National Council of Women of Great Britain
| Formation | 1895 |
|---|---|
Formerly called | National Union of Women Workers, National Council of Women of Great Britain & Ireland |
The National Council of Women of Great Britain (NCWGB) 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 and affiliated to the International Council of Women (ICW) in 1897.[3]
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.[4]
It supported the work of the Equal Pay Campaign Committee 1941-1956.[5]
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.[6]
Notable members
Presidents
- 1895: Louise Creighton[7]
- 1897: Mrs Alfred Booth
- 1899:
- 1900: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[8]
- 1901: Mrs Arthur Lyttelton[8]
- 1902: Lady Constance Battersea
- 1903: Mary Clifford[7]
- 1905: Elizabeth Cadbury[7]
- 1907: Mrs Edwin Gray[7]
- 1909:
- 1910: Lady Laura Ridding[7]
- 1911: Mrs Alan Bright[7]
- 1913:
- 1916: Maria Ogilvie Gordon[7]
- 1920: Maud Palmer, Countess of Selborne[7]
- 1921: Frances Balfour[7]
- 1923: Mrs George Morgan[7]
- 1925: Henrietta Franklin[7]
- 1928: Florence Ada Keynes[7]
- 1931: Lady Trustram Eve[7]
- 1933: Eva Hartree[7]
- 1937: Ruth Balfour[7]
- 1938: A. F. Johnston[7]
- 1940: E. Wilhelmina Ness[7]
- 1941: Home Peel[7]
- 1943: E. Wilhelmina Ness[7]
- 1945:
- 1953: Kathleen Freeman[7]
- 1955: Mrs Stanley Moffat[7]
- 1957: Eva Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading[7]
- 1959: Joan Robins[7]
- 1962: Norah Dean[7]
- 1964: Kathleen Baxter[7]
- 1966: Joan Boulind[7]
- 1968: Guinevere Tilney
- 1970:
- 1972: Margaret Lampard[7]
- 1974: Kay Fox[7]
- 1976: Helen Waldsax[7]
- 1978: Diane Reid[7]
- 1980: Margaret Wingfield[7]
- 1984: Mary Mayne[7]
- 1986: Evelyn Fairfax Martin[7]
- 1988: Rosalind Preston[7]
- 1990: Elizabeth Bavidge[7]
- 1992: Patience Purdy[7]
- 1994: Jean Clark[7]
- 1996:
- 2008: Sheila Eaton[9]
- 2012: Elsie Leadley[9]
- 2014: Gwenda Nicholas[10]
- 2017: Andrena Telford[10]
Other members
Notable 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
- Laura Veale — founder and president of Harrogate branch
- Beatrice Webb
- Florence Mildred White
- Margaret Wintringham
- Charis Frankenberg (on health committee, and member of the Salford branch)[11]
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 Council of Women of Great Britain Annual Conference 2019". British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG). 24 October 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2025.
- ^ "National Union of Women Workers of Great Britain and Ireland". Archives Hub. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ "Records of the Equal Pay Campaign Committee". archives.lse.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b NUWW Annual Reports 1899-1901 TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University GB1924 HD6079
- ^ a b "NCW News" (PDF). National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ a b "NCW elects a new president". National Council of Women. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ London School of Economics and Political Science. "The Suffrage Interviews". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 7 April 2025.
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