| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/29/13 |
| Title | 'Conscription: compulsary registration' |
| Date | 1939 - 1957 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), Florency Key (NUWT), the No Conscription Council, the Society of Friends, regarding conscription and National Service of men and women. The NUWT believed that if women were to be conscripted there would have to be equality with men in the terms and conditions of their employment. They were also very concerned with the effect of conscription on young people.
The correspondence covers:
Drafts for an NUWT statement on conscription
NUWT statement on conscription
NUWT letters sent to branch secretaries asking them to collect views of members on the effect of conscription on youth, and particularly the effect on the education of youth
Reports from branches of discussions members have had, and conclusions made, on the effects of conscription on youth
Views of others societies, including Women's International League and National Federation of Professional Workers, on conscription
Invitation to a 'Women's Conference on Conscription'
Ministry of Education Memorandums on the deferment of call up and release of students from conscription, 1957 - 1957
Teachers and national service
Publications including:
'Grants and allowances available to transferred workers', Ministry of Labour and National Service
'No Conscription News', Bulletin of the No Conscription Council, Summer 1952
'National Defence - the report of a Committee of the Liberal Party', [1950]
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports of discrimination of conscientious objectors from their place of work
Arguments for and against conscription
Women in industry
Arguments for and against the conscription of women |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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