YLCE

Yorkshire Ladies Council of Education (YLCE) was established in 1875 by a group of prominent Yorkshire women who recognised the need to help other women living in overcrowded and unhealthy conditions in the industrial areas. They also realised that to be effective, this help should be accompanied by improvements in educational opportunities for girls... From the start YLCE has initiated or supported a range of ambitious projects which once established are passed over to other charities or organisations to continue. You can see some of the Events and Schemes that YLCE have been connected with on our Timeline below... Some of the major projects in which YLCE has been influential include in 1874 the opening of the Yorkshire College of Cookery and in the 1870s the opening of Leeds Girls High School, Wakefield Girls High School and Bradford Girls Grammar.

Also known as: Yorkshire Ladies' Council of Education

Registration numbers: 5429714 (W), 82783 (W)

Primary location: Leeds United Kingdom