| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/11/3 |
| Title | Married Women |
| Date | 1934 - 1953 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti and Ethel Froud (NUWT), the Law Officers Department of the Royal Courts of Justice, the British Federation of University Women, the Equal Rights Committee, and the Open Door Council regarding:
Papers from the Open Door Council regarding a deputation being sent to London County Council to discuss the employment of married women
NUWT representation in the deputation to London County Council
The Married Women (Restraint on Anticipation) Bill, 1949
Decision of the British Government not to support a United National Convention drafted to guarantee equal political rights and equal pay for women worldwide
NUWT representation on a deputation to the Lord Chancellor regarding law revision and married women (includes relevant papers for this deputation)
Westminster City Council's policy on the employment of married women
marriage bar at the BBC, 1938
Typed copies of correspondence between Viscountess Rhondda and George Bernard Shaw with regards to the question 'Should married women earn?'
Press cuttings and typed extracts including:
Women's right to own property
Law Reform Bill, 1935, which gave married women more legal rights
Copy of 'The Catholic Citizen', 15/01/1935, with front page article 'The Law Revision Committee and Married Women'
Calls for the re-introduction of the marriage bar in the civil service
Articles for and against whether married women should work
Examples of men earning more than one income
Publications, pamphlets and reports including:
'Married Women Teachers', NUWT publication
'The Married Women: Is She a Person?', published by the Open Door Council
'Incomes for Wives - How it can be managed or The Economic Independence of Married Women', published by the United Associations, Sydney Australia |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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