| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/1/35 |
| Title | 'Equal Pay demonstration- 7 July 1951' |
| Date | 1951 |
| Description | Demonstration organised by the Equal Pay Campaign Committee on 7 July 1951 at Trafalgar Square, London to protest against the Government's decision not to proceed with the implementation of equal pay. The NUWT helped to organise the demonstration and the speakers.
Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), NUWT members, the Equal Pay Campaign Committee and various women's organisations regarding:
Agenda for the demonstration
NUWT Circulars detailing arrangements for a procession of NUWT members from Horse Guards Avenue to Trafalgar Square to take part in the demonstration for equal pay. These also include suggestions of propaganda members can undertake to promote the demonstration and protest against the Government's decision
Press cuttings reporting on the demonstration
Arrangements for stewards for the meeting
Requests for promotional materials for the meeting
Offers of help from NUWT members for the demonstration
Slips with various options for the type of help members can offer - completed and returned to the NUWT by members
Letter of thanks from Sybil Morrison (Chief Steward at the demonstration) to all the stewards thanking them for their work
Notes of the stewards at the demonstration and which women's organisation they belong to
Postcards completed by NUWT branches requesting circular letters and promotional material about the demonstration
Requests sent by NUWT to Charles Forge Ltd (Printers) requesting more copies of leaflets for the equal pay demonstration
Reflections by NUWT members on the success of the demonstration
Suggestions for speakers for the demonstration
Handbills calling for equal pay, produced by the Equal Pay Campaign Committee
Letter sent to Mrs E. M. White thanking her for returning to speak at the demonstration after having to be rushed to hospital after being run over by a bus en route to the demonstration
Letter of permission from Scotland Yard for the NUWT to assemble at Horse Guards Avenue and proceed from their to the demonstration
Letters of thanks for photographs of the demonstration - often letters from individuals and organisations who requested copies of photographs which they featured in
Handbills advertising the demonstration
Press cuttings reporting on the demonstration
Advertisements for the demonstration in newspapers |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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