Alabama Girls' Industrial School

Young women take instruction in typing in this image from the late 1890s. The Alabama Girls' Industrial School was established in 1896 by reformer Julia Tutwiler and state senator Sol Bloch to provide women with broader educational opportunities.

Young women in late-Victorian dress seated at typewriters for a class.
Courtesy of the University of Montevallo
Young women in late-Victorian dress seated at typewriters for a class.