Records of the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women 1901-1964

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Records of the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women 1901-1964

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb106-1sos

32 A boxes, 1 OS box (1 uncatalogued A box)

eng,

The Women' s Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6280561

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Overseas Settlement Committee.

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Joint Council of Women's Emigration Societies; 1917-1919

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Women's Migration & Overseas Appointment Society

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Joint Council of Women's Emigration Societies

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Joyce Ellen 1832-1924

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South African Colonisation Society

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Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women

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The Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women (SOSBW) (1919-1962) was established as a direct response to the economic and social position of British women after the end of the First World War. Many women who had been trained for jobs vacated by enlisted men found themselves unemployed after 1918 and in financial hardship. Emigration to parts of the Empire was regarded as a solution to this problem. At this point, the British Government established its Overseas Settlement Committee to...

United British Women's Emigration Association

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