15 August 1913: As the result of a campaign by the Women's...
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15 August 1913
As the result of a campaign by the Women's Co-operative Guild
, the National Insurance Act was amended to pay maternity benefit directly to mothers, instead of to their husbands.
October 1913: The Central Board of Co-operative Union refused...
The Women's Co-operative Guild
published Maternity: Letters from Working Women, which revealed the terrible conditions working class women had to endure during pregnancy and childbirth.
16 July 1916: The Government Food Prices Committee was...