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Notes on Ghanaian women, 1966 - 1975

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/4/3/3

Scope and Contents

Correspondence with publishers and agents regarding attempts to publish Lady Smedley’s book ‘Women of Ghana’, 1965; copy of article by Christine Fry, ‘Women in Traditional West Africa: A Study of Their Economic Position and Role’, SAIS Review, vol.19 (1975); newspaper cuttings from The Times: ‘Women in Africa’ (1966), ‘Why sex war seems absurd to liberated women in Ghana’ (1976), ‘African women fight against ritual mutilations’ (no date); letter from E.O. Dodoo (Senior Medical Officer, Ghana Leprosy Service) thanking Lady Smedley for her donated gifts, 9 October 1967; list ‘Ghana Women’ with details of various prominent Ghanaian women known to Lady Smedley; letter from (Seth?) Anthony (Ghanaian HC in London, 1966-70), 18 July (1966?); information sheet on the CCE (Centre for Civic Education) in Ghana; letter from Mrs Janet Tay (Secretary of the Committee on the Status of Women in Ghana), no date; minutes of first meeting of Association of Women Civil Servants, 27 April 1966; minutes of meeting of Association of Women (formerly Association of Women Civil Servants?), 5, 11 May 1966, together with another set of undated minutes; minutes of meetings of committee on the Advancement of the Status of Women, Accra, 14 September, 5, 19 October 1966, 27 January, 1 March, 3 May, 7 September 1967; various additional information relating to this committee and its aims, actions and membership, including letter of introduction to the Chairman of the Ghanaian National Liberation Council (September 1966?), together with the minutes of that meeting, 14 September 1966; copy of memorandum ‘Recommendations for Advancement of the Status of Ghanaian Women, the Development of their Potentialities and their Role in the National Reconstruction’ submitted to NLC; copy of second memorandum submitted to Colonel Afrifa, (no date); various other documents including ‘Request for posts of responsibility for women in the field of press and radio’, ‘Women as managers in the commercial fields’, ‘Recommendations for the improvement of the status of female workers in the Department of Social Welfare and Community Development’ and ‘Request for higher posts for women officers’; and details on positions, training and status of various Ghanaian women in the education sector.

Dates

  • Creation: 1966 - 1975

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Extent

1 file(s) (1 file) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2016-05-06 12:35:34+00:00

Includes index.

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