Women
Found in 416 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 06 Aug 1915
Photograph of nurses being presented with medals at Bourbourg [France].
(Untitled), 1885
Photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill and Lady Curzon [formerly Lady Georgiana Churchill, later Lady Howe] with Lord Curzon [later Lord Howe] seated in a pony carriage. Caption reads "How the Woodstock [Oxfordshire] election was won".
(Untitled), 26 Sep [1873]
(Untitled), 08 Sep [1886]
(Untitled), 10 Feb 1902
Letter from [Lady] Gwendolen Cecil (Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire) to Mrs Cornwallis-West [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her whether she would be prepared to relinquish her position as Vice President of the LGC [Ladies' Grand Council of the Primrose League].
(Untitled), [Feb] [1902]
Copy of a letter from Jennie Cornwallis-West [Lady Randolph Churchill] to Lady Gwendolen Cecil in which she says that she would be prepared to relinquish her position as Vice President [of the Ladies' Grand Council of the Primrose League] and will always be prepared to serve the league.
(Untitled), 27 Nov 1903
Copy of a letter from Jennie Cornwallis-West [Lady Randolph Churchill] (Crichel, Wimborne [Dorset]) to P Smith declining an invitation to a meeting of the Randolph Churchill Habitation of the Primrose League which is to be addressed by J Ratcliffe Cousins, secretary of the Tariff Reform League, as only one side of the argument on Tariff Reform is to be presented. Typescript.
(Untitled), 29 Mar 1904
Letter from [Sir] George Fardell (Randolph Churchill Habitation, 26 Hyde Park Street [London]) to Mrs Cornwallis-West [Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to preside at the Annual General Meeting.
(Untitled), [Jan] [1906]
(Untitled), 15 Apr 1908
Copy of a letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](Salisbury Hall, St Albans, Hertfordshire) to [Alice] Balfour resigning as Extra Vice President of the Ladies' General Council of the Primrose League.
(Untitled), 26 Apr 1908
Letter from Alice Balfour (Athens [Greece]) to Mrs Cornwallis-West [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning her resignation as Extra Vice President of the Ladies' General Council of the Primrose League.
(Untitled), 03 Nov 1899
Letter from Alexandra [Princess of Wales, later Queen Alexandra] (London) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which she thanks her for the second copy of her book, wishes her success with her ship [the Maine] and says that hopes that the troops will be successful [in the Boer War]. Envelope present.
(Untitled), 13 Jul 1945
Minute from "T L R" [Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] giving information on manpower levels in the Middle East, and WSC's general request for reductions, stating that the Manpower Committee and Cabinet have not accepted a general release from the Services of any women who want to go, and enclosing a report from the Chancellor [of the Exchequer, Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley, CHAR 20/232/4-5]. [initialled].
(Untitled), 12 Jul 1945
Memorandum from "J A" [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley, Chancellor of the Exchequer] to WSC marked "Top Secret" on Manpower Committee proposals on demobilisation in the second half of 1945, releasing women and men from the Services, and concluding that any enlargement of military commitment is incompatible with the demands of domestic reconstruction. [initialled; flagged "A"].
(Untitled), 06 Jul 1945
Extract from Cabinet conclusions on the redistribution of manpower in the second half of 1945: on maximising releases to benefit the restoration of civilian industry and housing, and the position of serving women; including contributions from WSC, the Secretary of State for Air [Harold MacMillan, later 1st Lord Stockton], and the Minister of Works [Duncan Sandys].
(Untitled), 07 Jul 1945
Minute from WSC to Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the Cabinet] on releasing women from the Services, directing them into civil manufacturing, and commenting on the Photographic Unit. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1945
Cabinet note by WSC marked "Secret" on why women should be treated differently from men in relation to demobilisation, arguing against keeping "masses of highly-paid young women hanging around" unnecessarily.
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1945
Cabinet note by WSC marked "Secret" arguing for the release from the Women's Services at the earliest date of all women who wish to go and suggesting the Manpower Committee review their recommendation on this matter.
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1945
Special note by WSC on why women should be treated differently from men in relation to demobilisation, arguing against keeping "masses of highly-paid young women hanging around" unnecessarily. [Carbon copy; annotated by WSC's Secretary Patrick Kinna].
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1945
Special note by WSC on why women should be treated differently from men in relation to demobilisation, arguing against keeping "masses of highly-paid young women hanging around" unnecessarily. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 05 Jul 1945
Special note by WSC on why women should be treated differently from men in relation to demobilisation, arguing against keeping "masses of highly-paid young women hanging around" unnecessarily. [Carbon copy].
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1945
Minute from "T L R" [Leslie Rowan, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to WSC suggesting amending WSC's "special note" on the release of women from the Services [CHAR 20/232/19-20] to take into account the rate of release for Class A. [initialled].
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1945
Special note by WSC on why women should be treated differently from men in relation to demobilisation, arguing against keeping "masses of highly-paid young women hanging around" unnecessarily. [draft on 10 Downing Street paper; annotated by WSC and his Private Office].
(Untitled), 03 Jul 1945
Draft cabinet note in WSC's name marked "Secret" arguing for the release from the Women's Services at the earliest date of all women who wish to go and suggesting the Manpower Committee review their recommendation on this matter. [prepared by Sir Edward Bridges, Secretary to the Cabinet, and annotated by WSC's Secretary Patrick Kinna].
(Untitled), 14 Jul 1945
Minute from WSC to Chancellor of the Exchequer [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] asking for a thorough examination of the Manpower position in the Services, questioning [Anderson's] "assumption" on women leaving the Services, arguing for further reductions in the Middle East, and emphasising the need for a "ruthless combing of the Services". [Carbon copy].