Fonds GB 106 7ETW - WATTS, Ethel

2 A boxes

GB 106 7ETW 1928-1961 fonds 2 A boxes Watts , Ethel , fl 1920-1960 , accountant and feminist

Ethel Watts (fl 1920-1960) was active in the movement to secure equality for women from the 1920s to the 1960s. She was involved with the London and National Society for Women's Service since at least the 1920s, became Chair of the Junior Council in the mid-twenties and then the Chair of the Executive Committee, taking over from Mrs Kinnell when she retired. Her special interests were wide and ranged over the issues of superannuation paid by women, the taxation of married women, the marriage bar in the Civil Service and the general area of accountancy. She continued this work when it became the Fawcett Society and offered her services as an accountant to this and other organisations with which she had links.

Unknown. Deposited before the material was listed c.1974. [Fawcett Library Accession Registers to be checked].

The archive consists of files on the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (1948-1953), Royal Commission on Taxation (1944-1960), Women's superannuation (1947-1950), the Institute of Chartered Accountants (undated.), equal pay (undated.) and the Fawcett Society (undated.); private correspondence including letters from Philippa Strachey (1928-1961).

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

English

Fawcett Library Catalogue.

The papers of the London and National Society for Women's Service are held by the Women's Library (2LSW).

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.

25/02/2008 Organizations Associations Womens organizations Sex distribution Sex Women Social and economic rights Equal opportunity Employment Womens employment Marriage Marital status Finance Married women Fiscal policy Taxation Pensions Social security Social services Watts , Ethel , 1920-1960 , accountant and feminist Strachey , Philippa , 1872-1968 , feminist activist and organiser Fawcett Society

Unknown. Deposited before the material was listed c.1974. [Fawcett Library Accession Registers to be checked].

The archive consists of files on the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (1948-1953), Royal Commission on Taxation (1944-1960), Women's superannuation (1947-1950), the Institute of Chartered Accountants (undated.), equal pay (undated.) and the Fawcett Society (undated.); private correspondence including letters from Philippa Strachey (1928-1961).

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

• English

• Latin

English

The papers of the London and National Society for Women's Service are held by the Women's Library (2LSW).

Fawcett Library Catalogue.

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.

• English