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- 1948-1997 (Creation)
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1 A box
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Biographical history
Judith Hubback was born in 1917, the daughter of Sir John Fisher-Williams. She graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge in 1936 and married Eva Hubback's son the following year. After her marriage she taught until the first of her children was born but later returned to part-time coaching. In the late 1940s, Judith Hubback's mother in law, Eva Hubback, began a survey on housewives which was to have formed the basis for a chapter of a book on contemporary women. However, she died suddenly in 1949 before this could be completed. Judith Hubback took the information that the survey had revealed and analysed the data it contained, then wrote to the Manchester Guardian with the results. By 1950, she began work on expanding the survey and applied for funds from the government to conduct an inquiry into the part-time work available for married women but failed to gain the grant necessary. Instead, she reformulated her study to research the conditions and opinions of married female graduates and received a grant of 50 pounds from the Leche Foundation to carry it out. The survey was conducted from her home, sending out questionnaires to 1500 graduates, and had a 65% response rate. From the data which she received, she wrote the pamphlet 'Graduate Wives' in 1953 and the book Wives Who Went to College in 1957, both of which proved landmark works in the field. Hubback subsequently became involved in Jungian psychotherapy, training to be a psychotherapist at London University College and practising as a Jungian analyst from 1963 to date. She also published a series of articles in this field as well as books of poetry.
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GB 106 7JUH 1948-1997 fonds 1 A box Hubback , Judith , b 1917 , psychologist
Judith Hubback was born in 1917, the daughter of Sir John Fisher-Williams. She graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge in 1936 and married Eva Hubback's son the following year. After her marriage she taught until the first of her children was born but later returned to part-time coaching. In the late 1940s, Judith Hubback's mother in law, Eva Hubback, began a survey on housewives which was to have formed the basis for a chapter of a book on contemporary women. However, she died suddenly in 1949 before this could be completed. Judith Hubback took the information that the survey had revealed and analysed the data it contained, then wrote to the Manchester Guardian with the results. By 1950, she began work on expanding the survey and applied for funds from the government to conduct an inquiry into the part-time work available for married women but failed to gain the grant necessary. Instead, she reformulated her study to research the conditions and opinions of married female graduates and received a grant of 50 pounds from the Leche Foundation to carry it out. The survey was conducted from her home, sending out questionnaires to 1500 graduates, and had a 65% response rate. From the data which she received, she wrote the pamphlet 'Graduate Wives' in 1953 and the book Wives Who Went to College in 1957, both of which proved landmark works in the field. Hubback subsequently became involved in Jungian psychotherapy, training to be a psychotherapist at London University College and practising as a Jungian analyst from 1963 to date. She also published a series of articles in this field as well as books of poetry.
The papers were donated to The Women's Library by Hubback in 1997.
The archive consists of:
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Questionnaires (1948-1950), pamphlets, articles and press cuttings related to 'Graduate Wives' (1953-1955);
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Scrapbook of reviews of 'Wives Who Went to College' (1957-1958);
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Letters of provenance from donor (1997).
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
English
Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
Additional papers were to be deposited with the Hypatia Trust.
The questionnaire within the collection were used to write the books 'Graduate Wives' and 'Wives Who Went to College'.
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.
28/02/2008 Educational levels Higher education Sex distribution Sex Women Homemakers Marriage Marital status Married women Womens education Educational systems Hubback , Judith , b 1917 , psychologist
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The papers were donated to The Women's Library by Hubback in 1997.
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The archive consists of:
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Questionnaires (1948-1950), pamphlets, articles and press cuttings related to 'Graduate Wives' (1953-1955);
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Scrapbook of reviews of 'Wives Who Went to College' (1957-1958);
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Letters of provenance from donor (1997).
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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
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- Latin
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English
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Additional papers were to be deposited with the Hypatia Trust.
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Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
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- Educational levels
- Educational levels » Higher education
- Sex distribution
- Sex distribution » Sex
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women » Homemakers
- Marriage
- Marriage » Marital status
- Marriage » Marital status » Married women
- Educational systems » Womens education
- Educational systems
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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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- English