| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/35/4 |
| Title | 'General Election 1931' |
| Date | 1929 - 1931 |
| Description | NUWT literature and correspondence regarding the 1931 General Election and their aim to determine the views of all candidates on equal pay, equal rights for women teachers and education provision.
This includes:
Instructions from Central Council on how individual members and branches can help with work on determining the views of electoral candidates, including details for the organisation of sending NUWT questionnaires to electoral candidates
Blank copy of the questionnaire
Standard letter to be used by NUWT members to send to candidates calling for their support for the restoration of education cuts and the implementation of equal pay
Lists of NUWT members and branches requesting the questionnaire
Correspondence with Monica Whately (Labour candidate for St Albans) and various other Parliamentary candidates requesting NUWT support for her campaign
Explanation that, as an organisation, the NUWT cannot support party political candidates but that individual branches can support candidates in their constituency
Reports from NUWT branch members of the work done by them in canvassing candidates
Election statements from the Equal Rights Committee, Open Door Council, the Trades Union Congress and the League of Nations Union , 1931
Completed NUWT questionnaires by Parliamentary candidates regarding their position on equal pay, and accompanying letters from some candidates
NUWT 'Memorandumon Equal Pay for Equal Work'
Press cuttings regarding:
Advice on how women should vote
Report of a Conservative party meeting in East Willesden hosted by the candidate Mrs Tate
'The Woman Teacher', issues from 02/10/1931; 18/10/1931; 23/10/1931; 06/11/1931 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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