Russell, Dora. The Tamarisk Tree 3 : Challenge to the Cold War. Virago, 1985.
3: 113-14, 117
Married Women's Association
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| politics | Muriel Box | During the late 1950s and early 1960s MB
became involved with several political causes. She joined the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
(CND), and was arrested and roughed up by the police on a demonstration of... |
| politics | Dora Russell | As her work as a civil servant came to an end, DR
became an active member of both the feminist Six Point Group
and the Married Women's Association
. |
| politics | Dora Russell | Founded in 1921 by Lady Margaret Rhondda
, the Six Point Group
campaigned initially for economic, legal, moral, social, occupational, and political equality between women and men. The Married Women's Association
, an offshoot of... |
| politics | Dora Russell | Other speakers included Vera Brittain
, Clemence Dane
, Megan Lloyd George
, and Storm Jameson
(all Six Point Vice-Presidents). The conference also involved the Married Women's Association
and the National Union of Women Teachers |
Timeline
1938
Edith Summerskill
, feminist and medical reformer, was instrumental in the year that also saw her first election to parliament in establishing the Married Women's Association
with the purpose to researching the welfare of married...
January 1940
Juanita Frances
edited the first issue of Wife and Citizen, a monthly magazine from the Married Women's Association
that campaigned for equal financial and legal rights for married women.