| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/5/33 |
| Title | 'Freedom of Candidature (parliamentary and municipal) |
| Date | 1935 - 1936 |
| Description | Papers & press cuttings regarding NUWT campaign to allow teachers to stand for election as at that time may schools and educational authorities forbade members of their teaching staff from standing as Parliamentary or municipal candidates.
This includes:
Examples of teachers dismissed because they stood for election, including a Mr. R. St. John Reade
Correspondence between Ethel Froud (NUWT General Secretary) and Mr. St. John Reade regarding NUWT support for his case and decision to hand out his leaflets at their annual conference that year, 1936
'The struggle for democracy - an appeal to democrats to support the Oxford Resolution on Freedom of Candidature', leaflet produced by Mr R. St. John Reade
NUWT resolution on prohibitions on teaching staff standing for election
Acknowledgements from various teaching unions, and from Local Education Authorities, of the NUWT Resolution
NUWT requests for more information from Local Authorities on their position on teaching staff standing for election
Replies from Local Authorities detailing their position on teaching staff standing for election
Requests from Local Education Authorities for copies of the NUWT Resolution |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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