| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/43/11 |
| Title | Applications for Assistance |
| Date | 1934 - 1947 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), and NUWT members and other teachers regarding requests for advice on various subjects including:
Information on boarding schools, including an enquiry from a man who had been widowed, had a five year old son and wanted advice on placing his son in a boarding school so that when he got called up for army service his son would not be left alone, 1942
Information on schools for 'abnormal children' and children with speech defects
Advice on committee procedures, for example a letter from a women who has become Chairperson of the local Headteacher's Association asking for advice on conducting meetings
Duties of headteachers
Voluntary State Insurance
Method of obtaining appointment as an HMI (Her Majesty's Inspectors)
Requests for loans, for educational purposes and general living expenses
Information on building grants for making improvements to school buildings
Information on a 'Tramp Steamer Adoption Scheme' with regards to the benefits of this for use in education
Case of unfair dismissal of a woman who worked in the Educational Department of HMV
Information on Intelligence Tests for use in schools, includes sample tests
Charges for exam coaching and tuition
Requests for grants for election purposes
Professional Unity - literature and replies to National Union of Teacher's (NUT) calls for all women to join the NUT - includes a series of pamphlets written by Emily Phipps 'Why we do not work through the NUT'
Parliamentary procedures
Requests for help in seeking employment
Grants to teachers for holidays - includes requests for information about a fund which was established for this purpose, the 'Lucy Lund Fund'
Married Women - requests for statistical information (material for debates, includes examples of Local Education Authorities employing married women)
Publications and press:
'Why we do not work through the NUT', series of pamphlets by Emily Phipps, NUWT
'The Woman Teacher', 11/03/1932 and 22/04/1932 - articles on unity and unions |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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