National Council of Women of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Connections

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politics Sarah Grand
In an interview in 1896, SG made clear her belief in the need for female suffrage: We shall do no good until we get the Franchise, for however well-intentioned men may be, they cannot understand...
politics Kathleen E. Innes
Also in the late 1930s Kathleen was elected President of the Andover branch of the National Council of Women and became a member of the St Mary Bourne Village Produce group and the Beekeepers' Association .
politics Agnes Maule Machar
A maternal feminist, AMM worked with the National Council of Women and was the first life member of the International Council of Women .
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Gerson, Carole, editor. Canada’s Early Women Writers. http://cufts2.lib.sfu.ca/CRDB/BVAS/resource/5724.
She advocated higher education for women.
Blain, Virginia et al., editors. The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Yale University Press; Batsford.
Performance of text Anne Ridler
A poetry-reading (a far more unusual event then than now) was held at the Wigmore Hall in London in aid of the National Council for Women and Aid to China : AR was one of...
Leisure and Society William Empson
Anne Ridler later remembered him at a poetry reading in October 1943 at the Wigmore Hall in London, held in support of Aid to China and of the National Council for Women . While...

Timeline

January 1923: The N. C. W. News, from the National Council...

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January 1923

The N. C. W. News, from the National Council of Women of Great Britain and Northern Ireland , began publication in London.

December 1930: N. C. W. News, from the National Council...

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December 1930

N. C. W. News, from the National Council of Women of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ended publication.

17 February 1936: The Abortion Law Reform Association was founded...

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17 February 1936

The Abortion Law Reform Association was founded to reform the law as enshrined in the Offences Against the Person Act of 1861. The idea arose from a conference organized the previous year by a doctor...

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