The Girls' Friendly Society (GFS) is a charitable organisation that empowers girls and young women aged 5 to 25, encouraging them to develop their full potential through programs that provide training, confidence building, and other educational opportunities. It was established by a group of Anglicans in England in 1875 to address, through Christian values, the problems of working-class unmarried girls and young women who wished to better themselves.[1][2]
- ^ Money, Agnes Louisa (1911). History of The Girls’ Friendly Society. London: Wells Gardner & Company. p. 11. OCLC 563918789.
- ^ Money 1911, p. 17