Women's Consultative Committee

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politics Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
This prompted Lady Rhondda to call the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act a leaky saucepan.
qtd. in
Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991.
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Millicent Garrett Fawcett called this decision simply scandalous.
qtd. in
Eoff, Shirley. Viscountess Rhondda: Equalitarian Feminist. Ohio State University Press, 1991.
87
Nancy, Lady Astor , chair of the Consultative Committee of Women's Organizations
politics Margaret Haig Viscountess Rhondda
From 1921 to 1924, MHVR was the president of the National Women Citizen's Association . During this decade, she was also an executive member of the Women's Consultative Committee , chaired by Nancy, Lady Astor

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March 1941: The Women's Consultative Committee was established...

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March 1941

The Women's Consultative Committee was established to advise Minister of Labour Ernest Bevin on matters of policy affecting women.
Parker, Henry Michael Denne. Manpower: A Study of War-time Policy and Administration. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1957.
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Braybon, Gail, and Penny Summerfield. Out of the Cage: Women’s Experiences in Two World Wars. Pandora, 1987.
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