National Council of Women of Great Britain
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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]
| Formation | 1895 |
|---|---|
Formerly called | National Union of Women Workers, National Council of Women of Great Britain & Ireland |
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: Hon Mrs 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]