Fonds GB 106 2HWS - Hitchin, Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society

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Reference code

GB 106 2HWS

Title

Hitchin, Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society

Date(s)

  • 1909-1919 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

1 A box

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Hitchin, Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society (1909-1918) was originally established as the North Herts Women's Suffrage Association in 1909 with Lord Lytton as its president and with Lady Constance Lytton and Lady Betty Balfour as members. By 1911 the organisation had expanded to such an extent that it was necessary to split it into two separate bodies: the Hitchin, Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society and the Letchworth and District Women's Suffrage Society. Both were affiliated to the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. This remained the situation until 1918 when the HSDWSS became a Women's Citizenship Association.

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GB 106 2HWS 1909-1919 fonds 1 A box Hitchin Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society

The Hitchin, Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society (1909-1918) was originally established as the North Herts Women's Suffrage Association in 1909 with Lord Lytton as its president and with Lady Constance Lytton and Lady Betty Balfour as members. By 1911 the organisation had expanded to such an extent that it was necessary to split it into two separate bodies: the Hitchin, Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society and the Letchworth and District Women's Suffrage Society. Both were affiliated to the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies. This remained the situation until 1918 when the HSDWSS became a Women's Citizenship Association.

Unknown: the archive was listed c.1989, so the records must have been deposited prior to that date.

The archive consists of minutes, attendance book, annual reports 1909-1919; Stevenage local committee minutes and reports.

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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Fawcett Library Catalogue

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.

08/01/2008 Associations Womens organizations Internal politics Electoral systems Womens suffrage Organizations Women Societies Hitchin Stevenage and District Women's Suffrage Society Sex Sex distribution

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Unknown: the archive was listed c.1989, so the records must have been deposited prior to that date.

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Scope and content

The archive consists of minutes, attendance book, annual reports 1909-1919; Stevenage local committee minutes and reports.

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Accruals

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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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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Fawcett Library Catalogue

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Women's Library

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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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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