In Berlin the Lette-Verein, a German technical school for girls, included a school for women compositors. The school was to a certain extent modeled after the English Society for Promoting the Employment of Women.
"The school for compositors was housed in a different building. It was an offshoot of the Lette-Verein, and under the management of the society. Candidates for admission had to be at least 16 years of age, must have received a good education, and must have had sufficient means of support for the first six months, during which they earned nothing. After that time, they were paid according to the normal German tariff. The school was in connection with a Berlin printing company, for which it worked regularly. The best students earned 20-30 shillings a week. The pupils were divided into three classes; those in the upper division were drafted off in turn into other printing offices. In 1877, there were 30 pupils in the printing school, daughters of landed proprietors, clergymen, doctors, schoolmasters, and government officials" (Wikipedia article on Lette-Verein, accessed 1-2019).
Doris Obschernitzki, " Der Frau ihre Abreit": Lette-Verein Zur Geschichte einer Berliner Institutionen 1866 bis 1986. Berlin: Edition Hentrich, 1987.
