NATIONAL COUNCIL OF WOMEN OF GREAT BRITAIN

This collection contains committee minutes and reports, finance and property records, administration records, reports and publications. Includes files on branch closures and photographs.

* Committee Minutes and Reports ACC/3613/01 includes Annual Reports, Year Books and Hand books. The National Council of Women have retained their first minute book dating from 1891 to 1900. It starts as the minute book of the Executive Committee of the Central Council of the Conference of Women Workers and continues from 1895 as the minute book of the Executive Committee of the National Union of Women Workers. It includes written by Louisa Hubbard in May 1892 and contains programmes for conferences and other documents. The National Council of Women have allowed the London Metropolitan Archives to microfilm this volume and a copy of the microfilm may be consulted in the Reference Room (Reference X76/2)

* Finance and Property ACC/3613/02 consisting of leases, correspondence and papers relating to NCW property and premises.

* Correspondence and Papers ACC/3613/03 a series of files arranged by subject and including the files of Mrs M. Bligh formerly M. Scrutton.

* Office Manager ACC/3613/04 a series of subject files used as information files for the Office Manager.

* Conferences ACC/3613/05 a short series of conference programmes, menus and invitations dating from 1902.

* Reports and Publications ACC/3613/06 this series contains reports by many of the NCW's committees and working party's on a wide range of topics. There are also newspaper cuttings and a series of publications by NCW members.

* Branch Closures ACC/3613/07

* Branch and Regions Records ACC/3613/08 consists of minutes, financial [papers, correspondence, reports and papers from the Branches and Regions.

* Photographs ACC/3613/09

<span class="wrapper"><p>For further information see The National Council of Women. The First One Hundred Years by Daphne Glick 1995. A copy of this has been included in the archives of the National Council of Women under Reports and Publications.</p> <p>See also 'A Sisterhood of Service: the records and early history of the National Union of Women Workers' by Serena Kelly, Journal of the Society of Archivists vol. 14 no. 2 Autumn 1993.</p></span>

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The records were deposited in 1995 and 1998

The National Council of Women of Great Britain was founded in 1895 as the National Union of Women Workers. This resulted from the work of a number of women engaged in the care of girls who realised that many of the difficulties of these girls arose from unsatisfactory working conditions. They formed themselves into small groups which became the National Union of Women Workers. In 1918 its title was formally changed to the National Council of Women of Great Britain. In 1951 it became an incorporated body governed by a Memorandum and Articles of Association.

The aims of the National Council of Women of Great Britain are defined as:-

To promote the establishment and maintenance of human rights for the people of the United Kingdom

To work to improve the quality of life for all

To secure the removal of discrimination against women and to encourage the effective participation of women in the life of the nation.

To act as a co-ordinating body to which societies with similar aims may affiliate.

To affiliate to the International Council of Women, forming a link with the National Councils of Women throughout the world, and to work for international understanding and peace.

The National Council of Women is made up of regional councils each with many local branches. Representatives from all over the country attend committees considering all aspects of life. Branches, Regions and Affiliated Societies can put forward resolutions to the annual conference. Resolutions ratified by the annual conference become NCW policy and are presented to Her Majesty's Government and all other local and national relevant bodies.