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In the early 1900s, Grace begins campaigning in earnest for girls’ technical education. In 1904 she is the driving force behind the establishment of the first London Trade School for Girls, in waistcoat-making. A year later, she is appointed as inspector of women’s technical classes at the London County Council.
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Robson, J. (2016). Girls in Trades. In: Radical Reformers and Respectable Rebels. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137311849_11
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