The purpose was to promote women's rights to education.
In the 1860s, thanks to the efforts of Arsakeio, there were several schools for girls in Greece.
There was an insufficient number of such schools, and no organized women's movement.
The women's press, founded in Greece in the 1860s, promoted this idea.
The Society for Promoting Women's Education, as well as the donations from rich Greek diaspora, resulted in a great expansion for schools for girls in Greece in the 1870s.