Metropolitan Archives, ref. A/FMC; further details are available online via the (opens in new window)
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