| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/14/18 |
| Title | Women |
| Date | 1930 - 1953 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the St Joan's Social & Political Alliance, the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Information, and individual women, regarding:
Protests against the policy of certain restaurants, cafes and bars to refuse admission to women, unaccompanied by men, after specific hours
NUWT protests against the implications of the 'Be Like Dad, Keep Mum' poster campaign during the second world war
An enquiry from a women school doctor regarding standard form of address for women teachers
Enquiries and protests from the NUWT regarding committees being set up without any women serving on them or from which women are barred
Press cuttings and extracts regarding a number of subjects relating to women including:
Examples of occasions where women have been refused service in bars and restaurants, because they are on their own or without a man
'Women and the Licensing Laws', by Alison Neilans, proof of an article to be published in 'The Catholic Citizen'
'Report on the Status of Business and Professional Women in Great Britain', from 'The British Soroptimist', 1938
Examples of women's contributions to the war effort - includes articles about undercover work and other work in the forces
Protests against the inequalities in pay and conditions between men and women doing the same work in war effort
Woman Members of Parliament
Women serving on committees and examples of cases where women have been barred from committees
Information about war work
'Women in the Long Parliament', from 'The Catholic Citizen', July 1945
Publications, pamphlets and reports:
Flier advertising a protest meeting organised by St Joan's Social & Political Alliance regarding restaurant policies on women unaccompanied by men
Pages from a volume of 'The Woman Engineer' on 'The I.L.O. and Women', and 'Royal Commission on Equal Pay', 1944
'Womanpower Committees during World War II', published by U.S. Department of Labor Women's Bureau, 1953
'Civil Defence Service - The Value of a Woman', poster issued by The Open Door Council
Memorandums and Circulars:
Circular regarding a Commonwealth Education Conference, issued by various Government Offices - someone has highlighted the names of the women officials
Circulars about various committees and conferences with the names of women officials highlighted |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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