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Subjects covered by the material in this section include: Chartwell; Russia and CSC's visit in 1945; work in WSC's Essex constituency, Wanstead and Woodford; and the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA).

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers relating to the Young Women's Christian Association, including: research notes by Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill] for her biography of Clementine, on her resignation as President of the YWCA War and National Service Fund; text of Clementine's broadcast on behalf of the YWCA, 1947; correspondence between her, [William] Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] and John McConnell [Canadian philanthropist and owner of the Montreal Star] on King's regret that he...

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Papers and correspondence on the Young Women's Christian Association National Hostels Committee and other YWCA business including a YWCA survey of the housing needs of women and girls in Great Britain and the condition of various hostels. Includes some later material from Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill]'s research for her biography of Clementine.

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Papers and correspondence on the Young Women's Christian Association, including: a survey of the housing needs of women and girls; report by Clementine on a visit to a hostel in Sheffield [Yorkshire]; National Hostels Committee papers; correspondence and reports on various hostels, including a new hostel in Exeter [Devon], and hostels in Cheltenham [Gloucestershire] and Northampton.

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Papers and correspondence about the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), including: Clementine's resignation as Chairman of the National Hostels Committee; interim results of a survey of hostels; allocation of funding, particularly for repairs to the YWCA headquarters at Bedford House, London.

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Papers and correspondence on the Young Women's Christian Association, on subjects including grants from Clementine's Special Hostels Fund and the issue of tuberculosis among young women in Scotland.

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Correspondence relating to the Young Women's Christian Association, on subjects including whether Clementine would continue as one of their Vice-Presidents and grants to various hostels.