Fonds GB 106 7MBC - CROWLE, Mary Beatrice

0.5 A box (1 volume)

GB 106 7MBC 1914-1966 fonds 0.5 A box (1 volume) Crowle , Mary Beatrice , 1874- fl 1930 , suffragist and voluntary worker

Mary Beatrice Crowle (1874- fl 1930) was born in Brisbane in 1874, the daughter of Mr WE Finucane. In her lifetime she was a suffragist, voluntary worker, health practitioner, holder of public office and broadcaster. After her marriage to the naval officer Captain Crowle, she began a series of travels that would eventually end in her settling in England. Crowle was active in the suffrage movement in the pre-war period, becoming a member of the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association by 1913 and the honorary secretary of the Plymouth branch in the following year. During the first year of the First World War she worked with the Red Cross as a nurse and established a Ladies Rifle Club in the naval town. The following year, she was one of the first members of the local branch of the Women's Police Force and began lecturing on the role of her native Australia in the war. In the post-1918 period when women had been given a vote, she became a member of the committee of the Bath and District Women Citizens' Association and was elected to the Bath Union Board of Guardians. During the 1920s she became involved with broadcasting and became a Selborne Society Lecturer, following this activity in the 1930s by joining the League of Nations Union. Towards the end of her life, she became concerned with issues of vivisection and homeopathic medicine.

Deposited in the Fawcett Library by Judith Paris of the Fawcett Society in 1983.

The archive consists of Mary Beatrice Crowle's annotated scrapbook entitled 'women pioneers'. This contains correspondence, photographs, leaflets, press cuttings, etc. It relates mainly to her family; Lady Astor, and the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association; Women Police; Australians in First World War; vivisection; natural healing. Below are given selected detailed item descriptions for visual material, the references indicate the page numbers.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

English

Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

05/03/2008 Associations Womens organizations Employment Womens employment Animal experimentation Rights of special groups Womens rights Womens status Sociology Social control, formal Law enforcement Police Scientific methods Experimental methods Vivisection Wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) International politics International organizations Nongovernmental organizations Internal politics Electoral systems Womens suffrage Organizations Women Astor , Lady , Nancy Witcher , 1879-1964 , nee Langhorne , Viscountess Astor, society hostess and politician Crowle , Mary Beatrice , b 1874 , suffragist and voluntary worker Conservative & Unionist Women's Franchise Association Council of the League of Nations Union National Women Citizens Association Australia Oceania Sex Sex distribution

Deposited in the Fawcett Library by Judith Paris of the Fawcett Society in 1983.

The archive consists of Mary Beatrice Crowle's annotated scrapbook entitled 'women pioneers'. This contains correspondence, photographs, leaflets, press cuttings, etc. It relates mainly to her family; Lady Astor, and the Conservative and Unionist Women's Franchise Association; Women Police; Australians in First World War; vivisection; natural healing. Below are given selected detailed item descriptions for visual material, the references indicate the page numbers.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

• English

• Latin

English

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English