Glage, Liselotte. Clementina Black: A Study in Social History and Literature. Carl Winter.
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Women's Industrial Council
Connections
| Connections Sort ascending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Textual Production | Clementina Black | As a member of the Women's Industrial Council
and the Women's Labour League
, CB
advocated trade unionism, consumer action, more factory legislation, and the establishment of a minimum wage. She lectured and wrote extensively... |
| politics | Clementina Black | CB
participated in work that helped to produce the founding of the Women's Industrial Council
, formerly the Women's Trade Union Association. |
| politics | Clementina Black | CB
resigned as president of the Women's Industrial Council
to protest the executive committee's refusal to endorse unequivocally the establishment of wage boards. Banks, Olive. The Biographical Dictionary of British Feminists. New York University Press. 21 |
| politics | Eleanor Rathbone | Her friend and biographer Mary Stocks
observes that [i]n due course, she became its leading spirit, Stocks, Mary. Eleanor Rathbone: A Biography. Gollancz. 64 |
| Occupation | Eleanor Rathbone | Rathbone and Macadam collaborated on many social and political projects, most with feminist aims. They began by stabilising the Settlement's budget and community programmes. The two then served on the founding committee of the School of Social Studies and Training for Social Work |
Timeline
26 November 1894: The Women's Industrial Council was formed...
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26 November 1894
The Women's Industrial Council
was formed in London (with Richard Haldane
as President) from the earlier Women's Trade Union Association
.
October 1895: The Women's Industrial News began quarterly...
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October 1895
The Women's Industrial News began quarterly publication from the Women's Industrial Council
in London.
1898: Life in the Shop, a series of articles based...
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1898
Life in the Shop, a series of articles based on Margaret Bondfield
's survey of shop assistants' working conditions, was published in the Daily Chronicle.
February 1899: The Women's Industrial Council formed, in...
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February 1899
The Women's Industrial Council
formed, in England, the Clubs Industrial Association
, which later became the National Organization of Girls' Clubs
.
19 May 1906: Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, newly-elected...
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19 May 1906
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
, newly-elected Prime Minister, received a deputation of suffragists.
1911: The Women's Industrial Council opened a nursery...
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1911
The Women's Industrial Council
opened a nursery training school at Hackney.
April 1919: The Women's Industrial News, the quarterly...
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April 1919
The Women's Industrial News, the quarterly organ of the Women's Industrial Council
, ceased publication in London.
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