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Institute of Education

National Union of Women Teachers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0366 UWT

Held at: Institute of Education

Title: National Union of Women Teachers

Date(s): 1904-1961

Level of description: collection

Extent: 429 boxes

Name of creator(s): National Union of Women Teachers

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Founded in 1904 as the Equal Pay League, part of the National Union of Teachers, in 1906 this organisation was re-named the National Federation of Women Teachers. In 1920 it it broke away to form an independent union, the National Union of Women Teachers. It was a feminist organisation and maintained close links with other groups and individuals in the women's movement. Its main aim was to obtain equal pay but it also interested itself in the wide range of issues affecting women teachers, including the marriage bar, maternity rights and family allowances. It was also concerned with education in its widest sense and took an interest in many issues such as class sizes, corporal punishment, the school leaving age, teacher training, and wider social and political debates such as capital punishment, the minimum wage and health policy. In 1961, when equal pay had been achieved, the Union was wound up.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Extensive collection of records of the National Union of Women Teachers, 1904-1961, including minutes of the Council and various committees, conference reports, branch records, correspondence, press cuttings, handbills, pamphlets, posters and photographs. There is also a large series of subject files on particular issues, individuals, organisations and campaigns documenting the wide range of the Union's interests. These include, for example, papers concerning women's organisations such as the Six Point Group, the National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship, the Women's Freedom League, the Open Door Council, the Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries and others and educational groups such as the English New Education Fellowship and the Workers Educational Association. There is also a series of collected biographical material on a wide range of individuals.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open. Apply to Archivist.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

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Partial

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

When the Union advertised that it was winding up its activities in 1961, the Librarian of the Institute of Education approached it with a view to obtaining the records. They were eventually transferred in 1964.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Created 06/11/1999, modified 12/6/2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Equal opportunity | Social and economic rights
Equal pay | Wage policy | Wages | Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Teacher trade unions | Teacher associations | Educational associations | Educational administrative structure | Educational organizations
Women teachers | Teachers | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Womens employment | Employment
Womens rights | Rights of special groups
Sex discrimination x Gender discrimination
Sexual division of labour x Gender division of labour

Personal names

Corporate names
Association of Women Clerks and Secretaries
English New Education Fellowship
National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship
National Union of Women Teachers x National Union of Teachers | Equal Pay League x National Federation of Women Teachers
Open Door Council
Six Point Group
WEA | Workers' Educational Association x Workers' Educational Association
Women's Freedom League

Places