| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/29/14 |
| Title | 'Conscription of women' |
| Date | 1939 - 1942 |
| Description | Correspondence between A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), NUWT members, the Peace Pledge Union (PPU), the Central Board for Conscientious Objectors, the National Council of Women of Great Britain (NCW) and various other women's organisations, the Open Door Council, and the Ministry of Labour and National Service regarding the position of women under the National Service Acts and Registration for Employment Offer.
The correspondence covers:
Opposition to plans for the introduction of conscription from NUWT members and other organisations such as the PPU
Explanation by Central Council of the NUWT decision not to issue a public statement against conscription, 1939
Letters from NUWT branches urging NUWT Central Council to press for the rejection of the Military Training Bill which would introduce conscription
Enquiries from members regarding the regulations over registration for national service for teachers
Shopping difficulties of women war workers
Invitation to the NUWT to send representatives to a Conference of Women's Organisations to be held at the Ministry of Labour regarding the Registration for Employment Order
Details from the Ministry of Labour of the situation regarding women registering as conscientious objectors
Women in industry and preparing women to return to civilian life after war service
Calls for equal pay for women working in industry
Report from the Women's Employment Federation on a conference on the Registration of Women
Report from an NUWT member of a meeting she had with Mark Baker from the Industrial Relations Department of the Ministry of Labour regarding views on women in industry
Equal compensation for war injury
'National Service Acts, 1939 - 1941 - position of women, explanatory note'
Responses from various women's organisations to a statement issued by the NUWT calling for equal pay for women if conscription for single women is introduced
NUWT statement calling for equality in pay and conditions if women are conscripted, deploring the discrimination between single and married women and opposing the marriage bar
Leaflet for the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) 'Servce to conquer with me in the ATS'
Board of Education Circulars regarding National Service Acts and the Registration for Employment Order as they apply to women
Press cuttings regarding:
Arguments for and against the introduction of conscription
Industrial conscription
Effects of conscription on education
Arguments for and against women in industry
Reports of the long hours worked by boys who registered with the '17s'
'The Woman Teacher', 31/10/1941 - issue containing many articles on women working in industry |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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