Louise House's particular place in British social history is as best, a physical representation and monument to the often misguided Victorian efforts at reformist, paternalistic ( yes even when promoted by women) philanthropy, and was most certainly not an example of political enlightenment or an institution that feminists or Labour Councillors should necessarily celebrate. That was not the intention or the outcome.

The girls more likely than not would have been taken from their homes against both their wishes and that of their families, by officials who considered it in their best interests. Not unlike UK social services policies even as late as the 1980s where the state was considered a better parent than any natural one.
No doubt not every home was the same, but as I understand it, the girls were not given a traditional education but trained for domestic servitude.
You might consider this a better alternative to the workhouse or being condemned to making a living on street corners, but please do not portray this particular venture as a 'championing of working women'.

I'll eat my words as and when someone provides me with hard evidence to the contrary...