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- 1908-1936 (Creation)
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0.25 A box
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Unknown.
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GB 106 7MMI 1908-1936 fonds 0.25 A box Unknown
Unknown.
Found in a box of books donated by Mary Mills [no address given] in 1999 to the Fawcett Library for a fund-raising sale. Formally accessioned 2003.
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
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
The Women's Library holds numerous archives related to suffrage and women's campaigns.
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.
05/03/2008 Rights of special groups Womens rights Womens status Internal politics Electoral systems Womens suffrage Marriage Marital status Married women Womens employment Employment Women Sex Sex distribution Law
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Found in a box of books donated by Mary Mills [no address given] in 1999 to the Fawcett Library for a fund-raising sale. Formally accessioned 2003.
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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
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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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- English
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- Latin
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English
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The Women's Library holds numerous archives related to suffrage and women's campaigns.
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Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
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- Rights of special groups
- Rights of special groups » Womens rights
- Rights of special groups » Womens rights » Womens status
- Internal politics
- Internal politics » Electoral systems
- Internal politics » Electoral systems » Womens suffrage
- Marriage
- Marriage » Marital status
- Marriage » Marital status » Married women
- Employment » Womens employment
- Employment
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women
- Sex distribution » Sex
- Sex distribution
- Law
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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