| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/41/1 |
| Title | Equal Opportunities |
| Date | 1928 - 1953 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud, A. Muriel Pierotti and Florence Key (NUWT), people working in Education, Members of Parliament (including Sir Percy Harris and Herwald Ramsbotham), NUWT members, the Ministry of Labour, Education Committees, London County Council, Open Door International, the Colonial Office and other individuals and organisations regarding various issues around the subject of Equal Opportunities including:
Expressing the concern of the NUWT over elementary school reorganisation and the combining of infant and junior schools and mixed departments of junior and senior children
Enquiries about figures on appointments of men and women Headships in newly amalgamated schools
List of questions from the NUWT to the Board of Education regarding amalgamation of infants and junior schools
Statistics of the particulars of various Headship vacancies, including whether they were restricted to male only applicants
Policy of various Education Authorities with regards to Headships of mixed schools
NUWT concerns over the employment of male Headteachers in infant schools
Reports from NUWT members on deputations to local Education Committees expressing concern over discrimination of women teachers for headteacher positions
Requests for advice from NUWT members on issues around the appointment of men or women Headteachers in mixed infant and junior schools, and in separate infant schools
Circular letters from the NUWT explaining their concerns over elementary school reorganisation
Exclusion of women from positions as Inspectors at Junior Instruction Centres
Reports from NUWT members of examples of male teachers refusing to admit women inspectors to their classes
Restriction of women in industry and agriculture
NUWT concerns over the conditions of service of women teachers in the Falkland Islands
Requests from NUWT members to continue their Boots Booklovers Library subscription through the NUWT
NUWT members reports and raising concerns over employment of male teachers over women
Concerns over differing standards of vocational guidance for boys and girls
Minutes from meetings of the NUWT Legal and Tenure Committee regarding Headships of Junior and Infant Schools
Publications:
NUWT 'Memorandum on Re-Organisation and Headships of Schools', 1928
'Declaration of the Open Door International concerning 'protective' policy in relation to the working women', 1955
'The Feminine Invasion - the need for a National Men's Defence League', by R. C. Pinkerton
'The effect of Mechanisation on the Salaries, Status, and Promotion Prospects of Women in Offices', Joint Consultative Council
Press cuttings regarding:
Protests by the National Association of Schoolmasters against the appointment of female Headteachers and the appointment of women teachers to teach boys
Co-education - arguments for and against
Examples of Education Authorities restricting the application for Headships to male applicants only
Headships of mixed schools
Letters to the editor both for and against the employment of women as Headteachers in mixed infant and junior schools
issues around the employment of women district school inspectors
Comparisons of the capabilities and conduct of boys and girls
Extension of working hours of women telephone operators
Achievement levels in mixed schools
State education and public schools - differences in subsequent opportunities
New opportunities for women in various countries, for example in 'New Hungary', June 1953, examples of women working as builders and bricklayers |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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