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Date(s)
- 1969 (Creation)
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1 file (110pp)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Dorothy Elliott: born 1895; educated at Reading University College (BA Modern Languages); munitions work at Kynoch's Aston, Birmingham, 1916-1917; Organiser, National Federation of Women Workers, Woolwich Arsenal, 1918-1921; Organiser, General and Municipal Workers Union, Lancashire, 1921-1924; London, 1924-1938; Chief Women's Officer, GMWU, 1938-1945; Chairman, National Institute of Home Workers, 1945-1959.
Archival history
GB 1924 Elliott 1969 Collection (Fonds) 1 file (110pp) Elliott , Dorothy , b 1895 , trade unionist
Dorothy Elliott: born 1895; educated at Reading University College (BA Modern Languages); munitions work at Kynoch's Aston, Birmingham, 1916-1917; Organiser, National Federation of Women Workers, Woolwich Arsenal, 1918-1921; Organiser, General and Municipal Workers Union, Lancashire, 1921-1924; London, 1924-1938; Chief Women's Officer, GMWU, 1938-1945; Chairman, National Institute of Home Workers, 1945-1959.
Presented to TUC Library by Dorothy Elliott, 1980.
Typescript of unpublished autobiography of Dorothy Elliott, Women in Search of Justice, written c1969; concerning her career in the trade union movement, 1916-1959; including account of munitions work during World War One and her work as organiser for the National Federation of Women Workers at Woolwich Arsenal, 1916-1918; her work for the General and Municipal Workers Union, 1921-1945, particularly as Chief Women's Officer and her work as Chairman of the National Institute of Home Workers, 1946-1959.
Single item
Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.
At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
English
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A further copy of the autobiography has been deposited in The Women's Library
Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules forthe Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Biographies Division of labour Elliott , Dorothy Mary , 1897-1980 , feminist and trade unionist Employment England Europe Gender division of labour General and Municipal Workers Union Labour market Labour relations Lancashire Literary forms and genres Literature London National Federation of Working Women National Institute of Home Workers Personnel Prose Rights of special groups Trade unions UK Western Europe Womens employment Womens rights Women workers Woolwich Workers People by occupation People Greenwich
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to TUC Library by Dorothy Elliott, 1980.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Typescript of unpublished autobiography of Dorothy Elliott, Women in Search of Justice, written c1969; concerning her career in the trade union movement, 1916-1959; including account of munitions work during World War One and her work as organiser for the National Federation of Women Workers at Woolwich Arsenal, 1916-1918; her work for the General and Municipal Workers Union, 1921-1945, particularly as Chief Women's Officer and her work as Chairman of the National Institute of Home Workers, 1946-1959.
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Single item
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Conditions governing access
Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.
Conditions governing reproduction
At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
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None
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Existence and location of copies
A further copy of the autobiography has been deposited in The Women's Library
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- Literary forms and genres » Prose » Biographies
- Labour market » Division of labour
- Employment
- Labour market » Division of labour » Gender division of labour
- Labour market
- Labour relations
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Personnel
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- Rights of special groups
- Labour relations » Trade unions
- Employment » Womens employment
- Rights of special groups » Womens rights
- Personnel » Workers » Women workers
- Personnel » Workers
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules forthe Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English