The Records of the Women's Forum and its Predecessors 1939-1980

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The Records of the Women's Forum and its Predecessors 1939-1980

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb106-5/wfm

45 boxes and 19 OS parcels

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The Women' s Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6280636

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Bondfield, Margaret, 1873-1953

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Margaret Grace Bondfield CH PC (17 March 1873 – 16 June 1953) was a British Labour politician, trade unionist and women's rights activist. She became the first female cabinet minister, and the first woman to be a privy counsellor in the UK, when she was appointed Minister of Labour in the Labour government of 1929–31. She had earlier become the first woman to chair the General Council of the Trades Union Congress (TUC). Bondfield was born in humble circumstances and received limited formal ed...

Women's Group on Problems Arising from Evacuation

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National Union of Townswomens Guilds

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National Federation of Women's Institutes

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The Women's Institute was established in Canada in 1897, the first branch was set up in Britain in 1915. From the guide to the THE WOMEN'S INSTITUTE, 1918-1972, (University of Reading, Museum of English Rural Life) ...

Standing Conference of Womens Organisations

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Women's Forum

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The Women's Forum grew out of organisations that came into existence during the Second World War. In 1939, the refugee situation prompted the National Council of Social Service to call a conference of concerned organisations. The group which emerged from this event was the Women's Group on Problems Arising from Evacuation, with Margaret Bondfield as Chairperson. The National Council of Social Service would continue to provide the new organisation with secretariat and accommodation t...

Women's Group on Public Welfare

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National Council of Voluntary Organisations

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National Council of Social Service

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