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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

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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.

H. Pearl Adam published Women in Council, the history of the National Council of Women of Great Britain, in 1945.[4]

Notable members

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Presidents

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1895: Louise Creighton[5]
1897: Mrs Alfred Booth
1899:
1900: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[6]
1901: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[6]
1902: Lady Constance Battersea
1903: Mary Clifford[5]
1905: Elizabeth Cadbury[5]
1907: Mrs Edwin Gray[5]
1909:
1910: Lady Laura Ridding[5]
1911: Mrs Alan Bright[5]
1913:
1916: Maria Ogilvie Gordon[5]
1920: Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne[5]
1921: Frances Balfour[5]
1923: Mrs George Morgan[5]
1925: Henrietta Franklin[5]
1928: Florence Ada Keynes[5]
1931: Lady Trustram Eve[5]
1933: Eva Hartree[5]
1937: Ruth Balfour[5]
1938: A. F. Johnston[5]
1940: E. Wilhelmina Ness[5]
1941: Home Peel[5]
1943: E. Wilhelmina Ness[5]
1945:
1953: Kathleen Freeman[5]
1955: Mrs Stanley Moffat[5]
1957: Eva Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading[5]
1959: Joan Robins[5]
1962: Norah Dean[5]
1964: Kathleen Baxter[5]
1966: Joan Boulind[5]
1968: Guinevere Tilney
1970:
1972: Margaret Lampard[5]
1974: Kay Fox[5]
1976: Helen Waldsax[5]
1978: Diane Reid[5]
1980: Margaret Wingfield[5]
1984: Mary Mayne[5]
1986: Evelyn Fairfax Martin[5]
1988: Rosalind Preston[5]
1990: Elizabeth Bavidge[5]
1992: Patience Purdy[5]
1994: Jean Clark[5]
1996:
2008: Sheila Eaton[7]
2012: Elsie Leadley[7]
2014: Gwenda Nicholas[8]
2017: Andrena Telford[8]

Other members

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Eminent members have included:

References

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  1. ^ Serena Kelly, ‘Ridding , Lady Laura Elizabeth (1849–1939)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 22 Nov 2017
  2. ^ Ridding, Laura. "Socities [sic] Which Help Women And Children. No. 1. The National Union Of Woman Workers". chestofbooks.com. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
  3. ^ "National Union of Women Workers of Great Britain and Ireland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. ^ Bain, G. S.; Woolven, Gillian B.; Woolven, G. B. (29 March 1979). A Bibliography of Industrial Relations. CUP Archive. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-521-21547-3.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b NUWW Annual Reports 1899-1901 TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University GB1924 HD6079
  7. ^ a b "NCW News" (PDF). National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  8. ^ a b "NCW elects a new president". National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
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