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Letter from [Dame] Vera Laugton Mathews [Director Women's Royal Naval Service] (Admiralty) expressing her grateful thoughts as a "representative of a very large body of women" for WSC's war leadership. [signed manuscript].

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Ford thinks her impact has been 'massive' in getting more women to stand for Parliament. Ford talks about Theresa May's support in her constituency. Ashley asks about May's cabinet and the proportion of women and speaks about the chances provided to her.

Scope and Contents Elizabeth Crawford was asked to read from her book, 'Enterprising Women: The Garrett's and their Circle'. Elizabeth discusses politics, education, the home and culture of the Garrett family. The book, tells the story of the Garrett family, who in the second half of the nineteenth century and the early years of the twentieth changed the position of women in Britain forever. They pioneered access to education at all levels and involved themselves in politics. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, Emily...

Scope and Contents Pamphlet detailing Conservative election policy under a number of headings: "Pillars of Peace" on measures to support the British empire and Commonwealth (including an Empire economic conference, imperial preference), the unity of the English speaking peoples, the United Nations and hopes that Soviet Russia will join it, and support for the rearmament programme; "Increase national output"; "Halt to nationalisation" including industrial measures, and the repeal of the Iron and Steel Act,...

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Photo shows WSC smiling and talking to a female officer during visit to inspect British forces in Cologne, Germany.

Scope and Contents Working papers on women and families in Britain, Europe, and the USA, covering subjects such as employment, including part-time work; the 'double burden'; girls' education; women in science and industry; feminism; marriage and single women; fatherhood; and divorce. Consists largely of press cuttings, articles, and survey data, with Mark Abrams's notes. Includes a copy of Pelican paperback 'The Captive Wife: Conflicts of Housebound Mothers' (1966) by Hannah Gavron, and typescript of a lecture...

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Letter from Jo Richardson, women’s rights spokesperson, with a Shadow Cabinet paper on plans for a Ministry of Women, and a letter from Lady Howe of Aberavon, chairman of Business in the Community, on taking forward women’s economic development.

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Files on subjects from 'C' to 'W'.

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Press cutting of WSC's article for the Sunday Chronicle, looking at the subject from both an historical perspective, focusing on figures such as Joan of Arc, and examining the contemporary situation around the world, commenting on the morality of women fighting.

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Five women MPs who brought about change in their countries tell the stories of their parliaments. Over 100 women from over eighty countries and five continents took part in a special debate in the House of Commons Chamber - it was the first time women from around the world had sat and spoken in the UK Parliament. Sones heard from Linda Fairbrother.

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Letters between JEP and M Brown on a forthcoming action on the ordination of women.

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Minutes and reports of committee meetings and from the National Conference of Labour Women.

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Correspondence on interviews with NK, including a transcript of an interview, mainly on NK’s views on women.

Scope and Contents Podcasts produced by Women's Parliamentary Radio , consisting mainly of interviews with British MPs, and publications based on those interviwes. The material focuses mainly on the work experiences of women MPs, along with some broader interviews regarding issues affecting women.Publications and associated podcasts covered are the 'When There's a Woman in the Room' series, parts 2-4 (Part 2, Part 2...

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Mainly pamphlets and flyers issued by the League, a non-party association of constitutional and militant suffragists dedicated to resisting Imperial Taxation. Includes a draft of a paper by Else advocating the withholding of taxes, annotated by JWHM.

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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.