Box, Muriel. Odd Woman Out. Leslie Frewin.
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Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Employer | Elizabeth Jenkins | EJ
's war work was done in the Civil Service
, first for the Assistance Board
which helped in the settlement of Jewish refugees and then with compensation payments to those whose property had been... |
| Occupation | Amber Reeves | While she held this job, the wages of female munitions workers went up from twelve shillings to twenty-eight (from about a quarter of her own pay to about half). She was a member of the... |
| Occupation | Ray Strachey | Philippa Strachey
was also active in the bureau, which shifted after the war to dealing with the problems of women newly unemployed because of men returning from the armed forces. Edith Lyttelton
joined in the... |
| Occupation | Muriel Box | Muriel's mother surprised her by sympathising with her desire to get into pictures, while her father saw nothing wrong with being a typist. |
| Occupation | P. D. James | PDJ
chose the Civil Service
because, with her husband and two daughters to support, she saw it as a safe job. Having qualified herself in hospital administration through evening classes, she was put in charge... |
| Occupation | Philip Larkin | PL
became urban district librarian for the town of Wellington in Shropshire, having graduated BA, failed the entrance exam for the Civil Service
, and been ordered by the Ministry of Defence
to take... |
| Reception | Doreen Wallace | Wallace's publisher, Sir William Collins
, was moved by this novel to compliment DW
on one of the most imaginative pieces of writing he had encountered for a long time. In his capacity as a... |
| Textual Features | Naomi Royde-Smith | Proof is a skilfully presented tale about Agnes Blundell, a stereotypically stupid, self-regarding, and possessive wife. She is secretly a laughing-stock among her husband's male acquaintance for telling, at the drop of a hat, a... |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Christabel Pankhurst | Having pointed out that women acquire on marriage an extra set of legal disabilities to go with those they had before, and having argued that without the vote women are in no state to alter... |
Timeline
1834: The British Treasury instituted a Civil Service...
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1834
The British Treasury instituted a Civil Service
examination in order to select the most suitable of three nominees chosen from a list prepared by the Patronage Secretary.
1834: The British Treasury instituted a Civil Service...
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1834
The British Treasury instituted a Civil Service
examination in order to select the most suitable of three nominees chosen from a list prepared by the Patronage Secretary.
1853: The Charter Act replaced patronage appointments...
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1853
The Charter Act replaced patronage appointments to the Indian Civil Service
with competitive examinations open to British subjects of all classes.
12 October 1854: W. H. Russell began reporting in The Times...
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12 October 1854
W. H. Russell
began reporting in The Times on army medical service in the Crimean War, specifically on the confusion, mismanagement, and maladministration which he saw at the scene of action.
Cohen, Emmeline W. The Growth of the British Civil Service 1780-1939. Archon Books, http://U of G.
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4 June 1870: An order in council established a policy...
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4 June 1870
An order in council established a policy of open competitive examinations for positions in the Civil Service
.
1875: The Savings Bank Department, a division of...
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1875
The Savings Bank Department
, a division of the Post Office
, was the second government division to hire women clerks; approximately thirty women were hired that year.
1876: An Order in Council created a Lower Division...
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1876
An Order in Council created a Lower Division of clerks in the Civil Service
who were transferable from one department to another.
1876: An Order in Council created a Lower Division...
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1876
An Order in Council created a Lower Division of clerks in the Civil Service
who were transferable from one department to another.
1888: The first women typists in the Civil Service...
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1888
The first women typists in the Civil Service
were appointed; these women were often referred to as female typewriters.
1888: The first women typists in the Civil Service...
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1888
The first women typists in the Civil Service
were appointed; these women were often referred to as female typewriters.
1894: The prohibition of married women in the British...
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1894
The prohibition of married women in the BritishCivil Service
, begun in practice in 1876, was formalized.
17 March 1894: The British Civil Service added the class...
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17 March 1894
The BritishCivil Service
added the class Female Typewriters, whose job was to copy handwritten material.
February 1920: A report on reorganising the British Civil...
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February 1920
A report on reorganising the BritishCivil Service
(particularly with regard to the gendering of employment and salary scales) was signed by members of the National Whitley Council
. It was published the same year.
February 1925: In the examinations for entry to the British...
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February 1925
In the examinations for entry to the BritishCivil Service
, Administrative grade (the first year that this competition had been open to female candidates), three of the twenty-one hired were women.
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