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National Council of Women of Great Britain

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The National Union of Women Workers 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.

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.

Eminent members include:

  • Henrietta Barnett
  • Nina Boyle
  • Lucy Cavendish
  • Louisa Creighton, the first president
  • Maria Gordon
  • Antonella Kerr, Marchioness of Lothian
  • Margaret MacDonald
  • Ray Michie, Baroness Michie of Gallanach
  • Dorothy Peto
  • Lady Laura Ridding
  • Guinevere Tilney
  • Beatrice Webb
  • Florence Mildred White
  • Margaret Wintringham
  • References

    National Council of Women of Great Britain Wikipedia