| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/27/33 |
| Title | British Commonwealth League |
| Date | 1928 - 1948 |
| Description | Correspondence between Muriel Pierotti and Ethel Froud (NUWT), individual members of the NUWT, and the British Commonwealth League regarding a variety of subjects including:
Inequalities between men and women with regards to contributions to the National Insurance Scheme and Superannuations
Invitations to British Commonwealth League meetings, 'At Home' events, luncheons and conferences
Women representation on Delegations abroad, for example the protests over the lack of a women in a delegation from Britain attending a conference in Ottowa, Canada
Reports and minutes of British Commonwealth League conferences
Request for information from NUWT members regarding the limitations imposed upon teachers going from England to various parts of the Commonwealth. This is with regards to a request for this information from the British Commonwealth League
Differential protection for the women worker
Issues of nationality and laws which mean that upon marriage a women has to change her nationality to that of her husband
NUWT representation at British Commonwealth League meetings and conferences
Equal pay
The Child Marriage Act in India in 1936, NUWT support for the act, and a proposed deputation of women to visit the Secretary of State for India with regards to this matter
The Corbett Ashby Preservation Fund
Pamphlets and leaflets including:
'Is your British Nationality Important to you?', British Commonwealth League leaflet regarding laws under which a women has to change her nationality upon marriage
'World Disarmament - its progress and problems', Women's Peace Crusade
'Eight Annual Conference - 'Marriage from the Imperial Standpoint'', British Commonwealth League
'A Peace Luncheon', British Commonwealth League
'A British Commonwealth Education Conference, organised by the New Education Fellowship', 1931
'Luncheon to Women Members of Parliament', British Commonwealth League
Reports and publications by the British Commonwealth League including:
The Constitution of the British Commonwealth League
'Women and Freedom', by Viscountess Astor M.P., 1937
Annual Reports for the years: 1927 - 1928; 1928 - 1929; 1929 - 1930; 1931 - 1932; 1953 - 1954; 1958 - 1959 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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