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A Family Concern a History of the Indigent Old Women's Society 1797-2002 by Viviene E Edinburgh Research Explorer A Family Concern Citation for published version: Cree, V 2005, A Family Concern: A History of the Indigent Old Women's Society, 1797-2002. University of Edinburgh. Link: Link to publication record in Edinburgh Research Explorer Document Version: Publisher's PDF, also known as Version of record Publisher Rights Statement: © Cree, V.E. (2005) A Family Concern. A History of the Indigent Old Women's Society, 1797-2002, Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh. General rights Copyright for the publications made accessible via the Edinburgh Research Explorer is retained by the author(s) and / or other copyright owners and it is a condition of accessing these publications that users recognise and abide by the legal requirements associated with these rights. Take down policy The University of Edinburgh has made every reasonable effort to ensure that Edinburgh Research Explorer content complies with UK legislation. If you believe that the public display of this file breaches copyright please contact [email protected] providing details, and we will remove access to the work immediately and investigate your claim. Download date: 30. Sep. 2021 A Family Concern A History of the Indigent Old Women’s Society 1797-2002 By Viviene E. Cree The University of Edinburgh 7 Randolph Crescent, Edinburgh April 2005 Contents Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4 Acknowledgements ................................................................................................. 4 Methodology ............................................................................................................ 5 Archival research ..................................................................................................................5 New Cases books .............................................................................................................5 Minute Books .....................................................................................................................6 Annual Reports .................................................................................................................7 Interviews ..............................................................................................................................7 Summary ...............................................................................................................................9 Origins of the Society ........................................................................................... 10 Concern for domestic servants ........................................................................................10 Thomas Chalmers and the origins of the Society .........................................................12 Concern for poor, older women .......................................................................................16 Christian underpinnings ....................................................................................................16 The rise of voluntary societies ..........................................................................................17 Name and organisation ......................................................................................... 19 Objects of the Society ........................................................................................... 22 Widows and single women ...............................................................................................22 Industrious and sober lives, now unable to work ..........................................................23 Poor women ........................................................................................................................25 Without family support .......................................................................................................28 In old age .............................................................................................................................29 Living in her own home .....................................................................................................29 Edinburgh ............................................................................................................................30 Visiting ................................................................................................................... 36 Referrals to the Society .....................................................................................................40 Initial assessment of referrals...........................................................................................40 Numbers of pensioners on the Society’s roll .................................................................42 Pensions ................................................................................................................ 45 Visitors and committee members ........................................................................ 48 Financing the Society’s work ............................................................................... 52 Income .................................................................................................................................53 Expenditure .........................................................................................................................56 Related organisations ........................................................................................... 58 The Edinburgh Society for the Relief of Indigent Old Men ..........................................58 The Royal Society for the Relief of Indigent Gentlewomen of Scotland ....................59 Closure of the Society .......................................................................................... 61 External pressures .............................................................................................................61 Internal pressures ..............................................................................................................63 Conclusion............................................................................................................. 66 2 Appendix 1 ............................................................................................................. 68 Sources ................................................................................................................................68 Records held by committee members of the Society ...............................................68 Edinburgh City Council: Central Library, Edinburgh Room ......................................68 Edinburgh City Council: Morningside Library .............................................................69 National Library of Scotland ..........................................................................................69 New College Library, The University of Edinburgh ...................................................70 National Archives of Scotland, Register House .........................................................70 City Archives, City Chambers .......................................................................................71 Internet research .............................................................................................................71 General historical sources .............................................................................................71 Other sources ..................................................................................................................71 Appendix 2 ............................................................................................................. 72 Interview Schedule .............................................................................................................72 Beginnings .......................................................................................................................72 Your work for the IOWS .................................................................................................72 Endings ............................................................................................................................72 Appendix 3 ............................................................................................................. 73 Key dates: legislation and reports ...................................................................................73 Bibliography .......................................................................................................... 74 Figures 3 A Family Concern A History of the Indigent Old Women’s Society, 1797-2002 Introduction In September 2001, I received an invitation from a committee member of the Indigent Old Women’s Society (IOWS) to undertake a history of this society. Following initial meetings with this person and the Society’s President, the main data collection (archival research and interviews with key informants) was subsequently undertaken between 2002 and 2003, with the support of a researcher, Sue Kelly, from the School of Social & Political Studies at the University of Edinburgh. Given my own work commitments, final write-up of the project did not take place until January to April 2005. None of the names of the Indigent Old Women’s Society members whom I interviewed have been changed, since these are a matter of public record. However, I have been careful to preserve a degree of anonymity when
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