| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/41/3 |
| Title | Equal Opportunities |
| Date | 1930 - 1955 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the Open Door Council, the Women's Freedom League, various Local Education Committees and NUWT members regarding:
Letters of notice from NUWT members when they have come across examples of gender discrimination in the press
Protests against the exclusion of women from advertisements for positions of Headships
Debate over whether women should have the right to work at night
Enquiry from NUWT member about possible differentiation in examination results required by men and women in the Civil Service
Equal educational opportunities for boys and girls
Requests for information on a school where boys are being taught cookery and girls carpentry
Examples of schools setting different standards in examinations for boys and girls
Technical education for girls
Grants for women students
Requests for statistics on the number of women in Headships
Press cuttings regarding:
The loss of jobs of women who were dismissed to give jobs back to men returning from the war
A campaign by a Mr. Pinkerton for a 'Men's Defence League'
Examples of gender discrimination in employment
Reports of objections to the employment of a Headmistress in a Senior mixed school
Review by Emily Phipps of 'Women's Place in Industry and the Home', extract from 'The Woman Teacher'
Publications including:
'Equality of Opportunity', by Emily Phipps
'Schoolmistresses for Boys', publication by the National Association of Schoolmasters
'Should Women have the Right to Work at Night?', The Open Door Council
'Opportunities for Boys in Industry and Art' and 'Opportunities for Girls in Industry and Art', London County Council
'The Education of Girls', Department of Education, Kings College, Newcastle Upon Tyne
'Now you are Ten' - leaflets for boys and girls, London County Council, 1936
'Pass it on - magazine of the Women's Educational Union', June 1935
'The Woman Teacher', 18/05/1928, 26/02/1937, 03/06/1932 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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