Metropolitan Association for Befriending Young Servants

[1] The same source says it was founded by Jane Nassau Senior, Britain's first female civil servant,[2] and social reformer Henrietta Barnett in 1875.

[7] MABYS aimed to monitor and support girls discharged from residential institutions, in an effort to find them employment as domestic servants and discourage them from becoming prostitutes or alcoholics.

[6] MABYS volunteers would visit and befriend girls discharged from Poor Law care, providing advice and assistance with finding housing and new employment where necessary.

[12] Jane Nassau Senior, with the support of Thomas John Barnardo, had lobbied for MABYS, and similar bodies, to be automatically made guardians until the age of 20 for any child who had been in Poor Law care for over five years.

[13] In 1948 the National Assistance Act abolished the Poor Law, and responsibility for education and training was brought under the control of the state.