National Viewers and Listeners Association

This collection comprises the papers of the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association, which was established by Mary Whitehouse (b. 1910-d. 2001) and others in 1965, to act as a watchdog and pressure group for decency in broadcasting.

Mary Whitehouse's life and aims may be summarised in brief as follows: she was born in 1910 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. Her mother was a committed Christian who imparted to Mary her profound faith, while from her artistic father she acquired a life-long interest in the arts, and consequently became an art teacher. She married Ernest Whitehouse in 1940; they had three sons.

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