American Female Guardian Society

[4] The aims of the Society were to rescue homeless children, and to secure for them permanent country homes in Christian families.

It sustained twelve Industrial Schools, in destitute sections of the city, in which between 5,000 and 6,000 children of the poorest class were gathered.

Besides the primary branches of an English education, the girls were taught sewing, cooking, housekeeping, and the boys carpentry.

The Society had an Employment Aid Department, where work was provided for many aged women, who were otherwise kindly cared for.

The Advocate and Family Guardian, the official organ of the Society, was a semi-monthly journal, published by the executive committee, at 29 East 29th Street.