| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/41/8 |
| Title | Women Police |
| Date | 1925 - 1954 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), individual members of the NUWT, the Women Police Campaign Committee, the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, and other concerned parties regarding various issues about women police, including:
Conference on 'Women Police' in 1944 at which the NUWT wanted to raise a motion about the pay differentiation between men and women police officers
The need for more women police officers
Arrangements for meetings of the Women Police Campaign Committee
Enquiries for information on the situation of, and representation of, women in the police force in specific areas
Enquiries from the NUWT regarding the rights of women to sit on Watch Committees (the body who appointed Constables and made the regulations for the control of the Police Force) and the disqualification of women from certain Watch Committees
Arrangements for 'Conference on Training of Women Police', 1927
Details of the duties and responsibilities of women police officers, both nationally, and information from NUWT members of the situation in local areas
Equal pay for women police officers
Agenda's and reports from meetings of the Women Police Committee, the Women Police Campaign Committee and other related organisations
Reports of meetings of the National Council of Women of Great Britain
Circulars, published reports and leaflets including:
'Notes on the progress of Women Police', from 'Women in Council', 1942
''Appointment of Women Police - present conditions demand further and immediate action', by the 'Women Police Campaign Committee', 1940
'Notes on the Progress of Women Police', report by the National Council of Women of Great Britain, 1941 - 1943
'Women in Council - the Journal of the National Council of Women of Great Britain', 1948 (contains section on 'Employment of Policewomen'
'The Outlook for Women in Police Work', published by the US. Department of Labour Women's Bureau 1949
'The Policewoman's Review', November 1933
'Women Police 1914 - 1950' by Edith Tancred
Press cuttings on a variety of issues around the subject of Women Police including:
Representation by women on Brighton Council Watch Committee
Status of women police officers
Equal pay for women police officers
Plans to increase the number of women police officers during the Second World War
Refusal of certain councils to appoint women Special Constable's |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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