Founded in 1904 in Trebizond to support girls through work and education, the Pontic Women’s Welfare Association was re-established in Thessaloniki following the Exchange of Populations in 1923. Initially the organisation provided training for girls and women in the arts of embroidery and tailoring to enable them to secure work. However, in response to changing…
Tag: Asia Minor
Mapping Greeks in the East
Visualise the history of Greek communities in Anatolia and the Levant in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries with this interactive map.