| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/14/17 |
| Title | Women |
| Date | 1929 - 1959 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), the News Chronicle London, NUWT members, the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene, National Council of Women of Great Britain, the Foreign Office, Members of Parliament, Organ of St Joan's Social and Political Alliance, and the British Commonwealth League regarding:
Representation of women in the Colonial Office and Colonial Administration
Opportunities for employment of women in the Diplomatic and Foreign Service
Women teachers
Women and Trade Unions
Wages and equal pay
Stabilisation of wages, 1941
Marriage ban on women teachers
Necessity for an increase in the number of women doctors in the colonial medical service
Examples from the press in other countries of women working in the foreign service
Child slavery, including the practice of Mui Tsai in Hong Kong
Lack of female representation at a Schools exhibition in London, 1938
Press cuttings and typed extracts regarding:
Women Member's of Parliament
Feminism
Woman in the Diplomatic and Foreign Service
Women on the Front Bench in Parliament
Child slavery, including the practice of Mui Tsai in Hong Kong
A Himalyan expedition of three women, 1959
Women's sporting achievements
Publications and pamphlets including:
'Women and the United Nations', Eleanor Roosevelt, [1954]
'Empire - A Bi-Monthly Record - Journal of the Fabian Colonial Bureau', 1942
'The Catholic Citizen - Organ of St Joan's Social and Political Alliance', 1941
'The Mui Tsai System in Hong-Kong - The Present Position', by L. Haslewood, 1930
Typed transcript of a speech given by Lady Muir in 1934 on 'Diplomacy as a Career for Women'
Typed extracts of Hansard questions regarding the practice of child slavery or Mui Tsai
Reports and Memorandums:
National Council of Women of Great Britain reports and minutes of meetings regarding women in the Colonial Office and Colonial Administration
Memorandum on 'Employment of Women in Certain Branches of the Civil Service', from the National Council of Women
'Proposals for the Reform of the Foreign Service', published by the Foreign Service, 1943
'Foreign Service Bill - Explanatory and Financial Memorandum', House of Commons publication, 1943
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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