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Archival description
GB 106 10/16 · Fonds · 1907-1921

Scrapbook of press cuttings on a wide range of issues relating to women's position during and immediately subsequent to the First World War, including employment, venereal disease, women in public life and the activities of the Women's Freedom League. Many of the press cuttings came from a press cuttings agency.

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GB 106 10/37 · Fonds · c.1931-1932

This scrapbook consists of press cuttings on a range of subjects relating to women in public life with particular reference to women in the civil service.

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GB 106 10/19 · Fonds · 1912-1913

Scrapbook of press cuttings, from the 'Reading Standard' and 'Reading Mercury' as well as the national press. Indexed.

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GB 106 10/17 · Fonds · 1907-1919

Scrapbook of press cuttings; the first 27 pages of this volume contain press cuttings from 1907 on women's suffrage, including on the Wimbledon by-election of that year. Cuttings on pages 27-119 may have been added at a later date and consist of cuttings from a press agency about women's war work in the First World War, 1916-1919.

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GB 106 10/06 · Fonds · 1884-1918

Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to women's work during the First World War. Those from the first c 40 pages of the book (mostly from 1884 to 1890s) have been deliberately removed [in order for the scrapbook to be re-used]. They appear to have covered a range of general political subjects and a manuscript index for these pages is included. The rest of the volume consists of press cuttings, 1916-1919 [from a press agency] on working women, including domestic servants, waitresses, laundry workers, policewomen, nurses, land girls, and also on general issues about the employment of women during the First World War; also included are some cuttings concerning women's emigration, the League of Nations and Armistice Day.

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GB 106 10/26 · Fonds · 1914-1919

This scrapbook consists of press cuttings, mainly from the national press; typescript index, 1914-1919. Cuttings and reports referring to the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies are included.

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GB 106 10/04 · Fonds · c.1907-1930

Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to the suffrage campaigns compiled by Mrs Amelia Millward [and pasted into a scrapbook by her son, Alex Sydney.] Also included is a souvenir programme of the unveiling of the statue of Mrs Pankhurst in Mar 1930.

Millward , Amelia , 1870-1958 , suffragist Millward , Alex Sydney
GB 106 10/31 · Fonds · 1909-1927

This scrapbook consists of press cuttings, mainly from the national press, relating to the women's suffrage campaigns, 1909-1910; press cuttings from the national, local and specialist press relating to the activities of the Women's Freedom League, 1921-1927.

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GB 106 10/27-28 · Fonds · 1909-1927

This scrapbook consists of press cuttings, mainly from the national press, relating to the women's suffrage campaigns, 1909-1910; press cuttings from the national, local and specialist press relating to the activities of the Women's Freedom League, 1921-1927.

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GB 106 10/52 · Fonds · 1969-1991

This collection consists of press cuttings mainly from national newspapers (with some cuttings from regional and international press). The cuttings are arranged in albums in the following sections:

Album 1:

  • Women's Liberation in the UK Vol 1: 1971-1973

Album 2:

  • Women's Liberation in the UK Vol 2: 1974-1977

Album 3:

  • Women's Liberation in the UK Vol 3: 1977-1991

  • Women's Liberation Movement - General: 1972-1982

Album 4:

  • Women's Liberation Movement - International 1971-1976

  • Women's Liberation Book Reviews 1971-1976

Album 5:

  • Women's Liberation USA 1969-1984

The albums contain many complete articles. The authors include Katharine Whitehorn, Jill Tweedie, Bel Mooney, Mary Stott, Fiona Baker, Germaine Greer, Anna Coote, Linda Christmas, Lynne Edmunds, Jane Alexander, Ronald Irving, Mary Holland, Brian Harrison, Jacky Gillott, Caroline Moorehead, Beryl McAlhone, Diana Shelley, Polly Toynbee, Arianna Stassinopolous, Tina Brown, Andrea Dworkin.

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GB 106 10/50 · Fonds · 1929-2001

This scrapbook consists of press cuttings on the subject of prostitution from national and regional newspapers, for the years 1929-2001 (only five cuttings dated before the 1970s).

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GB 106 10/51 · Fonds · 1913-c.1919

This collection consists of press cuttings from national and regional newspapers documenting the work of women during the First World War. The cuttings are arranged in albums under the following headings:

Album 1:

  • Medical - Ambulance service, Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals

  • Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) - Catering, Clerical, Driving, Horticulture, Leisure, Recruitment, Stable work

  • Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) - Drivers, Mechanics, Personal Life

Album 1 also contains one page illustrating Mrs St Clair Stobart's Women's Convoy Corps, on service in the Balkans in 1913 during the Second Balkan War.

Album 2:

  • Home Front - Munitions Industry, Land Girls

Album 3:

  • Home Front - Public Services [alphabetically, from Baker - Window Cleaner], General

Album 4:

  • General - Military Forces and Home Front.
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GB 106 10/24 · Fonds · 1939-1940

This scrapbook consists of general press cuttings about the events of the Second World War.

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See Red' Women's Workshop
GB 106 5SRW · Fonds · 1974-1984

The archive consists of papers relating to the activities and members of See Red Women's Workshop, 1974-1984. It includes correspondence; notebooks containing minutes; press cuttings; poster catalogues and photographs showing members at work in the screen-print workshop.

See Red Women's Workshop
SELIGMAN, Hilda
GB 106 7HSE · Fonds · 1944-[1952]

The archive consists of correspondence, publications and press cuttings relating to Seligman's work to provide mobile health vans in India and her travels in Africa. Photographs were transferred to the Museum Collection.

The file comprises:

*Booklet sold in aid of the work of the Skippo Fund by Seligman, Hilda. 'Asoka, Emperor of India', London: Arthur Probsthain, 1947.

*Booklet for children by Seligman, Hilda. 'Skippo of Nonesuch', London: John and Edward Bumpus Ltd, 1944. With illustrations by the author, (2 copies).

*Printed leaflet of the Skippo Fund 'Messages from India', describing the work of the Asoka-Akbar mobile health vans (c. 1946). The vans treated ailments, gave information on health and sanitation, and taught first aid.

*Printed information sheet about the Skippo Fund, with a photograph of a unit on the reverse, (c.1946).

*3 press cuttings about a Children's Fete held in aid of the Skippo Fund at the Seligman's house in Wimbledon, Sep 1948 (originally held in envelope addressed to Mr and Mrs Paddon).

*Letter to Mrs Paddon from Hilda Seligman written from Delhi, 28 Jan 1947, describing a visit to Delhi and the All India Women's Conference.

*Letter to Hillary and John Paddon from Hilda Seligman, written on notepaper of the Treetops Hotel, Kenya, 4 Mar 1952.

*Typescript account 'A strange coincidence', by Richard Seligman, 12 Mar 1952.

*Pamphlet 'The rise of the women's movement in Indonesia', London: Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia, (c. 1952).

*Typescript account 'The Warrior Piano', about a piano presented to Hilda Seligman's son, abandoned during the war in Padua, found again in 1948 and restored by Hilda Seligman.

Seligman , Hilda , fl 1936-1947 , sculptress, author and campaigner
SHAH, Mahduri R (1919-1985)
GB 106 7MRS · Fonds · 1960-1990

The archive consists of biographical details and list of publications (1985-1990); research papers and articles (1960-1985); addresses at convocations (1980-1984); memorial lectures (1983-1986); conference addresses (1981-1982); speeches (1981-1987).

Shah , Madhuri R , 1919-1985 , nee Kothari , educationalist
GB 0106 7HSH · Fonds · [1988]

The archive consists of a typescript illustrated biography entitled 'The World of an Insignificant Woman' and biographical note, both by Catherine Thackray.

Sharp , Hilda Marjory , 1882-1967 , suffragette
SHAW, Dr Patricia
GB 106 7PTS · Fonds · 1876-1965

The archive consists of subject / research files containing press cuttings, letters, extracts from books and reports and other manuscript material relating to the employment of shop workers and other occupations, and occupational health implications. The files were created in the course of Shaw's work for Boots Pure Drug Company, and date mainly from the 1940s-1950s, though some original reference material has earlier dates. Included is material relating to Margaret Bondfield, legislation, working conditions, health, economics and trade unions. Some of the material has a Nottingham focus (e.g. press cuttings) reflecting the position of the Boots Head Office.

Shaw , Patricia , fl 1948-1965 , physician
GB 106 7MSH · Fonds · 1952-1953

Typescript of Mary Sheepshank's autobiography 'The Long Day Ended' (1880s-1930s). These reminiscences provide interesting descriptions of South America in the 1920s, and of a chapter in the history of the Ukrainian fight for independence.

Sheepshanks , Mary Ryott , 1872-1960 , educationalist, feminist, and internationalist
SIMMONS, Bayard: Scrapbooks
GB 106 7BSI · Fonds · 1931-1951

The archive consists of two scrapbooks of manuscript poems, reviews and press cuttings. The volumes contain items relating to the suffrage movement and general news items about politics, art, literature and theatre. There are many press cuttings from 'The Freethinker' and manuscript poems by Simmons. The archive also includes a photocopied surrogate version of parts of the scrapbooks and an index.

Simmons , Bayard , fl 1906 , author
GB 106 7SDS · Fonds · 1904-1974

The archive consists of correspondence, press cuttings, copies of speeches and articles by Shena Simon relating to education and her work as a local councillor in Manchester. It includes a biography of Lady Simon by her daughter-in-law Joan Simon, with background biographical notes.

Simon , Shena Dorothy , 1883-1972 , Lady Simon of Wythenshawe , feminist and educationalist
GB 106 5SPG · Fonds · 1919-1981

The archive consists of minutes of the Executive Committee (1935-1937, 1939-1980), Annual General Meeting papers and reports (1931-1979), papers and correspondence files of the treasurer, honorary secretaries, chairs and vice-chairs (1932-1977), papers of the Hampshire (1964-7) and Northwest (1973-7) Branches, administration papers including publicity material, financial items and correspondence regarding the dissolution of the group, correspondence, printed materials and papers related to various campaigns (1937-1976), weekend conference materials (1948-65) and meetings papers (1943-1979), leaflets of and correspondence with other organisations (1938-1979), newsletters and circulars (1941-1979), issues of Time and Tide (1921-1929) and press cuttings (1920s-1970s), correspondence of the Honorary Secretary (1950-1981)

Six Point Group
SMIETON, Margaret Judith
GB 106 7MJS · Fonds · 1919-1923

The archive consists of the extensive correspondence with the University of London and other bodies, conducted by Margaret Judith Smieton's mother between 1919-1922 and reflects the then prevailing uncertainties regarding available types and scope of horticultural degree courses, qualifications for grants, terms of admission etc.

Smieton , Margaret Judith , fl 1919-1925 , horticulturalist
GB 106 2SEC · Fonds · 1911-1933

The archive consists of an agenda, accounts and duplicated manuscript annual report for the annual general meeting of the Petersfield Society in 1912 and annual reports 1921-1933. Annual reports of the St Pancras Society 1927-1930.

Petersfield Society for Equal Citizenship St Pancras Society for Equal Citizenship
GB 106 5SMW · Fonds · 1938-2004

The archive consists of:

  • Administrative papers (1964-2004)

  • minutes of Annual General Meetings and related papers (1977-2004)

  • minutes of Executive Committee meetings (1938-2000)

  • Financial papers (1982-2004)

  • Papers relating to the Ecumenical Network of Women's Ministries (2003-2004)

  • Publications (1966-2004)

Society for the Ministry of Women in the Church
GB 106 1SOS · Fonds · 1901-1964

The archive consists of minute books of the Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women (SOSBW) Council, executive, finance and various committees and of Junior branch, training centre, Africa, Rhodesia, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and schoolgirl tours subcommittees; minutes of the Overseas Settlement Committee and War Services Committee; duplicate minutes for meetings of Joint Council for Women's Emigration Societies; annual reports; title deeds and legal documents; Legal, finance and hostel correspondence files; general correspondence files; pamphlets; Overseas Settlement Committee annual reports and Overseas Settlement Board reports.

Society for the Overseas Settlement of British Women
GB 106 1SAX · Fonds · 1901-1922

The archive consists of the following.

Executive Committee: minutes including a report from Lady Malmesbury's Committee of Enquiry and a draft letter; Finance Committee: volume of minutes and unbound duplicate minutes; minutes of the shipping, Rhodesia, Rhodes Hostel, Transvaal, Orange River, Cape Colony and Natal subcommittees; Annual Reports: 1903-1905, 1908-1909, 1910-1912, 1913-1916, 1916-1919; volumes of correspondence.

South African Colonisation Society
SQUIRE, Hilda (1898-1991)
GB 106 7HMS · Fonds · 1909-1972

The archive consists of personal papers mainly relating to training and work as a medical social worker (hospital almoner) 1920s-1950s, and correspondence relating to historical family documents and her aunt Rose Squire. It includes correspondence, a London School of Economics Social Work exam paper (1927), lecture notes on the subject of health and hospital social work, and two photographs of Rose Squire.

Squire , Hilda M L , 1898-1991 , health visitor
GB 0106 2SJA · Fonds · 1911-2004

The archive consists of early Catholic Women's Suffrage Society material as well as more recent accessions from the St. Joan's International Alliance, both its own papers and those of Joan Morris, a prominent member.

St Joan's Social and Political Alliance: minutes of the committee and the annual general meeting (1911-1952, 1958-1976, 1984-2004); copy minutes with some agendas and papers (1971-1989); Annual General Meeting report (1912, 1913, 1915, 1946) and attendance sheets (1946), agendas and draft minutes (1966-1979), agendas and other papers (1980-1983, 1988-1989); Accounts: annual (1967-1983), cashbook (1958-1973), petty cashbook (1955-1973, 1980-1983), Miscellaneous accounts ([c.1945], 1981-1983); membership mailing lists c1950-1990; biographical notes on members (1940-1984); notices of meetings and circulars; reports of meetings including northern branch (1973-1983), minutes and agendas of Merseyside branch (1959-1961); notes of arrangements for the papal visit and press release; newsletters, publicity leaflets, booklets, sample stationery; newspapers, menus, ephemera. St Joan's International Alliance: Council meeting minutes, programmes, reports, papers, accounts, correspondence, resolutions (1968-1991, 1999); reports, correspondence and papers of committee and other meetings (1965-1966, 1978, 1981-1984, 1985, 1987-1989); copies of constitutions, by-laws and papers on amendments (c.1970-1982); newsletters, leaflets; correspondence files of officials (1969-1985); general correspondence; St Joan's Quincentenary appeal, booklet and autograph volumes; awards certificates; correspondence, papers and press cuttings regarding film The Tower and The Dove' and supporting tour of the Far East; biographical notes; research notes, drafts, typescripts and translations ofThe Hidden History of Women'; copies, drafts, notes, proofs, typescripts and illustrations for Pope John VIII. An English Woman', with lecture notes. Typescripts, research notes, copies ofThe Pentecost', Dual Cathedrals in the Middle Ages',History of the Role of Women in Church Government', Women Doctors of the Church' (with lecture notes),Eucharistic Celebration by Women', The True tradition of Women in the Church',Women in Male Disguise; texts of lectures and published articles; research papers and notes on sources; reports on meetings.

Subject files on ordination of women, women in the Church, revision of canon law, liturgical language, women's Action Day (1980), International Women's Day, sex equality, abortion; Bulletin of the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Section (1984-1986, 1989, 1990); accounts, mailing lists, correspondence, copies of articles sent for publication, paste-ups and editions (1987-1991) of The Catholic Citizen; publications of French, Belgian, Canadian and United States' sections. Papers and correspondence regarding St Joan's Alliance participation in United Nations Commissions and conferences including reports, leaflets, programmes, publicity materials and cuttings. Photographs of members and groups and illustrations; press cuttings, unmounted and in volumes. Newsletters, information sheets, papers, reports and conference reports, publications, periodicals and leaflets issued by other religious organisations and groups dealing with status of women.

St Joan's International Alliance Catholic Women's Suffrage Society
GB 106 5SJG · Fonds · 1952-1981

The archive consists of chronological files containing: correspondence, reports of German section meetings, circulars and papers of annual council meetings of the St Joan's International Alliance including German Section reports to the Council and notes from Mary Dittrich concerning the deposit of the papers.

St Joan's International Alliance (German Section)
Status of Women Committee
GB 106 5SWC · Fonds · 1953-1985

Records of the Status of Women Committee including minutes, conference papers, correspondence and publications. Papers mainly date from 1969 to 1982.

Status of Women Committee
GB 106 9/11 · Fonds · 1885-1924

The collection contains 30 letters written between 1885 and 1924. Correspondents include William Thomas Stead, Frances Power Cobbe, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Herbert Stead, the Governor of Holloway Prison, Mrs Stead, Mr W Shaen, Miss Kensington the Secretary of Girton College, Mrs Frederic Whyte; the materials also include W T Stead's 'Holloway' New Year Cards, 1885. The letters discuss the Criminal Law Amendment controversy, speeches, his term in jail and emotional state, theology, Leslie Stephens, Edmund Garrett Fawcett, women's suffrage and education, the Royal Commission of 1871, trips for working women and the loan of Millicent Garrett Fawcett's Stead letter collection to a biographer.

Stead , William Thomas , 1849-1912 , journalist and author
GB 106 7ESW · Fonds · 1910-1914

The archive consists of correspondence between Eva Stephenson and her fiance Maurice Wilkins, covering the period 1910-1914. The letters describe Stephenson's experiences in Holloway prison for suffrage activism in 1910 (some letters are written on prison regulation notepaper), her life as an office worker and her family relationships. Subjects covered include: relationships with other suffragettes in prison; trials of the prison regime; Christmas in Holloway; her relationship with her mother who disapproved of her suffrage campaigning; reflections on her upbringing; employment in an office and enjoyment of her independence; her relationship with her future husband.

With typescript transcriptions of the letters by William Paul Wilkins, son of Eva and Maurice Wilkins (produced in 1998). The transcriptions include a name and place index.

Wilkins , Eva , fl 1913 , nee Stephenson , suffragette
STEVENS, Florence C: Memoir
GB 106 7FCS · Fonds · [1909]

The archive consists of a manuscript memoir headed 'Manchester, 19 Jun 1909: Women's Social & Political Union (WSPU) Drum and Fife'. Details journey from London to Manchester and back for the meeting to welcome Miss Patricia Woodlock, provides an account of the meeting, the actions of the police and anti-suffragists, and gives Florence's opinions on the suffrage issue; also contains an account of learning to play the fife with the WSPU Drum & Fife Band and a list of the members of the Band.

Stevens , Florence C , b [1890] , suffragist
GB 106 7MDS · Fonds · [1954]

The archive consists of a Fawcett Society programme for Spring 1954; manuscript of a talk given by Mrs Stocks to a local London audience about the story of the campaign for the women's vote and Dame Millicent Fawcett.

Stocks , Baroness , Mary Danvers , 1891-1975 , nee Brinton , women's activist and college head
GB 0106 7CMS · Fonds · 1915-1995

Papers of Mary Stott, 1915-1995, comprising manuscripts of books and research papers; papers accumulated as women's editor of 'The Guardian', and as a member of women's organisations; papers accumulated as a member of Women in Media; personal papers; campaign papers; information papers; papers relating to other organisations; papers relating to the Women's Liberation Movement; objects; audio visual materials and printed material.

Stott , Catherine Mary Charlotte , 1907-2002 , née Waddington , journalist and author x Stott , Mary x Waddington , Mary Charlotte
GB 106 9/27 · Fonds · 1805-1962

The collection contains letters between members of the Strachey family and other correspondents. Writers include Philippa Strachey, Ralph Strachey, Richard Strachey, Oliver Strachey, Sir Richard Strachey, Pernel Strachey, James Strachey, Lady Jane Strachey, Dorothy Strachey, Marjorie Strachey, Elinor Rendel, Dorothy Bussy, Roger Fry, Virginia Woolf and Mlle Souvestre.

9/27/A- Letters between Roger Fry and Philippa Strachey 1915-1933.

9/27/B- Letters from Ralph Strachey to Philippa Strachey 1869-1893.

9/27/C- Letters to Philippa Strachey from Richard Strachey 1886-1917 and to Philippa Strachery from Oliver Strachey 1906-1912 (Begin at AL/4767).

9/27/D- Ralph at School 1878-1889; James at School 1899; Elinor Rendel 1889-1896; Sir Richard Strachey 1889-1899; Pernel Strachey 1891 & 1894-1895.

9/27/E- Letters from: Pippa to her mother 1902/1905; Passport 1915; Dorothy Strachey to Pippa Strachey 1895-1903; Dorothy Bussy to Pippa Strachey 1903-1929; Marjorie Strachey to Pippa Strachey 1898-1956; Ray Strachey to Pippa Strachey 1911-1929.

9/27/F- Letters from friends and acquaintances to various members of the Strachey family 1865 to 1958; Letters from Marietta Pallis to Philippa Strachey Nov 1955-Jan 1957 - begin AL/5073; Letters of Condolence on the death of Pernel Strachey. Arranged alphabetically 1951-1952 - begin AL/5097.

9/27/G- Letters from Mlle Souvestre to Mrs Strachey written in French from 'Les Ruches'; The Strachey letters Volume 27 Part G II, Letters from Mlle Souvestre to Mrs Strachey, Written in French 1874-1879 - Begin AL/5156.

Strachey family
Strachey Family Papers
GB 106 7BSH · Fonds · 1656-1999

The archive consists of the papers of Mary Berenson, her daughter Ray Strachey and her granddaughter Barbara Strachey Halpern. It comprises letters and correspondence mainly concerned with personal and family news, typescripts and manuscript notes, press cuttings mainly relating to suffrage and equal pay activities, photographs of Ray Strachey and other members of the Strachey family, and some material relating to Ray's grandmother, Hannah Whitall Smith. Also a manuscript recipe book owned by members of the Strachey family and a file of material relating to Kathleen Halpin.

Strachey Family namely: Berenson , Mary , 1864-1945 , Strachey , Rachel Pearsall Conn [Ray] , 1887-1940 , nee Costelloe , feminist activist and writer Strachey , Barbara Halpern , b 1912 , writer
GB 106 7JMS · Fonds · 1860-1920

The archive consists of copies of speeches (1903-1914), correspondence on women's suffrage (1907-1917) and National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies work (1907-1919), papers related to the Women's Local Government Society including letters, leaflets, notes and reports (1901-1920), materials related to the Lyceum Club (1907-1913) and miscellaneous other papers (1860-1914).

Strachey , Lady , Jane Maria , 1840-1928 , nee Grant , suffragist
GB 106 7JPS · Fonds · 1894-1951

The archive consists of: literary papers and lecture notes on French literature (including work on Lamartine, Madame de Sevigne, Chateaubriand, Montaigne, Racine and an article on the Women's movement in France which originated as the Fawcett Lecture of 1942) and Newnham College-related papers and correspondence (1944-1951).

Strachey , Joan Pernel , 1876-1951 , college head and French scholar
GB 106 7PHS · Fonds · 1909-1968

The archive consists of papers relating to organisations and societies with which Philippa Strachey was involved as part of her activities promoting equal pay, employment and training for women. For some she was the representative of the London and National Society for Women's Service (later the Fawcett Society), while others represent her direct work for education (Cambridge University Women's Appointments Board) and employment (the Women's Service; for which is held notes and correspondence with various trade associations).

There is also a series of personal papers and ephemera. These appears to have been collected by Philippa and includes obituaries, notes on the history of the women's suffrage movement, order of service for Millicent Garrett Fawcett's memorial and a typescript of a play by George Bernard Shaw.

Strachey , Philippa , 1872-1968 , feminist activist and organiser
GB 106 9/09 · Fonds · 1902-1916

The collection contains correspondence of Edith Palliser, Pippa Strachey, Eva Gore-Booth, Eileen Hughes and Edith Dimmock amongst others, notes on various professions such as journalism, bookbinding and fashion designing, and materials issued by the Women's Industrial Council, the Women's Labour League and the London Society for Women's Suffrage.

Various
GB 106 7MMI · Fonds · 1908-1936

The archive consists of a small notebook containing manuscript notes from books and lectures on subjects including women's suffrage, employment and legislation. The volume includes notes under the following headings:

'Women's Suffrage Debate 28 Feb 1908'; 'United Kingdom Hospitals - Conference University College London Apr 1908'; organisation of a Votes for Women event; 'Mrs Wolstenholme Elmy on Married Women's Property Act 1882'; 'Meetings at Queen's Hall, Ladbroke Hall'; 'Self Denial Week'; 'Miss M Brockenbury - The Educated Woman and the Vote' [report of speech]; 'Mrs Brownlow's Pamphlet - Women and Factory Legislation'; Australia: Minimum Wage, Victor Clark Labour Movement; America - Licensing systems, Machinery, Factory, Jewish Competition, women voters in Colorado, New Zealand, Wyoming; 'Housing Bill 1908'; speech by John Burns; 'Pauperism 1st quarter 1908' [statistics]; dates of legislation affecting women 1844-1897; Reform Bill; women's work - florists, acrobats, pattern makers, married women in factories, cotton trade, carding hooks and eyes, cigar trade; posts closed to women - Law, medicine, church, politics; women in Inspectorate - prisons, factory , schools; women's wages; 'Government as Employers'; sweated labour; Anti-sweating Demonstration Queen's Hall Jan 28 1908; women prisoners; employment of children; Married women's savings; women married to aliens; Married Women's Property Act 1882; Guardianship of children.

The volume also included the following loose inserts which have been removed and are held within the folder:

Press cuttings:

'Unemployment - Salford and the scheme for women', Manchester Guardian, 22 Jan 1909

'Child labour in Egypt', Manchester Guardian,15 Jul 1908

'Australia and women's suffrage', Manchester Guardian, 1 Feb 1910

'Women as Councillors - the narrow range of choice', Manchester Guardian, 22 Jan 1909

'Votes for Women - women voters', Manchester Guardian, 19 Jun c. 1910

'University Women Teachers - the vote a necessary leverage in their work' Manchester Guardian, c. 1910

'London's unknown Museums - special LCC survey', The Times, 11 Mar 1936

'The Sacredness of motherhood', Common Cause, 24 Mar 1910

'Infant mortality and working mothers', Common Cause, c. 1910

'Why women need the vote', Common Cause, 21 Mar 1910

'The equal standard', Common Cause, c. 1910

Loose page from a leaflet on equal pay in Australia.

Manuscript notes on working women

Manuscript notes on The Present Conciliation Bill

Manuscript notes on women prisoners and comparisons with conditions abroad

Manuscript notes on women as a moral force

Manuscript notes on two speakers: Miss Phillips and Miss Fothergill

Manuscript notes on the function of the state and women's work

Manuscript notes on infant deaths

Unknown
GB 106 2SBA · Fonds · 1896-1949

The archive consists of typescript copies of 14 letters by Anthony, typescript copies of newspaper articles by her, and press cuttings, list of public memorials created up until 1949 and typescript background documents including typescript articles on and manuscript note by sculptor Adelaide Johnston, programmes. The records consist of 3 folders, containing loose documents copied by the Susan B Anthony Memorial Committee of California.

Susan B Anthony Memorial Committee
GB 106 9/30 · Fonds · 1830-1897

The collection contains letters from members of the Tabor family (1830-1851), letters from Eliza Tabor to John Stephenson (1873), letters from Eliza Tabor to Mary Holdich (1876-1877), letters from Eliza Tabor to John Stephenson (1880-4), letters from Eliza Tabor to John Stephenson (1885), letters from Eliza Tabor to Mary Catherine Tabor, letters from and to Mary Catherine Tabor (1843-1887), various letters to Mary Catherine Tabor and Eliza Tabor and others (1862-1897).

9/30/A- Part 1 - The Tabor Letters. Letters from various members of the Tabor Family 1830-1877; Early Correspondence between Eliza Tabor and John Stephenson 1873 - Begin AL/5498; Letters from Eliza Stephenson in India to her mother Mary Tabor in Malvern 1876-7 - Begin AL/5504;

9/30/B - Letters from Eliza Stephenson to John Stephenson 1880-1884 - with a few additional.

9/30/C- Letters from Eliza Stephenson to John Stephenson 1885.

9/30/D- Letters from Eliza Stephenson to Mary Catherine Tabor 1886-1887; Letters to and from Mary Catherine Tabor 1843-1887; Various letters to Mary Catherine and Eliza Tabor and others.

Stephenson , Eliza , nee Tabor , 1835-1914 , writer x Tabor , Eliza
GB 106 9/26 · Fonds · 1910-1964

The collection contains correspondence amongst the Taylor Family and their friends between 1910 and 1914 related to events and in particular the imprisonment of Mrs Mary Ellen 'Nelly' Taylor, Mark Wilkes and the Pethwick-Lawrences.

Correspondents include:

  • Mrs Mary Ellen 'Nelly' [sometimes Nellie] Taylor,

  • Dr Elizabeth Wilkes, sometimes addressed as Mrs Wilkes, known as Lily or Lilla.

  • Captain Thomas Smithies Taylor, Nelly's husband, addressed as 'Tom'.

  • Mark Wilkes,

Ramsay MacDonald and Frederick Pethick-Lawrence.

Letters addressed to Tom refer to her husband Thomas. Letters addressed to Tom and children refer to her husband and her children, Dorothea and Garth.

Various
TAYLOR, Mary Ellen
GB 106 7MET · Fonds · 1912-1971

The archive originally consisted of correspondence and objects. At some date the correspondence between Mrs Taylor and her daughter Dr Dorothea Taylor c.1912, was moved to Autograph Letter Collection Volume 9/26. In 2000 the objects were catalogued as part of the artefacts cataloguing project by Catherine Marshall.

Taylor , Mary Ellen , fl 1910-1914 , suffragette
GB 106 9/24 · Fonds · 1897-1921

The collection contains correspondence, mostly concerned with the activities of the British Women's Temperance Association.

British Women's Temperance Association
GB 106 7CTH · Fonds · 1968-1997

Autobiographical writings by Catherine Thackray collated by her daughter Rebecca Thackray into an autobiography; copies of published articles and poetry by Catherine Thackray; copies of obituaries of Catherine Thackray.

Thackray , Catherine Sharp , 1922-1999 , psychologist and activist