Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women 1926-1953

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Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women 1926-1953

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London Metropolitan University: Trades Union Congress Library Collections

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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...