Sterling Silver Girls Friendly Society GFS Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens Pin

Description

A Vintage Sterling Silver Girls Friendly Society (GFS) “Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens” pin.  This slogan,
Bear Ye One Another’s Burdens,
is the slogon of the Girls Friendly Society which was started in the 1870’s and quickly grew into a worldwide organization.
The pin has an attractive silver age patina.
The early pin states
“GFS, BEAR YE ONE ANOTHERS BURDENS,
STERLING”
The silver pin is 5/8 x 1 1/8 inches in size and is in nice condition.
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Girls' Friendly Society
The
Girls' Friendly Society
(also known by their program name
GFS Platform
, or just
GFS
) is a
philanthropic
society that empowers girls and young women, 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 out-of-wedlock pregnancies. As M. E. Townsend expressed it in a letter of 1879: "[We] are fighting one of the greatest battles the world has ever seen--the battle for the purity of womanhood, for the possibility of virtuous Christian maidenhood." As well as addressing the issue of out-of-wedlock pregnancy of working-class girls, GFS soon grew into a support organization for unmarried girls and young women who wished to better themselves.
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