| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/5/38 |
| Title | 'Health of Women Teachers' |
| Date | 1930 - 1931 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud, A. Muriel Pierotti, Clara Dawson Follett, and A. L. Ferrari (NUWT), other NUWT members, Dr. Letitia Fairfield, and the Open Door Council regarding an enquiry the NUWT conducted into the health of women teachers. Correspondence covers:
Concern over the validity of the claims made in an article in the West Ham Journal about the health of women teachers
Concern over the motives behind a National Union of Teachers (NUT) enquiry into the health of women teachers
Explanation from Dr Letitia Fairfield on the findings of her study into the health of women teachers
Statistics from Dr Letitia Fairfield's study into the health of women teachers
Responses from various women teachers to a request for information from the NUWT on their experience of the health of women teachers at the schools they work in
NUWT request to the Open Door Council for any information of the comparative health of women and men workers in an industry in which equal pay is in operation
Explanation from the open Door Council regarding the usefulness or otherwise of statistical information on health, and using an example from Denmark to illustrate her point
'West Ham Teachers Journal', October 1930 - includes an article about noted increase in breakdowns among women teachers |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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