| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/14/13 |
| Title | Women |
| Date | 1925 - 1952 |
| Description | Press cuttings including:
'Women's Work', by Barbara Castle, in 'John O'London's Weekly', 16 May 1952
Articles discussing what is seen as 'women's work' and women attempts to break into new areas, such as engineering
Issues of men returning from the war and how this affect women in the workplace
'Posts for Men Only' - article about decision by York Education Committee to advertise for male Attendance Officers only
Equal opportunities for women in the job market
Examples of women doing jobs considered 'men's jobs' and the reactions to them doing this work
Equality in the Ministry from church workers and missionaries to Bishops and Priests
Recruitment of women for Trade Union positions
The role of women as wives and mothers and how this is changing, or percieved to be changing
Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti and Ethel Froud (NUWT), NUWT members (including D. A. Griffin and Agnes Dawson), London Society of Compositors, and others regarding various subjects affecting women including:
The appointment and Employment of Women Attendance officers, including questions of rates of pay and promotion. This was in response to a resolution passed at an NUWT conference that more women with suitable qualifications should be appointed as attendance officers
Correspondence with the Anglican Group for the Ordination of Women to the Historic Ministry of the Church and other church and religious groups regarding women's equality within the church
Enquiry from a member of the Musicians Union re. practicalities of forming a new women's union
The use of a publisher by the NUWT which was not recognised by the London Society of Compositors (LSC). The printer used by the NUWT asserts they were omitted from the LSC list because they refused to dismiss a women compositor paid at the same rates as her male co-workers
Publications and reports:
'Josephine Butler Centenary', published by the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene, 1927
'The Word - an Organ of the United Socialist Movement', published in Glasgow, issues from November 1945; December 1945; January 1946, June 1946
NOTE: Most of the correspondence in this folder is related to press cuttings and has been left as it was originally - filed alongside the relevant cuttings |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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