National Council of Women of Great Britain
The National Council of Women exists to co-ordinate the voluntary efforts of women across Great Britain.[1] Founded as the National Union of Women Workers, it said that it would "promote sympathy of thought and purpose among the women of Great Britain and Ireland".[2]
History[]
It was founded in 1895. It changed its name to the National Council of Women of Great Britain & Ireland in 1918. In 1928 it changed its name to the National Council of Women of Great Britain.[3]
Its early archives are held in the London Metropolitan University: Trades Union Congress Library Collections.
Pearl Adam wrote the History of the National Council of Women of Great Britain in 1945.
Notable members[]
Presidents[]
- 1895: Louise Creighton[4]
- 1897: Mrs Alfred Booth
- 1899:
- 1900: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[5]
- 1901: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[5]
- 1902: Constance de Rothschild
- 1903: Mary Clifford[4]
- 1905: Elizabeth Cadbury[4]
- 1907: Mrs Edwin Gray[4]
- 1909:
- 1910: Laura Ridding[4]
- 1911: Mrs Alan Bright[4]
- 1913:
- 1916: Maria Ogilvie Gordon[4]
- 1920: Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne[4]
- 1921: Frances Balfour[4]
- 1923: Mrs George Morgan[4]
- 1925: Henrietta Franklin[4]
- 1928: Florence Ada Keynes[4]
- 1931: Lady Trustram Eve[4]
- 1933: Eva Hartree[4]
- 1937: Ruth Balfour[4]
- 1938: A. F. Johnston[4]
- 1940: E. Wilhelmina Ness[4]
- 1941: Home Peel[4]
- 1943: E. Wilhelmina Ness[4]
- 1945:
- 1953: Kathleen Freeman[4]
- 1955: Mrs Stanley Moffat[4]
- 1957: Eva Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading[4]
- 1959: Joan Robins[4]
- 1962: Norah Dean[4]
- 1964: Kathleen Baxter[4]
- 1966: Joan Boulind[4]
- 1968: Guinevere Tilney
- 1970:
- 1972: Margaret Lampard[4]
- 1974: Kay Fox[4]
- 1976: Helen Waldsax[4]
- 1978: Diane Reid[4]
- 1980: Margaret Wingfield[4]
- 1984: Mary Mayne[4]
- 1986: Evelyn Fairfax Martin[4]
- 1988: Rosalind Preston[4]
- 1990: Elizabeth Bavidge[4]
- 1992: Patience Purdy[4]
- 1994: Jean Clark[4]
- 1996:
- 2008: Sheila Eaton[6]
- 2012: Elsie Leadley[6]
- 2014: Gwenda Nicholas[7]
- 2017: Andrena Telford[7]
Other members[]
Eminent members have included:
- Henrietta Barnett
- Nina Boyle
- Lucy Cavendish
- Emily Janes
- Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian
- Margaret MacDonald
- Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach
- Dorothy Peto
- Guinevere Tilney
- Beatrice Webb
- Florence Mildred White
- Margaret Wintringham
References[]
- ^ Serena Kelly, ‘Ridding , Lady Laura Elizabeth (1849–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 22 Nov 2017
- ^ Ridding, Laura. "Socities [sic] Which Help Women And Children. No. 1. The National Union Of Woman Workers". chestofbooks.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ "National Union of Women Workers of Great Britain and Ireland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak Glick, Daphne (1995). The National Council of Women of Great Britain: the first one hundred years. National Council of Women of Great Britain. ISBN 978-0900915079.
- ^ Jump up to: a b NUWW Annual Reports 1899-1901 TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University GB1924 HD6079
- ^ Jump up to: a b "NCW News" (PDF). National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "NCW elects a new president". National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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