National Institute of Houseworkers

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The National Institute of Houseworkers was set up in 1946 as a result of the Report on Post War Organisation of Private Domestic Employment June 1945. The institute was established to supervise the training and placing of women and girls in approved private domestic employment; to award certificates of efficiency; and to regulate minimum wages and working conditions for certified workers placed in approved employment. Residential training centres were set up in London and Swansea. The institute was grant aided by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, though the grant was very much reduced in 1956. In 1962, it was renamed the National Institute of Housecraft Ltd, and was dissolved in 1972.
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creatorOf Macdonald Institute. Director. (1949-1969 : Mccready). National Institute of Houseworkers, England; Meetings, Brochures and Correspondence Also From International Visiting Homemakers, Newspaper Articles, 1948-1965. University of Guelph. McLaughlin Library
creatorOf National Institute of Houseworkers: Correspondence and Papers
referencedIn Papers of Frieda S. Miller, 1909-1973 (inclusive), 1929-1967 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Margaret Grace Bondfield papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Papers, 1854-1951, 1898-1951 (bulk). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Papers of Frieda S. Miller, 1909-1973 (inclusive), 1929-1967 (bulk) Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf National Institute of House Workers, 1948-1965 London Metropolitan University: Trades Union Congress Library Collections
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Place Name Admin Code Country
England ENG GB
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Labor
Women workers
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Establishment 1946

Disestablishment 1962

Female

Britons

English

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