| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/11/5 |
| Title | 'Married Women Teachers' |
| Date | 1929 - 1938 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), various Local Education Committees, Councillor Emily C. Fortey (Leicester Education Committee) and members of various NUWT branches regarding the Marriage bar and the issue of continuing work as a teacher after marriage.
The correspondence covers:
Requests from NUWT members for names of Local Education Authorities appointing married women teachers
Enquiries from the General Secretary to NUWT members and Branch Secretaries regarding the employment of married women teachers in their Local Education Authority
Lists of Education Authorities who employ married women teachers
News from Emily C. Fortey of her success in getting a Resolution passed allowing women teachers in Elementary schools to continue teaching after marriage
Recommendations of publications and pamphlets which members can refer to for the arguments against the marriage bar
Request for information on 'marriage barriers' for a session on 'the population problem' at a conference organised by the British Social Hygiene Council
NUWT Circulars sent to various Town Council's and Local Education Committees regarding the employment of married women teachers
Summarised list of points from a London County Council debate over the employment of married women teachers (includes contributions from Agnes Dawson)
Reports on the position of married women teachers in other countries including the Netherlands, Australia, America, France
Leave of absence for 'confinement' - maternity cover
NUWT leaflets and publications including:
'The Removal of the Marriage Bar - another victory', NUWT handbill on the removal of the marriage bar from London County Council teachers (has a photo of Agnes Dawson on the front of it)
NUWT leaflet outlining arguments against the marriage bar
Reports and publications:
'The Case for the Retention of Married Women Teachers on the Staffs of the Schools', London Teachers Association
'The Employment of Married Women', Trades Union Congress
'The Married Woman: Is She a Person?', Open Door Council
'The Married Woman in the Modern World', Vera Brittain, the Suffragette Fellowship
'Married Women and Paid Positions: a plea for solidarity amongst the workers', Eleanor Barton, Women's Co-operative Guild
'The Martyrdom of Women', A. B. Piddinton, Speech at the Bar of the Legislative Council of New South Wales, Australia
'The American Teacher', April 1942
'Education - new South Wales Public School Teachers Federation',. 15/01/1931
'La Situation de la Femme Marieedans l'enseignement', Geneve Bureau International D'Education, 1933 (in French)
Press cuttings regarding the employment of married women teachers - includes:
Reports of individual cases
Decisions made by Local Education Authorities outlining their position on the employment of married women teachers
Reports of the views of members of the NUWT on the position of married women and inequalities against women in general
Reports and interviews with men and women who have kept their marriages secret for fear of losing their jobs
Various issues of 'The Woman Teacher' from: 18/01/1924; 18/12/1925; 20/01/1928; 22/01/1932; 24/11/1933 - all containing reports on the situation of the married women teacher |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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