The Exchange Today
For more than 140 years, The Woman’s Exchange of St. Louis has carried forward its mission of creating opportunity for women through meaningful work, training, and support. Today, our programs serve artisans, entrepreneurs, immigrants, and refugees through employment, skill-building, language resources, and individualized support designed to help participants move toward greater financial stability and self-sufficiency.
Pictured: The Woman’s Exchange Artisan Kitchen, where food artisans prepare products for sale through The Woman’s Exchange
Pictured: The Woman’s Exchange shop, featuring women’s and children’s apparel, artisan-made goods, jewelry, books, gifts, and home décor.
Our commercial kitchen helps reduce one of the biggest barriers for food entrepreneurs: access to an affordable, licensed space to prepare and produce food for sale. Food artisans can use the kitchen to build their businesses, generate income, and gain valuable experience while maintaining ownership of their work.
We also support artisans and entrepreneurs with resources such as pricing guidance, marketing, business planning, and connections to additional services that can help them grow and succeed.
The Woman's Exchange of St. Louis is a member of the Federation of Woman’s Exchanges, an alliance of not-for-profit gift shops founded in 1934 for the purpose of networking and mutual support.
