Archief GB 106 7DOU - DOUIE Family Papers

1 A box

GB 106 7DOU 1885-1953 fonds 1 A box Douie , Vera , 1894-1979 , librarian

Vera Douie (1894-1979) was born in Lahore in 1894, the daughter of a British Civil servant in India. She was educated at the Godolphin School, Salisbury before going on to complete her studies at Oxford University before degrees could be taken by women. She subsequently became a library assistant at the War Office Library from 1916 until 1921, the year in which she became the indexer of 'The Medical History of the War'. She later became the librarian of the London National Society for Women's Service at the Women's Service Library at Marsham St, London between 1926 and her retirement in 1967. It was Douie who, during this period, laid the foundations of its transformation into the Fawcett Library (now The Women's Library). She was active in the women's movement throughout her life and was particularly involved in the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene. During the Second World War she was a fervent campaigner for equal rights and published 'The Lesser Half' on behalf of the Women's Publicity Planning Association in 1943, examining the 'laws, regulations and practices introduced during the present war, which embody discrimination against women'. After the war, she also published Daughters of Britain: an account of the work of British women during the 2nd World War (1950). When she retired in 1967, she was awarded the OBE for her life's work. She died in 1979.

Deposited by Mrs Charlotte Gere [niece of Vera Douie] in 1998.

The archive consists of a Douie family photograph album and a photocopied pamphlet and notes relating to Douie family history.

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

English

The Women's Library Catalogue

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Deposited by Mrs Charlotte Gere [niece of Vera Douie] in 1998.

The archive consists of a Douie family photograph album and a photocopied pamphlet and notes relating to Douie family history.

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

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English

The Women's Library Catalogue

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.

• Engels